I'M SORRY ANOUT THE PROLONGED WAIT IM NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER WITH MY COMPLETELY VALID EXCUSES, HOWEVER MIDTERMS ARE COMING UP SO DONT EXPECT MUCH FOR A WEEK OR TWO BUT I WILL UPDATE IF I HAVE TIME. YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL YOUR REVIEWS. ANOTHER NOTE THE LAST CHAPTER EXACTLY 1,111 WORDS LONG AND I WOULD ADDED THIS NOTE TO THAT WAS CHAPTER BUT THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER THAN THAT. SORRY THAT THIS CHAPTER IS SHORT BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GET SOMETHING OUT, ANWAY THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME.

Around campus rumors were flying like a witch on a halloween sugar high. Everyone was talking and theorizing why Naru and Mai were both absent and professor Davis (the old one) said that they were busy doing something. They! As in both, together as one entity.

Honestly Mai looked sweet and innocent but an affair with her own teacher. Oh this w ould be great. Innocent foreigner and icy professor. It's gonna be an interesting semester.

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Mai was surrounded by a familiar background with one thing out of place. Or rather, one person.

"Gene!" Mai squealed enveloping him in a hug. Even if she already saw him not even a week ago she was still excited. He was her best friend for a long time. But things were less complicated then.

Gene smiled for a moment, happy to see Mai happy. But as the scene changed Mai let go of Gene. If this was real life and he was alive Gene would have passed out and probably gotten a few cracked ribs. Thank god he was dead. That came out wrong.

They were at a classic euro- architecture mansion. Mai of course was fascinated, marveling up at it. To be fair she'd probably only ever seen that type of thing on tv.

It wasn't too old but had a classic look to it. Mai got the urge to turn around, catching someone peeking at her then running away. She tried to follow but as soon as she started running the scene changed. Now she was in her room. Or atleast the from of the girl she was embodying. She was about to get changed when she heard a rustle by the window. When she went to approach she heard a rustling in he branches of he tree outside her window. But he left behind a dark red scarf, stuck in a branch.

Then she was lying in her bed listening to the rythmic breathing if her sister in the bed next to her. That's when she remembered her sister was at a sleepover that night.

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" Mai's already sleeping, should I wake her up ? We're almost there."Ashely said looking at the girl a bit unimpressed. Admit ably from her point of view Mai really wasn't helpful or anything else.

What she really wasn't expecting was for Lin to flat out stop the car and Naru to say, in a forceful, not entirely icy voice,"what, for how long? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked actually getting out of the car and going to sit in Ashley's seat. "Go ride in the front," he said carefully watching Mai as Ashley got up.

That's when Mai started breathing really fast and shaking her head back and forth. She wasn't screaming like she used to but she definitely wasn't comfortable.

As soon as they switched seats Lin started driving a bit faster and turned Mai so she was facing him. He checked her pulse and watched her eyes move around behind her eyelids. He looked like he was at war with himself. He looked indecisive for a moment before shaking the girl trying to wake her up. After a moment of doing that and having no effect he asked,"Lin, pulse is too fast i need to wake her up, did you get them?"

"Ashley, glove box, the little packets hand then to Oliver." She reached in and handed Oliver three packs while Lin rolled down all he windows.

He put one directly in front of Mai's face and broke it emitting a strong pungent odor.

Mai gasped awake, looking surprised. Not terrified like she should have been, but rather upset, almost nary at Naru. "I was in the middle of an important dream Naru. I was figuring things out! Why'd you wake me up?"

Naru was thrown. Okay that's an understatement, he was so royally confused that it was evident on his face. And Naru didn't show emotion, but to hell with it he had already lost it about Mai in front of his team so he may as we'll be emotional. "You were dying weren't you?" He asked but it was a statement, Mai knew that.

"It was for the case, I was actually helping. I was figuring out what had happened-"

"By dying in her, how many times do you have to die before part of you really does die,Mai. What would monk do? Ayako? John, Madoka, masako? What would we do then?"

The rest of the ride was spent in a deafening silence.