Chapter 2
Flashback
~1 month ago~
"Naru there is a client here to see you." Mai said when she knocked on the door
"Very well Mai. Tea!" Naru replied.
" Whatever" She said as she walked to the kitchen to get the tea ready. She only heard half the conversation about the case.
".. the ghost seems to only target young women around you assistant's age. The clients at my hotel are afraid to bring teenagers to the hotel or use the hotel ballroom for prom as it had been use in the passed." The client said. When my heard this she became stiff. She brought the tea out and looked at the name of the hotel. It was the hotel where her prom was to be held.
"Actually my prom is gonna be there" she said, fear soaking her voice.
" Yes, your school was the first in a while to ask to use our ballroom" the client replied
Mai became uneasy when Naru to the case and the client left.
"Are you sure you should take this case. You heard that guy he targets young women like me. I don't feel like dying on a case Naru. I've almost died so many times, I don't want to really die now." Mai said
"You'll be fine Mai. Now get to work." Naru said
"fine" she said and walked away
End flashback
Naru remembered that last case. She had begged him to reconsider taking the case. But he refused to listen to her. Now she was gone. He tried to think of the reasoning behind her leaving. She had been capture and very nearly died. He founded her minuted from death. If he hadn't gotten her out of there she would be dead right now. He tried to brush off her leaving and go about his business as if nothing happened.
Lin had see the letter after Naru threw it on the ground. He read over it and could not believe Mai had just left. He decided to leave the subject go
~1 month later ~
Lin came in to the phone ringing. He answered it in his usually way. Then he go on of the biggest surprise of his life.
"Lin? It's Mai. I need help." Mai said over the phone
"Mai! Oh my goodness! Where are you" He said
"At my school. Classes just ended and the next set is gonna start soon. Lin I'm not in the area of SPR's coverage but I was hoping you could do this as a personal favor to me. There are ghost here and they are after me and the student. We need your help" she said
Lin paused considering his options then he spoke
"Give me the address"
Naru saw Lin on the phone and wondered who was on the phone. Lin walked into the office with the sheet of paper.
"We need to take this case." Lin said
"This isn't our case Lin. It belongs to the local spiritualist in that area" Naru aid looking down at his paper work
" it's a personal friend of mine who hired us."
" Since when do you take cases for me"
" Since you lost your touch when Mai left."
The harsh reality stung Naru to the core. He had been distracted since Mai left. He looked at the older man in front of him.
"Call up the team and start packing the equipment then." Naru said
Lin got to work. He hoped this case would bring the old Naru back