A/N : First Horror story I'm writing so go easy on me.

Disclaimer : I do not own Ghost Hunt.

Enjoy!

Edited 11/16/16

'Mai come on that incident happened 4 days ago... When are you going to talk to me?' An exact replica of the man who broke Mai's heart 3 years ago said to her. Well, the teenage version of himself at least.

All the brunette did was sit on the ground looking at the now very interesting floor. She never noticed how galaxy liked it looked. Then again she never did have time to observe her surroundings unless it was necessary to gather information on a case she was working on.

Her spirit guides pleads for forgiveness continued in the background. Mai, who shook her head thought to listen one more time to hear the reason why she was left alone when her powers started acting up again. 'Mai... Please, I'm really sorry. I didn't know you would need me for the case. I was just in ... never mind...'

This caused the brunette to raise an eyebrow. At least she was getting somewhere with this but the process was going a bit too slow for her taste and she needed some rest so she decided to give into his pleads.'Look, Gene, I know you didn't mean to leave but not knowing that you were going to be gone worried me. What was I supposed to do? We still haven't gotten far in my training so my powers went all haywire and I really needed you. I hurt both John and Monk. I'm lucky that they already healed but that doesn't mean I feel any less guilty.'

Gene looked at her with sad eyes before pulling her into a hug. 'I know and I'm sorry. I really am but I have some good news... well you probably wouldn't consider it good news.' he said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

Mai pulled away before questioning him The logical side of her brain started working fast. The emotional side of her brain was instantly shutting itself down. 'What do you mean? The only thing I would consider good news but at the same time not is if Lin and Naru came back...' The look on his face confirmed that she was right.'Oh my god... They're back.'

Gene nodded. 'Yea.' He paused for a second before looking at Mai straight in the eyes. A serious demeanor taking over his worried and guilty one from earlier. 'They want to bring SPR back. Mai-please accept. You need help. Help that I can't provide. '

Nodding very slowly Mai managed to convince herself that it was for the best. A small smile made its way onto her face which in returned made her male companion smile as well. He was glad that she was trying to return to her normal state. After all, nothing had been the same since the incident that endangered her life occurred. The incident that still manages to haunt her today and probably for the rest of her life.

'I guess I'll accept but I won't be easy on him.'

He could only give her a sad smile before leaving Mai to get her much-needed sleep before the annoying ringing of her alarm woke her up.

Beep...Beep...Beep.

The annoying sound of her alarm clock woke up the 19-year-old college student. Her hand pressed the snooze button before she pulled up her navy blue blanket over her head in an attempt to sleep a bit longer. Just as she started dozing off again her phone rang. Mai groaned as she reached for the phone.

"Hello?" her voice still containing annoyance and sleepiness.

"Mai. Why are you still sleeping? You're usually awake at this time. Don't tell me you had a late encounter with Gene. He really needs to learn how to let you sleep." The usual energetic voice she heard every morning said to her. The voice of the one and only Yasuhara.

She looked at the clock before blinking in confusion. 5:13. Ignoring his comment about Gene, she spoke. "What do you want Yasu?" She could already image the grin forming on her best friends face.

"I just wanted to let you know that I'll pick you up at 6 so we can go to work. Oh and bou-san called. He wants us to meet up at his place saying that it was important we all be there."

Mai thought back to her conversation with Gene. It's best that they don't know. Their reactions are the last thing she wants to deal with right now. "He's probably going to propose to Ayako. "

Yasu laughed. "Are you sure? It took him months to gain the courage to ask her out."

Both college students laughed. Over the years, they grew close but that was a given after all they had many study sessions and took some classes together. In 3 years things had changed and it even went as far as them dating, unfortunately, that only lasted for a while before they realized that they were forcing things. Yasu of course like Mai and Mai did like Yasu but they were misplacing that like for something else. Instead, they just decided to stay as friends or as others would see it, close siblings. He has always been there even in her darkest of times and vice versa.

"Alright, I'll get ready. I'll see you in a bit." She said, soon leading to his dramatic goodbye before they both hung up.

That morning everything was normal. Well except the fact that she knew what would happen at Bou-san's meeting. Work consisted of Yasu and Mai helping the police research information. Gathering information about possible suspects to locations of kidnapped children to finding evidence against well-known criminals were their main purpose at the station. Yes, things were normal. Since they were the top of the class, they didn't have a need to study anymore. Exams were long over and Yasu and Mai were on break.

After work, the 2 college students went for some coffee, tea and donuts before arriving at Bou-san's apartment that he currently shared with the miko. They already knew that the monk left his door open so Yasu barged in and immediately went to the monk, proclaiming his love which still bothered 'his beloved' and made everyone else laugh.

Mai, of course, closed the door, greeted everyone in the room and sat down next to the only blond and blue-eyed male of the group who sat next to his girlfriend. She smiled at the pair and handed them their coffee and tea. Tea for Masako who wished to calm her nerves and coffee for John who had an exhausting day.

They've grown accustomed to it after all. The long stressful night were in dire need of caffeine to stay up and tea to calm down due to their unpleasant experiences.

"Hello, Mai. How was work today? Did you guys get any information on the kidnapped child case?" Ask the now long hair medium who had ditched the kimonos. After Naru left and rejected both of them, Masako really opened up and stopped acting like a snob. An accident at work managed to bring Masako and Mai closer together. It wasn't long before Masako revealed her feelings towards the priest which eventually led to Mai and Yasu's brilliant idea of setting them up seeing as how John showed his feeling very clearly towards the medium.

"It was good. Yasu and I managed to narrow down the results so a rescue team is already on their way. In a few minutes maybe, they will have arrested the suspected and the child will be returned to her parents."

John still had his angel like smile as he spoke, his eyes lighting up in hope. "Really! That's great. The poor child could finally be returned to her family."

Nodding Mai left a small smile of content escape onto her lips. "It took longer than expected but we managed."

The ex-priest was another story. His hair was slightly longer than before and he lost his baby fat. He definitely looked more mature since his muscles were now more noticeable but that didn't help the fact that he was still the shortest male of the old SPR irregulars. He had quit being a priest 2 years ago before he revealed his feelings towards started Masako, but the church still gave him permission to conduct exorcisms since he was very respected for being a young priest.

Before the trio could say another word Takigawa yelped quite loudly as his girlfriend, Ayako, smacked the back of his head after he decided, for once, to go along with Yasu's dramatic declaration of love.

"You old hag. I was just playing around. You don't have to get jealous." Monk said as he clutched the back of his head and jumped away in case Ayako decided to hit him again.

"Who are you calling old!?"

Their little antics of being an old married couple began as John attempted to pull those two apart. Out of the whole gang, Ayako and Monk were the only ones who stayed the same. Yasu was still the same as ever but there were slight changes, not that anyone noticed but he did get a little more muscle in his figure and his hair was slightly everyone aged a bit and their maturity grew, well at least for some, but one could tell that their family-like unity remained the same.

Everything was normal. It was a regular Friday evening in October and they were all enjoying themselves ,well, that is until someone knocked. Takigawa looked at his watched. "Right on time." he murmured mostly to himself but the others still caught it.

Upon remembering that they were all called her for some very important news Masako was the first to speak up and as the question they all wanted to know the answer to. "Monk, why did you call us here?"

The monk could only smile nervously before opening the door and showing them the real reason. There stood 2 tall figures. One who didn't seem to change over the last 3 years and the other who had grown taller, lost his baby fat and still maintain his blank face with his eyes shimmering with unidentified emotions.

Gasps were heard from Masako and Ayako as the men of the group had an expression of shock. All but two people showed a sign of surprise. Those who didn't were thinking hard. Takigawa who already knew of their arrival was nervously looking at Mai who didn't seem to make a sound or show her surprise.

"Naru! Lin! come on in." The monk said in a forced happy voice. He wasn't worried about what his girlfriend would do to him afterward, no he was more worried about Mai and every thought going on in her mind at this very moment.

"Thank you, Takigawa." Naru paused as his eyes observed the room then finally landed on Mai. "Nice to see you all again."

Both Lin and Naru were waiting on someone to speak but nobody did. Short seconds seemed like and eternity. The sharp silence snapped everyone back to reality. Their eyes finally darting towards Mai who noticed the sudden attention but said nothing as she reached for her coffee.

She took a quick sip before speaking. "Hello, Oliver, Lin. Nice of you to join us."