A/N: Hi guys! The muse struck me again. XD I dunno if this is a good or bad thing but here we are. I'm not sure how this one will work out so please bear with me. I'm trying to make this fic better than most fics about the gang going on vacation. Cuz let's face it; most vacation fanfics are incredibly OOC and so on and so forth. At least most of the ones I've read. Anyway, enjoy! And please review! It let's me know how I'm doing. :)

Oh! And I don't own Ghost Hunt or it's characters. That is all Fuyumi Ono's amazing work!

Chapter One: Ayako's Idea

It had been two years since SPR had disbanded and then returned. Mai Taniyama, while she was still hurting, tried not to think about her boss too much. This was becoming increasingly harder, however, as he was sitting next to her without his shirt. And why was Kazuya Shibuya shirtless you might find yourself asking?

It had all started the day before when Mai had gotten a phone call from Ayako. She'd been in the process of cleaning her messy apartment when the phone rang. "Hello?" she'd answered.

"Hi, Mai! This is Ayako."

"What's up, Ayako?"

"Well, I've called in a few favors and managed to get a place for the weekend on an island. I've already talked to the rest of the gang about it and we'll be leaving tomorrow. Oh and here's the best part: Naru and Lin are coming."

Mai gasped and nearly dropped the phone. "No way! How'd you manage that?" she questioned.

She could almost hear Ayako's smirk. "I invited Madoka along. I figured it was about time we all had a good vacation. Oh, and you'll need your bathing suit. I've rented us boats."

Mai sweatdropped. "Should I even ask how you got Madoka's number? And anyway, I don't think I can go."

There was a pause on the other line. "Mai," Ayako started in a threatening tone, "if you don't come willingly, I will drag you with us while you're asleep and have Naru pack your bags!"

Mai turned bright red. She felt a knot form in her stomach at the thought of being stuck with Naru. She sighed.

"I knew you'd see it my way! The monk will be picking you up at five tomorrow morning. Be ready!" With that, the miko hung up on her.

Mai despaired as she packed. She decided she would just have to avoid that narcissist when at all possible. She wandered over to her bookshelf. 'If I'm reading, I can ignore him better,' she thought. She scanned the titles carefully. One in particular caught her eye more than any. It was her favorite book; the plot, a tragic love story. And the coup de grace? It was in English, a subject she'd gotten pretty good at lately so she wouldn't get left behind when Naru decided to speak it. Wouldn't he be surprised to know she could understand him?

She was also just generally in the mood for a tragic love story, if only to make her feel better about her own. So she packed it into her beach bag as well as an English fantasy novel. When she was done with that, she focused on getting ready for her so called "vacation".

And so, here she was stuck on a boat between a shirtless Naru and shirtless Yasuhara in only her bathing suit top and a pair of shorts. She closed her eyes and sighed. She could already tell it was going to be a long day.

Yasuhara poked Mai's bare stomach, a mischievious glint in his eyes.

Mai squeaked and turned toward him. "Yasu! What was that for?" she demanded.

Yasu had an almost angelic look on his face as he replied, "I just didn't want you to miss the scenery."

She almost believed him as she looked past Naru toward the island they'd be staying on. It was breathtaking! And then, she felt a finger in her side again. She turned. "Yasu, what-"

Mai was cut off, however, by Yasu tickling her.

"Y-Yasu! St-stop!" she managed between giggles.

"Not until I get a confession!"

By this time the whole group was watching.

"Confession?" she gasped, confused.

Naru's voice cut in then. "I would appreciate it if you would save the frolicking for when we get to the island." He had a cross look on his face.

Yasu stopped and Mai sat up straight again. She glared at Takigawa. "And just who told Yasu I was ticklish, hmm?"

Bou-san shrugged. "Wasn't me, Jou-chan!"

"Well then who else could it have been?" No one spoke up so Mai sighed again.

Yasu smiled his million- watt smile. "Sorry about that, Mai-chan. You just looked so cute in your bikini top, I couldn't help myself."

Bou-san got up and pushed Yasu away from Mai, before sitting beside her himself. "I'm afraid I can't allow you to sit next to my adorable Mai-chan," he said as he put an arm around the aforementioned girl.

Mai rolled her eyes at Masako while Ayako proceeded to hit both the monk and Yasu over the head with her beach bag.

It was then that Lin pointed out, "We're here."

Mai looked beside her to see that Naru had already left the boat. She blinked. That had been fast. She grabbed her stuff and made sure to stay between Ayako and Masako on her way off.

A/N: Sorry it's so short!