I apologize for the incredibly late update. I have been busy with my classes and being a wife. I recently graduated with a Master's degree and now work as a Physical Therapist. But anyway, hope you guys like this short chapter. Have fun!
Mai was in an induced coma due to her injuries. She lost a lot of blood, few broken ribs, her left wrist was broken, and her right ankle was sprained. After the incident, Naru spent all of his time trying to figure out everything about the case to finish it. Ayako was hurt a couple of days after Mai was admitted to the hospital. She was doing room temperatures with John when she was suddenly dragged out to the springs and tossed to a nearby boulder. She bruised her back and since been on bed rest. Masako followed almost the same fate, but Bou-san felt the presence of the ghost before it attacked. Naru, Yasuhara, and Lin narrowed the culprits down to 4 people, Kinuye, Kawanari, and two unnamed ghosts haunting the place. The only problem they were having was trying to figure out who's harming the people, without Mai's dream they were stuck.
A week passed by and a pair of brown eyes were examining the white ceiling of the hospital. She felt horrible, her whole body ached and she felt like someone's drilling in her head. She turned to her left and saw an empty chair, but there was book on the side table. She tried looking for the button to call the nurse or the doctor. Before she could press the button after finding it, someone entered the room.
"Mai, you're up" the voice said. She looked at the person and saw her boss. She smiled and wanted to say something, but her throat was too dry making it hard for her to speak. Naru understood and called for the doctor. A few minutes later, an old man with gay hair and white lab suit entered. He took Mai's vital signs while the nurse gave her ice chips. The doctor looked at Naru and said, "Taniyama-san seems to be recovering well, a couple more days in here and a bed rest will get her back to her health. Also, make sure she doesn't do anything that will strain her body." Naru nodded and thanked the doctor. When the nurse left, Naru looked at Mai, waiting for her to speak.
"How long have I been here?" she asked.
"Almost two weeks," he said with no emotion showed.
"Two weeks?! What about the case?" Mai panicked, feeling as if she was slowing everyone down. She looked at her cup of ice chips, not knowing to say.
"Ayako was attacked and Masako almost, they're better now and currently staying at a hotel nearby," he told her. He then opened the book and flipped a few pages and reading something before he closed it and looked at Mai.
"What?"
"Kinuye and Kawanari, ring a bell?" he asked.
Mai looked up and nodded, "My dreams were about them and they were a couple who lived near the hot springs." Naru opened his book again and wrote things, "And?" Mai gulped and told Naru everything she knew before the nurse gave her pain meds and doze off. Naru sighed and closed his book before calling Lin and giving him the information he received from Mai. With the mention of Mai, Lin asked how she was doing and Naru told him what the doctor said. He then heard Bou-san in the back trying to get the phone from Lin when he heard him mention Mai's name. "Tell them they can visit tomorrow," Naru said and hung up.
Mai's dream…
She was back in the hot spring and the woman was in there. The once clear blue water was now bloody red. She heard someone coming close and stepped back. She bumped into Gene, who seemed to be focused on something or someone. When Mai turned she saw him, her husband, he was limping, holding his right bleeding side. Mai saw the sadness in his eyes when he laid eyes on his beloved wife. He rushed to the water, to his dead wife, and cried in anguish. He held her there, crying his heart out, while he bled to death. He then heard people walking and talking to his way.
"Look at what we have here, the ninja and his dead wife."
"She was good past time, a fighter I might say."
"But she was worth it."
He kept quiet, building up his anger, and in a split second he was upon the two men who allegedly raped and killed his beloved. "I swear to Kami that I will rip your throat and send your soul to hell," he said while pulling out a knife. His quick movement made it easy for him to maneuver around them. He killed the first one with a stab on his heart. The second man, he felt like he should suffer. Knowing that he did not have enough time, knowing that he's dying, he quickly stabbed the man his knee. The man fell, crying out in pain, "Curse you," he whispered. In a split second, he felt pain on his crotch and saw his member stabbed. "That's for my wife," he pulled the knife and slit his throat, "and that's for my unborn child." He then collapsed because of blood loss, before drifting off to his death, he heard the guy say, "Revenge."
It's a bit short, but I'll have more chapters coming up in the next upcoming weeks.
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