Yo...here's the next chapter...Finally reached ten reviews! Thankz to everyone reading this! (Don't ask why I put Z's... It's just my thing...) Anyway, ten is awesome for me, it's the most I've ever gotten...

A gasp rang through the room. Murdered, huh, thought Mai. Were they killed in this house? ...Naru, seemed to be thinking along the same lines.

"Yasuhara-san, some of those books in the bookshelf contain the house's history. See if you can find out about those children." Said Naru.

Yasuhara nodded, and plopped down on the floor after pulling out a book... There was a very long silence. Everyone was thinking. Who could those children be? How had they been killed? ...WHO had killed them? ...Mai, was also running over the claims in her mind...

"Naru?" She said suddenly, breaking the silence.

Naru looked up. "What is it?"

"Remember the things Hideki-san said happens to some of his friends?"

"Yes." Said Naru with a nod. He wondered where the girl was going with this.*

"Don't you think it could be caused by high EMF?" Mai asked.

Naru and Lin exchanged a glance as they thought it over. Yasuhara, on the other hand, looked up from his notebook in confusion.

"EMF?" He repeated curiously.

Bou-san and Ayako also seemed a bit confused.*

"Care to explain, Mai?" Said Naru wondering whether the girl actually knew what it was she had suggested.

Mai thought for a moment. "Well...EMF stands for Electromagnetic Field." She explained. "Theory is, that basically, spirits give off some sort of...electric and magnetic energy...aka. EMF...certain objects also do so...Then you have people who are...hypersensitive... They only need to be exposed to these fields for a few minutes, before they somehow react to them... Nausea...skin irritation...headaches...paranoia...as in, the feeling you're being watched...followed...touched...spoken to... Everything Hideki-san said those friends of his experience, are common symptoms of hypersensitivity to high EMF fields..."*

"Ohh...huh..." Said Yasuhara, going back to his notes.

Naru looked at his young assistant in surprise. Had MAI really just said that? ...Sincerely praising her however, was not how he really did things... Instead, he automatically praised her sarcastically.

"I'm impressed, Mai." He said. "Glad to see you finally managed to learn something without me having to tell you to."

Everyone looked at Mai, waiting for the bombshell to drop... But instead of yelling at him like she usually did, the 17 year old spoke in a deadly calm voice.

"Well then, thank you Naru," She said. "But I wonder, what exactly is it that you thought I did while you were gone? Cry, bitch, and moan? ...I studied, Naru... I studied my ass off... I knew you'd be back... I knew you'd restart SPR.. I knew you'd rehire me.. I knew I needed to be ready... I'm not the same as I used to be..."*

Now Naru, wasn't the only one who was surprised. Everyone was staring at the teenage girl in shock. Everyone except Masako, that is. The medium sat there glaring at Mai. Why exactly, no one knew... And as he watched his assistant, Naru realized that she HAD matured during the year he had been gone.* ...She had grown an inch or two taller, and her hair now went down to her shoulders. Her body had matured slightly as well... Hell, she looked more appealing than ever... Her posture...her attitude, was no longer like a child... Of course, she still had her sunny, full of life smile... In some ways, she was still exactly the same...* Bou-san however, then realized that Naru leaving had affected the girl more than she had let on...

"Hey, boss?" Said Yasuhara suddenly.

Naru turned to look at him, indicating he was listening.

"There's nothing about children dying on this property... In fact...no children have ever even lived here... This house is fairly new as well... It was built in 1970, and was owned by a couple named...Shuuhei and Asa Minami... They didn't have any children...and they lived here until about...13 years ago, when Hideki-san bought the house from them... 7 years ago, he left for about a year, but then came back... Hideki-san's lived here alone the entire time." The bespectacled boy concluded.

Looking up he added, "What do you think, Shibuya-san?"

Naru sat there thinking silently, and the others all sighed. The guy never shared what he thought... Not until later, that is... A couple of minutes later, he finally decided to speak.

"Yasuhara-san, I want you to go to the library and do some research there. We need to find out who those children are... The rest...start setting up the equipment."

They all did as told. Yasuhara left the house, while nearly everyone else went around the building setting up cameras and things... Once that was done, everyone returned to the base. Mai and Bou-san had only just entered the room, when Naru sent the girl out to make tea. Mai muttered under her breath as she did so.

"Stupid scientist, sits on his ass while we do all the damn manual labour..."

Naru sighed. Some things never change, he thought...He actually loved it when Mai said stuff like that... It was...amusing... The man was wrenched out of his thoughts when a sudden scream filtered through the home. Naru immediately realized who it was...

"Mai!"

*Mai sometimes spews out random ideas, and Naru usually proves her wrong.

*I don't know if monks and mikos know about EMF's and things...I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me.

*Just a simple explanation. I didn't want to make it too complicated in case there are people who don't know what I'm talking about.

*Mai's a little ooc, but there's a good reason for it. Don't worry, she should go back to normal soon.

*I don't know how long Naru's actually gone for, but for the sake of this story, let's just say it's a year.

*Sorry if that didn't make sense. I'm trying to say she's changed a bit, but is still basically the same.

And that's the end of this part...I know the chapter was short, but I feel really lazy today...and I have no idea what I'm gonna do next...Don't worry, I'm not stopping this...next update should be in a couple of days...Looking forward to reviews! Laterz!