okay may i say that i am sorry that this one is a littl short and forgive me for not editing too much after today is my birthday lol and i wanted to give you guys a little present lol but in some places it's not my birthday anymore sadly lol haha anyway enjoy chap 11 of Dangerous Souls also forgive me if this chapter is a little dark i sorta went overboard but i think it was necessary for this case and ghost hunt is a pretty dark show lol enjoy
Chapter 5-Visions
Once again, Mai stood before the little boy with black hair and green eyes. Dai. "I told you, you had to leave!" he said with a frown on his face.
This was definitely alarming. "Dai, I told you before, you need to tell me why I have to leave otherwise I can't," Mai said flatly, kneeling to his level.
"I can't tell you!" he cried out, he was obviously very upset on the matter. Mai could see tears in his eyes.
"Dai, I know you're not the one behind the disappearing children, though many want to believe that is the case. But in order to clear you're name, I need you to tell me why I must leave."
"If I tell you then you'll end up like the others!" This time tears came streaming down the young boy's face.
"Shh, calm down," Mai cooed, stroking the boy's hair. Realization suddenly occurring to her. "You've been trying to warn me without telling me. If you tell me the exacts then I will surly go missing. Is that right?"
Dai nodded, wiping away tears.
"What about Makoto? Or Nori? Are they in danger?" Mai pressed, eyes serious.
"I never spoke with Nori-kun, he should be okay, and Makoto-chan…"
"What did you tell Makoto?" Fear began to build in the pit of her stomach.
"I didn't have the chance to tell her anything! She wouldn't shut up! Then you appeared!"
Mai began to laugh, causing the boy's eyebrow to raise. "Sorry, so Makoto shouldn't be in danger, right? She knows nothing about you?"
"Only what I look like and for now she's calling me Midori. Can you tell her to stop that?" Dai pouted a little. After all, like any ten year old boy, he didn't like being called a girl's name.
But before Mai could respond, Dai faded away, Naru appearing in his place. Mai felt sudden relief. "Naru, what is going on around here? Nothing makes sense!" Mai complained, standing back up.
"Be careful."
"You've told me that time and time again, but why? Why do I need to be careful?" Mai inquired, folding her arms.
"You've had a tendency to attract danger in the past, why is now any different?" Dream Naru teased.
"Hey!…Okay fine, it's true. But what is going on around here? If Dai isn't the one causing the disappearances, then what is?" Mai pressed.
Dream Naru sighed. "I don't understand it either. However this case truly brings out that saying, 'Things aren't always what they seem.'"
"Naru, I'm so confused!"
Dream Naru just smiled. "Well, then-"
"Mai! You need to wake up right now!" Someone whispered concern, while Mai's world began to shake.
August Day 4, 6:17 A.M.
Mai jumped. "Who? What? Where's the fire?" Mai said groggily, looking down to see Ayako and Nami below her.
"Don't be ridiculous, Mai! There's no fire! Get dressed, there's an emergency counselor meeting," Ayako responded, quickly going to her things and dressing herself.
"Counselor meeting?" Mai scratched her head in wonder.
"Another child has gone missing," Nami answered, running a brush through her hair.
"What!" Mai nearly fell out of her bed at the news. "Who?"
"Makoto…"
"As you all know, Makoto was the sixth child to go missing here since Dai's death," Naru stated in front of the crowd of counselors in their makeshift Base. "Obviously the campers are not to know what happened. The story you will tell them, if they ask, is Makoto became sick over the night and is staying in her parents' cabin. Because it hasn't been more than eight hours since she went missing, there is a chance that she will be found. The police offers on the ground are searching, if we find her, the case will most likely solve itself. Until then, however, we won't know what has taken her."
Mai sat there, completely jaw dropped. Her eyes held some distance in them, only vaguely taking in her boss's explanations and orders. One thing continued to go through her mind. Makoto.
Why her? Why her of all people? Sure she was hyper and slightly annoying, but she was a sweet kid. Didn't Dai say that she should be safe? Then why! These thoughts and more raced through her mind as she glanced across the room, seeing the one who took this the hardest.
Riku.
His normally cheerful face was glazed over in disbelief. He's so close to her, no wonder he's taking this so hard.
"Take as much caution as possible, try not to be alone or allow the children to roam around alone." Naru finished as Tamotsu stood up.
"Thank you, Shibuya-san, if anyone finds anything that might help us find my daughter, please alert Shibuya-san and myself immediately. And be careful," he said, grief coating his features. "For now, pretend like nothing has happened and go wake the campers."
At that point, everyone stood up, lost in thought. Even Mai forgot about her dream and left with the rest of them. Makoto's fate the only thing swimming through her mind.
A few of the male counselor, including Monk and Naru, had volunteered to help with the search for Makoto. Unbeknownst to Mai, each day the counselors would trade off positions, searching the days for the missing campers. She now sat in the cabin she and Setsuko were in charge of, sitting next to what was once Wakana's bed.
The girls were all playing Apples to Apples, laughing at the random cards chosen for the adjectives. Mai was lost in thought staring at the pouring rain outside their window. "Mai-san!"
Jolted from her mindset, the brunette snapped her head back around in surprise. "Huh?" She saw Aiko holding a red card in front her of her face.
"Did you put this card down?" Mai looked at the card.
"'Camping.'" she read aloud. "Yep, that's me."
"It's your turn silly! You won that round!" The little girl giggled, handing her the green card Mai won and a new green card from the pile.
"Nee, Mai-san? Where is Makoto? She normally comes in and plays with us when it rains," Kasumi asked, while choosing the card in her hand that she thought was best.
She should've seen this coming. She should've reacted quicker. "She got sick during the night. She's in her parents' cabin resting, she'll be fine," Setsuko thankfully replied. Mai let out the breath she hadn't realized that she had been holding.
"Aw, can we make a card for her?" Yui asked. A young woman around twenty-two with dark brown almost black long hair, turned to her.
"Sure, I bet she'd like that," she answered without missing a beat.
How can they be so calm about this? Mai thought, her mind racing for answers. I guess maybe they just became used to this ever since Emi went missing last year. Even with this job I don't think I could ever get used to this sort of thing.
"I got paper!" one girl from another cabin exclaimed pulling out paper from her bag.
"Fuji, why do you have paper in your bag?" Itsuko question, cocking her head to the side.
"I like to draw…"
"I gots crayons!" Aiko added, racing to grab her secret stash under her bed.
"Okay, everyone grab a piece of paper and start making a letter to Makoto. Mai-san and I will bring them to her after lunch," Setsuko manage to explain, while the kids obeyed.
Today's going to be a long day…
The rain had let up once the lunch rush had began. Depression seemed to follow Mai, sure on past cases adults have gone missing and dies, but it was an entirely different feeling when a child goes missing or dies. She soon found herself standing at the door to Base.
She was about to turn the knob but it was already in that process. The door opened revealing Naru and what appeared to be green finger pain under his chin. "Yes?"
Mai shook her head, shaking away her thoughts. "Naru, something happened in my dream last night," she stated. He glanced around them and allowed her to enter.
She sat down in one of the chairs, explaining her conversation with Dai. When she finished, the two were silent for a few minutes.
It felt like eternity. Both were lost in thought, Mai kept thinking about all her dreams. They all had to be connected somehow. But how?
"Nee, Naru?" she dared to interrupt his train of thought. He nodded, allowing her to finish. "Did they ever give you a time of death from yesterday?"
"I was told anywhere between one and four in the morning, yesterday." he answered quickly, Mai's eyes widened.
"Naru, I saw her two days ago. Before she died…" Sudden realization hit her like a ton of bricks. "Did…did I…see her death? Or was her death? Or…"
"It is quite possible that your dream was of Wakana's death. It's not the first time you've had a vision like that."
"No, Naru. This one's different. The timeframe where she died, was around when she died in my dream. And I saw her spirit before her death could have even taken place!"
The petite brunette's eyes were wide, anxiety shooting up and down her spine. What on earth was happening?
"It is also possible for Wakana's spirit to have left her body while she was asleep, but still alive. She may have been trying to warn you of what has taken her."
"Naru, there is something really off about this place. Nothing is making sense." Mai gave a sigh, her headache from the night before returning.
"Be careful…" This caught her slightly off guard. His tone wasn't mocking, nor angry, nor annoyed, nor demanding. It was…pleading?
"What?" Now her head really began to hurt.
"If Dai has really tried to explain what happened to him and the other children, and whom he has told all disappeared, there is a very good chance you could be next…" his voice was more of a calm worry.
"Naru, I figured that out on my own believe it or not. What I want to know is why you're telling me things I already know," she replied irritably, grasping her head. Her boss's eyebrow raised.
"Are you okay?" he asked, another shocker. Literally, so much attention in less than ten minutes was the world ending.
"Yeah, it's just a headache." Naru didn't simply buy this.
"Go to Tamotsu-san's cabin and get some ibuprofen, then go to your cabin and lie down."
"Quit bossing me around," Mai mumbled as she obeyed, swaying as she walked.
Hisako gladly gave her the medicine, despite the cheerful expression on her face, she was truly hurt that her daughter had gone missing. You could see it in her eyes.
Mai made it back to her cabin, climbing up to her bunk just staring at the ceiling. She closed her eyes, hoping sleep would cure the pain. She opened her eyes again and looked at the clock.
Damn, I wasn't even asleep! I got her three minutes ago! she thought to herself as she rolled over.
Ten more minutes of futile attempts to sleep, her headache had dulled significantly. She had plenty of time before dinner was to start, and didn't want to entertain the children which would only bring about her migraine. She gathered some clothes and her toiletry bag and headed for the showers.
Her dreams kept plaguing her, even as she stood there, with hot water beating on her skin, rinsing away the dirt. Did she really feel Wakana dying? What was causing Dai to be so afraid? What was happening at this camp?
Images of Wakana's body flashed before her eyes. Tears formed in the brunette's eyes. She could have saved her, right? Then more images flashed before her eyes.
Dai.
Emi.
Chouko.
Oscar.
Arata.
All of them. Dead. In almost the exact same spot by the river. Bodies contorted into ungodly forms. Then the worst image she could think of.
Makoto.
There was much more blood in this vision. Her neck broken and limbs bent in ways impossible for even a contortionist. She saw Riku sobbing by her body, Tamotsu and Hisako not too far away.
A new vision.
Herself.
Her body hanging by a noose on a tree branch. A sinister laugh cackling in the background.
With a gasp, Mai awoke from her vision, tears running rivers down her cheeks. What was that?
Mai made it a point to finish and get out of there as soon as possible, drying off and changing in record time. She raced out of the shower area, running into John on her way to the cabin. "Sorry, John," she apologized, straightening herself.
"It's alright, Mai. How are you feeling? You didn't look well last night," he asked sincerely.
"I feel fine," she lied, that vision truly shook her up. After all, she had never seen the bodies of Dai and the other children, why would she know what their dead bodies looked like?
"That's good," he replied, with a smile. Even though she was shaken up, John has always had a way of calming her down. Or anyone for that matter. Maybe it was because of his gentle nature?
"Mai-san?"
The two young adults looked down to see Itsuko and Nori standing there. Stern looks on their faces. "Oh, what's up guys?" Mai smiled.
Itsuko looked around, making sure no one would overhear them. "We know you're not really counselors," she whispered.
Me: well that was creepy, i wonder what itsuko and Nori know
Monk: Kiki...you're the writer
Me: doesn't mean i kno what's gonna happen next!
Masako: but you already said it...
Me: shhh..*points to audience* they don't need to know that
Ayako: thank you everyone who has read and/or reviewed this story is very close to being Kiki's most popular fic
Naru: ...
Yasuhara: What's up boss?
Naru: *points at chin*
Yasuhara and Monk: *burst out laughing*
Lin: please leave a review
Mai: and we all hope you guys have a safe summer
John: Kiki also wants to mention that the next chapter should be up sometime this next week
Jaa nee! :D