Memories

(Spoiler Alert! If you have not read the 10th or 11th manga of Ghost Hunt you are being warned)

"Do you think she will be alright?" asked Gene breaking through the silence.

"I don't know."

The cold arm gripped Mai's arm tighter, causing her to wince in pain. She had been trying to get away for too long and now her energy was beginning to fade. She scratched and pulled at the arm desperately trying to break free.

"Let go!" Mai yelled again, even though she knew the arm would not respond. She was beginning to slide closer and closer to the white light despite her efforts to get away. Suddenly something underneath her faded and she fell to the floor. Before she knew it, she was being dragged into the light.

"I love you." whispered someone in my ear. I let out a small giggle before moving my face up towards his, kissing his softly. I felt his lips pull into a smile before he began to kiss me deeply. My fingers moved up to entangled themselves in his hair, holding his face to mine. I felt his soft hands wrap around me, running along my cool skin. Without knowing it, I had moved to lie on my back. I placed my hand to his face. His hand moved up my leg, stopping at my thigh.

I ignored it. I ignored everything. I was lost, lost in a wonderful dream that would never end, a dream where we were together, just the two of us and no one else.

A girl stood in the middle of an empty white space, her brown eyes searching for something. Where am I? She asked herself. Who am I? The girl looked around the room, hoping to find something that will answer she questions. Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something important?

"I'm sorry." said a voice. The girl looked around to find a little girl looking at her. "Mai"

Memories began to flood Mai as she began to remember.

"Your mother was admitted into the hospital this morning. She died three hours ago."

~8p~

"Mai" I looked up at my teacher who was looking down at me with sad eyes. "I'm leaving. You're not."

~8p~

"Okay I'm turning off my light." I said as I turned off my flashlight. There was nothing but silence in the pitch black room.

"One"

"Two"

"Three"

"Four"

"..."

"Five"

~8p~

"I'm Ayako Matsuzaki and I'm a Miko" said a tall lady with red hair. She seemed to be proud of herself.

"I thought you had to be pure and innocent to be a Miko" Naru said from his seat on the van. Ayako turned to him and was about to say something when Naru continued. "And you don't act like Matsuzaki assistant." The tall man with long blonde hair looked up at Naru.

"No kidding. I'm Takigawa Houshou, and I'm a monk from Koya Mountain" he said once he had stopped laughing.

"We have one more guest joining us. I would like you to meet John Brown".

"A ghost!"I screamed grabbing onto John's shirt.

"Calm down Mai it's not a ghost it's a girl. Her name is Masako Hara"

~8p~

"Hey Naru do you think we'll be able to help Ayami-chan" I asked Naru as I stared up at him through the dark, the white floating lights surrounding us.

"…she'll be alright" he replied in a soft tone.

"Really? Im glad" I said as I smiled at him.

~8p~

"Guess what! Keiko asked me to bring back a photo of Naru so I told her there may end up being a real ghost in it too" I said to Bou-san as we sat on the bench in the park.

"That's right! You may end up taking the scariest photo in history!"He said laughing.

~8p~

"hahahahahahahahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"Masako laughed as we all watched her confused at her suddenly change in mood.

~8p~

"Bou-san be careful" I said as Bou-san stood on top of the wall, looking down at the waterway below. Suddenly Bou-san jumped down. "He jumped in! You idiot!" I screamed as I ran over to the wall. "Bou-san!" I called

"What's wrong?" Bou-san sat standing up suddenly making me scream as I jumped back.

~8p~

"Mai let me introduce you to my pet." Naru sat as he held up his hand. "Hey come out and say hi" Suddenly a gold coin appeared in Naru's hand.

"You…you're telling me your pet is that 500 yen coin..?" I asked looked at him weirdly. Maybe he hit his head or something. Suddenly the coin disappeared.

"He hid himself because you made fun of him." Naru said.

"No way! He must be in your hands" I said pointing at him.

"Where?" Naru held up both hands and showed me that they were both empty.

~8p~

"There are probably people who unknowingly helped with the curse. They didn't know it would actually kill Matsuyama! So why are you trying to kill them all! You're a murder!" I screamed at Naru.

~8p~

It can't be! I thought to myself. No, I don't want to die!

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as loud as I could, trying to wake from this dream. Suddenly something hit me across the face. I opened my eyes to find Masako and Ayako standing over me looking worried. I forced myself into Ayako's lap as I began to cry. I heard Bou-san and John come running along. After a few minutes I was able to calm myself and I looked around to find everyone staring at me, concern written all over their face.

Everyone turned around to reveal Naru walking in the room. In his hand he held a cup of tea. "Are you alright?" he asked as he handed me the cup. I could smell the sent of black tea "Yeah, I'm fine" I said. "Thanks" I started to feel calmer somehow.

~8p~

Ayako would be the mother and Bou-san would be the father. Then does that make Masako and me the daughters? I guess Lin is like the uncle that is difficult to get along with. John would be the eldest son and Yasuhara would be the second son. Then that means Naru is the selfish youngest child, even though he is a year older than me. I began to laugh at the thought.

"Hey, hey stop laughing and get back to work. Here put this is the car." Bou-san said handing me a bag.

"Okay Papa" I said trying not to laugh.

"Huh?"Bou-san asked as he watched me go

"It's a secret." I called back.

~8p~

"All those trips you took, were they all looking for a corpse?" I asked Naru as he leaned up against the tree. He didn't say anything. "Um would you mind telling me the situation?" I asked trying to understand all of this

"It's got nothing to do with you" Naru said looking away.

"That's true but… how are you related to that person? Who is it?" I asked softy.

"Ani*"

~8p~

"….I see that is how it was" Naru said thinking.

"…um excuse me but…" I interrupted.

"You really are stupid huh?" Naru said looking at me.

~8p~

"Persuade them." Naru said. I turned to him confused.

"Eh?"

"You should persuade Kirishima. I'm not able to sense a sprit's intentions or communicate with them, but if it's you than I think it is possible." Naru explained.

"Can I do it, you think?" I asked him.

"You're always giving me hell, so you should be ambitious enough to do something like this right?"

~8p~

"Then who managed to do the exorcism?" Bou-san asked as he looked around at everyone.

"Since you said that, I must assume that it wasn't you Takigawa-san" Yasuhara said smiling at him.

"It certainly wasn't Shou-nen*" Bou-san said looking at him.

"If someone like me could have done it, it wouldn't have been a problem for the rest of you right?" Yasuhara asked. "Shibuya-san also couldn't have been the one since he's still fine, apparently."

"I also didn't do anything and I don't think it was Rin-san* or Brown-san but I definitely did see a light of purification so there must have been an exorcism performed."Masako said.

"It's true it wasn't me either" John said looking at everyone.

"So than it must have been…" Bou-san trailed off, looking at Ayako.

"Me? You-you're kidding! There's no way since there aren't any sacred trees in this area." Ayako said as everyone looked at her.

"There is no one else left though" Yasuhara said looking around.

"No way! It's my vote that the purification occurred naturally somehow" Ayako said. Everyone nodded in agreement

"Well that, shall we head back?" Bou-san suggested. Hold on! Aren't you all forgetting someone? I thought as they talked. Oh well I am usually good-for-nothing though I guess. Suddenly I felt someone rub my head. I looked up to see Bou-san smiling down at me before heading towards the car. Ayako and Masako followed him, but not before placing their hands on my back, congratulating me. John, Yasuhara, and Lin all smiled and nodded as they walked past me. I turned around to find Naru making his way over. He walked past me without saying a word.

"Good-job."

"Naru" Mai whispered unconsciously. She looked around the room when her eyes rested on Shizu. It was than that Mai realized what Shizu was about to do. "Shizu don't!" Mai yelled taking a step closer to her. The floor beneath her suddenly broke, causing Mai to fall through. She let out an ear piercing scream as she began to fall. Mai desperately tried to hold on herself as she fell deeper and deeper in the abyss.

"Mai?" I heard Naru ask. I could feel his eyes on me as another tear fell down my face. I suddenly heard footsteps before I felt Naru wrap his arms around me and pull me into a hug. I was surprise by his actions, but I did nothing to stop him. I slowly inhaled his sweet sent and I was suddenly calmer. I wished this moment would never end and secretly I hoped that he would forgive me for what I did. "What were you thinking, running off like that? Do you know what could have happened to you?" He whispered. I nodded my head against him chest. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he asked. "Then why did you do it?"

"Because I couldn't stand to see you again." I said quietly. "If I did, I would somehow convince myself that what I was doing was wrong, but it's the only option. It's the only way to save you." I couldn't look up at him. I didn't want to see his face.

"Well than you're an idiot." Naru said coldly.

"Mai are you alright!" called a voice. I looked up, surprised to hear his voice. Naru was hanging half off the edge of the cliff, holding on to my wrist. Without thinking I grabbed onto his wrist making our hold on each other tighter.

"Yea I'm fine" I yelled. Something cold and wet hit suddenly hit my face. My eyes shifted from Naru's face to the sky above. Dark clouds filled the sky above us and before I knew it, it was pouring. "Naru?" I called up.

"Mai what were you thinking? Do you know what would have happened if I didn't get here in time? You could have died Mai, DIED!" he yelled at me as the rain started too picked up.

"Naru I-"

"What were you thinking coming over here? I didn't think you were that stupid to walk off the edge of a cliff!"

"Naru I-"

"Do you really have no concern for your life that you would go and jump off a cliff? Did you really think that would have solved anything? You would have just been another victim of the ghost!"

"Naru listen I-"

"What about the rest of us? Were you just going to let us worry about you? I don't know what I would have done if you never came back!"

"Naru what are-"

"Are you really that stupid Mai? I said I don't know what I would do without you! Can't you see that?"

"SEE WHAT NARU!" I yelled. I was being to get annoyed at the fact that he kept interrupting me. He didn't have to be so rude. Suddenly the look in Naru's eyes changed.

"That I love you."

Mai broke through a cold hard surface that seemed to engulf her insistently. Mai tried to gasps for air, but as soon as her mouth opened, her lungs quickly filled with water. Mai tried to swim towards the surface, but her body wouldn't move. She tried to call out, but her voice had disappeared, causing her with nothing to do but wait for darkness to consume her.

okay i know its long but i tried to trim it down. I just wanted to look back on some moments between Naru and Mai. Sadly there are only two more chapters,,,maybe three, but i'm just finishing them up. Also my sister didn't have time to edit this so there will be mistakes and i hope you enjoy it. Just to let you know, i had to change some of the wording so it fit. Like you might find one sentence that could be from a totally different scene but very similar conversation.

P.S. The scene where Masako is laughing like crazy, that would be the one where she was possessed by the ghost at the park^^

Also if you have ever seen "A Nightmare before Christmas." I LOVE the song 'This is Halloween' and i keep listening to it!

Extras:

*Ani-brother

*Rin-san -Lin-san

*Shou-nen- Yasuhara (I believe)