I figured it was about time I came up with another story. This is my first shot at a Ghost Hunt Fanfic, so I may be a little shaky when it comes to keeping everyone in character. It's also been a while since I last wrote a story, so my writing might be a little shaky too. Still, I promise to do my best.

I don't own Ghost Hunt.

Prologue

It was a typical day at Shibuya Psychic Research. Lin was typing away in his office. Mai was in the kitchen making tea, and Naru was awaiting a client.

The call had come two days ago. An orphanage from a nearby town had requested a meeting. This in itself was rather unusual, seeing as a client usually just comes in to the office directly. The client had also requested discretion, meaning that none of the SPR regulars would be there that day. Only Naru, Lin and Mai would hear the details to this case.

Naru hadn't even accepted the case yet, and it was already turning into a problem.

Mai frowned as she worked on the tea. She had been the one to take the call two days ago, and she hadn't liked what she heard. It had sounded like a typical haunting, but the way the person on the other end had described it, it was almost as if she didn't believe her own words. Mai was almost positive that the client didn't believe this was a haunting. She had some other working theory. If Naru decided to take the case, this would turn into a problem.

A knocking sound caught Mai's attention, and she rushed to open the door. On the other side stood two middle-aged women. The first one smiled tightly and said "Is this Shibuya Psychic Research?"

"Yeah," Mai answered, stepping aside to grant them access. "You're from the orphanage, right? Come on in."

The two women nodded and stepped inside. Mai closed the door and led the women to the sitting area, calling out to Naru as she did to tell him the client had arrived. Mai ran back to the boiling teapot and poured four cups of tea as Naru came out and settled down across from the two women.

"My name is Kazuya Shibuya," Naru began. "I understand you have a problem with a haunting."

The two women glanced at each other. The younger of the two, who had long brown hair tied back in a ponytail, answered grimly. "Well… we believe so."

Naru stared at the woman for a moment, processing the uncertainty in her voice, as well as every other aspect of her, including her facial expression and body language. Naru compared her demeanor to that of her companion, and quickly determined that both women were stressed and uncertain. Naru made no mention of his observations, and instead asked "And what has led you to this conclusion?"

The elder woman, who had short blond hair, began to relate the story. "It started a couple months ago, when the children started complaining about the doors. They would tell us that some of the doors would slam shut while they were trying to play games. Not long after the lights started to malfunction. We've had them checked half a dozen times already. There's nothing physically wrong with them. Objects were being moved around at night, too. We thought it was the children at first, but after installing a few cameras throughout the house, we discovered that… that they were really moving on their own." The woman paused.

"Sounds like basic poltergeist activity." Naru noted, sipping at the tea Mai had set in front of him moments before. "Most poltergeist are caused by humans. How many children are at your orphanage?"

"Twenty." The younger woman answered. "We are aware that poltergeists are often human related, and for a while we suspected… but then…"

As the younger woman drifted off mid-sentence, the older took up the statement. "Then we started hearing things. Footsteps when no one else was around, laughter when the children are outside. Some of the young ones have even claimed to have seen a little boy around the building who isn't part of our group."

"I see…" Naru muttered. From everything he'd just heard, it seemed rather unlikely that the cause of the disturbances weren't paranormal. He was finding himself to be rather interested in the case. "Has there been any media coverage of these events?"

"No." Both women responded at once. The elder elaborated "We're an orphanage, after all. The children's privacy is one of our top priorities."

Naru nodded curtly, pleased with the answer. "Have you called anyone else about the problem?" He asked.

The younger answered. "About a month ago, we called in a… what did he call himself? Oh, yes, psychic investigator. He was of little help, to say the least. He was barely there two nights before being scared off."

"We can assure you that you will not have the same problem with us." Naru told her, noticing her suspicious glare. "This psychic investigator, did he have a theory behind the cause of this phenomenon?"

The woman nodded. "He said the haunting was being caused by one of the children."

"Which child?" Naru asked.

"An eight year old named Kara." The elder woman answered. "At the time, it made sense. When Kara gets angry or upset, the furniture begins to shake, glass shatters, and there was one instance in which she threw one of the boys across the room without laying a finger on him. However…"

"It doesn't account for everything that's been occurring at the orphanage." Naru finished for her. She nodded.

Naru ran over his mental checklist. Unexplained phenomena that has worsened over time, check. No media coverage, check. Other options explored, check. This case definitely made the cut.

"All right then, we'll take the case."