HI! chapter 5 is here! finally! another long chapter...I hope that the story will be good and I hope that you all enjoy reading the Please be with me again. I'm so sorry if some of my grammars are wrong. And I want to thank all of you for reading my story...I really hope you will like it.
animeloverfull I know it is kinda confusing in knowing who telling but to know it or rather to follow the flow is for you to read the start of the P.O.V. but in this chapter I adjust some convo. so that you won't be confuse.
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CHAPTER V: "Case Closed" (part 1)
Naru's P.O.V.
After all the information that yasuhara send to us, it also made me realize only one thing can be done and that is to purify this monster along with all the spirits that were trap here, just like what yasuhara told us that the nakajima family suggested the same method. Yasuhars and keichi are on their way back here, they will be arriving tomorrow morning while I made lin inform satori-san about our plan. And also for us to get an approval from the boss of satori-san which is also the current owner of this house. Just like in the Urado case we will be suggesting on burning the whole house but before that I will be asking john to bless or purify the remains of that monster. Yasuhara inform me a while ago that they were able to get its remains since all the family member of it have already turn their back and never forgive for the sin that he committed. After that we will start packing all of the equipment's then start burning the whole house.
"naru?" said masako who is currently sitting next to me.
"what?" I asked.
"will you stop searching for mai?" she asked. I wanted to shout to her the moment she said it but bou-san did it for me.
"WHAT?! Masako! I know that you hate mai but! Mai is-" shouted bou-san
"bou-san…the one that I am talking right now is not you but naru…"
"even so! If this is about mai then I will definitely not keep quiet!"
"stop….both of you….masako…I will not stop searching for mai since I have said that she is an important member of my team and please bou-san will not shout so loud" I said
"naru….she might be an important member but she left all of us 5 years ago…isn't that clear that she doesn't want to remain here"
"we'll just discuss this another time…but to make it clear….I will not give up the search" I said as I stand up. Lin arrived and walk towards to inform that satori-san's boss will be arriving tomorrow, they will be talking to us with satori-san while his wife and son will still remain in the house of the hijirikawa.
"very well…all we need to do now is rest and tomorrow we will be busy in ending this case" I said. After this case we will be discussing with another client, I already inform my father that I will speak to the client tomorrow afternoon.
Yaushara's P.O.V.
Me and keichi we're on our way back to Tokyo and now we are riding an overnight train that will just have 2 over stops before reaching Tokyo. We will be arriving at exactly early in the morning to the house of the client. Also…we were able to get the remains of that person easily than we expected.
*Flashback*
We are standing in front of a big mansion that also have a big shrine beside it, as expected of an omnyuji family.
"this must be the house" said keichi
"I think so…" I answed. We had gone to the ogata residence and said that the resident of the former omnyuji family which is the nakajima family is in this house.
"maybe we should ask someone that we can talk to" said keichi
"yeah, your right" keichi ring the doorbell and then someone was able to answer.
"yes, may I help you?" said a man who is kind of in his thirty's
"Uhmnn…I'm Yasuhara and this is Kitamura….we would like to talk to the owner of the house…if that is possible…" I said
"do you have any appointment?" he asked
"well…" said keichi who is kinda feeling down
"yes, we have…" I said
"we do?"
"yes, I forgot to mention it to you but while we are on the train on our way here, I already call both families to set an appointment that is why we do have an appointment"
"oohhh….I see…"
"very well…please follow me….You may call me Mori, I'm the young master's personal butler…the master is currently in the living room with him"
"hmnn….mori-san when did the Nakajima family quit being omnyuj?"
"well…on to what they have told me is that it's all in the past now that is why we as their servants must not dig it anymore"
"I see…" I said while we are entering the living room, we saw two men and 2 women beside them drinking tea as if they are having a tea party only that they are in the living room.
"master…These two are the once you are expecting…" said mori-san
"Thank you mori…now get them some tea and cookies and you two please do sit down and make yourself comfortable" said a younger man whom I can tell is so handsome since he has black eyes and an indigo hair seems to me that he is in his twenty's while the other man is old his hair is already gray while he has the same eyes as the young one. The two ladies are different, I think the oldest is in her 40's she has a black hair but her eyes are dark chocolate. While the other one has a kinda blond and her eyes are blue.
" UHmnn….sir…I'm Yasuhara and this is Kitamura we are from SPR" I said
"I see….may I ask what is SPR?" asked the older man
"well…SPR stands for Shibuya Psychic Research"
"Psychic huh….oh! I forgot to introduce ourselves…..My name is Nakajima Ryouji and that is my father Nakajima Shiroshi, while this lady by my side is my fiancé, her name is Mary and beside father is mother, her name is Nakajima Shouka" said Ryouji-san. Mori-san arrived with our tea and cookies.
"so…what can I help you two?" asked Mr. Nakajima
"well…you see…may I ask if you recognize this house?" I asked as I show them pictures of the house of our current case. Old and new pictures are included in there.
"well…I kinda…recognize it…I think it was when the time when my father show me a picture of one family omnyouji who is so close to our family…Hmnn…as far as I remember it was during the house blessing of this house"
"and that family is the ogata family right?"
"yeah…I think so…"
"uhmnn…if you don't mind…may I ask why or rather when did your family stop being an omnyouji?" asked keichi
"Keichi….that's way to direct!" I said to him
"what? We will eventually land into that question anyway…" he answer me back.
"haixt…your impossible…"
"hehehe….give up? Anyway Mr. Nakajima?"
"To where did you hear about that?" asked Mr. Ryouji
"well…I research about it…" I said
"well…to tell you the truth is that our family didn't stop…rather than stop…it is only pass down to the heir of the family and can't be used outside…"
"so you mean…that your family is still an omyouji?"
"of course! An omnyouji family can't easily be change but the only thing is that it became forbidden because of some incident in the past so many years ago…"
"can you tell us about that incident?" I asked with a very serious facial expression.
"wait a minute…why do you want to know? If you are writer or journalist then I will not tell you any further"
"no! we're not…I'm just a mere assistant of my boss in SPR and we solve paranormal problem…and since that I'm not a medium and can't protect myself…I became their researcher of the history or something like that related to the case that we are handling"
"and the case that they are currently handling is about that house that me and my sister's family are currently living and we are in danger that is why we need all the information of that house before it's too late…please do help us!" pleaded keichi
"You…"
"I don't want to die yet! I always had those dreams of me being murder…and as soon as I wake up…I'm always bleeding while my whole room are filled with blood…and I also don't want that monster get my sister's only son…That monster is trying to get ryousuke since he can't get me! Please! Help us! Please!" now keichi is shivering that made me go near to him and put my hands around his shoulder as a sign of comforting him.
"very well…"
"Honey!" said Mrs. Nakajima
"honey…they are in danger and my family knows that this day will eventually come that is why they are always passing down that information to the heir of the family or even the whole family but I want you two to keep your word that those information won't leak out anywhere and that it won't even reach any publishing company…ok?"
"Hai! Please do have faith in us! If you want we can burn those information for you…"
"that will also do…then follow me at our library" he said. (Oh! Did I forgot to mention that the nakajima family is now a very successful in many business and their house are more likely be called as a mansion rather than a house.)We follow everyone while Ryouji-san guided his fiancé outside since she said that she is still not fully included to the family that forbids her to hear everything. She will be going home for now that is why ryouji-san see her out. While the rest of us are on our way to the library which is located at the second floor or I may say that at the very corner of the east side of the second floor. When we entered, I'm amazed on how big and how many books they have.
"UWAAH! You have so many books sir" I said with an amaze look
"hahaha! Some of those where past down in every generation while some were newly added collection of mine" Said mr. nakajima
"also, it is not just my husband who likes to read but all of us in majority since we all have our different field of career" said mrs. Nakajima
"ooohhh….keichi…are you fine now?" I asked keichi who seems to be fine now since I notice that he isn't trembling anymore(I was holding his hand while we are walking).
"yeah…I feel much better now…thank you yasu…" he replied
"very well…follow me this way..." said mr. nakajima who entered a room inside the library. Inside that room were filled with old books and old scrolls that I believe they used hundred years ago. In the middle of the room is a long and short sofa which was divided by a long old table and another single sofa in one end of the table.
"sit…while I get the things that we need"
"thank you…" I said as me and keichi sit on the long sofa.
"I already ask my son to break some tea here after he see mary out, can I ask you something?" asked mrs. Nakajima
"yes, of course" I answered
"well…you see…when my son met mary…he also met someone whom I believe has a physic power…if I'm not mistaken her name is mari…are you somewhat familiar to her?" she asked
"mari? Unfortunately no ma'am…we don't know anybody who has a name of mari in our team"
"really? But from what I remember the other time that we invited mary and mari for a dinner she said that she was just an adopted daughter and originally a Japanese"
"hmnn….if you won't mind ma'am but do you remember her Japanese name?" asked keichi
"her Japanese name?...now that you mention it…I remember her giving her Japanese name…hmnnn…."
"Mom…here's the tea and some more cookies that I get" said ryouji –san who just arrive carrying a tea set and some cookies.
"Oh! Just in time ryouji…what is the Japanese name of mari…the friend of mary in Italy…you remember her right?"
"yeah…we also became friends…her japanese name is Sakai Mai, why do you asked mom" Asked ryouji-san who just sat beside his mom while Mr. nakajima came back holding a book and a scroll.
"SAKAI MAI!?" shouted keichi
"oh?! I see that you fine now…since you can shout that loud already" said mr. nakajima who sit at the single sofa between the who sofas.
"AH! I'm so sorry for suddenly shouting that loud…but are you sure that the girl named mari has a Japanese name of Sakai Mai?" asked keichi
"yeah…that's for sure since she was aware that I'm a Japanese…and the more shocking is that she knew that we are from the clan of omnyouij even though none of us said it to her" said ryouji-san
"OH! Are you talking about mai?...I believe she explain to us the reason why she knew about it" said mr. nakajima who place the book and the scroll on the table.
"If you don't mind before we go to that…(I pointed to the book and scroll) can you tell us more about that mai…how did she know that you are from an omnyouji clan?" I asked
"well…mari has the what you called ESP, and if I'm not mistaken she had a vision of our past or mare likely the past of our family" started ryouji-san
"what do you mean?" asked keichi
"you see…after that dinner mary had to go somewhere while mari stay with us…that's the time she said that she knew we're from an omnyouji clan here in japan"
"hmnn….now that you mention the ESP…she might really be mai-chan" I said
"what do you mean? Are you looking for her?" asked mrs. Nakajima
"well…you see…I'm only a substitute assistant of the SPR since the other assistant that I'm substituting has been missing for almost 5 years…our boss ordered us to look for her since she is also an important member or our team"
"what is her name?" asked mr. nakajima
"Her name is Taniyama Mai…but during the time that I'm looking for her where abouts… the orphanage that was taking care of her when she was young said that she was adopted by someone else that is why it is expected that she will have different surname this time but we don't have a clue of what is it…then keichi mention to all of us yesterday that he know someone who has the name of mai but her surname is sakai"
"How did you met mari? Asked ryouji-san to keichi
"well…me and her brother are friends and she gave me a good tip in love while she was staying here in japan" answered keichi
"I see…"
"Mai-chan also has an ESP and she always have those visions that helps us solve the case but since she is not around…we are completely clueless in this case"
"I remember her telling me that ' one day someone from SPR will come and ask you a lot of question…please do not hesitate to answer or give what they want since it is for the sake of their lives' something like that…that is why I have been expecting this day will come, oh! She know about SPR…maybe she is really the mai that you are looking for"
"I hope so….Do you have any photos of her?" I asked
"I do have some…wait here and I will just get it in my room" said ryouji-san who stand up and leave the room to get those photos of that mai. I hope that it is really mai, I miss her so much and it's kinda lonely when she is not around" I said in my thoughts. When ryouji-san came back, he was carrying a small box that I believe full of pictures.
"well…this is where I place all the pictures that I have during my stay in Italy…" he said as he open the box and let almost all of us took some pictures.
"wow…so you stay in Italy where you met your fiancé and that mai…by the way…aren't you having problem in calling them when they are together?" asked keichi
"no…why do you ask?"
"well…I just notice that their names were pretty close…Mary and Mari"
"not at all...I'm almost used in seeing and calling them by their names and also one reason why I became so close to mary is because of mari…there are times when me and mary will meet somewhere and go together to the hotel of mari" he said as he hand over a 3 pictures which contains a picture of him with 3 more people. The picture which has 4 people, they are arrange by the 2 guys on both sides while the two girls are between them.
"I believe you recognise me and mary in the right side…" he said while pointing
"And this two…AH! Is this the mai that you are talking about….rather mari…" I said while pointing to the other girl on the picture.
"yup! That's mari…and the man beside her is Jin who is also a Japanese but his English name is Miguel, his mother is a Japanese but his father is an American, he is the same as us who studies in Italy but as far as I know he had been staying in Italy for almost 3 years"
"what is his relationship to mari?" asked keichi
"Oh! He is one of the suitors of mari"
"ONE OF THE SUITORS!?" I shouted and made all of them shock due to me suddenly shouting.
"Yasu….are you that shock that you need to shout so loud" said keichi who is covering his ears while mr. and mrs. Nakajima and also ryouji –san are kinda laughing.
" ah! So-sorry…it's just that…I can't believe it…she really looks like the mai-chan that I know and that mai-chan…I believe that she doesn't even have any suitor and the like…but this mai…she's so…beautiful and her hair is long…she looks so fashionable too by the way she is wearing in all this photos…but I can recognise her brown eyes and even though her hair is long….it's color is the same as mai-chan which is chocolate brown" I said
"hahahaha….then you're lucky if mari is the mai that you are looking for…"said ryouji-san
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked keichi
"Well…2 months ago…she called me and also informed me that she is now in japan because this month is when she is supposed to visit the grave of her biological parents"
"Hmnn...so it's becoming clearer that mari-san is mai-chan…keichi…you mention to me that you know where their house here in japan…after this case can you lead me there?" I said to keichi.
"sure, I'll just inform her brother about our arrival" replied keichi
"ryouji-san…you said that jin-san is just one of her suitors…then…your also…"said keichi
'Hmnn…yeah…I'm also one but since I met mary, I change my mind then jin started asking her out"
"do you know how many man did she already gone out?" I asked
"yasu! What kind of question is that? Its sound like that you are being jealous or what" said keichi
"not really…it's just that…mai-chan is like a sister to me…we're pretty close you know…I'm just concern"I replied with a sad look in my face.
"well…to be honest… she told all of us that jin is the very first man she has gone out while the rest accepted that they can only see her from a far or just stay friend"
"so you mean that she only dated jin-san?"I asked
"yup! And from what I know is that they dated for almost 6 months and then mari has to leave due to her sudden engagement to another man that she didn't know…" said ryouji-san who kinda look sad.
"that remind me…she was engage to someone else…then what happen to jin?" asked mrs. Nakajima
"Jin wanted to fight for her but mari stopped him since she said that she doesn't want him to be hurt by the family that is why jin decided to go back to states and break up with mari and the last time that I talk to him which is last month, and he informed me that he is going to be engage this month or rather next month and the engagement will be held here in japan, he wanted me to invite mari since I told him that she is also here in japan"
"when is the engagement?" asked mr. nakajima
"it will be on the second Saturday of next month"
"why did he want to invite mai?" asked mrs. Nakajima
"well…I also asked him that…and he just said that 'I just want to thank her for being my gf for 6 months in Italy and also I want to be friends with her again…now that we both have our own fiancé it will be a good time to close the wound of the past' and with that I agreed to inform mari about the engagement but when I called her…it is her older brother, I think who answered the phone and he said that he will just pass it to mari…and after 2 or 3 weeks she called me back and said that she will surely come"
"so…mari has accepted it…" said mrs. Nakajima
"yes…so…now that I have said everything about mari…maybe we can now proceed to the main reason why we are here in the library…" said ryouji-san
"yeah…your right…thank you for reminding us…hehehe I almost forgot about it because of mai…since I'm also looking in the process of looking for her" I said in a bit of laughing way
"hahahaha! That's fine…anyway…why don't we start…"said mr. nakajima who open the scroll
"yes, please do…" I said while I open my laptop and got ready to type the information they are going to give.
"very well…I will now start…so you must listen carefully…"
"Hai!" both me and keichi answered
"now…The nakajima family is one of the very well known omnyouji here in Kyoto or maybe the fourth family that specialize being an omnyouji during that time and I believe that it started with the second son which is Nakajima Ryouta…He is a good omnyouji with a good personality as they describe in this scroll…and during that time the eldest son just got married when ryouta had a girlfriend but the family totally doesn't want the girl and months later the family was informed that ryouta's girlfriend is a one month pregnant of ryouta's child that is why they allow the girl to stay in the house until she give birth to the child. And after 8 months, the girl give birth and it's a boy, but after one year the child became very ill and it became the reason of its death that made ryouta suffer while the girl just left and never came back. Because of the death of his son, ryouta started studying dark magic or dark rituals in calling demons…when the family discover about it, he is already unstoppable that made him murder an innocent child which is Ogata Sei, the little Ogata Natsu the friend of ryouta…"
"ogata natsu…the oldest son of the ogata who lived in Tokyo and build or originally own that house…"I said
"yes, that is right…natsu-kun came back here to finish his studies to be a fully became an omnyouji of the ogata family"
"if I may ask…is the ogata family also known here in Kyoto?" I asked
"well…not really…hmnnn…how can I say this…" said mr. nakajima who is in his thinking position
"you may say that the nakajima is on the fourth row of the omnyouji families while the ogata is on the six row…" said ryouji-san
"well…you can also say it that way…" said mr. nakajima
"hmnnn….yasu…isn't that the spirit that we talk to said that they are trap because of an evil aura…that is why that monster can't find us is because lin-san place a barrier that only good spirit can notice?" asked keichi
"yeah…and thankfully john gave us this(pointing to the rosary that john gave to us) so that it can protect us since we are a bit linked to that house…especially you keichi…you are the most being haunted by that monster…" I said to him
"monster…hmnn….wait…can I continue reading the information?" asked mr. nkajima who is now holding the book
"ah! Yes…please…" I said
"now then…ryouta became obsess and completed the right ceremony to call demons…and to believe it or not…he started the ceremony at the temple near his favourite tree…but he only did the half since he wanted to show natsu where he must place his corpse if ever that demon will kill him…and the other half was done into that house where he sacrifice the little brother of natsu…and it also says here that after 3 days natsu came back to Kyoto and carrying a box…he told the whole clan about the things that happen in Tokyo, he did what ryouta requested but he never gave a proper prayer for his soul to be safe even in the hands of that demon. They said that natru didn't do it intentionally because he hate ryouta for killing his beloved little brother and instead of placing a prayer for the safety of his soul, he place a curse onto to his soul and to the house. The curse is that his soul can't leave that house with the demon unless it will be purified by a fire only then he will be free and the demon will be destroyed." Said mr. nakajima as he close the book he was holding that holds all the information of the past events.
"so…only one way can be done…" said keichi
"well…after that when the main or rather the most powerful omnyouji which is the Abe family, found out about it, they forbid our family to continue in being part of the omnyouji clan that is why this information is being pass down to everyone so that we have to remember the sin that was done one member of the family, it was just like a curse that is being pass down and the whole family had suffered because of it" said mr. nakajima with a depressing look.
"is there no way of cleaning the mistake?" asked keichi
"well…they said that after the purification is done then our family will somehow be free from this long time invisible curse" said ryouji-san
"hmnnn….ok! I will just tell the boss about this and it will be fine since we have done that kind of purification once…" I said as I stand
"you've done it?" asked keichi
"yup! That is during the time of the urado case…way back 5 years ago…mai-chan is still with us…I still remember her that she had a vision of she being killed…that is the worst vision she had during those times" I answered him
"hmnnn….i see…then doing it will not be a problem to your team then…"asked mrs. Nakajima
"well…yeah…but there is only one problem and that is…unlike the urado case which is located in an isolated area since it is a very big mansion…the case this time is in a rural area even though it is big and spacious and enough to not let the neighbouring house to get burn then it won't be a problem….hmnnn….i will just ask boss about this matter" I said
"very well…then our job is done here…I want you to include this book and scroll when you do the purification" said mr. nakajima
"hmnn….we can do that too but can we also bring the remains of ryouta-san?" I asked
"you can…but why?" he asked
"well…one spirit that he trap was the one that we talk to and he said that even the one holding their soul is pleading to be save since the demon had torture his soul too much that is why he asked us to also bring the remains of ryouta-san, in that way it can also be purified and the curse will be lift" I explained while I started to prepare everything that I will be sending to big boss then head back to Tokyo after we collect all the item that we are going to bring back and those are the remains and this two, the book and the scroll.
~To be continue
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