We Might Have a Chance Part 1

Darkness started to creep up on him. The temperature slowly dropped to almost below freezing. The silence rung throughout the empty space. Someone was here, but at the same time, no one was. A felling began to form in his chest. The pain slowly started to grow as something wet slid down his cold cheek. He was alone and he was scared.

"Noll." said a voice. Naru's head snapped up to see Lin standing in the doorway.

"What." Naru asked, trying not to snap.

"I sent everyone to bed." He said "You should also get some rest."

"I'm fine" Naru said looking back down at the object in his hand. It was a necklace that he had given Mai for her birthday.

"No you're not." Naru looked up at Lin. He was still debating whether he should be mad at Lin for bothering him, or mad at him for not leaving him alone. "A lot has happened in the last few hours and if you want to be at your fullest when you look for Mai then I suggest you get some rest." None of what Lin was saying was registering in Naru's mind. He was still to focus on the necklace. "The school will be open in a few hours and you are going to have to explain why one of our team members is missing."

"Fine." Nau said. He just wanted Lin to stop talking. "I'll go to bed." Naru put down the necklace in the open suitcase lying on the bed. He then turned and walked out of the room.

Naru headed back towards the base. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep in the bed he and Mai had shared, so he decided it was best if he slept on the couch in the base.

Once Naru reached the base he opened the door to find that the couch had a pillow and a blanket already on it. On the floor next to it was Gene, who was lying on his back staring up at the dark ceiling.

I kinda guessed you would have preferred to sleep in here tonight. said a voice in Naru's head. He sighed to himself before closing the door and walking over to the couch.

And what made you think that? He asked the voice.

I know you better then anyone else. Plus the fact that you are here now is more then enough proof. Naru lay down on the couch and started up at the dark ceiling. His brother was right. He did know him better than anyone else, or at least everyone except Mai.

I think I may have a way to get her back. Naru sat up and looked down at his brother, surprise by what he had said.

"It's not exact, and it might be very risky but it's the only way I could think of." Gene said still staring at the ceiling. Naru sat in silence, waiting for him to say something. His heart began to pound against his chest at the thought of getting Mai back.

I can save Mai. I can get her back.

Gene sat up and turned to his brother. "There is an old legend that deal with what is called 'stripping of the soul'. It is when a person's soul is stripped from the body separating the barriers of life and death. In death it is believe that the soul becomes incomplete, wither it is because the soul is scared from the tragic event or ripped in half because of the desire to stay on earth. Either way the soul becomes incomplete and is unable to pass on until it finds or heals itself.

"To create a complete soul after death a person would have to literally strip the living soul from the body while the person is still alive. The process is extremely difficult and takes three days and a lot of power to complete."

"So you think that they are trying to strip Mai of her soul?' Naru asked as the information sunk in. "But why? What could their reason possibly be?"

"Life or Death." Gene said. "To create a complete soul you would first need a victim. One that has had nothing but a tragic life but still see the good, one that no matter how difficult it is, can save people instead of destroying them. Unfortunately Mai is the perfect person for that. Both of her parents have died, she is in the most dangerous job in the world and she has you to deal with. Though no matter how hard things get, she never quits nor thinks about herself."

"That still doesn't explain why they need her."
"I was getting to that part." said Gene. "To create a complete soul would cause the barriers to open, causing the risk of someone's death or someone's life. If the reason Hitoshi and Shizu want to create one then that means there is someone they want to die that they can not kill or there is someone they want to live that has died." Naru started to think about this. It made perfect sense but something just didn't seem to fit. Something was missing. "But there is one problem." Naru looked up to see Gene staring at him, concerned written all over his face. "She can be anywhere."

hey! for anyone who cares im listening to 'My heart will go on." Now back to things you would care about. This chapter is short and im sorry but im still wroking on the other part and this took me a lot of time so yea. Here is another thing you might not care about but my sis just turn on the TV behind me... im just tried to make this seem longer since i really dont have much to say. um...oh i know! there was a story that i wrote in class cause i was bored and well im stuck on it and probably going to leave it that way(srry Fairy of Literature and Music.)but i would love you opinion on it!

Im just gonna but a small part up right here and you guys can tell me what you think k? (its not done or edited so yea...)

"I'm going home!" called Mai as she put on her coat. She waited for a response but none came. Sighing Mai turned and left the office. Naru had left a few hours ago and has yet to return, so it had just been Mai and Lin most of the day. As of right now, it was getting late, so Mai decided to go home. As she walked down the street, she heard a loud noise. Thunder echoed across the sky, shortly followed by lighting. Then the rain started.

"Great." Mai mumbled to herself as she continued walking. There was no point in rushing, she was gonna still be soaked by the time she got home anyway. The rain started to pick up, pounding itself into the ground. Mai noticed this and looked around for some shelter. She saw a park entrance across the street and decided that she could go look to see if there was anything there. After walking about halfway through the park, Mai realized that there probably wasn't anything here. Turning around she saw a small gazebo a few yards away. She ran over to it, thankful she found some shelter.

As soon as she reached the gazebo her phone went off. Mai pulled it out of her soaked pants pocket and looked at the caller ID. It was Naru.

"Hello?" she asked him cheerfully.

"Baka!" he yelled. "What in the world gave you the idea that you could go home!" It took her a minute before she realized that he was yelling at her.

"I don't know maybe the fact that you disappeared for hours without telling me where you were going!" Mai yelled back at him. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him right now. She was freezing cold and soaking wet.

"Did you forget you have a serial killer after you!" he yelled. There was silence as Mai started to remember what he was talking about.

"Oh right" Mai said.

"Where are you?" Naru growled.

"I'm in a gazebo at a park a few blocks from the office." Mai said looking around. She was starting to become scared.

"Don't move I'll be there in a minute." He said. Mai waited to here the click, but it never came. Instead she heard the door open and slam shut.

"Naru?" she asked.

"What?" he snapped.

"Nothing." All of a sudden she felt safer, knowing that Naru wasn't going to leave her alone.

There was a strange noise behind her that made her turn around.