I don't own Ghost Hunt. Please don't mind that it's Christmas. It just worked out that way. So I made it a happy holiday chapter. If it helps listen to some Christmas music while reading a few suggestions Demi Lovato's "Wonderful Christmas Time", Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick" and maybe the other songs I mention in the chapter.

Chapter 21

It was Christmas Eve. Mai and Naru decided to have the SPR family spend the night so that they could spend Christmas day with them from the start. Everyone arrived that afternoon. Yasuhara had brought with him DVDs of home movies from the years they had all spent together.

"These ones are of us in the U.S." he told them as he put the disk in and pressed play. Mai appeared on the screen. She was dressed in a rather skimpy elf costume.

"Yasuhara, quit recording me in this outfit!" she yelled

"Mai, it looks great. The homeless people are going to love you! Especially the men." Mai glared at the camera. Naru walked in the front door just then. He surveyed the scene before him. Mai in a rather seductive outfit and Yasuhara with a camera and dressed as Santa.

"I'm not sure if I even want to ask, but I will. What do you two plan to do?"

"It's for a class. We have been assigned the task of spreading Christmas cheer!" Yasuhara exclaimed.

"Who picked out the costumes?" he asked

"The committee and no neither one of us were on that committed. That's how we got these jobs in the first place. Don't worry Naru, Santa already knows what you want for Christmas and yes Mai will be able to keep the costume." Yasuhara gave a hearty HoHoHo.

"Well I'm going to bed. I don't want to witness this." Naru went upstairs.

"Scrooge!" Mai and Yasuhara yelled

"Oh god I remember that day. We got there and they told us that we had to perform and that it wasn't for the homeless. It was actually a fundraiser and I had to do a couple costume changes that were worse than that one!" Mai exclaimed

"I'm Mai Taniyama and we're here to raise money to give people a dream Christmas!' Mai now in a short red skirt and red tank on. She was holding an electric guitar. She began to play and started out with "Wonderful Christmas Time" and then moved on to "Walking in a Winter Wonderland." The crowd went nuts. The hollered and screamed. Maybe it was because of the outfit, maybe it was the music, maybe it was the Christmas spirit, but it was mostly likely the eggnog and other alcoholic beverages being served.

"Wow Mai, who knew you could rock like that!" Monk exclaimed "Why didn't you let me know. You could have joined my band!"

Yasuhara appeared on the stage and everyone screamed "Santa."

"Hi Santa!" said Mai showing enthusiasm.

"HoHoHo Merry Christmas! I think it would be nice if we sang a few songs together."

"They didn't plan that. It was my idea." Yasuhara bragged.

"Yeah, thanks for the heads up I didn't know what you were going to do." Mai told him.

"I have a few requests." Santa said

"Oh really?" replied Mai as she raised an eyebrow at him.

The music began to play and Mai and Yasuhara did several songs "We need a little Christmas" "Little Drummer Boy" and "Baby its Cold Outside." Later when they lit the Christmas tree Mai came out again, this time in a white dress, and sat at the piano. She began to sing "Christmas Time is Here" and "Silent Night".

"Hey everyone join in." she told the crowd and they all began to sing Christmas carols. When they had finished doing that, Yasuhara as Santa came out on stage again.

"Now its time for our grand prize! A passionate kiss from our Japanese Santa's helper Miss Mai Taniyama!" Mai who had been smiling did not like this. Her smile instantly disappeared as she turned to Yasuhara and pulled him slightly off stage. You could see she was yelling at him.

"Wait! So you auctioned off Mai?" asked Masako.

"I had nothing to do with it. I was just following orders." Yasuhara defended himself.

"The highest bidders, will you please come on stage. You will have to answer questions about Japan and Japanese culture." Various good looking men appeared on the stage. "Let's begin." Yasuhara pulled out a card as Mai stood there trying to look thrilled, but was failing miserably. Just then a woman came out on stage and whispered in Yasuhara's ear. "It seems we have another bidder." Naru appeared on the stage. Mai's jaw dropped.

"Aww that's so cute Oliver!" Luella cried.

"So you do have Christmas spirit." Ayako teased "Or was it that you didn't want your Mai to be kissed by someone else?"

"So you won, right?" John asked

"Naru dominated the questions." Mai laughed

"Our winner is Mr. Shibuya!" Naru walked over to Mai and kissed her long and hard. The crowd went wild again. Yasuhara had to tap Naru on the shoulder to get his attention. "You get to go home with her, save it for later." The crowd laughed. "I have been informed of a second prize for one of the losers. A dinner with our Miss Taniyama and the audience gets to choose the recipient. Mai and Naru who had been smiling now gave Yasuhara a glare. "Please step forward when I call your name. The audience will then cheer for the one they like best." Yasuhara called the names and the audience screamed. The winner was a very handsome blond man. "So why don't you tell us about yourself."

"Well I'm a doctor at a pediatric hospital. Every summer I go to Africa and perform life saving operations on children who need them."

"Any pets?" Yasuhara asked

"Oh yes, I have a farm where I adopt and take care of abandoned and abused animals. I love animals and children."

"You sound like a perfect match for our Mai. Watch out Naru looks like you have competition." Yasuhara said. "Sir I've just been told that a woman is willing to donate 1 million dollars if you take your shirt off and do 50 push ups one handed."

"If it's for charity." The man took off his shirt to expose the body of a Greek god. Mai looked on curiously while Naru increased his glare.

"Now let's bring out this generous woman." It was Great Aunt Suzuka.

The room erupted in laughter. The look of Mai and Naru on the screen when Aunt Suzuka came out was priceless.

"So how was the date? Must not have gone too well considering you married Naru and are having his babies." Madoka teased.

"It actually was very nice, but I was already in love with a Narcissist. So that's why you see me like this today." Mai said "I think his name was Brandon."

Everyone went to bed around midnight they were exhausted. Mai and Naru had gone to bed earlier. Mai was entitled to being pregnant and all.

The SPR team awoke to the smell of frying bacon and eggs. They got dressed and headed to find Mai and Luella cooking with the help of Martin. Naru sat at the table and drank his tea while reading the paper. When they finished breakfast they went to the living room where presents were stacked everywhere.

"These weren't here when we went to bed." Monk said as he stared at the large pile of gift with his name. He looked like a kid on Christmas day.

"Well I guess Santa came last night while you were all asleep." Mai giggled.

Everyone opened their gifts and was delight by what they got. Mai didn't open her gifts she was too busy watching everyone else. She was happy to have her family with her and that they could spend holidays together like this. Naru watched Mai face light up when she saw how happy everyone was.

"Mai, you should open your gifts too." Masako told her. Mai sat down and did so. She thanked everyone and was about to help clean up when they informed her she wasn't done yet.

"We just want to let you know how happy and excited we are about the new additions. So we got you something special." Mai looked confused. Everyone disappeared and came back with more gifts. These ones where addressed to the babies. Mai opened them and was delighted by the little outfits and stuffed animals. Naru handed Mai a small box. It was addressed to her. She opened it up to find an antique locket.

"Open it" Naru told her. She did and had to put her hand to her face to try and prevent the tears. Inside was a picture of her and her parents. It was from her christening. "The other side it for when our children our born." He explained Mai kissed him.

It very special Christmas and everyone enjoyed themselves. They would always remember it. Next year would be even more special with the twins.

This was hard. I had to listen to Christmas music to get into the mood. I'm just making this up as I go there is no real plan anymore (well actually I did have one, but it's hard to say if I will follow it) so next chapter may be short or long. I don't know. But I can tell you I will probably skip a few months.