DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT AND ITS CHARACTERS. I DO HAVE OTHER CHARACTERS INVOLVED THAT IS OF MY OWN.

This is the second chapter, and I do hope you will like it! Read and review! Thanks!

Thoughts.

English conversation

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Under a big tree, Lin, Mai and Naru were sitting at the table prepared by the servants. Bou-san and the others approached them and joined

"Bou-san! What do you think, this place is really cool isn't it?" said Mai.

"Absolutely. It's been ages since I had this kind of vacation. I'm glad we accepted their offer."

"It really seems like it's too good to be true, not that I want to complain, but I didn't know that our client last time was really rich." Yasuhara said as he picked up a cup of tea on the table.

"Yasuhara-san, it is not of our concern whether our client is rich or not. We just accept the job and solve it." Naru commented at him, he was sitting at one of the chairs and was still reading a book.

There was a gentle breeze that made them feel very comfortable. They liked the atmosphere and enjoyed the time. While they were talking, Mai went further to go sight-seeing. She invited Ayako and the others who wanted to go. All of them left except for Naru and Lin.

"Lin, what do you think of this?" he showed the text to the stoic man, it was regarding about the book that he was reading. The book was about paranormal findings, it was old and the pages were not that clear anymore to read and it quite picked his interest when he found it at their room, lying at the corner of one of the tables. He didn't bother to ask Kahia, who was in charge of them, for he decided it was unnecessary.

"Indeed, only few books have this kind of article printed. After all, this is a long lost type of Chinese technique that was forbidden to be used again." He replied as he continued reading the text. Lin's face was serious and he was deeply concentrated in reading it.

Meanwhile, Mai and the others were leisurely walking at the garden of roses where they passed by earlier.

"Ne ne, the owner must really love roses right? It's really an eyeful when you see a garden such as this." Said Mai, while touching the thorns of a crimson deep rose.

"I can't help but agree with you. I do like roses but not to this point. Oh, and be careful, you might prick your fingers Mai." Ayako said.

The weather seemed very fine, it was sunny and there were no traces of dark clouds. There were slight breezes and the petals of some roses glided around when a huge breeze came.

"Taniyama-san, how big is the property of our clients? I just got curious because we're a bit far from the rest house." Asked the young priest.

"Uhmmm. I even don't know. I didn't really asked Shirataki-san about that. I haven't thought about that. But I'm aware that it's big, I'm just not accurate as how big it is."

"Well, you can say that it's awfully quite a huge property. I did notice a signboard at the side of the road indicating that it is a private property of the family Zaratsuchi. But that was a bit far from the location of the rest house." Yasuhara said.

"Zaratsuchi?" with widened eyes, Mai asked Yasuhara with a hint of confusion.

"Ee. Zaratsuchi, I can't be wrong about that. Is there something off?" Yasuhara asked back.

"Are you REALLY sure? I don't remember our client having that name. The clients' name was Wokamino Jun. I did notice that it was an odd name, but Naru didn't much pay attention that."

"Eh? Now, I'm confused. Well, it would be better if we ask Shirataki-san about it later." And so they shrugged that topic off.

As they went on, they noticed that a small shrine is located far off from where they are. It wondered them; they weren't expecting to see a shrine in that place. They decided to go there and pay a visit at the same time.

"It seems like an old shrine. It's not being maintained properly. Some people are obviously not doing their job." Bou-san said. He walked around the shrine to see if there are people inhabiting the shrine, yet found no one.

The shrine, not only does it look old, but it seemed like it was abandoned a long time ago. It looked that it's about to collapse due to the old wood and its supporting pillars are tattered. They were worried, especially Bou-san and Ayako. A few minutes have passed and they decided to go back for it took them a while at the shrine. It was already in the afternoon when they finished looking around at the place. They were headed towards the house and they were just simply chatting with each other. They laughed around when Bou-san tried to mimic Ayako when she makes her glamorous entrance when they have a job at hand; when Yasuhara was playing flirty with Bou-san and Mai and when they just talked about how stoic Lin is. They reached the rest house not long after, Naru and Lin were inside the house, and they were served with cold drinks and snacks by Shirataki and Kahia.

Yasuhara, remembering what they were talking about earlier, he asked Shirataki about the owner of the rest house. Immediately, Shirataki replied: "Zaratsuchi? I see, so you saw that old signboard at the road along the way. Indeed, the owner of this rest house is Wokamino-sama, but a few generations passed, the Zaratsuchi were the owner. It was the late Chiwako-sama's, the wife of Wokamino-sama, grandparents. They left the house for her and after she died, they decided that Wokamino-sama will receive it as his property. And so, Wokamino-sama ignored about the signboard that you saw, perhaps in respect for his late wife."

"I see. So that's how it was. We were confused back there about who the real owner is. So that's the story… anyway, we only know of Wokamino-san but not about his wife." Mai said.

"Well, that is because Wokamino-sama was really depressed when Chiwako-sama died. It was a tragic accident where they fell off a cliff while driving back home." Shirataki added.

"They?" Naru asked him this time.

Ohhhh. So he does have something that can arouse his curiosity. That means he was listening quite well. Mai thought while looking at Naru.

"They, you ask? That is, Chiwako-sama was with her younger brother. Fortunately, he survived." Replied Shirataki.

"But, may we know how the accident happened? If you don't really mind telling us." Naru asked again.

"Of course Shibuya-sama. You may find this laughable but at that time, Chiwako-sama was the one driving, suddenly a cat crossed and she panicked and… you know the next part."

Everyone was surprised for the reason that they heard. The look on their faces, as if they were saying "Just because of a cat?" Shirataki and Kahia noticed that part and couldn't afford not to chuckle.

"Indeed, it was because of a cat. Chiwako-sama really loved cats and that's why she really avoided the cat. Although it resulted in her death and minor injuries to her younger brother; that was the only part that they couldn't really accept wholeheartedly." Kahia answered them this time.

"True, it really is a tragic incident." Ayako commented.

"I agree, but honestly, I never expected that "that" was how she died." Yasuhara added.

"In any case, thank you for telling us Shirataki-san." Naru said while drinking.

Nightfall was steadily approaching. They were served with western type of foods accompanied with dessert, as what you would expect from a rich family. Everyone was happily eating, conversations came up followed by laughing their hearts out.

"Mai, eat properly. You're spoiling the food." Killing the flow, Naru told that. He was finished eating and stood up. "I'll be going first."

"What in the world was that? Suddenly talking and now suddenly leaving? Really now. It's still too early to go to bed!" An angry Mai said.

"Let's just ignore that now Mai. Eat up or I'll steal all of the food left!" Bou-san said.

"What? No way!" and they started having their eating competition.

After eating, they watched a horror movie. Mai was screaming and Naru could hear it. He came down and saw them grouped together. He chuckled at the gestures they were making and went back to his room afterwards. The movie finished and they went to their separate rooms.

"Neee, Ayako. That movie was good, right?" with a nervous voice, the young lady asked.

"True. You were screaming all over you know. Your voice was loud. Anyway, I'll be taking a bath first." Replied Ayako.

"O-okay!" said the scared Mai.

My gosh. It really beat the crap out of me. Why did Yasuhara-san have to bring that kind of movie? I'm really scared now. With the same kind of situation as we do, I can't help but imagine that "that" might happen to us. Uwaaaaa! Ayako, hurry up!

Ayako finished and Mai followed. They went to sleep right away.

"Hmmm? It's really dark… I can't seeanything… Hello? Ayako? Weird… No one's replying… Eh? What's that? I have to go closer and…"

"Mai, be careful."

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