I am so sorry about the long delay! But I am back and ready to continue the adventure!

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Dream

Drip...drip... drip... what was that? Where am I? Suddenly the door opened and I felt a cool breeze on my cheek.

"hello there girly." sneered a man as he entered the room.

Oh no, I am in a dream! Struggling against the rope that tied me to the wall I shuddered in fear as the man approached. He grabbed my neck and then pain ripped through my stomach when he punched me. Trying to gasp for air I realized he had tightened the hold on my neck. In the next second I was engulfed in darkness.

"Mai" came a familiar voice.

Opening her eyes Mai saw her spirit guide looking down at her concerned. She jumped up in surprise, "Gene! What are you doing here? I thought you moved on?" she cried to the boy.

"I thought so too. But I woke up earlier today and was talking to Noll. But that is not my reason for talking to you. You need to get out of this house. Once John does the exorcism you and the Miko will be in danger" he warned her with a serious look.

Mai nodded, "I understand. I will go visit Naru in the hospital tomorrow then"

Gene nodded in agreement. Mai looked at him with worried eyes, "How is Naru doing? Do you know?"

He gave her a big smile, "He will be just fine, just really tired. I bet my talking with him did not really help. He was really confused about my being back. Just like me." he said rubbing the back of his head.

"Ya I can see why he is confused" Mai said.

"I don't understand either. But I will help you guys out for as long as I can. Now you should wake up" Smiled Gene as he disappeared into the darkness.

End Dream

The morning was busy as John and Ayako got ready for their jobs. After Mai had explained what happened in her dream Lin had decided to drive her up to the hospital and he said he would bring Ayako by once her job was done.

At the hospital Mai sat on the chair next to her boss's bed. There was a little more color to his skin making Mai happy. About now the group should be doing the exorcism on the female ghosts in the house. Mai had her phone ready for them to call her and tell her how it went. After an hour of sitting patiently Naru began to stir.

He let out a small moan of pain and moved his head around slightly, "...Mai..." he gasped.

Mai jumped up and grabbed his hand and leaned over him, "Naru, I am right here." she whispered to her boss.

The black haired boy tightened his grip on her hand and after a few minutes his eyes slowly opened. Blue eyes looked around the room and settled on the brunette assistant looking at him worriedly.

"Are you ok?" he asked still a little groggy from the pain medication.

Mai gave him a small smile, "Yes. Thank you for protecting me. I am so sorry. You were injured pretty bad" she said tears starting to fill her eyes.

Naru gave a small grunt, "I can't risk my assistant getting hurt." he smirked at her.

The brunette just smiled, Naru must be fine if he was teasing her, "Ya I guess" she chuckled as she wiped away her tears.

Looking around the room again Naru asked, "What happened with the case?"

Mai rolled her eyes at her workaholic boss, "We are doing an exorcism on all the female ghosts today. Then the boys are going to do and exorcism on the killer tomorrow after they get Ayako out of there. This way everyone is protected." she informed him.

Naru gave a slight nod in understanding. The doctor walked in a few minutes later and checked all of Naru's injuries and vitals.

"Your ribs will be sore for a few months. We have medication for you to take. Aside from that everything else seems to heal nicely. The wound on your shoulder is no longer a worry. Just be careful. You can leave in a few hours if you wish" he said writing on his clip board.

"Yes I would like to leave as soon as possible" he replied once the doctor was done writing.

The doctor nodded, "I will have a nurse in here in a few hours with your papers." then he left.

Mai looked to her young boss that was now sitting up on the bed, "Are we going to go back to the house?"

Naru nodded, "yes once they exorcise the female ghosts we will return to the house. I want you and Ayako to stay in base while they handle the man."

"Alright. How long do you think it will be until they are done?" she asked looking back at her phone.

"According to the journal you found there are a lot of victims. Possibly a couple of hours. They will call" he replied.

"You should rest some more. Once we get back to the house you will be busy" suggested Mai seeing as how Naru looked really worn down.

Naru shifted his gaze to the assistant, "Have you seen Gene?"

"Ya he came to me last night. He seemed really confused. He told me he talked to you" she said a little sad for Naru.

Naru nodded, "It seems he has been brought back. We need to find out why. Let me know if he tells you anything else"

Mai nodded and then a nurse came in with a syringe, "Mr. Shibuya the doctor told me to give you some pain medication. It will make you feel a little drowsy" she informed him as she stuck it into his IV.

Naru ignored the woman, she was extremely busty and wore a really short skirt. She was clearly used to men falling to her feet. He turned his attention to Mai and noticed that she was in a foul mood, "What is the matter?" he asked her a little curious to the change in his assistants mood.

Mai turned her gaze from the nurse to her boss, "nothing. I will let you know if Lin calls" she said leaving the room.

Naru was a little surprised at this, as he turned to watch Mai leave he saw from the corner of his eye the nurse was giving her a dirty look. Now he understood and pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. Just as the door was about to shut he called out to her.

"Mai, come here" he said in his cool voice.

He heard the nurse huff in annoyance, he then turned his attention to the nurse standing extremely close to his bed, "If you are done with your job, please leave" he said to her.

She glared daggers at Mai as she left and closed the door a little more forcefully. Mai turned her attention to her boss still a little annoyed with the nurse, "What Naru?"

Naru sighed, "Just wait in here for Lin to call you"

Mai's eyes widened in surprise but she sat down on her chair again. Slowly Naru could feel his body going numb and his vision was starting to blur. He could feel Mai slowly lower him back down to the bed. She had a smile on her face.

"Looks like the medicine is going to make you rest. I will wake you up when they get here" she chuckled slightly.

Naru gave a slight nod and then his vision dipped into darkness as he went into a dreamless sleep.

Back at the house

"Lin what do we do now?" asked Monk as he banged on the front door.

Lin whistled for his shiki, they smashed into the door, only for nothing to happen. He cursed under his breath and turned to other three. And walked back to base.

"It seems that this spirit is extremely strong. Also, it does not want us to leave." he summarized for the group.

John rose from his seat on the couch, "I can try to perform an exorcism."

Monk nodded, "You do that and I will have a kekie set up."

After a few minutes of preparation they had the kekie set up and John was standing in the middle of the room with his bible ready while Ayako and Lin sat at the monitors to watch. Once John began his chanting they saw a black figure appear in the door way.

"Nice try young priest but you are not strong enough for me" it growled and then John winced and went down to one knee as the spirit used its demonic power to push down on him.

The dark figure disappeared and the others ran to John, "I'm alright but I don't think I will be able to exorcise him. My prayers had no effect on him it seems."

Ayako looked disappointed, "I already used the trees for the women I can't use them for six months."

Monk gave a frustrated sigh, "Then how do we beat this thing?"

Lin thought for a couple seconds, "Let's call Mai and see if Naru is awake so we can ask him"

The Chinese man pulled out his phone to call the assistant at the hospital, "Mai. Is Naru awake?"

"Yes, here he is" she said. Then on the other end of the phone they can hear the phone changing hands. Lin put the phone on speaker.

"What?" came the cool narcissist.

"We are now trapped in the house and it seems that Father Brown is not strong enough to expel him" informed Lin.

There was silence on the other line for a minute, "I will think of something. Ms. Matsuzaki put charms all around the base, Takigawa keep up your kekei barrier. I will call soon" then he hung up.

Naru gave the phone back to Mai and captured his chin in his hand. "What do we do Naru?" asked Mai as she put the phone back in her pocket.

After several moments the nurse from before came in with the release papers. The woman continued to glare at Mai while Naru signed his name. When Naru flipped to the last page he gave an irritated sigh.

"What's the matter?" asked Mai noticing her boss's irritation.

Naru ignored her and turned to the nurse, he picked up a folded piece of paper and tossed it in the garbage next to him, "No thanks" was all he said.

The girl gave an irritated sigh and snatched back the paperwork form Naru and left slamming the door. Mai gave a small giggle and waited for Naru to dress in his bathroom. The hospital was a twenty minute drive from the house but Naru decided they would head over to the library instead. Once they got out of the cab they went straight to the record department.

"What are we looking for?" Mai asked the young boss.

Naru grabbed a book off the shelf, "this" he said as he opened the book. To Mai it looked like a book of property ownership records. Not wanting to bother the young boss Mai sat at a table waiting for him to tell her what was happening. Slowly Mai could feel her eye lids getting heavy and she slipped into sleep.

I hope you all enjoyed. Again sorry about the delay but I will have the next update by Friday hopefully. So see you all soon :)

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