A/N: I have no excuse for this delayed chapter…. Thank you for continuing to support this lazy author. Sorry guys…

~Recap

"Noll dear guess what? We are in Japan right now!" mother giggled on the other line

"Oh and were going to visit you soon, I'm just going to visit an old friend of ours, cant wait to see you darling!"

-beeeeeep-

'okay, that was scary' I groaned. Knowing my mother, she would make such a big fuss about Mai staying at our condo, in my room nonetheless! I winced at the thought of my mother dragging Mai to choose bridal gowns or…..god knows what chaos she will bring! Looks like I should talk to Mai before my mother arrives in the flesh. Looks like my plans would have to wait after the hurricane has left.

-but I should've had known, expect the unexpected….-

~Ding dong~

"Yui, Aki, long time no see!"

"Hello, nice to see you again, Luella, Martin"

Chapter 11: The Mysteries of Eisen's Group

~Naru's POV

Dread…

Was an understatement

"Noll? What are you doing here?" my father asked, completely surprised that I was by the door impaled by the presence of my parents.

"Oh well! At least we get to kill two birds with one stone" my mother immediately lightened up.

'kill...' I gulped, what is it with this series of unfortunate events, surely Lemony Snickets have nothing to do with this…

"Why don't we get inside, perfect timing Luella, we're actually celebrating since Kyouya has recently returned from the States" she grinned at her and escorted her forward inside the mansion. My mother briefly glanced at me and smirked then went inside.

Perfect timing

I scowled.

Mai's POV

It has been the most awkward dinner that I ever had in my whole life.

My parent figures chatting around like old friends with the Davises. But then again they said they are old friends. I can see Naru scowling whenever Yui and Luella would whisper something among themselves while staring intently at Naru and giggling like teenagers afterwards. Martin and Aki were talking about business which is gratifyingly normal for businessmen. Aki also encouraged Kyouya to learn something about managing a business but then he just scoffed and muttered something like 'money' and 'competition' which I inferred is a no to Uncle Aki. I sipped my diet coke and jumped at a certain squeal coming from two adult ladies.

"Ohhhh! So you're the infamous Mai, I have heard so much about you" Luella beamed at me and dragging me to the couch where they are sitting. I raised an eyebrow at the contradictory statement she had just made.

"Why care to share what stories you have heard about my lovely god daughter when I mentioned her name Luella?" my aunt smirked. 'Just what kind of evil discussion are they having?'

"Oh my little birdie just mentions a lot of her name whenever I ask about Noll's situation before he reopened SPR again" she mused but I can see the 'sparkle sparkle' and 'bubble bubble' aura surrounding her, and I could only think of that bird's name….Madoka.

"By the way, there are still too many people that needs to be introduced in this house" Luella exclaimed.

"I agree with Luella son, are they your team? You sure have gathered many in the past year" Martin nodded in agreement.

" Not all of them father, my team consists of a monk Takigawa-san, a miko Matsuzaki-san, a medium Hara-san, a priest Brown-san and my assistant Mai" Luella raised an eyebrow at the obvious difference in addressing the certain people and since I noticed it also, it turned me into a living tomato. She beamed in excitement and nudged me with her elbow.

"So Mai, are you psychic like them?" Luella took Mai's hands and waited expectantly for the great revelation.

"Uhhh" I stuttered.

"Mai has animal instincts mother" Naru said dryly but I can see the amusement in his eyes seeing as he sparked my fury.

"Animal? Isn't Instinct enough to explain my ability you jerk!" I fumed but the amusement in his eyes grew brighter.

"Mai, normal people don't have that kind of instinct, but animals do, describing it as animal instinct is actually much more self-explanatory." He said in a matter-of-fact tone but I know he's holding back a smirk there….

'Gah! He's so infuriating.'

"And may I know who these lovely people are then?" Martin smiled

"Oh, were students of EPA who are in Training Mr. Davis" Kyouya answered.

"In training? EPA? Esper Psychic Academy?" Martin asked

"Yes, were students of Esper Psychic Academy in New York, were under our final training before were permitted to work in any psychic research institution."

"Ah, yes, I remember a few of my psychics graduated from that academy and I do commend their performance, in fact I forgot that Gilbert runs an academy other than working with me as a researcher." He let out a slight chuckle.

"So other than Satou Kyouya in the team may I know the other members? I am really interested in your academy's system of training young and talented psychics." He smiled and I sense a little excitement in his voice.

"Well, this is Anise and Cyril Cloi Sinclair, Anise has pyrokinesis while Cyril has cyrokinsesis" and I remember the time where that mad psycho orphan killer nearly took my guts out but everything froze for a moment then she burned. I shivered at the memory; I guess I should thank them sometime.

"You're siblings?" Martin asked

"No, were cousins" Cyril kindly replied with a smile whereas Anise ignored the man. Looks like Naru has some competition regarding sweet manners.

"Oh I see, so?" Martin looked at the other ladies.

"Angelica Midgard sir, pleasure to meet you, I'm a healer and this is Magnolia Gray she's telephatic" she smiled and Lia smiled shyly.

"Healer? That is a very rare ability" Martin beamed and Angelie politely smiled and shrugged it off.

"So this is Alexis Schyler our ommnyouji" Kyouya introduced the rest.

"Ommnyouji, you're not Chinese." Martin raised a brow.

"I learned from a friend sir" he replied in his stoic expression. Ahhh! American Lin version!

"And this is our leader, Eisen Klein he's uhhh" Kyouya glanced nervously at Kyouya who is sipping diet coke doing well in being a background.

"Eisen Klein? I see, so you're Gilbert's adopted son" he chuckled "He won't stop bragging about you" Eisen coughed decently after sipping some diet coke and I find it very adorable, kind of like a sophisticated way in choking diet coke.

'Whoa! What the heck Mai! What's with adorable?' I gasped in realization and in a split second our eyes accidentally met and there's twist in my stomach that I can't explain.

Oh god.

"Well, I was actually planning to visit Oliver to give him a case, but Eisen, if you don't mind how about a joint exorcism?" Martin offered. Eisen crossed his arms, his other hand tracing his bottom lip and I find it very distracting I looked down and fiddled with my own skirt to hide my red cheeks.

Oh come on! What is wrong with me!

"That is very interesting Mr. Davis, I accept your offer" he gave his trademark small smile.

"Well, I look forward into working with you Eisen but now is not the time for all this business, why don't we enjoy what is on schedule for today and leave the details for tomorrow. Oliver, you don't mind using SPR as a venue?" he asked Naru who is indifferent as usual.

"Of course not father" he said dryly.

"Then it's a deal then, now let's celebrate" he raised his glass of wine while the other's followed raising glasses of wine and cans of diet cokes.

A/N: Okay, I know some of you will complain on the turn of events here but let me assure you, all the details I put in publishing this story is correct. If you don't understand what I'm saying, go back to my summary and look at all the details like the genre and etc.

Merry Christmas everyone! It's already December 24 here in the Philippines xD

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