Ok, I'm getting lazy with my A/N's at the beginning of my chapters…so I'll just go right to the : Chii owns nothing related to Ghost Hunt…sadly enough.
I stepped inside the room where I had previously left my co-workers in a daze just moments before. I shut the door softly and just looked at everyone. I dropped my head a bit in shame as I felt two arms envelope me in a soft embrace.
"I'm sorry." I heard Monk say. He was the pair of arms. "You're right. We should expect more from you than we already do. It's just that if anything had ever happened to you, we all wouldn't forgive ourselves. We worry about you. That's all. We'll make sure to involve you a lot more in our cases." I looked up at him and smiled, turning my smile to the others in the room. I walked out of his embrace and my peaceful thoughts got interrupted by the only command that could ruin the moment:
"Mai…tea." Naru commanded. Only he could ruin the moment. I grabbed onto Jun's arm and dragged her out with me, as she was trying to suppress a grin.
When we were out in the hallway heading down to the kitchen, I finally let go of my death grip on Jun's arm. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She started bursting out laughing right as I did so. I shot a glare her way.
"I'm s-sorry!" She said between laughs, gasping for breaths. "Your face w-was just s-so priceless!" She grabbed onto her sides as she continued to wail with laughter. I just glared at her a while. Then, in an instant, my glare faded into a smile. I then chimed in with her laughter.
"Ok, so maybe it was a little funny that at a time like that, the only thing that could be on his mind, is TEA." I continued to laugh as we entered the kitchen. We immediately stopped laughing when we got in the doorway. We couldn't believe our eyes. There was a message written on the wall that read:
'You're time is almost up. Thanks for the visit!'
It was written in blood, and I screamed at the sight. Jun just gaped at the message of hatred. We could hear footsteps coming down the hallway. Monk and John appeared in the doorway.
"Mai!" Monk yelled. He was immediately silent when he saw the message. I turned away from it, immediately knowing what it meant, but leaving the others to their thoughts.
"Let's get this cleaned up. Mom will be home soon, and I don't want her freaking out over this." Jun said. We all nodded and decided that the answer will come soon enough.
We got it all cleaned up in a matter of minutes. When Jun's mother got home, she treated us all to supper, and by the time we were done, we decided that it was time to sleep for the night. We would investigate further tomorrow.
I looked at the area around me. I couldn't see much, except for a faint light. I figured that I would follow it to see where it led.
"Mai…" I heard a soft voice call my name. I turned around to see Gene's smiling face at me.
"Gene. Hi." I said with a smile.
"Are you alright?" he asked, concern flooding his voice, but his smile never leaving his face.
"I'm fine!" I said with a bigger smile. "My last dream just scared me a bit. That's all. But, why are you here?" I asked, puzzled.
"I'm here to warn you about Tsukiki." He said with a straight face, that magnificent smile disappearing. "She's planning something. I'm not so sure what, but I know it can't be good." He finished.
"What do you mean?" I asked, a bit surprised that a little girl could be planning something. "She's just a little girl. What could she be doing that could harm anyone?" He smiled sadly and said,
"I'm not sure, I just know it's not good. I know it's hard to believe, but you've got to trust me on this. Just, at least be cautious around her." He finished with a smile. I smiled back and nodded. Just at that moment, a bright light flooded my vision and I was propelled into what looked like a child's bedroom.
"What the-" I was cut off by the sound of giggling. I looked over and noticed a little girl in an elementary schoolgirl uniform. I watched as she was making what looked like a doll.
"It's ok, you're almost done, Shikira." Said the little girl. A bit of a malicious tone in her voice. I shrugged it off and watched. "We're going to make her pay for what she did to me today!" She finished off, her voice rising with anger, as she held up the doll that resembled a look of a brunette-haired schoolgirl. It looked professionally made. I opened my mouth to speak when I heard the door slam open.
"Miyami! How many times must I tell you to stop spending so much time making these good-for-nothing rag-dolls and focus on your schoolwork! Give me that doll!" It must have been the father. I recognized his face from my last dream. He grabbed for the doll when the little girl dodged out of the way and ran out the door. The man followed, as did I, chasing little Miyami down the hallway. She ran down the steps and then out the door. "MIYAMI!" The man yelled, watching his daughter run down the street.
The scene faded once again to what seemed like a park. I looked over and saw the little girl sitting on a park bench, the doll in her arms. I noticed another girl running up to her with a huge smile on her face. I walked closer to hear the conversation.
"Hey, Shi-chan!" Miyami said with a smile. "I have something for you!" She held out the doll. The other little girl smiled and gladly took the doll.
"Thanks, Miyami-chan! It looks just like me!" She said with a smile. And it's true, the doll did look exactly like Shikira.
"Hey, do you want to play with me and my doll?" Miyami asked, as she pulled out a doll that looked exactly like her.
"Sure!" The girl replied and they started playing. They stayed like that for a while before Miyami looked around to make sure they were alone and said,
"Hey, wanna see a trick?" Miyami said as she looked up at Shikira and smiled. Shikira cocked her head to the side and nodded. Miyami lifted her hand above her doll and the doll stood up on it's own.
"Whoooaaahh!" Shikira exclaimed in amazement. "How are you doing that?" Miyami just smiled and her doll grabbed Shikira's doll by the hand and picked it up, making said doll stand up on it's own as well. She made both run around chasing each other, both girls laughing in amusement. Just then, both dolls stopped and just stood there staring at each other. Then, without hesitation, Miyami's doll jumped on top of Shikira's doll. The doll grabbed a hold of the other's throat and started choking it. I looked over, and noticed Shikira on the ground holding on to her throat.
"H-help…m-me!" She managed to say. Miyami just stood over top of the struggling girl and smirked. She then lifted her hand over top of the girl's mouth, and moved it in a motion that looked like she was pulling something out of Shikira's body. Shikira wretched and arched her back, grunting in pain. A light came out of her mouth and Miyami placed it inside Shikira's doll. Both dolls stopped moving and Miyami picked both up.
"That will teach you to publicly humiliate me in front of the entire school ever again." She said with a glare towards the doll. "Now, which shelf to put you on at home…hope Daddy lets me back in the house…" She giggled to herself, which in turn, turned into maniacal laughter. She walked back down the road to her home. I watched in horror. Everything faded after that.
I shot up out of bed, sweat dripping from my forehead. I looked around the room and noticed that everyone was still asleep. I looked at the clock on the bedside table: 5:30 A.M. I sighed, got out of bed, threw some clothes on, and decided to go down to base. I knew I wouldn't be able to fall back to sleep, and if I did, I would probably sleep longer than I would want to.
I opened the door quietly to find Lin, typing away as usual, and Naru, asleep in his chair, his head tilted to the side and his book on his lap. I noticed his coat on a nearby chair, and hung it around him. I walked over to Lin and quietly spoke.
"Would you like some tea? I'm going to make some for myself and Naru. I'm sure he'll be waking up anytime now." I whispered quietly, as to not wake said person up. Lin just smiled lightly and nodded. I smiled widely and skipped out of the room quietly, shutting the door softly behind me. I walked to the kitchen to find Jun making some breakfast for herself. I smiled as I came in.
"Hey, Jun!" I said with a bright smile. However, she didn't look up or change her expression which read 'scared to death' on it. I frowned a bit and tapped her on the shoulder. She flinched at the touch.
"Ah!" she jumped back a bit and lost her balance for a minute, which I in turn, caught her arm, allowing her to regain her balance.
"Jun! What's wrong?" I asked. She just looked away. I put my hand on her shoulder. She then looked at me with frightened eyes.
"I…I was walking last night through the hallway. I had woken up and needed a drink. So I decided to go downstairs and get one. But, as I was passing Tsukiki's room, I happened to notice a light on. I couldn't help but look in through a crack in her door. She was on the floor finishing up what looked like a doll. I couldn't hear everything she said, but I did hear her say something like 'You remind me so much of her. I'll fix that. I'll rid you of the world so you don't humiliate me ever again.' She said this and giggled to herself. Finally, I had seen what she was holding. I could be mistaken, but it looked…just like…YOU." She said this with tears welling up in her eyes. I stepped back a bit to take all this in.
"I think we should tell Naru. I also had a dream last night that may explain all of that." I said. She nodded and walked with me back to base.
"Where have you been? I need my tea." Said the familiar voice I secretly loved to hear every day. I walked over and sat down on a nearby couch.
"I need to tell you guys something. I had a dream last night. And Jun witnessed something that related to that dream." I said before I started explaining things. I had to start over half-way into the explanation as Monk and Ayako walked in. And once more when everyone else simultaneously walked in at once. When I was finished, they all just looked at me like I was crazy. I also explained the dream I had on my way here. Which, won me a number of shocked and confused looks.
"So, she created dolls and entrapped the souls of her enemies inside of them." Ayako thought out loud.
"It doesn't sound TOO insane…but is it even possible to do that?" Monk asked.
"It is possible to lure a spirit into a doll to take possession of it. Although, entrapping them so that they cannot get out, nor make any communication doesn't make sense. And we also have to take in the consideration of how she did it." Naru explained. He went back to his files and looked through them before Jun spoke up,
"Oh, Shibuya-san." She started. "I did some research on this house." She handed a yellow folder with some papers in it to Naru. "It seems that there was indeed a murder here. A mother and father, and their 9 year-old daughter. It's just like in Mai's dream from before. The man killed the mother and child, and then turned the knife on himself after he had realized what he had done. I also did research on the child and the father. The Father was known for his mood swings and was announced legally, that he was mentally unstable. The child, wasn't much better. She was known all around school for being anti-social, and barely associated with anybody. On top of that, there were countless rumors of her being humiliated, and then the child who did the humiliating going missing a few days after. She was thought to be the cause of it all. I'm pretty sure that's explained already in Mai's dream." Jun explained all this.
"Was there anything about the mother?" Naru asked, not looking away from the papers.
"Apparently she was the normal one of the three. She acted like a normal mother would do. So, I assume she really didn't have anything to do with all this." Jun stated.
"Thank you, Jun." Naru said. "We should question the little girl for further information." Jun cringed at this.
"All do respect, Mr. Shibuya, but I'd really much prefer that no one else associate with Tsukiki." Jun objected. I looked over at her, her expression unchanging.
"That is why I'm not having anyone new doing the asking. MAI will be doing the questioning." Naru explained. "Since Mai has been in conversations with Tsukiki before, it shouldn't be that hard for Mai getting close to her." He finished. I looked over at him, unsure what to say, but nodded. Jun looked at me like I was crazy, but kept her opinion to herself.
"Alright. I'll do it." I said. And with that, I walked out of the room confidently, and headed up the stairs to the child's bedroom. What would happen if I just barged in like this? Guess I'll find out…
"Tsukiki-chan?" I said as I opened her door. I only saw a glimpse of her, before I saw a blunt object flying at me.
"AH!" I screamed as I watched the object fly at me with amazing speed.
HAHA! RANDOM CLIFFY! Love those…^_^. I'm sorry that I did a lot of rambling in this chapter…AGAIN…I'll do better next time. Although, I did like the idea of trapping souls inside of dolls…YAY!
Mai: WHAT? YOU BETTER MAKE ME HAVE FAST REFLEXES OR I'M GONNA BE KNOCKED OUT! I wasn't knocked out at all on this case yet! Let's keep it at that!
Chii: Oh please…you overreact too much, Mai. Just say your line, and MAYBE, if I get enough reviews, I'll make sure you don't get hit with the object…that's a BIG 'maybe' ^_^.
Mai: O.o" RATE, REVIEW, AND COMMENT! REVIEW! PLEASE! I DON'T WANNA GET KNOCKED OUT! PLEASE!
Chii: *knocks Mai over the head with a shoe*
Mai: X_X
Chii: . You didn't see that…CIAO! ^_^