A/N:- Hello, hello! I'm back with the next installment! Yay! So before my thanks I have a quick something to say regarding a comment I made last chapter! In one of my thank yous I said that Kit is like marmite! It has been pointed out to me and double checked that not everyone knows what this is so to clarify! Marmite is a disgusting spread made of yeast extract (Sorry all you lovers!) it is common knowledge in England what this is and tastes like! I obviously hate it whereas others love it, I hope this makes my comment make more sense! So to my thank yous...
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Disclaimer:- Kit and Nolie belong to me, Naru's POV doesn't nor do any of the characters from the amazing series that is Ghost Hunt!
Kitai's POV
I couldn't remember a thing from after dinner. I recall eating what that Jerk Mai's with made and then this sudden chill coming over me. The rest is a complete blank. 'Seriously, why is she even going out with a cold-hearted loser like him? She needs a real man to take care of her!' I awoke laying spread-eagled on the floor of what these people called 'base'. Why am I still here, I hear you ask? Good question! Well, it's better than being a surrogate father to my adoptive siblings, put it that way. It felt like someone had spent the last hour hammering my skull in and I groaned in pain as I sat up.
"My god! Who hit me? Point me to them and I'll kill the Bastard!" I growled in Japanese, holding my head.
I could hear the Australian fella mumble something barely audible to the Jerk about someone not being gone. I couldn't be sure about it though as my head was still feeling screwy. A female voice I recognized oh so well responded to the comment. 'Why is she here? I didn't think she knew where I was!'
The Jerk had the audacity to demand to know who she was. Mumbles of agreement came from whoever else was in the room and everyone was staring at her. I didn't need to. I already knew what I'd see if I looked. Her long dark hair falling straight down her back, well, she never did like tying it up. Her eyes would be aflame with hidden fury making them look more amber than usual, like she was on fire from within. Her usually flawless face would be scrunched up into a look of anger upon her seeing me. In short, she would not be pleased!
"My name is Magnolia Gray and I have come to collect that!" She said, obviously indicating to me. 'It's at times like these I wish she didn't know Japanese!' Sighing, I carefully got up from my position on the floor.
"Kitai Ichirou Phillips, where the hell have you been?" She asked venomously in English, not realizing that most of the people here could speak it too.
"Nolie, please calm down!" I tried in a soothing tone. "Someone needed a lift up here and I was more than happy to help, that's all." 'Maybe I shouldn't have added that last bit judging by the, now darker, look on her face!'
"Do you two know each other?" Jerk asked, stepping in between us.
"Yeah, Nolie's my girlfriend!" I replied in Japanese so everyone understood who she was to me. A slightly shocked gasp issued from the Jerk's mouth complete with a look that said 'and you were flirting with mine?' Mai stepped in at this point to try and break us up before a fight started. 'I would have totally smashed his perfect face in too!'
"Magnolia? Or can I call you Nolie?" She asked.
"Nolie's fine."
"Okay, I'm Mai! Why don't you and Kit sit and calmly talk this out and I'll go make some tea for us all Nolie." Mai suggested.
"Uh…sure, if you don't mind." Nolie responded shyly. 'That's more like it! She's starting to calm down to her normal self! I hate it when she's mad!' Nolie sat on the sofa furthest from the door and I sat on the other one opposite. Jerk then approached Nolie.
"May I sit here?" He asked in that 'I expect you to say yes and swoon at me' tone he used. Immediately I sent him a glare that said 'back away from the girl and you just might have kids in the future'.
The Jerk had the nerve to glare right back and seat himself next to her anyway. Nolie then blushed. She blushed! That was the last straw! I waited patiently as Mai re-entered the room and placed the tea on the table then I grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto the seat next to me making her squeal and blush as she landed. 'Okay, so maybe not the smartest move in front of my girlfriend, but he started it!'
Nolie looked at me and then sighed and rolled her eyes as though she thought I was acting like a petulant five year old. 'I'm so glad she knows I really only have eyes for her! It's not my fault other women seem to do whatever I want!'
"So you're a medium I take it?" Jerk crooned at her. (A/N:- I would like to note that Naru is not flirting with Nolie, Kit's just blowing everything out of proportion!)
"Uh…um…yes, that's right!" Nolie stuttered. She looked a bit uncomfortable at having to talk to people she didn't know.
"Nolie, I'm sorry I didn't tell you where I had gone and that I made you worry." I apologized, trying to bring her focus back onto me.
"It's alright Kit; you were just being your usual kind self. I shouldn't have overreacted like that." She assured, her focus back on me.
I gestured for her to come over to me and Mai, seeing what I was trying to do, moved out of her seat so Nolie could take it. Nolie looked hesitant at first, as though she still hadn't truly forgiven me, but she got up and switched with Mai after a moment. I carefully wrapped an arm around her when she sat down and I noticed Jerk do the same with Mai. Nolie snuggled closer to me and I could feel her relax into me knowing that I, her safety blanket of sorts, was there. I looked at Mai, who seemed to be studying me intently with a slight frown creasing her brow.
"Is there something wrong Mai?" I asked, focussing my deep blue gaze upon her.
"It's probably just me being silly, but I feel like I know you from somewhere." She replied, still looking perplexed. Nolie stirred at her words and seemed a little panicked before moving away from me and resettling herself against the back of the sofa.
"Kit, can you leave for a while so I may talk to these people in private?" She asked me sweetly. I was a little concerned by this as she doesn't usually ask me to leave her when she's talking to people as she's quite shy. Not one to argue with her though, I got up and left the room wondering what it was she couldn't say to them in my presence.
Naru's POV
So the mysterious girl turned out to be Git's girlfriend. I pity her; I really do, having to put up with him! The four of us had gathered on the sofas to chat and try and sort things out. It turned out that this Magnolia Gray, or whatever she wanted to call herself, was a medium. 'Perfect! Just what we need! I hope she doesn't throw herself at me continuously like Miss Hara though!' After Git had insisted the girls swap seats so that we were sat by our respective partners, I felt Mai tense as I hugged her.
I looked at her only to find she was staring at Git with a confused expression. When Git asked if something was wrong she said she was most likely mistaken but she thought she knew him. I know Mai and I know by now that her instincts are never incorrect. This was confirmed when I saw the new medium visibly panic and pull away from her beau, asking him to leave so she could talk in private with us. He looked worried as he left but respected Miss Gray's wishes nonetheless. The girl in front of us took a deep breath with her eyes closed before opening them again and looking us in the eye.
"What I'm about to tell you all must go no further, do you understand?" I had forgotten that my parents, John, Lin and Ayako were still in the room. We all nodded in agreement.
"Your girlfriend is not mistaken and she should know him, after all he's been the one guiding her in her dreams." Magnolia stated with complete seriousness.
"You can't mean… But that's impossible!" I sputtered, losing my composure for a moment. "If this is some kind of joke I assure you it's not funny and will not be tolerated!" I shouted, glaring at the stoic young woman icily.
"I swear to you, I am telling you the truth, that man is your brother." She insisted sincerely. Mother let out a wail of a sob and had to be held up by Father.
"That cannot be Miss Gray." I hissed. "I observed the retrieval of my brother's body from the lake myself. Now, if you would be so kind as to leave. You have done quite enough damage to my family for one day."
"Could you identify him?" She asked calmly, not moving from her spot on the sofa.
"What?" I spat, trying not to really lose my temper.
"Your brother's body, could you identify him when he was pulled from the lake?" she questioned again.
"Of course not! He was too badly decomposed!" I replied angrily. This girl was really starting to test my patience.
"How could you tell it was him then?"
"From his clothes, I don't know, what are you getting at?" The medium was really starting to confuse me with her questions.
"What if that body wasn't his? What if he didn't die and is the man stood outside the door?"
"Get to the point!" I sighed. All her nonsense was making my head hurt and making Mother more hysterical.
"The body you found was a decoy. Your brother, when he went to Japan for the case he had taken, found out some things he wasn't supposed to know from the ghost haunting the site he was working at." She informed. "The ghost was Kazumi Daisuke; she was a medium like myself only she was also gifted with prophetic dreams like Mai."
"She found out, through these dreams, the identity of a murderer and was quickly silenced permanently by him and his gang. They unfortunately didn't count on your brother finding out this same information from her spirit." Miss Gray continued. "Gene decided to act upon the knowledge so as to avenge her and put her at rest. The news of your brother, however, managed to reach the murderer, who apparently is a very powerful and influential man, and the order was given to terminate him too."
"This, I assume, is when you had that psychometric vision informing you of Gene's demise. What you didn't know, however, is that luckily for your brother, I was quite close by and Kazumi came and informed me of what had happened as she had taken a liking to him and didn't want him to be a victim too." Magnolia told. "A family was at the lake having a midnight picnic at the time (A/N:- Yeah, I know! It sounds like a weird excuse to be there, but go with it!) and I quickly sought their help in rescuing your brother. We rushed him to the nearest hospital, Kazumi telling me all the while what had happened in more detail."
"Unfortunately your brother was so severely wounded that he was in a deep coma and even the doctors weren't sure if he'd wake up. The family and I took turns in watching over him and it wasn't until a year ago that he finally came round." She informed.
"The problem is he was so afraid for his loved ones' safety it has caused short-term amnesia. It was decided that, for his own safety, due to the circumstances surrounding his incident he should lay low and stay with the family that helped rescue him. So here we are." Magnolia concluded, finishing her rather lengthy and somewhat unbelievable tale.
"My baby, my poor baby!" Mother wailed.
"Miss Gray, I think that my family and I are going to need some time to process this information. It would be best, I think, if the two of you would leave this house to allow us to think this through alone." I suggested as calmly as possible. My head was swimming with the news this woman had given us. 'My brother is alive! Gene is alive! And he's a complete Git!'
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