Sorry for not updating sooner and breaking my every-day-streak of updating! Weekend was hectic so as it is so I wasn't able to do much writing. But, break starts in about a day, so that should give me plenty of time to continue on with the story! Glad you're all enjoying it so far! Hope to see more reviews within the next few chapters or so! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Obviously, I do not own Ghost Hunt or the characters.

I couldn't see a thing. All the lights had been cut off, all the equipment was off, and there was no movement whatsoever. I was on the floor with my hands still covering my ears. I let go of my head and started to stand up, feeling my way around.

"Hello?" I said quietly.

"Mai," I heard Monk say. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah. How about everyone else?" I asked. They all confirmed with "yeah's" and "sure's" and other forms of sounds to confirm they were ok.

"Miss Matsuzaki, Monk, try and feel around for a light switch," I heard Naru say.

"Right," they both said. There was a few seconds before the lights came back on. Once the room flooded with light again, it took a while for my eyes to adjust.

"What the hell was that?" Ayako asked.

"It seems as though our spirits are finally showing themselves and are becoming angrier with what we are doing," Naru replied.

"Well, whatever it was, it's gone now," Monk said.

"Do you think there could be more than one spirit in this house?" I asked.

"It could be a possibility," Monk said. "Masako, do you sense anything?" he asked.

She shook her head.

"Nothing. Not since the singing coming from the children's spirits just earlier," she replied.

"The fact that you can't sense anything is troubling to say the least," Naru said.

While everyone else was busy trying to figure things out, I had walked over to the window. It was pitch black outside; not a soul in sight (no pun intended).

Then, I felt a slight pain on my back and cringed a bit. I thought it was just from spending the previous night on the couch, so I thought nothing of it. Then, my arm started to have a slight burning sensation. My ankle started hurting again as I tried taking a step back away from the window. Soon, my entire body was in pain. It felt as if I had just injured myself to the point where a full body cast would have been needed.

I could feel my heart practically beating out of my chest. With every pound of my heart, my eyes would blur, and then re-focus;

Thump…

Thump…T

hump…

I didn't know how much longer it would go on for. The sensation was horrible. Nobody else seemed to notice how I was acting because they were too busy discussing the situation. I happened to look down at my arms and noticed there were bruises and burns on them. I gasped silently at the sight and tried to figure out where they could have come from. But I had no idea.

Thump…

Thump…

Thump…

It started to hurt even more with every pound, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stand up much longer. But, I tried hard not to look weak in front of everyone…especially Lin.

Thump…

Thump…

Thu-

Nothing…I couldn't feel my heart beat at ALL. Suddenly, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye; A man. He was smiling…and not a pleasant one at all. This one was of pure evil. I grasped onto my chest, trying to take deep breaths to get my pulse going again. Finally…

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

My pulse was quick, but at least it was there. I dropped to my knees in relief.

"Mai?" I heard someone say. I looked up to see Lin standing over me. I hadn't heard it before, but Naru had ordered Ayako and Monk to go around the house and look for anymore spirits. And, John and Masako had already left for the library to go look for research.

Naru was looking over at me from his desk chair, stopped halfway from turning a page in his legendary black book.

"Are you ok?" Lin asked, kneeling down. He noticed my arms and legs. "Mai? What happened?" He asked frantically. Naru had gotten up upon hearing this and came over to investigate.

"I…I don't really know. When the lights went out, I felt a sensation of something flying into me," I replied. "Then, when the lights came back on, I had these bruises and burns all over my body. I swear, I have no idea where they came from."

Naru stared at me hard, before leaving the room quickly, leaving Lin and I alone to our thoughts as to what the idiot narcissist could be up to now.

"You sure you don't know what is going on, Mai?" Lin asked once more. I looked at him thoughtfully before something hit me.

"Lin…it's possible for a spirit to cause bodily damage to a person without them knowing it…right?" I asked. He looked at me knowingly and nodded. "I think I know what's going on… Back when the lights went out, and I felt that sensation of something flying into me, I think that was one of the spirits." Lin only stared at me.

"Lin," Naru said. "Bring Mai outside," he ordered.

"Geeze! Where the heck did he come from!" I thought to myself.

Lin nodded in understanding and brought me outside. I didn't know why, but, I suddenly felt…angry…all of a sudden.

When we got outside, Masako and John were waiting for me. I stared at them hard, knowing fully well what Naru planned on doing: He was planning on John performing an exorcism on me…and I didn't want him to."

Wait…don't want him to? Of course I would want him to do an exorcism if it meant getting a spirit out of me!" My mind was fighting against me for some reason.

"John," Naru simply said, and John nodded in understanding before walking up to me. I clenched my fists hard, glaring daggers at him.

"Why am I so angry? John's only trying to help me!" I thought in my mind.

John proceeded in reciting the prayer he always does, spraying droplets of holy water in my direction. It hurt when one of the droplets happened to hit my skin.

"Why does this hurt so much? It's just water!" I thought to myself. John continued on. I could feel the rage inside of me burning up.

"…and the power, and glory forever, Am-" John didn't get to finish his sentence before I sent him spiraling backwards.

"You will not interfere!" I said, but not in my voice. The spirit inside me was finally in control.

"Who are you!" Monk yelled. "Why are you torturing this family?"

I glared hard at him before twisting my lips into a sinister smile.

"Because…he tortured me way more than this family could ever experience. This is mere child's play compared to what I've been through. No matter. This girl will see that in due time," the spirit inside me sneered. Then, as quickly as she came, she left my body. I dropped to my hands and knees.

Lin was the first one to my side. I looked up at him for the first time since being possessed.

"What…happened?" I asked quietly. He smiled with relief and helped me back up. Everyone else crowded around us and explained what had been said.

"I think it's best you don't be alone anymore while in this house, Mai," Naru suggested. Everyone was shocked to see him being so sentimental, but said nothing. I nodded and turned to go back inside, everyone else in tow.

I resorted to the couch again, not wanting to go anywhere from base unless absolutely necessary. Sleep came quite fast that night, reasons being quite obvious at the time.

The next morning, I awoke even before Lin. He was asleep in the desk chair, his head lolled to the side. I smiled and got up off the couch silently. I walked over to my shoulder bag and pulled out another pair of clothes and slipped off to the bathroom that was conveniently placed next to base.

When I emerged a few minutes later, I was dressed in a blue tank-top, fishnet gloves, black jeans and my black timberline boots. My hair I had pulled back once more in a high pony-tail, this time pulling everything back instead of leaving my fringe out like I normally would.

I didn't want to spend much time in that mansion, so I reached in my bag, pulled out a book and my sketch pad, and went outside.

When I got outside, I had noticed there was a cherry blossom tree and decided to climb up in it and sit on a branch and do a little bit of reading. Luckily, the branch was quite sturdy, so I wasn't risking the chance of breaking any branches off this fine tree.

I had just finished sketching a scene of the garden outside.

"Hey," I heard someone call. I looked down and noticed Lin looking up at me with a skeptical expression. "Don't you think you've had enough of trees?" He asked sarcastically.

"I can't seem to get away from the outdoors," I said with a slight chuckle. I closed my sketch pad and hopped down with ease. Lin looked at me questionably before I smiled and said,

"I don't understand it either, but somehow my ankle is fully healed," I said with a smirk. He smiled back at me upon hearing this. I looked up at the cherry blossom tree. "It's beautiful," I said.

"Yes, it is," he replied. I looked back at him and noticed he wasn't looking at the tree when he said this. He was looking at...me! I could feel my face heating up. Oh boy…am I blushing?

"Um…So…" I fumbled over my words like an idiot. Then, I thought of something. "Would you like to have a seat underneath the tree with me? I was going to try and get a sketch from below it," I suggested. He chuckled slightly and nodded. We both sat down underneath the tree on the fallen petals, me trying to concentrate on the scene above us…failing miserably as I kept getting distracted by the man next to me.

I happened to glance back over at Lin who was still staring at me, a smile never leaving his lips. I quickly turned my attention to my sketch pad once more. I heard him chuckle once more.

"Mai," I heard him say softly. I looked over at him slowly to see that he had closed the gap between us, and was now extremely close to my face, which was probably redder than blood right now. He placed one hand under my chin and tilted it up, his other arm wrapped around my shoulders (When did he do that?). Suddenly, not being able to hold it in any longer, I lifted myself up to him and our lips collided, sharing a passionate kiss. It held for a few seconds before we broke the contact for a moment.

Not being able to help himself, Lin pulled me closer for a more passionate kiss. Pretty soon, I was sitting up, my knees on either side of him so that I was straddling him. As our lips never parted, I could feel his tongue feeling for an entryway, and I gladly invited him in, our tongues now in battle with each other.

This went on for what seemed like hours. Finally, we pulled apart for air. I rested my forehead on his as we both were breathing heavily from the contact. I shifted myself so that both my knees were on one side of him, still facing him.

"I love you, Lin Koujo," I said. He smiled.

"And, I love you, Mai," He replied. "I promise, that no matter what, I will always be by your side."

We shared one last soft kiss before enjoying the rest of the morning underneath that beautiful cherry blossom tree.

Well, there ya have it! Yay fluffiness! (=^.^=) Hope you liked. I know it was a bit cheesey and things kind of went by quickly, but I had a bit of fun writing this chapter!

Mai: Well, that was unexpected

Chii: How so?

Mai: Nevermind… Rate, Review, Comment, and Criticize.

Chii: See you next chapter! Ciao! ^_^