Disclaimer: - I do not own Ghost Hunt
I've had this chapter done for a while :O but my internet is down and I've had to come to the internet to put this up. -_- we can all thank my arsehole of a Father for my internet being down, he decided to move it to the tramp's house he's run off with :| yeah not so good times atm. Although I am still very very angry with him he's still my father and I used to be a Daddy's girl so lets say I miss him very dearly but if I see him any time soon I'll kick him … where it really really hurts -_-
Tantrum over! I just want you to know that I don't know when or if my internet will be coming back on anytime soon so my updates may be a bit slow but I'm trying my best! It's just not that easy, I live in the middle of the country and it takes ages just to get to the nearest library.
On with the story anyway!
She could feel Lucifer's eyes on her through the night and every time she accidentally looked his way he was staring intensely at her over the top of his wine glass. Not once that night did his son let go of Mai's arm and she was sure that a bruise would be forming with the strong grip he kept on her.
How does one defeat the Devil?
Cringing Mai tried to pull away every time Tatsuo's grip tightened around her waist. She glared at him and growled under her breath but that only seemed to amuse him.
He was talking to a man with three horns on his head and Mai tried desperately not to stare at them too long, the man's eyes were pitch black and his face had a slightly greenish tint to it making him look ill. He was a large man, monster err thing… Mai couldn't decide which one he was. The only thing she did was that it was a man.
She didn't say anything as she watched her unwanted fiancé and this thing laugh about something she had decided not to repeat for everyone's sanity. She looked away with a sigh and scanned the room once again for any hope of escape.
"Mailina Darling this is a very close friend of mine" I looked back to see that the thing had been replaced by someone else. He didn't look as though he belonged at this type of party. His suit was black and perfectly pressed, he had long wavy blonde hair that just fell below his shoulders. His eyes the lightest of blues held a kindness that Mai hadn't seen anywhere else in this room, the corners were even crinkled with laugh lines.
Mai smiled for the first time that night and blush when the man placed a gently kiss on the back of her hand.
"The name's Hunter love" the man said with a wink.
Mai smiled "Mai" she offered before wincing when Tatsuo's hand tightened painfully on her wrist. She turned to glare at him slightly before looking away sadly with a sigh. She didn't bother to look at any of them again until she heard her name being called.
She glanced around with a frown, that voice sounded just like …
"Gene" she whispered as she saw a flickering image of her boyfriends dead twin brother. Staring with a slightly open mouth she glanced around to see if anyone else noticed him but they didn't.
Gene gestured for her to go to him but she looked at him sadly and shook her head with a slight gesture to Tatsuo's hand that was still holding her firmly in place. He looked at her in desperation before his image started flickering, Mai wanted to do nothing more then to run to him but knew she couldn't. Her eyes watered as his image disappeared and it left her wondering why he couldn't get through to her … where ever she was.
She looked towards Lucifer who was still perched on his throne looking smugly around the room. He hadn't seemed to notice anything amiss so Mai tried to scan the room again without bringing too much notice to herself.
"So I'm told I'm to be tutor to your fiancé?" asked Hunter bring Mai back to the conversation the two men were having.
She blinked at him with wide eyes "what?" she asked confused. She gritted her teeth and glared at Tatsuo as his nails dug into her side.
"Yes, Lucifer spoke to my boss and I was sent over, apparently you have power over energy?"
Mai nodded slowly and Hunter smiled "energy is close to the power of light so no one here could help you along the way".
"Along the way?" Mai asked.
"Yes" Hunter nodded "your powers have only just been brought out of you meaning they're weak at the moment, they will get stronger" he finished seriously "whilst I've never taught anyone with such a power as you have I'm sure it's just like my students who aren't strong enough for their powers".
"What happens to them?"
Hunter looked uncomfortable "erm well…" he bit his lip unsure on whether to tell her or not but one glance at her wide eyed gaze he carried on "well their light power burns them from the inside out" he pauses waiting for my to understand "no one ever survives that" he finished sadly.
Mai nodded slowly and tried not to throw up "and you think this might happen to me if I don't understand my powers?"
Hunter nodded warily "no one knows for sure but I think it best to avoid finding out" he suddenly smiled kindly "don't you?"
Mai nodded again much slower then before whilst her brain went into overload "okay" she whispered.
Tatsuo watched the conversation with a calculated gaze before his eyes flickered up to his Fathers. Lucifer held his gaze and seemed to understand what he was asking for he nodded once and stood up. The attention of everyone suddenly went towards him.
"Now I think it's time that I have the final dance with my lovely soon to be daughter in law".
Mai's legs went weak slightly and she was sure she paled even more then she already was. Her gaze flickered from Lucifer to Tatsuo who seemed to be unbothered by his Father wanting to dance with her and then to Hunter who seemed to watch everything with a calculating gaze. Sighing sadly and knowing she will not be able to get out of it she takes Lucifer's offered hand shakily.
Lucifer's hand was warm but Mai couldn't stop shaking as he place his arm around her waist and kept a tight grip on her hand with his own. He brought her uncomfortably close to him that when Mai gasped in a breath she could practically taste whatever shampoo he had used. She nearly giggled at the absurd thought of the Devil washing his hair but stayed frozen unwilling to do anything.
Lucifer twirled her around to the music and Mai swallowed at the dizzy feeling she was getting. She kept staring at his chest unwilling to look at any of the guests or into his eyes.
"You do look beautiful tonight Mailina" he said softly, his hot breath fanning across her neck.
She swallowed nervously but didn't say anything.
"You have such unusual hair" he said as the hand around her waist moved to toy with the end of her long hair.
She didn't looked up but nodded and said quietly "I know".
"You know do you?" he said amused before they fell into silence again.
Mai was feeling overly nervous about the length of this dance as it never seemed to be coming to an end. She glanced around and met the steady gaze of Hunter, he was watching them through narrowed eyes as if he had just realised something.
"I see you've met Hunter?" Lucifer asked as he dipped her.
She looked up at him from her dipped position "I think I've more then likely been personally introduced to everyone here" she said darkly.
Lucifer smirked "yes you 'more then likely' have" he didn't pull her up from the dipped position but held them there as he spoke conversationally "he's our resident angel you know".
Mai's eyes widened in shock "what?" she managed to burst out.
Lucifer nodded with a smirk "yes, whilst" he looked upwards "The big man can't do anything to get you out of here he can send his little" he narrowed his eyes at Hunter as he pulled her up again and pulled her close "followers" he finished disgusted " to make sure that you aren't coming to any harm".
He rolled his eyes whilst all Mai could do was look at him in shock "do you mean that 'the big man'" she quoted his words "has been trying to get me out of where ever it is that I am".
"Oh honey, you're in Hell" said Lucifer with a large satisfied smirk "and yes, we're not allowed in each others" he thought over the word to use "domain".
Mai bit her lip "so what's with the tutoring bit then?"
Lucifer shrugged as he continued to move them around the dance floor effortlessly gliding around the other dancing couples "none of my people can teach you seeing as our magic is dark" he looked down at her with a spark in his eyes that she didn't recognise "the angels is light and I believe that yours is closest to the Angels then to the" he paused "the demons".
Mai looked around the room as he spun them again "you mean all these things are demons?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
Lucifer sighed as though he thought she had asked something stupid and she suddenly had the image of Naru doing that. She gulped and looked away at the thought of him completely missing Lucifer's reply.
Lucifer pulled her to a stop near a wall and nodded to Tatsuo who was stood to the side, he moved towards them and gripped Mai's arm painfully making her wince.
She glared at him "are you personally trying to give me bruises?" she hissed.
Tatsuo looked slightly shocked as he blinked owlishly.
Lucifer chuckled as he waved a hand at the wall "my son does not know his own strength" Mai ignored them both and watched amazed as the wall wavered to create the image of a door.
Lucifer strode through it and Tatsuo pulled Mai after him whilst all Mai could do was look back towards the place where Hunter had been. He was still there standing and watching them leave with narrowed eyes. He seemed to nod towards her before he disappeared leaving a flutter of feathers floating towards the ground.
It took quite a while to get to wherever Lucifer was taking them, the walls covered in a red silk and the furniture the darkest brown Mai had seen before. The hallways long with many doors along the way, Mai was sure she would never find her way out on her own.
"Now you will not be able to leave this room until I come for you" Lucifer turned to smirk at her "After all you must not see you soon to be husband until the actual wedding".
Mai frowned "but that's only the day befo…" her eyes widened and she shook her head furiously "no! I'm not getting married to him tomorrow!" she spat angrily at them both trying to pry her arm away for Tatsuo who didn't seem to move an inch other then look towards his father.
"You don't have a choice" shouted Lucifer shocking her to the point where she froze. He calmed slightly and said quieter "you do not have a choice in the matter and the sooner you are married the sooner I can have my heir".
Mai frowned "but isn't Tatsuo your heir? And how would a child that came from me and" she glared towards the man still holding her firmly in place "him" she spat disgusted at the thought "become your heir?"
Lucifer chuckled "oh my dear, you might be marrying my son but once your in my family" he stalked up towards her until their noise were inches apart "your mine!" he whispered.
Mai's eyes widened and she choked out "w..what?"
Lucifer smirked "I'm cursed you see, I'm not allowed to ever set foot out of this dimension where as my son is and he was the only way I could find a bride to join our family" he looked her up and down "you were his choice, he felt your power and knew that you would be a great asset and that we Devils only have the best".
He turned around and stalked down the hallway, Mai was pulled along silently as she felt that if she were to speak she might just throw up.
After a while she whispered "isn't that a little barbaric?"
Tatsuo looked down at her "what?"
Mai didn't look up at him but kept her eyes on Lucifer's back "sharing women between you other family members" she frowned "it's wrong".
Tatsuo chuckled sinisterly "you're in Hell sweetheart" he said mockingly "you'll be lucky if you can find anything not wrong down here".
All Mai could do was stare at the floor in reply. She was of course running through all of her options in her head. Before long she was thrown into a large room.
"I'd get a good night sleep if I were you" Tatsuo said before nodding to his father and stalking off.
Mai gulped and refused to look up at Lucifer as he walked towards her. She felt his breath fanning across her face but closed her eyes.
"It wont be as bad as you think it will be" he whispered in her ear making her shiver terrified of her future "you might even come to enjoy it" he said as his lips glided along her cheek and to her lips with out truly touching her skin.
She stood shaking unwilling to do anything until he left. His hand came to her chin and tilted her face up to look at him.
"Open your eyes Mailina" it was an order and Mai's eyes opened unwilling "good girl" he whispered, his eyes gliding across her face taking in everything before they paused on her lips.
Mai was shocked when his lips pressed against hers, the heat of his searing right through hers making her feel as though she were on fire. Her eyes widened in shock and she moved her hands to his chest to try to push him off. She gasped in a breath and stumbled back when she finally managed to pry herself away from him. She stumbled back until her legs hit the bottom of the bed as she fell onto it.
She sat staring at him wide eyed as he pulled himself together, straightening up and looking at her with his insufferable smirk again "you wont be able to resist after tomorrow, you wont have a choice" he said before stalking out of the room. She didn't hear a key locking the door but knew she would not be able to leave.
Tears came to her eyes as she brought her hand to her still searing lips, they rolled down her cheeks slowly and gasped on a sob. Suddenly before she knew it she was crying and couldn't seem to stop herself. She wrapped her arms around herself and rocked back and forth on the end of the bed.
When her tears had finally subsided she sat quietly her eyes glazed over with a faraway look as she thought of what she could do to get out of there.
Astral Project whispered a voice that sounded like Gene. Mai closed her eyes and calmed herself and was about to think of her friends when a smooth voice asked "What are you doing?"
Her eyes snapped open to look into the blue eyes belonging to Hunter.
She glanced around the room confused and wary, the door was still locked "how did you get in here?"
Hunter shrugged "the main thing is that I know how you can get out".
Mai stared at him "why would you help me?" she asked warily.
Hunter narrowed his eyes "I don't work for the Devil, my boss is the opposite".
Mai looked at him "you mean like God?"
Hunter rolled his eyes and smirked "something like that yes".
"A…and you'll help me?"
"Yes"
"Why?"
"Because I was sent to help you" Hunter replied simply.
Mai stared at him as she bit her lip but decided not ask "Then how do I get out?"
Hunter smiled "you don't 'get out'" he quoted using his fingers "you go home to your body".
Mai blinked confused "to … my body? What do you mean?"
Hunter frowned and cocked his head to the side "you mean you don't know?"
"Know what?" Mai asked confused.
Hunter laughed in disbelief "well wow" he said with a shake of his head "your not actually here Mai".
"What?" she was getting more frustrated and confused.
"This place as you know is hell, were only the Devil, demons and …souls tread" he said slowly waiting for her to understand.
She looked at him with wide eyes and screamed "am I dead?"
Hunter sighed and rolled his eyes "no, you're not dead" he paused "You have a spirit guide don't you?" Mai nodded so he continued "okay well he's a spirit but if he connected to his body and there was enough power, enough energy then he may just be able to come back to life".
Mai sucked in a breath "alive again?" she whispered and when Hunter nodded her eyes widened "Energy? Like my energy" she said referring to her powers.
Hunter nodded "now you understand me".
Mai licked her lips and sat up as she stared at Hunter "so you're saying I could make Gene come back to life?"
Hunter shrugged, not caring to know who Gene was "with enough energy" he waved his hand "but enough about that what I'm trying to tell you is that you're alive because you can reconnect with your body using your power over energy".
Mai bit her lip "but where is my body?"
Hunter sighed and sat down on the floor suddenly tired of standing "England, you're body was found by a Mr and Mrs Jones in North Wales and they contacted a Mr Martin and Mrs Luella Davis using your contacts from your phone because they were the most recently contacted" he paused to catch his breath "Mr Davis flew your body to London where it know resides".
Mai let out a sigh of relief "so Martin and Luella have my body?" Hunter nodded "since when?"
Mai watched in amusement as Hunter checked a watch on his left wrist "since 2am of Thursday the 19th of March …three months ago" he finished quietly watching for Mai's reaction.
Mai took a deep breath and asked quietly "how long have I been here?"
Hunter licked his lips and nervously glanced away "by my calculations you've been 'in a coma' for roughly over a year" he glanced back but quickly averted his eyes again.
"Over a year" Mai breathed out. She was silent for a moment before she sat up straight "I want to get out of here".
Hunter nodded pleased "good because we're getting you out whether you wanted to or not" He pushed himself up "right well I need you to Astral Project again but his time think of you're body, think of how the blood pumps through your veins and how your heart pounds, try to remember how it felt to touch, how your emotions worked" he went on and on and Mai sat listening and thinking until he finally stopped "okay we're going to give this a try".
He stepped back and away from her and Mai closed her eyes thinking of all the thoughts about her body, she remembered how her heart pounded faster when she thought of Naru and how she loved the feel of soft silk and how she was going to be very angry when she finally reached her body.
She felt exactly when it happened, it felt like she had just become solid and she found it hard to breath. She gasped and her eyes flew open, her hands scratching at a tube in her mouth.
Arms grabbed her own forced them to her side but she was too busy choking to see who it was.
She heard distant voices shouting and the sudden relief of being able to breath before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she was unconscious once again. Her last thought was one of relief, she would soon see her friends.
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