Hey guys! Long time no write? or read? Anyways I'm sick with allergies and am plotting to rid the world of pollen, but besides that I have been hit with some good energy to write. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to tell me what you think. I do not own anything to do with Ghost Hunt except my own ideas on how to spin the story differently.

Surprises

Mai blushed and smiled, "Yeah, she's one of the students I help teach at the school. I'm a teacher's assistant." she answered, looking away.

"Not for long," Noll added, grabbing a clipboard and a thermometer. "How much time do you have Mai?"

Mai looked at her watch and realized she needed to be at the school in 30 minutes and still had some papers to finish grading. "I have to go. I'll be back later." Mai started off, "Play nice Naru!" She said over her shoulder, as she started to run. Noll just rolled his eyes and continued what he was doing.

"She's a character, isn't she." Ayako stated and the Monk nodded in agreement.

"I think she's just energetic." John stated smiling. "So, what do you want us to do?' He asked Noll sweetly.

"Us? You think I'm crazy if I'm listening to some kid." Ayako snapped and walked off into the building.

"I don't care what you do, but if you want to help me, I could use some help setting up cameras." Noll said walking into the building and John and Takigawa followed him. After an hour of setting up cameras and taking temperatures, Takigawa went on his own to feel the place out. John stayed in base with Noll and Ayako was already walking around, avoiding them as much as possible.

"So is this what you do for a living?" John asked looking at the monitors.

"You mean sitting in abandoned buildings and recording empty halls and rooms, isn't just for fun." Noll shot back, sarcasm lacing his tone.

"And here I thought you would behave." Mai said from the doorway, crossing her arms and glaring at Noll. He just rolled his eyes and turned away from her.

"Shouldn't you be at the school teaching students?" he asked moving across the room to look at some research he had collected.

"I have a few free periods and I'm finished with all my work, so I thought I'd come help out, but it seems all I'm going to be doing is making sure you play nice." Mai shot back, still glaring at him. Her gaze softened when she turned towards John. "I hope he wasn't too bad while I was gone." She stated and smiled sweetly.

"Oh, not really. Honestly it was a stupid question anyways." John smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.

"No it wasn't, Noll just has a knack of being an," Mai was cut off by a scream from down the hall. They all rushed to one of the rooms at the end of the hall.

"Someone get me out of here." Ayako screeched from the other side of the door. "Stand back." Takigawa shouted at her and then he kicked the door in. Ayako rushed out, rambling about how the door shut on her and that this place is haunted.

Mai noticed Noll examining the door frame and followed suit. She noticed something poking out from the top of the frame. "Is this what you were looking for?" Mai asked quietly, making sure the others didn't hear and pointed to what looked like a nail. Noll nodded and pulled the bent nail from the frame. Mai couldn't contain her giggle and caught the attention of the others.

"What are you laughing at miss smarty pants?" Ayako asked, anger coating her voice.

"The fact that your so called ghost was a nail in the frame." Mai said teasingly and continued to giggle.

"Yes, but I wonder how it got there." Noll said thoughtfully looking at the nail he was holding in his hand. "We'll look back at the footage and see if we can find any clues." He walked through them and headed back to base. Mai followed closely after him.

"I honestly think they're dating." Ayako stated to no one in particular. Takigawa nodded in agreement.

"I think they're just good friends and we should stay out of it." John said following after the other two. Once they all reached base, Noll was already looking at the footage, with Mai watching from behind him.

"That's weird. There was no presence in the building to cause this." Mai said, dumbfounded by the static on the computer screen.

"What happened?" John asked peering at the screen.

"Right when Ayako goes into the room, the camera goes to static but there is no possible way of it." Mai answered frustrated.

"Unless someone messed with the equipment. We were gone long enough for someone to tamper with it. Mastusaki screaming her head off was distraction enough to get us all out of base." Noll answered, replaying the footage and watching closely.

"Or it could be a spirit and you two self claimed ghost experts are just inexperienced." Ayako exclaimed, cheeks red with anger and her eyes showing disbelief.

"Look if you think we're a joke you can go ahead and take your high and mighty attitude somewhere else or maybe actually do some work to prove your claim." Mai shot back glaring at her, but this glare was different from the one she used with Noll, this one was more cold and full of anger.

Ayako went to open her mouth to say something, but Noll cut her off. "Mai is right, if you are going to be here just to question us and how we work, then you might as well just leave." She scoffed and went to walk out the door when Kuroda ran in.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in class." Mai said before Kuroda could say anything.

"I was attacked when I came to find you." She said showing her neck.

Ayako scoffed again and said, "You can obviously tell that's make up. You're not fooling anyone."

"I-It's not makeup! I was really attacked!" Kuroda pushed passed Ayako and walked over to Mai.

Mai shook her head and sighed. "Kuroda you have gone too far this time. I am very disappointed in you." Mai said sternly, "Go wash that makeup off and get back to class." She commanded.

"It's not makeup! Why don't you believe me?! I was really attacked!" Kuroda started to get angry and soon the whole room started to shake.

"Everyone out now!" Noll stood and ushered everyone out of the room, as the building began to shake more. They continued until they got outside.

"What the hell was that?!" Ayako was furious, she grabbed Noll by the collar, "Tell there is nothing there after that I dare you!"

"Get your hands off of him!" Ayako let go of Noll and Mai continued, "Everyone just calm down. It was obviously a poltergeist, brought on by Kuroda." she stated calmly.

"What?! How could I have done that?!" Kuroda was baffled by what Mai was saying.

"You could be right. The shaking didn't start until Kuroda became infuriated by the fact no one believed her." Noll stated calmly, lost in thought.

"Are you serious?! How could I do something like that?!" Kuroda was furious and the building started to shake once more.

"Kuroda, calm down now." Mai's calm voice cut through the noise clearly. Kuroda spun towards her quickly and a blast of energy headed straight towards Mai, but it hit an invisible wall instead. "That's enough. You have caused more damage than I thought you would." Mai's voice was so cold that it hit Kuroda hard, so hard she collapsed to the ground in sobs.

"I'm sorry." She wailed. Everyone stood there shocked, not knowing what to say.

"It'll be ok. I know what it feels like to not be believed or to have someone there." Ayako had kneeled down beside the girl and rubbed her back to soothe her. Kuroda calmed and the building completely stopped shaking.

"I'm so sorry. I just wanted to be like you Sensei and prove that there were spirits here." Kuroda sniffled and looked up to Mai, but she had fainted, due to using her pk.

"Idiot." Noll mumbled under his breath. He had caught Mai, before she could hit the ground. Lifting her up he barked orders at them to take Kuroda to the school and to go home.

"Is she going to be ok? Did I do that?" Kuroda frantically asked. Noll just shook his head and laid Mai down in the backseat of the van.

"She had use her pk to block your attack. To create a force strong enough to block it takes a lot of energy and skill." Noll said a bit proud. "But it takes up a lot of energy, causing the user to pass out." He finished and got in the driver's seat of the van.

"Where do you think you're going, She needs to go to a hospital." Ayako yelled after him, but it was no use, he had already closed the door and started the van. They all stood there as he drove off.

"Well, I guess we all should go home." Takigawa said scratching the back of his head.

"What about Shibuya-sans equipment?" John asked, looking around.

"I'll watch after it." They all jumped at the new voice. A tall man, dressed in all black, with piercing silver eyes and black hair. "I'm his assistant. I was running some errands for him, when he called. You all will be expected to come back tomorrow." He stated and just walked into the building without another word. They all looked at each other confused and had no words for what just happened.

"Well I'm going home and you should be getting back to class." Ayako said standing and helping Kuroda up. No one questioned the encounter with the mysterious assistant or how Noll just left. They all went their separate ways. Kuroda told the teacher that Mai had fallen ill and went to the hospital and that she'd be back tomorrow. The others went home and prepared to go back the next day.

I loved writing this chapter. All the friendly banter and how mature Mai is in this. I hope you guys enjoyed it and I will be sleeping for a thousand years after this.