Chapter 2 is up! Enjoy!

Mai informed her boss about the dream she had. He took it in account and listed some of the details. For some reason, she felt like something doesn't feel right. Before she left her boss' office, she turned towards him and asked, "Say, Naru… Did something important happened before I lost my memories?" Naru looked at her and sighed, "No, nothing important." Mai nodded and left.

The team arrived at the pension and Mai couldn't help but gawked at the beautiful view. Behind the small pension was a beautiful view of Mt. Fuji. "It's so beautiful here!" she cheered. Her small happiness was cut short when her boss ordered her to take out the equipments on the van. "Mai, I don't pay you to look stupid in front of the pension. Go get the equipments and set them up." Before she could reply, the rest of the team arrived. Bou-san and Ayako came out of the car arguing followed by John, Yasuhara, and Masako. Naru gave them a look when the woman who inquired them was walking towards the loud group. "Kurenai-san" Naru started. The woman studied the group with an annoyed face, "I hope that you're group will solve this problem, if not, I'm not paying a single yen." She motioned for the group to follow so she can show them their rooms and the base.

After a long day of setting up cameras and taking temperature of each room, Ayako decided to go to the hot spring to relieve some stress and relax her muscles. "Oi, I'm going to the hot spring, anyone else wants to come?" she asked. Mai's head shot up and eyes filled with happiness as she nod in reply. Nobody else answered as they were too busy sleeping or reading a book, except for Masako, who was too busy drooling over John. Mai and Ayako went to their rooms to grab their stuff before heading to the hot spring. It was a beautiful night, the sky was clear and all you can see was the stars and a full view of Mt. Fuji. Both girls went in the water and relax themselves, not bothering to say a word. Unknown to them, a pair of red eyes were watching their movements.

"Ahhhh… This feels great, don't you think so Mai?" Ayako asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Yeah… I finally get to relax" Mai answered as she slip in deeper. Mai was bothered by something and Ayako can tell it by her face. "Something wrong, Mai?"

"Huh? Oh, no… I'm just thinking about something"

"Yeah? About what?"

Mai took a deep breath before telling Ayako about her dream and the question she asked her boss. Ayako in return listened to her talk about it. She wanted to tell Mai about Naru and her relationship before the incident and what happened between them, but Ayako knew that she's not in the place or the right person to tell her that. "It feels like he's hiding something from me" Mai added. "Well, you know him. He's cold and tends to keep things to himself, he'll eventually tell you" Ayako answered and at the same time thinking, 'I hope he'll tell you.'

"The woman in my dream, she was beautiful but I know that something happened to her, my guts tells me so" Mai said to no one in particular. "Maybe the guy killed her?" Ayako said in an asking tone. "That's impossible, in my dream, the way he looked at her… I can tell that he cared for her deeply, like he loves her."

"Mai, we're not going to find out until you have another dream, you know that, so don't assume yet" Ayako informed Mai. She nodded in reply. The girls relaxed again but it was shortened when Mai felt something eerie. She looked towards Ayako, she seemed relaxed and nothing's bothering her. Mai looked around the surrounding but found nothing suspicious. She tried relaxing again as she leaned on the smooth rock behind. Mai's face was halfway in the water, eyes closed, but when she opened them she saw two piercing red eyes staring at her from under the water. Before she could react, she was pulled under the water, alerting Ayako.

Ayako was disturbed by a gargling sound, she opened her eyes and saw Mai being dragged underwater. 'That's impossible, it's only 3 feet deep' she thought. She then saw a pair of red eyes and knew that it has to be the ghost. "Mai!" she yelled. She tried chanting her mantra but she was pushed against the bamboo wall out of the water. She landed with a loud thud, knocking her unconscious.

Back at the base, Naru was getting worried about the two girls, it's been 2 hours since they left. He was teased by Yasuhara and Bou-san, telling him that he's worried about his ex-girlfriend but he simply countered with a simple excuse, "Mai needs to make my tea." That happened for an hour until Lin, who was observing the cameras with the headphones on. His eyes widened when he heard a voice calling for Mai. He knew that something was wrong because the tone was very alert and worried. He looked at Naru and Naru instantly knew that something happened. He dropped his book and ran out the door quickly, followed by Lin and the rest. He ran down the hallway, the stairs, and out the back door to the hot spring. He saw Mai clawing her way on the rocks to help herself get out of the water but something was pulling underneath with a stronger force. Bou-san noticed Ayako's unconscious form on the side, he carefully covered her naked form with his jacket. Lin whistled and his shiki came into the rescue. Naru went in the water to help Mai. When he got to her, he almost panicked when he noticed that she wasn't breathing. He looked around for Ayako and saw her unconscious.

Carefully, he got of the water carrying Mai and gently put her down. He tilted her head and started giving her CPR. He did it twice before Mai turned to her side and coughed out water. Naru took his jacket off and covered her naked body. He noticed a bruise starting to form on Mai's ankle that shaped like a pair of hands. Carefully, he picked her up bridal style, not caring that his precious assistant was half conscious. "N-Naru?" she whispered. "Shhh… just relax" he soothed. He followed Bou-san, who was carrying Ayako to the designated room for the ladies. After Bou-san tended to Ayako's need he left the room and went to the base to help Lin. Naru, on the other hand stayed with Mai. He tucked her in, brushing strands of hair away from her face. He never felt so worried before, is it because he still loves her or is it because of she dies nobody can make tea for him anymore? Naru settled for the first one, he loves her, there's no doubt about that but the way he acted at the restaurant with his parents months ago, seeing her crying and hurting, made him realized that he's not the one for her. He laid down beside her, hugging her small form and after a few minutes he fell asleep. Little did he know that 2 pairs of eyes were watching him.

'I knew it! He still loves her!' Ayako thought.

*small giggle* from Masako.

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