Me: Hi everyone, sorry I haven't updated in a while.

Naru: Great, she's back.

Mai: Of course she is, she doesn't leave a story unfinished.

Me: Yep! ;3

Naru: *rolls eyes* Whatever.

Gene: Please R&R!

Mai's POV:

Everyone was now at base. Monk and John had also joined us since Naru called them in to have it so that everyone was on the same page. I had made tea for everyone, and now that we were all settled in, everyone was looking at me with curious looks waiting for me to explain myself. This didn't bother me in the slightest though. Actually, it made me feel as if I had some power over them and was now starting to prove my worth to the team whereas before Naru left I was just some silly high school girl who had some abilities that she didn't even know how to control very well. A smile graced my lips at seeing how much I really had changed from back then, power and control wise, and I had to force down a giggle that was bubbling up my throat at the looks I had gotten when I started to show my old teammates my advancements.

"Ehem, Mai, we don't have all day." Naru said, clearing his throat to gain everyone's attention. I simply rolled my eyes at the high and mighty act that he always does, and just chilled back into my seat so that I was comfy for when things started to get kicked off.

"Well, what do you want to know?" I asked honestly. 'Hey, I don't know what they know or what they want to know. I may be psychic, but I can't read minds! After all, that's Hanayo, Naru, and Gene's job. Not mine.' I thought, reasoning with myself for any harsh behavior that I aimed at them.

"How about we start off on filling John and I in on what had happened since we were doing a cleansing on a room when whatever happened actually happened." Monk asked, eyeing all of us with curiosity, but letting his gaze fall between me and Naru, waiting for one of us to explain what had happened not even ten minutes ago.

"What happened was that Mai had just awoken from sleeping and then sprinted to the kitchen. There she tried to get everyone there to get out, but Naru blocked her and told him to explain why he and the others should leave. However, paranormal activity kicked in and knives were picked up from their draws and thrown at them. Mai responded swiftly and blocked all of the knives headed their way with a knife of her own and drove the spirit away." Lin explained, knowing that Naru wouldn't when it was technically his blunder of keeping us there when I kept telling him to go in the first place. I mean seriously.

You would have thought that with all the cases we've been on and all that's happened to us in the past that he would know that when I run off something bad is going to happen and to just listen to me for once in his life! Monk and John's eyes grew extremely wide and looked at me as if I were from another dimension. I simply shrugged my shoulders since what happened, happened, and you can't change the past. Only the present and future. Silence fell around our group, and no one even dared move until it was broken and sound was in the air yet again.

"How in the world were you able to do that?" Ayako asked, being the brave one to breaking the silence and looking as if she were on the verge of hyperventilating. Monk gently took her hand in hopes that it would calm her down, but it didn't do too much besides make her muscles relax a bit. There was still fear in her wide brown eyes from what had happened nearly moments before.

"With my eyes."

"What do you mean with your eyes?" Yasu asked, giving me a confused puppy look that made a smile work its way onto my lips.

"Well, I've been working on this for a while after I met Hanayo. Our clan is very special. The eyes are what marks us and is our greatest gift. Each of us is tied to the paranormal through them. We can see things that others don't. Also, we get visions that give us a heads up when something is going to happen. I'm still trying to understand and use it to the fullest abilities, but it's a lot of work. Now that I have Hanayo though, it has made things easier."

"True, I remember when she was working with her 'sight'." Izo said, popping up into the room.

"What the heck! Where were you?"

"Hana-chan made us lunch and I brought it over. Now then, I'm guessing you used you sight when you were in a pinch and that made them freak out?" he asked, deducing everything wonderfully. Then again, he is the husband of Hanayo, so he probably has a lot more experience of being surprised by her and her abilities then the gang has had so far.

"Pi-pon! We have a winner!" I said, settling into my seat a bit more as Izo passed out lunch to us.

"Figured. I remember when I was first getting to know her and her eyes changed and she was able to do all these spectacular things I was awed, but also a little scared." Suddenly, Izo's cell started to ring. Confused as to who would call him now, he answered his phone and in the process accidently hit the speaker button. "Hello?"

"If by slightly scared you mean running away screaming like a little girl and then avoiding me for a month until Madoka kicked your butt back into reality, then yes, he was just a little scared." A voice said, joining in on our conversation as well as poking fun at Izo. Instantly I recognized it as Hanayo and had to restrain a laugh so that I wouldn't be rude to Izo.

"Dude, seriously?!" Monk asked, bursting out laughing along with Ayako, Gene, and Yasu. Masako, though she covered her mouth with a sleeve, smiled at that statement along with John, seeing as they were too respectful to actually laugh at the poor man. Then, as always, Lin and Naru had straight faces and didn't even show the slightest bit of humor.

"Well, this was in high school before I even got into the paranormal!" he defended, his face turning red at the humor in the room that came at his expense.

"Yes, yes it was, but that still doesn't change the fact that you were afraid of me for quite some time." She said, adding salt to the injury. Izo gathered up what little dignity he had after the blow and rolled his eyes at his phone.

"Bye Dear."

"Bye sweetie, love you!" she said right before ending the call. Izo sighed at her interruption and then closed his cell to put it away. Everyone then fell into silence from the randomness.

"Well that's Hanayo for you." I said, shrugging my shoulders and then slouching into the couch.

"Back to the main point, so the dreams you've had and all the supernatural abilities that you have are due to your blood lineage?" Naru asked, suspicious about the whole thing. A nervous feeling came up into my gut, telling me that Naru was onto me and Hanayo's secret. If he found out, I really don't care what it would do to me, but it would be bad for Hanayo, and she really does not need the stress in the position that she is now in. I opened my mouth to reply, however, Gene was faster then I was.

"I believe that, that's exactly what she told you, you idiot scientist." Immediately after that was said, the atmosphere in the room, along with the temperature, dropped to a dangerous level. Naru glared evilly at his twin and took a step towards him.

"Shut up stupid medium." Naru retorted, firing up both his and Gene's fighting spirit. It seemed as if everyone else was on the sidelines of a fight that no one wanted to get between. Even Lin and Izo took a couple of steps away from the potential fight. Everyone came to realize this and followed the two's lead and stepped away from the twins, all except of me that is, and prepared themselves to see blood. Both boys were fired up and ready to go, and to prove their point, they were toe to toe staring each other down.

"Make me."

"My pleasure."

"Okay! How about we go do one last run through of the house, do temperature readings for the rooms, and then head on back home. How does that sound?" I asked, getting in-between the brawling brothers so that they didn't hurt themselves, or each other.

"Very well, Gene, Yasu, you two will take the girls and take temperature readings and try to sense if there are any spirits nearby. Monk, John, go with them and do a quick cleansing where ever they say there's a spirit. Mai, you will stay here along with Lin and I and we will pack up so that we can leave once everyone regroups outside. Stay connected through the radios and hurry up." With that said, everyone hopped to it, and went in the directions that they were told to go, leaving me to deal with the big bad boss. Sighing, I began to help get everything in order when a thought came to me.

"Didn't I tell you to not call me Mai?" I asked, remembering how he called out my first name when he chased after me and into the kitchen. Naru stopped in his tracks for a moment and then glanced over at me.

"Didn't you say that you weren't going to call me Naru?" he replied back, then went on gathering what we needed.

"Touché." I said, knowing full well that I have called him Naru before. 'I guess I just can't kick that old name or that old habit. Just like how I can't kick the love that I have for you, Naru.' I thought, sighing at my own expense that my emotions were putting me through.

"Tea." Naru called, making me snap out of my thinking about how I still love the idiot and sigh at his addiction. Looks like things will never change.

Me: Bleh, Nothing happened in this chapter!

Naru: Then why did you write it.

Mai: Cause it followed the story.

Naru: Yeah, whatever.

Gene: Please review!