Mai's POV:

I entered in my doll-form to find a boy with glasses talking with Naru.

"Naru!" I hissed, accidentally attracting the wrong boy's attention as I held the firmly-stuck-shut tea can.

"Ah! You have a doll?"

I gave a surprised squeal, hiding behind Naru's sofa, before being picked up.

"Wow! Hi, moving-doll-chan!" the stranger smiled.

"Put me down!" I complained. "I just wanted to ask about getting the tin open..."

"Why aren't you in your human form, idiot?" Naru frowned.

"I'm saving energy for when Ayako tries dragging me shopping." I dead panned, making the stranger chuckle, as he set me down and opened the tin for me as I popped into human form...

Naru sighed, before explaining the situation...

XxXxX

We followed the teacher to the room we'd use as base.

"And what of High School?" they sneered.

"I'll leave that to your imagination." Naru stated calmly.

"Grrr... If he saw me in my doll fo~rm..." I grumbled.

"Calm down, Mai; he's just a silly sceptic." Masako muttered behind her sleeve. "Besides, you do get automated dolls nowadays."

"Automated shmautomated..." I pouted.

BUT THEN THE GUY HAD THE NERVE TO TRY AND LISTEN IN ON EVERYONE!

"It's "howl", Mai." Monk corrected as the guy left.

"Haha! Taniyama-san's funny!" Yasu remarked behind me.

I gave a low growl, before switching to doll-form.

"Monk! Pick me up!" I pouted.

"OK! I still can't get used to how cute you look, Mai!" Monk grinned, before getting a surprised look as he glanced at Yasu.

"I've seen that before, and agree - she's so small and cute!" Yasu grinned.

I felt a small blush creep onto my face as I quickly dealt out tea, producing my own cup from a hook inside my skirt.

"Doesn't it get dirty?" Yasu asked, as I filled it with the hot beverage.

"Not really," I replied, "I keep it there so it grows and shrinks with my size - we all have one, even Gene-oniisan, Mama likes keeping hers down the front of her top, though."

"Mama?" Monk asked.

"The first doll Papa made, with quite a few curves that Masako and I are a little bit envious of - but she's meant to be modelled off his wife, which I think is actually rather cute..." Mai smiled.

Taking a sip, Mai quickly put her cup down and froze, before shooting out the door as someone screamed, changing back to her human form.

XxXxX

When Ayako finally arrived, calming her down was easy,

"I mean, Masako and I could try staying in human form, then it would be warmer... also, Masako and I don't really need blankets, so..." I giggled, and she sighed when I explained the boy's situation.

"Well, it's not like they can shrink like Masako and you, at any rate!" she grinned, making me chuckle, before we heard Monk groan when Yasu said he'd stay, too...

XxXxX

I practically glomphed Masa-neechan upon her arrival.

"I missed you!" I complained. "Please don't leave me behind next time, right?!"

She explained what she had sensed, as I was told to stay in Base, alone...

Gene-oniichan showed up, and I hugged him, before he told me that I should leave, and we saw the purple spirit get bigger...

"Understand what?"

Waking up, in doll form, with Eugene's face close to mine terrified the hell out of me.

"I wasn't sleeping!" was the first thing out of my mouth.

"I'm going to tell Big Boss on you~..." he smirked, before I made more tea.

"There may be another fire later, in the locker room." he mused partway through.

"It might not be... The locker room..." I mused.

"Um, I just mean, can't things change sometimes, so... The... Um? Announcement booth?"

I accidentally hit John as Yasu replied to Monk's playful talk, quickly apologising and switching to human form to see if I didn't hurt him too badly.

"Sorry!" I apologised, before we both looked at Yasu in shock as he flirted with Monk, before admitting it was a joke.

"You could easily pass for a doll yourself." I grumbled, making a cup of tea for John, as Yasu asked how things were going.

I asked after warding magic, and Monk showed me.

XxXxX

Being told to sleep wasn't nice at all, and I don't need a pillow!...

...

And then it happened at 4:36am.

Both Masa-neechan and I were surprised - it was mainly meant to be Masa-nee and Gene oniisan who could do that sort of stuff!

Then, being told I'd been tricked.

"NARUUUUUUUUUU!" I raged.

Also, then that mean sceptic-bully-teacher had to be mean again! I felt slightly pleased when we got proved right, but to see that dog...

I was so scared, especially when Masa-nee fainted, returning to doll form.

"Masa-nee!" I exclaimed, "What's wrong!?"

Then I saw Sakauchi get hurt...

...Deja-vu?...

I raised my head as we were picked up by Monk, shaking like a leaf...

XxXxX

When I couldn't get out, I quickly became a doll, though the fact I was then picked up and flung me forced me to breath in the gas.

"Someone!" I screamed, broadcasting my fear to Masa-nee...

I watched another spirit get eaten, before finding Sakauchi's room...

Naru and the others babying me was a think I wasn't expecting, Ayako scolding Naru like a worried parent and staying with me when I asked...

I then saw the shrine, before Gene-oniichan showed up, serious.

"You need to leave." he ordered, and we talked...

XxXxX

I almost got turned into porcelain chips had it not been for Naru, though I still was shattered pretty badly, one of which was a crack making it hard to look out of my right eye.

"We should probably get you checked up by someone." Monk mused, rubbing my head.

"An hour's nap will do her fine." Masako snapped, pulling me into her lap...

XxXxX

After, I was scolded by Naru and the others for running head-first into danger, gaining a few more cracks.

Yelling at Naru before he walked away with a smile was what shocked me the most.

"Come on, Mai-oneechan, I've got another event to go to!" Masa-nee called.

"Yeah!" I called back, before running over...

Sorry this took so long, guys! I was on a roll, and then I went "pachunku" with procrastination and reading other stuff, and then I was like "haha! New Chapter Time!" and I got ferried to my Grandparents (though I love them dearly and I love their food! ^w^) But it's here now! And my favourite Episode (but for the Dolls House) is next! Thanksu forreading so far! ^w^

JoKeR-Doggy... OUT! XD