Author's Note:

May: Nyahahaha!

Mai: Whatsoever's wrong this time?

May: -innocently- Oh, it's nothing... -to the receiver- the anvil's ready!

BANG!

Naru: -rubbing head- Ouch! Who put that there?

May: -whistles innocently-

Chapter 8

"Kya! Ghosts!" Ayako shrieked in terror, trying to swat away the glowing orbs that were pursuing her.

She regained calm after a while and started chanting.

"Rin! Pyou! Tou! Sha! Kai! Jin! Retsu! Sai! Zen!"

While she was facing the orbs, she heard footsteps approaching her.

'Ghosts?' she thought to herself, starting to panic once more.

More orbs started resurfacing every time she blew some away.

But when she realized that the footsteps were quick, as if it was running, she finally found out that it would be the SPR.

"Kyata-hanjyasa-hadaya-sowaka!"Houshou chanted.

Right after he finished chanting, the glowing orbs that were fast approaching Ayako ,who was unsuccessful in warding them off, turned a fiery-red color.

"Akai...hikaru?" Mai muttered to herself but was somehow overhead by Hikaru.

"You were saying something Mai-chan?" Hikaru asked playfully.

"Huh? No, I wasn't saying anything," Mai lied, obviously realizing that he had misheard his name.

"Everyone! Run back to base!" Lin called, gesturing that everyone should follow him across the hallway.

Everyone followed him and Mai looked back and saw that the glowing lights were still red.

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When everyone was back at the base/Third Music Room, they were panting furiously like runners that just finished a marathon race even though they only ran for like, 5 minutes.

"Would anyone like tea?" Mai asked hastily in one short breath that ony a few managed to hear her properly.

"What was that my dear, princess?" Tamaki asked her sweetly.

Mai ignored him and Haruhi stepped in front.

"Would anyone like some coffee?" Haruhi asked, offering the Host Club and SPR a tray holding several cups of coffee.

Hikaru, Kaoru, Hunny and Mori each took a cup with an exemption with Hunny, for Mori had to take his cup and hand it to him.

Mai quickly went to the kitchenette and prepared some tea. When she returned, the SPR, excluding Lin and Naru were looking expectantly at her.

"Would anyone like tea?" she asked cheerfully.

Without speaking, Houshou, Ayako, John, Masako, Lin and Tamaki took a cup. Mai approached Naru to give him his tea.

"Naru, tea!" she said cheerfully, trying to imitate his tone and giggled a little.

Naru didn't turn to look at her but reached for his cup of tea.

"You know, you're going to die easily if you just focus your life on computers, life-threatening cases and tea," Mai told him before walking away.

"Ah! Princess, like always, your tea is perfect!" Tamaki complimented.

One again, Mai ignored him which immediately sent him to his 'mushroom corner' with Hikaru and Kaoru torturing him there.

"Anyways, what's that look Ootori-sama is giving the twins?" Mai asked curiously.

Kyouya, hearing what she said, just rolled his eyes and continued glaring at the twins.

"It's because they blurted out my little secret which isn't a secret," Haruhi whispered to Mai.

Mai just nodded understandingly and returned her gaze to Kyouya.

Naru noticed her looking at Kyouya and felt something bubbling inside him.

'God, what's wrong with me?' he asked himself, silently.

'God, what's wrong with you?' Gene mocked him inside his head.

'Shut up Gene. Do you have any idea why I'm like this?'

'Who knows...it must have been something you ate...or seen.'

'What?!'

'I'm saying you're just jealous with what you saw,' Gene said and stuck out his tongue to Naru.

'Whatever,' Naru said and physically rolled his eyes and ended his conversation with his dead twin brother.

Ayako saw Naru rolling his eyes and wondered why. She approached him cautiously, as if he was some mad dog with a rabid disease.

"Anything wrong?" she asked.

Without looking at her, he said, "None of your business."

Meanwhile...

"Kyouya-senpai, I brought you some coffee," Haruhi said as she put the cup of coffee beside Kyouya's laptop.

"Ah, yes. Thank you very much Haruhi," Kyouya said.

Haruhi knew he was acting so courteous just because there were guests present.

"Ok, just call me when you're finished," Haruhi said and with that, returned to where the remaining members of the Host Club, which was Mori and Hunny, and the SPR members were sitting.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, get back here. Leave Tamaki alone, too, if you please," Haruhi commanded.

"Yes, Master Haruhi," they replied sarcastically, walking back with their backs hunched in defeat.

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"Have we got any leads?" Lin asked Naru who was gazing absentmindedly at his computer screen.

Lin, obviously, had noticed this and went to wake Naru up from his daydream.

Naru shook his head dangerously and blinked his eyes.

"What was that you said Lin?" he asked.

"Nothing," Lin replied, walking away. At least he woke Naru up.

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"Yawn! I'm so sleepy! I'd better be getting to sleep, night guys!" Mai said as she waved goodnight to the remaining people in the base.

The Host Club members had left an hour ago and the moon was way up high in the sky already. Mai checked her watch and it read, 10:25pm.

When Mai entered the room, the went to the separate bathroom and changed into her night clothes. As she entered the room again, she saw Ayako and Masako walking in.

"Goodnight guys. Have sweet dreams. Don't let the bed bugs bite! Don't ever let them!" Mai said but as she said the last statement, they were both in the bathroom.

"Sigh, they never ever do listen to me. Sigh," she sighed and with that, fell into a deep, very deep sleep.