...Later that night...
Naru, Lin, John, Monk, and Yashuhara set up blankets and sleeping bags in the rather spacious living room, along with some of their equipment. "Are you sure we shouldn't have set up cameras in Izumi's room?" John asked the guys, laying back on his blanket in his blue pajamas, looking up at the ceiling. "Well this is the first time he's had to deal with something like this and he said how creeped out he is by this already. Don't worry, though. Yasuhara and I put up some cameras in the hallway so if he DOES do anything he won't get far before we know about it." Monk replied to John, sitting in one of the living room chairs, also staring up at the ceiling. "W-woah wait guys I think I see something. Izumi's moving!" Yasuhara exclaimed, the entire room looking at the monitor he was observing. "Oh man I wonder what he's possessed by this time... I think he... I think he..." "I think he's going to the bathroom." Naru interrupted, his tone demeaning as usual.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the guest room that Masako, Mai, and Ayako were using, they too were doing poorly at attempting to sleep. "Ugh I can't help but think of what's going to happen next." Mai said, holding her pillow to her head. "John and Lin were right, though, you know. We're lucky that kid didn't see an even bloodier event with his powers. Imagine what's going to happen if we happen to be too close to an old battleground or something?" The thought slightly scared Masako and Mai, which Ayako saw. She usually wasn't one to stoop to such things, but she couldn't help but mess with them a little upon seeing this. "Yeah... if he captures the essence of a more evil spirit, he could come right in and kill us in our sleep."
This made the other two widen there eyes in realization, as the door slowly cracked with an eery creak. Ayako was surprised and the other two were stunned, Mai's body going from still to shivering and Masako's breathing going from slow to a near, complete halt. The dim light from the hallway didn't give enough of a shadow to see who their midnight intruder was. Mai closed her eyes tightly, slowly peeking her right one as the door soon was wide open.
"You guys can't sleep, either?" A familiar voice asked the three. With her long snow white hair, blue eyes, and short night gown it was easy to distinguish who it was from the others in the house: Uki Saito, Izumi's sister. The three sighed out sighs of relief. Mai rubbed the back of her head and nervously answered, "Hahaha I guess not. So, what brings you here?" Uki flashed a welcoming smile and sat down on the floor with Mai and Masako, since Ayako was sitting in the guest room bed. "I actually just was wondering if you guys were still up. I got bored and wanted to talk." Uki admitted, looking to the three. Ayako yawned and layed back down upon hearing this. "Well if you wanna talk, they probably have nothing but a bunch of ghost stories. Especially Mai." She replied after her yawn. Uki clapped her hands together happily, then stated, "I like ghost stories." This made Masako smile lightly and Mai light up with joy. It's been a while since she's been able to do this with just her and the girls. Granted it's not the girls she usually did it with but she'll take what she can get.
"Masako, Ayako, ideas on what we could tell her?" Mai asked the others. Masako nodded and answered, "I think I have a couple you might be interested in, Ms. Saito." Uki scooted slightly closer to the other two, then replied, "Please, feel free to call me Uki." Masako switched her sitting position to get more comfortable on her sleeping bag. "Okay then, 'Uki'. Let's begin..."
Masako, Mai, and Ayako went on about all the cases they've been on before (leaving out a few details for Naru's case). They talked about the fox fires at the school building, the monster in that mansion's labyrinth, and so on. Uki couldn't believe what they went through. "Wow. So you guys really fought undead and like... a deity?" Uki asked, a bit skeptical. "Well... hehe... kind of." Mai answered. Masako checked the time on the wall, then turned to the others. "Goodness... it's almost three in the morning. We should all be getting some rest." She explained. Uki frowned, but then stretched and yawned, her body apparently agreeing with Masako. "Alr-" Uki was soon interrupted by some noises in the hallway. She turned around quickly, then back to the others. Everyone remained silent.
"...You know... if you're afraid, you're more than welcome to stay with us." Mai offered, holding up a pillow to Uki. Uki laughed nervously and answered in an unsure tone, "Heh. Scared? You kidding me? I-I'm twenty years old now. Heheh... heh..." The noise happened again. Someone was coming. But who? "Maybe one of the guys is going to the bathroom." Ayako suggested. "No, there's a bathroom downstairs, remember?" Mai replied to Ayako. "Well what about Izumi? Maybe HE has to use the restroom?" Masako pitched in. "N-no I saw him go in there earlier..." Uki answered, staring at the door. She wasn't sure what would be worse, the noises continuing or the door swinging open. Eventually, Uki took a deep breath and muttered to herself, "This is ridiculous. This is your own house. Plus there's, like, a bunch of ghost hunters in your house. What could possibly-" She reached for the door knob, the door soon swinging open, causing Uki to jump back and be caught off balance a little. The others were startled but Uki immediately knew who it was. "...I-...Izu? You scared the crap out of me! How long have you been standing there?" She asked in a rather angry tone. Masako's eyes soon widened once more in realization, looking over to Mai, then whispering, "...How long has he been standing there? Do you think-... do you think he heard us?"
"Izu?" Uki continued.
Izumi was looking down... his eyes slowly scanning his sister from bottom to top as his face went up with them. It was only until now they noticed he was holding a meat cleaver in his right hand, clenched rather tightly. "Th-this isn't funny..." Uki told him with a bit more concern in her voice.
He stood there, a crazy look in his eyes, his hand holding the cleaver slowly raising...
"I... I..." Izumi trailed off, as if he was fighting it...
"You... w-what?" Uki asked.
"I don't want to die."
Annnnnnnnd Chapter 4 FINALLY done ^_^ Sorry ladies and gents for said delay. Also sorry for grammar errors in here. It's 3 in the morning and I don't feel like editing atm. Enjoy and thanks for taking your time reading :3