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And so, the long awaited chapter…

Mai's grip on the ladder she dangled from started to slip. Her feet scraped against the brick wall as she tried to boost herself up, though, it didn't work. The spirits' grip did not loosen and she knew it was only a matter of time before she was thrust into the cremator which was still ablaze.

Was this really it for her? Was she really going to die here? She hoped with all her being it wouldn't be so, but what could she do in a situation like this?

Then a ray of hope appeared when a voice called out from above. "Is someone down there?"

It wasn't a voice she knew well, but nonetheless she called out to it anyway- or at least, attempted to. There was still a ghostly hand covering her mouth, so she began to thrash around with her feet in hopes the man above would hear her.

Mai then heard what seemed to be a jangling of keys and then a click. The basement doors opened quickly. The sudden light nearly blinded Mai and frightened away the spirits. Two rough hands pulled out of the basement and onto to the floor above.

Mai's rescuer hurriedly shut the basement door and looked them as Mai caught her breath. "What…what were you doing down there?" The man who looked to be in his early fifties asked also out of breath. Mai recognized him as the school janitor Endo Akio.

"Sorry, it suddenly unlocked itself and I thought-." Mai started to explain herself, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The door opened to reveal a familiar blue-eyed narcissist. Oliver held back a sigh of relief when he saw Mai. "Mai what are you doing? Your vice-president has been looking for you everywhere." He lied.

"Hey, Naru! I think I've found something really important to the case." Mai said happily.

Oliver quirked his eyebrow in response.

A few minutes later, the entire team- other than Osamu- was in the Janitor's closet as well. Houshou squatted only a few feet away from the open basement doors holding a flashlight looking in. Everyone was on guard in case the spirits decided to act up again. "Yep, that's definitely a cremator." Houshou said getting up.

"What is a cremator doing under the school?" Oliver asked Akio.

"I don't know." Akio replied. "It has been there for all of my thirty years here at this school. I often heard sounds and saw lights coming from down there. The janitor before me claimed it was haunted and warned me to always keep the basement doors locked."

"So the supernatural activity with the cremator didn't start a few months ago like everything else?" Ayako questioned.

"Oh no. I would say that cursed thing has been active since before the school was around!" Akio exclaimed.

Oliver's eyes widened in realization. How could he have missed it?

"Lin come with me." Oliver said and quickly left the room followed by Lin.

Mai quickly ran out into the hall. "Naru! Where are you going? What about the festival?" She called after them only to be ignored.

A few minutes later Mai huffed with annoyance. She had just found out Oliver and Lin had left campus by the lack of the SPR van in the parking lot. How could he just leave? They had a haunted house to run! Mai was disappointed, she thought he had changed. After all, the past few days showed that he wasn't such a workaholic. But then again, Oliver was still Oliver. Don't get her wrong, she was happy there was a lead for the case. It's just she wished she waited until after the festival- or at least the day was over to investigate the basement. Oh well…

Mai made her way through the crowded halls heading back to the library. As she did so a voice called out to her. "Taniyama-san?" Mai turned around. It was her sixth period teacher.

"Yes, Ishida-sensei?" Mai asked her teacher who was a kind woman in her late thirties.

"Can a talk to you for a moment?" Ms. Ishida asked. Mai nodded and then her teacher led her back to her empty classroom. Closing the door behind her, the teacher said, "I know you'd rather be enjoying the festival so I'll make this quick. I am a little worried about you, Taniyama-san."

"Huh? Why?" Mai questioned slightly confused.

"Well do you remember that orange handout about your plans for the future I gave the class to fill out? You still haven't turned it in and you're always turn your work in on time…" Her teacher explained.

Oh. The handout….Mai completely forgot about that. "Oh right, um, I just haven't decided yet what I want to do in the future yet….I haven't really made up me mind."

"Well, that's fine. Just try to decide soon and if you need help feel free to ask, alright?" Ms. Ishida smiled.

Mai replied with fake enthusiasm. "I will!" Well that will be easier said than done.

"Alright, well go on now. Have fun." Ms. Ishida insisted and Mai left the classroom.

Mai sighed as she walked down the halls, no longer thinking of a particular destination. She was confused, really confused. If this was a couple weeks ago, Mai rejoining SPR would be out of the question. But now that Mai and Oliver's relationship- or whatever you want to call it- is better than ever maybe…She wasn't sure. After this case is over, what would happen between the two of them?

Mai quickly shook the thoughts out of her head. No, she couldn't go back to SPR. Like mentioned earlier, Oliver was still Oliver.

Soon, Mai found herself at base. She might as well check in with everyone. Though it had only been a few minutes since she last seen them.

"Any word from Naru?" She asked as she walked in.

"Nah, but you know Naru. Always disappearing in the middle of cases due to some epiphany he had." Houshou sighed.

"Then what are you four going to now?" Mai questioned.

"Wait, as usual." Ayako also sighed. "What about you, Mai?"

"I was going to go back to the haunted house-" Mai started but was interrupted by a frantic Osamu ran into base.

"Ghost…attacking…my students…classroom 3-C." Osamu panted.

Immediately they all ran out of the room with Osamu leading the way. Though, it was difficult to run considering all the people in the way. Eventually, they were able to get to classroom 3-C and just in time too.

Desks, chairs, and papers were scattered across the room. Eight students sat huddled in the far corner of the classroom. Most importantly the principal was with those students. He had come to the classroom to check on Osamu and the students' progress. His face was full of shock as he faced the truth he was denying the entire time.

A silhouette stood in the middle of the room. Whether it was male or female Mai couldn't tell, but, she supposed, it didn't really matter. "This spirit has hostile intent!" Masako said quickly with her sleeve to her face.

An inhuman shriek erupted from the silhouette. The silhouette suddenly dashed towards us leaving us little time to react. "Naumaku sanmanda bazara dan kan!" Houshou chanted just in time. Vanishing into thin air, the spirit was gone.

"Wha….wha…how…?"The principal, Nakamura Aoi, was rendered nearly speechless.

Ayako and Osamu ran over to the students and checked on them. A couple of them had gashes on their legs and arms. Others held onto their limps as if they were broken. "We need to call an ambulance!" Ayako quickly informed us.

"Nonsense!" Aoi said standing up recomposing himself. "Can't be hurt from something that never happened." He was in denial…..are you serious?

Before anything could be said, Houshou grabbed Aoi by the collar and pinned him against the wall. "Listen here you-!" He held himself back from saying anything he'll regret. "I don't care if you still don't personally believe in ghosts, but you have a responsibility to this school and more importantly its students. These aren't the first group of kids to be hurt and if you are going to allow them to be hurt any further then you really shouldn't be principal!" Houshou gave and aggravated sigh and shoved Aoi to the side. Aoi sulked out of the room.

"Damn, Bou-san!" Osamu grinned.

"It was about time someone said something like that to him." Ayako exclaimed also pleased.

"I agree. Well done." Masako nodded.

'Naru is going to love hearing about this!' Mai thought considering how much Oliver expressed hatred towards the principal.

Houshou was a bit flustered with all the sudden compliments. "It was nothing, that guy as just getting on my last nerve."

"Alright, arigato." They all heard John suddenly say into his cellphone and only a moment later he shut it and put it back in his coat pocket. "The ambulances should be here in ten minutes." He informed them.

"You all just hold tight till then, 'kay?" Ayako told the students. They nodded slightly though in pain.

Masako walked to the other side of the room where John was. "I admire your quick thinking, Brown-san." Masako said with her sleeve hiding the pink tints on her cheeks.

"Oh, arigato, Hara-san." John smiled politely.

"Geez, I swear he is just as oblivious to Masako's feelings as Naru is to his own feelings about Mai." Ayako muttered shaking her head.

"Hey, Naru doesn't have feeling for me! We're just friends!" Mai quickly defended.

"Suuuure you are…" Ayako, Houshou, and Osamu said in a sarcastic unison and then laughed.

"We're are!" Mai said getting flustered.

About ten minutes later, SPR excluding Oliver and Lin who were still not back yet, stood in the school's parking lot seeing the eight students off. As the last ambulance left the campus, everyone sighed.

"So…..what now?" Osamu asked stretching out his arms as everyone turned and headed back to the school.

"Wait for Naru, I guess." Mai said.

"As usual." Houshou murmured. "I still don't get why he can't where he is going….."

"That's because it's Naru we are talking about here. That should be enough of an explanation." Ayako sighed. Everyone just chuckled.

Suddenly, just as they arrived at a side entrance to the school, a voice was heard over the intercom. "Visitors, faculty members, and students, this is your principal speaking." Aoi's voice sounded weary. "I regret to inform that due to some unforeseen circumstances the school will be closed indefinitely. Because of the safety risk, I am asking all festival activities to stop and that all visitors, faculty members, and students leave immediately."

SPR stood gawking at the speaker. Maybe he wasn't such a bad principal after all…..

The sun started to set as a familiar black van pulled into the school's strangely deserted parking lot. After parking, both Lin and Oliver stepped out of the van.

"I wasn't aware the festival ends this early." Lin said closing the door as he took in his surroundings.

Oliver closed his door as well. "It doesn't." Oliver said with his eyes narrowing in suspicion.

Oliver and Lin made their way in the school, through the quiet hallways, and to base. As they approached, they both could the laughs and voices of those inside. Good, so they were still here.

All conversation stopped when the base door opened. Surprised, they turned.

"Well, it's about time you two got back!" Mai grinned with her hand on her hips.

"Where is everyone?" Oliver said getting straight to the point.

"Oh, Nakamura-sensei closed the school." Mai informed him.

"Why?" Oliver asked slightly wide-eyed.

"Because Bou-san nearly kicked his ass." Osamu laughed as he turned back and forth on an office chair.

"Not true, I just gave him a piece of my mind." Houshou defended.

Oliver started to become slightly aggravated due to the fact no one was giving him an actual explanation. That is, until John spoke. "While you and Koujo-san were gone, some students were attacked in front of Nakamura-san and so he finally decided to close the school." He explained.

"I see." Oliver said secretly pleased as he made his way over to the long table.

"So Naru, where did you and Lin-san go?" Mai questioned.

"The library. I had a theory about the school's history and I was correct." Oliver explained.

"Well, what is it then?" Ayako asked.

As everyone but Lin inched closer in anticipation. Oliver dropped a stack of papers onto the table and said, "The school was built on an entire cemetery."

(A/N: So sorry this chapter is a little dull. The next two chapters will better though!)

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