The team rushed out of the base and made their way towards the scream. They came to a class room and Monk swung open the door. There standing in the middle of the room was a tall figure. Consuming the figure was a black cloud. Its appearance was distorted and gave off a vibe of power. The figure turned slightly to see who had just interrupted its mission. Monk froze where he stood and just looked at the figure. He looked to the floor and found a girl curled up at the base of the figure. She had tears streaming down her face. Her body shook with fear at such a force Monk knew he had to do something quickly.

The rest of the team showed up behind Monk. They all looked at the figure wondering what it was going to do next. Mai stepped to the front of the group to see what was happening. She saw the girl on the ground. Her instincts made her lurch forward to go help the girl, but she found herself stopped by Ayako. John maneuvered his way beside Monk and was ready for anything. When the figure saw Mai make a move it turned fully towards them. If it had eyes it seemed it would have locked on directly to Mai's. Mai shivered at the thought.

"What are you doing here?" Monk's voice rang out.

The figure simply stayed where it was, never looking away from Mai.

"Who are you?" Monk questioned.

Still no response was given.

"Let the girl go," John chimed in.

At that moment the figure turned its focus to John. The black air around it became thicker and more powerful.

"You have made it angry John," Monk whispered.

"I can see that," John replied with his thick Australian accent covered in concern.

'I will not let her go…"

the figure rang out.

"What?" Monk replied startled.

"I will not let her go..."

"Takigawa we need to get this situation handled now!" Naru's voice ordered.

"Right!" Monk shouted back

Monk began to recite his chant. His hands folded, and eyes closed. His chant started to ring out louder and louder.

"I will not let her go…I will not let her go…"

Before anymore could blink Monk was thrown into the nearest wall.

"John!" Monk shouted.

"In the name of the Father…" John began to recite as his holy water splashing on the figure. Each time the water made contact with the figure an unmistakable burning noise came from it. The figure screamed out in pain. It hunched over and, if it could have, glared at John. It took a step forward and stopped. John finished the verse and threw one last bit of water on the figure. It roared in pain, and looked at Mai.

" I will not let her go!"

The figure exclaimed, and then it vanished.

The room cleared from the black atmosphere that the figure was consumed in and the sunlight once again shined brightly. The team relaxed. Mai ran to the girl on the floor with Kai hot on her trail. Ayako and Masako ran to the other children in the room. Monk and John did the same. Lin and Naru casually stood in the door way surveying the room.

Everyone in the room had minor cuts and bruises except for the girl that was curled up at the base of the figure. Kai got her to relax some and put her on his back. Mai and Kai had decided to bring her to the nurse's office for treatment. It would be there they would decide if she needed to be brought to the hospital for treatment.

"Just get out of my classroom!" a voice screamed.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned towards the voice. There stood a middle aged man yelling at Naru.

"You can not ignore what has just happened in your classroom sir," Naru replied calmly.

"You have not right to be here!"

"Actually he has just as much as you do, sir," Monk spoke up as he walked towards the two.

"That's right!" Mai commented. "We were hired by the Principle just as you were."

"I do not care get out of my classroom! I will not stand for people like you to be in my classroom!"

"Sir please calm down. You are in front of your students," Naru casually mentioned. "A teacher is suppose to be the example, and right now that is what your students need most."

"Just leave, please. We have been able to handle things on our own for a long time now. There is no reason for you to interfere."

"Long time?" Monk repeated.

"What do you mean a long time?" Naru questioned with authority in his voice.

"I...um...just leave please. Before you cause anymore trouble. I would like to continue my lesson," the teacher replied quickly.

"You can't just expect us to let a comment like that slide," Ayako's voice rang in. "Look at how many students here were just injured."

"She is right sir," Masako commented. "If that spirit does come back there is no telling what he damage will belike the next time."

"That's right, the next time it could be you that is injured," said John.

"Or worse, killed," Monk said ending the conversation.

The teacher let out a sigh and nodded towards Naru. The teacher told the students to clean up the room while he was gone, and to not worry about the lesson today because of the incident. Before long everyone was back at the base including the teacher. He seated himself in the chair across from Naru, and everyone waited patiently to hear what he had to say.

"Now, please tell me your name," Naru commanded politely.

"Mr. Flaga," he informed with his head down.

"Mr. Flaga regarding your comment earlier in your classroom, will you please care to explain," Naru stated.

"I do not know of which comment you are referring to," he replied in a hushed tone.

"Don't play dumb with us man," Monk said with irritation.

"Your comment about you being able to handle it thus far."

A sigh escaped the teachers lips, and then he looked up to make eye contact with Naru.

"It happen about fifteen years ago. I had just started working at the school. As you know, this is a great school in more areas than one. We always have the finest students applying. Not only do students apply, but teachers as well. That is why I was curious about why I was hired. You see I had just come out of college. To get a job at this school was more than a miracle to say the least. It was down right impossible. In the beginning I put my questions aside, and just assumed the gods were on my side. But then I found out about the teacher who I was replacing."

The team was listening quietly. Waiting to find out more about this man's story.

"He was an elder gentleman. He had been teaching all of his life. This only added to my curiosity because I could not understand why they would replace someone with a vas amount of experience with someone who has none at all. I began to ask around, only to find very few who were willing to share what had happened. I ended up asking some of the students. They were all terrified to say the least, but they shared what they could. Apparently the school was keeping it under wraps. All the knew was that it involved a young student and the teacher himself. You can imagine where my mind went at first, but that just did not seem to fit the picture. There was no reason for people to fear that story, and not utter a word about it. When I asked people they would break out into a sweat and become extremely nervous. A story like that would not cause such a reaction. So I dug a little deeper. I found the janitor that had been at the school longer than the teacher himself. I had heard that he was the one that uncovered the 'situation' if you will. I went and spoke to him. He told me everything. One day after school a young student had requested for tutoring. The teacher being the kind man he was decided he would help her..."

"Her? So this student was a young woman?" Naru questioned.

"Yes."

"About how old?" Lin inquired.

"A senior."

"Continue Mr. Flaga," Naru urged.

"After school she met him in his class room. Everything was fine apparently. But then when it was time to leave, he snapped... He started accusing her of having certain relations with his son and how she thought she was so clever. The student obviously became scared to say the least. She made a run for the door, but he caught her. He grabbed by the throat and started choking her. He began to call her names and continued to accuse of things that just did not make any sense, but the one he focused on the most was her relationship with his son. The janitor heard the commotion and hurried to the room. He found the teacher choking the student. The janitor acted quickly and got the teacher off the student... It was so strange..."

"But this explains nothing regarding your comment earlier," Monk concluded.

"Yes, wasn't it possible that the senior was having a relationship with the teacher's son?" said Ayako.

"It would. Except that the teacher had no son. More over he had no children. He was not even married."

A silence came over the room at that bit of information.

"I presume there is more?" said Naru.

Mr. Flaga gave a nod and continued, "Once the teacher was off the student he tried everything he could to get back at her, but the janitor had a good hold on him. Once the teacher saw that it was useless he fainted. The girl was curled up on the floor coughing and the janitor laid the teacher down. He made his way over to check on the student, and that is when they saw it. A black figure much like the one today rose out of the teacher's body. They froze where they were and the figure pointed to the girl and then vanished. Once the teacher regained consciousness he apologized to the student who understood everything. Not even a week later the teacher was gone. He resigned and left without telling anyone."

"But still what does that have to do with your comment today?" Monk questioned.

"The figure always shows up, and always singles out one girl from the classroom. We have been able to keep the situation under control, but since a few weeks ago the strange situations have increased. And I believe it is because of you that he has shown up again. His next arrival was not suppose to happen for another three weeks as usual."

"Interesting," Naru stated at the end.

"Why did the principle not inform us of this?" Ayako asked hotly.

"We just got this principle a couple of months ago. He was unaware of that particular incident. The previous principle was afraid of ruining the reputation of the school."

"So in conclusion he never sought out help," Naru said thinking out loud. "I would very much like to meet this teacher."

"I'm sorry. I'm afraid he passed away a couple of weeks ago. His family had been known to have heart trouble, and it finally got him I guess."

"So what do we do now Naru?" Monk asked.

"What about the previous principle?" Naru asked after some thought.

"I do not know how much help he would be to be honest. After what he went through at the school he became unstable. Not only that, but he moved away to live this his sister."

"So the only two people who have experienced these phenomena the longest are not available anymore," Ayako said with concern.

"It appears to be that way," Naru agreed.

"So what now?" Monk asked again. "This is obviously a bigger situation than the principle who hired us comprehended. There are incidents taking place years before today. This is not a current problem."

"Takigawa is right. If anything it is like one of our previous cases, and we all know how that ended," John chimed in.

"You mean the house?" Mai questioned.

John gave her a nod.

"We don't know if it will be like that case or not though. Right Naru?" Mai asked.

Naru once again did not reply or even look at her. Mai stood there hurt and with her head bowed. This did not go unnoticed by the team, including Kai.

"Thank you Mr. Flaga for your time. Should we have more questions we will come and find you," Naru said ending the interview. The teacher acknowledge what Naru was saying and made a quick leave. Once the door closed that is when the real discussions started to take place.

"Ms. Hara, earlier when you walked around did you sense any spirits?" Naru asked looking at her.

"I did sense something, but it was like a thick fog covering it. I could not make out exactly what it was I was sensing."

"I see, what about the rest of you?"

"There is definitely a disturbance here," Ayako concluded.

"Yeah, but the question is how big?" said Monk. "I mean just think, we have not even been her a whole day yet, and we have already had a spirit attack us."

"But why is Masako not sensing anything?" John questioned. "Especially with a spirit like that. We all felt it in that room."

"These are most assuredly questions that need to be answered," Naru said while thinking. "We need to organize all our data. Takigawa, Ms. Masuzaki, Ms. Hara, and Father Brown please go around the school once more. This time try to see if you can find any particular locations where you feel the 'fog' the most as you say. Lin and I will see if we can find the previous principle's new phone number..."

"Actually," Lin said interrupting Naru. "Kai and myself will do that. You and Mai can organize the data."

"Lin, if you..."

"Naru," Lin said with such a voice that Naru did not even complete his threat.

Everyone in the room stood shocked. Lin stood up to Naru, and Naru did not even try to get the last word. Lin then gave everyone a nod. With that as their que they set out to do their job. All that was left in the room was Naru and Mai.

Mai stood there waiting for Naru to say anything. But instead Naru picked up all the data, and began sorting through it. Mai felt her emotions starting to get the best of her. Her hands bawled into fists, and she felt the tears beginning to form in her eyes. She could not understand why Naru was so angry with her.

"Naru...," Mai said trying to get his attention, but he just continued. "Naru..." Again no response came from him. "Naru!" Mai said with such a force in her voice that Naru froze. With his back still to her, she asked, "Why are you mad at me?" she questioned as her voice began to fail her. Naru turned to her and Mai held her breath.

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