By the time Mai woke up to the sound of a gun shooting in the distance and she sat up quickly, looking around. It seemed Ayako wasn't awake yet, but looking over she saw Masako was gone. Something must have happened and she pulled herself from the covers, then reached to open the door when Naru beat her. He was in the doorway, she could see a bit of sweat on him and he glanced past her to see Ayako was still in bed.

"Naru" She said breathlessly, her eyes showing worry. "I just heard a gunshot"

"Masako took Lin to the field and tried to shoot herself. Lin easily overpowered her, go back to bed for now Mai" Naru said in an abridged version and pushed her forward a bit to walk in and close the door. She looked at him curiously, then slowly climbed back into bed and he pulled the covers up to her chin. While she wanted to argue, as the independent woman she was, she could see this one of the battles she didn't want to bother with. Age came with the ability to choose fights more wisely and with his movements she knew something was off.

"Why do I have to stay here?" She asked almost like a small child, and Naru paused as he was heading out the door.

"Lin was shot instead and I want to keep you in a spot I can watch you from for the time being." He said and she watched him leave, the door closing. He didn't lock it, which made her feel pleased at least. Naru trusted her to not run off like she did when she was younger. In her younger high school years she was a little rebel and she chuckled from her spot, then she gasped as she woke up from the pounding on the door. Someone was screaming, and without much thought she untangled herself from the blankets out of worry, then ran to the door and flung it open, against all her instincts. Masako was there, but Mai could tell it wasn't her. This was something else, but she couldn't escape and the thing flung her onto the floor. It started to smash her head into the floor, its hand wrapped around her face to put in the best impact. The boys were there in seconds.

"Mai!" She heard something shout and the body was pulled off of her, it kept screaming and was finally pulled out of the room. Her head ached; someone was supporting her head and holding her pulse.

"I'm fine" The girl managed to say, lips dry and head ringing, but the hands seemed to ignore her, searching the rest of her for injuries. They lifted her onto the bed and slowly moved her to the opposite side that had been slammed onto the floor, which was when she felt the blood running down her floor and felt her face conform to disgust.

"Why would you open the door Mai?" She heard someone said and she shrugged a bit, but waited till her head stopped ringing to respond.

"Why didn't you tell me everything that was happening?"

"John was going to take care of her but she escaped in the middle of the exorcism" she heard Naru say, voices finally becoming clearer. The young man was leaned over her, a wash cloth wiping blood away from running down her chin and Ayako was looking at the side of her face.

"Most of this is from her ear, but it doesn't seem like it broke her eardrum so we are fine" Ayako grumbled, showing obvious annoyance. "If you had taken care of Masako quicker this wouldn't have happened"

"I know" Naru said and the room fell silent as they continued, Mai opened and closed her hands out of boredom. After a while everyone started to file in, Monk came in to tell her jokes and help with the cleanup. Yasuhara joined in the merryness, the only people who didn't come in to the girl's room was Masako and Lin. Lin could be understandable, he had just been shot, in fact he was probably at the hospital right now. Madoka would be flying in soon probably, to baby him. At least that was what Mai called; Lin often said it was her form of torture.

"Where is Masako?" She asked, sitting up after her mother had finished putting cotton balls in her ear.

"She decided to stay in the other bedroom for the time being" John said, looking very sullen. He was probably feeling guilty about allowing Masako to hurt her, John was too kind-hearted, and Mai smiled at him warmly to assure him that she was fine.

"I want to go visit her" She said, sitting up, but Naru held her shoulder down with narrowed eyes.

"You'll be staying here for now, if the spirit is still lingering, we don't want any more mishaps" He said, and the young girl pouted. Naru sorted out jobs till it was only her and him left in the room.

"Tell me about what has been happening while I slept?" She asked, lying in the bed. He looked down at her, sighing then pulled up a chair to the bed.

"Will it keep you in bed?"

"If it's a good story"

"This morning Masako and Lin were possessed by the two spirits and went out into the field," He started, pausing to look out the window, the field just visible through the tree line, "Lin came out of the possession and ran forward to stop Masako. While the gun got away from her head she ended up shooting him in the stomach, and Lin shot into the sky to tell us their location. That was when you woke up, afterwards he was sent to the hospital and Masako was emotionally weak."

"So the spirit was able to possess her easily?" She asked and he nodded

"She was possessed again, but instead of simply trying to shoot herself she went on a rampage. It seems the ghost hasn't gotten what it wants in a while, so it tried killing someone in a different way. It only went after young people, so Bou-san and Ayako were not in danger. We caught her and pinned her down for John to send out the spirit but it got away and went directly for you."

"So it'll only kill young people? What about Lin?" She mumbled

"He was only meant to be a witness, the ghost had no intentions of hurting him" He said, watching her eyes open and close. "You shouldn't go to sleep Mai, you could have a concussion"

"I know" The woman said, breathing softly in and out, and then held out her hand. "Will you hold my hand? I am still shaky from that" She said, looking over at him. He looked down at her hand for a moment before taking it with both of his, almost making it completely disappear.

"I always find it interesting how small woman's hands are" He said with a chuckle

"Wouldn't you know why from your science classes?" Mai spoke

"I suppose I could learn why" He said and looked away from her toward the window again, the two staying silent till she spoke out.

"What is it like in Britain?" He looked at her a bit surprised at her question then started to think for a second.

"It's not always as crowded as Tokyo, and it rains a lot. People eat different kinds of food here, but it's not bad. Britain and Japan are both nice" He said and she looked up at him before slowly sitting up.

"I'm ready to go eat some breakfast" She said firmly and he glanced over to the clock. Three hours had passed since the gang had left the two and he nodded, helping pull her into a seated position. He stood by the doorway, right of eyesight as she pulled on a loose top then a jacket over it and legging, knowing she would need to walk tenderly for a while. Naru came back once she was changed and slowly helped her walk down the hallway. She turned around twice just to check someone wasn't behind them.

"Are you sensing something?" He asked by the third time, and she looked up at him with eyebrows tensed, almost confused.

"Nah, just paranoid"

I thought it was better to post another chapter as soon as possible, to make up for lost time. Is it bad that I'm making this case up as go? I kind of have a 'idea' about the haunting but I kind of just wrote this chapter as I went.

Please excuse my writing skills while I get back into the swing of it. I would also like to welcome so many new followers and favorites! Oh gosh, so happy! Please continue to watch over me! :3

Oh don't worry Muscial Teardrops, i'm alright. I just never realized how painful glass was, I've fallen and broke my toe, but I just walked away without much thought. Hehe, yes I kinda feel like as the story goes there will be more 'tension' between the two of them. It will also made use of my Teen rating I put in for no reason.

p. ageha Oh I am happy Masako and Mai are such good friends too! I always felt like they could be good friends in the manga once Masako got over her feelings for Naru. Her and John are much better together ^^

deadlyrose123, Oh I hope the computer is fixed soon so you both don't have to share computers anymore! I felt really embarassed about having Mai being so touchy feely with Naru but I think in the end it was a nice effect.

thearistcrat I'm sorry . I understand, I sometimes have to reread stories to remember what it is going on! Naru does need to accept his feeling, but I think there is a dark feeling in his mind that Mai still loves his brother and the same time he is afraid that falling for Mai would be him using her. I mean, she is so similar to his brother, he feels guilt about it.

Lets all continue to grow as writers together! ^^