Find Me

Mai opened her eyes to find that she was surrounded by nothing but darkness. Slowly she sat up and looked around. She was still in this strange place.

"Taniyama-san?" asked a small voice. Mai stood up at the sound of the voice. When she turned around she saw a girl standing a few yards away. As Mai looked closer she saw that the girl was Shizu, her pale face reflected off the darkness. "I'm sorry.' she said, tears falling from her eyes. Mai stood up and rushed over to her before pulling her into a hug.

"Don't cry." Mai said calmly. "It will be alright."

"Not it won't." Shizu said into Mai's shirt. "It's my entire fault. I shouldn't have let it get this far."

"What are you talking about?" Mai asked, pulling her far enough away from her to look her in the eyes.

"This! None of this should have happened, you should still be alive and you should still be with Oliver!" Mai unconsciously let go of Shizu and took a step back.

"What you do you mean I should still be alive?" Mai asked.

"Didn't you know?" Shizu asked, looking up at her confused. "You died."

The door opened and Bou-san and Ayako walked in. "There's nothing on the second floor." Bou-san said. John, Masako, Yasuhara and Lin were all waiting in the base for Naru to return for further instructions.

"There isn't anything in the basement." said Yasuhara.

"There also isn't anything on the third floor." said Masako. The door opened and Naru and Gene walked in.

"Did you find anything?" asked Naru. Everyone shook their heads 'no' in unison. Naru walked over to the table that had a layout of the school. Looking down at it, scanning the entire page "I don't get it, where could she be?" Naru whispered to himself.

There was a knock on the door, and everyone turned around to see Asa walked in.

"Hey everyone!" she said cheerfully. "I was wondering if Mai was here." She looked around to see everyone's face grow darker. "What?"

"Mai is-well-" Bou-san took a side glance at Naru "-missing."

"Oh." Asa said. "Did you try the courtyard?" she asked?

"And the kitchen, first, second, and third floors." said Yasuhara.

"Did you try the fourth floor?" she asked. Naru gave her a strange look.

"This is a three floored building. There is no fourth floor."

"Yea there is, it was an architecture mistake. It's off limits to all students and faculty because it was deemed unsafe."

"Can you show us?"Lin asked.

"I would, but I'm not allowed. If Mrs. Aikawa finds me by there again, I'll be expelled."

"If you show us, then we will make sure you aren't at fault."

"Alright." said Asa cheering up. "Follow me!"

"I died?" Mai asked as the words slowly began to sink in. Shizu nodded as she whipped the tears from her eyes. "But how?"

"We took your life in order to give Gene back his."

"Naru wouldn't do that!" Mai said immediately as Shizu stopped talking.

"You are right. He wouldn't but-" she cut herself off, thinking. "Thing didn't turn out right but enough of that. Oliver is on his way to come get you. Please, no matter what don't hate Oliver. None of this was his fault but I beg you don't leave his side once you are back, it will be dangerous." Shizu said. Mai nodded, showing she understood. "Now listen careful because this next part is very important. When he is waking you, you will be crushed. Everything you have ever felt, and everything you have seen will be forcing its way back into you. The most painful part will be just before you wake."

"Why?" Mai asked. Shizu avoided her gaze.

"Because your heart was broken. Sorrow and regret are the most painful emotions of all and since they happened so close to you death, they will be a hundred time worse then they were when you first experienced it."

Asa picked the lock to the fourth floor door, before pushing it open. Naru ran pasted her and down the hall.

"Mai!" he called out.

"She's in here." said a voice. Naru turned to see a girl standing halfway down the hallway pointing to one of the rooms. Naru ignored everything he wished and wanted to do to her as he ran passed Shizu and into the room she had pointed too. There lying on the floor was Mai. Naru ran over to her and knelt down beside her.

"Mai" Naru called as he picked her up and held her. "Mai" He heard the others come up behind him, but he didn't take any notice. "Mai" he whispered. Her body was cold and limp. Was he too late?

"Gene." Naru snapped. "How do I wake her up?"

Surprised Gene stumbled over his answer. "I-I don't know. The legend never said anything."

Naru grabbed onto part of Mai's clothes and clenched his hand, holding back all of the emotions threatened to flow over.

"Kiss her." Naru's head snapped up at the sound of the voice.

"What?" asked Bou-san confused. Too many thoughts and emotions were going through Naru's head for him to think of how to respond, so instead he just stared up at Shizu.

"If you want her to wake, then kiss her before its too late."

hey! another chapter! and before you say anything i know that its the same as 'Sleeping Beauty' but give me a break im up to my neck in a shit load of work! anyway yea Naru found her blah blah blah and just in case you are wondering Mai did die but the whole kiss to wake her up and crap will be explained later. Also i need to know my sis said the last line rhythms, please tell me it doesn't cause i dont think it does.

...BYE! (n i hope i didn't confuse anyone with the whole mai-naru-mai-naru thing!){ n if you dont know what im talking about dnt worry about it!}

anyway comment/review or criticize (maybe) i wont yell!

sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes.