Chapter 6 – Should Have Known This Would Happen

It has been a week since the doctor confirmed my pregnancy and just as Naru promised, he managed to keep Luella off my back; away from the large shopping centre down the road. Naru has continued to teach me English and I have decided that I'm doing a mighty fine job; we had a full blown conversation in English the other day and I didn't make any mistakes. I've spent most of my time with Naru, either in the living room with my English lessons or taking long, relaxing walks in their over-sized garden at the back. "Mai," calls a voice from behind me.

I turn from the English romance novel I'm reading to look at Naru coming through the living room door. "Yes?"

"Father wishes to talk to us in the meeting room," he informs me as he takes a seat next to me on the love seat I am currently sitting on.

"Do you know what it's about?" I ask as I bookmark my page and place the book on the coffee table.

"No, he hasn't told me anything, but by the sounds of it; it isn't going to be a bad discussion."

"Then let's go and see what he wants," I say as we both stand and he leads me to the meeting room which is, unfortunately for me, on the other side of the mansion.

When we finally reached the meeting room, ten minutes had gone passed; I still can't get over how big Naru's house is. Martin, Lin, Madoka and Luella were already waiting for us when we entered, it was as if something big was about to go down. Naru and I take a seat at the mid-size meeting table in the room and waited for Martin to start whatever it was he was planning to talk about. "Noll, I'm not sure whether you and Mai will be a part of this considering her condition; however, I'll need all the help I can get," Martin finally says, staring very intently at his son.

"What are you talking about father?" Naru asks him, delicately raising an eyebrow.

"We have a new case, and from the sounds of it; it will require everyone I can get to solve it," Martin informs us, and he looks a lot older than his age; this must be some case.

"So you're asking whether or not Mai and I will get involved in this case?" Martin nods, so Naru continues. "I honestly don't see why not; Mai is only two weeks along, not long enough for us to be watchful enough over her safety. Sure, I'd rather not to put her in any danger; however, knowing her, she'll want to come anyway."

He knew me well; as soon as Martin mentioned a case, I was getting ready to call the others and start packing the equipment. "You know me well Naru; you're right, I want to go," I tell him with a soft smile in his direction.

"Just as I thought, and since you think you need all the help you can get; why don't I call in the rest of my team from Japan and they can help out also," Naru suggests after sending his signature smirk my way.

"As long as they don't have any problems with it; their help would be much appreciated," agrees Martin, nodding his head along the way.

"Very well, we'll give them a call, see who can make it, arrange their tickets and hopefully at least some can make it within the next few days," Naru replies as he stands to do those very things.

"If they do, then we can tell them about the case at the same time as we tell the two of you when they get here," says Martin as he too stands to see us out.

Naru only nods and we make our way towards our room.

When we finally got there, it was time for a shower and bed anyway; so we did that and got into bed for the night. "Mai, even though I say this every case; please be careful on this one. You may not be heavily pregnant, but you can still miscarry if you get too injured," he says after a short silence.

"You know I try to be careful Naru, but it's like I have a giant billboard above my head that says in flashing yellow lights 'Attack me I'm vulnerable' and they just love to attack me," I remind him.

"Yes, which is exactly why you won't be leaving my side during the entire case," he informs me rather abruptly.

"Fine, but you're not allowed to go and use your powers whenever I'm in danger, because if you die, I'm gonna resurrect you and kill you myself," I tell him in a slight huff.

This only makes him chuckle, "I promise, but you have to promise not to go running off every time something is happening in another room," he looks at me sternly, showing me how serious he was being.

"Very well, I promise and hopefully nothing seriously bad happens to warrant either of us going back on our promises," I smile at him and give him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Yes, and if the others can make it, hopefully I won't have to deal with too much of Ayako and Monk's constant bickering," he replies, his one and only smirk gracing his face.

"Mmm, let's just get some sleep now, huh?" I ask while snuggling closer into his embrace.

"Goodnight Mai," he whispers into my hair and plants a kiss on top of my head.

"Good night Naru," I reply, followed by a yawn and my slow decent into the realm of dreams.

I'm not gonna even bother apologising because my only excuse is Uni and writer's block, and they're not even that bad. Yeah, I finally started Uni at Australian Catholic University, and the campus is B-E-A-utiful. We have a wonderful view of the Brisbane Airport on one side and a beautiful view of the scenery on the other sides. I'm also excited because on Tuesday I got back my first assignment and I got a distinction, I was jumping for the moon I was so happy. Not only that, but I got the second nest mark in my class, hells yeah.

Enough about me, I had a sudden epiphony for the continuation of this story and now I'm filling in the gap between between my earlier chappies and what I have been coming up with in my head. About two hours ago, the idea for this chappie hit like a tonne of bricks and I just had to get typing, but anyway, hope it was good considering I haven't updated any of my stories in forever.

Anyway,

Seza, over and out.