It was a normal day at the office, Mai was doodling on a piece of paper trying to put off having to file a huge stack of papers. She looked at the time and decided she might as well start making some tea. She stood from her spot and headed to the small build in kitchen in the office. Looking out the window Mai could see a couple walk in the street below her. The woman hesitated and stopped before crossing the street, the man however was trying to convince her to go. The woman refused and started to turn around when the man tried to stop her she began yelling at him. Mai smiled at at sight and got back to making the tea. She reached in the cupboard and pulled out a plate and grabbed some cookies from the shelf and placed them semi-neatly on the plate. She looked back outside and the couple was gone. Leaning on the counter she took a cookie from the plate and placed it in her mouth. It had been weeks since SPR had been called in on a big case and just as long that she saw the team together. Naru had some cases he was working on that kept him busy but it was nothing he or Lin needed help on. So the team hadn't been called. Mai was thinking about how she missed everyone when she heard the door open. Swallowing the last piece of cookie she walked to her desk. Smiling to the people that entered the office she noticed it was the couple from outside. The woman looked tense and the man worried.

"Welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research do you have a meeting?" Mai asked.

The woman spoke first: "No do we need one?"

"Well," Mai paused. "I can see if someone can meet with you now, you can sit and wait." She motioned to a couple of chairs and walked to Naru's office. Knocking on the door she waited for a reply.

"Come in." Came a voice from the other end of the door. Turning the knob Mai opened the door. Her boss the narcissist, hence the name 'Naru', was sitting at his desk flipping through some papers.

"Naru there's people here that wants to see you." She said

"Do they have an appointment?" He asked not looking up.

"Well, no but..." She was cut off.

"Than tell them to make an appointment and come back."

"But they look scared." Mai stated.

"Mai I'm busy I don't have time for a new client."

Mai stood at the door awestruck. She couldn't believe Naru had actually said that, well really she could, but she was still surprised. She took a step forward into Naru's office and straightened her arms at her side.

"Naru these people look scared and worried cant you at least talk to them?" She said determined. On the other side of the desk Naru placed his hand to his head and lowered the papers he was holding. He knew Mai wouldn't give up until he at least agreed to talk to whoever was in the other room. Rubbing his temple he sighed and agreed to see them. Mai smiled and walked to the couple as Naru went to Knock on Lin's door. A few seconds later he and Lin walked into the room and Naru addressed the two.

"I'm Kazuya Shibuya what is it that you need?" Naru said getting to the point.

The couple looked to each other then at Mai. "Is it okay if we talk about this in private?" The woman asked.

"Of course. Mai." Naru said and turned to the said girl. Looking at him she realized what he meant to say.

"I'll, um... go make some tea." She said and walked away as Naru lead the couple to his office.

Felling a little bitter that she was not part of the meeting, and with nothing else to do, Mai began to file the large pile of papers. She had two files in her hand when she decided she really wanted to know what they were talking about in the office. She set the files down and quietly walked to Naru's door. She placed her ear on the door so she could hear them talk but still she couldn't hear a thing. She placed her hands on the door and tried to push her hear in to hear better when the door opened. Mai found herself on the floor with the couple standing in front of her looking down and Lin standing holding the door. Picking herself up and dusting herself off Mai spoke.

"The tea is ready." She said and walked away.

Mai was in the kitchen hiding from Naru and the client when she heard the door open and close. She walked out of the kitchen and saw Naru and Lin standing at the doorway. Upon seeing her Naru walked to his office.

"Are you taking their case?" Mai asked.

There was a moment of silence before Naru answered her. "Yes." Is all he said before entering the room and closing the door. Mai went into the kitchen and came back not a second later holding a try with tea.

"Tea?" She said to Lin and he took a cup off the try as he walked to his own office. Mai was curious now more than ever about the details of the case. It must be something big if it could make Lin and Naru both look even more tired than they previously where. Mai went back to her desk and after a few minutes Naru's voice came from the other side of his closed door.

"Mai, tea." It said. And she realized she forgot to get his tea. Grabbing the tea from the tray in the kitchen Mai walked over and knocked on the door. She waited for a reply and when she got one she opened it and placed the tea on his desk. Mai had one hand on the doorknob ready to exit and leave when Naru stopped her.

"Wait." He said and Mai turned to face him. "I want you to call in Monk and the others. Tell them we have a new case and I need them to come in." That was all he said and so Mai exited the room and took out a book that contained the phone numbers and how to reach each person from the team. The first person she called was Masako, she said she would come in for the meeting. After hanging up Mai called in John, than Ayako, and finally Monk. They all agreed to come in and would arrive in the afternoon. With nothing else to do and no phone calls or meeting Mai again began to file papers. She had managed to finish and now had nothing else to do. She sat at her desk for the longest time until her alarm went off. She looked at the time it was her lunch break. She put her sweater on and grabbed her bag from the desk. Walking over to Naru's office she knocked and didn't even wait for a response before speaking.

"Naru I'm taking my lunch break, I'll be back."

"Be here before the meeting." He said in a calm voice and Mai walked out of the office and into the busy streets below. She had went to a small café near the office to have her lunch. All the while a felling kept to her. A sense of foreboding, as if something was wrong. She couldn't shake it though, not even when she returned to the office. She had found that Ayako and Masako where sitting on the sofa drinking tea and waiting for the others. Mai greeted them and placed the sweater and bag in the closet. Just then John walked through the door. He said 'hello' to everyone and took a seat.

"Where's Monk?" Mai asked to no one in particular. Ayako was the one to answer.

"He said he would be late."

"Than we should get started. Lets not wast time."

"Well you get to the point huh Naru?" Ayako said.

Ignoring her Naru began to inform them of the clients. "This morning a couple came in from a town nearby. The woman claims to hear strange noises at night though no one else hears them. At first the man said he didn't believe her but changed his mind after seeing indescribable things a few weeks ago during a local festival."

"Is it possible that its a poltergeist if the woman was the first to experience anything?" Ayako asked.

"Its not too likely since poltergeist typically move objects and nothing of the sort was reported." Naru informed. After a moment of silence Naru continued. "At any rate, they need someone to go check it out so they called us. Can anyone got right away?" He asked.

"I have a client today and tomorrow so I cant until the day after." Masako spoke first.

"Yeah, I have to take care of some things before I can go anywhere sorry." Ayako said and then it was John that spoke.

"I was asked to do some work with my church but as soon as I finish I can go." He said

"That's no good they need someone now and Lin and I cant do it because were busy at the moment. We just need someone to go a few days earlier."

"I don't have anything to so." Mai said cheerfully. But her smile disappeared when Naru next spoke.

"We need someone with more experience and that is not accident prone." He said and Ayako smirked while Mai gave Naru an evil glare. She then stood from her spot and went to the kitchen to make more tea. She heard the others speaking in the other room and took her time not wanting to go back in. She was thinking of a plane to get back at Naru for his comment and Ayako for smirking when the door opened.

"Sup'." Came Monk's voice and Mai walked back into the office to see. He wasn't alone. "ran into him at the store so I thought I'd bring him with." He said pointing to Osamu Yasuhara who in turn smiled and waved to everyone in the room. Mai brought them a drink when they sat down and took a seat herself just as Naru began to speak.

"Monk we have a new case. The clients live in a small town a few hours from here. They have experienced some strange things and need someone to check it out."

"Okay." He said. "but not today I have a show tonight." He finished and Naru sighed placing his hand on his head. Mai smiled at the sight of the frustrated Naru. And then Yasuhara chimed in.

"Mai and I can go. Just to get information we don't have to do anything." Naru didn't look convinced so Yasuhara added. "Just for reassurance so SPR doesn't look bad." He smiled and Naru having no other choice agreed. He told them that all they needed to do was get some more information and set up some equipment and that soon the rest of SPR would join them.

After packing the equipment in the van that would take them to the town Naru gave Mai and Yasuhara a paper with instructions on what to go. Just in case someone, namely Mai, would forget. After everything was packed, and Mai and Yasuhara had their things ready, they waved and entered the van for their hours long trip.