"Mai, tea!" Naru yelled from his office, he heard the familiar groan from Mai and smiled to himself, despite their new found relationship things had mostly stayed the same, except for the few kisses he would sneak with her every now and then.
When she did enter her face seemed distracted, distant with a far off memory. She stood in front of his desk, holding his tea staring blankly at the wall. Then, like she usually did she snapped out of it and plastered a blinding smile across her face before setting down the tea. "Cases?" she asked.
Not that she would ever admit it, but Mai was getting a little stir crazy and was craving a life threatening accident to get her adrenaline pumping.
"As a matter of fact yes, first Mai let us test your observation skills."
"You brought our overnight bags this morning and I already know Lin isn't here." She said interrupting him smiling. "I tried to bring him tea."
"You bring other men tea?" he asked slowly, it wasn't jealousy, more curiosity, is this why his tea rations have been dwindling so quickly.
"Lin is hardly another man." She said crossing her arms. "Now, case." She said hurriedly, obviously interested.
"Lin's family in China is responsible for taking care of a shrine, recently some construction nearby has disrupted them and some have become rather violent. Lin thought he could handle it himself, mostly because he wasn't keen on a bunch of Japanese people in his home. But one of his sisters was recently harmed, so all racism out the window we're leaving. Tonight."
Mai took a moment to bring in all this information. "LIN HAS SIBLINGS!?" she squealed ignore all the important information, as always.
"You won't meet any of them Mai; he's already sent them across town to get out of the line of fire." Naru said finishing his tea quickly.
"Oh, we'll see if he can stop me." Mai said, a plan already forming.
"Lin is the size of a mountain, plus he has shiki." Naru pointed out ushering Mai down towards the van where the rest of SPR was already waiting, all equally excited to be going to Lin's homeland. Mai took her time greeting each member of SPR smiling when she realized Madoka had arrived.
"Here to make your move?" she whispered smiling.
Madoka grinned and pinched her arm. "I've been making moves for three years Mai, but there is no way you and Naru are going to leave me in the dust!" she said, a little too loud. She threw an arm around Naru and Mai's shoulders. "I've mailed all the equipment to China, now the jet's going to leave in one hour so let's get going!"
"Jet?" John asked.
"Due to the urgency of this case, Naru's parents lent me the jet, how do you think I got here so fast?" she asked laughing.
Naru sighed and pulled himself free of her motherly grip. "Can we go now!"
Everyone loaded into Madoka's van which had just enough room for everyone to fit just a little to snuggly, not that Naru minded, he had the passenger side though he did feel bad for Mai, the petite girl was being squished between the door and Monk who was too busy arguing with Ayako beside him to remember the frail girl beside him, but she showed no signs of caring in her sleep.
The plane ride was much of the same, Madoka had demanded to sit between Naru and Mai to stop any 'funny business' from happening mid-air claiming that their raging hormones (Which Naru claimed to not have due to his 'higher intellect') would take control and take down the entire plane.
Mai had laughed at this agreeing as long as she got the window seat, which she did even though she was asleep before the plane took off and didn't awake until after they landed.
"Mai." Naru said shaking her awake. "I don't pay you to sleep."
"Actually" she countered smugly. "My abilities only happen in my sleep, the information I gather in my slumber has solved many cases. I dare say Mr. Davis that you DO pay me to sleep. Now, let me return to my office." She closed her eyes and snuggled back into the seat. Everyone in SPR burst into idiotic laughter at Mai's revelation and jab at Naru's ego, even Noll laughed and shook her awake again.
"Mai come on, don't you miss Lin-san?" he asked
"Lin is mean." She groaned throwing off the blankets she had acquired during her rest. "But he will warm up to me!" she yelled getting to her feet pointing her hand in the air. "He will grow affection towards me if it's the last thing I do!"
SPR just stood staring and laughing at Mai while the other passengers got off the plane. "Is your master plan to make all of SPR like you?" Madoka asked smiling.
"No, but somehow Lin deflected my charms." Mai said looking up sweetly. "How can you hate this face?"
"Masako?" Monk inserted laughing. (Masako was NOT amused)
SPR shuffled out of the plane to find Lin waiting for them with a girl who was about 4 or 5 years old. "Is that a sister?" she asked Madoka, almost violently.
"Yes, she wanted was the one injured."
Madoka glided up to Lin who noticed her but remained passive. "Hello darling, have you missed me?" she knelt down next to his sister. "You must be Lily"
The little girl nodded before hugging Lin's leg, who then proceded to pick her up and smile.
"Did Lin just smile?" Mai asked John, confident it had been a mirage.
He nodded, equally surprised. "It should seem Lin does indeed smile."
Lin nodded at Naru, merely glancing at the rest of SPR though his gaze did seem to linger on the ever smiling Madoka. He led them to another van outside, and this time Naru was the one being shoved against Mai, though he wasn't about to complain.
The ride through China's back streets was very interesting. It was filled with closely built buildings and outside markets, not to mention the entire population on bicycles riding against them like a swarm of fish against the current. When they finally arrived at Lin's childhood home Mai couldn't help but be the first to groan, at least 3 stories of stone steps appeared in front of them, the shrine and everything else was at the top.
"Just be happy the post man had do deliver all the boxes up the stairs already." Madoka said smiling at Mai. "Besides, it could be worst."
Lin smiled at Mai wickedly.
"You know Lin, that's the first time you've ever smiled at me but I'm not sure I like it." She said scratching her head.
"Well when Madoka says worst, she means everyone has to sleep in the same room as the base because that's all the room I can spare. And I don't have Naru's tea blend."
"I should've stayed in Japan." Mai muttered hauling her bag up the stone steps.
As requested, im trying to slow down the cases a little more XD, for now on i promise to try and put in a little more fluff.
Also did you catch what i did with the title? wonderLIN instead of wonderLAND because it's set in Lins home? get it? Are you picking up what im laying down? yolo#swag. XD
