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Mika Part Two	By : Rocks Category: +G to L > Ghost Hunt Views: 2150 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Ah, isn't that the gate to Fai's?" she asked as she pointed ahead where Naru could just make out some caste iron gates. He pulled up to them and stopped, "I'll go to the intercom." She said as she opened the door and hopped out before Naru could argue. She shivered as her feet touched the ground and the snow surrounded her, almost blinding her. She stumbled over to the silver box and pressed the button,

"Hello?" a voice said at the other end.

"John? Is that you? It's Mai, can you open the gate?" she shouted over the roaring wind,

"Mai? Of course! Hold on a minute…okay, you're all clear." John replied. Mai ran back to the van and closed the door, shivering and rubbing her bare thighs as the gates began to open.

"Idiot. You should have let me go." Naru said as he started forwards through the gates. Mai poked her tongue out at him and went back to shivering, too cold to argue about it. "You should be cold more often, I could get used to the quiet." He added, smirking as she slapped his arm,

"Not funny!" she replied firmly with a childish pout, ignoring Naru's smirk as he drove up the driveway to the house, where John and Fai were waiting at the door. As they parked John hopped down the steps to the back of the van, where Naru met him. Mai hopped out, grabbing her coat before she closed the door and ran up the steps into the house where she stood shivering, hopping up and down as she wrapped her arms around herself,

"Cold?" Fai asked with a smile as he handed her a thick blanket, which Mai took gratefully and wrapped around her shoulders,

"Freezing, thank you." She replied as Naru and John entered the house, where they dropped the case by the door before Fai handed them each a blanket. "Don't ask." Mai said as John looked at her and opened his mouth to speak,

"She's had a bit of a rough day." Naru added as Fai led them towards the living room, his blanket almost trailing along the floor as he walked.

"I hope it wasn't too traumatic." Fai said as he looked over his shoulder worriedly,

"No, I'm fine." She replied quickly,

"Good. I'll get you a warm drink…hot chocolate?" he asked as they sat down, Mai and Naru on a sofa and John in a chair with his legs curled up beneath him.

"That sounds nice, thank you." She replied,

"Is that alright with everyone else?" he asked, receiving nods from both men. "I'll be right back." He added as he left the room,

"Do you need help?" John asked as he made to get up,

"Not at all, you stay where you are." Fai replied as Mai pulled her legs up onto the sofa and shifted closer to Naru, who subtly put his arm round her back and let her lean on his shoulder slightly, why are we being so secretive? I feel like a schoolgirl…well, I am a schoolgirl, but it's almost like we're doing something wrong and trying not to get caught. She thought in amusement as she ran a hand down Naru's thigh, pulling it back as John turned his head, holding her breath to keep from laughing. She felt Naru shift and looked up at him to see him smirking,

"That was childish." He whispered as he leaned down to her ear, giving it a quick nip as John turned away again. Mai smirked and checked on John, who had lifted a book from the arm of the chair and opened it, his eyes moving slowly across the page. She looked back at Naru and gently stroked his chest, letting her hand move down his stomach and just past the belt of his trousers when she felt his body stiffen slightly, she then pulled her hand back and checked on John, who was still in his book. As she looked back at Naru he leaned forward and kissed her, moving the hand from her back up to her neck to hold her there. He tilted her head back slightly as he leaned in further, deepening the kissed as his tongue entered her mouth, pulling back quickly as the door opened and Fai walked in, leaving Mai dazed.

"Mai, are you alright?" Fai asked as he leaned down with a tray,

"Yes…just a little tired…I might have an early night tonight." She added, mentally kicking herself, don't say that! It sounds suggestive! Well…I suppose it a little…she thought as she glance at Naru, who was hiding his smirk behind his cup as he looked at Mai, who quickly looked down at her cup to hide her blush,

"Taking me to bed early are you?" he mocked quietly, chuckling quietly as her body stiffened and her face reddened. Why is he always mocking and taunting me? What if Fai and John catch on? She thought, why does that matter?

"Oh, Mai, I heard from Masako. She's still out of town, but she said she'd try and make it back in time for the ball on Saturday, and Ayako called to let us know she'll be back some time later in the week and she'll also be at the ball if we don't see her before." John reported with a smile as he held his cup between his hands, leaving the book on the arm of the chair,

"That's great John! You can ask Masako to dance with you." She added, seeing his small blush as he lowered his head,

"No…she wouldn't want to." He replied with a sad look in his eyes,

"Why not? You're a really nice guy John…if she won't, I will." She replied cheerfully, seeing John's mood lift, "And I bet there will be other girls coming who will want to dance with you too." She added,

"Yes, I have quite a few associates with daughters, and my cousins too." Fai chipped in. "I also have many male cousins that I'm sure will like you Mai." He added, smiling as Mai blushed,

"Was there any activity while we were away?" Naru asked, changing the subject quickly.

"No, maybe John's exorcism weakened the spirit?" Fai suggested.

"It is possible, but it doesn't always happen that way…my guess is that Mai wasn't in the house and the only one here was Fai, and then me as well." John replied.

"I agree." Naru replied thoughtfully. "But if the spirit is connected to Mai, then why did the activity start before we arrived?" he wondered aloud.

"Oh! I've just had a thought. I remember reading about an incident at a high school just before all this started actually, it was where I heard about your organisation…what was it called?" Fai wondered as he sat down and looked into his cup thoughtfully. Mai glanced at Naru, who wore a calm expression as he looked at Fai,

"Was it Ryokuryou High School?" he asked. At this Fai looked up and nodded,

"Yes, that was it. I remember, there was a picture of the school and I saw Mai in it. One of my maids also read it and commented on how much she looked like Mika. The next day is when these instances began to occur." He replied, "I'm sorry, I should have thought of this before, but I just didn't think about it." He apologised as he looked guiltily at Mai, who gave a warm smile,

"It's alright, you didn't know." She replied.

"Fai. Was it at about this time that you began to have blank spots in your mind?" Naru asked.

"Now that you mention it yes, I would often go to bed and find myself standing in the corridor or be in the kitchen and then in the living room, I thought it was just my memory playing tricks on me, or at least, that's what I'd hoped, but why?" he replied edgily as Naru got to his feet and placed his cup on the table before walking around the room.

"You are being possessed by one of the spirits in this house. That is why all these blank spots in your memory have occurred." He replied, "Now that we know this Mai, it might be safer for you to leave. The spirit is after you." He continued as he stopped in front of Mai and looked down at her,

"Even if I could leave you know that I wouldn't. Besides, the spirit attacked you too." She argued.

"Alright, but only because right now I have no other choice. John, be ready to perform an exorcism at any time…I really don't like not having Lin and Monk-san here, it leaves us more or less defenceless…we'll have to hope that the spirit is still too weak to act." Naru decided as he looked between John and Mai.

"Hey, is anyone there?" Monk-san's voice shouted from a speaker in the hall. John got to his feet and ran into the hall, closely followed by Fai. Mai took that time to sidle closer to Naru and lean on him slightly,

"What's going on here? What is he searching for?" Naru wondered aloud.

"The answer to that is clear isn't it? Mika. He's searching for Mika." Mai replied, but Naru shook his head,

"No, not Eishi. Tohru. What is he searching for? Why is he here?" Naru replied,

"What? But I thought that all of the men attacked looked like Tohru. Why would Tohru attack people that looked like him? Surely he would attack men like Fai." She argued as she looked up at Naru's contemplative face.

"True, but Eishi would not have raped or harassed all of those women, remember he loved Mika above all others. If she had told him to stop he would have stopped." Naru replied, at which Mai nodded in agreement and looked at the darkened window, he's right, but in that case why did Tohru come back? He killed Mika and Eishi, surely there's nothing here for him…unless…

"Naru, could he have come back to stop us?" Mai asked,

"No…but he might have come back to stop Eishi. If Eishi finds Mika then it's over, Eishi has won. Tohru can't let that happen." He replied,

"So all we have to do is find Mika and reunite her with Eishi and it will be over?" Mai asked hopefully as she looked at Naru eagerly,

"I don't know…it will lay Eishi's soul to rest, and Mika's, but as for Tohru, I can't say." He replied thoughtfully. Mai sighed in disappointment,

"Well, at least it will help two of them." She thought aloud as she looked out of the window, but it was no longer dark. There was a light figure in it looking at her in contempt, a figure in black. Mai clutched Naru's sleeve fearfully as she looked at it,

"Mai?" he asked as he took her hand,

"He's here! He's coming!" she whispered fearfully as the figure began walking towards her. "Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu zai zen!" Mai shouted as she moved her hands in vertical and horizontal lines. The dark figure paused and looked at her, his eyes darkening in fury. Mai looked at him in determination and began the process again, "Rin pyou tou sha kai jin retsu zai zen!" she shouted, watching in relief as the figure fled.

"Mai! Are you alright?" Naru asked as she slumped on him,

"I'm fine, just relieved." She replied. "I guess that ward Ayako taught me finally came in handy." She added with a weak smile.

"Ayako would be proud." Naru replied as he helped Mai to sit up,

"What happened?" Monk-san asked as he burst through the door.

"It was Tohru, but he's gone now." Mai replied.

"Don't tell me you finally did something right." Monk-san teased proudly, receiving a light punch to the stomach from Mai as he sat next to her and ruffled her hair,

"I guess I just panicked and used Ayako's ward." She replied.

"You mean it worked?" he joked.

"Monk-san, John, Mai. Tomorrow you and Fai will search the gardens for Mika. We have to find the body. Lin and I will check the books in the library and the diaries in the study's to see if we can find which spell is being used to tie Mika to her body. If we can do this then we can set her free. At that point we will only have one spirit to contend with." Naru instructed,

"Yeah, one angry spirit." Monk-san added thoughtfully. "John, do you think you could purify this house?" he asked as he turned to John, who was standing beside the sofa,

"I could, but that would merely displace the spirit. The best thing to do would be to bind it to something and put it somewhere no one would ever go, but that is not something that I am capable of." He replied regretfully,

"I am." Lin said. "Find something that belonged to him and I can bind him to it." He continued. Naru nodded in agreement,

"This is the best course of action. We will start with Mika and Eishi. Once they are gone it may be easier to deal with Tohru, but while Eishi is attacking us we cannot safely deal with Tohru." He said, to which he received multiple nods of agreement. "Monk-san, I want you to place wards around the bedrooms, they may not be enough to stop them, but they may slow them down." He added. Monk-san got to his feet and pulled some charms from his back pocket,

"I'm way ahead of you Naru-chan." He replied with a wink as he left the room to place the wards.

"John, go with him. Until now the spirits haven't attacked, but if Monk-san places wards it may provoke them into action." Naru ordered, at which John nodded in agreement and ran after Monk-san.

"I do hope no one gets hurt…" Fai said worriedly as he looked out of the darkened window, where the snow was still falling.

"Naru?" Mai whispered quietly as she lay next to him. She waited, but there was no answer, he was asleep. Slowly Mai rolled over and pulled the covers back, standing slowly so that she didn't disturb him. She looked down at Naru's peaceful form and smiled, he looks so innocent when he's sleeping. She thought, I'm sorry Naru, but I have to go. She added as she tiptoed away from the bed to the door. She pulled the door open quietly and stepped into the hall, heading for the stairs quickly and running down them to the front door, where she slipped into her shoes and pulled on her coat before heading to the back door. That's part one over, now for part two. She thought as she opened the back door and stepped out into the cold blizzard.

Shivering she headed in the general direction of Mika's garden, though in the snow she wasn't sure if she was going in the right direction. I hope I can get there and back without freezing to death…maybe this wasn't such a good idea. She thought as she felt her feet go numb, followed by her fingertips. I've never known a winter so bad! She complained inwardly as she shivered and stumbled down the garden path, which was covered by five inches of snow already.

Is that the well? She wondered as she peered through the flurry of snow into the darkness, it's so dark! What was I thinking coming out here without a torch! She scolded inwardly as she walked forward towards the dark shape in the distance. As she got closer she saw that it was the well, alright! I made it! She thought excitedly.

As she reached the edge of the well she leaned over and looked down. The top of the well was covered by a small wooden roof structure so there wasn't much snow inside the well, but as she looked down it was so dark she couldn't see a thing. I have to lean closer! She thought as she leaned over the edge, her stomach resting on the stone edge,

"Hello? Is there anyone down there? Please! Answer me! Try as hard as you can! I know you're stuck, but I need your help to find you!" Mai shouted at the top of her voice into the well, knowing somehow that there was someone down there. Mai closed her eyes and concentrated on listening, listening for anything, a voice, a splash, a knock, anything at all.

"Help me! Please don't leave me here! Eishi!" a voice cried. It sounded so far away, but Mai could just hear it. It was a woman's voice, a voice similar to Mai's, a voice that Mai knew.

"Mika! Hold on! I'll get you out! I promise!" Mai shouted, looking down into the well as if the darkness would disappear to reveal Mika standing there looking up at her, but it didn't, it remained dark.

"Who's there? Is it you Eishi?" the voice asked hopefully. Mai looked down feeling a rush of pity for the woman. Does she know she's dead? She wondered, yes, she has to! She's been waiting for years; she knows that Eishi must be dead by now too! She realised.

"No! My name is Mai! But I want to take you to Eishi! Please hold on!" Mai replied as she looked down.

"You're ruining my plans." A dark voice said. Mai gasped and turned to see Naru, but as she looked into his eyes she knew it wasn't Naru looking at her through those eyes. Mai raised her hands to chant her protective wards, but Naru's hand shot forward and hit her chest, pushing her back over the edge of the well. No! Naru! Mai cried inwardly as she fell, screaming out his name.

"Mai!" Naru cried as he grabbed her ankle. Mai felt her descent stop and looked back to see Naru leaning over gripping her ankle, Naru? But what happened to Tohru? She wondered briefly as she hung there. She felt Naru trying to pull her back, but then lurch forward, her weight too much for him to bear,

"Naru let go! You'll fall in too!" she cried as she looked up, barely able to see the strain on his face through the darkness.

"No! I'm not going to let go!" replied stubbornly, trying again to pull her back with both hands. Mai tried to find a hand hold on the well wall to help him, but couldn't, and once again she felt the lurch,

"Naru! You can't hold me! Let go!" Mai shouted trying to move her foot to make Naru release her.

Mai no! Stop!" Naru shouted as he leaned over the edge. Mai stopped as she realised Naru was slipping, but felt his grip weakening. Damn it Naru! Let me go! Please! I don't want you to get hurt because of me again! She cried inwardly. She felt Naru pull her back once more, before there was a final lurch and she was falling again, but the hand on her ankle never let go as she fell. Naru…you idiot! She thought.
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