Yomi North Calamity

Chapter 6

Mei sighed softly at the question and thought of hr options at the moment, but decided to go with honesty. "Yes, it is me." She replied softly but it sounded much more like Mai than the way she had been speaking since she saw the team with her true appearance. "You do not seem to be upset with it being me." She stated after taking in the reactions of the duo. Naru had nodded slightly but she saw curiosity in his eyes, and Lin made a slight humming sound.

"If you do not mind me asking, why did you hide your identity? I do not believe the curse of the class is that famous." Naru asked raising an eyebrow at his female assistant who sighed softly once again at the question.

"It had- no -has nothing to do with the curse Naru. It had to do with my sister... you were a twin as well, and like me had lost him the more open of the duo... By being Mei Misaki I feel as though I am betraying her in some way, even though I know she would be mad at me for thinking like that... I cannot help it, she was the twin who had such a bright future ahead of her, and yet she died because I was in Class Three, and I could not do anything at that point to protect her. But, when I am Mai Taniyama I never had to worry about that, I was a completely different person who was not being held down by the past..." She blushed lightly as she realized she was ranting slightly. "Plus while wearing the colored contacts I can keep the eye patch off as it blocks the color out so I do not need to worry about knowing when someone is about to, you know... die." She finished as they reached and old staircase with a warning sign at the base.

"The contacts block out the color?" Lin asked feeling slightly confused at her confession. "How would the contact stick to the eye?" Mei shrugged in response to his question.

"I am not sure how it works but I am grateful for it. Anyway we have to go up the stairs so be careful." She warned as she began walking up the staircase and the two stoic males followed her lead. Once they reached the top she walked a few doors down the hallway until she got to the old classroom which she opened the door and entered. The room was slightly cluttered from all the random objects the faculty has put in the room. She noticed how dusty the room had become since she and Kouichi came up to put their tape in the room which made her eyes widen slightly but she shook her head at the thought and looked back to her boss and co-worker as they looked around.

Mei leaned against the wall next to the door and looked around the classroom with a bored look in her crimson eye. Both Naru and Lin were looking for anything that could signify a clue to the curse and got to a certain cabinet which made her speak up. "Do not remove the tape or paper from there. At least not yet, you want to be open to finding a way to break the curse permanently, not temporarily." She warned as Lin opened the cabinet.

Naru looked back at her and looked her in the eye before he began to speak. "Why would a tape make us think about only temporarily, we are professionals if you can remember that."

Mei's eye twitched at his comment and thought about how to respond to that. "Professional or not, it would not help with the reason you were brought here, it would help me and my group, but only because it involves us ending the curse for the year, last year. But I suppose you could take it if you are going to be that stubborn about it." She muttered the last part as she saw Lin taking the package from the top of the cabinet. "I assume you two are ready to go to the current classroom then?" She asked getting nods in return from the two stubborn men.

She rolled her eye and exited the room and waited for the two to come out of the room and felt a chill run down her spine so she looked down the hallway to see if she could see anything, but she saw nothing. The feeling went away as Lin and Naru exited the classroom. She sighed as she turned and began walking towards the stairs knowing the duo were behind her.

"Do you two think you can keep my identity a secret for now from the rest of the team? If they do not figure it out by the time you finish the investigation, then I will tell them when I get back to the office." She asked softly with her tone hopeful as she paused at the top of the stairs and looked back at them.