AN: Well this is chapter one and please like i said be honest but not rude, oh and i don't own ghost hunt and some fo the names i used you will sound like ones you know already cuz borrowed them so enjoy.

Deep Dark Secret

Day 1: Sleepless Night

Mai's Point-of-View

(Dream)

"mom, dad…..where are you" A little girl with waist length amber hair and big brown eyes that accompanied an angelic little face said as she was walking around a big house looking for her parents

Mai was following the little girl from afar. She knew who the little girl was which made the dream a lot more painful. Once Mai saw the little girl head to her parent's bed room, all she wanted to do was to scream to tell her to turn around and go back but this was not the first time she had this dream. She has been having the same dream……….. No it wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare. Every night she would have this same nightmare and she knew she wouldn't be able to change it. She just tried to prepare herself for what she would see but it was no use, she would always be scared.

The little girl was now opening the Shoji door that led to a dark room and walked in, Mai followed even if she tried not to enter her dream would always bring her into that cold room, once Mai entered the room the strong smell of iron hit her nose that all she wanted to gag from the strong smell, she heard the girl scream and didn't want to look up, but curiosity won over her even if she had seen this over and over again she could never look away.

Blood was everywhere, on the floor, on the walls and on the bed; it looked like the room was painted red. The little girl that was around ten years old was looking all over the room taking in the sight, until he eye's landed on the bed where her mothers body was laying, her body was torn up, scratches and what seem like stab wounds were all over her. Next to her on the floor was her father, same wounds but just more of them.

The little girl walked toward the body of her parents, looking at her mother's body up and down, as if to take in all of her wounds and with a small voice filled with hope she calls out to her.

"Mommy…… Mommy, please…….please, wake up" she said as tears were running down her face.

Then she turned to her father and with a pained filled voice as her tears were running down harder she called out.

"Daddy….. Daddy, please get up"

When she got no response out of her father as well she started to cry even harder if it was possible. She started shaking as she sobbed harder and harder. Mai was watching her from 

behind, her cheeks stained with her own tears.

'Why' Mai thought 'why do I to see this again'

Then as Mai looked again she found herself surrounded by darkness. She heard noises coming from behind her, even though she tried not to she looked behind her. Her warm brown eyes meet cold blue eyes; all she could do was stare at them. The pair of eyes held her there in her spot3, making her unable to move. She knew how those eyes belong to and they were the only thing that gets her to start shaking out of fear.

Then when she tried to take a step back, those eyes were right in front of her and with the body they belong to. A man cloaked in black, the only thing she was able to see was his cold eyes. He was so close, she tried to move back to get away but before she could, she felt cold hands on her neck.

Her eyes widen as she looked into the eyes of the man that was trying to choke the life out of her. She felt pain on her back as he coked her, she tried to scream but she had no voice. When she knew she was going to blackout she heard the man whisper in her ear in a murderous voice….

"I will find you" and then their was darkness.

(Dream end)

She sat up in her bed panting, her body covered in a cold sweat, she had just had a nightmare. She sat there on her bed, waiting for her berating to return to normal. She then looked at the clock.

"Shit, it's 8:55.….Oh god, I'm late" she sighed and started heading to her restroom, after a cold shower to rid herself of her nightmare she had had that night, she was standing in front of the bathroom mirror looking at her back. She was banding it up to hide the marks that had appeared their and the ones she has had for as long as she can remember.

Two set of Kanji markings were on her back, the ones that had appeared look like the were carved into her skin with a knife, these were the ones she found bleeding ever morning she woke up from that dream, and the other ones that looked like a tattoo the was on her lower back. Once she was done she finished putting on the rest of her clothes.

"I have to make sure no one sees these" she said to herself as he walked through the room to find her bag and her cell phone. Once she walked out the door and started to walk down the steps of her apartment she thought to herself.

'Naru's going to be mad'

(End Mai point-of-view)

S.P.R Office

Four of Mai's co-workers were in the office waiting for her to arrive. While they waited they were speaking of the subject that brought them together so early in the morning.

"So, Bou-san what did you want to talk about so early" Said Naru with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Don't worry; I wouldn't come so early in the morning with this woman if it wasn't important"

"What's that suppose to mean" Ayako said as she hit the monk over the head.

"Ouch, you know you have a heavy hand their" Bou-san said as her rubbed the back of his head.

"Anyway to the point of where you're here" Said Lin as he tried to stop the two from starting another fight.

"Well we were wondering if you guys if you guys have notice anything wrong with Mai" Bou-san said in a voice filled with concern and worry.

"What do you mean" Naru asked confused as to why they would ask such a question.

"Well u haven't you notice that after that last case we had she has been acting….well weird and she's gone so pail in these couple of months" Said Ayako

"Yeah and she's getting skinner by the day, it's like she doesn't eat at all" Bou-san added.

Naru sighed "I don't pay much attention to her but I have notice the change in her attitude" and it worried him even thought he had too much pried to admit it but Naru has notice these changes in her and was growing concern.

Lin then spoke up "I have notice this changes these changes in Mai-san, at first I thought she was getting sick, but it just go worse as it went along."

"That's why we wanted to talk to you two" said Bou-san "she's been acting strange since the last case and it worries me"

"What do you think she's hiding something from us?"

As Ayako asked this Mai walked right into the office, they all turn to she her walking in. once they saw her they all thought the same thing...

'She looks paler then before'

At first they just stared at her and she stared back. Then she spoke in a weak but somewhat cheerful voice…

"If Bou-san and Ayako are here then I must be really late" she said with a small smile. Bou-san then walked up to her and gave her a big, but gentle hug.

"No, you late like usual, just that me and the miko over there came a little early" he said as he let her go

"Oh"

"But your still late" Naru said as he was rising out of his seat as if the conversation that just had happen never occurred.

"Yeah, sorry about that" She said with a little laugh.

"Mai"

"Yes"

"Tea"

"Right"

Everyone was shocked by Mai's reaction. She didn't argue or complain about Naru not saying please but she just walked into the kitchen and started to make the tea. Naru and Lin notice how much more Mai had gone pale and this worried them and their coworker's.

When Mai came back to the sitting room she had a tray with cups of tea for everyone. When she was handing the tea to Lin and Naru there eyes met for only a moment but they both notice that the glow that made her so cheerful and made her eye's glow was gone.

She notice they were staring at her and she looked away from them 'why do they have to look at me like I was dying' as this thought went threw Mai's head two boy's around the age of 18 or 19 walked into the office, she saw them and went to greet them.

"Welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research center, how can we help you?" Mai said as she greeted the boy's with a smile.

"We're here to speak with the head of this center" the one with the Black hair and the green eyes answered Mai.

"One moment, please come in and tack a seat" she answered.

"Thank you" said the one with the green hair and golden eyes who gave her a small smile.

"Would you like some tea while you wait" she asked them as she showed them to the sitting room, it seems that Naru, Bou-san, Lin and Ayako went to Lin's office while she went to answer the door she wondered what they were talking about when she had entered the office.

"No, thank you" they said to her. She gave them a small bow and left them but what she notice was that they continue to watch her as she went, she knocked on Lin's door and called for Naru saying he had some guest.

Once she finish her statement he got up from desk and walk past Mai and out of his Lin's office door ready for business with Lin right behind his ready to take notes followed by Bou-san, Ayako and then Mai.

"Hello my name is Shibuya-San, how may I help you" Naru said as he took a seat in front of the two teenagers.

"It's a pleased to meet you Shibuya-san, my name is Fakia Kimura and this here is Yasaki Yamamoto. We are here to see if you could help us with a little problem we are having in the house manor we live in"

With the short introduction of the people that were with him Naru started to ask the questions by asking the usual questions to see If the case was worth taking or not.

"How long have you been living in your home" he asked

"For as long as we can remember" as Naru was asking the questions Mai was studding the two young men that seemed just a couple of years older then her.

The one named Fakia was well built from what she can tell through the layers of clothing, he had shoulder length hair that was tied up into a single low ponytail, he had forest green eyes, a strange and unusual color to have. Just by looking at him Mai could tell hard headed type but a very gentle and caring person.

The one named Yasaki has beautiful dark green hair that looked black in the dark that was down to his waist and he let if fly free, but the most interesting thing were his eye's he had bright green eye's which held a sparkle of gold within them.

Mai watched them as they inform Naru in what has happening to their home almost as she was studding them.

"We don't know when it started but I believe it was after our masters death" Yasaki said in a 

voice with no emotion in it what so ever.

"What Masters?" Lin asked eyeing the dark haired teenager

"Yes, our master died over six years ago, we have worked in their family since we were young" Yasaki clarified "It was a awful thing that happen to then, but you see that's when the maids in the house started to see some strange things happening in the house."

"Strange…..care to clarify?" Naru asked sounding interested in the case.

"Well, writing on the walls, and they weren't in pen of any type of marker, they were written in blood and then screams that come out of nowhere" Fakia said

"It's a real bother" Yasaki said with a hint of annoyance in his voice "So will you help us out"

"Well I really don't take cases on short notice but we will help" said Naru "we will need something's taken care of like rooms for my team members, a room that we can us as a base and access to the records of the house and the address"

"We will take care of all of that for you, when should we be expecting you?" asked Yasaki

"We will be there tomorrow afternoon, that will give us time to set up a base room and get my members together" Naru said nodding to Lin as they stood up and said their goodbyes "You can give the address to my assistant at the door"

Mai was waiting by the door for them to get the address, once they were done writing it down they walked up to Mai and they stared at her and she stared back. Lin, Naru, Bou-san and Ayako notice this and watch them with questioning looks.

"Well hope you enjoyed your stay." she said putting on a small smile put was failing at it for the pain that shot up he back all of a sudden, which she cursed at, at the back of her mind.

Fakia handed her the piece of paper but when she reached for it he pulled her close to him as if for a hug and whispered in her ear "I don't think you'll need it, now will you" he said it in such a low voice it sent shivers down her back.

Then once he walked out of the door Yasaki took a her hand and placed a kiss on the back of it which made everyone's eyes in the room widen, except for Mai she just stood there looking at Yasaki "Have a good day Mai-sama" he said in a low voice for only her ears can hear and then he left. She closed the door behind him and turned to see all of her friends staring at her with confused looks on their faces, except for Naru and Lin who just stood their straying at her.

"What was that all about" Ayako and Bou-san asked in perfect union with shocked faces.

"Do you know them Mai-San" Lin asked making the girl come back from her thoughts.

"No, why do you ask" Mai said with a small smile noticing that the pain in her back was dulling.

"Well why else would they hug and kiss you if I may add" Bou-san asked while wiggling his eyebrows like the madman he is.

"Well maybe they like our little Mai" Ayako gave Mai a look, but then once they looked at her again it looked like she had just gotten paler then she was a second ago and they stop their teasing.

"Mai"

"Yes, Bou-san" Mai answered, she was lost in her thoughts again.

"You don't look so well, are you feeling okay" he asked with his voice filled with concern.

Mai gave him a smile and said "I'm feeling okay, you don't need to worry"

"But Mai…you look so pale…" Ayako spoke up concerned. She had never seen the girl look so sick, not even when she had the flu. It was unlike her and it pained her to see her. If there was only something she could do…somehow make Mai go to the hospital or open up to them about what was wrong…

"It's Like you are going to pass out" Lin added indifferently even though he was truly concerned for the girl. "Should we take you to the hospital?"

"I'm fine guys! Really!" She lied, "All I need is some sleep…that's all!" Mai said to them faking a cheerful voice. She didn't want them to know…didn't want them to care. If they cared…then they could get hurt and that was the last thing she wanted…

"Then once your done getting me some more tea you can have the rest of the day off, I don't want you passing out on me, it would be a bother" Naru said as he walked into his office, he then said from inside "I won't you here at seven for we can get to the house"

Mai looked around and saw everyone had a worried face on, she then sighed and said "Fine once I'm done getting your tea, I'll go home and sleep"

Mai was done and got a ride from Bou-san, and on the way Bou-san was talking nonstop that he didn't notice when Mai fell asleep she looked so peaceful in her sleep that he was glad she did.

When they got to her apartment he didn't want to wake he so he got her keys and carried her over his shoulder like a little girl to her apartment, once he got the door open he laid her on her 

bed took off her shoes and put a blanket over the sleeping girl and kissed her goodnight on the forehead like a father does with his children and walked out of her apartment and locking the door behind him.

Mai for the first time in months had a dreamless night and got some well earned sleep.