Teaser: You couldn't say that she believed in destiny (because really, who wanted to believe that your entire life was dictated from the very start?), but sometimes things – weird, strange things – happened that seemed to be a little more than mere chance.

Notes: "Unaccounted For" is a collection of crossover shots and short stories. These cases are supposedly unrecorded, which is why I am starting with the first number, and not 9 or such. All entries will be based off the anime – I haven't had the chance to read the manga yet. You have been warned.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt. I also do not own any of the other series featured here.

It isn't uncommon for an office to lose a few folders at least once.

Here are a few of the cases that the SPR has come across that will forever remain…

Unaccounted For

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"April's Fool" # 1

By Hikagi

Mai gently blew steam from her cup of tea as she lazed comfortably in one of the sofas in the lounge. It wasn't like she had anything better to do, after all. Business had been a little slow the past week, and Naru had been his usual insufferable self during the hours she was at the office.

She took a glance at the calendar, and then at the clock above it.

March 31st. Today had been the last day of school and tomorrow started the beginning of another year. Being a freshman, she didn't really feel that it was anything significant, except that it meant that she was no longer a first year (the idea that she would no longer be an underdog seemed somewhat appealing – imagine that!). Yet at the same time, she wondered if she would be thinking the same a few years from now when she'd be graduating.

Graduating… That seemed like such a foreign concept, especially when things seemed to be going along so well. But this time of the year was full of changes – of meetings and departures, and a slew of other things too.

But it also meant that she had to remember to change the calendar on her way out.

The sound of someone clearing their throat brought her attention back around.

"Mai?" Naru called, standing in the doorway of his private office. "We have a case tomorrow. See if you'd be able to get out of school."

"Um, sure!"

But he didn't even wait for her confirmation and slammed the door after delivering the message. Mai silently fumed, wondering how she'd ever developed feelings for the paranormal researcher.

'That… that… that arrogant jerk!'

The next day, Mai found herself seated in front of a middle-aged superintendent who explained that he was afraid of supernatural occurrences in the high school he was overseeing.

At first, it hadn't been too serious. Rain in the middle of a dry season. The school pool mysteriously drying up. Little things that happened every so often that would start up the usual rumors.

No one had really paid much attention to those things.

But then again, no one had really gotten hurt in the process either.

As soon as they had dismissed the pool incident as a leak in the sealing or a plumbing problem, something happened. A very promising teaching assistant had gone missing by the end of the week, and police searches for the young woman had yielded no results.

The staff had been worried because they had all seen her at school that day. But some time during her break, she had simply vanished into thin air, leaving behind only her cell phone.

They could have written it off as a kidnapping or a runaway, but the next notable event happened shortly afterwards. One of the students had started acting very strangely and was reported to have openly assaulted a number of individuals. Authorities didn't know what to make of it, especially when the student's personality took a sudden dive and just about fizzled away. Hospital reports later stated that it was as if the patient had lost their mind.

The school board had been willing to accept that these cases were not at all related until the last, and most recent, incident occurred.

A student had fallen from the second story. Luckily, he had survived despite the fall and broken glass.

It seemed that someone had pushed him against the windows and they had given out under the strain. But there was no glass in the corridors to indicate that the windows had cracked, which hinted that the panels fell out (and that was a near impossibility because they had made sure such things couldn't happen while the school was being built). And witnesses had repeatedly stated that the closest person had been more than an arm's distance away.

Mai shivered when she heard these descriptions. It was beginning to sound a lot like Yasuhara-san's school, and she only hoped that there wasn't some evil spirit (or spirits) lurking about.

The fact that Angel-san had been very popular not too long ago in the area had been no comfort at all.

"We understand," Naru said after the superintendent was done going over the case specifics. "If you would allow, I'd like to get started right away."

"Ah, yes. I've prepared a room just as you had requested."

In the end, it was just like all of the other times they went to investigate cases that were located at schools. Students were called up to present information that might be pertinent and were interviewed individually (or in a group, depending on the situation), without the presence of a staff member for confidential reasons.

The one thing that Mai liked about this school was that they had placed a sign-up chart so that there wasn't a line of students waiting or a long period of inactivity. It made her job that much easier as Naru asked questions and Lin-san typed away on his laptop.

None of the individuals, however, really stood out in her mind. There had been one girl who hinted that the strange events might have been connected, but she didn't really know all the details herself. Mai had a feeling that she knew more than she let on, but no one pressed the issue.

Their current interviewee was the captain of the archery club. Not too bad-looking, and he seemed like an okay guy in general. But he didn't talk much either, and Mai's nerves were starting to wear thin after all the information they had (or hadn't) been able to gather.

Naru finally dismissed him after half an hour. "If you would send the next person in…"

The student nodded and rose from his seat. Mai took the time to check the next person's name and frowned.

Weird. Someone had accidentally written down today's date in the name slot.

She gave a shrug. Oh well. They would find out soon enough.

"Hello," a cautious voice called out as the archer-guy exited the room and someone else stepped in. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Watanuki Kimihiro."

Mai noticed when the air suddenly changed, for lack of a better word. It was as if there were strange vibes coming from him (almost like what she had felt earlier from Kunogi-san, but in a different way), but she couldn't really be sure. She blinked when she took a good look at his face, though.

Wait a second…

Were his eyes two different colors?

To Be Continued…

Uploaded specifically on this day for a various number of reasons. XD

Author's Notes:

Yikes. A lot of stuff that could go potentially wrong. The timeline is messed up, and there are things that I wanted to include, but didn't get the chance to. Oh well.

How many of you figured out the crossed over series before it was revealed? And for those of you who aren't familiar with it, this chapter co-features xxxHOLiC.

Yatsuka Hikagi

April 1, 2007