A/N: Thank you for reading my first chapter! A big thanks to MimoriFanForever for being my first reviewer (in more ways than one .) and please enjoy this chapter!

I don't own Ghost Hunt...though I wish I did .

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"Naru!" an angry Bou-san yelled in frustration "we have done everything we can think of and none of us have even come close to breaking that thing! What the hell kind of barrier is that!?"

It had been a little over an hour since every one came rushing into the large room and looked upon their fallen comrade. They had tried every possible method of trying to break through the barrier with no avail. They were running out of time and everyone knew it. When they all fell silent trying to think of what to try next the suffering of the girl on the floor could be heard.

"We have to do something soon or else Mai is going to die…" John's voice was trembling. "I don't know how much longer she can hold on."

"We have nothing! How the hell are we supposed to help her when we can't even get to her!?" Ayako yelled.

"We have tried all that we know of to break that barrier, and yet we have obviously not succeeded. It will take us time to research or even gain a clue about what is behind this or how to break it." Masako added grimly.

"We don't have that kind of time!" Bou-san yelled angrily. Naru stared blankly at the barrier. He was taking in the argument taking place around him, but his mind was more focused on the condition of his assistant. Her skin was even paler than it had been when he first came across her if that was even possible.

"Naru…" A soft voice echoed through the room. All words that had been spoken were soon silenced and it seemed as if everyone held their breath in their chest. Naru's eyes widened as he saw Mai looking up at him with a semi opened eye. "Naru…" the girl repeated softly. His shocked expression that had just been present on his face soon disappeared and his mask was firmly in place before any one could notice that it had been displaced by the sudden intrusion of the girl's voice.

"Mai…" he responded calmly as if he were merely responding to her in the office. All eyes were focused on the now developing interaction between Naru and Mai. The young boss stepped a few feet forward so that he was as close to the girl as he possibly could be. It was hard to tell through the stains of blood, but Mai was awake and her visible eye was glazed and wet with shed tears.

The girl took a breath and the labored wheeze caught every ones attention. "You won't find what you are looking for…there." She finished and stared at her boss in the eye.

He studied her closely. Was she trying to help them figure out how to help her? "What do you mean?" He questioned coldly. He was fighting the urge to say fuck it to his expressionless demeanor and pound against the wall that kept him from her and demand to know what the hell was going on and how he could kick the shit out of it so he could reach her and hold her close.

She hesitated. Mai was having second thoughts about telling her beloved yet annoying boss the information she knew. He was always insulting her intelligence or lack there of as it be, but she was not as ignorant as she lead everyone to believe. She merely pretended not to know…played dumb with her boss and chose not to tell him what she had learned about him and his past from her post cognition dreams.

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