It's been fun writing this story and now for the ending. I hope it's down nicely, thanks for your support and I know its kinda late to write this but...

I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT...AND THE ANIMATORS DO NOT OWN THIS STORY...I DO

The forbidden forest

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Last dance

"Akai." Naru whispered, he rushed over to the girl and gripped her so hard Mai thought her ribs were going to break. "Naru, what are you doing, get off me!" she shouted. Naru seemed not to have heard her and gave her another gut wrenching hug. Mai winced and Naru let her go. He had spotted her wounded arm. It had a deep gash and blood was flowing steadily staining her white gown.

Mai saw Naru's eyes flashed in anger and he turned to Eri and Shiho his hands raised and orange sparks were appearing around him. "Naru, don't!" Masako shouted. Lin ran over to Naru but it was too late. Naru was consumed in a great orange light. Mai had seen this before. She grabs Naru arm quickly. It was so hot. She winced, blood spurting out of her injured hand even more.

She felt anger, she felt pain, and she felt swirling confusion. Mai squeezed Naru's arm harder, the heat burning though. She winced, the pain was getting unbearable. "NARU!" she screamed. The orange glow stopped suddenly and Naru flopped to the ground. Mai held him just in time. Naru was panting. Lin and Masako rushed towards Naru. Lin taking Naru up.

"I think we better run!" John shouted. Mai turned to face Shiho and Eri, the key her mother gave her giving her courage. She gripped her injured arm with her other hand and pulled it away. Blood shining deep red in her palm.

"You want this don't you!" she shouted. The white figures appeared again surrounding them. "What are you doing stupid, what is the use of calling them back!" Masako shouted. "She is alive." The white hooded figure shouted. "She cannot be alive! Kill her!"

"I WOULD NOT DIE!" Mai shouted. "I HAVE DIED ONCE AND I AM ALIVE NOW, CAN YOU KILL ME!"

She turned to Shiho and to Eri. "My name is Mai, come on, kill me, and kill me with my name like what you did with the rest!" she shouted.

The two girls, not alive but still very alive stared at Mai. Their eyes a deep black void, lost of all consciousness glared at her. When she said her name, blood vessels shot out from the white of the eyes and they stared at her. Their mouths open in a deep wide smirk. Mai gripped the key tighter in her hand as the two girl raced forward.

"MAI!" Ayako shouted. Bou-san cursed and leapt towards Mai pushing her away. They rolled on the ground and Bou-san pulled Mai up. "What are you doing? Have you gone mad?" Bou-san shouted. Mai stared at the two girls and at the white figures.

"Naru." Mai said to the smiling Naru who was leading her back towards her lifeless body. It was weird seeing her body there lifeless and cold. "Yes, Mai?" Naru said. Mai turned to look at the smiling boy, the key gripped firmly in her hand.

"What am I suppose to do?" She asked Naru. They were nearing her body now, she could see it more clearly and she could hear the cries of her teammates. She felt her heart warmth. "How am I supposed to save Shiho and Eri? How am I supposed to stop the sinking from happening?"

She hadn't a clue. She had no plan. She was very confused. Naru gripped her tighter and he turned to smile at her. He touches her chest.

"You already know the answer." He said.

Mai stared at him confused. "No, I don't. If I do, I wouldn't be asking you." She said, frustrated. Naru smiled. "Mai, trust me you already know what you must do...you cannot bring them to life Mai, you cannot change the hooded once, but you can save them."

"But how!" she shouted.

"Mai, you already have the answer."

"Let go off me Bou-san, I know what I must do." She said to the monk. Bou-san had never seen such determination in the girl's eyes and he let her go. Ayako shouting at him for doing so. He held Ayako back. Mai was a different person now.

"You are gone, Mai! You have said your true name, you are gone!' the white hooded figures shouted. "The time would come!' they shouted. They were rejoicing. The hooded figures were rejoicing. With a sickening realisation, she realised that this was all the hooded figures doing.

When Shiho got into an accident they made her into the monster, they transform Shiho into their servant. It was the same for Eri. The people who died. The hooded figures caused everything to happen. They did not care who died. They only cared about their goals and nothing else.

These white hooded figures were the real night woman...the real demons...humans themselves.

"I am not dead. I would not be killed." Mai whispered. She turned to the rejoicing figures and smirked. "I told you before haven't I...I cannot die, maybe I would die in the future, but I would not die now." She said.

Because, everyone was protecting her. Her mother, the ghost hunt...Naru. They were her family. She was never alone. Naru was right. She was never alone, there were people everywhere.

She already knew what she had to do. She walked towards Shiho and Eri. They were both orphans, like her. They were both lonely. Perhaps the reason why Shiho brought them here was not because her captors asked her too, maybe the reason why Eri lead Bou-san and John to the inn was not because of her captors; maybe they both wanted something else. It was all so simple.

"Fuyumi Shiho." Mai whispered. "Eri Akashi."

They were just lonely.

Eri and Shiho looked at Mai. Their blood thirsty eyes gone, their scary aura gone. They were looking at Mai. Mai gripped the key. "You are not alone!" she shouted.

"WAKE UP!"

Where was she? What was she doing? The woman could not understand. She could not understand at all. The deep darkness. This deep darkness. She could not get out of this nightmare. The darkness so black it swirled around her, it had a form. Shiho wanted to scream but the words wouldn't come out.

The silence was thick, the darkness forever.

"Soon..." a voice broke the deep blackness. There they were the owner of the voices. Men hidden in hoods. They were shapeless, their smirks evil. She had seen them before long ago. On the day of her first accident. She have heard their taunts in her dreams, she had lets them turn her insane. Shiho wanted to scream. She wanted to die.

She turned and was shocked to see a girl beside her. She had long black hair, paled skin. She was crying. Crying.

"Who are you?" Shiho whispered. The girl did not answer. Tears flowed freely, no sounds came out of her lips, but Shiho could see that she was screaming. 'What is wrong?" she asked and found that no words could come out from her mouth.

Shiho grabs her throat. Why was she here? Why did this happen? Why was she here?

She knows the answer but it was too hard to accept. Then she heard shouting. The darkness rippling.

"Mai," she thought. She heard it. She heard Mai's voice. "Mai!" she shouted. Still no words left her mouth. Shiho grabs the girl's hand and pulled the sobbing girl. The girl did not hesitate but ran. Shiho turned to look at the girl and found that the girl was smiling. It wasn't in despair, it wasn't fake...it was one with hope. The darkness was still thick but it was breaking. The rippling getting stronger, the darkness was moving. Moving away.

There was another shout. "Mai!" Shiho shouted. Still no words. In desperation, Shiho and the girl ran harder. They got to get there; they got to reach the voice. They got to run; they got to get out of this darkness.

They got to be free of it. They got to run. He was coming. They were chasing. They got to get out of this insanity. The hoods were coming, their voices thick in her head. They were chanting. He was coming. She got to get out of here. She got to.

Why did she bring Naru and the gang here?

Why was she attracted to Mai?

Why did she do all that?

Why?

Shiho knew the answers to all this questions.

So she ran, ran along with the girl. The girl with long black hair, the girl with paled skin. The girl so like her. They ran harder and harder and along the way through the darkness, other joined in. A man, two boys, an old couple and many, many more.

"MAI!" she screamed.

This time her voice broke the silence and light burst through the darkness.

She just wanted to get out of here!

The hooded figures screamed and surrounded the team. Bou-san, John and Lin created a protective circle around the 3 girls and Naru who was weak from his usage of his power. Shiho and Eri tearing. Their eyes were crying and somehow they don't seem like the monsters they once were. A gust of wind blew past and they disappeared. "Thank you." They seem to whisper. Mai felt her heart clenched and a small smile etched on her face. There was another gust of wind and she turned.

They were in danger. The hooded men had surrounded them. The forest was silent and the men were very angry. "For thousands of years we have waited for the coming!" they shouted. "We have waited for the dark one!' they shouted,

"The girls were off no use to us!" they shouted.

They neared them and Mai held her ground. There were too many of them their only chance was too run. "Keep close."Lin said. He raised his arms ready to strike. Mai stared at Naru. Great, they were facing many murderous white headed mad freaks and the only one with brains was zonked out.

"How I wish you had a bat now." Masako whispered to me. Mai resisted the urge to punch her in her face. "We will go on as plan, we will sacrifice your blood!" they rasped. John tensed, Bou-san strike out, flipping one over. He winced and Ayako took a shot at the one who broke through the protective circle. He fell to the ground. Lin flipped two over and kicked another one down. Masako stepped hard on his face.

"I thought you don't do violence!" Mai shouted at her, lashing out at a hooded figure, hitting him with her head.

"Well, I guess you can call me violent woman now then, cause I don't want to die here with you." She said.

Why that snotty little brat!

"There's too many of them!' John shouted in desperation. He wasn't fighting but merely dodging and tripping some. He sucked at fighting.

"DIE!" A hooded figure ran towards Mai, his arms raised.

"If you like hell so much..." Naru's voice broke out shocking all of us. "Then why don't you all go to hell."

He grabs her, signalled the rest of the team. He raised his hand and it turned a fiery red. He roared and slammed it into the ground. The ground began to shake violently. Naru started to run and Mai followed him. Behind her she could hear the ground cracking, she could hear the leaves rustled violently and she could hear the trees falling to the ground.

"RUN!" Lin shouted to the rest. They ran quicker. Mai's vision blurring. The forest becoming a nightmarish blur. They had to get out, the forest was crashing. The ground was breaking and shaking. They had to get to a safe place.

They ran faster and faster, Naru pulling Mai. They broke out just in time as the trees creating the entrance crashed down. They rolled on the ground panting. Mai was fist to laugh and everybody did so. Behind them they could hear the scream of the other hooded figures.

"Go to hell, bastards." Mai said and the team broke out laughing again.

*

"You did it Mai."

Mai looked up and found herself staring at Naru. She smiled and Naru smiled back. "This is a dream isn't it?" she said and Naru did not answer her. "Sometime...I would tell you." He said. "But for now Mai, rest." He said.

"Naru." Mai called out as he was leaving. He turned. "Yes?' he asked. Mai smiled 'Nothing...I just wanted to say your name."

*

The police came and it was a huge affair. Naru and Mai were sent for treatment in an ambulance after the affair. The hooded figures were found deep in the forest that had all fallen into a deep hole and were injured slightly. They were all scared stiff. It would seem that they were not quite ready to go into hell yet.

The hole Naru created with his powers was a way to stop the hooded figures from killing the team and to trap all the hooded figures. He called the real police earlier and they had rushed down upon his order.

Mai stared at the boy and looked at her injured arm. She cannot believe everything had happened it seemed all so far away, but it did happen. She looked at the ground and saw that Masako had approached her. Masako was carrying a newspaper.

"I smell nothing now...the evil is gone." she said.

"Good work Mai." Naru said softly and Masako snorted. Mai perked up. "It is gone." she said. Masako nodded then she handed Mai the newspaper. Mai unfolded it. It was the newspaper reporting Shiho's accident. The newspaper 5 years ago. "Why are you giving me this?" she said to Masako disgusted.

"Look at the picture." She said. Mai stared at the picture of Shiho and tears overwhelmed her eyes.

"Good isn't it."

"Yeah...good." Mai said.

There in the picture was Shiho, she was smiling from the bottom of her heart, her two hands raised in a victory sign. A tall older woman had her arm wrung around Shiho, two men stood beside her and a girl the same age as Shiho stood in front of Shiho laughing.

"She looks very happy." Mai said.

"She's alright now..." Masako said. "She has family."

"Are you trying to comfort me Masako?" Mai asked the girl who turned away blushing. "Naru, she's trying to comfort me!" Mai said to Naru laughing.

'No, shut up violent woman!" Masako shouted.

Naru raised an eye brow at both of them and they both fell silent. "Mai." He said. Mai looked at him, her heart thumping.

"Tea." He said.

That stupid tea bastard!