Hey there! I have been reading none stop xD I thought it would be best if I took a break and write some stuff xD

Disclaimer I don't own Ghost Hunt, I would be too happy if I did.

"Well.. to be honest, I don't know" she answered as she felt all eyes on her.

"You don't know?" Lin tried to push.

"I mean, I noticed it right away. When my parents died... But as I digged in, nothing out of place came out. The ages never matched, the gender or the cause of death gave no connection at all. Some even had more than one child... What unsettles me the most. Is that I'm the only one left" Mai gripped the Hem of her skirt as hard as she could.

"Nah Jou-chan, don't worry everything will be ok. We are here are we not?" Bou-san bear hugged her and then turned her to meet everyone's eyes. The all nodded in response, except for Naru who was deep in thought.

She smiled greatly as she rubbed away the tears that had gathered at the end of her eyes. "Yeah!"

"Mai-san, just to confirm. What was your parents... Work? Anything unusual? Could you also... Tell us how they... Died?"

Mai nodded, and quickly swallow the knot on her throat.

"Mom was a teacher, she was very dedicated in her work that... She... Overworked herself... Well she used to tell me that in her family, eyes seems to change colors. I never believed it until she managed to catch a plate before it fell from the table.." she smiled softly as she drowned in the memory

"Change color? Like your's?" The serious tone in the Monk almost threw her off.

"What are you talking about? I have tried, they don't" she laughed out loud. No one else did but before someone could point it out that she had, Lin continued to ask.

"What about your dad?"

Mai brushed the back of her neck shyly "well, he died before I could remember him.. but mom used to say, they made a great team, she mentioned that on my father's side, they were very famous. But my dad was the last one alive, he had retired from his family heritage role, when he married my mother."

"Would you please elaborate on his famous role and how he and your mother teamed up?"

"Ah" Mai seemed to be embarrassed... "Mom met my dad, when he showed up at her school for work... He was.. well... Um a sh..." She whispered the last word. Which made the Monk ask her to repeat.

"Sh..." She repeated even lower.

"Mai" he scolded her, trying to make her say it loudly.

"A SHAMAN"

Silence fell on the room.

"See! This is why I didn't want to talk, people always avoid me. When I tell them my father's profession" she sulk down on her couch. And no later, the Monk asked out loud to everyone...

"Is she... A hybrid?"

"A what? Both Ayako and Mai growled, the first one hitting him with her purse.

"A hybrid. Half psychic, half shaman" he stated, not waiting for confirmation now as he tried his best to avoid the purse.

"What? No..." She remembered strange occurrences while her mother cooked... "No..." This time she sounded insecure. "And even if it I was, it has nothing to do, with early dead on my bloodline"

"Perhaps..." Naru began but stopped ... Mai was already in denial... He turned to glance at Lin withi a meaningful look, to which he nodded in understanding.

"Enough, I'm tired. I don't want to hear this" she said fishing for a chocolate bar from her bag and storming out to the car.

"Is that also the reason, why spirits are drawn to her?" Ayako asked, now more or less calmed down.

"I will bet my money on that, it will also match if all her family was and they died because of it"

"Huh? I'm not following up" John asked.

"Spirits are drawn to energy sources, they take energy from the surrounding to manifest. Right sensei?" The Monk commented with a smug expression.

"Then if that's the case, why doesn't Shibuya-san attracks ghost? He has a great amount of energy."

"His energy may be way too powerful... And it may scare the ghost away" this time the Monk sounded unsured, but when he tried to get confirmation from both men they were already out of the conversation and onto their own.

"Then prepare the needed documents" was the last sentence he managed to hear from them.

"Why do you need this Naru?" She asked as she handled him her grades from school. It's been a week after the case. And judging by her appearance she seemed to be back on shape, that is if you don't count the chocolate bar, forever present in her hand...

"For your passport"

"Passport, I see.." she went back to filling in papers on her desk... "My passport, hm?" She closed the last file and cleaned her station... "Wait... My passport? What for?" She threw his door open.

An amused eyebrow raised in his face, when her face changed expressions in literally seconds.

"It took 10 minutes for your brain to process that. Are you sure you didn't falsified your grades?"

She turned deep red in anger but rather than storming about her honor role place she continued to ask. " I was just distracted! Do we have a case abroad?" The simple thought of traveling calmed her anger.

His normal poker face returned " you can say that, but in reality father wants to meet you"

Her face cutely turned to her side. "Huh? Didn't your parents meet all of us back then?" She was referring to the time they pull up Gene's body out of the lake...

"Rather than meet you. I will say he wants to test your abilities"

"Why?"

"He is stubborn and wish to see if your abilities are harming you in any way. Do I really need to explain that?"

Her cheeks puffed up "I'm not a lab rat and I'm perfectly fine. Unless you explain to me. I won't go"

For once he was glad her stubbornness had subsided, half a year ago. A fight would had started a couple of minutes ago. But it was still annoying having to explain everything.

Sighing he stood up and grabbed her chocolate bar from her hand, making her complain out loud.

"Consuming high amount of sugar can cause several health problems. If your abilities are the cause of this. Then I beg to differ that your fine"

"Then I just need to stop. Was that all?" She said slamming her hands on her desk. Unknown to her, her hands had physically gone through her notebook. And her eyes were glowing.

"No... You are unable to control them and they show up on your daily life. What will you think it will happen if a normal person saw this?" He pointed out at her hands, while Lin took a picture of them.

Mai turned to glare first at Lin, thinking he was on his side or that they were pranking her. He only shook his head once and she raised an eyebrow in confusion. Finally deciding to look down, she nearly shouted as she backed away. Lin decided it was the best chance to escape.. he quickly made his way out.

But for Mai it was too much she began to cry. "... Am I ... A monster?"

"Do you refer to your physical appearance? If so, you do resemble a squirrel"

"No jerk! My gosh I can't believe you!" She growled dangerously, instantly forgetting her depression.

"Do you need a mirror? I always have one with me" a smug expression was on his face.

That seemed to take her by surprise "of course you do! You're a narcissist!" After some laughs she clearly calmed down... Before he entered his office, he clearly heard her whisper "thank you"

A small smile made his lips curl up. She blinked twice to clear her vision but he was already out of her view. A strong blush and fast beating from her heart made her frown.

She loved Gene. She couldn't fall for his brother. She remembered everything she made with Gene but suddenly a small voice in her heart made a question that broke her heart. What did Gene liked? His hobbies... His preference in food... What did she knew about him? Nothing... She knew nothing...

She had loved him for his smile, his sweet words and strong guidance... But was that enough? Could that really be not called superficial?

Had she not confused Naru's hobbies with Gene's? Wasn't Naru the one she used to wish was in her dreams...?

She knew the answer. But she didn't wish to accept it. Everything she had done and said... Everyone knew. She loved Gene not Naru...

So why now did she dared question her heart? When even the same narcissist jerk had told her he had mistaken her love...

Was she confused? Was he confused? She needed the truth. Standing up she knocked on his door. If she was indeed iin love with Gene she needed information.. no she needed confirmation.

And there was only one person she could go to. Naru.

The flight took off 2weeks after.

Next to the window seat was Mai. Clearly showing up her sleeping habits on the first hour. At first she was excited to travel but when they got on the private plane, she got bored and began to nod off. It seems that both Naru and Lin were used to travel in a private plane and Naru had commented casually that it was normal that they would use the branch plane. It was often used by others to attend international meetings or to transport the fragile equipment safely from one place to another.

Lin also mentioned that, Naru's parents used it mostly to go travel in vacations and others stuff, so the branch lent the plane easily in attempt to avoid the press and or kidnapping attempts to the Davis in general.

Mai raised an eyebrow but avoided asking further. Whatever the answer would be too complicated to understand.

"Idiot" Naru muttered covering her with a blanket, and returning back to sit next to her. Book in hand.

Lin, raised an eyebrow elegantly... Asking in amusement to what he was doing. Naru responded with a shake of his head... But no later, while inmersed in his book a small smile catched Lin's attention. Mai was muttering in her sleep and Naru was smiling, the book covered his lips but on his eyes, a light amusement could be seen.

Lin smiled to himself, something must had happened back then.

"Come in" he had replied to her knock and taking a huge breath she came in.

"I need to discuss something with you"

"I'm currently occupied, can it wait?" He said typing something on his computer.

"..no"

"Is this about the passport and trip? I thought we already discussed it and reach to a conclusion" he stopped typing and turned his attention to her. Regardless of being a jerk. He knew that as a boss he had a responsibility to hear his employees...

"No... But it will hurt to discuss"

He raised an eyebrow, but as soon as it was raised it came down. A thought came to his mind.

"You wish a time off?"

"No" she shook her head.

His expression turned serious "you wish to quit?"

"No!" She raised her eyes to meet his, desperation on them, but they quickly turned back to the floor.

He relaxed "what is it? don't waste my time"

"I know nothing... I know nothing of him!" Her eyes pleaded looking back at him "you told me it was him, right? Then why?" A sob escaped but she continued "I don't wish to love you. You are a jerk, a vegetarian, a tea addict, a worm book. A shut in, you hate to be touched, you like black and red, you dislike insects. Love cakes and prefer your right hand instead of your left even though you can use both... You like instrumental music rather than popular songs and you like animals, mostly dogs but you treat humans as pumpkins... Then why? Why I don't know anything about Gene?"

He was taken a back, no reply could form or escape his lips.

"I used to wish you were the one in my dreams... That's why I never really thought of asking, because I knew about your likes and dislikes... And even... Even with Gene... I never thought of asking him to find out. " *Sob* " the other one knew that's why he never talked about himself" *sob*" and you pushed me to him, instead of rejecting me"

His eyes widened as he felt the back of his neck and ears burn, could he perhaps be blushing? His face was starting to burn as well...

"I hate, both of you. Hope you both get ants on your pants and that you get pooped by a bird on your way home. I also hope you step on sh*t and get wet by rain water. You deserve that and more" she pointed a finger against him, her tears in her eyes made her missed the blush on his face but she stand up and called him a number of names before slamming his door shut.

Finally recovering, he glared at the computer while trying to cover the heat on his cheeks and to calm his fast beating heart. The girl will be the death of him.

Next day. Lin couldn't help but tell her the unfortunate events that Naru experienced, it was hilarious to say the least. He had stepped on an ants nest by accident then a bird pooped on his hair, a fast running car splashed water against him and he stepped on a land mine.

She ha laughed out loud and he scolded her, but their usual interaction took place. If Lin could described it. They seemed closer...

Right hi there~ thanks for staying with me! Will Mai be ok going to the British branch? I will just say a white crow is very difficult to find ;) you know what I mean if you read the stories mentioned on the the beginning of !