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"Naru, don't run away from me. I don't want him to harm me any longer. He needs to be stopped." The look in Mai's face told him that she was truly scared of the man. He nodded."Don't worry, Mai. I'll protect you, even if it means for my life." A month had passed and Naru and Mai had began dating after he made his confession that he loved her with Mai. However, someone was in their way for the dream of being together and a married couple. That person also has eyes on Mai and was wanting to steal Mai away from Naru. Will Naru save her before it's too late or will she be caught in the hands of that person? Sequel to Dark Shadows.

Dear Readers,

Alright, I have decided to make it a sequel of this story since many of you are literately dying for this! So, here is! Enjoy the story!

Icestar123

Chapter 1

Shibuya Psychic Research (Naru's POV)

Another typical day in SPR. Naru had arrived in his office at around 6am sharp and now as sitting on his desk examining the papers. As usual, he knew Mai will come in anytime and prepare him the usual tea. It had been a month and Naru had asked Mai out for a date. Mai's reaction was at first shocking but it was turned to happiness and agreed to date with him with a gleeful smile. So, the two of them became boyfriend, girlfriend. SPR had noticed it after that faithful day that they were now dating. Most were glad of it but Masako looked heartbroken by it. Naru didn't mind on that.

Mai busted into SPR at 7:30am, earlier than his usual time he set for her. Naru looked up from where he was and his eyes soften for a moment there. He truly was touched by being with Mai. She was something he loved to be around with and she was almost like his brother, except that she was more talking than him. Still, she was similar.

Naru saw that she was in a good mood as she was skipping to make tea for him. Naru sighed. Typical. He went back to work and didn't look up until he heard the clank of the tea cup being placed before him.

"Here you are, Naru! I made your tea!" Mai said with a sweet voice. That made Naru's heart race slightly faster. Naru looked up with soften eyes as the took the cup and sniffed it. Sweet aroma as usual. He gave a nod in thanks towards her before sipping his tea.

"Anything I can do today, Naru?" Mai asked with a cheerful tone still.

"I left some work over at your desk. Even a two year old should be able to see that." Naru replied, smirking slightly.

"J-Jerk!" Mai said in a flustered tone as Naru can tell she was blushing quite a lot. Naru sideglanced at her. Her face was red all over from the blush. Naru's smirk just widen a bit more. He found it to be cute to see her blush. He continued sipping his tea as he watched her walked over to the desk and began organizing the files that he placed on her desk. From the other room, he can hear Lin chuckling. He sighed. Apparently Lin somehow liked it in a way.

At around 2pm, the door opened and he heard Mai ran to greet the costumer. Naru decided to listen.

"Hello, sir. How may I help you?" Mai greeted in a cheerful tone.

"Hello there. Is this Shibuya Psychic Research?" Came the voice of a man. From the tone, he sounded like he wanted to have Mai catch his attention. That made Naru angry.

"Yes, it is. Have you came to look for my boss?"

"Oh, yes you can say that. Don't need to hurry though. You can always call him out later. I'll like to know you a bit more so we can become friends." The man's tone made Naru's anger rose. How dare he flirt with her!

"O-Oh, well that is nice sir but I would like to do that for later since you are here to look for my boss. Please hold on. Would you like any tea or drinks?"

"Oh, tea would be fine."

"Okay!" Mai then ran to his office and opened the door and slipped inside, closing the door with a soft click. She then panted. Normally, Naru would lecture her about not knocking before entering but since he heard what the conversation was going on outside with that man, he thought it would be best to let her go on that.

"Mai, what happened?" He asked, worry clearly shown in his eyes though his expression kept the same as always.

"That man! He's creepy! He looked as though he wanted to rape me or something!" Mai replied, shuddering.

"Make the tea and I'll see what he came here for. Keep your composure on at all times. I don't want you to ruin my reputation Mai." Naru said as a command. Mai nodded and Naru walked out, followed by Mai who had slipped into the kitchen and began making the tea. Naru walked towards Lin's office and knocked on it before walking towards his seat and sitting down. The man stared at him with distaste in his eyes. That was obvious of course. Still, Naru looked as though he didn't notice.

"You have called me for business, sir?" Naru spoke first after that impending silence.

"Yes. You must be Kazuya Shibuya?" The man inquired a fake smile on but not on his eyes.

"Yes. What business do you have for me?" Naru asked, looking at the man with his dull expression on.

"I have came here to ask you to help me on a case." The man replied.

"I'll like to know your name."

"It's Obbi Jiasoka. Paranormal activities have began occurring in the house I stayed in. I'll be grateful if you and your team can do a full investigation." A clatter of the spoon in the kitchen was heard. Naru decided to ignore it.

"I'll like to know some of the paranormal things that happened there."

"Knocking sounds, and furniture in the house began shaking very violently. Sometimes, my younger brother would have bruises on his arms and legs. And just recently, there was a 3 inch cut that was really deep on the leg near his knees." Eventually, Mai came out with the two tea cups and placed it on the table, one for Jiasoka and one for him. Jiasoka flashed a grin at Mai. Mai had just smiled and stood behind him. He can tell Mai was creep out about him.

"I see." Naru said as he picked up his tea cup and began sipping. He was considering whether or not he should take the case. He knew the case sounded interesting to his ears but Mai would regret taking it since she'll be tormented by this man for the entire case they would be working on. Something told him, though that he needed to take it anyway. Naru sighed.

"Denied." Naru finally said. The man had a look of disbelief on his face but was quickly twisted with a hit of anger.

"Fine. I'll just find another group of paranormal researchers to help me. I don't need the help from the likes of you." Jiasoka growled and he got up and got out the door and slammed it shut. Naru placed the cup down.

"Thanks Naru. I thought for the moment there you might actually take the case." Mai said as she slumped down on the sofa with a relieved face on.

"I know how much you don't like the man. I won't take a case that doesn't bring the approval of all of my workers." Naru replied as he was indirectly pointing out Mai.

"N-Naru..." A blush was on her face already."Thanks." Naru nodded. He knew she'll like it on some extent on that. He can sometimes be a gentleman when the situation is right. It is necessary anyway.

"I'm going out. Do you wish to tag along?" Naru asked, looking at Mai with not so hard eyes.

"Sure, I'll love to Naru!" Mai replied and did a small girly squeal. Naru tried to hide the smirk on his face but failed on that. She did the same when he first asked her out. It was funny and cute at the same time.

"Lin, watch the office." Naru commanded before he headed for the door. Mai had followed after him after she grabbed her coat. Then, they walked out. Naru was thinking of heading to a restaurant where they can get drinks and just sit around. The last time they first went out he brought her to watch a movie. Now, it was best to do a bit sitting around and talk kinda thing. The both of them needed it anyway. At least, that's how he felt.

Entering into a eating place, he took a seat on one of the comfy chairs. Mai had sat down across from him and had a dreamy look on her face. Again, it was cute and made Naru's heart beat slightly faster. Cute how she made it that way.

"Mai." Naru said, watching her with an interested look on his face.

"What is it Naru?" Mai blinked as she seemed to snap out of her dream world.

"Focus." Was all he said before he picked up the menu and began looking at the drinks. From where he was staring, he can see she was blushing a bright red. She had picked up the menu as well to prevent herself from letting anyone see the blush on her face. Naru had to smirk at that. He then chose his pick from the drink menu and waited for Mai to finish picking. It took her another two minutes before she found her pick and nodded at him. Naru then turned to call a waiter over.

The waiter came over with a pad on his hand."May I take your order?"

"I'll take a English red tea." Naru took his order. The waiter wrote it down.

"And you, miss?"

"Chocolate smoothie." Mai answered. Again, the waiter wrote it down.

"Is that all? One English red tea and one Chocolate smoothie, correct?"

"Yes, that would be all." Naru nodded. The waiter gave a smile and a bow of a head before walking off with the order on his hand. Naru then leaned back and watched what Mai was thinking of doing. She was staring at him back. Naru decided to make a comment on that.

"Even if my look is good, you don't have to go staring at me all day, Mai." He commented with a smirk. Another blush again.

"W-Well sorry for you being so good looking!" Mai replied, looking away and the blush on her face was still present. Naru just smirked but said no more. Soon, the drinks came out and Naru took his tea cup and sipped on it before placing it down on the small plate.

"Just how many cups of tea do you drink, Naru? Shouldn't you try something different for once?" Mai spoke up after she took her sip from the chocolate smoothie.

"I am fond of tea and nothing else. The other drinks aren't for my taste." Naru replied and sipped again.

"Your such a tea lover, Naru. You should try something other than tea."

"Did you hear me from before, Mai? I don't like other drinks. They aren't for me."

"But, Naru..."

"Everyone has their tastes and their likes and dislikes. It's not that big of deal." Naru cut her off before she can say anything further. Mai sighed and continued sipping her drink and didn't say anything else. Naru continued drinking his tea. The door from the restaurant opened and another costumer walked in. Mai gasped and she quickly tried hiding from view, ultimately hiding under the table and pinning herself against Naru's legs. Naru furrowed is eyes brows with confusion. Since they were sitting on a table next to the window, it wasn't so embarrassing.

"Mai, what are you doing?" Naru asked in a hushed tone but he was annoyed by whatever she was doing.

"That guy, Obbi Jiasoka. He's here as well! Naru, I don't want to see him!" Mai replied in a whisper and whimpered. Naru sighed. So, that's what she's so agitated about.

"Don't worry, Mai. As long as you stay from view, he won't notice you." Naru replied in the same hushed tone. Mai just nodded and continued pinning herself against Naru's legs. Naru shifted to a more comfortable position and continued sipping his tea as if nothing had happened. Jiasoka had took a seat in the far corner of the restaurant. Apparently, he still had an angry face on. Naru figured he didn't notice him yet. That was a relief.

Apparently, Mai had gripped onto his pants. Naru frowned at her for doing so."Mai, don't grip onto my pants." He said in the same hushed tone as he tried his best to not move his lips as much so it wouldn't arose suspicion.

"Sorry Naru but I have a bad feeling of what's going to happen." Mai replied in the same hushed tone but worried and scared.

"I'll be here if there's anything that's going to happen, don't worry about it too much." Naru reassured. Jiasoka had got up from his seat then and walked into the men's bathroom. Both Naru and Mai glanced at each other and knew what they are going to do. Mai quickly got out from under the table and Naru left the money on the table top and both of them went out of the restaurant. Once they were out, he and Mai began walking back to SPR. There was a relieved expression her face.

"Gosh, that was close." Mai breathed.

"Just be glad that the bad feeling you had wasn't actually going to happen." Naru said, though he too was relieved that they wouldn't have to engage in a fight with the guy.

"I guess your right." Mai smiled as they began to go up the stairs that led to the door to SPR. Naru opened the door and they walked inside. Luckily, no one was around besides Lin so Naru went for his office while Mai went back to desk. Naru then sat down and sighed. That was sure unexpected. Mai had hung her coat and walked into his office and sat down across from him, closing the door. Naru looked at Mai with the same hard expression on his face.

"Yes, Mai?" He raised a brow at her.

"Do you want to know why I was so afraid of that Obbi Jiasoka guy?" Mai asked.

"If it is important than yes." Naru replied and went to look at his papers.

"Well, that's because that Obbi guy had stayed in our school for two months. During that month, there were rumors about how he dated with almost every girl in his class and that he had thrown some fear towards the girls. All the girls then tried to avoid him from then on so he got so angry that the girls had rejected him. That the day he left, he made the teacher's conference room go on fire. I remember hearing a teacher scream in there so all of us were escorted out of the school. The fire department came and took the fire out. That fateful day, one of the teachers in the school died from the fire. That was all because of that Obbi guy. So, the school principal sent him to the police and he was no longer able to study in the school any longer."

"So, Jiasoka had created chaos and destruction among the students." Naru inquired, staring at her.

"Yeah which is why I don't want be around him. He'll just try to lure me into his trap." Mai said and shuddered again.

"I'll avoid him the best I can. You don't have anything to worry about." Naru reassured. Relief was in Mai's eyes as she nodded. She then walked out from his office and sat back down on her desk and continued working where she left off. Naru smiled as he continued working, thinking of Mai mostly. He hoped that man wouldn't cause trouble to him and Mai. If he did, Naru wouldn't be pleased with that man and would make him unable to contain his anger. However, little did he know that very guy would try to take Mai away from him and would bring him to a chain of trouble.

To be continued...

Dear Readers,

Hello everyone again! The first chapter of the sequel was made! I hope you like this chapter! I shifted it so it would be more of the love between Naru and Mai more but there will still be a bit more drama towards it as well. I hope this would be dramatically interesting! Please, review and comment! I'll love to hear what you think about this! I'll hopefully hear from all of your soon! Love your support!

Update soon!

Icestar123