A.N. Another short chapter, more for description and outlining of persons.

I wanted to thank all who gave their time to read, and sweetymai90 for review.

You give me courage.

Declaimer. I don't own Ghost Hunt, never had, never will.

Mai was astonished with size of this place. It had shape of square, only with empty middle, with green grass, roses and some sort of trees she didn't know.

All sparkling in springs sun. Roses were budding and trees had beautiful green leaves, and grass seems like it was calling, come sit on me.

Maybe that's why there were settled groups of students, reading and studying. Some looked up at strangers, but as they didn't seem harmful no one gave them thoughts for more than two minutes.

-Mai, close your mouth, it's hanging wide open.- chuckled monk beside her. Mai gathered herself, closed mouth and looked at lightly brown haired man walking beside her.

-It looks almost as palace. No wonder they have ghosts. I heard they like such kind of places.-

Monk laughed with all his might, holding stomach and earned cold glare from Naru. Luckily for monk he was still behind Lin.

-Mai, where the heck you get those ideas!- He still was giggling, wiping tears.

-Ghosts in castles normally are those who lived there or died there at least. And the same goes for nearly every ghost hunted house. he explained like four year old child would be looking at him with wide eyes, listening to every word. Mai decided to play along and really made such face, or at least as close she could.

-It can't be, I thought they were someone special.- It made monk laugh again. He didn't knew why, but now out of stuffy car, away from Naru for at least five meters he felt wonderfully free.

-If you two won't stop, then there will be two more ghosts to hunt this place.- Lin finally decided to jump in. Probably because he would be the first one to fall, as those two cowards was hiding behind his back. It was obvious they were hiding, because glares Naru sent their direction were murderous.

It seemed that monk only need that. Bowing to Mai like ancient Eastern knight he said:

-My lady, will you give me this honor to escort you?-

Mai giggled, then making little reverence, she answered:

-Of course my lord, I would be honored.-

Giggling and still laughing like two children they even didn't saw where they went. Only that the place was huge enough to make big dance party in it. So no one saw that someone was watching them, only this someone weren't sitting on grass beside tree or reading book. Someone in white clothes was looking outside of third floor window.

-Maybe they can help you? What do you think?-

They still laughed about thought - Naru in dress, if they would make cross-dressing ball, when they entered headmasters' office.

Throat sound from Lin and death glare from Naru awakened them in an instant.

Man in his late fifties gave them measuring look, as telling he didn't wait anything from them. In few moments Mai noticed countless portraits hanging on walls. One more moment of eyesight straining looking at years beneath paintings and it was clear those were portraits of previous headmasters.

Room was big and spacious, with three windows and big table in middle of room. But at the end of long table was another one, smaller, perpendicular to bigger one, with green lamp and computer on other side of it.

In one corner, from floor to ceiling, was big cactus family plant. Only some nearly invisible, tight ropes held it in place.

Man invented Naru to sit down, and Mai, thought that we meant all of them, stepped further, but was stopped by Lins hand. She looked at older man with confusion, he only shook his head, saying –No, not us.-

Mai didn't understood, but it seemed like Bou and Lin did, because first one even didn't move, and second had some understanding in his eyes.

Mai had been with them for long time, so she saw that Lin didn't like something about this man. He was guarded and a little bit angry. Frankly speaking he wasn't on good terms with arrogant people. Naru was out of that list, as he was something more than an arrogant man.

Naru was ... Naru.

Headmaster saw small movement of older mans' side.

As he had predicted, he was smart and quiet, understanding in instant, that he showed their place. Those who were lower didn't need to sit down when higher standing man were talking. On top of that – woman.

Women place were in kitchen and with children. Yes, sometimes there were exceptions to this law, for example if given exemplar was ugly and couldn't even catch a decent man. Then he closed eyes to fact that she gave her all to work.

Despite his beliefs headmaster had to work with woman, who had family and children, but times were as they were and he didn't want some violent defender of human rights on his head. But his attitude didn't change. He felt head and shoulders above them.

Probably we would love to live as rich man in slave time.

Looking back at younger man, who had sat down and not saying one word patiently waited for him to speak up.

"Good." He thought. "This will be easy, if he knows his place."

-As you probably understood from review I sent earlier, there are some strange things happening here. Some walls are painted in red, prank like treats. Only after things started moving on their own matter as ghost emerged. All this time still thought about some sort of student pranks existed. And I still believe it is so. But for the sake of my employees who all think it has something with spirits I called you.-

Naru nodded as acknowledging it all was true and he listened. Mai was trying to steal glances of man on table, but Lins back was rather big. maybe he was trying to shield her, and monk was helping him, so all that left for Mai was jumping up and down and take glances she could between their shoulders.

Headmaster saw this movement, he wasn't blind, this girl was starting to get on his nerves, but he kept his calm. Neither he had obligations to rise her, neither it was his duty to point out lack of manners.

Everyone in room felt mans look harden. Exception was Mai who didn't see nor felt it. Living in happy oblivion.

Headmaster turned his eyes back at young boss in front of him.

-As your company is so much praised, you will solve this matter in no more that week, I believe.-

Seemed like he could say something more, when Naru finally opened his mouth.

-If you want this matter solved by us, we will take as much time as we need, be it three days, week or month.- His eyes were cold as he was trying to say man, if he wants them to stay he won't meddle in their work. And it truly was so.

Naru hated when someone disturbed his work, excpecially if this someone tried to regulate him. He had head on his own, and excellent brain on top of that. True, this man didn't knew it, and there was no need for him to know, but it didn't gave him rights to jab them.

Headmaster looked at young man in front of him. Normally he didn't like when someone objected to his decisions, but something in this man, maybe serious glance he gave, maybe self-confidence that nearly radiated for him, stopped him from throwing them out in instant.

-Good.- He said after short moment and made it seem like he had waited for such answer.

-Could you tell us when these disturbances started, was there some significant incident?- Naru asked, not moving one inch of place. Lin got out notebook he was using in investigations to write down facts and witness.

-My secretary probably will be more of use to you than I am. And I believe you will have to talk to heads of departments, as they has to know better under their care.- To say that by his attitude two most simpleminded people in room was stunned would be saying nothing. Having the same look of 'I can't believe this' in their faces Mai and Bou seemed like they were one organism with two heads.

In order not to seem too rude headmaster only said:

-I know that it all started couple months ago with writings on walls, and we could catch the guilty one. But I think hearing that from primary source would be more useful, then listen to my explanations.

Naru nodded as understanding man completely.

-Then cold you get someone to show rooms for us?- he asked. There was no way this man himself would see them to to-be-base.

With "Of course" he called his secretary and gave orders to show them rooms they can use.

Closing the door behind her Mai felt better. Last moments were so suffocating she really thought she will die there. She was last one, but still caught sensation in air.

Everyone seemed relieved to get out of headmasters office.

It didn't take too long to get to room they were assigned to. It was medium large lecture room, with slight features of amphitheatre. Secretary was excused, after scratching a little map for them, in order to not get lost, with promise to call all deans, and tell anyone who think they saw anything or knew significant details, to show at base.

Monk rolled up his sleeves ready to get every damn equipment they needed for base.

-Ok, Mai-chan! Lets fix up base!-

-Yes!- Mai called out enthusiastically. If someone helped her she was ok with hard labor. And in years she worked for S.P.R. she had gotten used to it.

-When you have done that bring me tea.- Naru stated sitting down in only one comfortable chair.

He didn't even look at Mai who seemed to fleer up. Again! She hadn't done anything yet, and he was only sitting and demanding tea. What was he pregnant?!

-Yes, your devilish highness.- She growled behind her teeth and stomped out of room.

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