NOW WE GET ON WITH THE CASE IN THIS CHAPTER, WELL SORT OF. IT'S A SLOW BUILD UP TO IT BUT YOU'LL THANK ME BECAUSE ONCE THE CASE STARTS IT'S NONSTOP HORROR AND FACTS ABOUT THE GORE ORPHANAGE.
bearhow - it does have a lot of good potential and I've been wanting to do this for a long time, also kids in anything horror are always scary as you said so this is gonna be interesting, even I am excited to see where this goes.
ONTO THE STORY! ENJOY!
Today was the day Mai and the SPR gang was leaving for America. Mai was running late because of the dream she had two days ago. It kept haunting her, she couldn't get the laughter and screams out of her head. It didn't help that she had the same dream every night. She told Naru the next day at work and he told her to tell him if she has any other dreams. Naru told her the dream could be connected to the case. She did everything to keep her mind off of it. It worked for the most part.
But this leads us to where Mai is now, which is running down the streets of Shibuya to get to the office. She was a half hour late and she knew Naru was rip her a new one seeing as how they are on a time limit. She finally arrived at the office and lugged her suitcase with her, she was thanking whoever was above that it had wheels. She saw Naru and Lin waiting outside in front of the black van that they used. She internally groaned at seeing Naru and wishing she could become invisible.
"Mai, nice to see you showed up finally." Naru said as he heard her approaching.
"I'm sorry Naru! My alarm didn't go off but I'm here, I hope we aren't running late!" Mai spilled out in a rush, her breathing turning ragged from her running.
"I knew you would be late as you always are and made sure to purchase the plane tickets an hour later than I told you, so we could make it on time." Naru said smartly with a smirk on his face, his eyes gazing down at Mai.
Mai turned red immediately and was angry at him, she was fuming.
"YOU JERK! IT'S NOT MY FAULT I'M ALWAYS LATE AND YOU COULD BE A LITTLE NICER YOU KNOW! YOU ARROGANT NARCISSISTIC TEA LOVING JERK!" Mai yelled at Naru, her face going ten shades darker as she went on.
Naru simply turned away and seemed to be ignoring Mai, letting her yell at him. Naru opened his notebook to go over all of his research notes he looked up about the case. Once he heard Mai stop yelling, he looked back at her and asked her if she was done, so they could get going. Mai just nodded and crossed her arms.
They all got their luggage in the van and got into their respective seats before heading off to the airport. Once they arrived before they even got out of the car they could hear Ayako yelling at Monk more than likely. Who knows what Monk did this time. Now Monk isn't really his name but that's what we call him. His real name is Housho Takigawa. He's a buddhist monk. The person yelling at him is Ayako Matsuzaki who is a self-proclaimed priestess. We also have John Brown who is a catholic priest who perform exorcisms, he is also Australian. Then we have Masako Hara who is a famous medium. Then we have Osamu Yasuhara who is a high school student like Mai, who joined them and helps with research. He likes to be called Yasu as well. That is the SPR team! Mai, Naru, Monk, Ayako, Masako, John, Yasu and Lin who is Chinese and is named Koujo Lin and is an omnyoji.
Mai, Naru, and Lin got out of the car and saw the scene in front of them. Masako had her sleeve covering her mouth looking away, Monk was on the ground holding his head while Ayako was yelling at him with her purse in hand, and poor John was trying to placate everyone. Lin grabbed everyone's luggage out of the van, and Mai grabbed hers from Lin, thanking him. Naru had grabbed his as well, not saying a word. Mai told Naru that he could at least thank Lin but of course it fell on deaf ears as Naru paid her no mind.
Everyone heard Mai and turned to look at the trio who had just arrived. They screamed Mai's name and Mai laughed greeting everyone with such enthusiasm it was contagious. Monk hugged her tightly when she was within reach, causing Mai to stop breathing momentarily.
"Oh Mai! I've missed you, did you miss me? Of course you did!" Monk said all the while squeezing the life out of Mai.
All of a sudden Mai was released and Monk was grabbing his head.
"You stupid old perverted Monk! Didn't you see you were killing the poor girl!" Ayako said with her purse raised above Monk's head.
"I am not an old perverted Monk! I was showing Mai some brotherly love!" Monk said in defense to Ayako.
Mai had giggled at the and moved to stand by John and Masako, while Yasu went to poke fun at Monk by pretending to be in love with him or was he pretending? No one will ever know. She looked at everyone and couldn't help but he happy that she was going somewhere new with them, her family. She considered the SPR team to be her second family. Ayako was the mother figure, Monk was the playful father figure, John was the innocent brother everyone loved, Masako was the bratty sister, Yasu was the funny brother, Lin was like the uncle. Now Naru, he was like the neighbor. Mai had feelings for Naru so she didn't consider him family but one of her best friends and crush.
She was brought out of her thoughts by Naru announcing they had to go to their gate so they can get on their flight when it was called. So with that the group headed on and was chatting away about the case and giving their thoughts and opinions. Ayako gave her famous thought about it being a simple earth spirit. John stayed out of the discussion, Masako stayed quiet as well and Monk argued with Ayako. That got Mai thinking. She read in a book that if you talk about ghosts, watch paranormal shows, and using an ouija board as well. All of those things can open portals and let spirits and demons into our world. So what if back when this legend first started, kids played with an ouija board and opened a portal? Mai said her thoughts out loud to everyone, and they all stopped and agreed with her thought. It could very well be true.
"All passengers for flight 128 please board, all passengers for flight 128 please board." Said a woman over the PA speakers.
"That's us! Come on guys!" Mai said in a cheerful tone and went in the direction of their flight so they could board the plane.
Everyone followed, everyone laughing at Mai's joy except Naru and Lin. But if someone looked close enough you'd see a hint of a smile on Naru's lips. The only person to notice was Lin, but he said nothing. Lin knew what went down between Naru and Mai that day. He knew Naru had outright doubted Mai's feelings and left her. Then comes back and acts like it's nothing. Lin also knows Mai did choose the wrong time to tell Naru of her feelings considering, he had just found his twin brother's corpse. Lin and everyone knew Mai loved Naru and that he returned her feelings. It's been two years since that fateful day and two months since Lin and Naru returned.
As this was going on in Lin's head they had all made it onto the plane and sat in their respective seats. Everyone looked around and noticed they were in first class and that it was only them, no other passengers. Yasu was the brave one to ask Naru the question everyone has on their mind.
"Hey big boss, are we the only ones going to be in first class?" Yasu asked, pushing his glasses up as he asked.
"Yes, it is best this way so we can talk freely about the case and also not disrupt other people." Naru said in a matter-of-fact tone.
After that everyone quieted down, and spoke to one another just as the plane went off.
Alright! That is the end of chapter 3 for you guys! Next one is more details on the case and you'll hear facts about the Gore Orphanage. Enjoy and review! xx