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Chapter 1

Higurashis' and the Yoyogi Ghost

Mai frowned it wasn't fair when she asked Naru to do something it wasn't worth the effort, but when Masako asked for a favor. The SAME favor, Mai herself had asked just moments before it was alright? That really didn't seem all that far, not only that but from his point of view the cause wasn't interesting, nor was it profitable.

For the last ten minutes she'd had to listen to Masako beg a favor to check out a park that had recently begun to have odd and strange happening, specifically toward couples. Large amounts of water would be dumped upon those that seemed to have a happy relationship with each other. Not only that but because of this strange occurrence it was delaying a movie that was shooting in the park.

While Masako continued her wheedling, Naru finally said yes. Shortly thereafter Masako had left and Naru had gone back in to his bat cave. It just wasn't right! She had seen it on his face, Naru had not wanted to go on the case… so what exactly did Masako have on him?

Huffing she went back to her filing, considering she seemed to be on an auto pilots of sorts. A small chiming went off as the front door swing open, frowning slightly Mai looked over the dates and appointments, no one was due today and it wasn't often that they had walk ins? Not only that, but anyone from the team always called ahead so they could bother Naru, so who could this be?

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Kagome hummed lightly as she dragged her younger sibling toward SPR, it wasn't too surprising both of them had a mass of a holy energy running through their veins and it would be easier to train her darling Souta in a safer environment than, her own bad experiences with ghosts and the occasional demon when she was in training.

"Kagome, why are you so determined to get a job at SPR?" Souta pouted, he loved his older sister, but now nearly a month after his 16th birthday he was showing signs of having just as much spiritual energy as she did. During the last two years he'd spent a lot of time learning to control his abilities with the monks in Koya, it was only now that Kagome was willing to take him with her to some of her "jobs".

"Because you need to get more experience in a controlled environment, and the shrine needs the extra income, since… Jiji and Okaa-chan passed away." Kagome almost cringed things had gone from bad to worse in her opinion, she was doing exorcisms on her own, to cover all the bills the shrine racked up a month, what was left was spent on sending Souta to school and food.

Souta sighed, he knew the only reason the shrine hadn't been sold off was because Kagome had managed to get the shrine out of debt by working at the shrine and taking on multiple jobs from the part-time to fulltime. She kept everything running smoothly, the shrine was going to start making money again in a year or two, but there was no telling how he was going to afford College. Sliding he glanced at his sister, he almost let out his frustration, life was really starting to take its toll on Kagome. "Does that mean you won't have to take on so many jobs?" He asked quietly.

She snorted in amusement, Souta had been training at a Buddhist Temple to help control and mold his energies, now it was time for him to get some field experience. "It really depends Souta… it really depends."

Shaking her head lightly she looked at the building, it was a relatively modern building with it's interesting plan and angles, moving up the steps she opened the door and smiled reflexively when a mass of chimes went off. Looking about the office Kagome could only approve of the business like interior, "Ah, hello, I'm here to speak with Shibuya-san, I spoke with him over the phone a few days ago. Is he free?"

Souta frowned at his sister as he followed into the building, looking around her, his jaw almost dropped. Mai Taniyama? What was she doing here! He'd heard that she'd gotten a job with a psychic research center but here? He would never hear the end of it.

Mai blinked, as she continued to stare at the door and the people just coming inside, one was a young woman that was a bit taller that herself. Her hair was long and thick a deep black that almost seemed blue, but the woman's eyes were a startling blue much like Naru's or John's, but hers were deeper they seemed to have a warmth that Naru's lack and John's always seemed to have. Just behind her was someone she hadn't seen in over a two years! The boy was a good bit taller than his sister, more than likely Naru's height, he shared the same rich hair, but his azure eyes seemed to hold a good bit of mischief and cheer. "Souta what…what are you doing here?" She was stunned.

A wide grin slide across his face as her looked down upon the cinnamon girl, as he liked to call her. Those reddish brown locks and spicy personality of hers was certainly like the herb, he nearly laughed at his sister's expression she was surprised and amused, score one for him! "Ahh, my sister wanted to speak with Shibuya-san, Mai this is my sister Kagome Higurashi, Kagome… this is Mai Taniyama." Avoiding Mai's questions was a fun game… that she still hadn't figured out.

Mai blinked in surprise, "Ah, it's nice to meet you. Let me get Naru." Mai quickly scurried into Naru's office a massive blush running over her face. What the heck! She'd just stood there like an idiot! Naru was going to kill her, so much for first good impressions. Looking up Mai gulped, that wasn't a happy face… Why had she decided to come to work today?

Kagome finally giggled while the younger girl went into one of the back offices, "Mah, mah Souta, she's cute were ever did you find her?"

Souta groaned as his face began to light up in a bright red tone, why did she say things like that? Moving he settled himself on one of the couches leaning back he closed his eyes while waiting. Only opening them when he felt the cushion next to him compress "I met Mai about three years ago at school, she came around the shrine a lot until I started my training at Koya… you were usually at college and then I moved and I guess she just didn't show up? "

"Ahhh, I thought I'd seen her some were before. I think she's bought charms and such at the shrine before… but she hasn't in the last while… two of her friends continue to show up, Keiko and Michiru I think?" She replied easily, it was rather amusing to see so many teenagers in need of luck or romantic help. While she wrote them and embedded them with her power what happened was still really up to them.

A smile smiled flittered across his face in amusement "That would be them… " Souta tried not to chuckled before one of the office doors opened.

"May I help you?" Lin finally asked listening to the two of them chatter outside his door was a bit disconcerting considering that he couldn't put a face to the mass of energy that seemed to pulse from the sitting area. To walk into the area and realize that the pulsing was coming from both of them, that the energy was simply on the same wave length was amazing to a point.

"Ahh, we were waiting on Mai," Souta replied interested in the energy the man was putting off, it was really subtle. So what was it exactly? Glancing at his sister he waited, giving her a look to explain.

A small smile seemed to light across the young woman's face before the other office opened revealing Mai and Shibuya-san. It was entertaining at least to Kagome to see the flush run across the young woman's face while her boss seemed to share some of her own features such a blue eyes and dark black hair. Getting up, Kagome bowed lightly while her brother copied this movement. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Shibuya-san"

Naru stared at the young woman he'd invited Kagome there because he'd heard about her from his father. There was a possibility that she would be more helpful than Ayako, and he knew that Buddhist chants gained power with more followers. "I'm looking for more members to join us in cases."

Kagome eyed the boy for he was a boy maybe a year or two older than Souta, he seemed like a prodigy but there was also a sorrow inside the boy. She had to wonder over it… "I don't mind in the least, but I do ask that my brother be allowed to come. He needs field experience." She replied calmly, a slightly calculating look on her face.

"No way! Souta is Psychic?" Mai asked a very surprised look on her face. Mai blinked when four sets of eyes turned to look at her, they varied between silent laughter, amusement, and annoyance. Had she just said that out loud? Mai blushed slightly before rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment, "Sorry." Mai mumbled, before things turned back to the discussion at hand.

"Is he trained?" Naru asked, he didn't want to be responsible if things went wrong. It wasn't uncommon for young Psychic's to go on small missions like this one to gain some experience, before being sent on more questionable or dangerous cases.

"I've been at Mount Koya, for the last two years training." Souta grinned, his eyes were closed while his lips turned upward in a very cat-like or fox-like smile. He could almost feel a bit of annoyance rise up in his chest, he wasn't sure if he wanted to shadow this guy. Naru was probably a year or two older than him, but he seemed to be a bit of a dick or maybe a rock? No that would be insulting to the rock.

Naru weighed the pros and cons, two years at Koya-san was nothing to laugh at, Souta would have the practical knowledge needed to help the team. While Souta was young he seemed rather responsible , at least in a practical sense most young boys wouldn't take the time or effort that was required when training in the spiritual arts. "That is fine, I will not be responsible for any damage that may occur while at a job sight." Naru finally stated, calmly.

Kagome nearly snorted, nearly, but managed to contain herself. "That would be fine Shibuya-san." She smiled slightly, wondering what the first case would be. Glancing at her brother from the corner of her eye she sighed, he looked really peeved. But he would contain it, this was a well paying job! And she wasn't willing to back out of it.

"Very well, our first case will be at Yoyogi Park two days from now at 3PM." Naru stated, looking at the information he'd managed to gather.

Souta couldn't contain the surprise on his face, "What has occurred?" He liked the Yoyogi Park, while he didn't get to go there often the Meiji Shrine was connected to the Yoyogi National Gymnasium where the Summer Olympics were held in 1964.

"So far everything that has happened, occurred when couples were together. The top problem, a large gush of water covers the two. Nothing is seen, and there is no evidence of water balloons or a human cause." Naru finished, he really wasn't interested in the case. The only reason he was doing this was because of blackmail, he didn't feel comfortable with Masako knowing his secrets if he could remove her at this point he would.

Kagome and Souta looked at each other in surprise that was… odd was putting it nicely. Neither of them had heard of such a thing. The spirit in question would have to have extremely volatile emotions to be able to have become a poltergeist. "Ano…. how long has this been occurring?" Kagome asked, this had to be a recent death. It would have occurred for a longer period of time, spirits don't just suddenly snap or change like that, most took time to build that sort of ability.

"For the past five months." Naru replied eyeing her, with a small smirk.

"Would you like the information I gather?" Kagome asked, her eyes softening before a warm smile appeared upon her face.

"Hai." Naru nodded, before glancing at Mai "Mai, tea." He commanded before walking back to his office, his father had sent him a case study of the white which of a Dornoch Castle in Scotland and he was more than a little curious about the findings.

Lin sighed, it looked like there were going to be more members of this team. He had to wonder why the Higurashi siblings had been pulled into this job. Naru would never admit it, but he had a softer heart than one who normally studied in this field, except perhaps some of the American researches he'd meet.

"We'll see you in two days Cinnamon Girl." Souta grinned, almost snickering when a bright blush seemed to appear on her cheeks. The two siblings waved, before leaving the small chiming of the door the only sound left as they made their way home.

Mai sighed, eyeing Lin curiously he normally didn't leave his office unless it was to record a case or to run errands. "Lin will you be going to the park?" She asked and nearly squeaked, when those intense gray eyes of his turned to stare. Mai could almost feel the sweat running down her back, vaguely wondering if this was how a mouse felt in front of a cat.

"Hai." Lin replied before turning away, to return to his own little bat cave. It was a good bit smaller than Naru's plush office, with a large desk, a number of files and a small mountain of cases that had yet to be typed up piled on top of it including two separate computers, which both had external hard drives just in case.

Mai felt a shiver drop down her spine this was going to be along mission, at least that's how she felt about it. Huffing lightly, she moved to the kitchenette to begin working on the tea.

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Kagome smiled warmly as she and her brother walked toward the Yoyogi Park, it was large overlapping or connecting with the Meiji Shrine grounds which covered around 170 acres maybe a bit more. "So what are you thinking about Souta?" Kagome asked enjoying the sun. It had become a bit chilly recently she herself was snuggled down in a simple, but warm blue sweater with dark wash blue jeans, her long hair was pulled back from her face into a tight French braid small wisps curled around her cheeks. It wasn't often that she got to step out of her chihaya, and wear civilian type clothes, Kagome thought it would be a nice experience.

"Nothing it's a bit odd, I mean nothing happened like this before I went to Koya-san." He muttered looking around, he wore what he usually did simple jeans, a graphic t-shirt and a leather bomber jacket. They were walking through one of the many walkways, surrounded by a number of different evergreens, nicely placed benches, water features and a number of open green areas great for Hanami.

Kagome just mmed lightly before finally finding what she was looking for, "Shibuya-san, Lin-san. Mai." Kagome nodded to each of them pleased, it was really a nice day and she had to wonder how this was going to end up. Souta on the other hand simply nodded to the two men before sending Mai a cheeky smile.

Mai waved happily while three others looked over the new comers. "Souta, Kagome! Ah… um…. let me introduce you!" She stated cheerily. "This is Masako Hara she works in show business as a Psychic Medium." Mai waved her hand in Masako's direction while the girl looked on, a slightly curious expression on her face.

Masako was a small, pretty girl with a short chin length hair, her eyes on the other hand were a light gray blue shade. Masako always wore a Kimono no matter the circumstances, today's kimono had three layers, the undergarment layer was a simple white, the middle layer was a light blue, while the outside garment was a very dark blue with light blue, and purple nadesico flowers embroidered on it. She waved at the two, a bit more than curious when did Naru need new helpers?

"This is Houshou Takigawa and John Brown." Mai first waved toward the taller blonde, before her hand moved toward the smaller blonde. The older man was tall, and had dirty blonde hair and had light brown eyes he was currently wearing a simple jacket that was a dark red with black piping while his pants where blue jeans. The smaller blonde was about the same height as Kagome, with bright yellow blonde hair, and big blue eyes, he reminded some of an all American boy, until he opened his mouth and spoke with an Osaka dialect. Both men smiled in greeting, "Guys this is Kagome and Souta Higurashi. They'll probably be working with us from now on, right Naru?" Mai grinned.

"Consider this a probationary case Mai." Naru replied, before turning once again to his book. He honestly didn't want to be here, and if it was up to him he wouldn't be. Sometimes you had to make others happy for a little funding, this happened to be one of them.

Mai huffed lightly, geez why did he have to act like that!

"Wait, Takigawa, are you related to Takeshi Takigawa?" Souta asked, he even looked like Takeshi-sensei!

"Yeah?" Houshou was a bit more than confused, "He's my father… "

"Hahahah!" Souta snorted with laughter as the others stared him down. "I've been at Koya-san for the last two years, Takeshi-sensei was my mentor." A smile grin ran across his face.

Houshou blinked in surprise before nodding he was going to ask his father about Souta Higurashi and see what he had to say, the considering look changed to a more disturbed look came over his face " Soo, this is the park? Are you sure there are any spirits here? Hey, Masako feeling anything?" He questioned, curious.

"Yes, something but nothing harmful." Masako responded, her eyes closed before they opened to look toward the others.

"So how do we want to do this, in all the cases reported there were couples present and they were the ones targeted…"Kagome trialed off, in her own thoughts. She'd been trying to look up the woman's name, but there was no file or information on a case. And she hadn't had the time to look through the newspapers.

Several sets of eyes turned to look at the dark haired woman as she seemed to be absorbed in thinking, Masako nearly smiled this would work perfectly "Well, it's simple really. We just need a decoy. All we have to do is break off into couples."

Kagome snorted, as she watched the pairs split up, Souta really was there just to be an extra sensory, he could sense spirits as good as just about any exorcist. Masako paired off with Naru, who seemed annoyed, while Mai and Houshou were together as well. Kagome glanced at her partner; it was awkward she knew next to nothing about Lin.

"Hmm, Lin-san?" Kagome asked slowly, her eyes wondering as she watched her brother circle around the couples sitting at different areas around the park.

"Hai, Higurashi-san?" Lin glanced at the woman sitting next to him, she was pretty if not on the short side, but then again most of the population was well below his 6 foot 4 inch frame.

"Do you enjoy working for SPR? Does… does Shibuya-san treat you well?" Kagome felt hesitant to ask, she gnawed on her lip. As a single woman trying to raise a growing teenager it was hard for her to find a "safe job", one that wouldn't get her killed, or in some cases molested. "I mean what… what will he expect?" The worry in her voice was more evident than she knew.

Lin set his computer aside to study the younger woman; normally he would have shrugged the worries off. He had no need to set her concerns aside, but she was… scared, more so than one who was just looking at a full time job. "This job is manageable, Naru spends most of his time researching and looking for interesting cases. Mai files, while I input most of our cases, and notes. Most everyone else is only called on for an exorcism," Lin answered shortly.

Kagome sighed, she wouldn't admit it but she was more than a little relieved. "Ahh," Kagome blushed, it was a bit of an embarrassing thing to ask. Twitching again, she surveyed the area it was interesting to see the differences in couples, Mai and Takigawa were teasing each other, but seemed to be having a good time. While Naru on the other hand was studying some sort of paranormal research material that seemed to be in English, she really didn't know what to do. Lin had already returned to his computer, "Ne, do… so do you mind if I see?" Kagome asked.

Lin was slightly startled it was rare that someone was interested in the case files or what he was working on. "I suppose, why are you interested?" He had to admit he was slightly curious.

"Oh… well, when Souta was away for the last two years, I took on a lot of cases myself. It brought good revenue to the shrine, though there were a number of drawl backs. It was extremely tiring because I would take a number of cases a month, I was working alone which is more than dangerous, and my filing and information system was a mess." Kagome sighed, she knew she probably had wrinkles from worrying.

Lin blinked in surprise working by yourself was almost suicidal in this industry the fact that she'd done if for so long, was quiet impressive. "I see." Both settled down, it had been nearly an hour since that short conversation. Kagome had gotten so sleepy she'd dosed off, and when her body shifted to settle against Lin's side, he did his utmost best to ignore the sensation and the thoughts, to focus on his computer… there were so many cases that had yet to be typed up, but that could also be because of Naru's horrible writing.

Kagome was startled awake; a loud cry of displeasure could be heard rippling across the park. Both Mai and the Monk were soaked in water, caused by the ghost. Hara-san was now on her knees not far from them with an interesting look upon her face, it was a bit blank before another more depressing aura seemed to surround the younger girl.

Lin sighed, before putting away his wireless. Getting up, he easily walked forward as did Mai and the Houshou., Kagome followed him more than a little curious. As they moved closer to make a small semi-circle around Hara, before she suddenly began to speak "I'mmm so happy to see your misfortune!" It was an odd thing to hear coming out of the mediums cultured mouth.

Kagome couldn't help herself, she began to giggle in her mirth. Her brother had just returned after feeling the spirit, and could only gape at the sight in front of them all. Mai on the other hand was more than a bit freaked out, if the expression on her face was anything to go by. The rest of the group seemed pretty much unfazed by the sudden possession.

"Wha…?" Mai finally managed to push out of her mouth.

"She's been possessed Mai." Souta responded eyeing Masako with something akin to distaste. If she was really such a celebrated Medium she wouldn't have been possessed so easily. It honestly annoyed him, he wouldn't say anything but he would think about it a lot.

"Hmm, this will be a perfect opportunity to see what she has to say. Are you the one who has been pouring water over the couples here?" Naru asked, a focused expression on his face. This had gone faster than he had expected all things considered.

"Hohohohohoho!" Masako laughed, or the female ghost laughed a hand covering part of her mouth before responding properly "Yes! I hoped that they would get a cold or Bronchitis and suffer for it." She was smiling cheerfully while inside someone else's body.

A lone thin brow slipped upward, "Why would you like to do that?" Houshou asked, it was admittedly a bit morbid for him to know. Considering there was a dead chick dancing about being theatrical in the prim and proper Masako's body. But he was indeed curious.

"Ooooh!" Came out sounding just a bit feral and frustrated, "They make me sick!" She yelled, clearly upset, "They flirt and… and it just makes me sick the more that they flirt, when I'm suffering so much." The mood once again changed as Masako began to produce an over abundance of tears, while her eyes became glassy and unfocused.

Mai sweatdropped if there was a spotlight in the park it would be glued to this ghost and it was a weird one if she did say so herself. "Ah, would you mind telling us why you're in so much pain?" Mai asked, before jumping back a bit to bump into Houshou who steadied her. Masako had spun around to face Mai, those large creepy tears still running down her face, a large smile suddenly on her face.

"Hohohohohohohoh!" Masako's hand was once again in front of her mouth as an extremely strange and slightly villianish laugh rippled from her lips. "If… if you want me to, I'll tell you! My boyfriend broke up with me, so I killed myself. So go ahead and laugh!"

Nothing was heard, save the crickets and buzzing of bees, it was disturbingly quiet. Until Masako's body once more turned away from the group, some of them slightly gawking, the others blank faces on. "We first met here at the park. It was a fateful meeting, I dropped something and he returned it to me. We would meet here often when we were together and people were so very jealous. I bumped into him one day while I was returning home, and he was with another girl! How… how dare he! With another woman! That was six months ago." The spirit finally finished her story, Masako's body moved with the emotions of the spirit and is looked very much like a TV drama.

"So why do you pour water on people?" Naru asked, they now knew why she was at the park, but not why she was dumping water on top of people.

"Waaaah!" The spirit let out a long depressed wail, "I confronted him, and then he poured water over my head and told me that he was disgusted by me. And the little tramp that was with him just laughed it off, and said it was 'A good one.'"

"What! That jerk! That totally sucks!" Mai yelled, her aura was fluctuating wildly.

Kagome blinked at the outrage, Mai was a bit like an extremely bright bug lamp. And all the little buglets fluttered toward her, trying not to giggle. Glancing at Lin, she leaned toward the taller man, "Ne, Lin can you see a persons' aura?" Kagome asked quietly trying to drown out the rest of the drama without.

Lin glanced downward, before nodding he had to wonder why she was asking. "Why do you ask Higurashi-san?" What did that have to do with the case?

"I was wondering, because Mai has a strange one… " Kagome gnawed on her bottom lip, as her eyes turned back toward the others, they were trying to convince the spirit to move on without an exorcism.

Lin followed her eyes, he could see what she was saying about Mai. The girl's aura flared with power, but she didn't leak power like Higurashi or the monk did. He sighed as the spirit finally left the body, this was really a waste of time the only thing that had been vaguely entertaining was watching Masako act a fool. Now she was simply on the ground, her kimono becoming stained looking disoriented and confused.

Kagome sighed, before shaking her head "Ah Shibuya-san may Souta and I leave? There really isn't a point for us to stay." The siblings looked at each other, the faster they left the faster they could get to their next destination. The two of them had to get back to the shrine and get everything put away for the next day. This was going to be an interesting life, but the two of them would enjoy it. She was certainly going to enjoy the next case she would work with them.

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An: I know nothing little about Tokyo, as such I'm using one of the parks I know about that resides in Shibuya.I also know very little about the Monks of Koyasan or Esoteric Buddhism(If I'm getting any of this information wrong please feel free to correct me.)

For those of you wondering a Chihaya is the traditional grab of a Shinto Priestess. The Hakama or the pants are generally red, while the top known as a Kosode is almost always white. Some priestesses decided to take on a different color, such as green or blue (though this is a bit abnormal.)

Hanami is a flower watching festival which can be Ume (Plum Blossoms) or Sakura (Cherry Blossoms.) These flowers can be seen from mid January to early May.

On another note, yes I know I told a number of you I would be posting chapters for Right to Rule and Rebirth. But this story would not leave me alone, but I plan to have RTR up as soon as possible.