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"Mai, please sit down." Naru said as she entered his office with a steaming cup of tea. She paused in confusion, feeling the cup burning her hand, Ow! Owowowowow! She thought as she walked to the desk quickly and put the cup down carefully on the dark varnished surface.
"What is it?" she asked as she sat down in the chair in front of Naru's desk, a chair he only usually placed there when he was expecting a client. He didn't answer straight away, he was writing, his blue eyes fixed on the page in front of him, oblivious to the girl sitting impatiently. Are you going to tell me why I'm here or just sit there ignoring me? She thought restlessly, her light hazel eyes flickering with annoyance as he continued writing, the pen scratching fluently across the page in Naru's neat curled handwriting.
"We have a new case, one for which we are going to have to go undercover." He said finally, not looking up from his work, his pen still scratching away, but from the way he suddenly sat a little straighter, and gritted his teeth just a little bit Mai knew there was more to what he said, come on Naru, don't keep me in suspense. She thought as she looked at the dark haired boy, "I don't have many details, but it's sure to be dangerous…I mean more than usual this time, so I won't force you to come." He continued, his pen pausing for a second, a second so slight that if she hadn't known Naru as well as she did she wouldn't have noticed it. She knew that he was conflicted within, part of him wanting her to go with him because of the advantage she gave him, but the other half reluctant to put her in harms way.
"What is the case?" she asked, ignoring his obvious question. He paused and put his pen down, looking into her eyes directly as he lifted his head to gaze at her, all thought of his report forgotten as he readied himself to tell her about the case.
"It's a research job, or should I say spy work." He began, raising his hand as she opened her mouth to state the obvious, they were not a spy agency, "I know what you're thinking, but this request comes from a…reliable supernatural research group. They believe there is something very strange about Cross Academy, and they want us to infiltrate and watch for anything suspicious and to report it back to them." He explained as Mai nodded occasionally to show she was listening, but there were things that didn't make sense in what he was saying,
"Why can't they do this themselves?" she asked in confusion as Naru looked at his watch idly,
"Apparently some of the students of the night class know them, and that is the building they want us to keep an eye on." He replied simply, sitting back and folding his hands, the girl in front of him scowling, her intuition clearly telling her something wasn't right, and that was exactly how he felt about the situation, something wasn't right.
"But if they want to keep an eye on the building then it shouldn't matter if they're known or not, what exactly are they asking us to look for?" Mai asked suspiciously, but Naru shook his head, leaning forward on the desk,
"That's the problem, I have no idea. They said I'll know it when I find it, but something doesn't feel right, I have a bad feeling about this, and from the information they've given me it's sure to be dangerous." He replied, looking down at the almost completed report before looking back at Mai.
"I'll do it." Mai stated unnecessarily. Naru had known since the moment she sat down that she'd be going with him, even if he had told her she couldn't come she would have found a way to get around him,
"We leave tomorrow at seven, from here." he replied, receiving a nod from Mai, Cross Academy…what could possibly be hiding behind those doors? She wondered, a shiver running down her spine, making her feel uncertain of what was to come.