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Mai sat in the base quietly as she waited for him to return. The others were still out doing their jobs and Mai did not know when they would return.

"Lin would you like some tea?" Mai asked thinking of something to do.

"I thought you said the kitchens were closed." Lin said, not bothering to look at her. Mai sighed and leaned back against the cough. It started to make her think if that making tea was all that she was good for. Then she placed it out of her mind as she realized that she was bored out of her mind. Why hadn't Naru given her something to do so that she wouldn't be the only one sitting here? Mai let out a loud yawn and stood up to stretch.

"I'm going to go out for a walk." She said as she made her way for the door. The police should have calmed down by now so she found no ham in walking around. It wasn't like she was going to go around and mess with their evidence. Mai opened the door and walked out of the base and down the hall towards the main hall. As Mai opened the door and slipped into the hall to see it once again empty. There were some things that she noticed that she had not seen before. In the front left hand corner, there was a black grand piano. She also noticed the palm trees that stretched out all over the sides of the alter. A giant stain glass window hung on the wall behind the alter, letting light escape in. Slowly the room began to light up as a cloud moved out from in front of the sun, letting the rays shine into through the windows.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" said a voice. Mai turned around to find the priest standing there.

"Y-Yes." Mai said. She had not even realized that he had been behind her. "It is beautiful."

"Are you a Christen?" He asked looking down at her.

"N-No I am not." Mai said. A strange feeling began to over come her. She did not like this feeling and she wanted to get away. "I think I should go back to base now before Naru finds out that I have been wondering around." Mai said taking a step back.

"Alright. Well I guess I will see you around." He said before smiling at her. Mai nodded before she turned around and walked down the middle aisle and towards the doors at the front of the hall. As she walked away from him, she could feel his eyes watching her every move.

Mai pushed open the doors that lead into the back hall where the priest would prepare for a mass. It was dark back here and Mai could barely see as to where she wanted to go. Mai reached up and wrapped her arms around herself as she felt the temperature begin to drop. She looked around trying to see if she could find another way out, but there was none.

Something in the corner of the room caught Mai's eyes and she walked over to it. It was a small leather book that rested on a table in the corner. She reached out and lifted the cover. Inside she could see an outline of an article. Mai squinted her eyes, trying to make out the small writing in the book.

"Beh-" whispered a voice. Mai spun around, the cover of the book falling closed. Mai's eyes scanned all around her looking for the cause. "Ru-" said the voice again. It sounded distant yet at the same time close enough to her that she could feel it breathing down her neck. Mai took a step away from the table, realizing that there was something breathing down her neck. She started to back away from the table as the cover of the book flung open relieving the page she had just been looking at. Another page flipped over and another and another. Mai back up into the wall, her eyes glued to the page.

"He- find-no-where-go" The voice got louder as the pages began to flip more violently until it reached the end and the book was thrown from the desk. It slid across the floor and stopped at her feet. Mai pressed herself against the wall hoping she could fall through it, just this once. Her eyes stared at the book as her breath caught in her chest. The only noise that echoed around in the room was the sound of her heart pounding against her chest, which scared her even more.

Mai stared at the page that was laid out in front of her, her eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness. She began to slowly slide down the wall as she read the text that rested under the large picture. Mai's hand moved to her mouth as she held back the scream that was now in her throat.

Naru walked down the stairs that led to the basement, where the kitchens rested. Since the Detective wanted to know about him, than he was going to have to ask Naru himself, not bother his employees. As Naru reached the bottom of the stairs, he met the detective that was on his way up.

"Detective Masahiko I was just looking for you." Naru said stopping on the stairs. Masahiko looked up to see Naru standing there, looking some what angry about something.

"I will look at that later." said Masahiko to the policeman next to him. The policeman look from Naru to Masahiko than back to Naru before deciding it was better to leave, she he turned around and left the way he had come. "What can I do for you?" He asked once the policeman was gone.

"It is about you interrogating my employees while they are trying to do their work."Naru said stepping down a step.

"And which one of your employees did I bother?"

"Mai Taniyama. She was suppose to be getting me tea but instead she returns empty handed saying that you would not let her in and that you questioned her about some things."

"That is correct." Masahiko said. "But I also informed you that I would have to speak to all of your employees and that the kitchens were off limits do to the investigation."

"And as I told you, that your investigation has no right interrupting mine."

"I didn't interrupt yours, I was just helping mine." said Masahiko, who immediately regretted it. He did not like the cold death stare that he was receiving but he did not think he wanted to challenge Naru but saying so. "I will try to stay away from you investigation as much as possible." Masahiko said in defeat. "Though I must warn you, if you try to hide anything from me, or try to stop this investigation in anyway than I will arrest you and your team, do you understand?"

"I don't think you will have to worry about that." Naru said as he turned to leave.

Mai stared down at the book in front of her, her hand covering her mouth to keep her from screaming. Cold, dead eyes stared up at her as her own eyes scanned over the pictures that stared up at her. Picture after picture, girl after girl, boy after boy, all of them hidden within the contents of this album. Pools of blood surrounded each of them, as knives stuck out of their chests, and crowns of thorns surrounding their heads.

Mai tried to stand up, only to fall back against the wall and slid back down to the ground. Her legs were not strong enough to hold her up. The hand covering Mai's mouth slid down her neck and to her chest, where her heart was beating loudly. Her smooth fingers left her hand and reached down towards the page, where it touched the old fabric. She ran her fingers across the pictures, making sure they were real.

Her fingers traveled towards the bottom of the page, turning it to the next page, where she found more bodies. This was an album of dead people, ones that, by the look of it, had all died in this church.

A light flickered on and Mai looked up to see Father Shrio looking at her curiously.

"What are you doing?" he asked taking a step into the room.

"N-Nothing." Mai said. She could not think straight or gather her words for some reason.

"Nothing?" he asked looking at her. "Well it looks like you are doing something." He said taking a step closer. Mai slammed the book in front of her without thinking. The Father paused.

"I was studying." Mai said. "I needed a place to study." The words coming out of her mouth were not her words, but as long as the Father believed them, right now Mai did not care.

"And you chose to study here in the dark?" The father said. Mai nodded her head as her hand reached out to grab the book. She brought it to her chest as she pulled herself up.

"I think I should go now." Mai said as she walked past him and out of the room. As she shut the door behind her, she immediately ran as fast as she could to somewhere safe. The base. Naru had to be back by now, and even if he wasn't, there was Lin or someone else that she could show the pictures to. She would even show them to Detective Masahiko if she had to.

Mai opened the door to the base to find Naru, Lin and Yasuhara. They all looked up at her as she entered.

"What's wrong Mai? You look as if you have seen a ghost." Yasuhara said. Naru sat up in his chair as he saw Mai. "Hahaha, get it?" Yasuhara said as he closed his book. "You look as if you seen a ghost and we are like ghost hunters, so that's kind of…." Yasuhara trailed off as he saw the glare Naru was giving him. Slowly, Yasuhara opened his book again and slowly lifted it, until his head was completely hidden from view.

Naru turned to Mai and stood up. "Mai where were you?"

"Naru I found a-" Mai was cut off when there was a knock on the door. Everyone turned to see Father Shrio walk in. Mai froze where she stood as she saw the brown haired priest walk into the room.

"I hate to interrupt, but I think you took something of mine." He said, looking at Mai.

"Is that true Mai?" Naru asked turning towards her.

"No." Mai said quickly.

"What about that book in you hand? I believe that you took it from the room up stairs." The priest said.

"No I didn't" Mai lied again, the pressure slowly building.

"Mai, if you took something, just give it back." Naru said walking over to her.

"I didn't take anything!" Mai said at one last attempt to make him believe her.

"Mai" Naru said warningly.

"Naru, he has a book of dead woman!" Mai yelled turning to Naru, hoping he would believe him. "Look!" Mai shoved the book into Naru's hand. Naru opened the book and looked at the page. Sighing, he closed book and walked over to the priest.

"I am sorry that she took this. She won't be doing it again."

"But Naru-!"

"Mai!" Naru snapped turning his head to look at her. She immediately went quiet. Naru turned back to the priest. "If there are any other problems, do not hesitate to inform me."

"Of course." The priest said leaving, his brown eyes lingering on Mai for just a second. As the door closed, Naru turned and walked back to his seat.

"Naru how could you-"

"Do you have any idea what that even was?" Naru said harshly. Not giving her a chance to response, he continued. "That was a book filled with photos of members at that church who are both dead and alive. I would prefer it you didn't go around accusing people of murder while there is a murder investigation going on. For all means, do it on you own time, but if you do that again while you are working a case, I will make sure that that ghost haunting the house isn't the only one." Naru than picked up his black book and began to read some notes he had taken earlier.

Tears swelled in Mai's eyes as she realized what he was saying. He didn't believe her that she had saw all those murders. He didn't care that she was scared out of her mind and probably risked her life trying to get those photo's here to show him. He didn't know what he had just done.

Mai turned and ran out of the base, not caring where she went. She just wanted to get away from him. Mai turned down a hallway and ran into something that made her fall back on her butt. Looking up she saw Detective Masahiko standing there.

"Taniyama-san correct?" he asked offering her a hand. Mari wiped the tears from her face as she nodded. She reached up and took his hand as he pulled her up. "What is wrong? Why are you crying?"

"You wouldn't believe me." Mai said looking towards the floor, avoiding his eyes.

"Try me." Mai looked up to see Detective Masahiko smiling at her and offering her a handkerchief. She took it and wiped away the last of the tears.

"I saw an album of the murders here."

Hey everyone! sorry i have not updated in a few weeks! TO much has been happening and i did not have any time to write but some how i manged to put up this chapter so i hope you enjoy it!