Yo! Sorry about the wait! Turns out I'm really shit at editing already existing chapters on a timely basis. Anyway, thank you to all readers so far!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt or any of its characters...

Mai woke abruptly, with a jolt that usually accompanied her leaving the Astral Plane. She simply remained where she was for a moment, attempting to recall the details of the 'dream' she had just had. And it wasn't until she was positive she remembered everything, that she got out of bed and left the bedroom, quietly backtracking to where she knew the small living room was. She spotted Naru immediately. He was fast asleep on the largest couch.

Slowly, Mai approached him, and once she was standing over him, sighed softly. She was reluctant to disturb him, especially when he looked so calm and peaceful, but something was telling her that this was something she needed to do now-that Naru needed to know this now.

Carefully, she reached down to touch his shoulder, not wanting to call out his name and freak him out or something. Besides, Naru could be a very heavy sleeper at times, and even screaming at him wouldn't wake him up. Mai didn't really want to do that, because she knew Lin had insomnia, and he didn't get much sleep in the first place. Why risk waking up that poor guy?

Surprisingly, Naru woke immediately at her touch. He regarded her for a moment, blue eyes full of sleep, seemingly unaware of what exactly he was seeing. Then his eyes cleared, and he blinked and sat up. "Mai, what are you doing in here?" he questioned, rubbing a hand over his face as he moved.

After hesitating for half a second, she sat down next to him, and told him about the dream she had a few minutes ago. She still didn't know why she had been compelled to do this right now, but didn't mention it. But while she spoke, her boss said nothing. He listened to her in pure silence, blue eyes locked in her face.

Trying to ignore the fluttering in her belly, Mai tried her best to remember every single little thing about the dream. Though Naru wasn't questioning her right now, who knew what he would say later on, once he was more awake...and had had some tea.

"I see," was all Naru said when she finished speaking. Instead of elaborating, he continued to stare at her.

Mai blinked once, twice, thrice. "Er, Naru?"

"Hmm?" he voiced rather absently.

"Um, why are you staring at me like that?"

Naru blinked and looked away quickly, almost as if he had just realized what it was that he was doing. Mai wasn't sure if it was because of the lack of proper lighting, but she could have swore she saw a faint...pinkness on his cheeks.

Clearing his throat, Naru spoke. "Gene claimed he didn't know what was going on?"

Mai shook her head. "No, he seemed to be really surprised, actually. He told me he would bring me back when he figured out what happened."

Pulling his pondering stance as he brought his fingers up to his chin, the young man nodded slowly. "I suppose we'll simply have to wait for that, then." He paused in thought. "We'll need to have a discussion with Matsuzaki-san about that house of hers."

"Yeah..." The silence that descended was rather awkward for Mai. She didn't think Naru noticed it, but she was wrong.

Naru remained silent, seemingly in thought. He had been listening to Mai, but it hadn't taken him too long to wake up enough to notice that Mai was wearing his shirt. His shirt! He had felt something come over him then. Felt an urge he couldn't exactly explain. He just wanted to push her down onto the couch, and- He rubbed his hands over his face, willing for control to return. "Just...try and go back to sleep, Mai," he said after a long pause. "We'll deal with everything in the morning, so just..."

Slightly confused, and perhaps a tad disappointed, though she didn't understand why, Mai nodded. "Right, kay... Er, 'night, Naru." Getting to her feet, Mai returned to the bedroom she had been sleeping in.

Once she was back in bed, Mai let out a deep sigh. For some reason, that had been so much more awkward than usual. Maybe it was because she was in his house and had woken him up? Maybe it was because she was wearing his shirt? Maybe it was all of those and more? Mai didn't really know.

Feeling so very tired, it didn't take the girl long to fall back asleep, despite the many thoughts running through her mind.

Back in the living room, Naru, unlike his young assistant, did not go back to sleep. Now that Mai was no longer in close proximity to him, Naru was actually able to think straight, without any...distractions.

The dream Mai had recounted to him-what had happened in it, was very strange indeed. The fact that Gene was unsure of what had taken place, made it all the more strange. Nothing like this had ever occurred before, as far as he knew. So why now? Was the evil, yes, it had to be evil, entity somehow involved in this?

Naru found that he didn't understand, which was bizarre in itself. Something seemed...off, but he wasn't sure what or why. Unaware Mai had felt the same way, he suddenly got the feeling that he needed to tell Lin about all this immediately, rather than in the morning. Sighing, he went to do just that...

The next morning, Mai was woken by Lin. She was a little surprised by that, having expected Naru to be the one to wake her up, but she did as told and slid out of bed. After freshening up a little, she met up with the Chinese man in the living room. Naru wasn't there.

"Noll is in the other room," Lin spoke abruptly. "He is on the phone with Matsuzaki-san. There are certain things that must be clarified, and she is the only one who is able to answer those questions."

Mai simply nodded, unsure of how Lin knew that she had been wondering where Naru was. ...Like it wasn't obvious or anything. Lin seemed to be thinking the same thing, for he smiled slightly, though the girl didn't notice.

"Come," he said after a moment. "You should eat. We will be leaving the moment we can."

Mai nodded again, and followed the man into the small dining room, where a couple of plates had already been laid out. She sat down on the seat Lin pulled out for her, and nodded a third time when he told her that once off the phone, Naru would be joining her. Lin walked off then, presumably to finish preparations, leaving the girl alone.

Mai began to eat slowly, completely lost in thought. When she had spoken to Naru last night, he hadn't seemed all too concerned with what she had told him, but the fact that it was practically the break of dawn, and he was already on the phone, questioning Ayako, said otherwise.

Though she was pleased that he seemed to be taking this seriously, Mai was also beginning to get worried. Would they really be able to get rid of whatever it was that was in her home? Was anything bad going to happen before they managed to do so?

Someone always ended up getting hurt on their cases, and it wasn't always her...

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