Once outside with Lin, Naruto started to walk around the house working his way out. His eyes on the ground as he looked. If this had anything to do with the American legend and it wasn't really a demon or a ghost, there would be giant footprints. However he had his doubts that it was a giant American bigfoot here in the wilds of Japan.

Going in a different direction, Lin stopped with a start when he saw what was on the ground. It wasn't good. Right now he would rather do hand to hand wrestling with King Kong than deal with this right now. "Naru! Come over here. We may be in real trouble this time."

Going to Lin, Naru looked down at the ground and froze as his eyes went wide as they could. He knew exactly what he was looking at and that it wasn't good at all. "I really wish that Gene was here right now. He knows more about this through study than I do."

"We can talk to him, but Mai is the only way to do it. With this it would be dangerous to put her under like we did with little girl." Crossing his arms, Lin sighed as he tried to think of a way that they could figure this stuff out without doing that. The only problem that they had is that sometimes looking stuff up about demonic activity, can trigger demonic activity where they are. So Yasu was out of the question.

Crossing his arms, Naru knew that the only way to talk to Gene and ask the exact questions was to put Mai under and let him grab her. But there were things that needed to be done before that. For a split second he thought about destroying what they were looking at. But not knowing as much about it as Gene did he knew it was best that he didn't. "We need to go back in and Miss Hara needs to tell us everything that she sees exactly. Then we will have someone take the girls and her out while we figure out how to deal with this and send it to hell where it should be."

X

Once they were back in the house, Naru had everyone but Monk in a bedroom, Monk stood on the outside of the door where the girls could see him, and he could hear what was being said. But they were so freaked out they didn't need to know what was going on.

Turning to Masako, Naru sighed. "Miss Hara you need to tell us in detail what you see. What you have heard. There was nothing outside to suggest that this had anything to do with an animal. But what they did find wasn't good."

Closing her eyes, Masako stepped closer to John and grabbed ahold of his arm as she shook. Right now the fear of whatever it was that was lurking around outside that she could hear and see past the windows scared her more, than seeing Naru and Mai together hurt her. "It is a woman. Whatever this is, I think was human at one point in her life. But she is not a human anymore by any means at all. One time I see her as a evil looking old woman, then the next time she is a shadow figure, with the red demonic eyes. Shifting back and forth. There is something about her that I see when she shifts that is still pure. She isn't fully demonic. Not yet anyway. But she is on her way to it."

Not liking this, but knowing that she got out of the meeting was enough, Ayako groaned as she pulled all eyes to her. Crossing her arms and closing her eyes she took a deep breath. "As much as I hate saying this right now, I won't be able to really do anything this time. The trees around here have no energy that I can use. I can help if you want me too, but this did get me out of a medical meeting. So if you don't need me I will go back."

Shaking his head, Naru stayed next to Mai with a sigh. "You are going to be needed, but not because of what you can do spiritually, but rather medically." Looking down with a sigh as all eyes looked at him he crossed his arms. "While we were outside, Lin spotted something but it wasn't good. We were actually looking for signs that it was an animal, or animals. Something we could deal with easily. However, Lin found a ritual site just inside the woods. Covered in demonic symbols and writing."

Turning to Mai he sighs with a soft look. "As soon as we have one room set and safe for it to happen in, I need you and Ling to help me talk to Gene. This is a very demonic case, and it will stay on the property of the ritual site if we can't figure out a way to deal with it, this will never be safe for anyone. Gene knows more about that stuff than Lin and I do."

With a smile, Mai nodded. "You know I will help. And Ling will too. Right Ling?"

Staying close to her brother, Ling nodded with her own smile. "Anything to help you guys. Especially after what you all did for me."

Holding his hand up, John sighed. "But we are going to get Fuuko and Hanako out right? They are terrified enough as it is. We start riling things up like we do and they are going to flip out."

Nodding Naru sighs as he meet's John's gaze. "Indeed. They don't need to be here, and now neither does Miss Hara. I don't need to ask them if they did the ritual. The two of them are truly terrified, and if you call something like that, you aren't scared of it as easy."

Turning to the door, Naru spoke just a bit louder. "Monk I want you and Miss Matsuzaki to take the girls and Miss Hara back to town." Turning to Lin and then John, Naru glared. "While they are taking them back to town, we are going to clear all the demonic energy around from one room and purify it so Mai can go under and help me talk with Gene. Right?"

"Right."

X

Moving from the door, Monk went toward the girls with a sad look. "Well girls there is good news and bad news. Good news is that we can get rid of what is out here for you. The bad news is that it is going to get worse before it gets better." Seeing the fear that leapt in their eyes, he shook his head as he held a hand out for each of them. "Come on. Ayako and myself are going to take you and Masako back to town. We are going to come back and help, but you don't need to be here for it."

"Thank you!" Fuuko joined her sister as they jumped into his arms and then rushed out the door with them. They wanted to stay since it was a family home. But at the same time, if it was going to get worse before it got better, they didn't want anything to do with it!

Watching from the door as they started to drive, Naru narrowed his eyes. "I don't want closed in with walls. We clear the living room and make a barrier with salt. Now."

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