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

Chapter 11

Ghostly Hauntings:

Chapter 11:

Mai let herself into her apartment alone later that night. They had all migrated to the park near the hospital when visiting hours had ended. Lin and Naru had explained their plan in detail and she understood why it had to be her that took the risk.

She did want to bring Eugene Davis' murderer to justice, she just couldn't help feel apprehensive about entrapping him. There was a potential it could go wrong. She checked in the living room for Naru and couldn't find him so she went to her bedroom to find her high school uniform. Naru should turn up later.

Her uniform wasn't bad as far as school uniforms went. The red bow was cute as well and the skirt wasn't indecently short unlike some other schools. She located it at the back of her closet and brushed away the lint that it had accumulated. As far as clothing went, she was ready for the following day. Or rather evening.

The plan would be enacted in the evening because Urado taught at an evening cram school and Naru never appeared unless it was dark.

"Are you scared?" a voice behind her asked.

Mai turned to see Naru standing in the doorway. He was not looking as confident as he had been when informing them of his plan.

"Of course I am. I have to meet a person that killed your brother and threw you off a bridge so you would get hit by a car. I don't want to end up the same way."

Naru didn't reply and Mai realised that she sounded annoyed with him for coming up with the plan.

"I am going to do it. I've never done something like this before. I was scared when we broke into that high school and now I'm moving up the criminal ladder again," she smiled.

The plan involved her pretending to be a high school student that needed extra tutoring at the cram school Urado worked at. Using her real name would bring up a red flag if they looked her up so they were borrowing a name from a student from her high school that Madoka had reprimanded for smoking the day before. None of them were exactly operating within the law.

Naru walked over to her bed and sat down.

"Make sure to get lots of sleep tonight. You will just dwell on it too much if you stay awake."

Mai sat down next to him and yawned. His eyes never left her.

"Are you scared?" she asked doubtfully.

"I'm a ghost, nothing scares me," he reminded her and flicked her arm lightly. "I am scared for you instead."

Mai felt a surge of happiness go through her when he said that. Then she sobered when she remembered the situation they were both in.

"What can go wrong? Mori-san and Lin-san will be close by."

Naru did not looked cheered by that.

"I constructed the plan to be as safe as possible. The problem is that I don't know how Urado will react. He didn't react well to seeing me last year- he tried to kill me."

Naru wasn't exactly wrong about that. She didn't quite know what to say to that. Mai had been worried about Urado turning on her suddenly and attacking her. Considering what he had done to Eugene and Naru it was likely that he was prone to acting violently without thinking logically. Lin and Madoka had promised to remain close at all times, but what if they were too late?

"I can look after myself," she told him.

The stern glance he gave her made her realise that he had detected her lie. For some reason he didn't pursue it.