The first few minutes involved a lot of shouting, and hugs. As soon as the three got away from the crowd Madoka and Naru's mother pounced, one hugged Lin then one hugged Naru and it switched till they had gotten their fill with the two men before moving onto Mai. It seemed they had been trying to give the girl some space for her first moments in England but she was still in shock when they decided to make their move on her. Madoka got to hug her first, welcoming her to England.
"How was the flight? Did Naru bully you?" The older woman asked Mai with a grin.
"Oh, no Naru was good, just Naru being Naru" Mai smiled before she was handed over to Naru's mother. She looked a bit older than the last time Mai had met her, but she was still very pretty and had a European look to her face. The woman seemed almost to pause for a moment, questioning whether or not to grab her before going in for a hug, squeezing Mai tightly. Once Mai managed out a small giggle it seemed the woman felt more at ease and shook Mai with joy.
"Oh I'm so happy to meet you Mai! You are so small and pretty! I was always bothering Oliver about you but he is so secretive you know! I beat he gets it from his father, have you met him? Dear, coming say hello to Mai" Naru's mother shouting, turning to the man. While he didn't look like Naru, Mai could tell they were very similar and she looked up at the tall man shyly. He wasn't Lin's height but he was very sturdy and had a suit on, it reminded her of Naru's suits expect it was a pale gray.
"Good to meet you, Mai" He said and reached out her hand, the young woman taking it and shook it nervously. Naru's father wasn't smiling but she felt that he was being honest; at least there was no evil intent behind his words.
"You too" She said, then noticed that everyone was in fact speaking Japanese. The young woman turned to Naru who was watching the scene with peering eyes. "I didn't know your family all spoke Japanese" The young woman pouted, feeling like she had gotten nervous for nothing.
"Everyone else does though" Naru said teasingly but before the young woman could argue with him about his vague wording they were shuffled into a car, well limousine. Mai looked around in surprise, she had never been in one of these before, but Naru's family was rich, any rich people would ride in a nice car after all.
"Hey Naru put on your seatbelt" Mai advised, turning to the man beside her and he looked over at her, a questionable look on his face, then down at her waist where she had hers buckled neatly.
"Really?"
"If we get into a car accident you'll be thrown onto your father and he won't appreciate that" Mai spoke daringly, and then looked over to see everyone else bent over, chuckling. They almost looked like they were holding it, trying to prevent them from laughing at the young woman. The ride was beautiful and while Mai was nervous she felt a bit better about the situation with some familiar faces, and that they spoke Japanese rather well. They were riding into the countryside and the young woman's wide eyes watched as horses and carts passed by them, she admired the cows and the goats, even the pigs. It seemed everyone else was getting enjoyment as well, though it seemed she was the center of it. Mai had not gone far from Tokyo in her life, she had a trip to Kyoto once with her school but there wasn't much scenery to admire there, let alone all these animals.
"So Mai, what kind of food do you like?" Naru's mother asked, and Mai looked over to see the woman grinning. Mai paused for a moment.
"Oh I like any type of food, I'm not very picky" The young admitted, grinning.
"Expect olives" Naru mumbled
"Only green ones, they taste so strange"
"You know, Naru was the pickiest eater as a child. I use to have to cut his carrots so tiny and hide them into soups he wouldn't notice." His mother chuckled, and Mai grinned. It seemed she was already trusted with bits of Naru's childhood, it was refreshing. The car finally stopped and they got out, finally able to see the house. Mai admired it with big eyes, the home reminded her of their cases, lovely and European yet very old. It seemed this house had been around for a long time.
"Naru will show you your room, right?" Madoka said in a sweet, yet very sneaky, tone. Perhaps she had planned, because she ran off with Lin the oppisite direction of the two. Naru sighed before agreeing and the two were off into the house. It was as she expected, very homey. While it was large Naru's mother had enough things to fill the house to make it cozy for everyone and Mai slowly followed after Naru with her suitcase while looking around in amazement. He must of felt embarrassed living in such an apartment and her, her with her cheap ramen and bed she had since she was a little girl.
"Here it is, my mother got all excited about this room so it's a bit done up" Naru sighed yet she could Naru had the smallest smirk on his face and Mai followed him into the room. The windows were huge, that was what first caught her eye. They were almost from ceiling to the floor and the woman gasped, looking up. Then the bed. It was a post bed with netting layered across it and the young woman, after pulling out her stuffed hamster from her suitcase jumped into it giggling. It was fluffy, nothing like her bed back home and the young woman rolled on her back before glancing over at Naru.
"Oh you get your spoiling behavior from your mother, come lay here by me, it's so lovely" Mai giggled, pulling the hamster to her chest so she could motion for the man. He seemed hesitant yet he followed her request and laid down beside her, their feet hanging off the side of the bed. The house was quiet and Mai looked up at the ceiling, admiring even the molding.
"You know you're in Gene's domain now. He may not be around anymore but his presence is stronger here" Naru said into the silence and the young woman frowned. "My mother put you on the opposite side of the house of where his room was for precautions. Try to avoid that area"
"I can take care of myself" Mai grumbled her breath yet put his warning into mind and the two laid there a moment longer before they heard Madoka shriek and they moved to sit up, afraid something had happened.
"Where did you get this scar from?! You got shot and didn't even call me! You could have died you big idiot!"
"It seems Madoka has found out about Lin's scar" Naru mussed, his words sent Mai into thought.
"How?" She asked quietly, and Naru turned to her slightly, the two exchanging a look of knowledge. They started to chuckle before Mai broke into laughter and turned into the man's shoulder trying to muffle the sound, she could hear Naru in her ear, holding back his own laughter with some difficultly. Mai felt something building within her in these moments, some kind of happiness, some kind of power. Naru was hers; she could keep away the shadows of the past away for just a second longer-
"Shit, Mai, Stop!" Naru said quickly and Mai looked up just in time to see the couch fly across the room into a wall, the hands of the older man wrapping around her to protect her from the flying pieces of the furniture and in turn, blocking her view of the collision. Windows were flying opens, her suitcase was spilling its contents then the room was filled with silence, neither could find the strength to say anything. There were shouts, and Mai could hear people running around in attempt to figure out what had happened. They would come here soon enough and see that Mai was at fault.
"I'm sorry Naru" Mai mumbled into the man's shoulder, she could feel tears from her laughter clinging to her eye lashes. He seemed to be contemplating for a moment, yet she could feel his frustration through his hands that tightened on her, bringing her in closer.
"Oh thank god are you two are alright, did Mai get too excited?" Naru's mother said suddenly, it seemed she had raced to the bedroom unlike everyone else. Yet, she was so calm. Perhaps Gene and Naru had done these sorts of things as children. They had after all lots of power, and lots of Pk to waste. Well not Naru.
"Yes, she's fine now" Naru answered yet she could feel him move his head to look at her, as if assuring himself.
"Here, take her to your father and have him check her" The older woman said, "I'll clean up with the maids while you're gone"
"I'm sorry about this" Mai said meekly, slowly sliding off the bed and looked around at the damage. There was some good chipping in the wall from the couch but it looked like she hadn't managed to put a hole in it, the windows had let in leaves, a few more things were overturn as well and a vase looked shattered.
"Oh don't worry about it, Naru and Gene use to do much worse, I set this room up expecting this to happen. But you are stronger than we thought" She grinned and Mai smiled back, happy that she wasn't mad.
"Thank you Mrs. Davis"
"Oh, call me Lulu, there isn't any reason to use formalities" The woman laughed
"Come on Mai" Naru said, interrupting the two and Mai said her goodbyes to the woman before following Naru down the hallways. "Do you feel sick?"
"No"
"Dizzy?"
"Of course not Naru" Mai whined, chasing after the man who seemed to know the house very well. He paused and knocked on a door, opening it after a moment and Mai looked in shock to find it as an office. His father was sitting there, holding a file, it was like Naru in the future and Mai couldn't help but let out a giggle at the resemblance between the two of them.
"Come here Mai" Naru's father said sternly and the young woman fell silent, and slowly shuffled up to the man who reached out and took her wrist in his hand, pausing for a moment. He seemed to be listening, and then it continued on, he looked at her throat and eyes, then had her clench her hands and bend her feet. "She didn't seem to receive any harm from her Pk, no stress on any organs. For now, any use seems to not be harmful, but we'll have to test some more"
"Oh, thank you sir" Mai chirped, getting up from the seat before he stopped her and the young woman looked at him, a bit confused.
"Welcome to our home, please make sure to ask if you need anything Mai" He said, the young woman looked at him shocked before smiling widely, overcome by his honest feelings toward her entering their home.
"I will be sure to, thank you sir" The young woman bowed, feeling truly welcome.
Oh thank you guys for being such good friends at such a boring chapter! Hehe, I guess it did add some developement but I just felt like it was a bit slow. This chapter was very easy for me compared to the last one, I actually did this entire chapter yesterday and finished it at 3 in the morning, so I decided to wait a bit before publishing it today.
Ariana Taniyama, oh thank you. Your post gave me the last little push to get this chapter done! I keep looking at it and saying 'you can do it Ashley!'. I still have to let her interact with all the english speakers, and the testing, but I believe I introduced his parents pretty well this chapter. They are pretty nice, aren't they?
EmeraldStar642, thank you lots! I get so happy knowing people are looking forward to the new chapter!
thearistcrat, the way you say it makes me feel like I have to take a shower after writing a filler chapter! Haha, but ya, I did feel super gross after writing it, I just ended up laying on the floor after posting going 'Finally-I finished'
Naruisawesome, they kinda do don't they? I feel like they have grown as a couple through the story, at least I hope...I meant for them to become better around each as it went. Ehehe...
Ellabellaboo124, there you go! Hehe, thanks for looking forward to the next chapter!
EverlastingRyo, I think Naru knows a lot of people, so he could probably sneak Mai into England even without a passport if he wanted to, let alone Vista stuff. Hehe, I'll try to introduce people, but I actually enjoy sticking to the characters that the writer already created, I always feel very unconnected to most of the people that are introduced in fanficts because the writer didn't build on them before I wrote about them, you know?
dancingfingers, yup! Lucklily, it seems my writer's block didn't last too long, I wrote this chapter at lightining speed and feel much better about it than the last one! Haha, it seems Naru's mother is excited! Maybe she wants some grandchildren...hm.