My second fan fic, my first is incomplete, have no ideas don't know how to continue but will be updated, I hate incomplete stuff...
So, here are the characters:
Mai (I have no idea how to spell her surname so we leave it as such)
Narumi ShibuyaI don't really like this guy
Lin
MasakoI love this character
Bou-san (that pesky guy that always meddle with Mai)
Ayako
Prologue:
The night was silent. The stars and moon hidden by the dark, ominous clouds. The leaves on the trees rustled as the thick heavy wind blew past. At the outskirts of the forest stood an old traditional Japanese house. An old couple lived there, an old man and an old woman. They were pushing pass 80 but still living. The old man was fixing tea when he stopped and stared into the forest.
His old, long living eyes stared deep into the shadows of the forest. His face wrinkled with more wrinkles. His grey hair swayed silently. "Masako." He called to his wife. The wind blew past and it rattled the old bamboo shades of the house. "Masako?" he called again. There was no answer. The old man frowned. He took the tea he had prepared and stood up.
"Masako, the tea is ready." He called. The roof rattled as another gust of wind blew past. The old man felt chills going up his spine. The hairs on the back stood on ends and sweat sprouted from his forehead. "Masako?" he called again.
"H~" a voice whispered behind him. The old man's eyes widened and his hand quickly touched the spot on his neck. It had gotten cold suddenly. He turned quickly and realised there was nothing there. He heaved a sigh of relief. It must have been the wind he thought. The cold must be due to the incoming rain. That has to be it.
He turned and walked down the long winding corridor that was leading to the living room. There at the end of the corridor he could see the flickering light of the television. He sighed. His wife must be watching the television. "Masako." He said, walking down the dark corridor. He did not notice the creeping figure walking behind him. It walked smoothly yet silently. "Masako!" the old man called out again, this time irritated. "I have prepared your tea!"
"Who is Masako?"
The old man gasped and dropped his tea pot. "Hey...who is Masako?"
The old man turned and screamed.
"Hey...who are you..."
The forbidden forest
File one #
The girl
Mai yawned and stretch herself and she walked out of her classroom. She smiled at the few people who waved at her and bade her good bye before smiling. She looked at the time on her watch and bounded happily towards the train station.
Shibuya Psychic Research centre was a small company in the middle of Tokyo city. It investigated the supernatural and has solved many up to date. Mai was an assistant of the big boss who worked there. 17 years old Narumi Shibuya, also known as Naru for his narcissist attitude. Mai bounded into the office and found Naru sitting on the couch. He was reading a book. Silent as ever, Mai noted. "Tea." He ordered and Mai sighed in annoyance.
Did he greet her nicely, no he ordered her to do something. "Yes, yes, I'll make your precious stinking tea." She said. Naru did not answer to this but continued to read his book. Mai went into the small kitchen and placed the tea pot on the stove when Lin came out from his room. Lin was Naru's assistant. He was a tall, big, lanky yet silent dude. He fitted with Naru perfectly. Both, silent and anti-social. "You have a call, Narumi." Lin said to Naru. Naru placed his book gently on the table and Mai emerge from the kitchen clutching the tea. She caught a glimpse on the book Naru had been reading.
"Youkai?" she read. (It means demon, sprit or monsters in Japanese)She placed the tea on the table and turned to look at Naru and Lin. Naru was speaking and Lin was standing beside Naru. They both held serious and tensed expressions, something must be up...but then again, those two always wore serious tensed expressions. Naru placed the phone down and started to Mai.
"Mai, call the others...we have a case." He said. Mai smiled. "YES!" she shouted. Naru sighed, picked up the tea and sipped it. "Too bitter." He commented.
"Why you..." Mai said, raising her fist to the boy. "Lin, gather the equipment we leave now."
"Masako and Ayako can't make it today; they'll be there tomorrow morning." Mai told Naru who nodded and instructed Lin to turn right. "Bou-san and John are at the train station."
"Tell them to book the hotel please." Naru said. Mai frowned. "Ok, but first tell me...where are we going?" Naru ignored her question and Mai kicked the back of his seat. "Bou-san, please book the hotel, NARUMI-CHAN, ordered you to do so." At the other end of the line Bou-san erupted in laughter and Mai smiled, happy to succeed in her revenge. Naru glared at her before turning around and asking Lin to turn right again.
"Where are we going?" Mai asked again.
Naru turned. "Minamiyamashiro." He answered. Mai thought for a moment and realised that it would be better to keep quiet than to pretend to know where it is. "It's in Kyoto." Naru answered.
"You do not need to tell me I know where it is!" Mai exclaimed and Naru shrugged. That infuriating attitude, Mai stuck out her tongue behind Naru's back. "Childish." Naru remarked. Mai gave up.
They reached the bullet train station and from there they loaded the heavy equipment into the train. "We might reach there at nightfall." Naru concluded. Mai sighed and wiped her forehead. The equipment sure was heavy. "I shall book the cabins." Lin said, silently and entered the train. Naru nodded and asked Mai to follow him. "Hey where are we going?" she asked Naru catching up to him. "The police station." He answered.
"HUH!" Mai exclaimed. "WHY!" she said in English.
"They are our clients."
John sighed as Bou-san argued with the hotel clerk. He had been at it for 30 minutes. Apparently there weren't enough rooms. Bou-san emerged 5 minutes later completely defeated. "No good." He said. John sighed.
"What now?" John asked the monk. Bou-san was a tall man. He was originally a monk but now he is not. He has long orange hair and has a friendly yet joking aura. He angers easily and tends to irritate Ayako a lot.
"Hmm...John, maybe we can sell our bodied and some pretty lady would accept her into her house."
John blushed. "That's absurd!" he said. Bou-san laughs and shook his head. "Joking...joking...but this is bad, we haven't found a place for lodging yet, Narumi-chan is going to kill us." John smiled at Naru's name and sighed. That didn't matter now, what mattered most now was finding a place to stay.
He looked up and found a girl about his age staring at them. "Ara, I see a cute girl." Bou-san said. The girl looked at them, was about to leave when John called out to her. "Wait!" he said. The girl paused and turned to face them. "Err...do you know anywhere...where we could stay?" he asked. The girl paused for a moment and approached them slowly. She had long black hair and small, lifeless eyes. Her skin was paled and fair. As she neared John could tell that the girl was really pretty. "You're not locals." She said. John nodded. She looked at John and Bou. "Are you guys staying together?" she asked. John nodded. "Seriously...I never really met gays before."
"Ok....s-t-o-p...young lady....a few others are joining us and we're going to be staying in this town." Bou said, laughing nervously. "You could stay at this hotel." She said pointing to the hotel behind them.
"We would if we could." Bou-san said, his eye brow twitching. "Erm..." the girl stated and her dead eyes lit up a bit. "You could stay at my house." She said. John and Bou looked at her. "We can..." they said together. The girl nodded. "It's a motel."
Bou-san pumped his fist and John sighed in relief. "Thank you." He told the girl. The girl smiled but her eyes remained lifeless. "My name is Eri." She whispered. "Hey...who are you?"
Mai followed Naru into the small police station that was beside the train station. When they entered the men in the police station looked at them with unfriendly glances. Mai glared at them. Why were they staring at them? Naru went up to the information counter. "State your purpose." A policeman said to them. "Narumi Shibuya, I'm here to meet the supernatural case division." He said. The policemen snorted. "How old are you kid?" he asked. "17." Naru answered.
"Hmm..." the policeman said before giving a pass to Naru and Mai. "Stupid kids." The policeman said. Mai slammed her fist onto the top of the information counter. "Watch your mouth stupid old fart!" she shouted. Naru gripped Mai's shoulder. "Mai!" he warned. Mai sighed and clenched her fist.
Laughter broke out in front of them and Mai turned to see a lady standing in front of them. She was a woman about 30 years and she had the most outrageous hair colour Mai had ever seen. Pink! Naru did not seem surprise by it at all. Mai placed her hand over her mouth to keep herself from laughing out loud. It was hard not to.
"Narumi Shibuya, you came." She greeted Naru by shaking his hand and smiled at Mai. "Who is this feisty girl, I like her." She said to Naru.
"Mai, my assistant."
The woman fluffed her pink hair and raised her hand. "My name is Fuyumi Shiho." She said, fluffing her pink hair again. This time Mai couldn't help it she burst out laughing and Shiho smiled.
"Narumi...about the case." She said, turning serious suddenly. Naru nodded. "The murder case." He said. Shiho nodded. "Have you heard of spirited away?"
Naru nodded. Mai shook her head. Shiho raised her hand. "Spirited away is when a person gets taken away by a supernatural being or creature...it happens a lot in folk stories." She explained. "So what has that got to do with this...murder case, Naru was talking about?" Mai said.
"Naru?" the woman said, raising her eye brow. Naru frowned. Shiho burst out laughing. "I'm sorry...man, that is funny."
"Hey, Mai-chan...give me a nickname." Shiho said, pointing to herself. Mai laughs nervously. This woman gets distracted too easily. Naru coughed and Shiho remembered. "Sorry, back to business."
She took a deep breath. "Yesterday at 6 o'clock in the morning two bodies were found in an old house near the forest of Minamiyamashiro, we suspect the two bides belong to an old couple." Shiho said.
"Suspect?" Naru said. "You should be able to tell...why suspect?"
"Oh that...the two bodies found yesterday...were...
Headless. "
"Woh...what a huge house!" Bou exclaimed. Eri nodded. John smiled. He turned to look at the girl. Her eyes half hidden by her fringe. "Eri, you sure we can live here?" John asked. The girl nodded. "You sure your parents wouldn't mind?" Bou butted in. "I have no parents." She said. Bou and John fell silent. "Hmm..." John said. "Nobody would mind...nobody at all...she wouldn't mind at all."