Yet again, I apologize for my grammar

don't hate me because of it =.=

other than that please enjoy! ;]

I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT

The Forgotten Children That Weren't To Be Remembered

Chapter 4

The next day on Saturday April 14th, Bou-san, Yosuhara and I went to get the temperature recordings around the orphanage, since we never got the chance to yesterday. Ayako was washing the writing off the wall, while John and Masako walked around the house once again. Naru and Lin just stayed at the base waiting for everyone to return.

Mai sighed loudly as she walked down the hall with both guys on her left and right. 'does Naru hate me? Why do I always have to be stuck with these two…'. Mai thought a bit more, 'wait, scratch that…he rejected me so I guess he must hate me… but still! Why do I have to be stuck with these two?', Mai sighed again.

"What's the matter Mai? You've been sighing a lot..", Takagawa stared at Mai hoping for a truthful answer. Since the girl never really liked people worrying for her, she never really tell people weather she wasn't feeling well or not.

"Yeah what's the matter Mai? Something to do with Naru~?", giggled Yosuhara.

Mai sighed mentally, 'what's the matter? You're the matter. Do you even need to ask…', "No, and nothings the matter, just a little tired from everything that happened yesterday".

Takagawa and Yosuhara didn't believe her, but they didn't pray any farther, as they both knew that the girl can be very stubborn. They continued to walk down the hall, they started laughing at Bou-san when he was day dreaming and crashed into the door of the room they were about to enter. After getting all the temperature recording they headed back to the base where everyone else was there already. Every body reported what they needed to and then headed for breakfast when Mr. Matsushita told them it was ready.

As they ate their breakfast in silence, it wasn't long till Takagawa's curiosity got the better of him, "Hey Mai…".

"Hmm?" replied Mai as she tried to cut the sausage into smaller pieces that kept rolling around on her place. Naru just thought she had mental difficulties, since she could have just poked it with her fork and eat it whole.

Takagawa watched the girl with her little 'problem', till he decided to ask his question. "With things going on right now… I was just wondering what were your parents like when they were alive?" he finally asks.

Mai hands paused and the sausage she was trying to cut flew off her plate and into her juice due to the pressure she unconsciously added. With the sound of 'plop' when the sausage fell into her cup of juice, everyone looked up to Mai, but only to see her bangs covering her eyes. Even this caused Naru and Lin to look up from their food and stare at Mai. Takagawa noticed the troubled look on the girls face, "AH! I'm sorry Mai! If it's too much of a personal question you don't have to answer at all! In fact… forget about what I aske-"

"They were…" interrupted Mai, "They were nice and loving people… but they weren't my real parents…". She looked down, for the first time she looked like she was going to cry.

'odd… when we first found out she was an orphan, she didn't seem to mind…', thought Ayako and Masako as they switched glances for a second.

Takagawa just stared at the girl, thinking of how stupid he was for asking that question and tried to think of a way to cheer her up. His thoughts were interrupted by Yosuhara when he had to ask the question that was floating through everyone else's mind.

"What do you mean that their aren't your real parents?", question Yosuhara.

Mai looked up with the saddest eyes as tears were threatening to fall, "as you know… my dad died when I was young and my mother died when I was in junior high… but their not my real parents. Before my mom died, she told me that she's not my real mother…. My real family died when I was four, but I have no memory of them…"

The table was silenced with shock. Masako, John, Yosuhara, and Ayako just hoped the girl wouldn't cry and tried to think of something to say that will cheer the girl up, but nothing came to mind. Lin just stared at the girl with worry written all over his face hoping she will be ok, as for Takagawa… he mentally slapped himself and can't believe he asked such a question.

Naru stared at the girl with his expressionless mask on, but deep down he was shocked, saddened, and worried for the her. He was sad because he couldn't do anything for the person who he loved and he worried about how fragile she was, that she might end up breaking one day.

SLAP!

Everyone snapped out of their thoughts when they saw Mai raised both hands and slapped her own face. Although she managed to laugh, she still winced in pain, "haha…oww… um… I'm full! Thanks for the meal!". She quickly drank her juice, almost choking on the sausage that was in her cup, but quickly chewed it, and swallowed it. She stood up and rushed out of the dining room saying she was going to take a shower.

Everyone just looked at each other with relief, but disgusted when she drank her juice. 'she must have forgotten that the sausage was in there…', was the only thing they could process through their minds as they continues their meal and head back to the base after their finished.

Mai walked down the hall with both hands hitting her head, 'oh my god! I cant believed I almost cried and I cant believe I drank that! Eww, I think I'm not going to have sausage or juice for a while…'. Mai snapped out of her reverie when she reached her room, but once she touched the door knob of her room door she heard some one say something.

"Help…"

Mai looked behind her and then down the hall. "hello?" she replied, but there was no reply so she thought it must have been her imagination and contained into her room. She went to her suit case took out a set of undergarments, a striped white and baby blue tank top, and a mini light blue jean skirt that matched the tank top. She entered the bathroom and turned on the water for the shower, and then continued onward to undressing.

Once she was undressed, she entered the shower. In the middle rinsing the shampoo out of her hair, she felt as if someone was watching her. She turned around, but only to meet the white tiles of the wall. Once she knew it was nothing and thought that it was her imagination again she continued on with rinsing. She closed her eyes and let the warmth of the water droplets consume her before she had to get out, but then suddenly she heard a child shouted, "GET OUT NOW!".

Mai opened her eyes in panic and looked around, "what was that?". Just after she asked herself that question she felt the warmth of the water disappeared in a flash, only to be replaced by cold water that sent chills down her spine, and have Goosebumps that have Goosebumps grown over top of each other. Without a second thought, Mai didn't turn around to turn off the shower. Instead she grabbed her white towel and wrapped herself in it, but when she looked at her towel that was tightly wrapped around her body… it wasn't white. It was red, crimson red, almost as if it was blood…. Wait… it was blood.

Mai started to smell the metallic blood in the air, she gasped but that wasn't such a good idea. She had accidentally breathed on the air and as the scent went through her body, she felt almost as if she was drinking the blood. Tears started to well up in her eyes and she fell to the floor of the bath tub with both hands clutching her head and knees to her chest. She did the only thing she could think of… and it was to scream.

ohhhh I LOVE CLIFF HANGERS!

if you're wondering about Mai's family, I'm planning to write another story after this one based on her past

haha, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter!

thanks for reading and please comment ;D

(if you got any advice that i need to work on, i would appreciate it. thanks again)