Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt.
Her screams echo across the hallway. Both Naru and Lin turn to see the phantom striking down her cleaver on Sayuri. Metal hits metal as Kyo appears in front of Sayuri. The poor frighten woman had herself flatten against the wall. The color from her face drained as Kyo blocks the cleaver away from her body.
"Run!" Kyo shouts as Sayuri scrambles away from him.
"You're no fun," The girl brings her cleaver down on Kyo who blocks the attack.
"I'm not here for fun," Kyo glares, "touch my family again...I'll make sure you get your soul dragged to hell."
"Try me," The girl lunges again. Metal hitting metal as the phantom girl is nearly beaten back by Kyo. The fight was in his eyes as he continues to push at her. The samurai turns his head slightly.
"Get her out of here!" He yells, hoping the two men would hear him.
"Sayuri!"
The brunette turns only to see that both Lin and Naru are knocked off their feet. Sayuri tries to get close enough but a strange wind keeps her from trying to reach them. Her eyes look frantic as Lin and Naru picked themselves up off the floor.
"Fine!" The ghost girl growls, "I'll have them instead!"
"NO!"
Lin looks up to see the phantom heading in his direction only to have it pulled back as Kyo had grabbed her hair. The samurai gives a quick tug, sending the phantom flying backwards into a wall.
"RUN!"
The three head out of the hallway with Kyo floating behind them. Suddenly Lin stops, giving Naru the go ahead. The boy looks at his friend oddly before leaving. Sayuri stops too, staring at him.
"Lin?"
"I got this," The Chinese man steps forward.
"I'm not leaving you alone with her," Sayuri pulls something out of her pack. His eye widens to see it was a samurai sword. Her fingers tighten around the hilt of the blade. It look similar to the one she used when she and the others went to save Sho.
"Kyo and I are not letting you do this alone."
"It's too dangerous for you."
"I agreed to be a part of this team," Grey eyes continue to stare him down, "and I'm not backing off. I know the consequences Lin."
"You have Sho to think about," Lin grabs her arms, "I'm not going to let you let him down! You have responsibilities. Ones that I won't let you get taken away from. I won't let you get taken away."
His fingers tighten, pressing into her skin. Those beautiful grey eyes were staring at him puzzled by his words. How could he make her understand? How could he make her leave so he could handle it on his own? He was use to the others but not her. She was so different then the other females on the team. She was even different from Carmellia.
"Look out!" Sayuri grabs a hold of Lin's arms, pushing him away as the ghost comes heading towards them. She pulls out the katana which glows now with energy. Lin watches with amazement as she blocks off the attack.
"What are you-"
"Something that me and Kyo are trying out," She grunts, holding back the cleaver as sparks fly off the metal, "he possesses the sword instead of my body."
I WILL KILL YOU ALL!
Sayuri gets pushed back by force, sending her into the wall. Her head knocks off it with force. Her eyes close, rubbing the back of her head. The katana was dropped out of her hand, sliding away from her. Her eyes look up then over to the sword as she tries to crawl over to it.
The sword is pushed away from her, with Sayuri cursing under her breath.
A strange chat is heard as something slices at phantom girl. It causes her to scream in pain. Sayuri looks up to see that Monk was hovering over her. John and Tsubaki quickly rushed to Lin's side. Tsubaki looks over their shoulders to see it was even more angrier then before. The girl's eyes were now glowing red with two cleavers now. Blood splatter was now shown on her clothes and body. Faint scratch marks appear on her face and legs.
"Where are the others?"
"Back at base," Monk helps Sayuri on her feet, handing her back the katana, "Naru told us to take it from here."
Her katana glows as Sayuri spins around as the ghost was now at its boiling point. An loud scream is thrown at them but nothing backs down the group. The ghost comes towards Tsubaki first only to be stop as a flame appears in her outstretch hand. The fire glow a beautiful amber light.
"Don't make me roast your home on fire," Green eyes flash dangerously.
John begins to pray while Monk chants.
"I think you've done enough killing for one lifetime," Tsubaki's flame turns blue, "time to rest now, sweetheart."
I'LL TAKE YOU ALL WITH ME!
"Aw, hear that boys? She won't play nice. Okay, we'll have it your way." The flame flies out into the face of the spirit. It doesn't burn her but only distracts as holy water and Buddhist chants seem to cut ribbons into the spirit's body. The girl howls in pain, backing away from the group.
"Lin..." His hand is grabbed by Sayuri, "I have an idea, if your friends are willing to help."
Sayuri tosses the sword up into the air. Shining dots of light surround it, holding it in place until its thrust forward. The sword lands in the middle of the girl's chest. The spirit disappears leaving the sword in the air. The katana drops to the ground.
Tsubaki puts out her flame. She walks over to the sword, picking it up and examine it before handing it back over to Sayuri.
"Nice one," The blonde smiles at her.
"Thanks, you too."
"That was too easy," Lin's comment makes them all stare at him.
"Yes, too easy. I've never dealt with a spirit that strong that could be that easily defeated," Tsubaki frowns.
"True, if it was that strong then how come-"
The school starts to shake around them, sending what wasn't weight down to smash onto the floor. Everyone keeps their balance as the small earthquake stops moments after it's started.
"Holy shit," was all came out of Sayuri's mouth. Everyone turns to see something dark and gruesome at the end of the hallway. It was nothing but a dark mass that seem to be bubbling and gurgling. A foul stench wraps around the hallway. The only thing that stood out from the blob was a pair of yellowish red eyes.
"Looks like our school girl had a friend," Tsubaki whistles, "and he is one nasty, ugly spirit."
"Ew," Monk holds his nose, "and it smells."
"It's like rotten flesh," John cover his nose and mouth.
"Looks like we might have to regroup guys," Tsubaki speaks up.
"Regroup? That thing might follow us!" Sayuri stares at her like she's a mad woman, "You're insane! That thing is nasty and creepy and-"
"Coming this way!" Monk shouts.
Tsubaki stands her ground as the group runs out of the hallway.
"Tsubaki!" Sayuri and John both turn around to see the blonde glaring down the nasty mass with her eyes.
Suddenly the floor of the hallway is rip open as the blob finds that its route is unstable and quickly vanishing. Sayuri, Monk, and John all watch as Tsubaki makes the hallway nearly fall apart all around the blob. It was one thing to have to explain to the dean why half the school was rip apart, but to see it happen was entirely a different story. Tsubaki dusts off her hands and walks back to the group.
"What?" Innocent green eyes stare at them.
"Let's head back. You need to regain your strength Tsubaki," Lin motions for her to go first back to base.
"Right," Tsubaki was now starting to feel a bit woozy, "I think I over did it."
"You always over do it."
"You just took out half a hallway," Sayuri finally finds her voice again, "Of course you need your strength! How? When? Why? You...you..."
"I have telekinesis," Tsubaki leans on Lin, "and before, I have pyrokinesis. The second gift I slowly learned while out on mission in China. Yes, I can move things with my mind. I have a strong psychic ability that I learned to control over the years."
"Strong doesn't describe how you took out a hallway. A hallway!" Sayuri gets a hand put on her by Tsubaki, "which was amazing by the way."
"I think I'm still stunned," Monk laughs.
"Thanks," Tsubaki grins, "though your idea to have Kyo possess that sword was awesome too. Never have I seen a shiki do that before."
"A what now?"
"He is your spirit familiar in a sense," Tsubaki explains, "your bond is quite strong."
"Well," Sayuri blushes, "he's my family."
"Aw," Tsubaki lets go of Lin and hugs Sayuri, "that's sweet! He's like your guardian angel. I mean, I was told only bits and pieces about you and Kyo but...that's sweet."
"He says thank you by the way," Sayuri laughs.
"You have uncanny knack for medium ship. How long have you had it?"
Sayuri opens her mouth to answer then closes it, "I just realize when I met up with SPR that I did have it. If I had it before, it was because I probably didn't realize it or didn't want to. I didn't use to believe in ghosts. I...I blame my mother for it. She force me to believe that ghosts are not real."
"They are very real," Tsubaki lets Sayuri guide her back to base.
"I know that now though. With the help of SPR." A smile forms on the brunettes face. It was a look of pure happiness. Tsubaki smiles at this as Lin opens the door for them. Naru quickly gets to Tsubaki's side, beating Ritsuke to it. The detective glares at the boy's backside as Naru attends to Tsubaki. Sayuri gets tackled, looking down at Sho hugging her legs.
"I'm okay Sho," She kneels down to hug him properly.
"I was so scared," Tears were in his chocolate brown eyes, "we got a glimpse of it. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Sayuri runs a hand through his hair, "just a bit knock around but I'm okay."
"Next time," Sho pulls away, look stern, "listen to Lin-san! If he says to go, then go!"
"How did you know-" Sayuri pauses, realizing that Kyo must have told on her by accident. It would be the only way Sho would know. There had to be no cameras or microphones near where she and Lin were at.
Sho looks at her, "you listen next time to Lin-san, got it?"
"I got it," She holds out her pinky, "I promise."
"Good," Sho turns away, "now I have to go and see if Mai is okay."
"Alright," Sayuri plants a kiss on his head, "Sho?"
"Hmm?"
"You're a sweetheart," she tells him, getting the cocky grin of any normal eight year old boy. Sho stops only to go sit over on a cot with Mai who had been keeping him entertained with some board game they had found. Tsubaki was lead to a cot to sit on, watching Mai and Sho play the game until Sho asks if she would like to play as well.
Sayuri watches like any mother would before getting up to go to the kitchenette. She walks over to the sink to splash cold water on her face. She leans over the side, taking a few moments of peace to recollect her thoughts.
Footsteps are heard coming into the room. She doesn't look up as someone stands next to her at the counter. A hand comes down on her shoulder, laying gently there as she closes her eyes.
"Your cousin is a smart boy," Her eyes fly open to the sound of Lin's voice.
"He is," She doesn't move away from the sink, "he...made me promise to listen you to next time. And I will, for his sake. I'm sorry I was stubborn but...I didn't want to leave you out there without helping you in some way."
"I would have been fine on my own."
"I would have felt horrible if something bad had happen to you."
Lin moves his hand off her shoulder at the sound of sincerity in her voice. Her head turns to show soft, sad grey eyes underneath dark lashes. His composure remained the same though his mouth went dry on him. Only thing he couldn't control was his heart beating rapidly against his chest.
"I'm serious," she sighs, "I would have felt terrible. Naru needs you and..."
"It's fine," He turns away from her, taking his cup of coffee off the counter. Sayuri watches his backside start to leave the room. A thought comes into his head. It screams at him to a point that he stops walking.
"We make a good team," the comment sends her mouth dropping as Lin leaves the room.
Her heart started to thump against her chest with her face now burning.
No one sees the small smile on Lin's face when he walks out of the kitchenette. Well, except Naru and Tsubaki. The dark haired boy stares oddly at his friend, looking at the blonde. A secret smile forms on her lips, sipping tea.
"He won't tell you," Tsubaki stares at Naru, "and I won't either. Let's just say, I think he's finally learning to be happy."
"Happy about what?"
"Happy about the idea of being with someone," That comment gets a strange look from Naru. Tsubaki just looks at him then at Mai then back to him.
"I think it's only right that you let it happen, for you and for him. I want you two to be happy."
"You don't-"
"I do understand," Tsubaki glances over to Ritsuke walking up to Sayuri who just now came out of the kitchenette. The two friends chat before Sayuri gets dragged over to Sho's side. Ritsuke chuckles, before catching her eyes. He gives a small wave before help Yasu.
"How long will it be until they realize that maybe we're not good for them?"
"Doesn't matter how long, it only matters if they want to stick it out with us."
Naru's stoic face turns into a soft smile.
Tsubaki sips her tea again, closing her eyes to the dreams of her and her friends being happy for once in their lives.
She just hope that those dreams would come true.