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The weekend passed by in a huge blur. Mai spent a lot of time sleeping and doing her homework. It wasn't anything insane just writing a paper that was a little more than a thousand words on any haunting that they picked.

Lin and she had talked about the training he wanted to do. They were going to start light and work their way up to what he wanted to do. Which meant she started going on runs again in the morning. She hasn't actually went on runs since she got to England, because she wanted to get used to the area. It's only been three weeks. Which was weird to even think about. It feels like it's been so much longer, but she suppose she has been enjoying herself.

Even though she's also very stressed Naru is going to find out at any second. In reality it was pretty easy to figure out she was a student of his fathers. Naru lived with his parents! She was surprise he didn't find out from Martin shoving the papers in his face to read it.

Unless he already actually knew and didn't want to acknowledge it. Acknowledge her. Which she could actually understand.

She shot that down just as fast as it came into her head. She didn't want to think about that. That would probably be the worst case scenario. Mai could handle an angry Naru, but not one who wouldn't even acknowledge all the work she has done.

She let out a sigh and got up from her seat on the couch. It was Sunday night and they had classes in the morning. Eventually, she needed to head to bed and sleep. For now she was going to read a little before bed. She took one of the many books on their wall bookcase.

How science is proving the paranormal.

Another one of Naru's books that she liked reading. She couldn't help but smile a little as she traced over his name. As much as she was avoiding him Mai really did miss him.

She missed going on cases with him.

She missed having their little arguments, which she was pretty sure she could hold her own now.

She missed his eyes.

She missed how she could basically lean on him for anything. Even if he was always riling her up.

She just missed him.

She let out a sigh as she went back to the couch to curl up and wasted no time in opening the book. It didn't last though until she was sleeping.

-EEEEEE-

It was Monday, finally, and Mai was seriously dragging. She dragged her feet to her seat and flopped down and even went so far in letting her head drop on the desk.

"You look dead." Liam had turned around and faced her and even poked her forehead. "I don't want to deal with your spirit, so you need to live."

"Liam, don't touch her." Trista slapped his hand away and focused on Mai. "You look like you just ran after a spirit and lost."

Mai just groaned and moved her head to look at the two. "You guys are weird."

"Ignore her." Yasu took his seat next to Mai and got his notebooks out. "This morning Lin and Mai went running and apparently went further out than intended. She wasn't prepared for the run back home."

Liam blinked at the sudden information. "Wait. Why were they running?"

Trista turned back in her seat to get ready for class. "Mai's training with Lin. Did you not pay attention when I told you this on Saturday?"

"I think I would remember something like that."

Mai zoned them out as she closed her eyes to relax. She was slowly getting pulled in though and eventually was out.

She opened her eyes as she saw the familiar setting. "What? Why am I here?" Literally, she was so confused why she got pulled here.

"Sorry to pull you out of class."

Mai blinked as she turned to look at Gene. "Oh. Is this why I was tired? You were trying to pull me here? You could have found a better time."

Gene smiled and walked up to her. "I was trying to talk to you since you came to England, but it's hard when you suddenly decided to switch countries." He couldn't help himself and pat her head. Gene got a glare from Mai, but it was worth it. "I saw Naru the other night."

"Okay…?" Her eyes narrowed as she looked up at Gene.

"I was surprised that he didn't unintentionally use his powers. That's how frustrated and confused he was with himself."

"Naru wouldn't be stupid enough to unintentionally use his powers." Mai snapped back the moment Gene was done talking. "No matter what he was feeling at the moment."

Gene just smiled even more and pulled away from her. "I suppose not, but you need to tell him." He had heard his brother's thoughts that night and it had been worrying him since. Not to mention their little…problem?

Mai sighed deeply and shook her head. "Is this why you pulled me here? Just to tell me, again, that I need to tell your brother I'm in England? It's not that easy to just go up to him and be like I'm here!"

"He needs you."

Mai paused and looked back at him. "That's hilarious." She was glaring at the other completely serious now. "He doesn't need me. It's been over five years and not once has he checked up on us or anything. If he needed us or me he would have reached out. Maybe. This is Naru we're talking about, besides he seemed completely fine when the case was happening. Naru probably would have figured out the case eventually anyways. The spirit wasn't that hard to deal with, so he just needed the information. Give it a little more time and he would have been fine. Now, if you'll excuse me I have class to deal with." She closed her eyes to focus on her body.

"Mai."

"No." She felt that familiar tug towards her body.

"Mai!" It was too late as she disappeared from sight. He let out a groan and ran his hands through his hair. "Why are both of them so frustrating?"

He bit his lip thinking for a moment. Yeah, Naru needed Mai in general…

But it was more complicated than just that.

There was suddenly a loud clang echoing through the plain before the sound of metal grinding against something. Gene still hasn't been able to locate what that something was.

Mai was getting closer to the case though, and if something didn't change it could be bad. The dreams have never reacted this way before and it was very worrying. He had no idea what would happen.

Mai sat up suddenly in her seat. Martin was saying something, but she wasn't focused on it. She looked down and glared at the desk.

Just.

What the hell?

Where does Gene get off by saying all of that? Naru didn't need them. He left them back in Japan. He didn't need her, obviously. Gene was an idiot.

"Bad dream?" Yasu was leaning against the desk, but his eyes were trained on the older man going on about something.

"He was being an ass." It was easier to switch over to Japanese, so no one would understand what she was talking about. "Acting like Naru needed us or something. He was being weird and serious. It's not like him."

"Maybe something is going to happen?" Yasu let out a small sigh before looking at her. "Did you even hear what he wanted to tell you? I highly doubt he brought you there just to tell you that you should just tell Naru. You already know that."

Mai looked away immediately hearing Yasu's words. She didn't hear him. She was upset, but the other made sense. "I completely overreacted…didn't I?"

"Well, you wouldn't be Mai if you didn't overreact." He couldn't help but laugh at all the times they got in trouble from her overreacting through the years.

"You're a pain. What are we even talking about?"

"Just something about an old haunted mansion that he had a case on." Yasu replied in English. There was no point in continuing in Japanese.

The rest of class went by as normal with their debates and old "war" stories from Martin. That was his way of explaining some of the cases.

"Alright!" Martin motioned for all of his students to pay close attention to his next words. "Before we go for the day we need to talk about the fundraiser on Saturday. I know it's only Monday, but this is important. I know it's not required the first time, since you're all still getting used to class and assignments. I still recommend you go nevertheless you don't have to if you got things going on. It is formal attire though as it is a pretty big event. There will be people from the community coming and for a chance for you to expand your circle. We do call it a fundraiser, but it's more of a ball. We allow dancing and it's mostly finger food. Just enjoy yourselves and talk to people. Fair warning you'll probably get stuck for a couple hours talking about old cases from them. We do raise money, but we're not allowed to talk about it." He paused though as he saw Liam raised a hand. "Yes, Liam?"

"This doesn't sound like a fundraiser."

Martin just laughed. "My wife has been in charge of the event for a very long time, and she says everyone enjoys different aspects of it. I don't question any of it, because I don't need an upset wife on my back." This caused a few of his students to laugh a little. "We do raise a little bit more money though, so I'm not complaining about that either."

That's how the rest of the last ten minutes were spent. Talking about the fundraisers dos and don'ts and who some of the people were. There was going to be more information about the said dance once Friday rolls around.

Tuesday was just the same. Nothing insane had happened and Gene didn't pull Mai into the plain. She supposed she was going to need to talk to him at some point. Regular classes again Wednesday and Thursday. Mai was getting used to a schedule pretty fast. Mornings with Lin running around. Classes until the late afternoon. Homework when she gets home. Reading a book in the evening and then bedtime. That was everyday so far this week.

So, it was shocking when Lin came early for their run. It threw her off a bit, but what threw her off more is when he sat her down and pulled out different colored ribbon.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Aura colors.

She blinked as she looked down at the ribbons and then at Lin. "What exactly are we doing?"

Lin got out one of his tape recorders out and set it in front of him. He made sure to turn it on first though. "We're going to be dealing with psychometry and psychic sensing."

"Wait. I don't actually have psychometry."

"So you say…"

Mai blinked at the reply before looking down at the ribbons. "Do you happen to know something about my powers that I don't know? There is no way that would be possible."

"I have an idea about something and I want to see if I'm right. Mostly, you're able to sense auras and I think you can connect to that with almost any object."

"I'm completely lost."

"I think it's better to just get going with the test. Maybe, you'll figure it out. So, I want you to close your eyes and concentrate on the auras around you. Then you'll pick whatever ribbon you want and explain how you feel. Then at the end you'll give it a number."

"That's it?"

Lin nodded. "Take your time, but you need to concentrate for this to really work."

Mai let out a small sigh and closed her eyes and picked up one of the ribbons.

Orange.

She stayed sitting there with her eyes closed trying to reach for something. Literally anything. A couple minutes had passed and nothing was happening. She just didn't understand what was supposed to happen.

"Lin."

"You're trying to force a connection. You just need to relax and let the auras consume you."

Her eyes snapped open as she looked at the older man. "I can't do that! That's the opposite of what I was taught! It becomes way too much."

"Mai, I understand what the monks had taught you. It's a lot to handle when the vision is probably very intense. We're trying to control it, so it's not being forced shut. Besides, forcing it away doesn't help you in the long run. So, try again. With a new color."

She frowned, but put the ribbon down she was holding. She understood completely what Lin was telling her. There was no way she could do what he thought she could.

She sighed deeply and closed her eyes again. This time she didn't take the ribbon right away. She calmed down to the point her whole body was completely relaxed and opened her senses enough to where she could feel the mix of different aura's around her. It was always a lot to handle when opening up this much, and she guessed if she opened her eyes her vision would only be a different mix of colors.

She finally reached out to pick up one of the ribbons and held it. Which, to her surprise there was a bunch of different sensations rushing through her.

She almost lost her concentration from how intense it was.

Almost.

"It's very restless…and it feels like it's reaching out for something unknown."

"Number?"

"Five."

Lin reached over to take the ribbon and set it down in front of himself. "Next one."

Mai nodded and reached for the next ribbon. The rush of the sensations was a lot of different this time. "It's very intense and overwhelming. Very…passionate too…Number Seven.

"Next."

"Very…" Mai frowned as she tried to find the right words. "It just screams growth to me. It's like a root of a tree growing and feeding. I guess that's not a feeling though…Number Four"

"That's fine. Next."

"Free. Very joyful and restless. Number six.

"Next."

"Seeking something…anything really. It's so sensitive too…Number two."

"Next."

"Caring, nurturing, and protective. Number three."

That cause a crack in Lin's mostly composed face as they were going through this. That was the most matter of fact one so far. "Next."

"Vibrant, charismatic, and powerful. Number one."

Lin took the last ribbon and set it down. He knew where each was, but they were all mixed up from how Mai had went through them. "I don't want you to close down your aura sensing when you open up your eyes. Just stay calm and focused as you can.

Mai nodded a little. It's not like she didn't trust Lin, but she really didn't want to deal with the mass of colors. She did what she was asked though and opened her eyes slowly. Of course there was a mass of colors surrounding her vision. It took literally everything for her to just not shut her eyes again and get sick.

Lin was watching her closely to see the reaction. "The mass of colors you're probably experiencing is probably from objects."

Mai's concentration broke and all the colors swirled around her for a moment. "Dang it." She shut her eyes tightly trying to calm herself down from her aura sensing. "What do you mean from objects?"

"Certain objects, mostly things that are alive in a sense, can produce an aura. Trees, flowers, plants, crystals, and very bright colors in general. That's why I used the ribbons. It connects with the color of aura." Lin thought for a moment while looking down at the said ribbons. "It's almost time for your class, so we can end it for now. I think I know what to do with your training though. You mostly got told how to hold back your aura sensing and only using it when your eyes are close, but if we can make it part of your daily living I think it would work better. Sometimes, people use barriers, but considering our line of work…I think it would be better to train you in just being able to use it all the time. Of course you wouldn't constantly see the colors. It's kind of tricky to explain right now."

"That's fine. I trust you as my teacher, Lin. If you think this is the best approach we should just do it." She gave him a smile as she jumped up on her feet. "I'm gonna get some food before heading to the college. Want anything?"

Lin couldn't help but smile and got up from his spot to go help her. He also made sure to turn off the recorder.