Oh, this is almost the last chapter!!! I'm so sad!!! T-T I've deliberately been slacking because I don't want to let it go just yet.... Once again, wonderful reviews!!! Thank you!!!
*I do not own Ghost Hunt in any way, shape or form*
"We'll have to use extreme caution while doing this," Naru warned as the SPR team--excluding Ayako, who had stayed with Mai--pulled up at the Minami Home for Orphan Girls. "If Sasaki-san suspects anything while we are inside, she can do just about anything to us. We'll have to get Sasaki-san and the girls out of the orphanage so that John can do a quickly exorcism, and then we'll burn the house."
"Shibuya-san, do you know where the seal is?" the priest asked. "For the exorcism to be successful, I'll need to do it right at the seal."
"I'm positive it's in the basement," Naru replied.
"Right." John nodded.
"Hey, Naru, why do we have to get Sasaki-san and the girls out of the orphanage whilewe're doing the exorcism? Wouldn't it be easier to get them out before we burn the house down?" Bou-san asked, staring out the window at the huge building.
"Sasaki-san probably has hidden cameras or sensors that tell her if somebody goes into the 'forbidden' areas," Naru said, opening the door. "The basement is one of them, so John would be harmed immediately if we didn't. Also, Sasaki-san could harm the girls inside if she thought it would get us not to do anything more. She still needs to keep up her facade as the innocent orphanage owner, so she doesn't have a reason to object to our directions."
Bou-san gave a gusty sigh. "Okay. This is heavy."
Masako remained silent as she listened to everything. She was still in shock from Naru's confession, and she was a little pale.
The team got out of the van and headed back into the orphanage. Masako and Bou-san went off to get the girls (and Lin-san) outside while John went to get changed into his robes and Naru went to talk to Sasaki-san.
Naru found the middle-aged woman in her office on the main floor. "Sasaki-san, do you have a moment?" Naru asked her from the doorway.
"Of course, Shibuya-san!" she said with a bright smile. She put down the pen she'd been holding and stood up. "Is there something you need?"
"I need you to step outside with me for a few minutes," Naru said.
"Yes, of course!" Sasaki-san said, a confused look coming over her face. She followed Naru down the hall, and noticed that Kaori Tai, the secretary, was gone.
"Um, where's Tai-san?" she asked.
"She will be joining us," Naru replied indifferently.
They continued down to the front room, where Sasaki-san found a steady stream of girls heading out the front door. She stopped in her tracks. "What's going on?" she asked warily.
"It's just part of the procedure, Sasaki-san." Naru looked back at her, trying to hide the hatred in his eyes.
They waited for a few minutes, and finally Masako brought up the rear of the girls.
"Is that everyone?" Naru asked the medium.
"Yes. Everyone is here," Masako replied. She looked at Naru steadily.
Naru didn't acknowledge this, just turned away. Masako held back a sigh and trudged out the door. Really, though, if she thought about it, there was someone else that mattered a whole lot more to her than Naru now.
"Come on," Naru said, heading towards the door.
"Why?" Sasaki-san asked, her eyes beginning to harden. "I want to know what you're doing right this instant."
Naru sighed. "Sasaki-san, we're just trying to cleanse your orphanage."
Sasaki-san was silent for a moment, her eyes unreadable. "How's your little assistant, Shibuya-san?" she asked finally, her voice cool and dangerous.
Naru turned fully around to give her a full-out glare of hatred. "Sasaki-san, Nazuka-san, whoever the hell you are, I suggest you step outside before I have to result to violence."
Sasaki-san gave an evil smile. "And I suggest to you, Shibuya-san, that you should let the girls back in here and abandon your case before I result to violence."
Naru narrowed his eyes at her. "If you want to try, go ahead, Sasaki-san."
Sasaki-san suddenly froze, her gaze going beyond Naru. Naru knew before he turned that she'd seen John in his priest robes. John froze, bible in one hand, holy water in the other, at the top of the steps down to the basement.
Sasaki-san's face began to twist in anger. Before she could do anything, though, Naru flung a chair at her with his powers. "Go, John!" he yelled. John flew down the stairs, disappearing from sight.
"Very impressing, Shibuya-san," Sasaki-san snarled, pushing herself to her feet. "You have *P.K.S.T. But you'll need a lot more than that to defeat me in this house."
Naru stayed silent. If she wanted to think that's what he had, she could.
Naru was suddenly flung across the room and landed on his back just barely inches from the wall. He grunted as the air rushed out of his lungs.
"Do you want to rethink your answer, Shibuya-san?" she asked, laughing maniacally.
"Why don't you just kill me or hurt me like you did to Mai?" Naru growled, coughing and pushing himself to his feet.
"That doesn't work with anyone butthe girls!" Sasaki-san glowered at Naru in annoyance.
Naru sent a VERY large vase of flowers sitting on a table flying at Sasaki-san. "Why not?" he asked as she barely dodged the vase, which shattered against the far wall. She didn't have time to miss the table that had been following close behind, though; it clipped her in the shoulder.
"Because," she said through gritted teeth. Naru was flung backwards again, and he landed on a dresser, knocking the picture frames and porcelain figures off. Everything broke into thousands of fragments of pieces on the floor. "I just directed the seal to use that effect to residents here."
"I knew it," Naru said, pushing himself off the dresser and sending it flying across at her. "There's nobody else in the world that could have a brain that works like mine."
Sasaki-san gave a yell of anger, but she didn't have time to throw Naru backwards again. Things began flying at her right and left, and she couldn't concentrate.
John appeared at the top of the stairs again. "Shibuya-san! It's done!" he shouted to him.
Naru stopped throwing things to let him pass. "Hurry, John!" he ordered.
John ran past him and out the door. "Hurry, Shibuya-san!"
Naru stood there for a moment, then slowly walked over to Sasaki-san. She was knocked out on the floor. He picked up her arm and dragged her out the front door.
Everybody was pressed back as far as possible in the driveway. Naru dragged Sasaki-san to the very end and dumped her there. The girls and the secretary watched on in bewilderment.
"What happened to her?" Tai-san asked in alarm, taking a step toward her boss.
"She's deceived you," Naru said coldly. "She's deceived all of you. All this time, it was her that was terrifying you and hurting you!"
There was gasp from the crowd of girls. "What proof do you have?" Tai-san asked incredulously. She was so shocked, it was obvious that she wasn't in on the truth.
Lin-san handed her the old articles about her, and she began skimming through it, her expression dropping. She had nothing to say.
"If you would, Bou-san." Naru looked at him.
Bou-san nodded grimly. "Right, Naru." He pulled a packet of matches out of his pocket, struck one, and threw it into the house. A tiny flame caught on the rug in the main room, and it quickly began to engulf the rest of the rug and then the furniture flung about the room.
"What are you doing?!" a girl cried in alarm.
"Protecting you," Naru said. "You won't be harmed any longer."
They all watched silently and solemnly as the building was slowly devoured by hot, twisting flames. Orange fingers stretched toward the sky, and smoke curled upwards to cover and blot out the sun.
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Okay, hope you liked it!!! ^^ Read and review, please!!! I'll hopefully have the next chapter up by tomorrow!!! Oh, and I was thinking of doing another Ghost Hunt fanfic that has absolutely NOTHING to do with this one. What do you think??? Should I????
And, as in regards to the * up there, just in case you forgot, P.K.S.T. is to move unmoving objects with your mind. Probably all of you remember that, but I just decided to put this here in case.