After the... argument that happened between Kuro and Mai there was a pressure on them both of them mentally, Currently, Mai was feeling guilty she knew she shouldn't push Kuro to get information.

Mai felt so bad about it, but she was worried about her and it wasn't fair that she tells her almost everything well she doesn't tell Mai much, maybe she was in the wrong but so was Kuro.

She was in the wrong right? Mai questioned inside her mind, but this causes even more guilt as she just blamed her best friend for something she pushed too far for, Kuro was her truest friend, always been there to help her, so why can't she help her.

Mai just wanted to comfort her was that wrong, Mai shook her head she shouldn't think about this it will only bring her down, she needs to be strong as she knows that Kuro and herself will still be friends.

No matter what they will stick together that's a promise they both shared, Kuro may find it childish but she cherishes every promise they make together.

while walking to the old school building she notices Kuro already there talking with Naru, she grins when seeing Kuro with a smile it may be small but it is enough for Mai.

Mai walking to them hears them talking about paranormal stuff that she doesn't understand, making her presence known she cheerfully says " Hey guys" cutting the atmosphere.

Kuro flinches at her cheerful tone, normally Kuro would say hi straight away but she looked uncomfortable, Naru noted the way her position change she had her hand on her elbow she seemed more inside her self.

less confident, Naru raised an eyebrow at this, he was wondering what happened and clearly it had something to do with Mai, Naru was, of course, curious and dare he say it worried.

obviously, he would never admit that he is too prideful of himself, Kuro coughs " hello Mai-chan me and Kazuya was just discussing some cases he did in the past... I couldn't help but inquire about the sort of cases he's been on, they are pretty interesting" Kuro remarks in an uncomfortable tone.

Mai nodded feeling a little down on how strained their relationship is right now but she will keep her head up high and keep going forward " wow really? Naru That's awesome"Naru looked uninterested " of course it's 'awesome' i did the case after all"

Causing both Kuro and Mai to sweatdrop at his statement, Kuro mouth twitches at this and mutters "once a Narcissist always a Narcissist" Mai snickered at this remark and agreed with Kuro.

Naru sighs in annoyance " do you have any more stupid questions or can I actually go back to work" Kuro grimaced childishly " says the one who always asks pointless questions about me that are not work-related" she retorted a little aggressively.

Mai sighs as Kuro and Naru seem to bite each other necks figuratively, of course, that would be weird Naru pinched his nose in annoyance, and goes silence " AHA I win!" Kuro smirked to herself, as she won against Naru.

"are you done?" he asserts to Kuro, but Mai distinguished something shocking and it was that the fact that Naru had a playful smile on his face, of course, it wasn't a full one but one that can be notified.

Kuro reddens a little " well... I do have a question" Naru exhalations " what now?" Kuro glared "I was wondering if you do any Ghost Hunting in, famous haunted places?" Naru sighed knowing this question was going to come sooner or later.

" No not normally especially if it's a massive case, I don't like the media it is quite troublesome for the investigation" Kuro nodded softly but also showing she agreed with his response, Naru sighed " I am going to check something I am sure you two will be fine"

Naru walked off leaving the girls behind as they watched his back, Mai took a breath and looked at Kuro with a soft expression "Kuro-san... I am sorry, about this morning, I was just frustrated let's not get this in-between us and our friendship"

Kurobara glanced at her brunette friend and gave her a tiny smile, " Of course I won't let anything break us apart Mai-Chan, and I am sorry too I will open up about it soon, just let me have some time to prepare, and what you will hear will be upsetting"

Mai sighed in relief but nodded nevertheless that's when they hear footsteps behind them causing both of them to turn, that's where they see Kuroda, Kuro raised her eyebrow at her and announced " Kuroda-san? what are you doing here"

Kuroda looked up towards Kuro who had a curious expression, Kuroda only stared at Kuro causing her to sweet drop "What is it to you Akamia-san" Kuroda said in a spiteful tone.

Kurobara mouth and eye twitch clearly getting irritated with her attitude, " it has everything to do with me, I am technically working with Kazuya-san, so I'll ask again what are you doing here?"

Mai winces at her tone, she was clearly irritated with her which she understands completely, but Kuro should hold back her sharp tongue, Kuroda only glared at Kuro clearly annoyed at her response.

Mai swear she could feel the atmosphere temperatures dropping, as she was currently shivering Kuroda sighs and gives in " I was just curious to know if you found anything interesting yesterday"

Kuro gave her a cold expression " why should i...mfh" Mai put her hand on kuros mouth stopping her from talking, hoping she is pulling the breaks on a coming war " There was nothing unusual that we found so there isn't any new data"

Kuro bit Mai's hand causing a small 'ow' to be heard, Kuro and Mai look at each other as she was looking at the monitors in a bored fashion before asking another question " Is their anything else?"

Kuro rolled her eyes and decided to be nice for now " Ayako-san got confined into a room in the school building, but Kazuya-san and the rest of us couldn't determine if it was a spiritual phenomenon or not "

Mai nodded in agreement, but Kuroda looked at both of them with a confused expression as one would think that it was caused by a ghost," Why couldn't they figure it out, it's obvious what caused it "

Kuro and Mai sweatdrop at her matter of fact tone, Kuro began to explain in her nicest voice, but in reality, she was irriated " Well Kuroda-san the reason why we don't know what to conclude it as is because of it happening when no one else is looking whats more is a professional psychic medium said that there are no spirits"

Kuroda looked annoyed " Masako Hara? shes obviously a fake, since I can sense numerous spirits here" Kuro just gave her a sceptical look, she didn't believe what she was saying " Oh is she?..." Kuro affirmed in a rather patronising tone

Kuroda not realizing Kuro's tone states " She's popular on TV because of her good looks, but she's not a real psychic" she then later adds "There are spirits here, very strong ones… I can feel them"

Kuro just raises her eyebrow, even more, there is no way Masako can be a fake, she has an aura to her that screams Medium, "I was attacked by spirits a little while ago." Kuroda said gravely.

Mai yelled clearly surprised " No way, really?", Kuro added to the conversation " can you tell us more details Kuroda-san " as she was curious to know what Kuroda was going to say, "I was walking in the hallway, and suddenly something started pulling my hair from behind. I tried to run away from it, it

started to choke me… it said 'Your psychic power is too strong… You're an obstacle!'."

Kuro sweat drops and begins to look if there any puncture marks on her neck that could be caused by hands, or if there were any, to begin with, which she found nothing, not even a small red mark.

Mai was shaking a slight bit, she looked like she was in shock, Kuro taps her head saying its alright, that's when they hear Naru voice echoing everywhere " What's going on here?" he questions this in a demanding voice.

Kurobara gave him a look " Kuroda-san said she was attacked by a spirit we were just asking what happened when the spirited attacked" Naru narrowed his eyes at Kuroda and states " when did this happen"

Mai sqeaks at his voice, as she hangs onto Kuro's arms for support " why are you hanging on my arm?" Kuro inquired softly, who also had an amused face Mai stated " Naru is sometimes scary"

"pft Scary, your so weird Mai-chan, I think he looks sexy right now" Kuro bluntly declared this, Mai opened her mouth in shock " EHHH" Kuro sniggered at this, Naru gave Kuro a look, his cold blue eyes were scaling her face but his mouth formed a smirk.

this caused her face to warm up a bit, Naru, ignoring both Mai and Kuro " so when did this happen" Kuroda, quickly says " Just now "

Let's replay the video." Naru replied deciding to check up on it, even though it didn't look like there was any physical evidence on her person to back up her claim. "Where were you?

"The second-floor hallway," Kuroda responded. Naru immediately began typing on the keyboard, entering the command to rewind until it reached about the time when Kuroda should have entered the building.

Kuro and Mai both looked at the screen that when Mai shouted: "Right there!" Mai exclaimed, pointing to one of the monitors in the top row when Kuroda walked out of range of the first camera and reappeared on the next at the top of the stairs.

That's when Kuro began to hear static as the monitor was now blank, causing her to become more suspicious " Mai-Chan did you touch anything?" questioning softly, Mai gave her a glare " No of course not"

"Everything is operating as it should be, and the camera shouldn't be broken." He notified them, thinking out loud. "This is very interesting." Kuro nodded, she went into her mind and began to process what she saw.

Mai looked at both of them in a curious manner "what is interesting?" before Naru could reply Kuro stated " The fact that a camera that is fully charged stopped working suddenly" Naru nodded agreeing with her

Naru said thoughtfully. "I wonder if this was caused by a spirit, or EM interference, or… Kuro looked at him with narrowed eyes " or what Kazuya-san..." Naru ignores them and begins questioning Kuroda.

Who seemed pleased with the attention she was getting, who could blame her, but it did annoy Kuro for some reason but shrug it off, "You mentioned it said something. What did it sound like?" He asked.

Kuroda positioned herself to look like she was thinking, " it sounded a little gruff at first but now that I think about it it sounded like a female" Kuro looks at her in a curious manner.

Mai stated "but Masako said there were no spirits" Kuroda rolled her eyes and replies " she's a fake, I told you this before" Kuro sighed at this Naru looked at Kuroda.

"It is normal for a female medium to have a bad day once in a while," Naru stated calmly. "I thought I could rely on her talent..., let's say there really is a spirit here. Perhaps you and the spirit here are on the same wavelength."

Kuro looked at Naru and reply " that could be a possibility, but I doubt it if I cant s..." she interrupts herself putting her palm on her mouth, Kuro winced she was about to say something that can suggest that she has psychic abilities.

Now that would be bad

Hello, guys sorry its been a while since I uploaded, here is Chapter 17 also the reason why i haven't updated in a while is because of some family issues that have happened recently so yea i will be updating slowly due to this but don't worry I am not giving up on this story.

last note thank you for reading my story, I love you guys.