Disclaimer: I'm so glad y'all liked the tea party! X3 Making Naru look and act ridiculous is lot harder than it would seem o.0 Thank you so much for all the reviews! They fuel the flames of inspiration that burn so passionately within my soul! I do not own anything of Ghost Hunt's! Onto the chapter :D *random dancing*

PS: I apologize to all LinXMadoka fans! I can see how they would be cute together but I decided Lin shall be mine! Plus it all fits in quite nicely with my plot :3


October 25th, Thursday, 3:00 am...

"Bye bye mama!" a six year old auburn haired girl kissed her mommy on the cheek and received a kiss back.

"Be a good girl for grandma and grandpa sweetie." the mother said. She had to leave the little girl at her grandparent's home often because her job required late hours at times. The grandma waved goodbye from the large living room window. Mai moved around the scene unnoticed.

"You must pay careful attention." the dream Naru said suddenly appearing by her side. Mai watched carefully as the little girl referred to as "sweetie" joyously played with the cats and wandered about the cozy home. In the back was a beautiful garden with a pond full of fish. Her grandfather was carpenter and had homemade wind mobiles decorating every corner of the garden. She entered his shop and took a deep breath. It always smelled like fresh cut wood and cigarettes. It smelled just like her grandpa.

"Come here. I got something to surprise you with." he led the little girl to his latest project. A wood dresser with hearts carved into a swirly adornment on the top. A swirly design was carved in the center. The girl was overjoyed and squealed with happiness and she thanked him over and over.

"Hearts are my favorite grandpa!"

"Only the best for this little girl." he smiled. "Come on. Ma's making lunch." she followed closely behind, her hand in his. Naru stood by the dresser looking closely at the swirly design in the center. Mai filed it away as important.

That night...

It was time for bed and upstairs the little girl was having a hard time sleeping. Small creaking noises kept disturbing her. Mai frowned.

"I remember imagining the house creaking was ghosts and monsters." she said pitying the little girl.

"But she's not imagining." Naru said pointing to the dark little imp like shadows that danced around the girl's bed. They laughed and, though they didn't seem able to touch her, she was terrified.

"Mommy..." she whimpered. "They aren't real..."

"Oh but we are!" they sang. "We're going to scare you! Scare you! Scare you!" they chanted over and over again.

"No..."

"Are you crying? Cry! Cry! Cry!" they screeched happy in their wicked deeds. The little girl of course started to cry and one of the creatures pulled on her hair. She shot up out of bed and realized she couldn't see them.

"Where are you?"

"You can't see us yet! But when you can you'll die! Die! Die! Die!" she trembled in fear and covered herself with the quilt.

"If I don't move or speak they'll leave..." she thought. That night she fell asleep but only because the constant rush of fear had pushed her past the point of exhaustion.

"This is horrible! Who is she? I have to save her" But before she could reach the girl and Naru could answer her she was woken up.

9:00 am...

"Mai! Mai! For crying out loud wake up!" Will shouted. She had gotten Monk and Ayako's help to try and shake the slumbering girl awake. When the others heard Mai wouldn't wake up they panicked and Naru was the first one in the room. Before he could have his chance at analyzing the situation Mai shot up out of bed. She picked up her pillow and started beating Will with it.

"WHY-" smack. "DID YOU-" smack. "WAKE-" smack. "ME-" smack. "UP!" she practically screamed. Monk held her back as Will took cover behind the crowd of people now in the room.

"Somebody sure is cranky in the mornings." Monk laughed. She stepped on his foot forcing him to release her.

"I'm cranky because you all interrupted before I could hear who she was!" Mai shouted outraged.

"What did you dream?" Naru asked getting right to the point.

"A little girl was being tormented by tiny shadows. They kept laughing at her and saying they were going to scare her and that she was going to die." Mai clenched her fists angrily.

"Do you remember what she looked like?" Naru asked.

"Oh! It wasn't Melva! This little girl had auburn hair and looked completely different." Luella breathed a sigh of relief.

"But there's nobody here that has auburn hair." Monk pointed out.

"Perhaps the spirit of that little girl is here but is being hidden by the wolf. Like it's protecting her." Ayako wondered. They continued to throw around ideas while Will and Mai went to eat a late breakfast.

"This is so frustrating." Mai sighed. "If we just had a little bit more information than we could get somewhere!"

"I'm sure Mr. Shibuya will be able to figure it out. He's a doctor and a genius after all." they entered the dining room and inside was Mao Shu, Lin's wife, speaking with the maid, Mrs. Hall.

"Oh!" Mai gasped. She remembered how shocked everyone was to find out that Lin was not only married but also an expecting father. Her and Will didn't get a chance to introduce themselves because they had been avoiding Naru as best they could. He didn't seem to remember the tea party incident that morning though.

"My name's Will. Pleased to meet ya." Will said holding out a hand for her to shake.

"You sure are pregnant ain't ya? You look like you'll pop any second." she laughed. Mai rolled her eyes at her friends refined way of greeting and then proceeded to introduce herself.

"I have seen you two around the mansion. It is nice to see such hardworking young ladies." Mao Shu was a Chinese girl with ebony hair that went down to her ankles. It was tied in a half ponytail with a gold butterfly pin securing it tightly. Strands of hair fell in her face though partially hiding her black eyes. She wore a light blue loosely fitting qipao that only made her belly look bigger and of course wore traditional Chinese make-up. (She doesn't wear the white face paint like Mulan. That's only for new brides. It's just rouge powder and eye liner that gives her cat like eyes. o.o) It made sense for someone as dedicated to his culture as Lin to marry a girl like that. She looked like she had come out of an ancient Chinese story book and acted as such as well. Speaking softly and never making very extravagant movements.

"I still can't believe that reserved guy is married! And to such a pretty lady too!" Mai smacked Will's arm but Mao Shu just smiled.

"My husband doesn't talk about himself. Not even to me. I know he can seem distant and rude at times but he is really very kind."

"I've seen that side of him before." Mai giggled. "He must be a very caring husband." Mao Shu blushed and smiled a very big smile.

"Never in public though, because he's so reserved but also because he gets embarrassed so easily. Don't tell him I told you that." she gasped. Mai and Will promised and the three continued to talk over the course of their meal.

"By the way Mrs. Lin, is Ms. Hall alright?" Will asked. "She was in your room last night when the creature attacked."

"Please, call me Mao. I have a feeling we will be good friends." Mao said as the maids took away their plates. Then tea was served.

"Since I came here Ms. Hall often asks me questions about my home. She enjoys speaking of the spiritual aspects of different cultures. But that night she came to speak about something else." she said cupping her tea cup with both hands. She ran her finger along the silver edging feeling details in its hand crafted design.

"But I don't know what she was going to say. Just as she opened her mouth the wolf appeared." she looked pained and put her hand on her enlarged stomach.

"Please don't talk about it if it upsets you." Mai said wondering if speaking to her so soon after the event was a good idea.

"Oh no. It isn't myself that I'm worried over. But rather... I feel something is very off about that girl lately." she looked to see if anyone else was in the room.

"We shall keep this between us. The night before last I saw Ms. Hall come out of her room three times. Each time she looked deathly pale and absolutely terrified. She would walk a few steps and then whisper something inaudible before going back inside." Mai gasped and practically jumped out of her chair.

"That must have been her that night!" she shouted. Mao and Will shushed her and she sat back down listening to see if anyone was coming.

"I heard her say something like 'No' and 'I can't' then she flinched like she had seen something and ran back into her room." Mai whispered. Mao looked especially worried now.

"I have a feeling that child is hiding something. Probably along the lines of what's been going on in this house lately."

"But if she knows anything why would she keep it a secret?" Will wondered. Mai snapped her fingers and then told them about what had happened when she shook Ms. Hall's hand.

"But you said you just felt dizzy and didn't see anything!" Will looked offended at not being told this tidbit of information.

"I said that because I didn't know what was going on myself."

"Could it be possible that you read Ms. Hall's mind? You are psychic correct?" Mai laughed saying that was impossible.

"Well... actually... you've read my mind a few times..." Will mumbled. Mai sat there mouth agape.

"What are you talking about? That's ridiculous!"

"Your mom could read a person's mind just by touching them. It seems you may have inherited that little ability." Will sweat dropped as Mai started freaking out.

"Why didn't you say anything?" she shouted.

"You didn't tell me anything about what you've been seeing!"

"But you didn't know that until I told you!"

"Girl!" Mao said bringing her tea cup firmly down against the table silencing them instantly.

"That's better. Now then, Mai. If it is true that you can read her mind than it is very possible we can get to the bottom of this case ourselves." Mao said looking very pleased with the idea.

"Ourselves?" they both asked in sync.

"Lin and I are having a bit of a disagreement right now so I would very much like to put him in his place. I'm sure you two would also like to teach your boss a thing or two as well."

"Mr. Shibuya's horoscope says he's very attracted to smart girls! Plus he is very competitive so this will be like a challenge to him!" Will schemed.

"Oh? So you have your heart set on Mr. Shibuya?" Mao wondered surprised.

"No not me. Mai's been in love with him for ages now!" Mai blushed and punched Will in the arm.

"You just can't keep your mouth shut can you!"

"I'm a Leo! I tell it how it is!" Mao smiled as the two girls fought. She requested that one of the maids bring her a notepad and a pen.

"Mai. I would like you to make a list of all we have just said." Mai did just that but then remembered something very important. She flipped the page over and started drawing the frilly looking design she had seen on the little girl's dresser in her dream as bets as she could remember it.

"Do you know what this means?" she placed the paper in the center of the desk.

"Hey that's some beautiful cursive!" Will said snatching the sheet up.

"I didn't know you could write like this Mai."

"What's cursive?"

"Cursive is a kind of writing style popular in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is a style in which one will join each letter together. It was originally created to make handwriting faster." Mao explained.

"It's super easy!" Will showed Mai as she wrote examples all around the design.

"But what does this say?" Mai asked drawing attention back to the original subject.

"Oh, this says Ari... it says Arielle?" suddenly everything made sense. The door to the dining room opened but the three girls didn't notice.

"Then the girl from my dream... It's Ms. Hall! She can see the wolf! That must be why she's been acting so strangely!" Mai shouted not realizing who all was present.

"What?" suddenly Naru was there along with Luella and Masako. Mai gasped covering her mouth with her hands. Naru quickly snatched the paper away and eyed it carefully. He looked very angry and suddenly left the room. Mai knew exactly where he was going so she ran after him. He burst into Ms. Hall's bedroom surprising her considerably.

"You're the source of these things. Why haven't you said anything." he hissed. Ms. Hall's face went white and she looked around the room. By now Mai's shouts for Naru to stop had attracted the rest of the team and everyone was in her room. She felt like she was being interrogated.

"Have you lost the ability to speak?" he hissed again. Mai grabbed her hand and looked at her with sorrowful eyes. She didn't want anyone to find out this way.

"People's lives are in danger!" Naru began to shout. When he raised his voice it was if the entire building would tremble.

"He's so angry... What do I do... mother, Mrs. Davis, they all hate me now..."

"I told you they would hate you! You got us discovered! You've ruined it!" Mai gasped realizing what she was hearing.

"Melva, my mother, your mother could have died!"

"I didn't mean to. I don't know how they figured it out... I'm so scared... please don't be angry..."

"It's because you talktoo much! Silence is the only way to stay safe! These people will destroy you now!"

"Talk!" Mai snapped.

"Would you shut the hell up!" she slapped Naru hard across the face. Everything went dead silent.

"You stupid stupid STUPID boy! Can't you see how scared she is! You barge in here like a fucking swat team! Idiot! What good is getting angry going to do! You're only making it worse!" Mai was gasping for breath after she was done. Though she was shorter than he, Naru felt much smaller than this angry girl. His face stung where she had made contact with his cheek. Ms. Hall sobbed loudly and couldn't contain it anymore.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't tell anyone... He'd hurt you if I did..." Mrs. Hall the maid started to cry but not because she was upset. She was overjoyed.

"Sweetie! You're crying!" she hugged her daughter tightly. Apparently that even after her father and brother had died Ms. Hall hadn't shown any signs of emotional turmoil.

"It's okay... We'll fix this together. Okay?" Her mother said still holding her tightly. Mrs. Hall and her daughter were both Christians so speaking with John was easiest for her. Even if he was Catholic he had the deepest understanding of what was going on. There wasn't that big a difference between their beliefs.

"You're perfectly safe. He can't do anything to you anymore. Understand?" John said placing his hand over hers tenderly. She nodded and looked him in the eyes.

"I'm still nervous..." she trembled.

"That's okay. You can be nervous. But bringing it out into the light is the only solution." he explained. The others had never seen John so serious before and were a little awestruck and how well he was handling the situation.

"Okay... I'm ready..."


Finally! John will get his time in the spotlight! oT.T/ This is only the beginning to a really intense arc so I hope you all enjoy o.o (Sorry for how short it is :p) Thank you for the reviews and please grace me with more! XD