One Fine Day:

Chapter 4:

Mai visited Yasuhara, the bespectacled student president at lunchtime to arrange a meeting with everyone in the club to discuss the change in the club activities. He insisted on a clandestine meeting on the roof which was actually banned for students, yet he had a key. Mai had always wondered how he had managed to get hold of it.

"So, Mai-chan told me that you all wish to change the focus of the club," Yasuhara began once they were standing around in a circle on the rooftop. Naru was partially hidden behind Keiko so his beauty could be revealed if Yasuhara refused.

"That is true. We wish to investigate the mysteries of the school," Michiru explained.

Yasuhara's glasses glinted with light and he was silent for a few moments whilst everyone else waited with bated breath. Then he reached out and grasped Mai's hand.

"That so sounds exciting!" he exclaimed. "Can I join in too?"

Naru glared at Yasuhara's hand. Surely it was improper for a student president to be touching a first year like that? It wasn't that he was jealous, he was just not sure that it was appropriate. Japanese customs were sometimes difficult to understand.

"Shouldn't you be studying for your university entrance exams?" he interjected.

Yasuhara locked eyes with him for the first time. Naru stepped back unconsciously at the intensity of his gaze.

"Mai-chan, is this your new member?"

"I am," Naru answered. "Do you really have time to be the student president and study for exams?"

The brunette male pouted. "I suppose not. I can always pop in to help if you need me."

"Of course," Mai grinned which irked Naru.

Yasuhara seemed to remember his responsibilities as the student president and cleared his throat to deliver a lecture.

"I take it that you will be operating outside your normal hours and these hours will be late. Therefore if you all start arriving late to school or your grades slip, I will no longer permit your club to run and I will inform the teachers. Is that clear?"

They all nodded in agreement, everyone understanding his speech. Personally Naru was not too concerned about his grades or his attendance. He was too smart for that and his grades were not a concern as he was not intending on staying at high school for the following year. He had also become accustomed to limited amounts of sleep on cases before so he was not worried about that. He was more concerned about Mai and the others, he didn't want to the club to be shut down before they had finished investigating.

"Do you know any of the mysteries?" Mai asked Yasuhara as they walked down the stairs from the roof.

"I think there is one related to the girls' toilets on the third floor."

The next person they talked to was the music teacher Takigawa after school had ended. Naru had not been sure what to expect when Mai had told him he was a part time monk with a ponytail. He had never seen anyone look so unlike a monk than Takigawa. He greeted Mai warmly and the others politely.

It appeared that Mai could make friends with anyone without really trying. For a moment Naru was envious as he had never made any friends before. Then he remembered that his twin had been sufficient company and everyone else his age was below him in intelligence anyway.

Takigawa became guarded immediately when Mai asked him about the Seven Wonders of the school, a contrast to his earlier demeanour towards her. He folded his arms and gazed at them sternly.

"Why do you want to know? You have to have certain skills to be able to deal with spirits and carry out exorcisms. Stick to ghost stories, Taniyama-chan."

Naru decided it was time to step in. Dealing with sceptics and annoyingly stupid clients had taught him some persuasion skills.

"Takigawa-sensei, the mysteries are not likely to be the work of real spirits so there is little possibility that we will end up requiring an exorcism. If we do, we will arrange for you to do it as you have so much experience due to being a monk."

The monk looked much calmer after that compliment, but he still didn't give up.

"What do you know about ghost hunting anyway?"

It was time for a demonstration. The narcissist drew out a few books from his schoolbag, ready to show his knowledge when Takigawa exclaimed loudly:

"You have Dr. Oliver Davis' book!"

Distantly he heard Mai say "Who's that?" to the other girls, however he was more focused on his potential fan. If he had heard of him and seen an infamous PK demonstration video, Naru was going to be in an awkward position.

"Yes, I do have his book. It's very well written," Naru replied. "Have you read it?"

"Who is he?" Mai asked again.

"He is an eminent English psychic and scientist with powerful PK," Takigawa informed her. "He can throw a 50kg block of aluminium against a wall with it."

"That is impressive," Mai agreed.

"Is he famous for anything else?" Michiru enquired.

"His brother is a psychic medium with other abilities. Apparently he can see the future."

Internally Naru scoffed. Gene's foreseeing abilities were not very fine tuned and he could only predict the future occasionally and he couldn't choose when he did, but this was never reported. In any case Gene had no interest in expanding the ability and he hadn't predicted anything for nearly a year as far as Naru knew.

"They aren't old men, are they?" Keiko questioned. "Psychic characters in films are always really old."

Oliver Davis rolled his eyes. People always assumed based on his abilities and experience, that he was an older man until they met him in person. Whilst it was tiresome, it was useful as he disliked large amounts of attention and he would have been recognised by Takigawa by now."

"I don't actually know," the teacher confessed. "You're probably right about his age."

"Now will you tell us what you know about the school?" Naru returned to the original subject.

The music teacher hesitated and then relented.

"All right. Since you do have some knowledge, I might as well tell you on the condition that I accompany you."

Naru considered the proposition. As it stood, if they found anything an exorcism would not be possible because he could not use his PK if Gene was over five thousand miles away in England. There were limits to how far PK could travel between them. If Takigawa was really a monk, he could do the exorcisms. In addition, if he was a monk, he would have some knowledge about the supernatural and Naru would need him as Lin would not be with him to provide extra details.

"You may," he said much to Mai's surprise.

She had been expecting him to quickly reject the idea of having an authority figure accompany them as he was the type of person that preferred to be the boss than to be bossed around. She had a feeling that he had an ulterior motive for agreeing.

"Good. I wanted to investigate some of the mysteries before, but I've never managed to find the time. Being a teacher is exhausting and I have to arrange all the recitals and the music for school productions on top of teaching," he sighed.

"We won't be investigating every night," Mai reassured him. "Yasuhara-senpai gave us some limits and we wouldn't be able to keep up with school work if we did it every night."

"I should have known Yasuhara was involved in this somewhere," Takigawa groaned and then produced a notebook from his briefcase. They were in the music room due to the lack of privacy in the teacher's office." I think we should start with the one in the girls' toilets."

Naru recognised it as being the one Yasuhara had referenced. The only question was why Takigawa had selected that one.

"Why?"

"Because I think it's fake," he stated simply. "Therefore it should be the easiest."

Mai visualised where the girls' toilets were on the third floor. They were near the art rooms and weren't really used as they were the only toilets that hadn't been modernised in the school. The plumbing was ancient and made strange noises. If the strange noises were the mystery, she was going to be severely disappointed.

"What is the mystery about them?" Naru asked.

"In the past month, about twenty girls have complained about hearing ghostly noises coming from them."

Mai was beginning to feel disappointed. It probably was the old plumbing making even more noises when the other toilets in the school were being used.

"Are you sure it's not the plumbing?" She thought it would be best to confirm that it was an actual mystery.

Takigawa shook his head. "The pipes have been checked, they are still in the same condition they were in before the strange noises started to occur. In addition the noises were described as being screeching and screaming noises. The pipes normally groan not scream."

Naru stroked his chin. It sounded more interesting now that more information had been given. That said, he could see why Takigawa thought it was fake. School mysteries were usually established and old. This one was a recent one. Despite that he was still going to investigate it.

"Should we all meet here tomorrow night to investigate?" Naru suggested. "It can be our first case."

They all agreed on a time and a meeting place with Takigawa promising to show them a route into the school that would bypass the security guard.


A few hours after that, a black haired teenager wearing casual clothes unlocked the door of the apartment he was sharing with his mentor. He took his shoes off and announced his return.

"Madoka-san, I'm back."

The pink haired woman poked her head around the corner.

"You're just in time for dinner."

"Is it ramen again?" he teased.

He sat down at the small table in the living room and waited for Madoka to pour water onto some instant noodles. Mealtimes with Madoka varied between takeaway or instant ramen. He consoled himself with the fact that his twin was living under the same circumstances when it came to mealtimes as Lin was just as bad as Madoka for not cooking.

"What did Noll do today?" he questioned.

Madoka entered with two steaming bowls of ramen.

"He made arrangement to investigate a mystery at school and asked Lin for some equipment," she informed him. "It's a good thing you predicted he would need it."

Gene smiled mysteriously. "I saw quite a few things in Noll's future."


A/N: I did change Gene's abilities slightly to fit the alternate universe. I am fully aware of what his canon abilities are.