Hey I'm sooooo sorry for the late update. I'm getting ready for a trip and I had a mild case of writers block but I'm back now. Ok here's chapter 3 hope you enjoy it
I don't own ghost hunt in any shape, form, or fashion.
Naru sat in his favorite seat across from the client. Lin came out and sat on the couch next to Naru. Mai went straight to the kitchen to make some tea.
"First thing's first can I get your name." Naru said in his business tone.
"Of course. I'm sorry ." the client got up and bowed. "My name is Takahashi, Ayano."
Mai came into the room carrying a tray with 4 cups of tea. She gave Naru and Lin's theirs first, then she gave Ayano hers which she gladly excepted. Mai then sat next to the woman.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kazuya Shibuya, these are my assistants Lin and Mai." Naru said pointing to the two. "Now why have you come today."
"W-well you see there have been some very weird and horrible things happening at my son's home." she said her voice kind of shaky.
"What kind of things." Naru said.
"W-well I moved into the house with my son and his fiancé almost about a month ago. At first things were fine only a few wired things were going on." She started.
"Would you care to elaborate" Naru asked.
"Things like finding some objects in weird places. Like the first time it happened, I found one of my slippers on top of the fridge. I didn't think anything of it. I just thought it was a prank of some sorts. I also found Akemi's toothbrush in the attic. I know she will never go up there. She told me one day that she heard weird voices from up there. She said it was a woman's voice and it sound like it was crying. And one night I wake to get a glass of water and I saw a figure at the end of the hallway. It looked like a woman. I thought it was Akemi so I called out to her, but soon as I did the figure disappeared." Ayano said.
"Anything else." Naru said.
"Y-yes m-my son…" she stated. Her eyes widen and started to water as she remembered the state that her poor son was in at this very moment. She placed her face in her hands and started to cry. Mai rubbed her back trying to comfort her.
"It ok. Just explained what happened. Everything will be ok." Mai said. Her words seemed to ease Ayano a little. She raised her head tears still steaming down her face.
"H-he's in a coma. We found him pass out on the kitchen floor cover in blood. He was the only one there. The estate is secluded, so it would be very hard for some one to get in. There was also some writing in blood." she stated.
"What did it say." Naru said coldly, not showing if he was affected by Ayano's words. Mai then gave him a cold stare which he ignored.
"I-it said 'I Hate Cheaters' and 'They All Must Die.'" she said. Ayano started to cry again. Mai continued to rub her back and whispering words of comfort to her. Naru went over the information he was just given . He then stood.
"We will take your case." Naru said. Ayano immediately stood up. Her eyes were filled with tears.
"W-what." she asked not sure of what she heard.
"I said we'll take your case." he said again. A little irritated that he had to repeat himself.
"Thank you so much. Do you need anything for the case." she said.
"Yes we will need 3 rooms. One of the rooms for our base. Please make sure that the room has plenty outlets and the other 2 rooms will be for us to sleep." Naru explained.
"Ok no problem. When can I be expecting you." Ayano asked.
"We will be there tomorrow. I cant give you the exact time it depends on how far you live from here." he said as he headed towards his office.
"It's only an hour drive from here. I thank you Shibuya-san.." Ayano said. Naru nodded and headed back into his office. Lin did the same. Mai walked Ayano to the door.
"Thank you Mai." she said.
"No problem. I'm just glad we get the chance to help." Mai smiled. Mai and Ayano both bowed and said their goodbye's.
A few hours later.
Naru came out of his office to head home. Lin left a couple of hours ago he said that he had important business to take care of. Naru looked around the SPR office to find Mai. She was on the couch asleep. 'That's nothing new.' he thought. Naru couldn't help but give a slight smile at the sight in front of him. 'She looks so cute when she sleeps. Wait get a grip, just wake her up so y'all can go home and get ready for the case.' Naru then started to shake Mai gently.
"Mai. Mai wake up. Time to go." He said. Mai fluttered her eye lashes. Naru couldn't turn his gaze from her. 'She really does look beautiful.'
"N-naru. What time is it." she said sitting up.
"Time to go home. Now hurry up I don't want to be here any longer than necessarily." he said walking towards the door. He heard Mai mumble something as she followed behind him.
"What was that?" Naru said.
"Nothing. I was just asking myself what I see in a jerk like you." she said as she passed Naru. As she was about to walk out the door he grabbed her arm. She turned her head to face him but blushed when she saw how deeply he was staring at her. She quickly looked away. Naru saw this and grinned He crept behind her and bended a little so he could whisper into her ear. Mai faced became redder when she felt Naru's breath on her ear.
"I can give you the answer to that if really want to know." Naru whisper to her. Mai's eyes widen. Her face got redder- if that was possible.
"S-stop Naru." She said a little jokingly. She turn around and faced him. When she saw that his normally cold eyes had a touch of amusement in them, while they stared at her she blushed. Not wanting him to see how red her face has gotten, she quickly turned her back towards him. He just smirked.
"Hey Naru." Mai said turning back around when she was sure that she wasn't as red.
"Hmm."
"Where's Lin? I just noticed he wasn't here." she said looking around.
"He left a couple of hours ago. He said he had some important business to tend to and that he probably wont be home tonight." he explain.
"Oh" was all Mai said.
"Come on let's go.' Naru said as he walked passed her and held the door open for her. Mai smiled. 'He can be such a gentleman' she thought.
"Are you going to just stand there smiling like an idiot or are you coming." He said. Mai's smile fade and a hint of irritation could be seen in her expression.
"Way to ruin the mood Naru." Mai said. Naru smirked. They both headed out the door. Naru held a cab and they went home.
(The next day at SPR)
"Mai!" Ayako yelled from Bou-san's car. The red haired woman practically jumped out of the car and tackled Mai in a hug. "Mai you poor thing I heard what happened to your house. Are you ok? Do you have somewhere to stay? What about clothes? I would have come sooner but no one felt the need to tell me until yesterday." She sent a cold look at Naru who ignored her. Mai couldn't answer do to the lack of breath.
"I think you should let her go before she passes out." Bou-san joked stepping out of his car. Ayako let Mai go.
"I'm sorry. I was just worried about you." she said. Mai smiled.
"It's ok. I'm fine really. Naru let me stay with him and Lin." she explained.
"Good I'm just glad you are all right." she said.
"We all are" Bou-san said as he playfully ruffled Mai's hair. Mai's smile grew. She knew that her friends will always be there for her. She then noticed that it was only Ayako and Bou-san.
"Hey guys where is everybody else?" Mai asked.
"Oh John and Masako will be coming to the client's house tomorrow. John was helping her with some kind of project for a show." 'Those two have been spending a lot of time together.' Mai thought."and Yasuhara is taking some kind of test for the collage he applied to.' Ayako explained. Mai just gave a small 'o'.
"While you guys are standing around talking some of us are actually doing something productive." Naru said giving them all a cold stare. Ayako and Bou-san hurried up and loaded the equipment in the van. Mai just sighed before she joined her friends. After all the equipment was loaded, they were on their way to the Takahashi estate. Lin, Naru and Mai was in the van while Bou-san and Ayako rode in his car.
"When are going to get there?." Mai asked getting restless. Naru sighed.
"Mai we just got on the road. Why don't you go to sleep."
"But I'm not even sleepy…" Mai trailed off. Five minutes later Mai was fast asleep.
"She sure can fall asleep fast." Lin said. Naru just sighed again and started reading one of the books he brought.
"Where am I?" Mai asked. She was surrounded by a black abyss. "Oh I must be dreaming"
"Mai." a familiar voice said form behind her. Mai jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and saw what looked like Naru.
"Gene?" Mai asked.
"Hey long time no see. How is my idiot brother?" He asked with a warm smile.
"Same old, same old. How are you? Are you going to show me something about the case?" she asked
Gene didn't respond. Instead his cheerful smile turn into a sad expression. "No. not right now. I just want to warn you."
"Gene what's wrong? Warn me about what?" Mai asked a little worried.
"Mai I want you to be very careful on this case. You and Noll will be a likely target for the ghost so please I'm begging you be careful and stay close to Noll at all times." Gene said as he started to fade.
"Gene wait why would the ghost target us? I don't understand." she said.
"Just please be careful Mai. Stay with Noll." And with that Gene disappeared leaving Mai alone. She felt herself begging shaken.
".ai…Mai. Wake up." a familiar voice called out to her. Mai's eyes fluttered. She saw a blurry figure of her narcissistic boss/boyfriend in front of her.
"Naru?" she asked rubbing her eyes with her hands.
"Come on get up we're here." Naru said. He then walked away and started getting equipment out the back of the van. Mai got out and stretched. She looked up at the house in front of her and her eyes widen. There in front of her, was a 3 story mansion. It was a eggshell white with what looked like black on the outside window seals and doorway. The was 2 huge pillars standing with the double-door doors in the middle of them. The driveway curve to go back to the street. The entire estate was surround by a thick forest. Mai stood admiring the mansion.
"Are you going stand there with your mouth open like an idiot." Naru said while he glared at the brown haired girl. Mai noticed that all the equipment has been token in. Mai murmured a small 'sorry'. She then followed Naru and the others to the front door. There in front door stood Ayano and a women who Mai amused was Akemi.
"Thank you all for coming." Ayano started. "This is my future daughter- in- law Akemi." she gestured towards the women next to her. She had long black hair that stop a little past her shoulder. Her brown eyes were filled with sadness but she still had a warm smile on her face. She was beautiful.
"Nice to meet you all." she said while bowing. They all bowed back except for Naru and Lin.
"Nice to meet you too." Bou-san and Mai said. Ayako just smiled.
"Please come in. We'll show you to your rooms." Ayano stated. They all entered the house. Mai was the lat to step in. when she did she felt a cold chill go up her spine followed by a sharp pain in her head. She then started to fell dizzy. Her eye sight blurry as the darkness tried to consume her. She fell to her knees.
"Mai?" Naru said before he went to her side. "Mai are you alright."
Mai could barely hear him. She managed to smile weakly at him before she fell victim to the darkness. Naru caught her before she hit the floor.
"Lin, Mai just passed out help me get her to the base." Naru demanded.
He took another look at her unconscious body.
"Stay with me Mai." was the last thing Mai heard before the darkness completely consumed her.
That's it for now. I probably wont be able to update for a while because I will be out of town. But I will try my best. Please comment and tell me how I did. It will make me update faster. J Thx
Until next time J