Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Ghost Hunt or anything associated with Ghost Hunt! If I did there would have been a second season XD 3

September 27th, Thursday, 4:00 pm...

I'm Mai Taniyama, now in my last year of high school, and currently employed at SPR, short for Shibuya Psychic Research. I've been working here for almost two years now and since we discovered that Naru, my handsome now eighteen year old boss, has psychic powers things have been kinda boring here around the office. Of course the situation is the same with me and Naru. I am still in love with a selfish jerk and sadly it seems that the future holds no hope for a relationship. In fact it seems like he has been behaving crueler than usual. All my friends have boyfriends and against all odds Monk and Ayako are now seeing each other! They still fight like always though. Maybe that's just their way of showing each other love…? Am I going to be alone for the rest of my life! I shouldn't even want a relationship with a guy like him! And yet… he still manages to make my heart race whenever he looks at me with those blue eyes. /maybe I'm just a masochist… Some people are able to notice my feelings right off the bat like Monk for instance. But I'm having difficulty discerning whether Naru can notice and he's just ignoring me or if he is actually just oblivious to it.

"What are you doing?" Mai slammed her diary shut at the sound of a familiar voice behind her. She didn't turn around for fear he'd see her flushing face. He always seemed to show up right when she was thinking about him.

"N-nothing... I started a dream journal."

"Oh? A good idea, I'm impressed you thought of something like that." he turned and walked away leaving her to ponder whether that was an insult or a compliment. She glanced at the clock and groaned in despair. It was so early in the day and no one had come in with a case and she had already finished her paperwork. The only thing exciting that had happened recently was that Lin had returned from Hong Kong that morning. She rested her head on her desk and, being the typical Mai, fell asleep in a matter of moments.

An eight year old girl ran home from her first day of middle school. She was as excited as could be to tell her mother of the new friends she had made and the new things she was learning. Like always her mother, a fairly beautiful woman with long wavy blonde hair and big brown eyes, swept her into a hug at the front door.

"What is this…? It's so… familiar…" Mai mumbled as she watched the scene unfold.

"Have you been practicing your painting dear?" her mother asked as she stirred a boiling pot.

"Yup! I had another dream last night and I painted what I saw in Art class today. The teacher said it was amazing!" the mother laughed and kissed her daughter on the cheek while she placed a plate of curry and rice on the table.

"You're such a special girl."

"So are you mama." She hugged and kissed her back before she started eating her dinner. Mai didn't realize until then that she was dreaming a memory from when she was younger. Usually her dreams showed the future or the past of other people's lives but never her own. The scene changed with a horrible scream and Mai's mother running up the stairs to console her frightened daughter.

"Shh… it's okay now. I promise."

"Th-they g-got you m-mom… Th-there w-was blood e-e-everywhere…" Mai's younger self sobbed into the covers. Her mother held her close and stroked her head, a serious and almost painful expression on her face. Mai knew what was going to come next and she cried out trying to wake herself up. But she couldn't stop what was coming and once again the scene changed. Mai's hand slowly reached for the doorknob. She could feel the cold sting of metal against her skin and she tried to close her eyes before the door opened. But the dream wouldn't let her and what she saw, or rather remembered, was the warm blood that painted the inner walkway. And her mother's torn body lying in a heap right in the center.

"No! I don't want to see! Not again!" Mai screamed over and over again but nobody came to help her. The blood crept from the walls and up her body. She was slowly drowning and still no one came. She was alone.

"Mai!" her eyes shot open to see Naru and Lin hovering over her. "What happened?" Naru asked blunt as always. Mai didn't respond for a while and just shook her head.

"I'm fine…" she said this so quietly he had to strain to hear her.

"Are you sure?" he knew she was lying. Usually he wouldn't be so concerned but this time Mai was screaming things like not wanting to see something. She also mentioned the word "again" making him think something strange was happening with her lately.

"Yes. I'm going home. I'm done today." Without even hearing his response she picked up her purse and left. This left Naru standing in the middle of the room shocked.

"What are you going to do Naru?" Lin asked breaking the silence. Naru didn't know what to do for the first time in his life. Usually Mai would cry and tell him what the dream was about. But this time she just left without saying anything? It was so out of character. He ultimately decided to just ignore things he couldn't understand and went back to his office.

Friday 28th, 3:30 pm...

"Hey Naru!" Monk burst through the door along with the entire SPR gang disturbing a the strangely quiet office. Naru sat in his chair, legs crossed, elbows rested on the chair arms, finger locked together, fuming with rage. Monk regretted even stepping foot in the office and began to leave until Ayako stopped him and the others.

"What's wrong Naru?" she said in a teasing tone. She always did seem to be searching for trouble. He didn't respond. She rolled her eyes and looked around. "Say, where's Mai?"

"She hasn't shown up today." Lin said coming out of his cave.

"Really? That must be why Naru's so upset. You haven't gotten your tea yet today have you?" Naru glared at her with such force she felt like she had been knocked against the wall. Before he could proceed to subconsciously kill her the door creaked open and a girl in a school uniform peeked in. It was Keiko, one of the girls that Mai would tell ghost stories with after school.

"Um… sorry to disturb you but is Mai here?"

"No she isn't." Naru said in a short sharp response. The girl flinched and then looked extremely worried. "Oh… well… she didn't show up at school today. Do you know where she is?" Monk looked perplexed.

"Yes, we have class together and Mai doesn't have a cell phone. She said she can't afford one. I was going to go to her apartment to see if she was there but I have cram classes. I hate to ask this of you but if there is any way could you possibly check on her?"

"Perhaps she is sick." John pointed out. Naru looked to be deep in thought and the glare that was once on his face had disappeared.

"I don't like it. Lin get the keys." Everyone was surprised by the sudden caring act made by the usually cold teenage boy.

"What's this?" Ayako grinned. "I believe we may have just seen that rare caring side flash its face."

"We'll have to take a picture to remember this rare occasion." Monk laughed.

"Yesterday Mai had a dream and she woke screaming. She left without saying anything." Naru explained ignoring their teasing.

"Well if Naru is worried what are we waiting for? Let's go." Monk was already out the door.

Naru had upgraded their transportation to a much larger van that could carry all of them and their equipment. It was a lot cheaper on gas money then having multiple people driving multiple cars.

"It's just around this corner." He said pointing Lin where to turn.

"This is it." The van stopped in front of an old apartment complex.

"Well let's go up shall we?" Monk walked around to the side to the stairs and came face to face with a young woman, about her twenties. She eyed the group suspiciously but then saw the logo on their vehicle.

"Are you SPR!" she gasped.

"Yes. Do you know where Mai Taniyama is?" Naru asked. Turning her full attention to Naru she nodded and then smiled in a devilish manner.

"Have you come to visit? How sweet." She giggled.

"No. Where is she?" the girl blinked in shock at Naru and shook her head.

"Mai really wasn't exaggerating. Come on she's up this way."

"Hana? You couldn't have gone to the store already?" an older woman appeared and smiled at the new guests. "Why Mr. Shibuya. I didn't expect you. I assume you're looking for Mai?" she motioned for them to follow. Mai's apartment was small with two other rooms other than the attached living room and kitchen. It wasn't decorated much though it still looked nice and it was well organized. In the corner of the room was Mai and another girl, perhaps a neighbor. Mai had bandages on both legs and on her right arm. The girl was cleaning a cut on her head.

"Ouch! That stings!" Mai flinched.

"Sorry. Almost done." She carefully applied a bandage and then went to make more tea.

"Mai, you have visitors."

"N-Naru!" Mai tried to stand but Hana pushed her back down saying she wasn't done.

"Dammit girl! Wait for the Band-Aid!" Hana scolded.

"What happened to you?" Monk asked like a worried big brother.

"Oh it's nothing. I-I just tripped is all. The pain killers will kick in any minute." Mai always stuttered when she lied, something Naru had discovered some time ago. But he didn't feel it was the time for confrontation yet so he let it slide.

"You didn't trip you rolled down the stairs!" Hana exclaimed.

"You really are nothing but trouble." Ayako sighed. Mai of course came right back with her own witty remark but their argument was short lived.

"Well if you are we do have case." Naru said moving towards the door. Mai gasped.

"Oh no! I completely forgot!"

"Hopefully that fall didn't relieve you of whatever intelligence you had." He said just as he exited.

"NARU! COME BACK HERE YOU JERK!"

6:40 pm...

Naru had given everyone a word of warning about how dangerous this case could be. He had been told minor details over the phone and he imagined the case would be similar to the Doll House case they had had a while back. Soon they had arrived and were greeted by Mrs. Johnson, a American woman with flaming red hair, green eyes, and freckles all over her face. She was carrying to babies as well.

"Hello there!" she cheerfully waved. "I'm so glad you all could make it. I am Liz Johnson. These two are Mable and Iris and this octopus on my leg is Jacob, we call him J.J." Liz was a very bubbly young woman. She seemed to be rather happy despite her current situation.

"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Johnson. Now if we may set up base and get on with our work?" Naru stated trying to avoid unnecessary conversation. She agreed and led them into the guest room. The house was rather large as the Johnson's had a family of six. Mr. Johnson was a tall dark haired man and he was also carrying one baby in his arms named Lily. She laughed and cooed as Naru shook hands with the man and Mai could have sworn she saw a flash of a smile on Naru's face. They sat down and began the usual interview.

"Now I recall on the phone you told me that you have a female ghost haunting your home and has been threatening you and the children." The little boy went silent and sat on his father's lap clinging to his shirt. Masako interrupted before they could explain.

"There are two powerful spirits here. One is very sad, always crying and calling out for something. The other is violent and angry, looking for revenge it feels like." (Masako kinda sounds like Yoda here XD)

"That is correct. It began when we first moved here about a week ago." Mr. Johnson continued. "The first night held no surprises but the second night we woke up to our bed shaking violently. The angry spirit had appeared and was clawing the words 'It's not fair' into the bed frame. She told us that she would destroy our love and then destroy what it produced and since then we have had a few very violent experiences. She has tried to crush us several times with the furniture and plates have even been flung at my wife while in the kitchen. The incidents have gotten worse each time." Liz had begun to tear up and she held her children close.

"We don't want to leave the house because it is perfect for us and we love it. It's home now, but it is far too dangerous because we don't know if she will target the children or not." She choked out. Her husband stroked her back to try to calm her down.

"What about the second spirit?" Naru asked.

"She walks around the house sometimes. The most eventful thing that ever happened with her was when she saw me nursing Mable here and she started crying. She ran away before I could ask anything though." Naru looked to Lin to make sure he got everything down and then assured the couple that everything would be fine. Soon all the cameras were set up and everyone was sent to do a walk through of the house. Mai was stuck watching base and the children with Liz.

"Is something wrong...?" Mai asked hesitantly. Liz had been staring at her for the last ten minutes now without even averting her gaze.

"Oh no, you just look like someone I knew in the past." She said with smile.

"Oh, I see." It was still awkward that Liz had been staring at her for so long but thankfully she was interrupted by the baby's small cries for attention.

"You sure have a big family." Mai smiled as she helped Liz rock one of the triplets.

"Well we actually didn't intend to have so many." She laughed somewhat wearily. "We intended to stop with J.J. but I kinda forgot my birth control one night and surprise! We got three… But I wouldn't have it any other way. I love all my lil' angels." She kissed Iris' cheek and almost instantly the lights flickered and the doors and windows shut.

"It's not fair…" Liz screamed as black hands burst through the wall and clawed at her arms. Mai sheltered her and the babies and suffered a violent blow to the back of her head. Knocking her out cold. As always Monk came to the rescue and the spirit dispersed, but not without leaving a considerable amount of damage.

"Mai!" he shouted picking up the limp girl. A small splotch of blood appeared on his hand and he began to panic, frantically shouting her name.

6:50 pm…

"This is insane! Now we can't even get out!" Ayako shouted twisting and yanking on the doorknob. The entire team, including Liz and the children, were trapped inside the house come alive. Naru called Mr. Johnson and explained the situation but he didn't sound very displeased with their current situation. In fact, he said that the strong activity meant that the case would move along quickly.

"Please be sure to take good care of my wife and children." He told Naru over the phone. The service was very bad but Naru could make out what he said through the static.

"I promise that we shall do all in our power to insure their safety." He said before hanging up the phone. Ayako informed everyone that after she analyzed Mai's injuries carefully and that she was perfectly fine. That the blood from earlier was just a scrape on her neck.

"However, something seems off about her…" Ayako further explained.

"I thought you said she was fine." Naru said with in an annoyed tone.

"She is physically. But…"

"Out with it."

"Geez you sure are snippy! It's just that whenever I touch her I get this horrible chill! It almost feels like there's a ghost running right through me." Masako started to stagger but was caught by the ever dependable John. She stared, her eyes filled with horror, at the window.

"Children …" she mumbled.

"What do you see?" Naru asked taking a glance at the window.

"I can see the spirits of born and unborn children, if that makes sense. There are other spirits as well. The parents of these infants. They are calling to their children but the children cannot hear them. Something is keeping them all apart." Naru stared out the window with his usual glare.

"It seems were getting somewhere…"

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