Hey Guys, so here's the next chapter. Woot Woot I love this one for some reason even though it's quite heartbreaking. well I don't want to ruin it. :) And Thank You everyone who commented! OH and I have decided to have a small contest, I want someone to create a new case for me now it won't the next case but the case after and your reward is your case posted in the story and a character of your own that will be in the story in and out periodically. I the deadline is JUNE 30, 2011. ;)
On another note the next case is going to be intense so stay tune ;). R&R

Naru stares blankly around the room feeling absolutely bored. He wasn't use to stillness and quiet atmosphere. Granted it wasn't completely silent with the beating of the heart monitor. But other than that there was a dead silents that unnerved him. It gave him time to think and he didn't like that. It meant he could replay the scene of his bother dieing over and over again, he could look back on the funeral and how hard his mother cried, worst of all at the moment he could look back at the last case. It had been approximately three days he had figured, but he wasn't sure. Any time he wasn't trying to figure out what day it was, which was a lot of the time, he was left to think about the case, more importantly Mai. Her face that night was forever imprinted in his mind. Her tear stained face as doctors and nurse tried to hold her back, her screams that somehow got to him when he was near death when he had finally been able to see Gene again.

FLASHBACK

He was somewhere dark that's all he knew so far, but he was determined to find out more and how he got here. As he tried to sit up he found out that his body felt more like dead weight. But alas he rose into a sitting position, where he took a better look around the room or area. It was dark but it wasn't like there was anything to see he figured he must be in dream and not somewhere in reality.

"You really messed up this time." The voice startled him, but of course he didn't show it until he turned his head to find out who it was and then reality hit him like a brick.

"Gene...T-that means I'm-" Gene cut him off.

"Not quite, though you have stopped breathing and the doctors have pronounced you dead, but your still alive but just barely." His twins face contorted into and grim line as he looked off somewhere as if watching something sickening or sad. Naru looked closer and found it, he was sad but why, was his question. Gene winced slightly and looked to his brother a glare piercing the air in between them and cutting through Naru hard, his brother was blaming him for something.

"The...doctor is going now...to tell the others that your dead." His voice was barely above a whisper but still hear-able in the blackness. Naru eyes widen now remembering now why he was here in the first place, he had been protecting Mai from that sick ghost. He stared hard at the ground. Mai was going to kill him-... he chuckled to him self.

"That's right I'm already dead." Naru spoke out looking back up at his brother, confusion taking over him as his brother's faced softened. "What?" He asked.

"Your crying." The statement yet soft spoken shocked him as if someone had screamed it in his face. 'Crying.' If there's one thing Oliver Davis didn't do it was crying, but here he was with small droplets of water sliding down his face. Not fast and heavy, but small and light ones.

"W-why?" He questioned himself more than his brother.

"Shit." Naru looked up fast, his eyes connecting with Gene's asking the silent question. "Ummmm lets just say Mai didn't take to news to well." For some reason hearing her name made the tears come faster.

"It's her your crying about your going to miss her." Naru didn't like the way he worded the sentence, 'Your going to miss her.' He wasn't dead yet Gene had said so.

"What's my chances of living?" Gene smirked at his brother, watching determination creep into his eyes.

"I'd say little to none." Naru smirked back.

"I've had worst chances." Gene threw his head back.

"Still as bull headed as ever." Naru only smirked.

"No NARU." Mai voice resounded around the room making Naru stand up and look at his brother.

"NARUUUUUUU." The image showed up in front of them, Mai was standing in the doorway trying to keep out of reach of the doctors and nurses grabbing for her. Naru's hands clenched.

"What do we do?" He asked his brother still watching Mai.

"The only thing I can think of is if we bind our spirits together." He paused for a second and looked at his brother. "There's a 50% chance this won't work and if it doesn't our spirits will be destroyed, which means if it doesn't work you even be able to visit her in her dreams." Naru clenched his fist tighter.

"Naru don't you dare die on me." Naru sighed.

"I don't want to just be able to visit her in her dreams, I want to be able to protect her. I want to be able to talk to her when she's awake and interact with her and..and." Gene laughed it was only in these rare occasion that he saw his brother flustered.

"Noll all I have to stay is don't screw it up this time." He then grabbed his brothers hand and flash he was sucked in threw something small the there was pain shrouding his whole body and then he opened his eye slightly to Mai.

He sighed and brought his hand to cover his face, as he did he heard the door to his room open.

"So how are you feeling this morning Mr. Shibuya." The doctor asked showing a fake cheerful smile.

"Fine." He said dully.

"Really no pain at all." He just shook his head no. "Well today were moving you to your new room where you'll be able to have guest." He only nodded. The doctor checked somethings and wrote scribbles of unreadable words in his folder.

"Stacey take him to his new room." The doctor said over his shoulder snapping his pen and sent another smile his way. "I'm sure your little girlfriend will be happy to hear she'll be able to see you, she's been coming back every day with that tall man to see if they could see you." He smirked at Naru. "You sure pick em good son." The doctor laughed.

"She's not my girlfriend." Was all Naru said as the nurse started to wheel him out of the room.

Naru's mind whirled as he thought about what the doctor said. 'She's been coming every day.' He couldn't seen to process that she would care that much, 'or maybe she didn't I mean look what I've done to her I practically raped her.'

'You idiot you didn't do anything, that was the ghost.' Gene's voice spoke, but it didn't waver him at all. The cot he was laying in stopped in front of a door to where the nurse opened it and pushed him inside. It was a rather plain looking room, all white of course the only hint of color being the pale blue curtains hanging over the window blocking out the light threatening to pierce the room with its bright rays.

He secretly wish the nurse would open the curtains so he could finally see the outside world once again. After the nurse placed him against the back wall his bed looking as if it was protruding from it, he looked closer noticing the TV hanging in left hand corner facing him and the nightstand with a small vase that was empty of any flowers.

The nurse went over if needed anything when the doctors weren't around to press the help button and showed him how to work the TV that she had turned to his disdain. He never liked watching TV and wasn't gonna start now. The nurse then smiled at him and left the room making her way to do other things. Naru grabbed the remote with a reluctant hand and turned to the guide his eyes easily flickering to the date and time, it made him blanch.

'A week, I was out for that long.' Suddenly his hospital gown started to itch making him uncomfortable, but it didn't matter anymore as sleep over came him.

When Naru woke up again he heard the familiar sound of typing coming from the right side of him. He shifted his head to the side his eyes blinded slightly from the sun light coming from the window. Next thing that he saw didn't shock him in the least bit, which was Lin sitting there in all his guardian glory typing away about something that even Naru couldn't figure out because, like himself he was a very recluse man. Lin paused in his typing to look at Naru their eyes meeting in silent conversation.

"There are pajamas on the side table." Was all the older man said, then went straight back to typing. Naru turned his body and looked at the said table first noticing his black pajamas and then noticed the bright white lily's that sat in the vase that contrasted boldly with his black pajamas. He turned his head slightly to Lin to see if he would look up again, but to no avail. Knowing the older man well enough to know that he wouldn't have got the flowers. Naru's mind wounder to other thoughts but before thinking much farther he heard the door slide open revealing his petite assistant standing in the door a jug of steaming tea in her hands. When there eyes meet hers brighten a considerable amount. The dark caramel color going a few shades lighter as they usually did when she was happy. Her smile brighten the already bright room and made Naru calm his buzzing nerves, also making him understand how the flowers got there.

"Hey Naru, would you like some tea." Her voice made him breathe a sigh of relief but he still felt guilty.

Mai sat in the small lobby of the hotel her and the others were staying at waiting for Naru to get better. She watched the people that passed by her each one of them different in their own way. Sometimes she would close her eyes and imagine she was one of those people, walking so carefree in and out of hotel having seemingly no care in the world. But this time when she closed her eyes she didn't imagine anything she just sat there with her eyes closed trying to keep the memories of the last case away. She had enough of them creeping into her dreams at night. Where she would wake up screaming, where Ayako would come over and coddle her.

"Mai." Lin's stoic voice saving her from the nightmares of the past few nights.

"Yes, Lin?" She looked up at the tall man, watching him place his cell phone back in his pocket.

"Come on." Was all he said as he moved toward the hotel doors. She rushed to follow him grabbing her jacket from the couch next to her. When she reached him, he was waiting at the door holding it open for her. She smiled and nodded her head in thanks as she moved out into the cold weather.

Mai smiled wider as some snow fell into her hair. She followed Lin to the van and hopped into the front passenger seat, jumping like a small child now understanding where they were going.

She looked down at her blue wrist watch. 'It's only 9:30 in the morning, we don't usually leave til 12:00 to go check and see if hes changed rooms.' She shrugged off the thought happy that she might get to see Naru again, finally.

Once in the hospital Mai went straight for the gift shop having a funny feeling she should buy some flowers for the Narcissist. She walked around a little til she found a small bundle of white lilys. She picked them up and took them to the register to pay for them. After that she met back up with Lin who led her down one of the hallways telling her she was right for buying the flowers.

She bounced on the balls of her feet as her and Lin made their way down the hall stopping in front of room 178 next to it on a board read.

Patient-

Shibuya, Kazuaya.

Mai waited for Lin to open the door, when he did they walked in quietly noticing the sleeping Naru in the cot protruding out of the back wall. She silently placed the flowers down in the vase arranging them in a certain way. A thought then popped into her mind.

'I should make some tea he'll want some when he wakes up.' She sent Lin a look telling him she was going somewhere. He only nodded and so she went on her way. Once she found a small kitchen where she charmed her way in getting permission to use the stove to make the tea.

After a couple of minutes the kettle whistled and moved her way around the kitchen making the tea, then poured it into a large thermal jug and then left the kitchen. She made her way back to Naru's room hurriedly wanting to finally see him awake.

She slipped his door open and looked up to see Naru's dark blue orbs staring back at her. She felt a smile fall on her face and her cheeks heat up slightly.

"Hey Naru would you like some tea." His eyes, Mai noticed seemed almost pained or maybe guilty. She couldn't quite tell but, that's how it usually was with him. She could never tell what he was totally thinking or feeling.

"Yes." Was all he said and looked away making Mai's heart pang. She had hoped maybe after the case he would act as they always had and not go back to the one worded answers and commands.

Mai poured some tea for all three of them setting Naru's on the side table next to the flowers. She sat down on his left taking a sip of her own tea. The room was quiet except for the rhythmic tapping of Lin's keyboard keys, it made Mai squirm. She watched as Naru lifted his hand and grabbed his cup of tea and take a sip but, then take a bigger one as if he was a man drinking water for the first time in years but, also like a man drinking the best drink in the world. Mai took another sip of hers but, put it down the sweetness making her nauseous.

"Ummmm sooo Naru how are you feeling?" Naru didn't answer he just turned over in his bed and acted like he was trying to sleep. Mai stood up not wanting to be in the room anymore.

"I... ummm. I'm going to the cafeteria to get something to eat." Once she was out of the room, the door shut the she breathed out. And made her way down to the lobby again putting her cell phone to her ear.

"Heyyy Mai." The person on the other line said.

"Hey Monk could you come pick me up from the hospital I umm...I wanna to go home." She could feel her older brother figure hesitate on the other line. "I mean I've missed so much school and stuff." This time he answered.

"Yeah sure I need to be getting home to anyway I have a gig in a week and the bands been giving me shit about not practicing." She giggled trying to make it sound like nothing was wrong, like Naru wasn't breaking her down bit by bit, that her heart wasn't falling to pieces.