So here's the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy it! Also, one of my reviewers pointed out that in the last chapter, my beginning authors note sounded really bitchy. After looking at it, they were right. So I wanted to apologize for being such a bitch. Normally I am not, unfortunately I had a massive headache when I wrote that and that always puts me in a really bad mood. Yeah I know that doesn't excuse my attitude. But I'm still sorry about it and I'll try not to be such a bitch in the future. To everyone that still reviewed; you guys are awesome and I love you all. If I did not reply to your review I apologize, usually I reply to all of my reviews but right now I am working on a limited time schedule. I always choose the worst times to come up with new stories. I can't promise to be able to reply to everyone next time, but I will try my hardest to do so.

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"I see the bad moon arising,

I see trouble on the way,

I see earthquakes and lightnin',

I see bad times today"

-Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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The decently sized conference room was silent. This wasn't the first time that all of the members of Shibuya Psychic Research had been in this situation. In fact, it had happened more times than they could count on both hands. The reason for the silence was simple; Kazuya Shibuya. The owner and boss of all the members present, he was also most commonly known by his nickname, Naru.

The air around the room almost seemed to thicken as the nineteen year old boss finally raised his gaze from the ever present black case file. The rest of the rooms occupants tensed slightly, they knew that whatever he said was going to bad. And not the usual kind of bad that all or their previous cases has been.

"Earlier today I received a visit from a man named Shouta Norikawa," Naru began, "He is currently the mayor of the town of Toyosato in the Inukami District."

"That's a little out of the way isn't it, Naru? I mean yeah, we've been to Nagano Prefecture and all but Shiga Prefecture is even farther than that," the tall sandy blonde haired man spoke.

Naru just closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation, "If you would let me finish, Takigawa, then you will understand why I took this case."

The group's resident monk let out a huff of annoyance before crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back against the couch once more. Everyone else gathered let a small amount of amusement flicker through their eyes before they turned serious once more and put their focus back on their boss.

"As I was saying, Mayor Norikawa has finally given in to the locals' request to have someone come in and investigate the abandoned Kanakuro Manor. He has informed me that the local teenagers use this manor for dares and group initiations. Normally there would be nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that everyone who goes in there for more than half an hour ends up dead," the sapphire eyed teen explained.

"Hold up. If they all end up dead then isn't this a case for the Toyosato Police Department?" The woman with long red hair inquired.

"It would be, Miss Matsuzaki, if it wasn't for the Medical Examiner's reports on how they died," Naru answered before continuing, "According the M.E., all of the victims died from a heart attack. Not only that, their appearance is the same every time. When all the victims are found, they all have white hair and an expression of fear on their face.

"While it is entirely possible to be scared to death, it is not physically possible for a person's hair to turn white from it. If a person has a bout of fear like this and lives, it can speed up the process which turns their hair white. But to have their hair be white when they are found is impossible. And that is what drew my attention to this case," the teen finished.

The rest of the room's occupants sat in a stunned silence from the information that they had just received. Equal amounts of shock were mirrored in each of their eyes. They had all known that this case was going to be dangerous, hell; every case that they had been on so far had been dangerous. This one though, was taking the cake.

The first to break from their stunned stupor was the violet eyed, raven haired medium of the group, "Oliver, are you sure about this? It seems highly probable that one of us might die on this case."

"I am. That is also why I had Mai inform you all that none of you are required to go on this case," he answered, not even flinching at the use of his real name since they all learned who he was over a year ago, "If you do not want to be part of this investigation, then speak now."

The room was once again silent as the members mulled over the dangers of this case. It wasn't long before someone finally spoke up and broke the prolonged quiet, "As dangerous as this case may be, they need help. I can't just let another person suffer; I'm going with you."

Naru wasn't even surprised in the slightest bit that the first person to speak their mind was his brunette haired assistant. He knew that Mai was too kind hearted for her own good. She had always put others before herself; that was how she always ended up getting herself in trouble.

After hearing the determination in the voice of the seventeen year old, everyone else in the room quickly agreed to going on the case. They all knew she was right and that they would be the reason that another person would die if they refused to go. Even if the next person that died was one of them, they had to at least try.

"Since you have all agreed to this investigation, be here tomorrow at 6am. It will take us at least half a day to get to Toyosato," the raven haired boss announced, it was his usual way of dismissing them all from case meetings.

Mai knew that she had been included in the dismissal of the group, but she had decided to stay back. She figured that Naru would want tea before she left so she decided to do just that; make tea.

Once she had finished, she delivered the tea to both of the offices before calling out her farewell and leaving for the day.

Once she got home, she quickly packed her bag for the week and then proceeded to work on as much of her school work as she could. When the time hit 9pm, she changed into her sleepwear and set her alarm clock for 4:30am before crawling into bed and falling into a surprisingly dreamless sleep.

"Hope you got your things together,

Hope you are quite prepared to die,

Looks like we're in for nasty weather,

One eye is taken for an eye"

-Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

So usually I try to use different songs for the beginning and ending of a chapter. The reason I didn't this time is because Bad moon Rising is such a perfect song for this chapter. It's kind of like the song itself is foretelling of the horrifying events that are yet to come. I actually see this song and the song Panic Attack by Dream Theater as being this stories two main theme songs. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter even though it is kind of short and not much happened. The next chapter will involve the start of the investigation. So it should be longer and much better than this chapter. Also I'm applying this as a rule for all chapters; I will not start on the next chapter unless I get at least three reviews. I'm not asking for much, I just need to know if I am doing well enough that you want me to continue.

~Trust~