Okay, so this is my first Ghost Hunt fic and I don't remember how many years apart Naru and Mai are so they are a year apart. I don't know how this will be so please read and review ! :D

I didn't remember her friend's names so I made her some and I do realize that the characters might be a little *cough*really*cough* OOC

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt ):

Chapter 1: A Departure

Mai stared at the clock, tapping her foot impatiently. How long was this class going to drag on for anyway? As if mocking her, the seconds hand ticked by even slower then it had been before.

She tapped her pencil against her notebook agitatedly. There was somewhere she wanted, no scratch that, needed to be. She only had today left to be with him before he departed for his home.

Mai sighed, looking down at her notebook where she'd been absent-mindedly writing his name over and over again. Blushing vigorously she stared to rub his name out with her eraser.

"Miss Taniyama, if you have time to attack your notebook with an eraser then you have time to translate passage eight for us," her teacher's voice said, yanking her back from her thoughts.

"Um, yes sir," she said nervously shooting a glare at her giggling friends as she stood up.

And so time crawled slowly forward. Actually, it was more like dragging its self forward.

An hour later the bell wailed signaling the end of the half school day. Mai's friends her dramatic change in emotion from seconds-away-from-committing-suicide to overjoyed as she nearly fell out of her seat in her haste.

"Whoa there Mai, stop trying to give yourself a concussion. Where are you headed off to in such a hurry? Got a hot date or what?" her friend Keili asked a sly grin playing across her lips.

To her surprise, Mai nodded enthusiastically. "And she's not kidding either. Her boyfriend is H-O-T!" Michiru added after Mai's nod.

Mai only smiled before taking off her friends hot on her heals. "I want to see this amazingly hot lover boy of hers," Keili said.

Mai was surprised when she got to the front gate. She had thought she would have to sprint all the way to the office, but instead, he stood at the gate waiting for her.

Keili, Michiru and the others stopped in their tracks with the whole gaggle of gawking girls while she burst through them at full speed. "Naru!" Mai called, a huge smile plastered to her face.

He caught her in a hug, pressing his lips to hers'. When they finally broke apart Mai was grinning like a fool while the rest of her classmates' jaws dragged on the ground.

"You really weren't kidding," Keili whispered breathlessly to Michiru, her eyes bugging as the two walked away.

"Goodnight!" Mai called to the rest of SPR. She and Naru stepped into her apartment out of the freezing cold, waving.

"Remember that the plane leaves at ten in the morning. Don't be late," Madoka called, leaning out the van window and winking at Mai with a sly grin.

A thick red blush spread across Mai's cheeks as she shut the door quietly behind her. She listened until she heard the van drive off before turning toward Naru who had seated himself on one of her couches.

"Oh man, what a crazy day," she sighed with a small smile.

Naru nodded slightly in agreement. "Yes, Takigawa really went all out for our going away party."

Mai's smile faltered before completely falling. Pain gripped at her heart, tugging on it. Tears threatened to fall as she planted herself next to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. "I don't want you to leave."

"I know," neither do I," was all he said before softly kissing her.

Naru woke up late the next morning to the smell of brewing tea. Slowly, or at least slower then usual, he got up and pulled on his black slacks that had been left on the floor. He found Mai standing next to the counter in the kitchen in his black shirt.

"What time is it?" he mumbled, coming up behind her and pulling her against him.

Mai laughed as he kissed her neck as greeting. "It's eight. We have just enough time to shower and eat breakfast before we need to get going."

"Then I guess we better get on with the shower," he said, pulling her away from the counter.

Two hours later the SPR team stood in the airport saying their goodbyes. Mai and Naru stood off to one side of the group having already said their goodbyes. Mai had successfully said her goodbyes to Lin and Madoka and was now trying, but failing miserably, to bid Naru a farewell.

"Flight 256 will be departing in ten minutes. Passengers, please board," a female flight attendant said over the intercom.

"When will you be back?" Mai asked, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

He looked at her with sad eyes and a blank expression. "I don't know," he said truthfully.

She wrapped her thin arms around his waist in a tight hug while he did the same. The attendant announced that there was five minutes till departure.

Naru grabbed Mai's hand, placing two cold and metallic objects in it as her kissed her forehead. "It's your's now. Be careful," he said in her ear before walking back over to Madoka and Lin.

They boarded the plane Madoka waving at them as they disappeared around the bend. "What did he give you?" Monk asked, coming over to stand next to her.

With shaking hands, she unfolded her clenched had to reveal the key to the SPR office and a small locket. Inside, a small picture of all of them together stood out. On the other side, a picture of her and Naru was framed.

Finally, after holding back this whole time, she cried.

So was it horribly horrible? Was it okay? Review please so that I can make the next chapter better =D