EDIT 5. may 2017: There is now a sequel out which is named "I have changed!", I must also say that I`m so sorry it took this long to get it out. I also want to thank all of you who reviewed this story in the hopes of a sequel. Without those I never would have gotten a sequel started.
I`m very sorry about not updating the last couple of days. I was working on my exam and it really took a lot out of me to do it. This is also sadly, the last chapter. I never really planned to take it farther than this, but if I wants to do it after the holidays than I will figure something out. Will probably be an oneshot collection where we see things like Mai making the gang feel guilty or moments in her journey that I didn`t include here.
Thanks for every review, favs and follows.
IcanCyou: They are here in the last chapter. Most of them is quiet here but the idea is that the whole gang is here.
yukihime88: Here is the next update and it has at least over a 1000 words.
I do not own Ghost Hunt.
1 week later
It felt like we were out of the airport way too fast. I was nervous to be back, but also excited. Even with the memories that haunted me, I was still looking forward to getting to my apartment. I easily recognized the way home and started walking. The familiar steps to my apartment reminds me of the last day I was here. The day when I was broken like a doll never wanting to see my home again. Now I felt different, I wasn't scared anymore.
We quickly arrive at my place and just before my hands reaches the door, I see my landlady coming toward me. "You are back! I hope you had a great time traveling and what a handsome boy you have there" I blush when she says that. "I had a great time" I say back to her. "I`m glad, your friends have been here many times asking for you. I told them you was out traveling, but they have been worried about you. There was even a whole group of your friends here only a month ago asking to enter your place. Of course I said no, what if…" "Wait, why would they even need to enter my place? Did they tell you their name?" "Oh yes, but it is hard to remember them now. You know I am getting old. Well I think one of them said his name was noru or something like that".
Naru, the name echoed in my head and suddenly it was as if the world was spinning, but I held my ground and said goodbye to the kind woman. As soon as I entered my apartment, I supported myself on the wall. I could not help but think about him, why could he not just leave me alone.
Nico watched me silently and placed a hand on my shoulder. "You okay?" I looked at him and nodded. If Naru were looking for me, I would need to go speak to him. "Will you go with me?" I ask Nico, and he nods. I take my bag and put it in my room together with my staff.
I look in the mirror noticing how much I have changed. My hair once short was now down to my mid back and if you look for it you can see that it has become more of a red like color. My body has grown and I have gotten curves.
Cloth style have also changed these past two years, gone is the skirts and now I use pants that is easy to move in. I use gloves that give me better grip when I use my staff, and a dark coat is now my usual wear. Most of the time I wear my hair in a horse-tail with a dark ribbon holding it up. I walk out with Nico following me.
As we come closer to the office, I start thinking of what I should tell them. Should I tell them the truth? Or maybe it was better for them to not know. Nico takes my hand and holds onto it, standing by me without saying anything. He knows who they are, I told him when he caught me crying one night. He got mad at them for breaking my heart, but I told him to let it be.
He knows about my broken heart, but doesn't know the extent. If he knew he wouldn't have calmed down, he would have killed them. The world they introduced to me is what I now love the most. It is no longer a fear, something I have to do; it is a part of me. The paranormal was a piece that had always been missing and now I would never let it go.
Naru was the one who showed me to it, but he was also the one who hurt me more than I have ever been before. My eyes slowly glide up to the building. Nico is still holding my hand as we stop in front of the door. He lets it go only to rest it at my shoulder and I look at him. In his eyes he tells me to be brave so I do just that, and walks in.
I almost can`t feel my breath when I see the group sitting like they did 2 years ago. They all look up when we walk in and shock washes over their faces when they recognize me. "Mai" it is a collected whisper, but I`m looking at Naru. He looks at me, and it surprises me to see how easy I can see the shock in his eyes.
It makes my heart ache when I look at his beautiful blue eyes. Those eyes have followed me in my nightmares since that day. He stands and I can see Nico moving to stand in front of me, I stop him, he should know that I have to be the one doing this. My eyes are cold as I say "I heard you were looking for me".
Before he gets to say anything I get hugged by bou. I stand in shock as I feel him shake a little "Do you know how worried we have been? You must never do something like that again". I break out of his hug determent to be strong. I`m not sure what to tell them so I keep looking at them.
"Mai?" Ayako asks as a silent, what is it? "You know you hurt me" I look at Naru "why are you here? And why are you caring now? After two years". I can read my ex-boss like he is an open book. It almost feels like we have changed roles. He looks confused "where have you been?" he says and I snort "That is the first thing you say to me after two years?"
I cant even feel it in me to be angry at them no matter how much they hurt me. With a softer tone I say "Why did you come looking for me? Why did you come back?" "We didn't have so much to do in England so Naru decided that we would come back, there is much more paranormal stuff happening here" Masako said. I shake my head at their excuse, but I give them a small smile.
"Will you work for me again?" I look to the boy who had cast me aside so easily and knew that I couldn't say no. I nod "only if you hire Nico as well, you will not be disappointed if you do" surprisingly he nods before sitting down. "Mai" "yes, Naru?" "tea" and so I am back to making tea. Nico looks almost horrified "how can you let him make you do that".
Nico had over the course of our friendship found a respect for me like I`m some kind of princess. He is my friend, teacher and he himself sees himself as my protector. I quickly distract him by introducing him to the group and leaves him with them to be interrogated. As I make the tea, I go through what I should tell my friends about my new powers. When I finally enter the room again, I have decided that for now, I will keep quiet and maybe someday I will tell them.