CROSSING OVER

"Chapter 1"

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt and any of the characters. Some of the characters in this fanfiction are created for the purpose of creating a deeper plot. There may be some violent scenarios during the entire story. There is no yaoi, shounen-ai, or yuri in this story. Keep and open mind and read at your own risk.

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About the review regarding Eugene, I'm not really sure. My story is sort of AU and it has something to do with the relationship of Naru and Mai. It wouldn't really be something like a fluff thing, or something that would make them love each other easily.

I want my story to be more realistic and as close to the series as possible.

Dreams are created by a part of our brain, specifically the unconscious section. People say that this part of our brain is actually unused and it is composed of 90 hidden capabilities. People who are able to tap on this unconscious part of our brains are said to have different abilities, perhaps some may call it telekinesis or psychokinesis—in layman's terms, ESP. However, there are only few people gifted with such special traits. Some of them are even considered as outcast because of their deviant behavior.

Some consider it as a talent or a gift.

Others consider it as a curse.

Blue sapphire eyes stared at the pile of paper on top of the wooden table. His dark raven hair flowed down his face and danced gently with the wind. His expression hardened as one of the strands of his hair fell on top of his eyes. He closed his eyes for a millisecond and then reopened them again.

For him, it was one of those days. His assistant, Lin would refer to this days as his bad-tempered days, but to him, it was simply one of those days that he would surmise himself to being…

BORED.

Yes, Shibuya Kazuya is bored.

He tried to stifle a yawn coming out from his lips. He didn't really want to be caught off guard by anyone who would attempt to come in his room. He already tried so hard to make his stoic character and very disciplined impression towards his team and he would not really want to ruin that by being caught off guard because for his team he is the leader. He should be able to keep his composure at all times and should always be alert.

But…

Damn, he is really bored.

The weather seems to agree with him.

Ever had one of those days that it is nether sunny or rainy. It's not cloudy either but it was very humid. It is one of those days that you would just dream of lying on a hammock resting under this peaceful atmosphere. It invites you to simply rest, put away all the work that you have, and close your eyes for some peace and relaxation.

Yeah, it was that kind of day…

This day only needed classical music playing in the background and it would have been the perfect lullaby. For the past few months, the research team was so busy. Accommodating various people in his team was quite trouble some at the beginning, but it ended up being worthwhile.

John Brown, the Australian Exorcist, is very much useful to his team. With the ability to purify spirits in the body of a human being without crushing the body or causing any fatal injury is very efficient especially in cases of possession of evil spirits. They get requests and pleas of help with regards to this situation almost once a week. The priest enlisted himself in one of the Catholic Organizations in Tokyo and asked to be stationed in Japan for at least 2 years. Luck is in their side when the Vatican Council agreed to the proposal.

SPR also has a Miko, or Japanese Priestess, or perhaps to be more accurate, self-professed priestess. Matsuzaki Ayako, daughter of a family of wealthy doctors and spoiled brat, decided to spend some of her leisure time in the SPR. She would drop by at least thrice a week to visit and join in some of the missions, but most of the time, she would be out and performing some of the duties that she has to do as the lady of their manor. She never mentioned a lot of details about her parents or her life except describing it in general, but she is definitely useful especially in cleansing evil spirits.

Specializing as a medium and spirit detector, Masako is of help to them when channeling her energy and sensing any paranormal spirits nearby. Naru is very much aware of her self-professed love to him ever since day 1. But he was not really that interested in any romantic relationships then so he never really took notice—and he's not going to do so anytime soon. Masako usually comes by every weekend.

Their team also has a very unique monk with them. Actually he refers to himself as a bassist more than a monk. Takigawa Hosho performs live in bars and restaurants at night with his bandmates and at day reports to SPR and assists during missions. He's very efficient in creating spells and breaking barriers of paranormal phenomenon. At the same time, provides the group with much needed humor.

Lin, his assistant, seems to be taking everything well. At first, Naru had his reservations in making his team bigger. He thought that Lin would not like more people in the group, especially more Japanese people. But it surprised him to see that Lin is able to adjust well with the group. Lin's conversing with them casually, and became less stiff than he was before.

This is somewhat quite…

Weird.

Especially when you already got used to seeing Lin quiet for a whole day…

But, Naru decided to see this for the better.

Lastly, Mai. Taniyama Mai.

Initially, he wanted to have her as a part of his team because she is efficient. When he saw her in the classroom back then, telling ghost stories with some of her friends, he already sensed his abilities. Because of his extra powerful psychic abilities, sensing people with the same nature of skills is not really that difficult.

When he followed the feeling back then, it led him to her.

Yes.

Destiny indeed knew how to play a game.

They met again and again, and then he finally decided in getting her into the team. Before he felt that he needed to have her because of her abilities. Watching her abilities grow every after mission, it meant for him that this girl is getting stronger.

But the weird thing was…

The more she got stronger…

The more he didn't want her to go on missions.

Weird, right?

Yeah. For Naru it was very weird. There was no logic in it.

Naru could feel the lids of his eyes slowly lowering itself to a close when the door suddenly opened. It he would have been anyone "normal" he would suddenly stand up his chair, start shouting at the intruder, demanding for an explanation, and muttering curses in the process. But well, he isn't anywhere near being normal anyway, so he did what he ought to do.

He sat there, staring or rather glaring at the newcomer while narrowing his already narrow eyes to a slit. He could have sworn that the intruder twitched a little at his scrutinizing gaze, but that would be almost near to impossible. Because in reality, Lin never twitches…

"Lin." Naru muttered, to someone else, it sounded like a curse. The manner it came out of his mouth, if it had a tangible form, it'll probably look like a slithering snake.

Naru again, honestly could have sworn that Lin flinched, even a bit.

"Naru." Lin replied. He was indeed taken aback by the venom coming out of his boss' mouth. It really felt like he was bit by some snake or something.

"What is it?" Naru propped an elbow on the table and leaned on his hand while looking at the side. "Don't tell me that you came barging your way in here just to tell me my name."

Lin didn't know what caused this bad-tempered day, but it surely was one of those he ranked as intensity 7—in short, one of the mood swings that he rather not get himself messed up for too long. Lin had his own deductions why his boss would have this kind of temper but he'd keep it to himself for now.

"Lin. Why. Are. You. Here." Naru stared at the man who stood his ground.

"Naru, there's a guest outside." Lin had to stop him from swallowing the forming lump in his throat. He could have sworn that he saw Naru roll his eyes.

Naru made a move to stand up. He dusted his black long sleeve polo shirt and tucked one of his hands in his pocket. He looked at the side, with the same expressionless face and then looked back at Lin.

"You should have said so in the first place."

Naru passed him after a few moments. Lin simply stood there a little stoned by the stare that was sent towards him. Something must be bothering his boss to him to act that way. He looked at the window and felt that the weather is a bit "lazy". He made his move towards the desk of his boss to fix some of the scattered papers when his eye caught something that he never saw.

He stared at for a while before he reached out to pick it up.

He held a silver frame and turned it to face him. Lin's eyes widened a bit before a smile came out of his expression. He slowly placed it down the desk in the same order before returning to fixing the scattered papers.

He placed them neatly on a file case and turned to move out of the room.

The frame stood there over Naru's table.

It had a simple picture of a boy, about 10 years old, two girls surrounding him, and flowers all over the place. The kids had a wonderful smile on their faces, so bright and charming. At the bottom right there's a name written underneath it.

It was blurry but there was something there…

Only this word was visible.

Forever.

Naru is sitting there in the room facing the man in front of him. The man is wearing a pair of black trousers paired with red long sleeves polo with a few buttons loose. He appears to be a foreigner based on his appearance. His hair is platinum blonde while his eyes glistened with blue fire. He simply sat there staring straight at Naru as if contemplating if he would be able to trust the director of SPR.

Naru felt the distrust. If there was anything at all in this world that he hated most, that would be distrust.

"Your business. State it." Naru forgot to bit his tongue. Those words really came out sharp.

Naru would have expected the man to go out and leave at his rudeness but the opposite happened. The man simply smiled and looked at him as if trying to pierce him by his gaze. Naru wasn't intimidated at all.

The man crossed his legs and his arms at the same time and leaned comfortably at the chair. Naru simply did not move.

"Shibuya Kazuya." The man started. If Naru was surprised, the only sign was that his eyes got a little smaller. "You're the director of this place, are you?"

Annoying. Naru concluded.

"And so what if I am?" Naru almost growled. He really didn't mean to become so rude to a customer but this guy is getting in his nerves. Staring at him didn't really make him feel comfortable around this client, and to add up to that, he didn't know why this man knew of his name.

The man lifted his index finger and started to sway it back and forth as if mocking him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, that's no way to treat a client, Shibuya-san." The man teased. "You should be offering me tea instead of being such a bastard."

Wow…the nerve. Naru thought with a killing intention. Something about this guy really ticked him off to an edge. "State your business. Unlike your initial impression, we are very busy here."

"Okay, I guess I overused my welcome." The man smiled. He raised his hand in surrender and smirked at Naru.

Naru stared back.

"My name is Tachibana Yuki. I came here to request the aid of your group regarding one of the concerns of my family." The man ran his hand over his hair as if an unconscious gesture.

Naru remained silent and Yuki considered this an opportunity to continue.

"My family has a house at the end of Hiei Mountain. Our house there seems to be what I can commonly call as haunted. There are some days that we see that house set on fire but then the next day, we wouldn't see a single sign that it was burned." Yuki reported.

"Perhaps it was a fragment of the imagination." Naru concluded but Yuki interrupted.

"Yes, but I don't think it is possible to imagine the same thing without saying anything about it to anyone right?" Yuki countered. "Everyone in the family saw it. We ran to that place and yet nothing was found wrong."

It was silent for a while and the only sound that they could hear was the sound of a keyboard.

"Shibuya-san, I would like to request for the services of your group." Yuki muttered.

Naru thought it was not necessary.

"It's probably caused by the type of light in the area or something. I don't think such a thing would be caused by a paranormal event." Naru argued.

"It is paranormal. I assure you." Yuki's voice got a bit lower and Naru stopped from walking away. With his back still turned at his visitor, he tried to listen to some more stories. "Please accept this."

Naru turned to look back and stared at the man still kneeling down. He debated within himself if he should be taking the mission and performing a research on such a place that he denied having spirits in. But before he could make a decision, the door suddenly opened and it surprised everyone.

Naru, Lin, and Yuki almost jumped out of their seats and places when Mai entered the room wearing her school uniform. She stood there breathing heavily, one arm leaning on the door planted on the wall, while her head is bent down as she tried to catch her breath.

"You should be more gentle." Lin scolded a little. His voice soft as he handed her a glass of water.

Mai smiled at him and nodded. "Thanks Lin. I'm here for work!"

"Late. Late. Late." Naru muttered under his breath.

Why was she late? Didn't she know that she should have reported earlier? What happened to her?

She should have called. There exists a telephone for people to call in others to inform them of their status. There is also this new trend called cell phones and it's also used to inform others about their status. But this girl did not even bother telling him about those things and it really irked him.

Well, that was the translation of the three lates. But he never really was one to voice out his thoughts. He was rudely snapped out of his reverie when he heard a soft scream coming from the newcomer. He turned around only to see Mai being swept off her feet and into the arms of this man called Yuki.

"Eh?!" Mai was surprised to say the least.

Yuki was hugging Mai.

And it was not something that one would call a friendly embrace.

Yuki's right arm was wrapped around the petite waist of the redhead. One of his hand rested at the back of Mai's head. His platinum blonde hair mixing with her red locks and his face buried at the crook of her neck. Mai's expression was that of shock but that did not really help Naru's impression to lighten.

Somehow…

The situation just got a little…

Complicated.

Naru was suddenly holding Yuki's collar and yanked him away from his assistant.

A little rudely.

"Back off." Came a venomous warning.

TBC

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