John

" 'ello Masako."

Masako felt her face get red as she stared into the bright blue eyes. Masako tried to form words but for some reason nothing came.

"John!" Mai yelled from behind Masako. John turned his blue eyes over to Mai and smiled. "Hey Mai."

Masako took a step back to let John in the room. He smiled at her before walking in the room where everyone greeted him. Masako never took her eyes off of him. She couldn't believe her eyes. She knew that he was coming but she wasn't expecting him to be here this early. Masako watched as Yasuhara ran up to him and hugged him like the child he was. She watched as he said something that made John feel uncomfortable but made everyone else laugh. She watched as he began to laugh with them and soon reminding her why she had fallen for him. A small smile appeared on her face as she watched him.

"I thought you said you weren't coming until the day after next." Mai said from her seat on the couch. She knew if that she tried to stand up, Naru would notice that something was off with the way she walked.

"Yea well you see I got a call from Kazuya telling me that he needed some research done on the school."

"And?" asked Naru. John held out a very thing folder as he said. "There is nothing on the school. It was a flood shelter at one point before it got turned into a school and other then the incidents that have happened with the last few months, there have been no other reports."

"How about when it was a flood shelter?" Lin asked. John thought about it for a moment.

"There was something about two children dying but according to the report it was never confirmed. Apparently while the flood was in effect the two children went missing only to be reported dead a few days later."

"What were the names of these children?" Naru asked looking up from the file he was looking at.

"It didn't say." John said. Naru sighed in frustration before turning to Lin and handing him the file. "Tea." Naru said turning and walking over to his chair. The girls all gave each other nervous glances. "Is something wrong?" Naru asked as he saw Mai still sitting down.

"Um no!" Mai said standing up and wincing at the pain. She slowly made her way over to the door, feeling everyone's eyes on her. Mai reached for the door handle she heard Masako say "I'll go with you."

Mai turned to see Masako had her sleeve in front of her mouth, blocking Mai from seeing her expression clearly. "What?" Masako asked as she looked around the room to see everyone staring at her with shocked expressions. Mai pushed opened the door and stepped out, Masako following close behind. As soon as the door closed behind them Mai leaned up against the wall in pain. She took the weight off her left leg and breathed in deeply as the pain soon faded into numbness.

"Are you alright?" Masako asked looking worried. Mai gave her a small smile. "Yeah I'm fine."

"I think we should really take you to the hospital or at least tell Naru." Masako said. Mai shook her head no.

"Not until the case is over. He already has a lot on his plate not to mention someone already got seriously hurt. The last thing he needs to worry about is me and my stupid leg." Mai said with a smile. She pushed off the wall and tried to stand. "Come one lets go get Naru his tea." She started down the hallway at a slow pace, not trying to rush herself. Masako followed slowly after her.

The two girls walked in silence for a while until it came time for them to walk down stairs. "Mai I don't-"

"I'll be fine." Mai said without looking at Masako. She started down the stairs and when she came to the bottom step she sat down. Masako sat down next to her. "I just need to rest for a moment." Mai said. Masako nodded and sat there in silence.

"Is everything okay?" asked a voice. Mai's head snapped up to see a boy standing there.

"Oh yes." Mai said smiling up at him. He had black hair that covered part of his bright blue eyes that reminded Mai of the summer sky. To her he looked oddly familiar but she couldn't place from where.

"That's good. My name is Hitoshi" he said as he extended his hand out to both of the girls. Mai smiled up at him and took it. She noticed that he was wearing a school uniform and looked old enough to be in his third year of high school.

"Mai Taniyama."

"Masako Hara." Masako said ignoring his extended hand and standing up. Something felt off about him, but she couldn't place it. "Have I seen you before?" she asked. Hitoshi looked at her confused.

"You said your name is Masako Hara?" Masako nodded. For a second he looked at her with shock and fear before he gave her a small smile. "I used to work with you on set but because of school I was unable to continue." Masako gave him a strange look. "I was also one of the students in the hallway when Kukiko-chan was attacked." Masako just nodded not sure if she believed him or not.

"I hope she is okay." said Mai. He turned to her with a smile on his face.

"Me too." Mai smiled up at him but stopped when she shifted her weight to her left side.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yea I just hurt my leg that's all."

"May I see?" he asked. Mai thought about it for a moment and had no objections. So she lifted her pant leg a little to show her leg which was mostly black and blue and swollen.

"It looks broken. What happened?"

"I slipped on the ice in the hallway." Mai said guilty. He looked up at her. "Maybe you should go to the hospital or something."

"Oh no I'm good. " Mai said covering it back up. "I'll be fine, don't worry about it." Mai said giving a small dry laugh.

"Well let me at least walk you back to the Art room so your boss doesn't worry about you walking around with it." Hitoshi offered. Mai then became a little panic but Masako took over. "That's okay. He is well aware of it. We were just on our way to make him some tea so we better get going otherwise he might get upset." Masako said walking down the remaining two steps and standing next to Mai.

"Oh right." Mai said looking at Masako. "I guess I'll see you later Hitoshi." Mai said before walking past him and down the next set of stairs. Masako glared at him before following Mai down the rest of the stairs. She didn't care how nice he acted or how much of an idiot Mai was for not seeing through him, but what ever it was she was not going to let him fool her. Something was off about him and until she finds out she is going to keep an eye for him.

"Hitoshi!" said a voice. Masako stopped and looked back up. A girl came skipping into view, her short black skirt gliding with her. She had long black hair had reached her lower back and the same bright blue eyes as Hitoshi. She looked about the same age as him, though unlike him she was not wearing a school uniform. "Well?"

"It's broken." He said. The girl got a worried look on her pale face.

"What shall we do!" she half yelled half whispered to herself.

"I do not know but we must think of something quick. If he finds out she got hurt because of us then our entire plan will fail." The girl nodded when she noticed something. She turned to see Masako standing there.

"Brother we have been found out." The girl said. Masako tried to move but found out that she couldn't. Hitoshi looked at where his sister was and saw Masako standing there. "What shall we do?" the girl asked her head titling to the side an evil smile appearing on her face.

"Nothing." Hitoshi said. The girl looked up at him surprised. "Just let her go. There is no point of making him even angrier then he will be when he finds out about Mai's leg."

"But brother-" the girl started to complain but was cut off.

"Just drop it Shizu. She already knew something was up." He said before turning back to Masako. "If you tell anyone about this you will never see the boy again do you understand me?"

"What boy?" Masako asked finding her voice but even though it sounded strong she didn't feel that way.

"John." Hitoshi said before turning and walking away but before he was completely gone he yelled. "Shizu you know what to do." Masako watched as the evil smile reappeared on Shizu's face. She walked over and bent down so she was now eye level with Masako.

"Be a good girl now." She whispered before placing a figure on Masako's forehead and giving her a little push. Masako lost her balance and started to fall back. Images started to flash across her mind.

John was at the bottom of the stairs blood surrounding his body.

John was in his bed a knife sticking out of his chest as the white sheets he laid on turn red.

John was hanging over the end of the stair, a rope around his neck.

John was standing in front of her staring at her with his cold dead eyes, his blond hair tainted with red.

Masako wanted to let out a scream but her voice seemed to have disappeared. That's when she felt the floor beneath her. Landing on her rear she tried to calm herself down from seeing those images. Masako looked up and saw Shizu smiling down at her. Masako stared at her in fear as she started to understand what had just happened.

Shizu stood up and turned around, her short black skirt spinning as she did, before walking away.

ello! This is probably my last update for about two weeks. I got districts and a bunch of crap going on so i won't be able to update so i hope you enjoy this chapter even though its kinda weird and most about John and Masako but i promise next chapter will be about Mai and Naru...im trying to think of other stuff to say but nothing is really coming... oh yea sorry for picking on John!

wish me luck on districts! n hope you enjoy the chapter!

please review and criticize(maybe) all can review and criticize(maybe)

sorry about spelling and grammar mistakes!