This is a story that was essentially written because it was bouncing around in my head one night when I couldn't sleep. This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction in a very long time ( almost 5 years), so I hope it is enjoyable, despite being only a short introduction. Please enjoy and review! Constructive criticism accepted.

Btw, It should be said that I, for all intents and purposes do not own, nor lay claim to, any of the characters used in this story or the story of Ghost Hunt itself. I merely write this as an idea I had.

Chapter 1: The Corpse

"...isn't my brother that you are in love with?"

Naru's face suddenly smiled as his brother Gene's had in Mai's dreams. His figure then began to rot rapidly, his skin disappearing in a gruesome spectacle as his body was quickly divested of skin and tissue to become a still grinning skeleton. The skeleton reached towards the girl and leant down as if to give her a kiss...

"Ahhh!" yelped the girl as she jolted awake from her nightmare. Breathing heavily she wiped the sweat from her face as she reached for the light on her bedside table.

Mai Tanimaya was not by any means a regular girl. For certain, regular girls would not be relieved at waking up from nightmares, rather than the memories of the dead. Regular girls would be far more interested in their love lives and boys, instead of where their next meal was coming from. Mai, was not those girls.

Mai had discovered her psychic abilities as a teenager, while working part-time at a psychic research firm in Shibuya. That was of course linked to the fact that at the time she had been deeply in love with her egocentric and narcissistic boss, whom she quickly dubbed 'Naru'. Over the time she worked there she was exposed to constant danger on both supernatural and physical planes of existence, only to be saved by her 'too-attractive-for-his-own-good' boss. It was only natural for her to develop feelings for the man, and consequently dream of him. However she hadn't known of his own powers or that of his dead brother, whom had used her dreams as a vehicle for watching over and protecting his living twin. It was for this reason that Mai had stuck with the job. Additionally the pay was fantastic and she fell in love with her fellow workers, often imaging them as a new sort of family for her self, still recovering from the emotional losses of her father and mother.

However when Naru left to bury his twin in England her world had received a not entirely unnecessary shock. While still interested in helping the dead, she found herself unwilling to work with different teams, often for a great deal less pay and a great deal more creeps who often were trying to use her and her abilities. It finally came to a head after she was sexually harassed by a member of her new team, only for it to be dismissed by her rather unprofessional team director. Unwilling to work on more cases, she finally stopped and began looking for another line of work.

It wasn't long until she found one. Science was always a passion for Mai. She was in no way a genius, but she worked hard and soon found herself in the police forensics team. A mere three years later and she was widely considered to be at the top of her field as well as a capable investigator, earning her the title of 'detective'. It had been a year since then and Mai was surprised that she had dreamt about Naru.

She had of course been on several dates since high school and was at the age of 26, considered quite beautiful by her peers. However she was incredibly selective about those whom she shared a relationship with, and so far those had been few and far between. With a first love like Naru, it was extremely difficult to turn Mai's head. Mai thought about her dream. For once it wasn't a connected to the case she was working on: a young girl whom appeared to have been strangled by her father. Could her abilities be growing? She wondered if she should contact one of the previous SPR workers and ask them what they thought. She quickly nixed the idea. contacting her old friends from SPR, while tempting, was probably better left undone.

Unfortunately, Mai's new 'family' quickly broke apart once Naru, and the lure of more cases, left. Mai regretted that as much as Naru's departure as it was doubly hurtful for her as she again felt abandoned. Promises to meet became less rarely kept as the members of SPR became absorbed in their post-Naru lives. Hah, she mused. It was like the wake of a disaster. Everything suddenly became pre-, during, or post-Naru to her way of thinking. While she loved the gang she had no contact with them following Naru's departure. They understood that initially, it was too painful. However as they waited to contact her Mai began her troubled history of assisting psychic research teams in Japan. Once they tried to contact her, not only was Mai was too busy pursuing forensic science and studying at university, she had moved due to problems with her apartment being to far from the university to university accommodation.

Mai thought again about her dream. Since they had discovered his body Gene had never visited her again, there seemed no need. After absorbing Gene's basic lessons Mai had been able to train her powers quite well on her own. Naru also had never contacted her, although she had half hoped he would come back and restart SPR again. Could that be it? Was Naru coming back to Japan? Or was this just a nightmare caused by thoughts of her teenage life yesterday? Quickly she looked up Naru's profile online. It wasn't hard, after all, as the British psychic research institute was fairly well publicised. But no there seemed no mention of Professor Davis visiting Japan, indeed he was even registered as a teacher for a series of advanced seminars in the coming months. No, she decided. It must be just a nightmare brought on by thinking about the past Mai told herself. She checked the clock and discovered it was still only 2 am and so decided to go back to sleep until she needed to wake in in order go to work in the morning.