I apologise in advance for any one who dislike spiders... Skip this chapter if you don't wish to know anything about that fear but Mai will have that as a phobia also there will be an epilogue to Ghost Hunt hunting wolf's fear arc but it will take a while I apologise as well in advance... Is because I have 3 one shots stories from this couple in my mind right now and they are driving me insane xD ok go on now get yourself freak out with disgust in this first chapter xD I hope you hate it but love the next stories :) next story will be first time jealous.
I don't own Ghost Hunt nor spiders please get this story out of my mind! :0
"This... Is... A joke...a joke right?" Mai's nervous voice barely managed to voice her question.
"It is most likely to be, it is uncommon for an entity as described in this case to control so many living beings such as aracnic creatures"Naru answered her with little interest as he and Lin entered the loaded van.
"Ah... Of course right! There's no way that can be true... What was I so worried about? Hahahaha jeez! Really hah!" She laughed as she climbed up inside the van.
"I never said it wasn't true, I merely meant that it might be a false claim, don't go assuming the conclusion already. How much dumb can you get?"
"I see... Hahahaha... "
His eyes left his notes and made their way to notice her pale and anxious face
"You can't be serious? Are you afraid of spiders?" He teased her
Her face instantly became red with embarrassment.
"Oh is that a bad thing Mr perfect? I am a human being, I'm allowed to have fears or is it that you are unable to have feelings and emotions on your cold heart? Neh? Narcissist Naru-chan? Mai sweetly smirk at him.
His cold glare made her remind her that he was her boss and that was uncalled.
"Sorry... I have bad experience with that things... Kids in my last school they... Ah nevermind it's better not to know, a pretty bad story... Either way I shouldn't had said that it was uncalled for" her face saddened as she looked down.
He didn't answer her, instead he just nodded and went back to reading.
'jerk' she thought but swallowed her pride just to make sure she could focus her mind on other things and not on reality... She was so into her imaginary world she failed to notice that they had arrived to the place...
"Taniyama-san we are here, Noll is already meeting the clients, we should start setting the equipment" Lin's voice brought her back to reality.
"...sure, no problem" she jumped out of the van, with shaking legs.
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Later
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"Lin check up the history of this place, tell me if you can find anything relevant to the occurrence of this phenomena, if possible let me know before sunset... Mai, tea!" Naru barked his usual orders.
".. coming" she quickly made her way to the small section of a semi like kitchen counter that was in the base...
She pulled up a tea bag and when she opened the tea pot she couldn't help but shriek... A small but furry spider was inside... She instantly closed the lid...
"Oh kami! Oh kami!" She jumped from one leg to the other "I almost touch it!" Tears threatened to fall from her eyes.
"Mai, stop making a fuss, just kill it and move on!"
"How on Earth would you think of killing it!? That is so cruel! It's not his fault that I'm afraid of it, he might be lost and scared or was looking for food! Just so you know I'm not killing it! He can have that tea pot if he wishes I don't care!" She pointed her finger at Naru as she shouted, and cleared her tears.
"If you don't want to kill it then take it outside and stop loosing my time" he glared at her
"F-fine!" She shouted she wanted to retort and say 'do it yourself' but he would either kill it or lecture her on that he was paying her to do his tea and blahblah
Her hands grabbed the pot, she was trembling badly but she managed to leave the base with the pot in hand... Lin just sighed as he thought how untactful Noll was.
Naru could guess what was on his chinese assistant mind but didn't care to show any sign of acknowledging that, he knew that was mean but he couldn't help but find her red face amusing even if in the end he felt a bit of guilt he thought it was worth it...
A small spider walked close beside him and without hesitation he just killed on the spot. "This only looks like a plague and nothing more, we may be loosing our time" he said that to himself... Small scratching sounds could instantly be heard on the distance...
Naru smirked 'provocation works'
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Mai made her way once again towards the kitchen counter, this time her face was very pale, she washed the pot and put it to boil...
"Ne... Naru... Can I go home? I don't want to be here" her voice was low and shaky
"... We are far from Tokyo I need Lin to stay, there's no one to drive you home" a normal poker face and a normal voice covered his shocked self never had she asked for that not even in the blood hunting demon case, vurado who was more fearsome than the spiders, 'why was her resolve so down? Was her experience with this creatures really that bad?'
"Hahahaha.. you are right, sorry I forgot Bou-san was on a tour and was outside of reach and Ayako doesn't own a car... Hahahaha silly me" she put his tea on the table in front of him and quickly avoided his eyes, she went and handed Lin's tea.
She sat down on the couch and a middle size spider ran away from it, instantly she pulled up her legs and hugged them against her chest. She really hated being there, she wanted to cry but her pride didn't let her, she wasn't going to cry like a baby in front of her boss, no sir.
Looking at her like that only increased the guilt in his heart, to try to ease it he killed the run away spider which caused the noises to come back but stronger... He smirked and stepped on the dead spider even harder, 'are you really a ghost?' he asked in his mind
Instantly Mai's face pull up, the hair on the back of her neck warned her "stop! He is coming" she shouted which made Lin to stand up and be beside him. Even so Naru just smirked even greater...an unknown force pushed both men against the wall, hundreds of spiders began to run inside the base... Mai shriek as the ghost sat down beside her watching her slightly before looking at her companions with hatred...
The spiders tried to reached Naru but Lin quickly pull up a ward and bite his finger, with a swift motion and a drop of blood he pushed the ward on the floor... It created an invisible shield that protected them both... even so spiders tried to get in, some even grouped themselves on the wall, bitting it to make their way inside...
Naru finally recovered from the hit, instantly his eyes searched for Mai, when they found her, he turned to glare at the ghost
The ghost smirked at him, a gleeful spark fill his eyes... This girl was that important to that guy
The ghost turned to her.. she back away on the couch not really wanting to touch the sea of spiders on the floor, even as she did that tears ran down her cheeks...
"Please stop, don't hurt them, I sincerely apologise on his behalf for killing your friends, not many know that they don't mean harm and that they just wish to coexist, I beg you please stop, don't let your friends become murders" she tremble under his cold stare, the spark to hurt her hasn't disappeared.
"You wouldn't know what they wish, you are just saying whatever comes to your mind, it is useless if you can't prove it" the ghost reached her leg and instantly pull her closer to him, she swallowed her scream, she turned to look at her boss who was positioning himself to use his PK powers..
"Naru you better stay there and do nothing, if you dare to move, the black widow spider inside your t-shirt will bite you and Lin! She shouted and Naru froze in place.
The ghost smiled at her "you saw them when they hit the wall didn't you?"
She nodded, she disliked being pushed down the way he had her.
"If you wish me to prove my words are sincere, try me"
"Mai stop-" Naru began but was interrupted by her voice
"Shut up, I quit, you can't tell me what I can do or not any longer"
The ghost was pleased with that outcome, he pulled away from her. "Very well prove to me your words and I won't hurt your friends I will even pass on if you're able to do 3 tests"
At those words she closed her eyes and when she opened them resolve had settled in them
Lin and Naru remained silent, while Lin was grateful to Mai for doing all this, Naru couldn't help but feel regret... He should had listened to her. Now she had quit and was facing her phobia for their sake...
"Let's start" her voice was strong but her body never stopped shaking
"Then first don't move and let them walk on you"
Her eyes widened, tears dropped... she opened her mouth but closed it back... And nodded slowly in approval.
"Taniyama-san..." Lin started but his words were lost with her sad looking smile.
"It's okay Lin-san, they don't mean harm"
Naru's hand became a fist, he was regretting for even teasing her earlier...
Spiders from all sizes and colors climbed up her legs... She stiffened and tried her best to calm her fast breathing, she was going to pass this, otherwise Naru and Lin would both die.
"How long... would... You like this to... Happen?" Mai asked when she was completely covered by them
"I think it is enough, the next trial is more interesting" the ghost answered and the spiders withdrew
Mai hugged her legs once again in attempt to stop trembling
"What... Is..it?"
"Please kiss, this beautiful Goliath bird-eating tarantula" the ghost said as he held the spider in his hand and half his arm...
Mai's vision was slowly turning black but she managed to stay conscious by slapping herself very hard... The ghost laughed at that and pull the spider closer to her.
"Well lady?"
"Hahahaha... A rather big friend... Isn't it?" Mai silently cried as the spider moved
"It is, he eats birds so this size is perfect for him!"
"I see, that is... An amazing feat... I have never seen something like this... Is not from here correct?"
"It is from northern South America"
She swallowed her relief from never seeing it again and when the spider raised a leg to touch her face, she kicked her fear as she quickly put her lips on his leg and withdrew in milli seconds
The ghost raised an eyebrow at her as smile was present in his lips, she was really something else... Not even him in life dare to kiss this spider... He turned to both men who were disgusted and at the same time touched.
He chuckled at them and raised a hand in the air, all the spider surroundings the shield began to disappear...and the black widow from their shirts went to their necks... But neither of them moved
"Alright girl, this is the last trial as promised I won't hurt your friends and I will pass on after you complete this one" he got closer to her, grabbed her hand and pulled her up on the clear floor...
When she managed to stand by her own he whispered in her ear... Her eyes widened and she was about to retort but she remembered this was the only way to save them... She nodded and opened her trembling hands, he laid the spider in them, turned once again to the men and the spiders from their necks disappeared, his body began to glow and soon he pass away...
Lin quickly dispelled the shield and Naru was quick to ask
"Mai, what was the last trial?"
"..." She didn't answer
"Mai?" He asked her again but she fell down on to the couch unconscious
Lin and him quickly made it to her side, but instantly Lin stopped Naru from advancing as a black widow climbed out of Mai's hands, a clear bite was present on her finger and the spider disappeared just like the rest had done...
"Mai!" Naru unconsciously shouted as he finally reached her, while Lin called 120 the emergency number.
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"The third trial is to let yourself be bitten by a male black widow... They are non toxic, but your boyfriend there needs to be taught a lesson". Were the last words the ghost had whispered to her...
To her that bite was too much for her phobia and she had lost consciousness..
She began to open her eyes and she found herself on a hospital bed... Naru was beside her sleeping and holding her hand 'i don't regret anything at all' she thought as she enjoyed the warm of Naru's hand. It was all worth it but her phobia to spiders had leveled up... Good news is that Naru will be there by her side from now on.. not like a boss but something more.
Kinda lame ending I know but this story was inspired by a webtoon called nightmare factory by snailords and I never thought further down to the ending I just imagined Mai screaming and crying In all that nightmare xD forgive me xD now to the two following one shots those I had thought even you next chapter, I think I will have it done by tomorrow