Yo! I'm baaaaaaaack! Heeeeeres Neko! Haha Bonjour mes amis! Comment-allez-vous? Je vais bein! Je suis excite! J'ai en train d'ecrit. I'm in my second year 'o' french ^^ anyways, I got some lovely reviews :) so here it is Chapta 12! ^^ I hope they are continue the Ghost Hunt T.V. series! I'm actually thinking about writing a new one-shot! What do you guys think? Should I write it? Please review :3 Well, on with the show...or...at least my show! hahaha :)

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Mai's POV
Day 2.
8:13 p.m.

"back when, um, my husband and I were...here...my husband and I often talked to your parents, we saw you when you were just a wee little thing. Back when my husband were alive, we would bring Mai with us too! Mai was too shy to talk to you, and you were too shy as well. I remember, Mai would hide behind my leg and you would hide behind your mother's leg. You two were so cute! But when my husband died, I couldn't visit anymore."

I knew Naru? What? Why can't I remember? WHAT THE HELL?

I mentally freaked out.

"I see, well Taniyama-san-" Naru was interrupted by Mom.

"Oh, you can call me Reika! I mean after all you are going to marry my daughter right? You two would be so cute! And I can see it in both your eyes, you two love each other soooooo much!...Right?" Mom said as she made a ^^ face, a goofy smile planted on. I froze, it felt like the whole world stopped. I only heard silence. The only thing I knew was that my face must be so red and faintly somewhere in the background was Bou-san's uncontrollable laughter.

Oh God! I'm gonna faint! Mom! WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU SAY THAT? ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF NARU! AND THE REST OF MY FRIENDS! AND NARU! AND LIN! AND NARU! OH GOD NARU! I'M GONNA DIE OF EMBARRASSMENT! I'M DYING! THANKS MOM! I'M DEAD! OH GOSH!

I didn't dare look at Naru...or anyone as a matter of fact. I just stared at the ground. I finally looked up when I heard Naru clear his throat before saying, "well, if I may continue on with my questions, Reika-san," he waited for my mom to nod in approval before continuing, " do you know if anymore spirits are here? For exapmle Chiyo-san."

The air suddenly morphed from joy to uneasiness. Mom's face fell from a happy smile to an uncertain frown as she cleared her throat and said, "W-well, there are some others..."

I put a hand on Masako's/Mom's shoulder. Silently encouraging her to continue. She slowly glanced at me, her eyes softening as she smiled as she placed her cold handover mine on her shoulder.

Mom turned back towards Naru a defiant look in her eyes.

Naru's POV

Mai and her mother's silent exchange was brief but looked understanding. Reika-san turned back to me, the same defiant look in her eyes as Mai's. Though Reika-san was possessing Hara-san, she looked so much like Mai, none the less.

"There are five spirits here, including myself. My husband, Makoto, Chiyo-chan, whom I'm guessing you have already met. Kenzo-kun, who is...was my co-worker. And then there is Makomoto Kiyo, he was deceased even before we got to this house. He was Mai's little friend," she named them as she counted them on her fingers.

"But there is something you should know. My hus-" Reika-san cut off as if she were being interrupted. She turned her head to the side and looked up into the corner of the ceiling. Her eyes becoming more frantic.

"I-I have to g-go. Chiyo-chan and Kenzo-kun aren't liking me talking to you, they're really angry. Darling, I love you. Your father loves you too so much...so much," she whispered the last phrase quietly to Mai as she brushed her hair and hugged her tightly before her body went limp.

Mai held onto Hara-san's form as she regained consciousness.

"M-Mai, what happened? Wh-where's N-Naru," Hara-san faintly looked around as Mai frowned and nodded towards me.

"Your prince is right here," I flinched at her tone. Mai walked away, her face hidden from me while Hara-san grappled onto me.

"Oh, Naru. Naru. My head is so light, I can't think straight. I'm so vulnerable, please protect me," she stares up at me as I look at Mai, her retreating figure told me she was depressed.

"You are fine Hara-san. Matsuzaki-san, take Hara-san back to the ladies' bedroom," I gently push her off me and walk towards Mai when the house started to shake, angered groans erupted from the ceiling and walls. The groans started to get louder, as the shaking became worst. Everyone in the room flinched and crouched down as things started flying throughout the room. The lights were giving us a very unwelcome light show before they burst, glass shattering on our backs and heads.

"Whats happening?" Mai yelled with her hands over her ears. She crossed the room towards me, bumping into my shoulder slightly. I look down to see her genuinely frightened. I release my ear and wrapped my arm around Mai's frail, small shoulders and make a B-line for the glass back door.

"Everyone! Out! Now!" I yell as I try to open the door. The door never budging one bit. I gently place Mai aside and start kicking the door. The glass never even cracking.

"Bou-san!" I call his name and signal him over. He came over, yelled "watch out!" and began kicking the door beside me. We continued to kick until we couldn't anymore. Dammit!

Once I thought everything couldn't get even more difficult. Everything stopped. The debris that was soaring through the air suddenly stopped mid-flight and dropped to the floor with thuds. No one dared to even breathe let alone move.

The room suddenly became cold, I looked beside me to see Mai missing. Dammit Mai! I tried to hide my obviously frantic glances around the still room. My search wasn't helped by the darkness surrounding me, devouring everything around me. Including Mai.

"N-Naru?" I heard Mai's faint whisper. I turn towards the sound came from. With the faint light coming in from the windows and glass back door, I see two fearful eyes staring back at me. I move towards them and blindly reach out to have my hands land on a soft arm, trembling with goose bumps. I move closer to the trembling figure, "Mai?"

A squeak came from the figure in my hands a soft "yes" voiced.

In a very quick decision, I pulled Mai into my chest and glanced around. I could see silhouettes moving throughout the room. But there seemed to be almost too many for our group, "everyone, name off. I want to know who is here."

"Bou-san. I'm by the back door."

"Ayako. I'm at the table."

"Masako. I'm next to Ayako-san."

"Yasu. I'm by Lin and John."

"John. Like Yasu-san said, I'm near him and Lin-san. We are next to the arch to the living room. "

"Mm," Lin's agreed.

"Mai and I are in the middle of the room, by the arch."

"So Naru...who's the two in the corner?" Bou-san asked, his silhouette pointing towards the corner, on the opposite wall of the arch. I turn to see two silent silhouettes standing side by side, one taller than the other. They both were dragging in ragged, hoarse breaths.

"Male and a female," I say quietly to myself. Or at least I thought no one else could here.

"How can you tell," Mai voiced just as quiet. I turn to her, since my eyes adapted to the dark, I could only see her face and hair slightly.

"The female's long hair is clearly visible and the male's broad shoulders are also. Try to be more observant Mai," I turn back to the two in the corner, smirking when I could practically hear Mai's anger flair up.

"Why you-" I cover her mouth as the woman's figure started to move. The woman slowly and almost painfully moved towards myself and Mai. The movement wasn't fluid at all. Every time she moved there would be a crunching sound and the sound of when ash flakes away from a burning piece of wood. Her breathing sounded as if she was being suffocated by a fire.

The man started to move behind her. His movements didn't sound as crunchy as the woman's. He stumbled more, as if it were extremely painful to even move his arm and he couldn't get his bearings right.

The woman stopped when she was about a couple feet from me. She said not one word but just continued to breathe. The man shortly stopped once he was next to her.

"Chiyo-san and Kenzo-san, am I right?" I said, confident in my deduction. They kept breathing only this time the woman gave out a rough, coughing chuckle.

"Ah, so *cough* Mai-chan to- *cough*told you of me, yes?" She continued to cough painfully, her voice rough and joyful. I stayed silent, Mai on the other hand grabbed my hand suddenly and stood bravely beside me. I for once in my life, admit I was surprised.

Finally...Gene mutters.

Seriously Gene? Not now.

I know. Later...(A/N: With ;) that face lol ^^)

"Ohh *cough* little Mai-chan has gro- *cough* grown a spine huh?" Chiyo-san said amusingly. The man laughed, making a watery noise. Some splattering on my shirt, I place my finger on it and feel it between my thumb and index finger. Blood.

"Chiyo, Kenzo, what do you want?" Mai's voice shocked everyone. She sounded determined and unafraid. Chiyo-san and Kenzo-san stood there, probably shocked for a split second then spoke.

"Oh, Mai-chan.You remember me. You're still a little brat," Kenzo-san said as he creeper closer to Mai as she continued, "you know, now that you're older, you look a lot like Reika-chan."

"What do you want," Mai said again, not even flinching when Kenzo-san leaned closer to her.

"Why Mai, you should know why we are still here. After all, your wretched mother did kill us," Kenzo-san said as he was about to grab Mai's arm. When he did he quickly retracted with a hiss, as if he were burned by her skin. Mai's arm glowed brightly, as if she wore protective armor.

Chiyo-san and Kenzo-san looked next to Mai amazed and angered.

"R-Reika," the white glow from Mai's arm started to grow bigger until it blinded everyone in the room. Chiyo-san and Kenzo-san's faces were shown. Chiyo-san was crisp and skinny like a skeleton, her boney face resembled ash in a fireplace. Kenzo-kun on the other hand looked just as bad but not burnt. His face was unrecognizable, dried blood covered his face, only leaving one eye open. His whole body looked like a mashed up bloody body. I turned Mai away from the hideous sight until the light went out. Chiyo-san and Kenzo-san were nowhere to be found. And the room seemed to be lighter, but still held the torment and the memories of the hanis crimes that were committed here that are now embedded in the wood.

SCENE CHAAAAANGE!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BAM!
10:39 p.m.

Mai's POV

"So Mai, do you know how Chiyo and Kenzo died?" Bou-san asked while eating a roll. We had made dinner and moved to the base to watch the monitors while eating.

I set my food on my plate and placed it on the coffee table.

"Yeah. Well, you remember how Chiyo loved my dad? Yeah, well, Kenzo was my mom's Chiyo. He adored Mom. Everyday he would come over after work with a bouquet of flowers and some new toy for me, or candy. As much as I loved candy, I would never accept his because I believed they were evil. So I'd throw them or away or just give them back, plain and simple. I hated him as much as I hated Chiyo. They both were trying to tear my family apart. Well, a week after my dad died, Kenzo was found dead, was stabbed to death, but his body had started decomposing so it was hard to tell what was what. The police estimated that he had been stabbed over 100 times with a kitchen knife. There were signs of a struggle so they think he got in an argument with someone and things got out of hand. The murder weapon was never found."

"The cops disclosed the investigation for several years because there was no evidence of someone else there. No one saw anything, no one heard anything. It was the perfect crime. Years later, when I was in middle school, I remember I was in my room when I heard the door bell ring. I remember walking out as Mom opened the door to a very unwelcomed guest, Chiyo. Mom told me to go back to bed, so I did but, I could still hear them talking. Not long after they started to yell, then I heard things smashing and breaking."

"I remember getting up, afraid for Mom. I opened my door and walked halfway down the stairs to see Mom on the ground and Chiyo holding a kitchen knife that didn't belong to our knife set. Our's were wood, this one was black plastic. Chiyo turned towards me at the sound of the stair squeaking and all I remember is the crazed look in her eyes, like she couldn't control herself, as if she had finally had enough. She started to walk towards me so I ran up the stairs and closed my door and locked it and hid in a big pile of toys and clothes. I remember I could see through the toys just enough to see Chiyo stab through the door, and snake her bloody arm through and unlock my door. She opened the door and went straight for my bed saying in a sinister voice, "come here, to ol' Chiyo. You saw something you weren't supposed to see. Don't hide from me Mai."

"I just watched her as she stabbed my bed viciously and then turned towards my closet and open the door so fast I flinched when it hit the wall and I accidently hit a toy that said something like, "Nya~ I'm a kitty cat." All I remember is how scared I was, when she turned with a sickening grin that made me want to throw up. I watched her as she walked over and started to stab through the toys, nicking me here and there; until she finally uncovered my face and she raised her knife. I bolted for the door, tripping on clothes, toys and my own feet. I ran down the stairs. I can remember distinctly hearing her thudding footsteps so close behind me. I ran next to Mom as Chiyo came and stopped a few feet away, grinning like a lunatic. I sat there next to Mom and cried hysterically, knowing full well I was going to die. Then Mom looked at me, smiled and pulled out a match. Chiyo frowned and yelled, "R-Reika, wh-what are y-you doing? WH-WHAT ARE YOU D-DOING? REIKA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT M-MATCH? STOP! STOP!" Mom just threw it at a plant."

"Chiyo screamed and ran to the plant, trying to put the quickly burning flame out but Mom threw another lit match at another plant and kept throwing them everywhere. Our house suddenly was burning, the ceiling started to fall in some places. When she ran out of matches, she turned to me. I remember hearing Chiyo screaming as I saw the look on Mom's face, she looked tired and so sad. She kissed me and told me, "run! Go! Leave now! I'll see you later OK? I love you so much!" I remember trying to fight with her while hugging her but she just pushed me towards the door. I began to run when Chiyo grabbed me, and held onto me with a death grip as she struggled to the door. She said, "I won't die! Only we will know of my crimes! No one else! No one else!" I remember crying, and being jerked around and becoming disoriented as Mom started to fight her. Mom forced Chiyo to let me go, and she held onto her as she told me to get out. I remember looking back from the door, seeing Chiyo crying and Mom closing her eyes and resting her head on Chiyo's shoulder. They both looked defeated."

"As I was looking back some neighbors came running towards me. I tried to run back in and save Mom. But, was stopped by a neighbor who had grabbed me. I could see the collapsing ceiling around Mom and Chiyo, both of them weren't moving. after that I just remember crying and trying to get back in the house," I paused finally noticing I was crying, "after that, the house burnt down to the ground and a new house was rebuilt over it."

I finished my story and wiped my tears as Bou-san came and hugged me tight but, this time, I didn't try and wiggle out or complain but, instead, enjoyed his warm, loving hug. I felt comfortable and safe. I didn't want to let go, I didn't want that warmth to leave me just yet. Bou-san picked me up and left the base, he crossed the hallway to the girl's bedroom and sat down on my sleeping bag. I finally let out all the pent up tears out, and cried into Bou-san's shoulder uncontrollably.

Naru's POV

Bou-san picked Mai up and left the sad, silent room. No one said a word, after all, what could someone say after that? I did the only thing I thought appropriate. Work. I turned and read the file and began to think.

Chiyo (A/N: Some 'o' you may notice Naru isn't calling Chiyo, "Chiyo-san" anymore. I meant to do that. Its because he doesn't feel the need to call a dead ghost "-san" and especially because she was a huge jerk to Mai) was burnt alive so that is why she was all crispy when she appeared earlier. Same goes for Kenzo, he was stabbed over 100 times, there for he looked like that. But were they working together to separate the Taniyamas? Who killed Kenzo? How did Mai's father die? Was it murder? Did Chiyo kill him? No, Chiyo loved him. Kenzo, perhaps? Whatever the case may be, I need to figure it out for Mai's sake.

So brother...

Oh no...Gene...

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