Author's Note: Hello again! I am sooooo sorry that I haven't updated in forever! Not only had my laptop gone bananas, but school has gotten a lot harder… And my grades have skyrocketed! So I can relax a little… I hope.
Without further or do, here's the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: The anime/magna, 'Ghost Hunt' belongs to Fuyumi Ono, I only own the plot-line and the characters I create.
I dedicate this chapter to all who have favourited, followed or commented this FanFic so far! Thank you all! It makes me really happy to see you're enjoying this!
-Chapter 3-
A New Case, a New Place
It has been a month since Mai's birthday, one of her best birthday for a long time. They ate, they danced and even Naru seemed to have a… endurable time. Everything since then was as normal, but with one small difference. Mai had hardly got any injuries from any of the eight cases they had. The worst was a cut on her arm that healed in a matter days. Normally she would have numerous problems, not that she was complaining.
So, it was a typical, average, boring day at Shibuya Psychic Research. Sunlight was streaming through the open windows as it was the beginning of July. Mai was sitting at her desk, sorting some files, while listening in on the conversation Ayako and Masako were having about the new comedy-romance film 'Love Is All You Need'. Monk, John and Yasu were sitting on the sofas talking about the wrestling match that was yet to come, that evening. Naru and Lin were in their respective offices, doing Lord knows what.
"I think that Daron was by far the best in the film." Ayako declared, "The way he battled and he didn't look too bad without a shirt." Mai giggled.
"I personally preferred Nick, he was very caring." Masako, covering her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono, in thought, "And the special effects were amazing."
"Yeah, they were brilliant. It looked as though fire was shooting from his hand, for real." Mai stapled one file and moved onto the next, "I really liked Bella, she really did know what to do, even though she was still new. And her powers were really cool -"
"Kotoshogiku is going to kick Goeido's butt!" Yasu shouted jumping up.
"No chance!" Bo-san retorted, "Goeido is going to bring him down!"
"He won't!" Yasu, wore a t-shirt saying 'Kotoshogiku for the WIN!' showing how much of a fan he was.
"He will."
"He won't."
"Come on you two, you don't need to argue about this…" John said, standing up himself, trying to calm the two 'men'.
"He will!" The base guitarist yelled, paying no heed to the ex-priest, so John decided to just gradually walk away, since it would probably work out on its own.
"Wanna bet?!"
"Sure!"
"Fine, 10,000 Yen!" Yasu slammed down the money on the coffee table, "And if I win, you also need to dress up as a bunny for a day."
"And if I win, you need to…" Monk smirked, "That!"
The man with glasses gasped, Mai tried to hide a smile, "You wouldn't?! You wouldn't do that to the love of your life?" He added a supposedly innocent smile.
Takigawa's smile stretched even wider, "Oh, I would."
Yasu paused from a moment, weighing his odds, "Deal." The boys shook hands.
Ayako shook her head, "Honestly, you guys are getting worked up over nothing."
"It's not 'nothing'!" Monk said in astonishment, "It's a very important event!"
"All it is, is a couple of fat men rolling around, too heavy to stand on their own two feet!"
"Sumo Wrestling is an art!"
"Yeah, of course. If you call fat flying around an art!"
Now Masako was doing a lot of head shaking, "You really wouldn't expect that they were dating?"
"I don't know, at least they are entertaining!" said Yasu.
Mai had to agree, as Ayako started chasing Monk around the room with her purse.
Jingle, Jingle
They all stopped what they were doing and turned to see a tall figure looming in the doorway. The man in a cloak stepped through the door, and looked around awkwardly. Silenced consumed the room, you could only hear the ticking of the clock.
"Um, am I interrupting something?" He asked, in a thick accent. Judging by his voice, you could tell that he was not Japanese.
"No! Come in!" Mai said, getting up, "Welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research. I am Mai Taniyama, how may I help you?"
The man walked in and a second figure followed. This person was also wearing a cloak, but it was black instead of grey. You couldn't see her face in the shadow of the hood (you could tell it was a girl because her skirt was poking out under the hem of the garment).
"Um, can we see Kazuya Shibuya please? I'm sorry, we don't have an appointment."
"It's fine! We are free. Do sit down," The co-workers from the couch moved out the way, "I'll just go and inform him that you're here."
The man took off his large coat. He looked in his early twenties, American, with brown eyes, urban wavy hair and tanned skin. He wore a grey checked shirt, simple black jeans with a belt and convers shoes. All in all, he was a very handsome. His eyes seemed to hold a spark within then, giving his a friendly look.
Masako and Ayako both blush a deep red when the boy looked at them, their respective boyfriends both notice, and glared angrily at him. Mai also had a light pink dusting her cheeks.
He sat down, and the woman did the same, but she did not make any move to reveal her appearance.
Mai opened the door of her boss's study, after knocking of course, "Naru, there's a client here waiting to see you."
The narcissistic boy gave a nod and followed.
She did the same for Lin, and he came out, laptop in hand.
"Mai, tea." Naru ordered.
She sighed and went to the kitchenette. After making the beverage at top speed, she hurried back out to the interview. She passed the cups around.
"Now, you can start." Naru started to sip his tea.
"I am Markus Ignisgerentis, and this is Victoria. We are here representing our mother, Julianna Clarkton. We are here because there have been some… odd events happening in our home."
"Such as?" John prompted.
"Knocking and writing on the walls, sounds of footsteps and whispers heard in empty rooms. We have quite a large and old house."
"Are you sure that you don't have robbers or immature teenagers creating trouble?" Naru asked bluntly.
"Well, actually…" Markus started to fiddle with his coat, "We have many precious artefacts, paintings and important literature, we've had quite a few break-ins."
"It is most likely that you have a bunch of thieves," The PK user snapped closed his note book, "If that's all, then I will not accept this job."
Naru shot Lin a look, because he noticed that his mentor had stopped typing. Lin was looking at Victoria. All he did was glance up quickly and he saw something strange. Even in the darkness of her hood, he could see her eyes. A pair of the most incredible glowing blue eyes he had ever seen. But as soon as they came, they vanished. He gave himself a little shake, and continued typing.
"Wait! There's more!" Markus said hurriedly, "There have been sighting of milky white people appeared out of nowhere."
"Still could be burglars. I suggest checking if you have all of your belongings." Naru picked up his cup of tea, "Is that it?"
"That… Um…" Markus gave his companion a begging look.
"No, Markus." She spoke in English, "I won't. I just came to confirm their agreement."
"But you have to! Or they won't be able to help!" He retorted in the same tongue. Takigaswa, Ayako and Masako looked confused. Mai thanked the gods that she leant English in University.
She went quiet, then nodded.
"The reason," Victoria said, in fluent Japanese, she stood up, walked to the middle of the room, limping slightly and turned away from them, "Is because of this."
She grasped the silver buckle on the cloak, and let the piece of clothing fall to the floor.
They all gasped, even the emotionless Naru and Lin widened their eyes.
Victoria was a slightly large woman, with thin hair that reached her shoulders. She was wearing a white spaghetti strap summer dress. On her neck there were these blue markings, which looked similar to a tattoo. Her eyes weren't the only thing that stood out. On all visible skin, there were scars, some of them still healing. And right across the top of her back, was writing, red and raw, that looked like it was carved into the skin with a blunt knife.
"'YOU WILL ALL PAY'." Yasu read out weakly.
"How long have you been like this?" Lin questioned.
"It all started about 5 years ago. I've been getting these cuts and bruises every time I go out of the house. I am starting to worry about my little sister. She has nightmares about these things that try to come and hurt her."
"Please Dr Davis, please except our case!" Markus said worriedly.
"How do you know my name?" The professor demanded.
Markus went pale. He stared at Victoria, as though willing her to explain.
"The answer is that we don't live here," Victoria said plainly, "Our home is in the deep forests of England. We are actually quite good friends with your father, Professor Davis."
"Wait, WHAT?" Ayako and Monk called.
"You mean that you came all the way from Britain, just to ask us to come and help?" Masako said.
"Your company, SPR, is very famous and we need professionals, not some rip-offs." Markus smiled, the spirit medium blushed.
"But will you, will you help us?" Victoria said, her face was set with determination.
Naru glanced at Mai; she gave him a pleading look.
"We will accept your case," Their boss said, Markus sighed, and relief washed over his features, "It seems we're going to England, if you are all free?"
"Awesome! I've never been there, not even on tour." Houshou exclaimed, Ayako looked egger too.
"WAWHO! We're setting off for the UK!" Yasu cheered.
Victoria gave them a weak smile, "We will pay for the tickets, a thank you present for helping us." She glazed at Yasuhara, "You remind me of a friend I have, and I think you two will get along nicely."
The four-eyed boy gave her a comical confused look.
"When would you like us to book the flight?" Markus said to Naru.
"Four days' time, if you don't mind, once we get to London, we will need to visit one place on the way. Also, we will need a base and two rooms to sleep in."
"Great, already sorted! It is a long trip, so we would need to anyway."
They shook hands.
"Thank you ever so much. We will send you the time of the flight. Victoria and I will already be in England, so we'll meet you at the airport."
Mai passed Markus the SPR business card, with the needed phone and email address.
Lin got up, Markus and Victoria put on their coats.
"Thank you again." Victoria bowed, Markus did the same.
"We will see you then." Victoria gave Mai a nodded.
As the two new clients were walking out, Lin accidently brushed against Victoria. He saw something, a view of a cliff face with a woman standing on the edge. The lady moved to face him, her sky blue eyes penetrating his soul.
He came out of this vision; Lin stared at the back of her head. She must have noticed that he was watching, she turned and gave him a smile that made his heart flutter.
"Well, we should get packing then!" Ayako grabbed Mai's hands, "We'll go shopping and buy some nice cute summer outfits!"
"Don't you know that the weather in England is different than here?" Naru commented, "It's much colder over there."
The shine maiden's smile disappeared, and she started to sulk.
They all started talking about the trip to come.
"It is strange, isn't it?" Naru said in a low voice to Lin.
"Indeed." Lin was still a little shocked from that daydream, "Why didn't they go to BSPR?"
"They even said they know my father." Naru looked up at the Chinese man, "Be extra careful," He looked back at the group, who were at the moment arguing about which colour would look best on Mai, magenta or crimson, "This might get dangerous."
They had no idea that this case was about to change their lives forever.
Author's Note: There. Done! I've been writing this chapter for absolutely ages, this actually was the first chapter I thought up for this story! I've changed it a bit since then, but the second paragraph is exactly the same!
The names Kotoshogiku and Goeido are both Sumo Wrestlers, it took me ages to find them, you can look into them more if you want…
Also, I am not sure of who will win the bet, so I'm going to do what YOU guys want. Do you want see Monk in a bunny costume? Or, have Yasu doing, that? Just leave it in a review and say which side you're on, Team Monk or Team Yasu!
Thank you if you've read up to here! Please review; it's my Birthday today, so give me a review as a present please!
We'll Monk dress up in a bunny suit, or will Yasu do… that? Find out in the next chapter!
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