Trouble

Chapter 12

March

Day 2

The next day, I woke up feeling pretty tired. After seeing that spirit by the operation rooms, I sort of had a nightmare about it. It freaked me out, so I didn't get much sleep. But that wasn't going to stop me from being excited about this case. I couldn't wait to get to school to talk to Moriko, Natsuki, Hata-senpai, and Sakaguchi-senpai. I wanted to get as much information out of them as I can. Hopefully they will agree to go see Naru today after school. I had my breakfast and got my things ready for work so I didn't have to get them together in a quick fashion when I got home later. I'm pretty sure I'd forget something important. I grabbed my school bag and after locking my front door, Mai is coming down the stairs. "Good morning, Aki!" She greeted me.

"Good morning, Mai! Are you ready for today's mission?" She giggled.

"I'm psyched up for it actually. You look like you didn't get much sleep last night." I ended up telling her about the nightmare. "That's terrible. You should've called me."

"Then neither of us would've gotten any sleep and it won't be good if we're both half asleep trying to talk to Moriko, Natsuki, Hata-senpai, and Sakaguchi-senpai." I said rolling my eyes. She rolled her eyes at me.

"Yeah, but I would still like you to call me and tell me stuff like this. We're friends, remember?" I sighed.

"I haven't forgotten that we're friends. It's just I haven't had much of an experience with friends before, but I'm better now than I was before. You've got to admit that." I said the last part smiling. She smiled back.

"Yeah," We walked the rest of the way to school in silence. We were both okay with that, since it was still pretty early. We stopped by the Star Café to get some coffee on the way. That'll wake me up in no time. I thought grinning. Honestly I could've slept more since I've been pulling some all-nighters recently, but I had an important mission today. It was crucial that I get every bit of information that I can from these witnesses. I would like to find out what is keeping those spirits from leaving that hospital and more importantly keeping them from passing over, but in order for me to do that I have to go into those operation rooms. I really don't want to, but it has to be done, otherwise I'll go crazy if I don't find out. Now that I'm more awake, I'm ready to talk to Moriko and Natsuki. I figure it'd be much easier to talk to them first since we're all in the same homeroom. "Are we going to talk to Moriko-san and Natsuki-san first?" Mai asked as we walked into the school.

"That's the plan. I figured it'd be easier to talk to them first. Then we can talk to Hata-senpai and Sakaguchi-senpai at lunch maybe. I'm sure we could ask Aiko what class her brother is in and I bet Sakaguchi-senpai is in the same class as him." Mai nodded.

"Mai, Aki, good morning!" We looked up and saw Keiko and Michiru. I grinned.

"Good morning, Keiko and Michiru!"

"You look like you're in a good mood this morning." Keiko said grinning.

"Am I ever in a bad mood in the morning?"

Michiru giggled and said, "Well you're not much of morning person, are you?" I stuck my tongue out at her.

"Hey, just because I'm not a morning person, it doesn't mean I'm always in a bad mood in the morning."

"Still, we can tell you're excited about something, so tell us already!" Keiko said grinning.

"Well, we're investigating that abandoned hospital where those people have gone missing." Mai said smiling. Michiru gasped.