Lulu decided that for the next couple days that Mai would get to be a tourist instead of getting straight to business. Mai was told they still had to set up things for a case but she couldn't help but question if that was the truth, still she got to explore England so she didn't speak to Naru's mother about it any more.
"Oh look Naru, is that Big Ben?" Mai asked excitingly and Naru looked up at the large clock before nodding, pulling her arm tightly as a group of people passed by them. The road was extremely busy and the two had somehow locked arms at one point or another to keep from losing the other in the crowd. His mother had sent the two out to explore England earlier that morning; she explained that she had business to attend to and that Naru knew plenty about the city. Of course, neither of the two believed her, she was just trying to have them out by themselves, but either way Mai decided she would enjoy herself. They had ridden an old train that's track went through farmland to the middle of London and once there eaten lunch before they set out to see the attractions.
"Can you say that in English?" Naru asked teasingly and the young woman looked up at him in annoyance before mumblings softly in English.
"Es 'at Big Ben?"
"Is that" He corrected and she huffed, looking back up at the tower. Mai took a few shots before the two continued on, walking down the streets. It was becoming the heat of the day and they took shelter in a museum. The soft hum of the city was soothing to Mai who had grown up in the center of Tokyo, she was glad that his parents lived so close to a town like this. It felt almost like home, though everyone was speaking English and she found out it was much more difficult now that they spoke so quickly. Luckily she had Naru who spoke to them fluently, and the young woman just looked at them with huge eyes. "Your eyes are going to pop out like that Mai" Naru said as she stared at a couple who were speaking German. Now there was even more languages to try and understand and Mai watched a bit longer before following Naru through the art exhibit. There weren't too much people since it was just a local thing but the young woman enjoyed herself, able to see the world from a new set of eyes.
"England really different compared to Japan" Mai mumbled as the two left the building, a few hours passing and clouds taking up the sky.
"Is that good or bad?"
"It's just different, it's like you said. They both are interesting" She answered, the two crossing a street. They stopped to eat ice-cream and chattered about the city before deciding to watch a parade. It was getting later in the evening but the two decided they could hold out a bit longer to see the city lights.
"I will say you people in England eat some weird food" Mai grinned, biting into the greasy fish and chips. Naru shrugged, he couldn't argue, they were known for their strange foods. He took a piece of her fish, watching people pass. They had stopped at a park to eat dinner, Mai had wanted to try fish and chips, and Naru didn't have the heart to tell her how disgusting it was to foreigners.
"At least it's not natto"
"Hey, natto is good" The young woman said stubbornly and he smirked at her.
Naru decided that they would return home, it was growing late and drunkards were coming out, neither of them wanted to deal with those kinds of people. They waited at the train stop with the rest of the crowd, watching the flickering lights of the city. It was quiet; it seemed it was mostly made of tourist who had trekked through the city all day. Naru eyes were wandering for a moment, almost as if he had seen something before he looked back at the ground. Then the train station broke into shouts.
"Oh god, he fell onto the tracks!"
"Someone stop the train!"
"Help!"
Mai wasn't sure what was happening, but she looked over at the incoming train, it wasn't going to stop in time if something happened. Did someone fall? The train was coming, she had to do something. Mai wouldn't let someone die here, not when she had the powers to stop it.
"Don't do it" Naru growled but Mai only felt her powers grow and suddenly the train's wheels were screeching and everyone else was covering their ears. The young woman took the advantage to push through the surprised crowd. "Mai! Stop using your powers, stop!" Naru shouted, chasing after her but she just pushed through the crowd to the platform edge. People were almost dumbstruck in horror at the man who was unconscious on the tracks, unable to think what to do but Mai knew she had control, though for how much longer. She wasn't sure.
"Wake up, give me your hand!" She shouted down to him and glanced up at the train, the conductor was pulling on the brake but without her powers pulling the train back, this man was dead. Just a little farther. Then Naru jumped to the tracks, his jacket landing beside her. He grabbed the man and dragging him off the ground, by now people were coming out of their shock and they joined Mai in pulling the man to the platform. Naru was next and with the helpful hands he was pulled up quickly, just as he made it onto the platform the train bust through, slowly coming to a stop. The station seemed almost silent, and Mai leaned over Naru from their place on the ground, her hair just tickling his nose. He had stumbled on the way up and was lying on his back; she on the other hand was bent over on her knees, though she wasn't sure if she would be able to stand anyways at this point.
"Your nose is bleeding" Naru mumbled, hand reaching up to wipe the blood. He was remotely calm, but Mai knew he was just shaken for the moment. She would be scolded pretty soon.
"Mai! Naru!" Someone shouted and the young woman looked up startled to see Madoka running over with Lin in tow.
"What are you two doing here?" Mai asked startled, letting out a small sound as Madoka grabbed her face to wipe the blood from her nose.
"We're on a case; there has been a problem with tourist falling onto train tracks and getting killed. We were afraid we weren't going to make it in time to save the man." The older woman laughed before looking down at Naru who was on the ground, probably still a bit scrambled.
"That was very dangerous" Lin said angrily, an annoyed on his face.
"Mai always find trouble to get into." He grumbled and the two women grinned at each other before Madoka helped Mai up and Lin did the same to Naru. By now the station was in full swing, doctors were being called and the man who had fallen was finally waking up. Madoka disappeared with Lin to question the man leaving the two younger people alone, the train was starting to let people on and Mai went to follow the crowd when Naru grabbed her wrist, now able to scold her. "That was a stupid thing to do"
"Well I knew I could do something to help" She retorted before suddenly being pulled into Naru's hold, his arms firmly holding her to his chest.
"You keep getting into danger just like an idiot, what if you had hurt yourself trying to save him? What if I wasn't here to help?" Naru growled and the young woman in rebellion tried pulling away from his grasp but he just pulled her in tighter till she couldn't fight, and peered up at his face. He looked pained and she couldn't help but feel cruel for giving Naru such a hard time, her small fingers reached up to pull his head onto her shoulder, comfortably wrapping her arms around his neck. He continued to frown for a while as she held him close, but he finally seemed to give up on his anger by the time the train was up and running again. Most of the tourist were confused about what had happened, only a few people had seen Naru jumping down on the tracks as well as Mai's courage, but they were long gone. No one had to know about this little mishap.
"Let's head home Naru" She grinned, the train ride was filled with the buzz about what had happened at the station. By the time they got back to the house it was late and the two quietly snuck in. His parents were probably asleep by now, and honestly they didn't want to explain what happened to them this late at night. It seemed that Lin and Madoka weren't coming back to the house tonight; they were probably staying in a hotel close to the tracks for research. They slipped off their shoes and headed the hall, seemly too tired to start a conversation. "Are you going to get involved in the case?"
"Probably, they'll want it taken care of as quickly as possible" Naru answered, the two stopping in front of her bedroom. Lulu and the maids had cleaned it right up, though there were some suspicious screws in the couch now, though Mai didn't really mind. Anything to keep her out of trouble was fine with her. Naru was watching her and she grinned at him playful, Mai felt him lean in closer.
"Will you play with me tomorrow too?"
"As long as you stay out of trouble" Naru said smugly and they said goodbye, the young woman going into her room to change.
"I'm so tired" She moaned to herself, flopping onto the bed. The young woman lied there for a moment longer before setting to get up when the door opened, startling her.
"Naru?"
"I've been giving you a lot of trouble recently"
"What are you talking about?" Mai started almost with a grin when she made eye contact with the man. He was over top of her, legs on either side of her own to trap her on the bed. His eyes wandered over her face as if he had not seen her for a very long time, and that smile of his gave everything away, her words came out breathless.
"Gene"
I put a bit more time on this chapter because I wanted to make it extra special for all of you! Having a 100+ followers is crazy, I feel like I should have a huge celebration for each reviewer I get let alone a followers/favoriters who thinks I deserve to be on their list of stories! Oh the joy! I took the time to upload some fanart I've drawn of Naru and Mai(aswellassomegenecauseheissosweet). I actually have another one where it has the three of them and Mai is holding her hamster but it disappeared T-T Hopefully it'll show up! Please find that on my page since it won't allow me to post the link here...
Also! I have given you guys another thank you gift by creating a little...mini story of what happened between John and Masako when everyone got drunk. It's fluffy and probably awkward but I hope you enjoy it! Please look for it in my fanfictions or in the ghost hunt stories list!
Thank you zerocchi, you gave me the last little push to get this chapter done! Without you it would have taken a good couple more days to give myself the motivation. I am so happy you are enjoying the story and I made sure to update as quickly as possible!
elyssalyn oh I know, I am actually terribbbllleee at grammar and spelling. I think at some point I'll go back and try to clean it up some more, maybe I'll enlist a friend to help since I skip over some stuff! Thank you for the review, I'm glad you're enjoying it despite my grammar issues, hehe.
Ellabellaboo124 oh thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying it!
Ariana Taniyama, ya I actually went back and forth on how much Japanese he could know. I didn't want him to be a mysterious person but rather a fatherly stern figure, besides, having two Japanese children he needs to know a bit! Espically for his future daughter in law someday...not that...they'll get married or anything.
dancingfingers it's never too early to want babies! Well. Maybe. But Mai is of age now so...Naru now has one more advantage on his side! Here, take all of my fluff! So much fluff!
Naruisawesome, oh goodness...you're right. They don't. I think I'm going to feel terrible when that comes out, well they might be pleased about it. who knows. And yup, it seems Mai had good control of her powers overall though stopping a full train can give her a bit of a nosebleed. Meh.
thearistcrat please read all my stories with uplifting music then! Haha, I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one just as much, suspense powers activate! Pew!
With all of you by my side I know I can to infinity and beyond as a writer! Thank you for the support and let's grow together for time to come!