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Lin and Mai Switch. Chapter 14.
Mai's pov
After everyone leaves the base, Lin and I switch places. He sits by the monitors and I'm sitting on the couch trying to figure out today's assignment. When I finally understand what my college professor wanted from his students, I grab my book bag and take out my English text book. Once I open the book to the chapter I would need, I grab a pen and the binder I use for this particular class. Lin was so shocked. When he saw how organized I am, I begin to chuckle at the memory.
General pov
Lin stops typing when he hears a chuckle. He turns his head towards the girl beside him.
"What's so funny, Mai?" He asks. Mai looks up from her text book to answer him.
"Well, I was thinking about that day when you saw my book bag for the first time. The shock on your face was so funny!"
"That's not funny, Mai." Lin says with laughter in his voice.
"I can't help it!" Mai giggles out. Lin turns back to the monitors, shaking his head at her antics.
An hour later, Mai finishes her class work and puts it away. When Lin sees Bou-san on the monitors, he turns around in the chair he was in and looks over at Mai.
"Takigawa-san and Brown-san are coming back this way." He announces. Mai stands up and steps over to the monitors while Lin goes into the little kitchenette to prepare tea for them, preparing to do the duties that the other had before switching bodies.
A few minutes later, Lin comes out of the kitchenette carryng two cups. He hands one cup over to John and the other to Bou-san. They thank him. After John finished his tea, he puts the cup down on the coffee table and begins to speak.
"Lin-san, when you were attacked did your shiki sense anything?"
Mai puts her hand over her chin in silent contemplation and asks the shiki if they sensed anything during the attack. The shiki nod their heads before Mai removes her hand from her chin to answer John's question.
"Yes, it felt familiar, but I can't recall where I felt the presence before."
John looks at Bou-san. "What about you, Takigawa-san?" He asks. Bou-san takes a deep breath and thinks about it for a few minutes. When he exhales, the door to base opened Ayako and Masako entered followed by Naru, Yasu, and Madoka.
"Well, since everyone is here let's discuss our findings." Naru says.
"Hang on, Naru, let me make some tea for everyone." Lin responds, standing up and walking to the kitchen. He returns to the group a few minutes later with eight cups of tea on a tray. Ayako stands up from the couch to help pass out the cups of tea. Lin puts the tray on the coffee table and waits for Naru to speak.
"So let's start with Miss Matsuzaki and Miss Hara. What did you find in that room?"
Ayako starts glaring at Naru, but before she could say something about his lack of manners, Masako speaks up. "Well, I felt a familiar presence for just a few seconds." She answers. Naru cocks his head in curiosity, beckoning her to continue. "I don't have anything to say." Masako adds sadly. Naru doesn't noticed the tears going down her face.
He writes down what Masako says and turns over to John and Bou-san with the question in his eyes. Bou-san shakes his head while John confirms what Masako says is true. After writing John's answer down in his note book, Naru tells the group what he found out.
"The people that were laid here to rest were members of the Japanese military, so let's get started and set the spirits free." Naru orders. Everyone stands up to leave, except Lin and Mai. Once the door shut Lin stands up from the couch and walks over to Mai. He grabs the chair that Naru was sitting now and sits down next to her, watching the monitors.
~One hour later~
You could hear Bou-san chanting throughout the building.
"Naumaku sanmanda bazaradan senda makaroshada sowataya un tarata kan man. Naumaku sanmanda bodanan on boron on sunba nisunba unbazara un hatta." After Bou-san finishes chanting the last part of his mantra, Ayako starts her ritual.
"I perform this ritual to beseech the gods. I call upon them to descend from heaven to this place where no gods dwell to purify and end this ceaseless suffering. Please accept our plead for peace and tranquility. Let this place be as the high heavenly plain. Gather here all ye gods, hail Marishi-Ten goddess of light. Grant us protection and light in this graveyard." After Ayako finishes her ritual, the spirits leave with smiles on their faces.