Authors Note: I AM SO SORRY! *on hands and knees* I didn't mean to take so long to upload this chapter! I've been pretty busy, I started college and have been swamped up with work but I finally got it up. Anyway here is the next chapter; day 4 will be split into two chapters. I'm almost done with this story, I only have a couple of chapters to go and I'm finish. This is a LinXMai fanfic; sorry to all the NaruXMai lovers out there but I love this paring. So there's finally some romance in this chapter, between the two (even though I've been hinting at it) and thank you to all my reviewers: Tbonechick2001, Blackwitchkarma, Xiar, Krisaku (the guy how hugged Mai is introduced in this chap.), Kaykit, MerlynAstrae, Heavenslilagl1420, Crazymel2008, emina105, Ligurlanima, and the rest thank you. Now ill stop talking or typing for you to enjoy the story.
I do not own Ghost Hunt; if I did it would have been a whole lot different.
"Talking"
Flashback
'Thinking'
Day 4:
Mai sighed as she walked out of her room. Last night had been a lesson that she would never forget!
"Everyone these are the generals that I have been talking about"
The group that stood before them gave off an aura of power and stood with grace. The one that was standing with Mai towered over her, he had midnight black hair that reached his mid-back and was tied back. He had handsome features that were sharp and chiseled.
"It is an honor' he said 'meeting meeting Mai-sama's friends, I am Imai Kaito." His voice was like silk, deep but smooth.
Mai walked into the base room, only to find Lin watching the monitors and typing away on his laptop, as always. She felt bad for the man, it seemed as though he never slept. She told Naru they wouldn't need the monitors or cameras but it seem Naru, like always, didn't listen to her.
"Good Morning Lin-San."
"Good Morning Taniyama-san." He replied, giving her a small smile before going back to the monitors and his typing.
"Where is Naru, it's not like him to not be up at the crack of dawn?" she asked as she sat on the chair right across from him. He stopped typing and flashed her an amused grin.
"We went to bed pretty late, don't you think. Yesterday was a little…. rowdy."
She looked away from him, hiding her flushed face. He was right, things did get crazy last night. Kami knows she never wanted that to happen last night Of course she should have known better with Yun and Jun-kun, something always happens.
The next to introduce themselves were Harada Yun and Jun, a pair of twins. They had short red hair that was a wild mess and a set of golden eyes, in looks they were identical and they wore a mischievous grin on there faces.
"Jun-kun, Yun-kun I hope you guys behave yourselves today. I don't want there to be any trouble." Mai said with a firm voice as she gave them a suspicious look. They gave her a smile that reminded her of the cat from Alice in Wonderland.
"Don't worry Mai-chan" Jun said. "We won't do anything we normally don't do." Yun said finishing his brother's sentence.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Mai said while rubbing her temples as though she could already feel the headache that was coming.
"Yeah sorry about that,' Mai sais 'I thought the boys were up to no good."
"Actually I found it quite amusing, but I must ask; how did they get their hands on so much sake?" Lin asked remembering the events of last night. He had stopped typing to watch Mai, he knew when he saw the twins that they would be up to no good, but to get Naru and the rest of the irregulars, excluding Mai and himself, drunk, well it was something.
"I have absolutely no idea' Mai said bring his out of his thoughts, 'but how did you know that the tea was spiked when Naru didn't even have a clue?"
She had her head tilted to the side when she asked the question and was looking at his with wide eyes, Lin had to confess she looked adorable with that look in her face but then again when didn't he think she was attractive.
"I don't drink regularly,' he said 'but I do have a cup from time to time in special occasions, and Naru, on the other hand, has only tried it once I believe."
Mai sighed as she looked back at what happened. Everyone, minus her, Lin and her generals, started to act funny after a couple of hours. Ayako and Bou-san where yelling at each other non-stop before braking out singing Babies world at the top of there lungs. John-san had passed out, never having tasted alcohol in his life. Masako-san was clinging to Naru and voicing her love for him while Naru, well lets just say he cant hold his alcohol and is a very very mean drunk.
"Dame it Yun, Jun! I told you to behave yourselves and then you pull this!" Mai said as said boys were kneeing before of her. "What were you thinking?!"
"That it would be funny" Jun said. "And that the dark one with the superior complex needed to lighten up a bit." Yun said finishing. Mai felt like screaming at the top of her lungs. She knew that Naru might give her hell for this.
"Don't worry Mai-sama." Takahiro said. Kouno Takahiro was another of Mai's generals that arrived. He was as tall as Kaito and had brown eyes with small dots of gold and hair that was braided down to his mid-back. He the only one the twins listen to, besides Mai.
"Takahiro is right Mai-sama, we will help them get into there rooms without hurting themselves." Ryuu said while picking up a passed out brown-san into his arms. Ashii Ryuu was know in the group, as silver dragon, for his silver hair and eyes and the black dragon tattoo that was on his right temple.
"Fine but have Naoto, Kouhei and Tatsuya help you and get them into something comfortable." she said while still staring the boys down who were now squirming. Sano Naoto and Tamura Kouhei were two of the calmest people from the group of generals. Not as bulky but having the built of a wrestler and both close to seven feet tall in height as Takahiro and Kaito. Naoto had blond hair that came up to his shoulders and Kouhei had brown hair that was cut short. Ueda Tatsuya though was something like the twins, he had short black hair and eyes so dark that they seemed black as well. He could be joking off at one moment and the next he could be deadly serious.
"Ami, Masaki, Nanami, Haruka and Aya I want you five to split up and get Ayako and Masako out of there clothes and into something comfortable as well please…… and can some one get Ayako and Bou-San of the table and Masako off Naru please!" Mai said watching Ayako and Bou-san on the table singing Barbie world and dancing while Masako was climbing Naru like a koala bear.
Katou Haruka was the one to set Masako off of Naru. She was very tall for a woman, almost six feet, her long red hair that was tied back looked like fire and her brown eyes were the shade of honey. Ine Ami and Yamada Masaki were the ones to help Ayako off the table while Tatsuya got Bou-san. Ami and Masaki were the girlfriends of Fakir and Yasaki, both of average height. While Masaki's hair was black Ami hade a strange orange color. Hashimoto Aya was a colorful woman with a mocha skin tone, always changing here hair color, which today was purple and had eyes were as blue as the sky.
Everyone of her generals were helping the SPR group into there rooms, Mai dismissed them to their own rooms when they were finished , while Yun and Jun cleaned the mess that Bou-san and Ayako created while dancing and singing on the table as punishment. When they were done they were dismissed as well.
"Well' Lin said from his set at the table where he had been all the time watching everything happen 'that was surprising."Mai looked at him; blushing a deep red for forgetting about him being there. He bid her goodnight with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye and left to his own room. Mai thought having the generals visit while the case was going was a good idea, now she was rethinking the whole idea.
"I still can't believe nobody notice there was something wrong with the tea, me and my generals are immune to the stuff so they weren't affected but the rest were. Kami Naru is going to give me hell for what happened." Mai looked up and meet Lin's eyes and saw the amusement in his. She smiled, before he wouldn't show any type of emotion, like Naru, but now he smiled from time to time but only, when she was around. There stared at each other just smiling about what happened, some other emotion was in his eyes but before Mai could figure out which he looked away back to his laptop. She got up from her seat to stand behind him and look at the monitors of the cameras, while trying hard to not look at his laptop and see what he was typing.
"You know, we don't really need the cameras or the monitors, we could take them down. That way you won't need to stay up in the night anymore."
"Well, it sounds as if you're worried about me Taniyama-san." Lin said in a teasing voice, Mai smiled down at him.
"But of course' she said as she sat down in the chair next to him where Naru usually sits 'who else is going to save me from Naru and help me get out of trouble."
He chuckled. "Taniyama-" but before he could continue Mai had her hand over his mouth stopping him. To say Lin was surprised would be an understatement.
"Can you please stop that." She said with a plea in her voice
He grabbed her hand with his and moved it away from his mouth but he didn't let go of it. "Stop what Taniyama-san?"
"Calling me by my family name, can't you call me Mai? We have known each other long enough to be on a given name bases."
"If it bothers you that much, then I shall call you Mai-san"
"Chan" she pouted.
"Okay' he said chucking at her behavior 'Mai-chan then." He said giving her one of his real smiles, and she smiled back. He didn't know when but sometime during their discussion he had started caressing the palm of her hand he was holding with his thumb. He thought of stopping but thought why, Mai didn't seem to mind. In fact Mai was enjoying the little touch and the sparks it sent through her body.
"Good and I can call you Koujo-san?"
"If you like."
The smile she gave him made his body react in an alarming way; she always had that affect on him, he didn't know when his feelings for the girl, now a young woman, had changed but he didn't mind, in fact he was happy it turned out this way.
"So what were you going to say before I so rudely interrupted?"
"Well not that I minded the interruption' he said which cased Mai to blush 'but at dinner last night you and Imai-san seemed to be talking a lot about a sensei of yours, I would like to know more about him if possible."
Her smiled was gone at the mentioned of her sensei, and a look of sadness descended her features. "He was a great and gentle man; he was also an onmyoji, just like you, and a master in martial arts and weaponry."
"He never joined your clan's army?"
"No, he didn't like violence that much; he was a very calm and very taciturn person when I first meet him. He was great friends with my father and besides from being my sensei in marital arts and weaponry he was also something of a guardian. He made me, Fakir and Yasaki have lessons at odd hours of the night, his family was born in china so when our clan went there his family helped mine and we made them a part of our clan."
"He was not cursed with the others." It wasn't a question but Mai answered anyway.
"No, I heard from Fakir that after I passed away he took charged of the clan in a way, making sure everything I wanted for my clan came true. They told me he died a peaceful death and that his last words were that had no reason to fear death when it would bring him closer to me."
"Did he have a family, in the end?"
"In the end yes, but it was not a marriage out of love but of convenience, he was the one who had the responsibility of passing down the power and knowledge of being an onmyoji back then, so he needed an heir."
"You cared for him very much, didn't you?" He asked the question very normal in an even tone of voice, but inside he was overwhelmed with jealousy with the way she was talking about her sensei.
"He held me when I was in pain; he was the one who held me when I was took my last breath, and he took care of my people when they needed someone to guide them."
"He sounds like an astounding person."
"He was, so yes, I cared for him. It was just too bad I found out too late how much I cared." She looked at him and smiled when he gently squeezed her hand to show her comfort, she looked at their connected hand and blushed an intrusting shade of red as if she was just noticing what they were doing but still she didn't remove her hand, needing the comfort he was offering.
"What was his name?" "What?"She said.
"I asked what his name was." Mai lost the light in her eyes, and she gave Lin a look the he couldn't quite understand, but before he was able to ask what was wrong she removed her hand from his and began to head for the door.
"I better check on everyone and see that the twins are out of trouble." She said in a low voice but loud enough for him to hear her. she was almost to the door when Lin got up and stopped her by the wrist and pulled her back, but not ready for the action Mai ended up hitting his chest a bit too hard and making him stumble until the table of monitors stopped them from falling over, he looked down to make sure he didn't hurt her when he meet a pair of stunned but curious brown eyes. She began to move but he slipped his arms around her waist to prevent her from doing so.
'No' he thought, staring into her gentle eyes, while his heart began to race in his chest. 'Not Yet' While Mai was trying to breathe again, his gaze dropped to her lips and he wondered if they were as soft as they looked. As if he lost all relational thought and thought why not he moved his hand from her waist to the side of her face, gently cupping it and caressing her check with his fingers. He skin was as soft as rose petals, and Mai turned to the caress like a kitten wanting to be petted. He tilted her face up while his thumb moved hesitantly over her lower lip which caused her to start breathing a little heavily.
"I must be out of my mind, but I've been wondering,' he whispered against her lips in a voice that caused her shiver, which he felt. "Haven't you?"
Before she had a chance to reply his mouth slowly closed the distance between hers and he kissed her with such gentleness and confident mastery. Mai wasn't stupid, she knew that at Lin's age he had been around the block a couple of times but it still didn't prepare her for this, the kiss was firm, hard and a little rough. She let her own eyes close, she never knew just the touch of Lin's lips could be so exciting, so explosive, so ecstatic! She though dizzily.
Her knees were going weak and her heartbeat was going wild when she felt him nip at her lower lip. They were both breathing hard as he lifted his head an inch. "Open it," he whispered in a husky voice while his hands slipped into the thick hair at her nape "Your mouth…"
He crushed his lips back onto hers with a sudden hunger; shocked Mai gasped giving him the entrance that he wanted. She clutched at the front of his shirt wrinkling the fabric. She had never felt this way, her body felt as if it was being struck by lightning. She pushed her mouth upward to deepened the kiss, wanting to meet his ardor with her own. Making a noise she never in her life made before, it seemed to bring both of them back to their senses, and reminded them of where they were and that anyone could walk in at anytime. She pulled away, not really wanting to, breathless and curious about the look in his eyes. His hands reluctantly released her hair and he gave her a genuine smiled, she blushed and looked away embarrass.
"It's nothing to be embarrass about, Mai-chan." He said as he forced her gently to meet his eyes. He was as shaken as she felt, but he was also delighted at her response. He forced himself to breath normally but just as h e was going to ask her the question he wanted the answer to the base room door opened and they jumped away from each other.
Authors Note: So how did you like it… it's my first time writing a kissing scene and I was going for steamy.
Bunny-wunny: I don't think it was that bad.
Author: Who let you out of the closet?
Bunny-wunny: who cares abut the details, there not important.
Author: I do! Anyway sorry for the cliffhanger but anyway hope you like it and ill see if I can get the next chapter up by the end of the month.
Bunny-wunny: And if she doesn't update by the end of the month feel free to hit her over the head with my hammer. Please review!
Author: Yes please do!... Wait what about a hammer?
