The Case

The light flickered over the glass vases that rested on the table. Footsteps echoed through the soft empty darkness. A young woman appeared under the dim light. She reached out and touched the smooth glass of the vase before moving up and touching the soft surface of the flower. She sighed to herself as she wrapped her arms around the vases, holding them in her arms. She lifted them from the table and began to walk towards the door. As she pushed open the door, one of her hands slipped and a vase fell to the floor, crashing around her.

"Damn it." she said to herself as she bent down and placed down the second vase down on the floor before she began to pick up the pieces. One of the shards cut into her, releasing a crimson color liquid that fell to the floor. "Crap." she said as she began to suck on it. She than looked around for a broom or something she could use to swipe up the mess.

Creek

The young woman looked around her, looking through the darkness for the source. She could have sworn that she was the only one left. She stood up as she began to hear footsteps that were growing closer and closer to her. Her heart began to race as her breath picked up. Who could still be here? She was the only one left that had a key into this place...

"Oh" she said as someone walked up to her under the flickering light. She breathed a sigh of relief. "It's just you, I thought it was the-" she stopped dead as she saw something that made her heart stop. The person grabbed onto her arm as they plunged the knife into her chest.

A loud whistle screeched through the silent air. A young woman with brown hair woke from her sleep. She looked around the room with her soft brown eyes, wondering where the noise was coming from. She remember that she had a stack of paper work to do while she waited for something but than that she felt sleepily and had than fallen asleep at her desk, but before that she had done something. It was than she remembered that there was a kettle on the stove with boiling water in it. She stood up and made her way over to the kettle and pulled it away from the stove. She that poured the water into a small white tea cup that held a tea bag in it. She let the tea bag soak in the water, watching the once clear water turn to brownish.

"Mai" called a voice from behind the closed office door. "Where is my tea?"

"Why that-" The girl named Mai mumbled to herself before answering him. "It's coming."

Mai picked up the light cup of tea and began to make her way towards the office door, where her boss was residing. She knocked on the door before pushing it open and entering, carrying the cup as still as she could. Sitting on the other side of the room was the one and only Kazuya Shibuya. Also known as Naru, the most narcissistic person the world has ever seen.

"You're late." he said as he looked up at her with his dark blue eyes, ones that she could not resist. "You better not have been sleeping again."

"I wasn't sleeping!" Mai said defending herself as she placed the cup of tea on his desk. Naru stared up at her with disbelief. "Okay maybe just a little." Mai said in defeat. Naru sighed to himself as he grabbed the cup of tea and took a sip of it. He let the warm liquid run down his throat.

"Father Brown will be stopping by later." Naru said placing the cup down. "Have more tea ready for when he arrives." Mai nodded her head before turning around and walking out. As she reached for the handle as she heard behind her. "And don't fall asleep."

Mai closed the door behind her, pausing. She turned around to face the wooden door and stuck her tongue out at it. "Stupid Naru." She mumbled to herself as she turned around and headed back to her desk. "What makes him think that I am that irresponsible that I would fall asleep while I am at work?" Mai walked over and sat down at her desk, looking around. There was a stack of files waiting to be recorded, but the longer Mai looked at it, the more files there seemed to be, so she decided to leave it for later.

Mai looked down to find a paper clip on her desk. Having nothing better to do, she picked it up and began to unwire it. As minutes past by, Mai began to feel herself slipping away. She had not gotten a lot of sleep last night, due to the homework she was lacking on. No, that was a lie, she did not get any sleep because of the dreams she had been having.

Mai let out a long yawn as her eye lids slid close. Her head hit the desk as she feel into darkness.

Something touched Mai's shoulder, waking her from her sleep. She sleepily opened her eyes to find two soft light blue ones staring at her curiously. Not expecting that, Mai stood up quickly, knocking the chair from beneath her. The man in front of her smiled to himself as he watched her reaction.

"'ello Mai" He said in his strong Austrian accent. Mai recognized him almost immediately.

"John!" Mai screamed happily. To her, John seemed to have not changed since the last time she had seen him. He still had his long blonde hair that feel in front of his brown eyes and his tall lean body that had grown a tan from his time in Austria this past winter. "When did you get back?" Mai asked as she ran out from behind the desk to hug her old friend.

"I've been back." John said as Mai pulled back. "I've been in Japan for the last three weeks."

"Why didn't you say anything!" Mai asked excitedly.

"I was helping out at a church." John said. Mai smiled up at him, knowing that, to John, church was very important and always kept him very busy. "Is Kazuya in? I actually needed to talk to him about that." Mai opened her mouth to say that he was in, when someone interrupted her.

"Mai tea." Mai turned around to find a boy in black coming out of his office and walking over to them. Mai glared at him before walking into the kitchen to make the tea her so called boss needed every minute of the day. As she waited for the water to boil, she listened to the conversation that was going on between John and Naru.

"What is happening at this church?" she heard Naru ask.

"Well recently there have been a total of seven injured and three murders in the last month. Everyone is to afraid to come because they all think it is the lord himself, punishing those who have wronged him."

"If that were so, why would they be afraid to come if they haven't done anything wrong?"

"Well…" John said trailing off.

"What is it?" Naru asked.

"There is another rumor going around." John said nervously. "People believe that God himself isn't doing it, but the devil. They think that he has risen from Hell and are killing those who appose him."

"But you don't think that is the case do you?"

"No. I think that it is just a lost soul trying to reach for help, but all of the exorcisms I have done have all failed and caused someone else to become injured. I need your help getting rid of this ghost without causing anymore harm to anyone." A whistle began to sound as steam came pouring out of the spout. Mai grabbed the handle of the kettle and lifted it from the burner. She than began to slowly pour the water into the tea cups that filled with a brown liquid.

"What does the head priest think of this idea?" Naru asked as Mai careful walked into the room as she carried the tray of tea. She placed in down onto the table before stepping back.

"He does not think it will work, but he has allowed you permission to do your investigation." John said as he watched Naru reach for his cup of tea and take a sip. Naru placed the cup down and thought about this for a moment. John and Mai waited patently as Naru thought this through.

"Alright." He said. "We will go."

"Thank you." John said as he stood up. "I will inform the head priest." He turned and smiled to Mai before showing himself out.

"Mai" Naru called as he finished off his tea. "I want you to call the others and inform them on what is happening." Naru stood up and headed for his office, closing the door behind him.

Mai headed for the phone and began to dial the numbers of her co-workers.

.*~*.

Mai walked down the street to the SPR building that was now in sight. It was earlier the next morning, and she was extremely exhausted. She had stayed up late in order to finish the homework that was due over two weeks ago. Lately, Mai had no been going to school that much because Naru kept excepting harder and harder cases, ones that were almost impossible to solve and ended up with someone in the hospital, but that seemed to happen every case.

"Mai!" yelled a man as he spotted the young girl walking up. He dropped the heavy box into the black van and opened his arms up to hug the girl who was running over to meet him.

"Bou-san!" Mai yelled as she wrapped her arms around him. "It's nice to see you again!"

"I know! And I'm not in a hospital bed." He said jokingly. Suddenly, something heavy hit him across the back of the head.

"If you don't stop keeping her all to yourself I can surely put you back in one!" screamed a red hair lady. Bou-san release Mai in order to hold his now pounding head.

"Ayako!" Mai said as she hugged the woman she had referred to as her mother.

"Mai-chan~!" said a voice that creped up on Mai. Two arms suddenly grabbed Mai and pulled her away from Ayako. "I've missed you so much" said a voice of a young man as he rubbed his face against her head. Mai didn't have to look up to see that Yasuhara was standing there, holding her as she petted her.

"You all look ridiculous." said a soft voice. Mai turned to find a pale face, black haired girl standing there in a kimono, her selves covering her small mouth.

"Awe you are just jealous." Yasuhara said releasing Mai. He walked over to her and tried to wrap his arms around her, when she took a step back.

"Don't even think about it." She said glaring at him with cold eyes. Yasuhara took a step back, wanting to continue living. Everyone began to laugh at the look on Yasuhara face when a harsh voice interrupted them.

"This isn't play time." Naru said walking over. He turned to Bou-san. "Is everything packed?"

"Yep" Bou-san said. "The only thing left is to get in the car and head out."

"Fine, Ayako, Yasuhara and Masako go with Bou-san. Mai get in the van." Naru said before heading back in the office to collect the last remaining things that he did not pack. Lin, who had brought the last box out closed the van doors and headed towards the drivers seat. Everyone made their way towards their cars as Naru locked the SPR door and made his way down the stairs. Mai hoped in the van and slid over as Naru began to climb in next to her. He shut the door and they were off.

Hey everyone! I'm back! (yeah!) This is the first chapter to Run Here My Dear (if you did not know that) and it is also the first story that I am writing as a Junior! Yes that it right, i am a junior in high and i hate every minute of it^^ And if you do not know what a junior in high school is, it is an 11th grader. I don't know how other school's grade system works but I have one year left of high school (if you aren't counting this year.)

And yes we all know tomorrow is Halloween and well...Yes i know im 16 but im still going trick or treating!...HEY my best friends sister and brother are going and they are 23 and 21 years old!...im gonna be sooo mean to the little children^^ (im gonna be red riding hood and my friend is a vampire^^ I GOT A RED CLOAK! so happy^^)

What you people doing for Halloween?

I am so excited to see how everything is going to turn out, though i have half bad news, half good news.

Bad News: I can't update as offend as i would like cause I am barely home as it is now.

Good News: I"M GOING TO MEET VIC MIGNOGNA IN JANUARY! (if you do not know who that is than...well idk. Hes Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist. Hes Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club. Hes Zero in Vampire Knight. Hes Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach.[these are all popular anime so sorry if you don't know them] He is just in a bunch of stuff. Anyway me and my friend are going and i am soooooooooooo excited^^

Bad News: I have a ton of work and stuff, but i will and i swear on my life, will try (keep word...see how its bold, italicized, and underlined?) to update every week.

Good News :If i don't update every Sunday, You get to yell at me like all hell is braking loose^^

See you next week and I hope you liked it^^

HAPPY ALL HALLO"S EVE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (in case i dont see you on halloween)