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File#13: Poltergeist

Summary: Another day and a new case for Shibuya Psychic Research. It seems like a classic haunting, but when the culprit chooses the wrong victim will anyone be able to stop it? Naru-centric XD (As if it could be anything else :P)

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Author's Notes: Hi! This is my first Ghost Hunt fic, and my first anime/manga fic! XD As such, it is also my first fic that is set in Japan...I have used Japanese names for the occasional OC, and have put them in the right order! However, I apologise now if I have done anything stupid and very un-Japanese.

The fic is set a couple of cases after the end of the anime, and as such I have dubbed it File#13 (I also got the idea on Friday 13th, so it had to be done :P)

Enjoy!

Prologue -:- A New Case

"It's not haunted." Yasuda Daisuke stubbornly stated. His round face was red with irritation as he adamantly refused to agree with his wife. Yasuda Hotaru, who sat next to him, was in every way his opposite. Whereas he was short, she was tall; whereas he was fat, she was thin; and whereas he was sane, she was not. "I can't believe you dragged me here."

"It is haunted," Hotaru retorted just as stubbornly as him. She clasped her hands together and stared hard at the adolescent sitting opposite her, Shibuya Kazuya. He was young, far too young in Hotaru's opinion, with dark hair and a slight build. The office they gathered in belonged to him, and as such she kept such comments of his age to herself. A young girl hovered nearby, but the couple paid her no attention. "I'm telling you; it's definitely haunted."

"I'll be the judge of that," Kazuya said simply, obviously agitated by the old married couple. The argument the pair had been having for many weeks magically ended. "What makes you say the place is haunted?"

"It's not hau..." Daisuke began before a glare from Kazuya silenced him.

Hotaru gave him a satisfied 'told you so' smile, before turning back to Kazuya to tell their story. "Well, about a month ago, my husband purchased the land with the house on it, with permission to demolish it so that he could build there. The house had been unoccupied for quite some time, the last family having left 20 years ago, and was state owned. They were glad to be rid of it I imagine. Anyway, he ordered the demolition of the building, but before work was even underway, strange things started happening..."

"There was nothing strange..." Daisuke attempted to interrupt.

"What kind of things?" the young girl asked. She couldn't have been old enough to be out of school, and yet here she was with a job? This is a bizarre place indeed Hotaru thought to herself.

"There were noises, like tapping sounds. Objects would suddenly zip right across the room!" Hotaru gestured for emphasis, although she had never seen these events actually happen. "And then things got very bad. Out of the five workers on site, three of them were dead by the end of the second day. The other two refused to work there and left! The same thing happened with the next three crews my husband hired. Nine people are dead."

"Could it be that these workers were clumsy, and as such these accidents were down to human error?" Kazuya asked, clearly unconvinced. Hotaru huffed irritably as her husband flashed her a 'that's what I said' look.

"No. That's not at all possible." Hotaru almost stamped her foot in indignation, but managed to refrain from such childishness. What would the world be coming to if these children acting more grown up than she did? "And I'll tell you why. After my husband," she gave Daisuke a glare that said he wouldn't be her husband for much longer if he dared argue again, "told me what had happened, I decided to look into the place, and I found some interesting things.

"The last family, I said that they had lived there 20 years before, left after the unfortunate death of their youngest child. Before this they had reported strange things happening; such as flickering lights, tapping sounds...moving objects..." Hotaru listed the symptoms slowly, and Kazuya could tell she was a gifted story teller. "Do you see the connection? These mysterious happenings have happened before. The reports go back 50 years! Although, there were only two deaths; one being the child's and the other being an old recluse.

"That is why I know that house is haunted," Hotaru finished matter-of-factly. Her husband sulked angrily in response. She waited a few moments to gage Kazuya's reaction. When she received none she prompted "So...what do you think?"

The young girl also seemed to be watching the man expectantly. After a few seconds of analysis she seemed to have deduced his answer. She smiled brightly at Hotaru and with an exaggerated nod exclaimed "We'll take the case!"

I know it's short, but it only be the prologue; the actual chapters shall be longer! XD

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