Hi guys! Sorry, but I probably won't be able to update until Sunday due to recent events that will probably have a huge impact on my life... I'm going to die. That guy's gonna kill me.. And I'm gonna kill her next time I see her... No internet for like... 4 days! God no! What a punishment! It's not my fault! This chapter is for you, Iloveanimex. I loved your review, and yes, I HAVE lost it. Hell, I don't think I ever had it. And since I don't want to be a murderer, I am posting this chapter when I should be asleep since I have a huge science test tomorrow, well technically today, and I SUCK at science.

A strong thank you to TheUnquietDead for agreeing with me without knowing. Yeah, I want Mai with everyone.. Except Takigawa and Lin... I can't EVER see either of those.. Besides... Takigawa has Ayako, and Lin TOTALLY has Madoka! Oh. My. God. Great idea... Gene... meheheh! And I want a potato too... but just you wait...

On with the story!

Chapter 7: The seventh chapter

"N-naru... I've decided I need to tell you everything." I say, my voice shaking from the dread of the upcoming events. My stomach churns, and I just want to vomit, ridding myself of the contents of my stomach. I don't want to do this. I'm so scared.

Don't worry, I can do this! I can tell them. It'll only be a little bit of pain until it is over. (A.N.: Come on! Show of hands. Who here has ever felt that way?) I feel the tiny winged creatures in my stomach wiggling around, causing an uproar. Is it mating season in there? For I feel the bubbling as my stomach catches fire and threatens to explode.

I don't want to.

But I need to.

I glance over at the narcissist. He has an eyebrow raised, his head slightly cocked to the side.

Never mind... I don't wanna...

"It's nothing... never mind what I was saying." I sigh in defeat as I close my eyes, drifting off yet again.

"Hush, Mai. Hush my sweet angel. Mama doesn't want to see you cry for me."

"Mama! Please don't go!"

"Mai, I need to leave. It's time."

"Mama... please... one more time...will you sing that song like you do? Just for me?"

"Sure, honey."

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Never let it fade away. Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket. Save it for a rainy day." (A.N.: She's singing this. I actually got this song from the T.V. show Lost. You know: "See you in another life brother." And all that... Love you Dezzie! So I don't own this song! But it's nice and gentle.)

"Mama. Can I pull my star out and wish for you to live?"

"Sweetheart, don't waste your only star on me, save it for when you need it. Stars are gifts, not to be wasted. Besides, your star can't save me now, Mai darling."

"Mama! Please..."

"Sweetheart... Remember, I'm always in your heart. So never forget those small pieces of me you saved up through the years. Whenever you miss me, look into your heart, and I'll be there."

"Mama... I love you."

I love you too, Mai darling. Now when I close my eyes, I'll be gone. Please don't miss me, just be happy you had me. I hate seeing you sad. Now smile."

"Mama! MAMA! I don't get it! How can I smile! Mama!"

"Mai... Mai..."

"Mama! Please wake back up mama!"

"Mai!"

"Mama!" I scream, rocketing forwards, smacking foreheads with Naru.

"Mai, were you having another one of 'those dreams'?"

I nod my head, noticing for the first time that my face is wet. I had been crying.

"We heard you say Mama. Dreaming of your mommy now, Mai-chan?" Yasu smiles at me, forgetting I was an orphan.

There is silence in the van. Then...

Whack!

Yasu is hit on the head by Lin.

"Watch what you say. That was rude." He says to Yasu as he moves on from a stop sign.

"I-it was a dream of my mother. No visions, just sounds. She was on h-h-her deathbed and she sang my song to me. Then she... then she died."

Naru watches as I cry, slowly putting his hand onto my back, rubbing it softly.

"I have an ability that lets me see the future. I've been predicting disaster since I was little. And once I said it, it always happened, accept for the rare occasion the future changed to kill a person in a different way. I killed my Father. I told him the morning he left that a bus was coming to get him this morning. That afternoon, he was hit by a bus full of children." I pause to wipe the tears from my eyes, then continue, "I even told my mother that my unborn brother was going to die. I told her the exact day. And that day, he died! And if I had said the baby would grow up fine, he'd be here today! A-and I told my mom she was going to get cancer and die! I looked her right in the eyes and told her that, out of fury when she yelled at me! And it came true! If I don't watch what I say, it comes true! And I can't take it back! I kill everyone around me!"

"Calm down, Mai. It's not your fault." Yasu says to me, looking at me calmly, trying to get me to calm down as well.

"Actually, it is her fault." I tense up, as I hear Naru say those cruel words.

"Noll! Hold your fucking tongue!" Lin hisses in English.

"You realize I can speak English, right Lin..?" I say.

Lin freezes and glares out the windshield, focused on the road.

"Lin, pull over. Naru, get out." Yasu orders, in a scarily serious voice.

Naru and Lin do what are ordered, Yasu climbing out and sitting where Naru had been.

I look at him out of the corner of my eye, as I drift off into a dreamless sleep.

When I wake up, Naru is yelling at Lin.

"Just pull over already and ask for directions!"

Lin sighs and goes into a small store in the middle of the country, leaving me, Naru and Yasu all alone in the van.

I then feel very hungry. I imagine a big, juicy hamburger with the cheese sticking to the burger and melting on it. I then see the ketchup pouring over the sides of the bun, as the lettuce slowly covers it. Then, the but is pressed between my soft fingers, the burger being squeezed so hard that the juices come out and soak into the bun. But I touch it soft enough to get just the right amount. I then bite into the soft meal, the tastes cascading in my mouth to create a soft, juicy flavor that dances in mouth until the moment I swallow, it going down my throat like excited people on a water slide. My stomach growls at me softly. (A.N.: Look, when I stay up until... *looks at clock* 00.20 (12:20) to do this for you, I'm gonna be hungry, so don't complain. I just have wonderful images of food.)

I then realize in my sleep, I had leaned on Yasu, who was now also asleep, his head laying on mine, his arm around my side.

I feel my cheeks grow hot as I touch my left cheek, remembering the small kiss Yasu had planted on it that night he had kissed me. He had kissed me right there... on my cheek.

Naru gets out, saying something about Lin being a slow bastard.

I look up at Yasuhara, the man I always thought of as my brother. But now I see him as something else, something... almost... admirable. I find myself staring at his sleeping figure, awed by his cuteness I never noticed before.

"Admiring my sexiness?" Yasu asks, opening one eye lazily, "well then, I'll give you a gift."

He softly puts his warm hand on my cool face, tilting my chin upwards, stroking my face softly. He then lowers his head and captures my lips in a soft, yet passionate kiss.

The kiss lasts what seems like years, before we are interrupted by Naru coughing, and Lin staring at us like we were crazy. Yasu immediately breaks the kiss and glares at Naru.

"It's not like you were going to make a move on her any time soon, Nsru, so I took her."

I feel like the future had come true again, well, one of the three.

Suddenly, flashes appear in front of my eyes.

Tripping and falling into Yasu.

Falling onto Retol and meeting lips with him.

Naru bumping into me and accidentally kissing me before breaking the kiss, me pulling him into another one.

Me tripping into John who falls down with me on top.

Wait. John!? I mentally sigh. Life's getting more complicated.

"She's mine!" Naru suddenly yells, popping my bubble of thoughts. Damnit... I was on a roll there...

Wait... what. The. Fuck. Did. He. Just. Say!?

"I'm not a possession!" I yell at the both of them accidentally.

"Here Miss Taniyama. I bought a snack, because to be allowed to even breathe in there means you have to buy something. I was able to get directions from purchasing two bags of chips." Lin says, breaking the silence and handing me a bag before starting to drive.

I'm starves, so I devour the whole bag in less than a minute, letting Yasu have some, and starting on the second bag. After that, I sleep since we're still an hour away from our destination.

Line-break-line-break-line-break

I awaken in the astral plane.

"Hello Mai!" The oh-so-familiar voice of Gene calls to me.

"Hi, Gene!" I smile at him.

"About the case, Mai." Gene starts, "this case is a lot like the Bloody Labyrinth case. There is a monster inside. Only this monster wants you. Not anyone else. He decided Ayako Is too old, and Masako would draw too much attention. STAY BY NARU, LIN, OR YASU AT ALL TIMES! Understand?"

"Hai..." I say.

"Good. Now wake up."

My eyes snap open. Not because of Gene having me leave, but because a vision is coming on.

I watch the scene. Takeo is grabbing me, forcing me to have sex with him yet again. I try to scream, but he hits me and gags me with a cloth. Just when I'm about to pass out, a man runs in. First the man is Retol. Then it changes to John. Then Naru. Then Yasu. Why is my world revolving around these three, now four, men?

I sigh. I'll never know.But, I can always dream.

What did you guys think? Did you like it? I'm shocked nobody has negatively reviewed yet. That makes me so happy! Sorry if it's short, but I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. For those people who prefer Mai with someone else other than Yasu, let me tell you that there is no pairing for this story. Why? Because I don't know who I'm going to choose, though you can thank TheUnquietDead for saying something about a whole group of boys. So now I've added John. Might as well experiment with all the boys before I choose an ending with the best guy.

Me: Oh, but Yasu, you'll always be mine.

Yasu: But I don't wanna share Mai... or Takigawa...

Me: Oh, Yasu, you perv... but I love you for who you are :D

ME & Yasu: Please review! Arigato gosaimasu!