Disclaimer: Still don't own Ghost Hunt... :p For all of you who have reviewed I thank you a million times over! \^-^/ I have been kicking myself over and over again for this chapter because I absolutely hate it but I hope I'm just being overly critical of myself :( Stupid School is giving me writing troubles T.T

PS: Please forgive me for not updating for so long DX I have no idea why it was so hard to write this freaking chapter! D:(

PSS: Flashback form for Arielle's past because it sounds cool oO.O/

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October 25th, Thursday...

Grandma and Grandpa's house was just the beginning... I remember that after that night I went home but upon entering my room I felt a great heaviness weighing me down. That night mama said she couldn't sleep. Papa and her would talk secretly with each other. They would never tell me what was going on. They always said it was "adult problems" and told me to play with the doggies outside. They thought I was too little to understand. But I knew there was something there. Something in the house... watching us every night. That's why papa's books were always falling of their shelves at night, why his CDs were broken all over the floor, and why mother's clothes would have new rips in them every day. I saw it once. I was still six at the time. I was asleep and heard strange murmuring noises from the living room. Then Pumpkin, our dog, started to bark. I never heard her snarl like that and it scared me. But unlike other children I didn't hide under the covers. I looked. Above out fireplace hearth, in the corner of the ceiling, a scrawny black creature convulsed like it was in terrible pain. Papa was throwing oil around the room and chanting strange words I didn't understand. It's eyes met mine and I knew instantly that this weak withered thing was something born in darkness. Fueled by the malice of its master I heard it curse at me and my family. That was when mother came from behind and snatched me up, running from the house. We came back once papa said it was safe. Mama said papa was a special person that God chose to get rid of bad things. I didn't ask anything else. I couldn't. Because if I did, they would get angry. The night it started was when I heard my closet making strange noises. I got up to look and I remember seeing the ceiling moving. You see my closet had a thick plastic covering a large whole in the ceiling. It was moving like it was taking deep breathes. I turned around thinking that if ignored it it would go away but then a heard a low growling noise. There was a big black bear. It would sleep in my closet during the day and stare at me with red eyes during the night. Each time I would move it would move a step closer, so I would hold my breath as long as I could before I feel asleep. The white ape like creature with a spider's face that would peek over the edge of my bed at night. If I opened my eyes it would be inches away from my face. I knew it wanted to eat me. There was also the clawed furry monster outside the kitchen window. I couldn't walk to the bathroom at night because he would see me passing through the hall. He didn't want to eat me. He just wanted to see me splattered, all over the walls. I found wavering comfort in the strange shield that seemed to protect me from them every night. But it was as thin as glass and the constant fear of it shattering soon engulfed any comfort I found in its presence. I think... that during those times... I was going insane. I didn't know what reality was anymore. Then mama and papa got divorced. And my hate and anger grew. I hated everything so much. I hated my parents, my friends, my school, my life... I thought over suicide many times but I didn't have the guts to do it. I was so angry at myself for being so afraid and being such a coward. I knew what was coming every night but I was still scared. It was so pathetic. That glass shield was gone now.

11:00 am...

By now Mrs. Hall was on her knees crying. She had to be escorted out by Monk and Ayako. Arielle was quivering with fear. She was breathing heavily and her eyes kept flashing around the room, like she was waiting for something to come at her. Reliving her memories seemed to be too much for her.

"You're very brave Arielle." John said placing his hand on her knee. She jerked back and stood up backing away from him.

"I-I'm sorry..." she mumbled. She went over to the window and hid behind the curtains like a scared child. He walked over to her and sat down about a foot away from her hiding place.

"Is this how you cope with it?" he asked with a sympathetic voice.

"When I was little the blankets would always hide me. Even after God stopped protecting me. He's ashamed of me!" she cried.

"God is still protecting you Arielle. You may not be able to see it but he is by your side always. You don't have to be afraid."

"It's such a shame he's a priest... he'd be an awesome catch." Will whispered nudging Mai's arm.

"Will you come out?" he asked pulling back the curtain slightly. She had her eyes closed.

"You're not alone Arielle. Even if you are afraid you have people who love you and will always stand by you." he pulled the curtains away completely and she slowly opened her eyes. They were red from tears and though she was hesitant at first she allowed John to help her stand.

"I don't want them to hurt anyone anymore..."

"They're lying. They can't hurt anyone. Not as long as we don't give him the power to." She smiled and nodded.

"You know... you're a lot easier to talk to than other people. I bet you've had a lot of cases just like-" she looked up at John and flinched like someone had suddenly spooked her. She sat there completely frozen. She wasn't even breathing. John reached for his bible but before he could say anything Arielle shot up out of her seat and ran out of the room."

"Arielle! Don't run from it!" he called. Lin ran after her but Arielle went into the dense woods in the back yard. It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

"What happened?" Naru asked John.

"I don't know. I'm assuming she saw or heard something. The demons that are haunting her right now must be enraged by this time."

"Why?" Will asked.

"A demon is a being born from evil. They prefer darkness and despise light. This being so when Arielle spoke of what's been happening she brought their deeds into the light. They can't work in secret like they want to anymore."

"That wolf wasn't very secretive." Naru pointed out.

"It's rare for demons to appear and try to cause physical damage but these ones seem particularly strong. They draw their power from hate, anger, and grief. Arielle harbors a lot of these emotions not only from recent experiences but from her past as well. She's like an endless food supply."

"But she doesn't look angry." Mai brought herself into the conversation.

"You should know better than to judge by appearances." Naru spoke to Mai in a resentful tone.

"Well sorry that I'm not perfect like you!" she shouted waving her arms about angrily.

"You had clairvoyance didn't you?"

"Had?" she shouted again.

"The lack of brain activity must have affected your psychic abilities as well. What a pity. It was to be expected though."

"What!" Will held her back as he walked away.

"What the Hell is wrong with you!" she huffed away in the opposite direction. Naru didn't respond and continued to look around aimlessly. Will raised an eyebrow and watched him closely. Usually he would look more focused and be looking for small clues. He didn't seem as competitive for information as usual. Something was definitely off with him and Will was more than determined to discover why.

2:00 pm...

"Stupid Stupid Naru! Go crawl in a whole and die you jerk!" Mai shouted throwing a large rock into a stream. The water splashed back and soaked the light blue dress she was wearing that day. She screamed at nothing in particular and collapsed into the soft grass.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." Mai groaned in English back not realizing yet who was speaking to her.

"A-Arielle!" she gasped.

"It's chilly out. Would you like my jacket?" she asked. Mai shook her head but thanked her anyway.

"I am sorry but I cannot speak English very well." Mai laughed trying to pronounce each word very carefully and slowly. Then she remembered she had a small notebook and pen in her pocket from taking temperatures earlier.(Yay for conveniently allowing Mai to write English on the conveniently placed notebook oT.T/)

"Ah I see. Have you been searching for me long?" Arielle asked sitting down next to her.

"Not really. I searched for about two hours but Naru really pissed me off and now I'm kinda lost. I've been out here wandering for about an hour." Mai wrote then laughed rubbing the back of her head embarrassed. (I've only seen that done in the anime world... What does it mean! o.0)

"Haha! We can be lost together then!" Arielle laughed with a big grin on her face. Mai didn't understand. Now she seemed perfectly fine compared to earlier.

"What happened?" Mai wrote. "You ran away. Everyone is really worried about you." Arielle's smile morphed into a frown and she rested her head on her knees.

"I wish they wouldn't... It's so annoying..."

"What do you mean? Caring about someone is annoying?" Mai was seriously confused.

"The more someone cares about me the closer they want to get to me. It makes him angry and puts them in danger. I ran way because he was behind John staring at me. If I would have spoken again someone would have been hurt."

"Him?" Mai asked.

"I can't say his name. I remember my dad telling me not too. It's like if you know a demon's name and say it your giving him power and making him something." Mai cocked her head so Arielle explained further.

"A demon is actually nothing but a pathetic little servant of Satan's evil. They have no power unless you give it to them by giving them purpose. The demon that is haunting me is feeding off of me."

"But if you know this then why are you letting it happen?" Mai asked. Arielle looked blankly at the notebook.

"I don't know. In fact, I don't even know if what I see and hear is real or not. I don't know if he exists. I don't know if what I say is the truth anymore or if he has taken me over and the life I'm living right now is really mine anymore. It's disgusting isn't it... I'm pathetic... a follower of God and I can't even see what is real or not or have the faith to believe it'll be alright. I thought for a long time that I went insane and thought about asking mom to take me to the doctor but then he told me that they would think I was lying. And that's what I've been doing for so long... every day I lie about who I am and what I want just so I can get through this stupid life... I hate it... I've lied to myself so much I don't even know what the truth is anymore!" her teeth ground together angrily as she ripped up blades of grass and tossed them into a pile by her ankle. Mai watched her with sad eyes. Arielle seemed like a different person now.

"You sound lonely and confused to me. Arielle... what are your dreams?" Mai wrote. Arielle looked puzzled.

"I am confused but... I'm... lonely...? My dreams...? What are my dreams...? I guess... I don't know. I used to want to be an artists or an author but I was always told that that would never get me anywhere in life. I guess I am a little lonely. No one understands the way I think. He did though. I don't want to live like everyone else. I want to wander around the world seeing new people and talking with them, I also want to try new foods, and learning new languages would be cool too. But my biggest dream would be to leave this world entirely and live in one I created. I want it to be just like one of my books. Full of creatures that can talk, plants that move and breath, and of course hot guys that are part animal." she blushed when Mai giggled.

"You have a lot of dreams. That's great. It means your imaginative. You'd be a great author or artist! Maybe even both!" Mai gave her a thumbs up and Arielle rolled her eyes.

"I'm too lazy to even finish writing my books. I'm just a useless person that can't finish anything. But he said that wasn't a bad thing. He always calls me his special friend. He says I'm special because I think differently. He says I'm a genius a lot too."

"I think he just says those things because he is scared you would get rid of him. He's the real liar here, not you." Mai said. Arielle laughed.

"I could never get rid of him. I'm too weak a person for that." she turned over, lying on her stomach as she played with a small patch of clovers beneath her. Mai wasn't getting anywhere with this girl. She hadn't realized how pessimistic she was before. She sighed depressed now and also lied on her stomach.

"What did you and your boyfriend fight about? You said he pissed you off, right?" Arielle changed the subject. Mai blushed bright red.

"B-b-boyfriend? Naru? He's not... he doesn't even like me that way." she pouted.

"Really? So it's unrequited? You look like a perfect couple to me. The stoic, blunt, somewhat rude, unsociable boy with the cheerful, sweet, loving girlfriend. It's my favorite kind of pairing." she smiled. Mai thought about it and agreed the idea sounded very nice.

"He teases you a lot. Is that why you're mad? I think it's kinda cute."

"Stupid jerk! I may not be the smartest and yeah he may be the famous genius Oliver Davis but that gives him no right to be so mean!" she threw another rock in the river having not learned her lesson the first time. Arielle snickered as Mai went off in Japanese she couldn't understand. The notebook idea had flown out the window.

"He's extremely successful, he's gorgeous, and he's published multiple books receiving an honorary doctorate! Have you seen it! He has it posted in a frame next to his bed! Arrogant, heartless jerk!"

"I heard Oliver Davis somewhere in there. So you figured out who he really is?" Mai had intended to keep her knowledge a secret but she couldn't care less anymore. She wanted to scream the name of her enemy to the heavens.

"I snuck into his room and you know what! He's a pig! He may look all perfect on the outside but on the inside he's just a messy person who can't take care of himself! He was so much sweeter when he was little!"

"Uh huh..." Arielle lied back in the grass amused as she watched Mai stomp around.

"The entire week we never left each other's side! He read his books to me and we listened to his father's endless speeches every day! It was so boring! But I did it and do you know why! Because I loved him! And now I'm starting to question if I really am stupid because I still do! I love that idiot!"

"Testify!"

"I love Oliver Davis! He may be smart but he won't be able to resist me for long! I'll make him fall in love with me! That will be my ultimate revenge!" Mai struck an impressive determined pose.

"I have no idea what you said but I'm rooting for you all the way." Arielle laughed.

"Are you two having fun out here?" Will asked her arms crossed. She pinched Mai's cheeks between her fingers and pulled.

"Wha aw oo oing?(What are you doing?)" Mai wailed.

"Here I am worried sick about Arielle and you're here with her talking about your love life! And you didn't include me! How dare you!" she looked at Arielle with the same cross expression.

"Your mom is worried sick you know. Wouldn't it be scarier to run away alone than stay with the protection of family?"

"You speak English quite well."

"I don't come from Japan."

"Ah. I see. In answer to your question, yes it is scary. But the thought of people being hurt because of me if scarier." Will still scolded her for running away and for having so little confidence in the team's ability to protect themselves.

"Are they going to start interviewing me again?" Arielle asked hoping that the answer wouldn't be "yes."

"I don't know. You will probably get a good scolding from everybody though." Mai defended Arielle saying they didn't understand her situation so they had no right to be upset with her.

"Ms. Hall!" John ran towards her immediately asking if she was harmed in any way.

"Sweetie! You really should stay with these people! They can protect you. If you run away they can't do their jobs." her mother said hugging her tightly. Mai noticed an angry expression come over Arielle's face for a fraction of a second.

"These demons are just playing on your imagination. You need to be able to control yourself or we can't help you." she threw her mother off of her and stood abruptly.

"What...?"

"Hey! Arielle what was that for?" Will asked helping her mother up. Mai felt uneasy and watched Arielle's uneasiness grow.

"Sweetie...? Look at me. It'll be okay. We can fix this and then if you want to we can see a doctor." Arielle took a few steps back.

"You can talk to him about what's been happening and he can give you proper help. Mr. Shibuya suggested it. He said therapy would be good for you."

"Therapy...? You're trying to fix... me...?"

"The doctor will be able to help you cope with your fear and-"

"I wouldn't be scared if there wasn't a reason to be! You think therapy will be able to overcome something like this! What kind of bullshit thinking is that!" The anger John had mentioned before started to show itself.

"But sweetie, there's nothing to be afraid off!"

"You always think you know everything! You and dad were always like that! Always assuming you knew me when you never stopped to listen for one fucking second about what I actually felt! You don't know anything mom! You don't know who I am, you don't know what's been going on, you don't even know how dad and bro died!" Mrs. Hall got serious firmly asking for an explanation.

"I told dad about what was happening a week before he died. You wanna know what killed him? I did!"

"That's ridiculous!"

"Is it! I killed Noah(her brother) too! When I told them what was happening the same things happening now started occurring. The wolf appeared to Noah in his dreams and then in real life! He pushed him in front of that car! Dad tried to exorcise the demon inside of me and do you know what happened? It took over me and I strangled him before he could even say a word! They're dead because of me! Because I couldn't keep my mouth shut! Because I'm evil! I'm just like them! A demon! You can't fix that!" she screamed in anguish and collapsed on the ground convulsing as if something was tearing apart her insides. Her mother couldn't take it all in and stood there in awe. Lin was trying to restrain Arielle as her flailing around would only get her hurt.

"God! Why do you torture me! You know I can't end this so why do you let it go on! Fucking kill me! I'm going to die soon anyway! Get it over with!"

"Naru! I can't hold her! We need to calm her down!" Lin shouted after receiving a nice elbow to his stomach. Naru was way ahead of everyone and had previously ordered Ayako to bring a sedative. An unconscious Arielle was a lot easier to control.

3:00 pm...

"I suspected this may happen. The stress she's been dealing with has built up over the years and caused a great deal of mental damage to your daughter." Naru explained. Mrs. Hall was getting tired of hearing nothing but bad news. She couldn't take seeing her daughter tied down to a bed being given drugs to keep her under just so she couldn't hurt anyone. She didn't like seeing her precious little girl suffering so much.

"What do I do? Can nothing fix this!" she was getting impatient of hearing the problems without their answers.

"I'm a ghost hunter not an exorcist. John should know more about this than anyone."

"And I know what to do." John placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. He was already prepared to do an exorcism and so he poured holy water all over Arielle and the bed. He placed crosses on her body and clasped his hands together.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. I beseech thee God, take pity on us and cleanse that which needs to be cleansed."

"Who are you?" a voice asked in a cocky tone. John was flung back against the wall. There a sickening cracking sound and he lay in an unconscious heap. No one could see what had done it but they could certainly hear it's laughter.

"My precious friend is quite attached to me. I won't be leaving anytime soon."

"What did Arielle ever do to you?" Mai shouted angrily. The voice didn't answer which only made her angrier.

"You're horrible! Pathetic! Hiding in the shadows and getting someone else to do your dirty work! Your weak and scared! Show yourself you coward!"

"Mai! That's enough! We are getting out of here." Naru tried to grab her by the arm but she pulled herself out of his reach.

"I'm not letting her face this alone! I know what these things can do to a person! I've faced them before!" Naru looked pained remembering what he had seen in Mai's past.

"I know what it feels like to think..." she started to tear up. "To feel like you're a monster... to feel like you have no place. Arielle is lonely and that thing is lying to her! It doesn't want to be friends! T's using her and it'll cast her away like trash once it's finished! I won't let that happen!" she decided that there was ever a time to use her powers now was it. She intertwined her fingers with Arielle's and closed her eyes.

"Please... Arielle... let me in..."

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I'm such a mean author...^^; Anywho, please Rate and Review :3 I'm having a small case of writer's block lately so updates may be a bit slower than usual. Plus school is being a b*tch T.T Curse you Environmental Science and your ability to consume all my Ghost Hunt time! D:(