Wow it has been a while. Thank you to everyone who is still following this story and I apologize for taking such a long time. I ran into writers block and did not know how to continue but I hope you all like it. Please leave a review :)

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Then next two weeks were pretty boring. Naru would drive Mai to school on his way to work and then Monk or John would grab her on the way to the office. Everyone had decided that she was not allowed to make the long walk to work without one of them with that strange family around. Mai didn't mind, she and Monk would always get lunch on the way in and John always had fun stories to tell her about the children from the parish.

She was walking from class with her friends when she noticed Rin waiting for her in the hallway up ahead. Her friends noticed too and they moved to place Mai in the middle of their little pack as they walked past the boy. The boy did not appreciate being ignored so he jumped in front of the three girls and quickly grabbed Mai's arm in rage.

"I will teach you to cheat on me you whore" he pulled her and threw her to the ground roughly.

Her two friends screamed at him and tried to push him away as he tried to tower over Mai. Two boys from Mai's class saw this and ran over and punched the kid while a teacher ran over to figure out what was happening. After explained what had happened the teacher escorted the three boys to the principal's office after telling the girls to go to the nurse. It was then that Mai noticed she had somehow cut her arm and it was bleeding a bit.

The principal soon arrived in the nurses office after her arm was bandaged, "Taniyama are you all right?" asked the man.

Mai smiled at everyone, "Yes thank you. I was just a little caught off guard."

He nodded, glad that she was ok and that there was no further incident.

"You don't need to worry about Rin. He has already been taken off the property and suspended. I would have had him expelled but the school board would not listen. I am sorry." he was clearly not happy with the school boards decision.

The door opened again and in walked the young vice principal followed by Naru. The young boss was quickly at his assistant's side and inspecting the bandages.

"What are you doing here?" asked Mai confused at her boss being in the school.

"I called him when your class mates brought Rin into the office. I think it would be best if you took the rest of the day off. Your teachers agreed and there is no school work you are going to miss" said the Principal signing a paper the nurse gave him.

Keiko and Muirichi hugged Mai and told her to call them tonight and left the room with the vice principle so he could escort them back to class without them getting in trouble by the teachers. The nurse went back into her office to deal with the papers the principal just signed.

"Taniyama since Rin is only suspended for a month and when he comes back there will still be two months before you graduate I think it would be best if we assigned someone to look after you in the school once he returns. This person would only have to walk with you through the halls." Said the principal as he rested a fatherly hand on her shoulder.

Mai nodded still surprised at Naru's arrival, "Who would that be?"

The principle gave a small smile, "Well the funny thing is we had a recent transfer this morning. Your boss informed me that you are good friends with him. A Mr. Yasuhara"

"What?!" Mai exclaim happily.

The principal nodded with a small smile "his school recommended it so that he could get into a better college if he finished his education here"

Naru took this moment to speak, "he will be the one to follow you in the hallways. The principal and I found it a good solution to the scenario. Are you ok with his help?" he asked looking at his stunned assistant.

Mai processed all of the information and then smiled at both the men showing them that she was fine with it, "Sounds good to me. I haven't seen Yasu in a while anyway"

The principal nodded and left to go return to his duties. Naru walked up to Mai and grabbed her school bag from the floor, "Ok let's get you back to the house" he said leading her towards the door.

"Wait why not to the office?" she asked.

"There are no new cases and you need to rest. Lin and Madoka will be fine" He said as they walked down the hallway.

Mai was stunned again, he was going to stay with her? Mai got into his car and they drove to the house. When they arrived home she went straight to her room and changed into some lounging clothes. She felt weird being home in the middle of the day when she should be in class but went into the living room to relax.

Naru walked in from the kitchen and handed her a warm cup of tea along with two pills before guiding her to sit down on the couch.

"What are these for?" she asked looking down at the capsules.

Naru sat on the couch next to her, "Your arm is going to be hurting. Those should help" he said pulling out a book to read.

Mai nodded and took the pills before relaxing into the couch and turn on the tv. Less than twenty minutes later Mai was asleep again leaning against Naru's shoulder. He glanced down at the brunette before giving a small sigh and carefully got up and laid Mai all the way on the couch and went to grab a blanket and pillow for her. Once he thought she was comfortable he went to his laptop to look at possible cases. An alert at the bottom of the screen caught his attention. An email.

He opened it thinking it was from Lin. It was from a Haru Kazi and he was not familiar with the name. Naru opened the email and glared at the screen.

Mr. Shibuya,

I just wanted to apologize to you after our conversation at the dance. My son came home today and told me that he was suspended from school.

When I went to pick him up today I was surprised to see you there. But I began to piece the puzzle together. You are after my son's woman. It is not surprising, after all my son does choose the best. But I would like for you to realize that I am a man of many resources so please be aware that my son will be with Mai. I am sorry to say that there is not much you can very well do about it. After all, I am sure she has already picked him over you. Now please handle this like a gentle man and stop accusing my son of harassing. It is not very becoming of a young man to make such claims.

Yours truly,

Haru Kazi

Naru read the email a few times before let out a quiet chuckle. This family is absolutely crazy. Reading it again Naru got a bad feeling that they might do something to Mai so he closed his laptop and pulled out his phone to call Lin. After an hour of phone calls between several people Naru felt a little better and went to the kitchen to make dinner. It was already six and Mai needed something to eat. After making some sandwiches he brought it over to the coffee table and looked down at the sleeping girl. She looked so peaceful and he allowed a small smile to tug at his lips. He gently woke the girl up and they ate dinner watching a movie.

After the movie ended Mai looked over at Naru who was reading a book, he seems to have a library in his house, "Sorry about today" she said softly.

Naru closed his book and turned to face her, "There is no need for an apology. I already told you the office was covered by Lin and Madoka."

"I mean for you having to take care of me and coming to my school. I am sure it was an inconvenience" she said turning back to the tv.

She knew that Naru only saw her as an assistant so he would probably hate her for having to watch over her and let off work early to come get her from school.

"It's fine Mai. There is actually a matter I wanted to discuss with you" he said also looking at the tv now.

Mai looked to him quizzically, "What's up?"

"After today's incident with that boy I think you should start taking legal action. I have already contacted a lawyer and there is an appointment set up for tomorrow if you want to go. He is a family friend and does good work" Said Naru still watching the television.

Mai was surprised, he cared about her enough to actually call in a family favor. Her cheeks went red a little and smiled at the stoic boy, "Thank you Naru. I would really appreciate that"

Naru nodded and looked at her with his usually unemotional mask on, "Good. It is a nine in the morning. I already called the school and told them you might be absent. Your principal is fine with it and we can pick up your school work after the appointment."

Mai was amazed again he even had it worked out with the school already and her smile grew even more, "thank you so much. I can't wait for this to be over."

Naru nodded and gave her a smirk, "Glad you're ok with it. Now we should get to bed. It is already very late." then he rose from the couch taking the dirty dishes with him.

Dream

Mai was walking with the SPR group through a town. It was a festival and all the girls were dressed up as they ran from booth to booth. Ayako was giving monk a hard time when he tried to win her a toy at one of the games. Masako was wrapped around John's arm as she was swarmed by her fans and John was his normal polite self to all of them even when Masako was getting annoyed. Lin and Madoka where looking through the many stalls and she picked out jewelry while Lin pulled out his wallet. It made Mai giggle at everyone. Mai turned to Naru, he was wearing his normal black outfit but he seemed to be a little happier than his normal unemotional self. Mai noticed a beautiful garden and wanted to walk through it. Seeing this Naru started walking that way knowing Mai would go if he initiated it.

"Wow this is so amazing" Mai exclaimed looking at all the flowers.

Naru just stood behind her as she danced through the flowers. The sun was high overhead and danced across her face as she smiled. They continued to walk down the path as Mai admired the flowers. Mai felt a chill run down her spine and she looked up to see Rin standing at the end of the trail. Naru was already in front of her protectively.

"Let's just go Mai. He has a restraining order against him. If he tries anything he will be arrested" he said coolly as he turned Mai around to go back down the path they just entered.

Mai nodded and started to walk. Rin followed them laughing like a maniac. Naru placed a protective arm around her waist to keep her near him. They turned the corner and there was a wall in front of them. A dead end. They turned around to see Rin standing in their way.

Naru pushed Mai behind him, "Move now. You will be arrested and we don't have time for you" he said in his unemotional voice.

Behind Rin three dark figures appeared and he started to laugh again. Mai felt really cold and clutched onto Naru's shirt. She could feel how tense he was.

"Give me my girlfriend" growled Rin no longer laughing.

Naru took a step back with Mai, "She made it clear. She is afraid of you."

"Fine then, I will just have to get rid of you" he said with an evil look.

Mai screamed when Naru pushed her back as the three figures lunged at them. She looked up from her position on the ground and saw that Naru was being held by the figures. One had each of his arms and the other stood in front of him. He was struggling to get free as Rin walked closer to him. Mai could see something reflect the sun in his hand.

"Naru!" She screamed as Rin stabbed him in the stomach.

The third figure grabbed Mai and held her in place as she tried to run to Naru's side. Rin smiled as he stabbed Naru again. Naru gasped and bit his lip trying not to scream. Rin noticed this and punched him in the face, "What, too tough to scream in pain?" he teased.

"Rin stop it" screamed Mai as she struggled against the dark mass.

Rin just chuckled at her and he brought the knife back into Naru a couple times and Mai could see that he was no longer holding himself up. The black figures on his arms where what kept him standing. Naru's skin was going ghostly white and blood dripped out of his mouth. Rin punched him again and kneed him in the stomach.

"With you out of the way. Mai will be mine" he growled as he grabbed Naru's hair on the back of his neck his blue eyes where closed and his face in obvious pain.

Mai screamed as Rin brought the knife up again about to make the final blow. She cried Naru's name tears pouring out of her. Just before the knife could make contact with Naru's skin she found her- self staring up into blue eyes.

End Dream