This is a Lin/Mai fanfiction.

I do love Naru/Mai but I haven't written a Lin/Mai fanfiction in a long time.

Since we don't know how old Lin-san actually is so I made it up.

Please read and review.

Enjoy.

Mai's POV

I woke up to my alarm and- Wait a minute I'm on a case, I don't have an alarm. "Naru, go away." I groaned. I opened my eyes and saw my boss standing over my futon with an alarm clock. The clock said five thirty in the morning.

I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. "It's five thirty in the morning. Go away." I screamed. I'm not a morning person. No one as obviously told Naru that and he is learning the hard way.

"I want tea." He said. Of course he wants tea. "Naru, it is five thirty in the morning. I am not in the mood to deal with you and your stupid tea. I didn't have a good night sleep because of your brother and then you woke me up. Piss off." I screamed the last part out.

Then Monk-san came in to the room. "Naru, Ayako is making the tea. And I told you not to bother her when she is sleeping believe me I learned the hard way."

"Get up Mai. I don't pay you to sleep on a case." Naru seemed unaffected by Mai's mood. "Naru let her sleep. I will wake her up in her an hour." Lin said from the doorway. Naru sighed. "Very well, wake her up at six thirty."

They left the room. I went back to sleep. But some time later Lin-san came back in and woke me up gently. I silently got up and found that it was freezing. "It's freezing." I muttered. "I'll only be a moment." I said sleepily as I got some cloths and went into the bathroom to change.

The SPR team took on a dangerous case. A ghost is harming women for unknown reason and there is something else as well Mai and Masako and sense it but they don't know who or what it is so Naru ordered that no one is to be alone in the house or the grounds.

The house and the grounds belong to a family called the Tsukinos. There are two children and their parents. The mother's name is Erika and the father's name is Issaru. They came to SPR for help when their youngest daughter Maeko was attacked. Don't worry Maeko is okay she was pushed down the stairs by an unseen force. The other two children were possessed and tried to harm their parents. So the parents went to SPR and Naru accepted the case. So here we are. The Tsukino family is staying at a hotel nearby and SPR is trying to get rid of whatever haunting the house. We have been here for a week. I have a few scratches and bruises as do everyone else. No serious damage

I came out a few minutes later and grabbed a blanket out from the closet and wrapped it around me. "Ready to go?" Lin-san asked as he stood up. I nodded for my response. As we walked along the hallway Lin-san out of the blue, "I apologise for Naru's rudeness."

"The only person who needs to apologise is that tea loving Narcissist. You have nothing to apologise for. And don't say that it was on his behalf." I said. Lin-san chuckled at me. Well it was true.

"I better go and make some tea." I went in to the kitchen and made some tea then went in to the base and set the trey down and Lin-san was about to reach for his when Naru said, "Lin, Mai go and check the temperatures and the video cameras." Lin and I nodded and went in to every room (luckily the house is small).

While Lin-san was checking the last video camera I was looking around. This room feels strange. I have this feeling that someone doesn't want us in the room... "Lin-san, we should go. I have a strange uneasy feeling in this room." I whispered as I crept a bit closer to Lin-san who nodded. We left the room. "There is something definitely in there." I said to Naru as soon as we made back to the base.

"Lin, get the picture of the little girl's room." Naru said as he faced the TV sets. In the little girl's room there was a woman ghost laughing. "She's laughing at us." Mai said to Lin. "She's going to get a surprise when I'm through with her. Hey Naru."

"What is it, Mai?" Naru said as he picked up a file.

"Ever seen a ghost being scared to death?" I asked him. I really wasn't in the mood to put up with anything.

"No because the ghost is already dead." Naru replied as if I was stupid. Naru thinks I'm stupid anyway.

"Well you're about to. Because of the mood I'm in, which I thank you for Naru, This ghost is going to wet her pants. I am not in the mood to deal with a ghost right now." With that said I went and sat next to Bou-san.

Naru's POV

"Her powers a growing, Naru. She might be able to scare a ghost to death." Lin whispered as he sat down next to me. "And waking her up like that way didn't help. You have to be patient with her. She dreams about Gene and from what she told me he annoys her. And you're annoying her when she is a wake. I overheard her talking to Brown-san and she told him that she already feels stupid and useless already. You don't have to tell her that she is stupid."

I turned to Lin with a frown. "It sounds like you care for her." I whispered. "Who doesn't? I might despise the Japanese but not Mai and the others. Did you know that she is only half Japanese? Her father was English. English is her second language. I heard her talk to Brown-san in English. Mai also speaks three other languages. She loves to sing, write music. She also got an A in science and history. I saw her report card. I got to know her during the last case when Mai and I got stuck in the elevator for five hours. Oh and she doesn't love Gene, if she did she could have easily have fallen asleep and never wake up. She could go in to the light with Gene to her parents. She misses her parents. Her mother only died three years ago. And a please and a thank you is not too much to ask. That's all she is asking from you, A please and a thank you. You might be the great Olivier Davis, kid genies, but that doesn't make you above everyone else. And what I just said just now was a long time coming. You're my best friend, Naru, I'm saying this because I'm your friend. Go and talk to Mai she is a good person." With that Lin stood up and sat down next to Mai.

I sighed. That is the longest thing Lin has said. I stood up and said, "Mai, tea." I heard Mai sigh. I turned around and added in English, "please." Mai stared at me in shock for a second then she smiled and went. I followed her in to the kitchen and watched her make the tea.

"How do you make tea so good?" I asked her as I leaned against the counter. "My mum owned a tea and coffee shop and sometimes I would help out. And the Japanese and the Chinese are famous for tea and coffee." Mai replied. I nodded. That explains it.

"Lin told me that you speak three other languages. What are they?"

"French, Italian and Chinese. I'm still learning Chinese. Lin-san is helping me."

"You and Lin sound close." I said.

"We got to know each other when we got stuck in the elevator and when you left us in the office." Mai admitted.

"Mai, I just want to-." I couldn't finish the sentence. "You want to what?" She prompted as the kettle came to the boil.

"I want to apologise for everything I said about you. You are smart and clever in your own way."

"Naru, the others and I don't respect you because you're Olivier Davis. We respect you as a human being. We care about you. We'd risk our lives to protect you. I know you didn't ask us to but you don't need to. We'd do it anyway."

I nodded. "I care about all of you to. Especially you Mai." Mai smiled at me warmly.

"I also heard how you spoke to your mother. She loves you. She just lost a son. She doesn't want to lose you. Don't take a mother's love for granted, or the father's. I don't remember my father. I was only three when he died."

"How did your father die?" I asked. Mai shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. His body was never found." She said as she handed me my tea. "Thank you." I said as I took a sip. "My pleasure, Naru."

"I'd give anything to see my mother again. She died from cancer when I was thirteen. Since then I've been from one foster home to another. One day one of my mother's friend found me and became my guardian. He owns an apartment building and gave me a apartment."

I frowned. "You have a guardian? How come I haven't met him? Does he know that you are working?"

"Yes he does. He has walked past a couple of times." Mai grinned. "Well ask him to come in next time? I want to meet him." Mai nodded.

"Come on, let's go back to the base." I said. Mai nodded and started to leave the kitchen. "Wait Mai. There is something else I need to know." I said as I grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving.

"What?"

"When I found Gene's body. Did you mean it when you said that you like me?"

"Yes." Her reply was no more than a whisper.

"And now?" I asked.

"I got over you. It was a teenage crush. Teenage girls have crushes some times. You are a friend, a good friend. Since I have no family my friends come close to a family." She replied.

We stood there in silence for a moment then Mai turned around and held out her hand. I smiled a real smile and shook her hand. "You can never have to many friends." She said. I nodded. And with that we went back to the base.

I picked up my mobile phone and dialled my parent's number.

"Hello, Davis residence." The butler answered the phone. "Joe, its Olivier. Is my mother there?" I asked. "One moment, sir."

After a minute my mother picked up the phone. "Hello Noll."

"Hello mother, how are you?"

There is the first chapter.

Let me know if it's boring.

I couldn't come up with a good beginning so I wrote this.

The next chapter will be better I promise.

Again let me know if you would like another chapter or want me to remove it. Or let me know if don't get the chapter.

Again I'm sorry if it's boring.