Well then, that was fast... I think I updated twice within a five hour span... WOW!

*cough* Well, because the ending of this chapter is kinda sad i am going to do the disclaimer at the end.


Mai sat outside the ICU. Her left arm was in a sling and she was unable to use it. The doctor first jammed her arm back into place then had told her that it had been pulled out of its socket and would take three or so weeks for the tissues to become less inflamed.

Sitting in the chair on the right next to Mai was Ren. She had luckily been unharmed in the whole ordeal and did not even remember it happening. But she sat in the seat, gripping her knee caps with white knuckles. The little child looked down at her lap, believing it was her fault that everyone was in this situation.

On Mai's left was a sleeping Kyan. His head had to get stitches and the doctor had prescribed that he get sleep.

The rest of the SPR team sat in seats scattered around the waiting area. Lin was the only one allowed into the room and even he could not go in now. Naru was in an extreme condition. No one knew what was fully going on except Lin and he had decided not to worry anyone.

Ayako looked at Mai and nudged Bou in the side. He looked over to the mother who would not take her eyes off the doors ahead of her. No one wanted to speak to her. But she broke the silence, turning to John.

"Thank you, John. If it wasn't for your baptizing of Ren she would have been in much greater danger,"

The young priest looked at the broken mother wondering how she knew, but Mai answered the unasked question before he could ask.

"Gene told me when I was passed out. He told me that the only reason the ghost could possess Ren was when she had agreed to it and become calm." Another silence passed and no one wanted to speak as Mai head dropped from staring at the door to staring at the ground.

Finally Ayako decided so speak up, bored of the silence.

"Yasuhara, John, Takigawa, let's all go get something to eat." All of the said people got up and started to walk away until they heard a small voice.

"Ummm," Ren hopped down from her seat and looked at the team then at the ground, "I know that I caused all this, but, could I go eat with you?"

Ayako looked at the young girl then at her frozen mother. She smiled softly and knelt to the child's height, "Yes, you may come, and you did not cause all of this,"

"Ok, just let me go tell Oka-san," Ren turned to her mother and walked over, placing her hands on her mother's knee, "Oka-san, I'm going to get some food with Oba-san,"

Mai didn't move. Ayako looked at the worried girl and grabbed her child's hand, "Come on Ren, we'll get you some peanut butter," The little one squealed with delight and walked away with the group.

Lin looked at Mai. She had not moved from that spot since she had been released from her own room. She had not looked when Kyan had been discharged and Bou had brought him. She hadn't even paid attention when Ren was talking to her. The only thing she could do was mumble the thank you to John.

Mai's mind was reeling so fast that she could not stand it. Flashes of the accident flashed through her head and then flashes of what just happened. Slow tears escaped her eyes as she looked back up at the white doors of the ICU.

"Taniyama?" Lin did not know how to approach the girl this time. She seemed broken even more than back then. He felt bad for not noticing Kyan had left the base, he felt bad for not hearing her first scream. Things had just turned out different than they all had expected.

"Lin?" Mai's small voice could barely be heard from the noises of the machines in the rooms. Lin knelt onto one knee and looked at the broken girl. "Lin, please, please tell me he'll be alright,"

Lin sighed, he really didn't know how to handle her in this state, this was around the time that he wished Madoka would show up.

"Lin! Mai!" A shout was heard from down the hall.

Lin turned to look at the woman with pink hair, whispering to himself, "Speak of the devil,"

Behind Madoka was an English looking couple. They did not look happy about the situation they were in, but their faces softened when they saw the crouched form of Mai with Kyan in the next seat. Madoka noticed the tears hitting the ground and hurried to the young woman.

"Mai, why are you-" It was then she noticed the sleeping boy waking up. Kyan rubbed his eyes and yawned. With a final breath he opened up his eye lids, causing the English people all to gasp. Madoka turned to Lin. "Lin, explain,"

The omniyouji took a breath and wondered where to start. He really did not want to explain the situation in front of Mai. Much to his luck, the doctor came out at the very second.

"Mr. Shibuya may now have visitors. But I caution you all, only one in at a time," The doctor then left.

Lin looked at Mai and silently told her to go in first. With tears still in her eyes she stood, patted the silent Kyan on his head, and walked into the room. Lin took her seat and looked at where Martin and Luella stood. The couple was watching the young boy with great interest.

"First, I must say, Noll and Taniyama were engaged," Everyone looked at him, already knowing this little piece of information, Naru had brought Mai to meet his parents and proposed to her in England, "Right before the accident three years ago he and Taniyama got very serious, though I did not know how serious. Taniyama left the country soon after. As you know, Noll went into a state of depression. Well, that is why she left," He pointed to Kyan, "His name is Kyan, and there's a sister, named Ren."

Martin and Luella looked and the Chinese man, he had told the story in a simple manner, not once showing emotion. Madoka was confused.

"Does Oliver know? Does he know about his kids?"

Lin shook his head, "From what I know, he never knew."

Martin and Luella looked and the young boy who was still waking up from his slumber, "Where's Ren then?" Martin asked.

"She went to get food with the rest of the SPR team,"

At that moment Mai came out of the room, sadness still on her face. She looked up at the people and smiled slightly. "I think I'm going to go and get Ren then leave," She picked Kyan up and walked away.

Lin stood up, knowing that he would want to talk with Naru before Martin or Luella could. He made his way to the door but was stopped when a hand was placed on his shoulder. Lin turned around to look at Martin.

"I want you to tell us what happened later,"

Lin shook his head yes and walked into the room. He was expecting Naru to be awake but the young man was still asleep in his bed. The Chinese man walked over to the chair near the table but saw a glint on the wood. He moved closer and saw that there were three pieces of jewelry sitting there on top a piece of paper.

Two pieces were silver, each with one forth a heart on them. One heart piece had a K on it, the other an R. The other piece of jewelry was a necklace that was gold. He looked closely at the small heart and the writings on it. There, Davis and Taniyama were engraved clearly and Lin recognized the piece to be one that Naru had gotten Mai four years ago when they had started dating.

Instantly the tall man looked at the paper to see two words written in Mai's handwriting. He knew at that moment that Naru would be crushed because those small words meant everything in the world. They meant defeat, they meant anguish, they meant loneliness, and most of all, they meant love. Written on the piece of paper were the words,

"I'm sorry,"


I'm sorry, just like Mai, I do not have a disclaimer, cause then you would have to see me cry, and I do not cry! So i will not say it, nope nope nope, i will not say it

*Lin looks with face say just-say-it*

Nope Lin, you won't get me to say it.

*Mai rolls sleeves up in anger*

M-Mai, calm down, I won't say it

*Naru comes over and places hand on cheek with small smile*

OK! OK! I do not own ghost hunt! Now come to me NARU!

*Jumps to Naru but he sidesteps*

Sad day...

now, onto more important things,

Ok, so as you can see, i updated fast, FallenRainDrops got the question right, Ren and Kyan were baptized making it so they cannot be touched by a ghost unless they choose (I know it really doesn't work that way, but it does in my story) so you get a guest character in a chapter of my next story. YAY! so if you could help me know about you and pick a name and how you want to look, maybe i'll have your character be the client *wink*

Ok, so the next chapter should be up soon, thank you for all my readers and thank you reviewers for all the reviewers and guesses to the question.

I'm outta here like a monkey chasing a banana