Here is Chapter 3! It's longer than the other two but that's okay. Thank you to those who reviewed on the other two chapters, they included input that I needed.

Disclamer: I own the made up stuff not the characters that everyone knows about. :D

Enjoy!!!!

Chapter 3

After Ms. Check left Lin left the room and went back to his office, while Bou-san sat there what appeared to be thinking but you can never tell with him, and Naru well he finished his tea and then turned and looked at me.

"Mai, make the phone calls and tell everyone to be here no later than 8 tomorrow morning." Wow not the usual Mai, tea but then again he just finished a cup. How come I have to call everyone? IT'S NOT FAIR!

"Fine." I mumbled as I went to my desk to make the stupid phone calls. 'Why can't Naru the lazy bum make the stupid calls?'

"Only because this so called lazy bum has an assistant, to make the stupid phone calls, and now that you got your answer make the phone calls." Oh crap!

"Did I really say that out loud?" I looked over to Naru and saw that I did and then Bou-san decided to start laughing really hard. This is embarrassing, why me? I guess that there is a bright side to this I don't have to call Bou-san since he's already here. I looked at my phone book and the first name that I came to was John's. I picked up the stupid phone and started to dial John's number. After the phone rang three times he picked up.

"Hello this is John."

"Hi John this is Mai I was calling to tell you that we have a new case." I told him, I hope this doesn't take long.

"Okay when do you need me there?" Yes! He's right to the point thank-goodness.

"We are meeting here tomorrow morning at 8."

"Alright I'll be there then, I'll see you tomorrow Mai." Then we said our goodbyes and then we were off the phone. YES one down two to go. Lets see who do I want to call next? Masako or Ayako both of them will keep me on the phone longer than John since they ask specifics all the time? Hrm…..neither one! sigh But I have to pick one of them. Ayako will be number one and Masako will be number two.

"Bou-san, please pick a number one or two." Bou-san just looked at me as if I grew horns on top of my head.

"Why?" He has to make this difficult.

"So I can decide who to call next." He gave me the, oh-I-see expression and sat and thought about it.

"Two," he told me with two of his fingers in the air, "Who did I pick?" My luck it's Masako.

"I'll tell you in a bit." With that I was on my way to Lin's office. "Um, Lin san may I ask you a favor?" He just turned to me as if I was scheming something which I'm not, at least not in the way he's thinking.

"What do you need Mai?" He asked after thinking about it.

"Pick a number, either one or two." He looked at me with the same expression as always.

"One," and with that he was back to work. Darn it, at tie. I left Lin's office and went and stood in front of Naru's office, Well I guess Naru is going to be the tie breaker but before I go in there I'll make him a cup of tea to get on his somewhat good side. I turned and went into the kitchenette and started to make the tea. When I had the tea pored and on the tray I made my way to Naru's office. Okay here we go! When I knocked on the door I didn't get an answer yet again so I just walked in. When I got in there Naru was standing at his book self as if there isn't a care in the world.

"I brought you tea!" I told him as I walked over to his desk. He didn't even acknowledge that I was there, oh well here it goes, "Naru would you pick a number one or two." He just turned to me and stared at me.

"Why do you need me to pick?" sigh yeah I get to explain that he's the tie breaker.

"Well you see I have a tie on who I should go and call next and well I assigned the two numbers and I asked Bou-san and Lin already but they picked different numbers, so you are the official tie breaker for this dilemma. So will you pick a number? Please!" I gave him my puppy dog face that barely anyone can go against. He looked uncomfortable and then finally he sighed.

"Fine, two now get that look off of your face and go make those phone calls." That is the official end of the discussion.

"Thank you!" Of course I forgot who I was talking to and I ran up to him and gave him a hug and ran out of there. Once I got to my desk I realized what I had done. Oh no he's going to kill me! So instead of getting absorbed in that I called up Masako and tell her.

One hour later

"Bye Masako." FINALLY! Who would have thought that she could talk for an hour? I didn't that's for sure. Now for Ayako.

30 minutes later

"See you tomorrow Ayako!" Shoot why is she so worried about the clothes that she'll be bringing with her? I'll never understand her. Now that, that's over time to finish this paper work.

"Mai what are you still doing here, I thought you left with Takigawa." I looked up and saw Lin standing in front of me.

"Um well, trying to tell Masako and Ayako to meet here tomorrow ended up being and hour and a half long job. It won't take me long to pack anyways so it's okay." I told him. He nodded his head and went into Naru's office. When Naru's door closed my mind started to wonder. I started to think of the conversation I had with Bou-san about Naru and Lin being lovers. What if that was true? Then that would mean that Naru's gay! I guess I don't have a chance huh? This really sucks. I put my hands behind my head and I leaned back in the chair. Unlucky me I leaned back to far and the legs of the chair started to go up. I let out a scream and I met Mr. Floor really hard.

"MAI!" When I opened my eyes Naru was looking down at me.

Then I heard, "Mai your underwear is showing." My head shot up and my head collided with Naru's. Not good now the front and back of my head hurts. I pulled my skirt down and with my hand on my head and saw that Lin had left me with Naru.

"Naru I'm so sorry." I turned to him to see the damage that I had done and just saw a red mark.

"Go home Mai and pack; I'll see you tomorrow morning." With that he left! Well what would happen? NOTHING, he's gay remember. sigh and with that I picked up the chair and grabbed my coat and left to go and pack.

7:50 am the next morning

SHIT I'M LATE! Here I am with a bag running down the sidewalk trying to get to the office before 8:00. One more corner and I'll be home free! When I turned the corner I saw Lin packing up the van.

"Morning Lin!" I yelled and he looked over to me trying to catch my breath. Lin nodded at me and came and took my bag. I thanked him and went up stairs.

"Mai you're late." Naru told me. I looked down at my watch and it read 8:02 crap.

"Actually I was here on time just that I was downstairs with Lin!" I hope he buys it. He just let out a sigh and started to walk out the office door and everyone else followed. I guess we are leaving now. Lin and Naru went into the van and I was going to go with Bou-san but everyone else was in there so I went in the van with Lin and Naru. This is going to be boring.

One hour later

I wanted to ask how much longer we had till we got to the house but last time I did that I received a glare from Naru, I learned there is no talking in the van. I looked out the window and saw that we were entering gates to a house. When we got out I saw that the house was actually a full blown mansion. IT'S HUGE!

"Mai, help Lin unload." End of discussion, so after Naru talked to someone, it was time to go to the new base. After Lin and I finished unpacking the van including the suitcases containing Lin, Naru, my own clothing we went to the base and started to work. When the base was fully set up it was almost time for the cameras to get set up and get the temperature of each room.

"I hope this room is good enough for your equipment." We all turned to the door and saw a man who somewhat resembled Ms. Check.

"Yes, and may I ask who you are?" Naru asked before anyone could be rude.

"My name is Jack, I believe my sister Jessica came and talked to you about the house."

Okay Chapter 4 will be the official start of the case. I hope you enjoyed this. Till next chapter!

Jelly Fish Pirate