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Mika Part One	By : Rocks Category: +G to L > Ghost Hunt Views: 2701 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"I knew you'd be surprised." Fai said from behind her as she regained her footing.

"This is a joke right?" she asked as she looked at the painting.

"No, it's genuine. Over a hundred years old." He replied,

"That's just not possible! She has my face!" she argued,

"Or to be more specific, you have hers. She was alive first you know." He replied. "She was probably one of your relatives, well, I say probably, but it's more or less guaranteed." He added. "Come on. I'll show you the rest of the mansion and then we can get to business." He continued as he pulled Mai's arm.

"No, we can explore the mansion later. I want to know what's going on right now." Naru said firmly as he turned to Fai, who looked taken back, but smiled and nodded,

"Of course, you're probably right. Please, follow me." he said as he led them to the hall and turned left into a large living room with three sofas and six arm chairs and a huge Christmas tree by the window, which was about ten feet tall. "Please, sit down. I'll go and get you some tea." Fai said as he left them.

"Wouldn't a place like this usually have servants?" Monk-san asked as he looked round the room.

"Usually yes, perhaps the reason they're not here is linked to his case." Lin replied. Mai felt a hand on her head and looked up at the concerned face of Monk-san,

"You okay Mai?" he asked. Mai forced a smile and nodded, not quite hiding her unease. She saw Naru sit down on one of the sofas and perched next to him, feeling a little better as she remembered last night when she had forced Naru to lie down on her sofa and how he had looked when he fell to sleep.

"You don't have to stay." He said quietly as he looked at her. Mai stole a glance at Naru and nodded,

"I know, but I don't want to leave." She replied, almost adding 'you' to the end of her sentence, but catching herself before she made the slip.

"Well, if you change your mind." He replied warmly. Mai looked at him. He still wore his usual thoughtful stern expression, but his voice had been so warm. I must be imagining things. She thought dismissively as Fai returned.

"Well, shall I begin?" he asked as he set a tray down and handed out the tea, leaving milk and sugar on the tray so that they could help themselves. Naru nodded and Fai sat back and crossed his legs. "It all started about two months ago. I'm not sure what set it off exactly…at first it was my maids getting harassed…sexually in the night as they slept. One by one they left and then I started hearing strange things…knocking and such, and sometimes objects would move and heat up for no reason and the rooms would go cold. The servants quickly left as the attacks became more violent until one woman was raped…I didn't believe it was a ghost at first, but then I saw something happen. In the attic are more paintings of the woman at the top of the staircase. Every picture with her in it had been brutally ripped to pieces and I watched one of them. It was just sitting there and the next thing I knew it had just…exploded for want of a better word." He explained. Mai tensed at this, great, I'm the only woman here! Did he have to tell us that? She thought frantically, feeling Naru's hand brush the side of her leg, but when she looked at him his face was the same as usual. What's going on? My imagination is running away with me! Naru's never been the comforting type; if he touched me it must have been an accident. She assured herself.

"Why would a spirit do this? Do you know?" Naru asked calmly, processing the information quickly.

"Yes, I believe so, it comes from a story passed down through my family you see. My father told it to me once. That woman, Mika was the love of my grandfather, Eishi's life and they were very happy together until one of his cousins, Tohru came to visit. He was very jealous of my grandfather and wanted Mika for himself, but she refused his advances and he killed her, but her body was never recovered. It is rumoured that her soul was locked into her body by a powerful incantation so that she and my grandfather would be separated for all eternity. I don't know how much of that is true, but shortly after my grandfather was killed by Tohru as well, but he managed to take his cousin with him into death…I think my grandfather has been trying to find Mika, perhaps mistaking my maids for her, though why he would rise now is beyond me, and the fact that he's hurting people seems…odd." he replied.

"Very well…Mai, I think you should leave." He said. But Mai shook her head,

"I'm staying…I have a bad feeling…Fai, were any of the men here attacked?" she asked, receiving a nod.

"Yes, but only the ones with short dark hair, just like the women attacked only had short light brown hair." He replied, "How did you know?" he asked,

"Well, it would be odd wouldn't it? If he just tried to find her. He was killed by her murderer, he'd want revenge for it, right?" She replied as she turned to Naru, who nodded in reply.

"I still think you should leave." He argued,

"If I leave then you and Lin-san have to leave too. Dark hair remember." She said stubbornly. "Look, it'll be okay as long as we don't stay here at night and if we stay in pairs that'll be safer too." She continued.

"Alright, but at the first sign of trouble, you are leaving." He stated, at which Mai nodded in agreement. "Fai-san. We'll need a room to use as our base." He said as he looked at the blonde, who was looking at Mai in a predatory way that he found distasteful, and he was glad the Mai hadn't seen it.

"Of course. Please, follow me." he said as he got to his feet and led them up the stairs to the first floor where he opened the door to an old study, "This was my father's study. Please, make use of it." He said,

"Thank you. We'll also be placing out equipment at various points in the house. I'll need a list of where the attacks took place and where the disturbance is most prominent." Naru added as Lin and Monk-san went to get some equipment.

"Of course. I shall begin immediately." Fai replied as he left.

"Naru? Is it a poltergeist?" Mai asked.

"Yes…I believe it is a jibakurei causing this, that's a." he began, but Mai gasped and stopped him with an enthusiastic flap of the arm,

"Wait, I know this one! It's an earth bound spirit, a spirit is trapped here because of something that happened, right?" she asked hopefully.

"Correct…I'm surprised." He mocked as he smirked down at her teasingly.

"I remember Ayako explaining it to me once. It was when we were in the old school building when we first met." She said,

"Your memory for the details is astounding." He said as he leaned on the desk. Was that a compliment? Mai wondered as she looked at him, "It's a shame you don't apply that memory to the more important things like school." He added, nope. Should have known better. She thought; sighing inwardly as Monk-san and Lin entered the room carrying boxes.

"Mai and Monk-san, can you start on building the shelves? Lin and I'll bring the rest of the stuff up." Naru said as he walked to the door.

"Sure, no problem." Monk-san said as he opened the box he was carrying and started pulling bits of wood and metal out to make the shelf. Is Naru avoiding me? I know he's probably still mad at me for those things I said, and I am sorry…I can't believe I actually called him a murderer! Naru's not like that! She thought, feeling angry with herself and sad about that fact that Naru wasn't comfortable with her anymore, although we were getting along yesterday…I wonder what's wrong. "So Mai, how are doing?" Monk-san asked as they began to screw the metal framework together, pulling Mai out of her reverie.

"Fine…what do you make of all this?" she asked as they continued to work.

"Well, from that story I'd definitely say it's a jibakurei, but they can't rape people unless…" he began, but quickly trailed off,

"What?" Mai asked,

"Unless they possess someone." He completed quickly.

"You think…Fai?" she asked,

"Well, it would make sense…he is the most likely because he's the last one left. I bet if he thought about it there'd be times in his memory where he'd just black out, he just hasn't thought about it yet." Monk-san replied. "You get on the chair and finish the shelves, I'll pass the stuff up to you." He said as he put a chair in front of her,

"But surely at least one of the victims would have identified him." she argued,

"Maybe, but it was night and very dark, plus his resemblance to the painting might make them believe it was a ghost…which it was in a way, and the fact that Fai is so open and charming would make them doubt what they saw too." He replied,

"I guess so…" she replied as she patted down the wood of the self securely before screwing it down.

"Ah, you're almost done…Fai just finished the list…it seems a lot happened around that woman's bedroom." He said as he looked at the paper in his hand. Mai turned to him with a look of interest,

"Really? So I guess we'll definitely put a camera in there, oh, by the way, Monk-san was just saying he thinks that Fai might be possessed, what do you think?" she asked as she held onto the shelf lightly with one hand as she looked down at Naru, who was busy, reading the sheets in his hand.

"Yes…he seems the most likely." Naru replied, not looking up. Mai heard a sigh behind her and was about to turn to look at Monk-san when she felt a hand on her back, pushing her off the chair.

"Ahh!" she cried as she fell forward, reaching out to grab Naru's shoulders so that she didn't hurt him as she fell. Naru instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist to stop her from falling, but lost his balance and fell to the floor with her on top of him, her breasts pressing firmly into his chest, her stomach on his and her legs intertwined with his. Mai looked down at him with wide eyes, her face only inches away from his, it would be so easy to just lean down and kiss him…she thought as her eyes strayed to his lips, oh no you don't Mai! She scolded as she got to her knees, not realising the position she was in as she straddled his hips, her groin pressing down on his. "N-Naru I…" she trailed off, blushing furiously. Naru lay there stunned for a moment, his lower body reacting quickly to the weight that sat on it. He quickly threw her off, hearing a clang as her back hit the shelves,

"What the hell are you doing?" he demanded as he looked at her harshly, and as Mai looked into his eyes she saw something other than the usual calm. He was flustered and angry,

"I-I'm sorry! I was pushed off the chair!" she replied as she reached over her shoulder to massage the bruised area. Naru quickly got to his feet and left without another word, clutching the papers he had been reading close to his chest.

"Are you okay little girl?" Monk-san asked as he knelt down beside her and put a hand on her back, massaging her gently where she had hit the shelf.

"Why did you push me off?" she asked, her eyes watering, not only from the pain in her back, but from the fact that Naru had hurt her and hadn't even apologised for it, I guess that shows how much he thinks of me…then again, after our last case I can't say I blame him…maybe this was his way of getting back at me, she thought sadly.

"I just thought it was time to get you two moving. You can't stay like this forever." He added as he sat down beside her,

"What do you mean?" she asked as she wiped her eyes.

"I thought that was obvious! You two drive each other crazy, and it's not just because of you short tempers either…" he replied enigmatically,

"Huh?" she asked in confusion,

"Trust me, one day you'll figure it out." He replied, laughing lightly as he ruffled her hair.

"You know there are times I wish that I had never gone into the old school building." She muttered,

"Why?" he asked,

"Because Lin-san would never have gotten hurt, meaning I would never have become Naru's assistant, meaning that I would never have gotten involved with him…" she trailed off,

"But then we wouldn't have met either…I'd be kind of sad if I never met you." He said,

"No you wouldn't, because you'd never know that I existed." She reminded him, "Thanks for caring though, it means a lot." She said as she leaned her head on his shoulder,

"Any time." He replied as he put his arm round her, feeling a sudden rush of heat in his lower body from the close contact.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I was just looking for Shibuya-san." Fai said as he appeared in the doorway, a strange possessive look crossing his features as he saw Mai in Monk-san's arms.

"Naru stormed out of here a short while ago." Monk-san replied as he pulled Mai to her feet. "Have you seen Lin-san?" he asked as he looked out into the corridor.

"No, not since you brought your equipment in." Fai replied,

"I should go find him," he said as he looked worriedly into the hall.

"Monk-san! When you find him give him a good talking to for wandering off on his own like that and worrying everyone, same for Naru if you see him!" she called, oh my god! Naru! She thought, "Fai, come on, we have to find Naru! I can't believe the idiot went off alone like that! I know it's still day time, but that doesn't guarantee that nothing will happen to him!" she urged as she ran into the corridor, Fai close behind.

"Where would he go?" Fai asked,

"Well, he was pretty angry when he left…let's check the van and then go and find somewhere he could relax away from everyone else." She said as she ran down the grand staircase and threw the front door open. The large black van was locked up and as she looked through the windows she couldn't see anyone inside.

"How about the gardens? They're quite quiet." Fai suggested as he took her hand and led her round the back of the mansion to the huge wilderness that was the garden with long grass and conifers blocking the rest of the garden from view,

"This place looks like a jungle!" Mai joked as they walked through the long grass and bushes,

"Yes, I like them this way, but summer is best when all the bushes flower and the grass is cut back…I haven't spent time out here since the incidents began." He said as he helped her through the long grass.

"It doesn't look like the grass has been disturbed here, we should go back." She said as she stopped,

"No, wait, there's something I want to show you. Don't worry, you'll like it." He added as he tugged on her hand. She looked back for a moment before allowing herself to be led.

Lin and Monk-san ran through the corridors searching every room they came to, but Naru and Mai remained missing along with Fai.

"Where could they have gone?" Lin asked as he gasped for breath,

"I don't know, but they're not together. I left Mai with Fai, damn! How could I be so stupid?" he cursed as his fist pounded the wall.

"We'll find her…there's nowhere in here we haven't looked, perhaps they're in the gardens." Lin suggested as they ran down the stairs.

"Why are you two in such a hurry?" a familiar voice asked.

"Naru! Thank god! We found one of them!" Monk-san said as they stopped. Naru walked towards them, still reading the pages,

"What do you mean? Where's Mai?" he asked suddenly as he did a head count.

"I left her with Fai while I was looking for Lin-san. Don't even say it! I know, I was stupid, but so were you." He replied to the unspoken wrath.

"What?" Naru asked heatedly as he stepped closer to Monk-san with fury blazing in his eyes,

"If you hadn't stormed off I could have left her with you! What's your problem anyway? She didn't fall on you on purpose!" Monk-san snapped in reply.

"You still shouldn't have left her." He replied, ignoring the monk's last remark.

"Shall we argue later and concentrate on finding her now?" the monk snapped in reply.

"Okay, close you eyes." Fai said excitedly as he put his hands over her eyes. Mai shrieked and put her hands out in front of her,

"Do I have to? I can't see a thing!" she replied, laughing as she took a tentative step forward. Fai breathed in the scent of wild flowers from her hair and kept walking.

"Yes! We're almost there." he replied as they stepped through a thick covering of trees into a clearing. Mai shivered, the cold going straight through her khaki shirt and long sleeved top. "Alright, you can look…now." He said as he dropped his hands. Mai blinked a few times and looked around. Trees surrounded them and in the centre was a large brick well with a wooden roof on it. It wasn't anything special, but it was very peaceful and in the summer it probably would have been a breath taking sight. Mai walked forward and sat on the edge of the well spotting Greek styled statues dotted around, many of them grey with green moss beginning to grow, though they probably used to be white.

"It's nice…it's so quiet." She said as she looked around. Fai smiled and sat beside her.

"Yes, this is my thinking space. It used to be Mika's private garden." He said as he closed his eyes. "You're cold…let me warm you up." He said as Mai shivered beside him. Without hesitation he scooted over to her and put his arm around her as Monk-san had done, rubbing her arm quickly to get the blood flowing. Mai stiffened as he leaned closer to her, wrapping his other arm across her. She looked at him as he leaned across and their lips met. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling, but Mai couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to kiss Naru.

"Fai…we should go back." She said as she broke off the kiss.

"I'm sorry, I pushed too hard." He apologised as they got to their feet.

"No, the thing is Fai, I'm just not…I'm just a little off men right now…my feelings are confusing." she stammered, trying to knock him back, great, the first guy who asks me out is being knocked back because I have a stupid infatuation with my boss, who isn't even interested! She thought, glancing at the hurt and disappointed face. "I'm sorry." She said to try and lessen the guilt she felt,

"It's alright…if you don't feel the same then it's right that you tell me." he replied, trying to mask his disappointment. "Come, let's get you inside before you catch a cold." He added as he took her hand and led her back towards the house.

"Mai!" Naru shouted as he looked around the back garden. Lin and Monk-san were searching further off to the left and right, and he could hear their calls as they looked into the trees.

"I'm alright!" Mai's voice shouted from somewhere in the trees. Naru set off at a run towards the voice and saw her with Fai, hand in hand, coming out of the trees. He felt an unpleasant tightness in his throat at the sight of them like that, but forced it down as his rage came to the surface. Suddenly he wanted to grab that blonde hair and beat the living daylights out of Fai, but he forced most of it down and turned instead to Mai, who released Fai's hand as she got to the more even ground and approached Naru at a run, restraining herself from throwing her arms around him, "Where were you? I was worried!" she said as she stood in front of him,

"You were worried? Monk-san, Lin and I have been searching for you for almost an hour! What did you think you were doing wandering off like that? And with him of all people!" he snapped viciously, lowering his voice so that Fai didn't catch the last part. Mai scowled and looked up at him angrily, her own temper barely under control.

"You have no right to say that! You wandered off on your own in a tantrum like a little child! Did you think about what could have happened to you? Did you realise how worried Monk-san and I were? You're just a selfish, short tempered, narcissistic little jerk!" she shouted, her head snapping to the side as the back of his connected with her cheek. She touched the spot and scowled up at him, doing the unexpected as she stepped forward and swung her hand across, slapping his face just as hard. She froze for a moment as his head snapped to the side and he turned back glaring at her, his anger almost boiling over. Without another word Mai ran towards the mansion, barely able to see where she was going through her tears.

"You idiot! What did you hit her for? You've really crossed the line here Naru-chan!" Monk-san scolded as he stood in front of Naru with his arms folded and a cold look in his eyes that didn't suit his face, purposely using 'chan' to enhance the fact that he was acting like a spoiled child.

"I know! She's just so…" he trailed off in frustration.

"If I were you I'd go and apologise to her…you know what happened the last time you two had an argument like this…I don't want to have to deal with Mai's tears and your temper again, so go and find her." Monk-san encouraged, his expression softening slightly at the guilt and vulnerability that flashed through Naru's eyes momentarily before he pulled his usual serious, narcissist mask back into place.
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