A/N: Ugh this is the most late update I have ever done.. I am really sorry but I had a really bad writer's block and this chapter stayed half written in my drafts for quite a while. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter.. I will try to update soon.
"Listen carefully... Everything I will tell you is important in finding us..."
My full attention is on you Tomoe...
"After you left everything went for the worse. She was furious that you left with the bracelet. She hoped you would return after that but you never did. All this time she has been anxious in getting her revenge."
You said it before, but what is the bracelet's role in all this? How can it help in finding you?
"All in their time Mai. Please listen to me... You need to be careful with Mei. She is not the Mei you remember. There is a person in your team that she's got her eye on."
Who are you talking about?
"You will know when you talk with them... Please don't freak out. Just be careful not to let her inside you... again."
She looked at him confused.
Again? What do you mean...?
He scratched the back of his head, looking at her while thinking.
"Remember a while back when Mei touched you and whispered something in your ear?"
Mai nodded and then her eyes widened in realization.
She remember Mei walking her way, touching her chest, looking at her with eyes full of sadness and whispering in here ear.
"Mai please let me take over for a while"
After that she felt something warm enter her body and she sank into the blackness.
Tell me what happened after that Tomoe...
Naru's POV
He has been sitting there, looking at Mai's sleeping face for hours, or so it seemed.
He wanted to be the first one to know what she had seen, because he was very sure tht was what happened.
He was lost in his thoughts but was brought back to reality by Mai stirring in her sleep and slowly opening her eyes.
Her face had an extraordinary peacefulness to it and her eyes traveled to the side of the bed.
Her eyes were on him but they weren't quite seeing him.
She hadn't acknowledged him yet.
She was just looking there like she was listening to something.
Then realization hit him.
She WAS listening to something.
Maybe it was that spirit, how was he called again? Ah yes... Tomoe...
Naru tried to study her face.
There was a frown on her face and she sighed, turning her gaze to his and blinking finally actually seeing him.
"N-naru? How long have you been there?" her voice was too low but he managed to hear it.
"I've been here the whole time you were sleeping." he answered her bluntly.
A small blush danced across her cheeks Naru noted in amusement.
He got up and walked to the bed and looked down at her.
"Now tell me. What did you see?" he finally asked.
Mai's POV
Mai rolled my eyes at his question and she could see Tomoe smiling at my reaction.
How more dense can this guy be? Geez.
She sighed and looked at him.
"Fine but first help me go back to the library. There is something I need to find there."
He raised an eyebrow but still helped me up and supported me.
The walk to the library was awkwardly silent but Mai couldn't complain. He was helping her after all wasn't he?
She was staring at his face when he turned to her and looked into her eyes.
"I know my face is attractive but you don't have to stare it that much." he said and she saw his eyes dancing in amusement.
Mai wanted to punch him so much but since she couldn't even walk alone she just gave up... for now that was.
Sighing she turned my face away and ignored him until they were in the library.
Her eyes immediately fell on that red book that opened the path to the hidden room.
She wombled towards it and pulled it out, opening the path but didn't walk through it, just looked at the book in her hands.
Slowly she opened it and started reading.
November 15th 1919
I am so happy today.
Father said that my fiance to be will be coming back this Christmas.
I can't wait to finally meet him.
I have heard so much about him, I am getting so excited.
Tomoe on the other hand is depressed because he thinks I will leave him alone.
Mother says that he should stop being so attached to me but I like it.
He is always loud and bright, I can't help but find him cute.
Mai heard Naru's footsteps behind her and turned to look at him.
He was looking at the book in her hands.
"Is this the reason you wanted to come to the library?" he asked in his usual apathetic voice.
She nodded and showed him the diary.
"I think this could help us at least figure out what happened back then."
Naru took the diary from Mai's hands and examined it while touching his chin.
After a while he nodded his head and handed it back to her.
"We should read it all to make sure if there is any information about the link of that bracelet and Mei, but first tell me what you saw" his voice was dead serious as he looked down at her.
Mai sighed and sat on a chair that was close to her.
"Fine I will tell you, but those are only memories. Nothing more, nothing less."
With that being said, Mai started telling him all of her memories that she had just dreamed about.
Naru's face stayed apathetic for the whole time she was talking.
When she finished, he touched his chin once again in a way as if he was thinking, which was probably what he was doing anyway.
"So the reason you didn't remember most of your time in here as a child is Tomoe's fault and also you happen to have part of Mei's heart inside you."
Mai slowly nodded and lowered her eyes to the floor, she opened her mouth, wanting to ask the question that had been bugging her a while.
"Hey Naru?"
Naru didn't answer but that showed Mai that he was waiting for her to continue.
"Can there be any possibility that Mei's heart is attached to the bracelet and... this place?"
She decided to keep her eyes on the floor while waiting for a reply.
Silence enveloped the two of the for a while, as he was thinking of what she had asked.
Not long after, Naru confirmed her fears.
"Its not about it being a possibility or not. What you just said confirmed it. If we want to solve this case, then we need to stay here, as dangerous as it may get. I have a feeling that even if we try to leave, she won't let you out of here."
His words hang in the air between them. The air was suffocating to Mai.
She could try to deny what he had just said but that wouldn't help, because deep inside her, she knew he was right.
Her hands were clutching the diary for dear life, as if that book was her only savior. She could feel its weight. It weighted two whole lives, most likely taken by their loved ones.
At that moment a voice spoke in her head, a voice unknown to her.
"Find Sato Sakuya. That's the only way to solve the mystery."
Mai blinked and looked around to make sure that what she had heard was in her head.
Surely, nobody else except from her and Naru where in the library, so who had just spoken to her?
As if to make the words real, Mai softly spoke them.
"Find Sato Sakuya... That's the only was to solve the mystery..."
That made Naru look at her questionably.
"What did you just say?"
Mai looked up at him, feeling really confused.
"Someone just said that... In my head... Could it mean something?"
Thinking about what she had said, Naru answered.
"Seems like it.. For now the only clues we have are that name and the diary. We should investigate this diary, and fast."
Mai nodded at him and closed her eyes.
Just what is you connection to this bracelet Mei? Who is this Sato Sakuya? Was he someone to you?
Those where the questions that where running around Mai's head.
If only she could answer them..
If only..