Connected To You | Ghost Hunt

Filled With Evil Spirits?

ʕ•ﻌ•ʔ AKEMI ʕ•ﻌ•ʔ

Akemi smiled at her conversation with Yuri, it chimed like bells as she laughed at something she said but just as she was about to respond a voice behind her lowly interrupted her, Akemi turned to her guard in question.

"Ojou-sama, I'm sorry for interrupting but I believe it is time for your meeting with your grandfather." the female guard whispered in Akemi's ear and the Lady continued to smile in hopes that no one would find out their conversation.

"Thank you for reminding me," Akemi nodded and turned to her friend with a disheartened expression. "I'm sorry, Yuri-chan but it seems my family is waiting for me..."

Yuri seemed to understand the message and let out a wide smile, her hand lifted up to dismiss it. "Oh come on! it's alright~ your family needs you! no need to apologize, I guess we'll just see each other at the party later then?" Yuri asked and Akemi's disheartened smile lightened, glad that her friend wasn't troubled with her leaving.

"Of course, I'll be there!" Akemi beamed clasping her hand near her cheek, but her smile seemed to stop halfway as the guard tapped her shoulder and whispered a name that made Akemi turn to look where a familiar man in black walk out the school gates with haste. 'Huh? Naru?'

Akemi already met the other people the Principal hired, as she was the first student that led a Ghost hunter tour around there, but because of their Graduation Ceremony nearing— which just finished today she wasn't able to introduce them to Kazuya when they first met and help much with the investigation. Akemi only ever heard about the others through Mai's phone calls trying to update her every time— Akemi thinks it's just Mai's way to avoid killing Naru after enduring at least three days with him but Akemi could tell, Mai was warming up to the impassive boy. Mai at the time updated Akemi about the Miko, who is actually a family friend— exorcised the building only for it to backfire and that thought thoroughly disappointed Akemi.

Not because a family friend failed but because none of them would believe that there was no such thing as spirits inside the building, but Akemi didn't dare to speak it out as they didn't believe a famous psychic what more if it came from a student? oh dear.

Akemi excused herself out of the gathering, waving to the female guard and clasped her arms around the guard's before following the same path where Naru went. She giggled as she remembered the moment she heard Mai go through with her nickname to Kazuya, it seemed to stick and Akemi found herself calling Kazuya the same thing. She didn't know why, it just seemed to fit him somehow...

'I wonder what has gotten him so disturbed...' Akemi frowned to herself but she covered it up with a smile and nudged the guard lightly for both of them to walk a bit faster.

"Naru?" Akemi called as she saw Naru walking a few steps ahead of her. The sound of Akemi's voice calling for him made Naru stop in his steps and turned slightly to see Akemi with a guard by her side nearing him with a smile plastered on her lips. "What are you doing here?— Your hand!" Akemi gasped as she smelled something metallic and touched Naru's bleeding hand. The sudden attention it got made Naru lift it to his chest as if to hide it.

"It is nothing—"

"A wound is never nothing, Kazuya." Akemi said, her voice stern. "There is a clinic nearby we could get your hand checked." Akemi suggested, reaching out for his hand only for him to pull tighter, closer to him.

"Thank you for the concern but there is no need." Naru's tone made Akemi turn cold, she has never seen him so irritated before— the air around him just said negatively cold. Akemi stared at him as he was full of frustration and anger. "I just need to be alone, I hate myself so much that it makes me sick." Naru gritted, saying the words he wasn't able to say back in the building as he was overwhelmed by what happened, the injured it caused.