Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt, or it's characters, apart from the ones I made up. ^.^
Chapter One
Mai stared at the clock, willing the hands to speed up. She had done all of her filing, and as it was the summer holidays, she had no homework. And she was completely bored. Lin and Naru had retreated to their various lairs/offices, and she had just finished a tea order. She tipped her head back in her chair, when the door opened and a woman entered. She had a desperate look on her face, and was looking wildly about.
"Hello, welcome to SPR. Do you have an appointment?" The woman wheeled round, studied Mai for a moment, then nodded.
"Y-yes. My name is Youko Aemi… I think that I spoke to you on the phone?"
"Yes. Please take a seat." Mai gestured to the waiting area, and then knocked on Naru and Lin's doors. She then made some more tea. By the time she got back, Naru had already started to interview her.
"It started a few weeks ago. My sister had come to visit us, and myself, my daughter and my sister all heard this crying noise. It was horrible…" she shuddered, before continuing. "We also hear screams and banging sounds in one of our rooms. Sometimes there is even a light bulb smashed. And in a different room, we occasionally see a shadow of a rope." The woman finished, gripping her tea tightly, although she had not drunk any of it.
"We will take the case. We will require three rooms to sleep in and a larger room for our base, with lots of sockets. Expect us to arrive at ten tomorrow."
Mai as just putting down the phone after calling everyone when the door to the office once again opened. Madoka breezed in, nodded at Mai and disappeared in to Naru's office. Ten minutes (and a lot of shouting in English) later, Madoka came out, Naru behind her with a seriously pissed off expression.
"Mai! How are you? Noll tells me that you have just accepted a case!" Madoka beamed at Mai, and settled herself on one of the sofas.
"I'm fine. I thought that you were meant to be in England?"
"Oh, I was, but I decided that it was time to check on Noll. Is Lin in?" Mai nodded, and Madoka disappeared in to Lin's office.
"Mai, tea." Mai sighed. Naru always seemed to want tea when there was actually someone to talk to. With a sigh, she got up and went to make the tea. As she was waiting for the kettle to boil, the door opened again, and Madoka's voice wafted through the office.
"Wait, Koujo, where are you going?" However, the door had banged shut. Mai didn't have to be in the room to know that Madoka was shaking her head. The whistling of the kettle pulled Mai away from her thoughts, and she turned to continue making the tea. She took the steaming cup back in to the main office, where Naru was still standing.
"Here you go." Mai waited. Madoka waited. Naru took the cup, blew it, then took a sip. He turned to go back into his office, but found his door blocked by Madoka.
"Noll, what do you say?" Madoka asked, with the air of telling off a five year old.
"Move," was his reply.
"Noll…" Growled Madoka.
"Move now." Sighing, Madoka did so and Naru slammed in to his office. Mai giggled, and Madoka rolled her eyes.
"That boy never did have any manners…" She sighed again, then sat back down on the sofa. She patted the seat beside her to indicate that Mai should sit next to her.
"So, Mai, Naru hasn't made you do anything too dangerous, has he?" She said this in such a serious tone, that Mai giggled again, then shook her head.
"Good. Oh, and I'm coming with you on your case tomorrow." The two women gossiped happily on the sofa until it was time for Mai to go home.
The next day Mai ran crazily through the streets to SPR, trying not to cringe at how late she was. She had forgotten to pack last night, and she wasn't entirely sure what she had chucked in to her bag this morning. She rounded a corner, and almost flattened Yasuhara.
"HEY! Watch where… oh, hi Mai!" Yasuhara straightened his glasses, and helped Mai up, who had fallen over.
"Thanks."
"Where are you running off to?" Asked Yasuhara innocently. Mai glowered at him.
"Where do you think?"
"Right. Point made." They walked the rest of the way to the office, and when they reached it Naru was standing outside, glaring at them.
"Mai, help load the equipment in to the van. Yasuhara, you help as well." With that, he turned and went to sit in the van. Mai waited until she was sure that he couldn't see her, then poked her tongue out at him.
Half an hour later, (Monk had to pick up Ayako, who seemed to want to take half of her wardrobe with her.) they finally hit the road. Mai settled happily in her seat. As Madoka was with them, she had managed to escape being trapped between the two most talkative people ever- Lin and Naru. She talked with John and Yasuhara and John, whilst Ayako and Bou-san bickered for the entire journey, only finishing when Ayako finally hit Bou-san when they arrived.
"Hello. My name is Youko Tatsuharu. Are you Shibuya-san?" A middle aged man addressed Lin.
"No, that's my assistant Lin-san. I'm Kazuya Shibuya, and this is the rest of my team." Naru icily said, and the man hurriedly apologised.
"Welcome to our house," his wife said, appearing beside her husband. "Please, if you would like to follow, I will show you your base and where you will be sleeping." She turned and went back inside, and SPR followed. Inside it seemed dark in contrast to the sun outside, and it took a while for Mai's eyes to adjust. When they did, Mai gasped.
"It's so beautiful!" She murmured, looking straight in front of her. There was a large glass wall at the back of the base, showing a view of the garden. There were Sakura trees, jasmine bushes and other flowers that were all colours. Mai could hear the tinkling of a fountain nearby, although it was out of view. She heard a cough, and hurried over to where Naru was waiting for her with decreasing amounts of patience.
"Mai, when you've finished gawking like an idiot, help the others unload the van." Mai blushed.
"Jerk." She muttered, before going out to help bring in the equipment.
Eventually, Mai flopped down on one of then sofas in base. She felt her eyes grow heavy, and soon she was asleep.
Okay… so a new story. Not sure about this chapter, although I've had an idea for a later chapter in my head now for ages. I apologise if there are mistakes. And I might change the title…. Please review. It makes me happy.