Ghostly Hauntings (Ghost Hunt fanfic) (Naru x Mai)

Chapter 4

Ghost Hauntings:

Chapter 4:

Oliver was certainly not a Japanese name. Mai felt a small burst of pride, her guess about Naru's nationality was right after all. They might be able to find out who he really was now. However the foreign name opened up even more questions.

Mai looked over at John. He was looking quietly thoughtful now and he was searching for something on his phone again.

Keiko and Michiru were interrogating Naru who was looking increasingly annoyed with them. Possibly it was because all of their questions had been asked by Mai before. Naru rolled his eyes when they asked if he was sure about not remembering anything for the fourth time and floated across the room to stand next to Mai.

"Shall I call you Oliver now?" Mai asked. "I thought you were called Naru before."

Naru shook his head. "You can call me Naru, Mai."

Much to her surprise she felt herself heat up when he said her name without honorifics. Why did it make her blush? Her attention was diverted by Yasuhara calling out to her.

"Have you witnessed any deaths in the past two years?" he questioned. "I was trying to work out how you two are connected. There has to be a reason why Naru is able to find you so easily."

She met Naru's steady gaze and realised that Yasuhara was right. The spirit was certainly tied to the school if he always arrived in that place. Despite that connection, he was always able to return to her wherever she was. Had it only arisen because she was the only person that hadn't run away from him? There had to be more to it than that.

"I had been wondering that too," Naru agreed. "Did you attend that high school? You could have been there when I died."

This was one question she definitely knew the answer to.

"I had never been there until two days ago. I went to a different high school. It's near that school, but I've never even walked past that school before."

Now she had to think of an answer to Yasuhara's question. Could she have witnessed Naru's death? Nothing jumped to mind immediately. She certainly hadn't seen any murders- she would definitely remember seeing one. Mai considered suicide next and she knew she hadn't witnessed one. That was something she would have never forgotten. That left accidents as the only likely option.

Something came to mind. She had witnessed a car accident just over a year ago and if she remembered, the victim had been a young man. If she recalled correctly she had seen him bleeding at the side of the highway. She hadn't witnessed the actual impact.

"I was at the scene of a car accident. The boy that was hit didn't die though," she said. "He was badly injured, but he was taken away alive by an ambulance."

John joined the conversation suddenly.

"Did you actually see the victim?"

Her memory of the accident was a little hazy due to it being over a year ago, but she was sure about what she had seen. She had been too far away to see the boy properly. The victim had been wearing all black which she had taken as being a school uniform, that was why she had assumed it was a young male. Come to think of it, Naru wore all black as well. Had it really been him?

"I wasn't the only person on the street at the time, there turned out to be a doctor there ahead of me and he was the one to administer first aid and call an ambulance. He told me to keep people away, although a lady who was a nurse ran over to help. That's why I never saw the boy properly, I was never close enough to get a proper look."