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John yawned, watching as his two Japanese friends paced around his bedroom both mumbling too fast for him to follow. John was not even sure how it had ended up like this or why his room had become a secret meeting room for the two older people.

Ayako stop snapping her fingers together as she pointed at Hosho. "That's it!" she shouted happily surprising the two men.

"What's what?" Hosho asked slumping down on the bed next to John.

"Mai was just pretending to have a boyfriend to make Naru jealous!" Ayako said smiling. "I just know she would have told me if she started dating, especially if it was such a hot guy." she said crossing her arms in triumph.

"Not so fast! I don't think Mai would tell a busy-body like you before me anyway, but it makes sense that she started dating him. He is a lot nicer than Naru." Hosho said bitterly.

John raised a hand waiting for the two to calm down before he said meekly. "Mai told me she was dating Jori-kun four nights ago after her group date."

Ayako and Hosho froze before turning to stare at their blond friend. "What?" they asked together closing in on him.

A knock on John's bedroom door saved him from the preying questions He jumped up and answered smiling at the Detective standing outside his bedroom door. "Detective Gotou-san! What brings you here?" John asked opening the door to show him the inside of the room.

"I was just wondering where all the noise was coming from." Gotou said gruffly feeling bad that he had bother John. He had been shocked to learn such a young man was a Priest, but it had put him way up there in people he respected. "Sorry to bother you Father Brown."

"Oh no, I wasn't sleeping. I apologize I had no idea that you could hear these two." John said bowing to the older man "Please forgive them. They're heading to bed now anyway."

Hosho and Ayako glared at John before the walked past the two and headed for the own rooms. But not without shooting him pointed looks that clearly said they'd find out what he knew tomorrow.

"Sorry again father." Gotou said bowing as he left.

John closed the door, letting a sigh of relief out as it clicked shut behind him at least he would have time to warn Mai, before they found too much out. Shaking his head, he headed back to his bed to get so much needed rest.

It wasn't long after he had gone to Father Brown's room that Ishii was pounding on his door, nearly knocking the pictures off the wall as he shouted from the hallway.

Gotou pulled himself out of bed and walked over to the door yanking it opened before he yelled. "What do you want? It's one in the morning!"

"Detective Gotou Sir, we have a problem." Ishii said unfazed by his outburst.

...

Detective Gotou grimaced holding a thick cloth over his mouth, as the Coroner team removed the bodies, placing them all into Bodies bags to be transported back to the police station.

"When will you know who they were?" Gotou asked looking at the gleeful coroner; Hata turned a sadistic grin distorting his face.

"What?" he asked, rubbing his hands together.

"When. Will. We. Know. Who. They. Are." he asked grinding his teeth together, while trying to hold the cloth in place.

"Oh, tomorrow night at the latest." Hata said, smiling. "We can't rush these things." he added picking up a lose finger.

Gotou gagged, moving away from the smell and the disturbing Coroner. "Call me as soon as you get the results." he barked over his shoulder.

"Yes, yes."

"Sir, the staff would like permission to clean the compressor." Gotou stopped looking at the police officer.

"You tell them this is a crime scene, and no one is cleaning anything until all the evidence has been collected, bagged and tagged, and only then can they even come into this room." Gotou said glaring at the younger man.

"Yes, Sir." he answered bowing low, before he left to tell the five male staff members.

Gotou sighed, rubbing at a sore spot next his left eye as he watch the young man, they really weren't training them like they used to. In his day-

"Detective Gotou-san sir." Isshi asked coming up behind him, breaking him out of his rather discouraging thoughts. "These two are the ones who found the bodies." Isshi said pointing to Ren and Jori who were standing as far from the compressor as possible while still being in the room. "They only arrived this morning and have never been on the property before today so they aren't suspects."

"Have they been cooperating?" Gotou asked watching the two young man.

"Yes, they've answered all my questions and have been very helpful." Isshi said pushing up his glasses, he sounded puzzled like he'd expected them to be horrible just because one was dating Haruka.

"Good." Gotou said. "Send them to bed, we'll find them tomorrow if we have more questions for them."

"Yes sir."

"I don't get it!" Ren said slamming his fist into the elevator wall.

"What, that they have an elevator and forgot to tell us? Come on man you can't be mad about that can you?" Jori asked leaning next to the control panel.

"No, well yes I'm annoyed by that but I mean-"

"You either are or you aren't-"

"We just found bodies! And not animals! HUMANS! Doesn't that bother you?" Ren shouted glaring at his friend's aloof attitude.

Jori's face darkened.

"I mean-"

"Yes it bothers me, but there's nothing I can do Ren and if I'm going to be a police officer, I need to learn to deal with stuff like that." he said jabbing his finger down at the floor.

"I guess but-"

"Ren, please." Jori said clutching at his side. "I'm just trying not to pass out or vomit."

Ren nodded, guilt burning at his insides and he watch his friend shaking ever so slightly as he tried to calm himself down. "Sorry." he mumbled leaning back against the wall. The elevator doors opened and Mai rushed in looking around until she spotted Jori.

Ren watched in shock as she moved to hug him.

"Are you okay?" she asked looking at Ren and then the man she was hugging, almost without thinking.

"Yeah, all things considering." Ren wasn't sure what was more shocking Mai running in to hug his best friend or that Jori had started to cry almost as soon as her arms closed around him. He watched them for a second before getting off the elevator only to be attacked from behind by a set of small arms.

"REN!" Haruka said slamming into him. "I just heard, are you alright?"

"Haruka..." Ren smiled, yeah he was alright even if his knees started shaking and his legs gave out, he was alright.

'It's alright." Haruka soothed kneeling next to him, she rubbed his back and pulled his head onto her shoulder, just letting him try and find himself again. It seemed liked the shock hadn't yet set in until they'd been alone in the elevator and now with the girl comforting them, there wasn't anything they seemed to be able to hold back. "You'll be okay. I'm sure of it..."

Ren sniffed feeling really stupid for crying so much, as he wiped his eyes and look at Haruka, who was smiling sadly at him. "Gotou-san says they'll be able to notify the families soon, it's all thanks to you and Jori finding them, another day and they would have been sent to the dump."

Ren looked at her shocked. "What?"

"It's true, and then the chances of anyone finding them would have gone down to zero." Haruka patted his head affectionately. "You did really well."

Ren smiled tearfully, leaning back into her arms. They stayed there a while, until Jori and Mai came out of the elevator, which had been going up and down for the past half hour.

"Hey." Jori said waving at them. Ren snarled at him, feeling even more stupid, because of his friends composed look, while he was still tearing up, sitting on the floor, with Haruka rocking him.

Naru walked into the main base trying to stifle a yawn as he pushed his way into the almost empty room, Lin was already sitting at his desk going over video footage from last night. He was starting at a hallway watching as two girls ran along, one stopping outside the elevator and while the other ran into it as soon as the doors opened.

"What are you looking at?" Naru asked dropping into his seat, he was still half asleep but he didn't need to hide in front of Lin, after all the man had known him since he was ten there wasn't much that he didn't already know about Naru.

"Mai and the other girl." Lin said plainly. If Ayako of Hosho had been in the room, no doubt one of them would have made a crack about it, but being just Naru and Lin, there wasn't much room for humor.

"Doing?" Naru asked turning his own attention to the screen.

"See for youself." Lin said getting to his feet and stretching while Naru watched his Mai hanging off some other guy's arm. Lin watched with a silent amusement as Naru's back stiffened, he knew even if the younger man wouldn't admit it that he had feeling for Mai that went far past just 'friends'.

Lin just hoped that he would see it too before she was caught by some other man who loved her openly, instead of in a strange unbeknownst of both parties sort of way.

Naru snapped himself out of his frozen state and turned to Lin, masking his discomfort with cold eyes and a straight face. "Did the camera's pick up anything unusual last night?"

Lin shook his head, "Nothing strange has happened since the temperature drop in your room, though since they removed the bodies from the compressor last night there have been a number of disturbances in the lower levels of the house." Lin showed Naru the temperature readings from that part of the house and continued. "I think it would be best if we set up some cameras down in the lower levels and in the kitchen."

Naru nodded, "I'll tell Gray." A strange feeling started to swell in his chest, making his whole body heat up uncomfortable, as he stood and made his way towards the doors, he felt agitated, and he couldn't seem to figure out why he was feeling that way, it wasn't like he cared what Mai did on her free time. She wasn't so helpless that he had to watch her all the time. "Just most of it." A voice said softly in his head.

Naru paused, but didn't take too much time to think about that as he pulled the door opened and left Lin in the empty base. Or was it?

Gene signed watching his brother disappear as the door closed behind him. What was he going to do with him?

John watched with sleep laden eyes as Mai explained her strange behavior to Hosho and Ayako for the fifth time since they had walked in on Lin watching the video tape of her in the elevator. They had been drilling her with question since she walked in, much to Naru's angry, because she hadn't been able to make him tea since then, and John could see he was running on low.

"I think," John said catching everyone's attention, because he had said a word since they entered the room. "That Mai has a right to do whatever she wants, and that she is old enough that she should have to explain herself."

Mai beamed. "Thank you John-san, at least I know you love me."

Hosho and Ayako had been glaring at John until Mai spoke, they both turned looking horrified. "We love you!" they shouted together.

Mai narrowed her eyes. "Really? Because usually people who love each other, trust each other."

"We trus—" Ayako started, but Mai cut her off. "That why you followed me on my date? And why you have been so hostile to Jori even though you don't know him?"

"Because we don't know him!" Hosho said whining. "It's not that we don't trust you, we don't trust him. We don't know anything about him."

"But I do." Mai said frowning. "I know him, and I trust him enough to want to date him. So why can't you trust me enough to trust him?"

They looked down at their feet as she continued. "Well it just means that John, Lin and Naru love me more."

Naru looked up at her then, a strange expression that none of the team had seen before on his face, it was almost a wince. "Mai."

"Yes, Naru?" Mai took a step towards him; she must be feeling bad for making him make such face. John wasn't sure what to do, maybe he just needed tea.

"Will you please make me some tea?" Naru asked.

The room was still, everyone frozen in a shocked silence as they all stared at him.

John, Hosho, Ayako and Mai nearly died from shock, when Lin started to chuckle it was a hearty sounded that would have lightened the mood if not for the surprise it instilled in the occupants on the room.

Lin shut his mouth turning back to the computers and started to type at super-speed, making more than enough noise to block out whatever strange questions they might throw at him.

"I'll go make some tea." Mai said breaking the uncomfortable silence that had filled the room. John stood, "I'll come to if you don't mind." He said to Mai already opening the door for her.

"Sure John lets go."

(A/N. Sorry everyone for taking so long, I'll try and get the new chapter up very soon! But in case it's not before Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (=3=)/