Night Terrors

By: Jamie Doyle

Summary: A new case, Mai's dreams are terrorizing her and leaving her scared and hurt but how does this connect with a hunted festival? MaixNaru

Note: I do not own Ghost Hunt. This is my second Ghost Hunt fan fiction hope it's to your liking! And sorry for any bad grammar and syllable in advance.
For reading this I hope you know about Oliver and Eugene Davis, otherwise it may be hard to understand, well happy reading! And oh Merry Christmas! (Though in my country we celebrate Christmas on the 24th, haha)

Chapter One - A new case

Nothing in life is just a coincident, everything happens for a reason, even really sad things.

Mai woke up with a quiet scream. She was breathing heavily and cold sweat ran all over her body. What was that dream? Mai thought and held a hand to her heart to slow it down, she knew this feeling she had felt it twice (that she remembered) in her life, she was completely terrified. When her parents died she had shut completely down, she walked, talked and ate but she had no emotion what so ever until perhaps a moth later when she finally broke down, it had lasted for two weeks and every night she would wake up like this, terrified. A Year ago when Naru her boss (or Oliver Davis as his real name is) had collapsed on a case and his heart actually had stopped Mai couldn't sleep for three weeks and when she woke from the little sleep she had she would wake up like this, because she dreamt about Naru falling to the ground in slow motion and her running as fast as she could to him, but it being a nightmare, she never got to him, it just felt like running the fastest you could but never coming even a step closer. But this time Mai couldn't remember her dream, but whatever it had been about it now left Mai with a bad feeling… the feeling of dread, like something bad was going to happen and she wouldn't be able to stop it.

The clock was only a quarter to five in the morning but Mai just couldn't fall asleep after that dream, which she really couldn't remember. Mai sighed and went in to her bathroom to take a long shower, hopefully it would sort out her jumbled thoughts.

One hour later she found herself outside her job at Shibuya Psychic Research. Mai stared at the door for a full five minutes wondering if Naru and Lin were already in. Mai dragged down the handle and the door swung up… Right, who am I kidding?! Of course they would already be here…. They probably never sleep, Mai thought grumpily. Of course she was relieves that they were here but it still mad her a bit mad at the two dark guys for not taking care of them selves properly. Mai had only reached the couch in the middle of the office when Lin's door swung open and he came out with a brooding look on his face that completely disappeared when he saw Mai standing in the middle of the room.

"Mai?" he said surprised. What is she doing here at this hour? She is always late when she should be here but to be here three hours early now is surprising, and is she looking more pale than usually? She looks completely beat now when I look after.

"Morning Lin", Mai said with a smile that didn't really reach her eyes like it usually did.

"What are you doing here?" He asked her bluntly and Mai's heart warmed a little when she detected a bit of concern in his voice. Wow I most really look bad if Lin gets concern, Mai thought.

"Oh nothing really, I couldn't get back to sleep so I thought why not get to work in time for once" Mai laughed and Lin relaxed a bit.

"Right, but three hours early?"

"He-he"

"Mai?", this time it were her boss that peered out his office door. He too looked quite surprise at seeing her there this early but he was better at disguising his emotions, only Lin notice a differs in his voice.

"Morning Naru", Mai said happily and Naru arched his eyebrows at her. "I thought I would start earlier today"

"Hn… fine, Mai tea." Naru said disinterested and went back to his office. Mai got a scowling look on here face but still did as he ordered.

"Lin would you like some tea as well?" Mai asked when she walked past him to the kitchen.

"Yes please" Now why couldn't Naru say that? Mai thought grumpily but then started to smile to herself, she felt safe here, content. Lin still observed Mai as she begun to hum a song while making tea to himself and Naru. Something seems of with her…. But oh well she'll tell us in time… it's just a bit frustrating since she has the tendency to get into trouble all the time, Lin thought with a sigh but later shrugged his shoulders and picked out the book he originally came out to get from the bookshelf next to the kitchen and returned to his office.

A couple of minutes later Mai knocked softly on Naru's office door.

"Come in", she heard him replay and went in. Her boss were sitting as usual in the dark light room and reading some of his millions books and looking handsome as always with his slightly ruffled black hair and blue eyes. Mai's heart skipped a beat and she cursed herself, she should have gotten used to this by now but nooo… what would the fun in that be?

"Naru your tea", Mai said with a smile and placed the tea in front of him on the desk.

"Hn" Naru answered and Mai sighed.

"You now a thank you would be nice"

"I know" Naru said without even looking up from his book and Mai snapped.

"You narcissistic jerk! And would it kill you to light your damn lamp?!", Mai shouted at him and he finally looked up from his book slightly taken aback. But before he could say something Mai reached out and lighted a lamp standing right beside him and stomped out from his office leaving her boss slightly confuse. A smile reached his lips as he reached out and top a sip from his tea, well if he did light his lamp he wouldn't have a good time watching Mai being all worked up now would he? But still why is she here? And she looks like she haven't slept in days, maybe there is something about here dreams, Naru pondered to himself.

Mai had stormed out from Naru's office and when she went to fetch Lin's tea she got the feeling Naru actually did this small things to get her angry. Nah, couldn't be, why would he starts fights with me? Mai thought and knocked on Lin's door.

A couple of hours later, after getting Naru his seventh cup of tea, Mai went back to sorting Naru's case files but was getting distracted when she saw someone come in to the office. Mai looked up from her papers and saw and old man with gray hair and a big gray beard slowly coming through the door a bit hesitant.

"Hi, I'm Mai Taniyama, can I help you?" Mai asked kindly and the old man locked his eyes with hers. Mai noted that he somehow looked drained, kind of like how she had felt this morning when waking up.

"Yes I hope so, I would like to speak to your boss Mr. Kazuya Shibuya please", he said in a hoarse voice.

"Yes, just a minute, you can sit down on the couch if you like" Mai said and the man nodded thankfully.

"Naru", Mai said as she knocked at his door and opened it up a bit.

"Yes", he said still looking at his book.

"We have a visitor" Naru looked up at her and closed his book with a small noise.

"I see, get us tea" he ordered and Mai nodded and went in to the kitchen as Naru made his way to the potential client. When Mai were back with the tea she seated next to Naru who sat straight across from the older man, after she gave them their tea.

"Now mister, if you would state your problem", Naru said to the man and he nodded. The older man took a sip of his tea.

"My name is Kero Himalaya and I own the Hanabistreet were we usually once a year have big festivals that last for a couple of days" he began. Oh so he is the man that owns the Hanabi-festival, Mai mused to herself, she and some of here friends and once two years ago gone there and it was incredible and she had sworn to go there again someday but it just had slipped her mind somehow.

"Yes well, this year it begins in two days and keeps going for two weeks, me and my coworkers started the preparations as usual a couple of weeks ago but something has bin a bit…off lately" he continued and Mai gave Naru a quick look and sweat dropped, he looked bored.

"Yes Mr. Himalaya, what kind of things have bin off?" Naru said a bit irritated that the old man had said something that he clearly understood, but what he wanted to know was what.

"Well… lately there have been accidents happening, the kind of accident that you can't explain and some workers have been complaining of rasping noises at night", Kero Himalaya continued and Naru looked a bit thoughtful.

"But that is not all… my nephew, who helps with the preparations have been having strange dreams lately" Mai felt a shiver run down her spine.

"Dreams?" Naru asked the old man who nodded furiously.

"Yes, and let me just say this, my nephew may have a special personality but he isn't a man who is afraid of much, but this dreams terrifies him and sometimes he wakes up screaming as if his life depended on it" Kero said and swallowed hard, apparently this was a hard subject. Mai felt dry in her mouth, something about this felt wrong and awfully familiar. Naru gave Mai a quick look as he sensed her tensing up.

"What was he dreaming?" Naru asked and returned to look at the elderly man.

"I don't now, he won't tell anyone, but I can tell it's tearing him apart, please Mr. Shibuya accept this case", Kero begged and Naru stood up. Mai looked at her boss wondering what on earth he was thinking when he walked back and forth with a slight interested look but also a look of hesitation. Both Mai and Kero watched him intensively and not before long Naru abruptly stopped and looked at Kero.

"Fine, we'll take your case, leave your information with my assistant Mai", he said and Mai looked at the old man who looked like a couple of years had been lifted from his shoulders.

"We need three rooms and one base", Naru said and Kero nodded happily.

"Of course, anything you ask for" he said and Naru nodded.

"Mai I've got to talk to Lin about this, could you call all the regulars later?", Naru asked and Mai nodded. He gave her one last thoughtful glance before walking to Lin's office. Mai got slightly confused. What was up with that glance? Mai thought but were interrupted by Kero who smiled at her and began to shake her hand in gratitude.

"Thank you so much!" he exclaimed and Mai gave him a reassuring smile. Well there is no case Naru can't solve, Mai thought confidently, but something in her mind still felt wrong about this. Mai shrugged of the feeling and took down the information Kero gave her and when he left a couple of minutes later Mai walked to the office phone and began dialing some very familiar numbers, and that made her smile. It's been too long since the hole team met.

To be continued…