Protector of SPR chapter 4.
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ok so my last chapter was kinda really bad. After I read it I was like what the hell is this? So ya so I will work on that…
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That question took me off guard for a moment. I hadn't even thought about that yet. Well I guess that's to be understandable, considering that I just only found out that I am dead. But still, the thought hadn't even crossed my mind. "Well umm…" I said. " I don't exactly know at the moment. In fact I hadn't even thought about it yet."
"Well there must be a reason for you to be here." Said John.
I gave him a kind smile. "I truly don't know. There could be many possibilities. I mean I had so many goals in life. Like going to university, and getting married. There could be lots of things." Why am I here?
Those are things that everyone wants Mai. Usually the thing keeping a spirit here would be something a little more important. Like a lover that had left, or they have a goal to kill the one who killed them. But why would you still be here? Is what I want to know." Stated Lin.
I don't know. Why am I here?
"Mai you have to think, we need to know so we can cleanse you." said Masako.
"What?" I exclaimed. "What are you talking about?"
"Well we can't just let you wander around Mai." Said monk. "And I'm pretty sure Naru won't want you haunting his office. I mean he was pretty heart Broken when you…" he let the sentence trail off not wanting to finish it.
"I guess your right." I sighed. I want to stay with everyone though. "Well I guess my main goal was to protect the ones I love the most. I said after I thought about it. Yea that must be the reason I'm still here. I had been looking down at my hands when I said this and when I didn't hear any voices of agreement I looked up again.
The sight I was met with nearly broke my heart. Every one of my teammates wore a look of despair and sadness. Ayako had tears running down her face and Monk was trying to comfort her. Naru had his head in his hands. Masako looked away trying to hid a soft sob behind her kimono sleeve. John and Yasu were looking at me with sad expressions while Lin was looking at me with shock as if he didn't expect for him self to be included in group of the ones I love. I could also swear that he was trying to his hardest to hold back tears. I was kind of glad Modoka wasn't here. I don't know what she would have done and I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to handle it.
We sat there for a few more minuets before every one was able to get a hold of them selves. "Alright." Naru said finally breaking the silence. "We need to cleanse you some how. "But the question I how do we do that?" he rested his chin in his hand doing his classic thinking pose, while he stared at the floor like it was going to disappear at any moment if he took his gaze off it.
"I don't know." I said for what felt like the fith time in the last twenty minuets. I cant have them get into danger just so I could maybe save them. And even then that may not even work. There was only one solution left.
"You need to do an exorcism on me." I spoke my thoughts out loud. I heard some of my friends gasp while others said "No." and "absolutely not." But I ignored them."It's the only way to let me to leave without you guys being put in danger, or getting hurt. I know it could possibly hurt me, but I don't want a repeat of hat happened two weeks ago with the whole roof thing. I will not have you guys get hurt just so I can protect you. And we don't even know if that will work or not."
I looked at each one of my friends. Looking them directly in the eyes. "Your right" whispered Masako. "It is the only way."
I looked at Naru. His eyes held anger and frustration. But the most prominent emotion there was sadness. "Alright" he stated. His voice emotionless. "John you'll do the exorcism. That way it will be more like a cleansing and it won't hurt her as much."
John just nodded and went off to get his bible and holy water from his coat. I watch as left the room solemnly.
"Mai. Come and stand over here." I heard Lin say. I hadn't even noticed him get up. I stood up slowly and gave a happy smile to my friends. I didn't want there last memory of me to be filled with a picture of my crying face.
I stood away from my friends in an empty area of the room. John stood in front of me. He gave me an encouraging smile and I returned it the best I could. Lin stood just a few feet away from my right side.
"In the beginning, was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God…" John started to chant. I could feel everything disappearing around me. And I could feel a warm feeling come over me.
I looked around one more time at my family. my gaze ended at Naru who had moved beside John, but was a little closer. Thinking fast but not really thinking I reached up to my neck and quickly undid the clasp at the back of my locket, which had a small poem inscribed all over it in English. Inside were three pictures. The ones you could see were of me and the team and me and my parents. Under the one of the team there was a secret space that held another picture; this one was of Naru and me. I was smiling up at him and he was looking at me with and exasperated look. But if you looked close enough you could see the amusement and kindness in his eyes. (Surprisingly Lin took the picture when we weren't looking and he also made the picture so it would fit perfectly in the little space that he some how new about. But I never questioned him on.) I quickly walked up to Naru and grabbed his hand and pressed the locket into his palm before everything went black.
When I awoke again I was quite surprised. I was under a Sakura tree in the middle of a forest. I immediately recognized the place. It was were my family and I would always go for lunches on a nice day. I took me a while to realize that I wasn't alone.
Standing a few feet away fro, me was gene.
Ya ok so I hope that that's better then the last chapter I wrote. Please R&R oh and once again I'm always open to idea's for the story! ^.^