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Naru's POV

"Naru, I am going to change the batteries now." Mai said over the walky-talky.

"Okay, make it quick." I replied back through the walky-talky. I sat idly in base. Lin silently watched the monitors. We were the only ones in base, everyone, save Mai, had retired for the night.

"Lin." I said and he looked at me. "Mai is changing camera number 8's batteries." I informed him. Lin nodded in response.

A short moment later I heard Mai say through the walky-talky, "I'm done. Is that all?"

I was about to reply when Lin nearly shouted, "Noll, look!"

I quickly got up from my seat, walked over to Lin, and looked the monitor. It showed the feed from camera 8. The camera shifted for a moment and refocused on the front door. However the writing on it was gone. My eyes narrowed, "He's playing with us."

Mai's POV

It was the next morning and day three of the case. Surprisingly, Lin and Naru were nowhere to be found. Bou-san, who woke up before we did and came down stairs just as they were leaving, said that they were off to do some research.

After we ate and bathed, we sat in base unsure what to do next. Naru had left no orders of what we should do while he is gone. "Well, we shouldn't just laze around all day. We should get something done…" Ayako said after a long silence.

"But Naru already works us like dogs when he is here…shouldn't we take this time to relax?" Yasu questioned.

"Though that is completely true," Bou-san agreed with Yasu. "Naru would only yell at us and work us double-time when he and Lin get back. After all, he acts like we can't do anything worth a damn thing!"

"You're right!" I said jumping up from the couch being a little more excited than I should be. "We should show him!" Everyone just stared at me blankly causing a sweat bead to form on the back of my head. "Uh…I mean, if that's okay with everyone….."

"I think the kid is right, we should show him what we can do!" Bou-san announced and everyone besides Masako nodded in agreement. "Mai and Megan-san, you go and record the temperatures in all rooms. Masako, try to locate the ghost. John should accompany you and try to exorcise what you find."

Masako glared. "You are not my boss."

"Now, now." John said trying to coax her. "It's fine, isn't it? Everyone else will be helping…"

"Very well." She agreed, though I get the feeling she still didn't want to help.

Bou-san continued, "The old hag and I-"

"Who are you calling 'old hag'!" Ayako interrupted growling.

Bou-san ignored her. "-will look and see if we can find anything that will help the case."

"What do I do?" Yasu asked not letting anyone forget he was there.

"Since somebodies got to, you should monitor the equipment. But whatever you do, don't break anything or Naru's gonna have your head." Bou-san warned.

"Geez, Bou-san." Yasu said as he walked across base and sat in front of the monitors and pushed up his glasses. "Your lack of faith is disturbing."

"Alright then," Bou-san ushered. "Let's get to work!"

"Yeah!" We shouted in agreement and we were off.

Even several hours later, we continued to work without Naru or Lin. It was already dark out and they still weren't back. I wasn't worried though. I'm sure Naru is alright…..right?

I sighed as I walked down one of the second story halls. I had just finished recording the room temperatures up here for the third-no forth time today. Megan should be done with her half of the rooms up here as well. I wonder where she is…..

Anyway, I am sure everybody is taking a break right now so maybe I'll make tea- wait a minute….What was that? I turned to my left finding myself in front of a door closed. The room's- that door leads to- light was on and also I could hear voices through the door. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I could definitely tell one of the voices belonged to Megan. But who was the other one?

Megan's POV

"I see. That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it." Gene said.

We stood in a small study on the second floor. I just finished telling Gene about what Mr. Kato had said. "But, I have never heard of a ghost doing that before…" I added.

"Same here. I can understand why Noll is so skeptical about this…But at the same time, it does make a lot of sense. Either way, we really need to be careful." Gene explained.

"So in other words, this maybe the most dangerous case Noll has ever taken?" I clarified.

"I wouldn't be surprised. After all the truth is just starting to become apparent." Gene confirmed.

I sighed. "Great. Out of all the cases you could have interfered in you just had to pick-!"

"Megan, is that you?" We heard Mai say from the other side of the door. When we saw the door knob begin to turn we knew we were screwed.

Mai's POV

I began to open the door to talk to Megan only to have the door forcefully shut on me. "M-megan?" I asked startled.

"Hold on a moment!" I heard her say slightly in a panic.

"What are you-!" I started to ask.

"Just hold on a moment!" She repeated. A couple seconds later, Megan opened the door slightly frazzled. She gave a weak smile, "Sorry…I was…um, recording the room temperature and didn't want to be distracted."

"Oh really? But I thought I heard someone else's voice in here…" I said as I walked in the room.

"Other person? Like I said, I was just recording the temperature. No one else was in here." Megan insisted.

I was still unsure, but she seemed to be telling the truth. After all who could she of been talking to? There was no one here. "Okay then." I said and was about to turn and leave when I saw the window open. "Wait, Megan. You're not going to get an accurate temperature of the room when the window is open like that." I began to walk over to the window to close it. We would have to wait another hour before we accurately record the temperature.

Megan stepped in front of me keeping me from going any further. "It's okay." She insisted. "I opened it after I recorded the temperature."

"Oh, why?" I asked a bit confused.

Gene's POV

"It was just a bit warm in here, that's all." I heard Megan say.

"Oh I guess that's okay then…" I heard Mai reply.

'Hurry it up, Meg! I can't hold on much longer…' I thought. If only I had telepathy with her like I did Noll! My grip on the outer window sill was slipping.

I looked down, knowing full well I could plummet to my death any moment now. Looking back on it, maybe deciding to hide by hanging on for dear life two stories up wasn't such a good idea.

My grip completely slipped. 'Damn you, gravity!' I cursed to myself as I fell. Luckily, I landed on some overgrown shrubs and for the most part I was unscathed. My landing however, made a quite a noise with the rustling of the leaves and some braches snapping. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't the only one that heard it.

"What was that?" I heard a feminine voice ask. It was dark. I could barely see what was in front of me let alone, where the voice came from.

"If you want to know, why don't you go look you old hag!" A man's voice said.

THWACK!

I flinched and heard the man grunt and then mumble to himself. I then saw two flashlight beams scan the ground before me. Not good. Not good at all.

The two holders of the flashlights appeared before me. Because of the closeness and the light from the flashlights I could now tell the two holders were none other than Matsuzaki Ayako and Takigawa Houshou.

Matsuzaki shined her flashlight over me.

It was over. I was caught.

"Naru?" Matsuzaki questioned. "What are you doing way over here? Where's Lin?"

"And what happened to your clothes?" Takigawa added as he helped me up.

"Uh, well…" I started to say. It didn't occur to me that they would mistake me as Noll.

"C'mon, let's get you back to base everyone's been waiting." Takigawa said leading me to the front on the house.

Megan's POV

I hurried Mai out the door. "You go down and make tea, I'll only be a moment."

"You sure?" She asked, unsure if she should leave me alone up here.

I smiled. "Yes, it's fine."

"Well, okay then!" She smiled cheerfully and left.

I gave and exasperated sigh and ran over to the window only to find Gene wasn't there. Don't tell me he fell! I told him that was the worst hiding spot he could ever pick! I scanned the outside ground, "Gene!" I called as I quiet as I could. I didn't see him nor hear him. Then where…? I better go down stairs and look.

Gene's POV

Takigawa sat me down in one of the chairs at their base. Even worse, all of SPR- other than Noll and Lin- stared at me. I was frozen under their suspicious gaze. How could they not be suspicious? After all, Noll wouldn't be caught in these clothes- which is weird considering this is what the average male eighteen year old wears. Taking that into consideration, do they still think I'm Noll? But then again who else could I be? They were there when Noll supposedly found 'my body'. So I guess for them, being myself is not an option.

But what about Mai and Masako? As much as I regret it on Masako's part, I was both their 'spirit guide' at one point in time. Can they tell I'm not Noll? I looked at Masako from the corner of my eye. She looked at me just as she would Noll. I glanced at Mai. Her gaze was different from Masako's. She looked somewhat unsure about me. Don't tell me…Does she know?

Mai's POV

It was weird. I must being going crazy. For some reason Naru didn't seem like Naru. It's not just because he is dressed different or because he is acting a little strange, but because something about him- I don't know what- just gives me the feeling he isn't Naru. But like I said early I must be going crazy and considering what happened with Megan a few minutes ago I just might be.

Gene's POV

I know I said this before, but this is not good. What should I do? Well, they haven't accused me of not being Noll, so I should act like him right? Hmmm….something Noll would do…something Noll would do….Ah, yes!

I put on my most convincing impression of my brother- which wasn't hard considering I used to do it all the time- and said simply, "Mai, tea."

Everyone sighed in relief. "Geez, Naru! You scared us!" Matsuzaki chided.

"Yeah, I thought you were possessed or something." Takigawa laughed. "But seriously, what's with the new clothes? Normally people don't have their mid-life crisis until they are half way through life."

I glared trying to keep myself in character. "What I wear and what I do not concern you." I hissed. "I suggest you keep your opinion to yourself considering I am the one signing your paychecks." Takigawa gulped. I know Noll would say something like that, but geez, it's harsh. "Also, I don't want any of you mentioning this again. Do I make myself clear?"

They all nodded. "Good. And Mai, did I not just make a request for tea?"

"Oh right! Sorry!" She said and ran out of the room. Something about the look she gave me, made me think she was still unconvinced about me being Noll. Oh well…..

Just then I heard footsteps running down the stairs. "Oh, it looks like Megan is finally done recording the temperature of the rooms." Takigawa said.

I saw Megan ran by the base and stop when she saw me. She slowly walked in the base taking a spot behind everyone else. She looked at everyone then at me. 'Do they know?' She mouthed.

I slightly shook my head and then gave her a look that basically said, 'Help!'

Megan acted fast. "Um, you know Noll, while I was recording the temperatures of the rooms upstairs, I noticed something odd in one of the rooms. I think you might want to check it out."

"If you insist." I said getting up and began to follow Megan out of the base.

"Wait, Naru! What do you want us to do?" Takigawa asked.

I quickly turned to him said, "Just continue to do whatever it is you were doing." And then I practically ran up stair with Megan right behind me.

Mai's POV

I carried a tray full of tea back to base only to see Naru and Megan dash out. Something was definitely weird. "What was that all about?" I asked Yasu.

"I don't know." He shrugged.

A second later, a pair of headlights shown through the base's windows as a familiar black van pulled up in front of the mansion.

"It seems that Lin-san has arrived." John announced.

We all walked into the entrance way to greet Lin only to be greeted with another surprise. The front door opened, "Naru!" We all shouted.

There was our narcissist, once again dressed in black. But how did he get from upstairs to down here and changed so fast? Even more importantly, why does he feel like he is undoubtedly Naru all the sudden? I really am going crazy, but from the looks of the rest of SPR's faces, I wasn't the only one.

Naru smirked, "Were you expecting someone else?" He said as he walked in the entrance way followed by Lin, who shut the door behind him.

"But you were just-! And then-! How?" Yasu questioned pointing a finger at Naru utterly confused.

"Yasuhara-san, I have no time for your pointless babbling." Naru said walking past him.

I stepped in front of Naru. "It's not pointless Naru! You were just at the base a couple minutes ago!"

"You must be mistaken, Taniyama-san. Naru was with me the entire time." Lin informed us.

"But…I even made you tea!" I held the tray in front of Naru's face hoping it would be some kind of proof. However, Naru still unconvinced.

Naru grabbed a cup of tea of the tray. As he did, he said, "And for once you may have done something right." He smirked.

Lin stared at us questionably, while Naru walked away leaving me and the rest of SPR utterly confused.

Yasu was the first to speak, "What…just happened…?"

(A/N: Wow, that was a really long chapter. Yay for long chapters! But don't expect there to be many of them. So what did you think? Like it? Hate it? Did you spot the movie reference? Tell me in a review!)

Gene: Phew! That was a close one!

Megan: You're telling me! What would you have done if they found out you weren't Noll?

Gene: Don't know, but I'm glad it didn't come to that.

Megan: How many more of these 'incidents' are we going to have to go through, before you're revealed!

Gene: If people would REVIEW, then we will definitely find out !