I promise I'll post a new chapter any time I don't have class or a sorority meeting. I have them all written out. As some of you may know this is the second time im posting this story and i promise you that this time it is finished, im just posting all of the chapters one at a time so new readers can keep up!

Enjoy chappie two!

October 30

Mito, Ibaraki

Kanto District of Japan

Sure, I had been pretty excited about going to Mito for our case, I always liked going to different places. That was one of the reasons I loved working for SPR. However, I wasn't too excited about the ride situation.

Monk and Ayako couldn't make it for another day, and since the location of our new case was over two hours away Naru and Lin felt it necessary to bring all of the equipment 'just incase.' And because of this situation, the situation being that the equipment took of pretty much every nook and cranny of the van, Lin, Naru and I were crammed in the front seat. 'Crammed' of course meaning there were only two and a half seats available for the three of us so I had to half sit on the seat and half sit on Naru's lap...If looks could kill - scratch that - if looks could kill inanimate objects, the stupid equipment would have been dead and gone between the glares Naru and I were shooting it. Lin, however, seemed to be getting quite the kick out of our little situation and I swore he was hitting every bump in the road on purpose, for every time he'd hit a bump I'd fall into Naru's chest and start muttering incoherently in embarrassment. Naru would just roll his eyes at me every time I'd mutter and thus I'd get even more embarrassed and mutter even more. But...I could swear I saw a strange look in Naru's eyes once when we caught each others gazes after Lin (purposely) hit a pretty large bump in the pavement and I had to clutch on to his arm so I wouldn't fall off the seat. I really wished that the van had a working seat belt in the middle seat; if only that idiot monk hadn't broken it on our last case then I might not be having as much trouble staying in my seat.

Damn! Lin was definitely hitting those bumps on purpose.

Finally we reached the address of the location. We had to take a long dirt road into the woods, and, as if that weren't creepy enough, we came into view of the old, brick, three story high abandoned mental asylum. There was a rusting black iron fence which must have been at least ten feet tall. The tips of the iron rods were sharp points, intimidating anyone on the outside to stay out and anyone on the inside to stay in or else. I looked nervously at the gate and building as we drove closer. I felt confused, I felt dizzy. This place didn't set well with me, and Naru seemed to notice this.

When we finally came to a stop and unloaded from the van he turned to me as Lin went to the back of the van to start getting the equipment out and into the asylum.

"Mai, do you feel something?" Naru asked, staring me square in the eyes.

The deep blue of his eyes helped ease my feeling of unease. I unconsciously grabbed at my elbow, a comforting action which also helped ease myself. I shook my head slowly, trying to shake the remainder of this feeling away, "I just have a strange feeling. I'm...I'm actually feeling..I can't explain..."

Naru looked at me for a moment longer and did something that surprised me.

His eyes softened just barely and his hand came up to land on the top of my head. "Let me know if you feel anything else," he said in a gentle tone.

"Naru..." I stared up at him, a small smile tugged at my lips in thanks.

We heard Lin's footsteps coming from around the van and I saw Naru's eyes return back to normal. His mask was back in place.

"Mai, help Lin with the equipment. Don't drop anything, we all know how clumsy of an idiot you can be."

My smile quickly turned into a frown and my hands curled into fists. "Naru, why you..." I shook my fist at him as he walked over to the main entrance to the run down asylum, swiftly ignoring me. I huffed in annoyance, my aggression was futile against this idiot scientist.

I made my way over to the back of the van, and looked up at the asylum to take in the view.

...

FLASHBACK

"Is this the Shibuya Psychic Research Center?" a man who looked to be no older than fifty-five stood at the doorway.

I smiled in greeting. "Yes it is, my name is Taniyama Mai, may I help you with anything?"

The man's eyes crinkled slightly with age as he smiled back. He nodded. "My name is Kinowara Shinji. I was told there was a man by the name of Kazuya Shibuya here that could help me. You see, my uncle just passed away and in his will I was left with an old family building. A mental asylum to be exact."

My eyes widened. "A mental asylum?" I whispered. Man those things creep me out.

"And what, Kinowara-san, do you think we can help you with?" a cool voice sounded behind me, which made me jump.

"N-Naru," I sighed, "Sheesh, you scared me half to death."

"It's not my fault you're oblivious to everything around you," he stated cooly and turned back to our new potential client.

"Jerk," I growled.

Kinowara-san chuckled lightly at my boss and I.

"What's so funny?" Naru inquired with a quirked eyebrow.

"Nothing," the man waved a hand softly, "It's just that the two of you remind me of my daughter and her husband."

I blushed at the thought of Naru as my husband, and blushed even more when I realized that I actually liked the idea.

Naru cleared his throat and closed his eyes briefly. "Kinowara-san, I ask again, what can we help you with?"

The man in question only stared at the younger man. "Are you Kazuya Shibuya?"

"Yes."

"How old are you exactly?"

'Uh-oh. That question always annoys the hell out of Naru,' I thought to myself.

I saw Naru try to restrain from twitching an eyebrow, though he wasn't able to stop his jaw from clenching. "Why do you wish to know?" he asked in a tone which was tinged with a slight hint of irritation.

The older man only shrugged nonchalantly. "Just curious. You look to be quite young."

Naru's eyes narrowed. "I'm twenty-one, now Sir, please answer my previous question."

Kinowara-san smiled brightly, "Right, right, sorry I got distracted. Anyway, I need your help at the asylum I recently inherited. It's abandoned but I still-"

"If It's abandoned than why do you wish us to come investigate? If no one is in dangers way than I see no point in going," Naru said flatly, as if the whole thing was a waste of time for him.

"Naru!" I squeaked. Quickly I turned to Kinowara-san who was looking at Naru with narrowed eyes. "I'm so sorry Sir! My boss doesn't have the best of manners." Naru glared at me, and I only rolled my eyes, "Well you don't Naru, so don't get all pissy. Anyway Kinowara-san, would you mind telling us about why you want us there?" I asked politely.

The man looked at me with a smile, or was that a smirk?

"Well I was planning on tearing down the building and building a home there for my daughter as a little gift, you see? I've heard that renovations can agitate spirits and they already seem pretty bad as it is, so I'd like for you to find them and exorcise them so when the house is built then there won't be anything that may happen to my daughter and her husband."

I nodded, taking in all of the information. "What's happened there so far? Do you know?"

I could see Naru looking at me thoughtfully in the corner of my eye...what's he thinking?

Kinowara-san put a finger to his chin in thought. "Well, there have been rattling noises, sounds of people screaming, things like that. There have also been things like the power going out when the weather is perfectly fine, and when the power returns there is writing on the walls. Here are some photos actually," he stated and handed me a small file containing a few pictures.

I looked at the photos. There was writing on walls with chipping paint. The writing appeared to be written in...in blood... 'Help Me'...'I just want to go home'...

The phrases were small and typical, but they still pushed me to want to help these spirits. I kept flipping through the pictures as Naru stood over my shoulder, taking the pictures I had already seen and studied them himself.

Naru took the remainder of the pictures from my grasp and I looked up at him determined. The case didn't look to be too hard, and anyway, we needed to take this for these poor spirits, I knew I could help them.

Naru stared back at me with raised eyebrows, seemingly knowing what I was thinking. With a long sigh he slowly turned to the older man who was waiting patiently. "Alright. I suppose I have no choice but to take this case."

My face lit up and Naru rolled his eyes. Man, he was such a push over when it came to me.