So apparently there was some confusion. People questioned what happened to the original Anything But Ordinary, and someone alerted me that they were concerned that Anyū Butō Sutōrī was a copy! O^O

So to clear up any and all misunderstandings, this is a REWRITE of Anything But Ordinary. The original has officially been deleted from the website, and this is my story. Thank you for your concern, and please, continue the fantastically creepy adventures of Ghost Hunt!

Also, I just finished watching Pewdiepies lets play of Corpse Party. Corpse Party is a fucked up game, let me tell you. Interesting, sure, but GOD, is it fucked up. You enjoy horror survival and plot, you'll love this game, but... *shudders*

Surprisingly enough, it was fantastic inspiration for later chapters in this story.

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So, yeah. Enjoy!

Amy47101 does not own Ghost Hunt. Only Emi.

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File Nine

Emi

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9:04 AM

Thursday

Monk let out a low whistle as they all got out of the van, staring at the enormous house in front of them.

"That's a pretty big house." Mai mumbled, taking in the wraparound porch on the ground floor and the four story house that towered over them.

"Well if it isn't my little angel!" someone called out. Everyone turned their gaze to the voice, and saw none other than Emi leaning on the porch, the swing behind her swinging slightly as if she had just stood up to greet them. "So you were a part of the ghost hunters! Did little Maimai, come to save me from the big bad ghost? 'Cause if not, I'd say you're following me around because you liiiiike me~." She tilted her head back and laughed.

"It's just Mai." Mai muttered in response.

"I'll get Sakura." Emi responded, opening the door, then shouting. Even from the driveway Mai could hear happy cries of children echoing in the house. "Hey, you little rugrats! Be quiet! We've got guests!" This barely quieted the sounds.

"Lively place, eh?" John grinned as Naru went around the back of the van, prepared to unload the equipment.

"Well, it's a house filled with thirteen or so kids, so are you surprised?" Naru asked, passing a box of shelves to him. "I'm going to go interview those who are living here. John, Monk, Ms. Matsuzaki, find the base room and set up the equipment." Mai already knew that Lin would be trailing behind Naru, but was surprised to find out that she was not assigned to shelve duty.

"Er, Naru? What about me?" she pointed to herself to make a point. Naru sighed, irritated.

"I figured it was fairly obvious. If you're not setting up base, you're going to come with me." he responded, walking towards the house. Mai stood there for a moment. He had never wanted her to come with him before base setup, yet he still treated her like a complete idiot. Did he somehow find a way to give her a promotion and insult her?

Knowing him, she thought as she hurried to catch up with Naru and Lin, he probably did.

The crossed the threshold of the house, Sakura greeting them warmly, a hint of relief in her eyes.

"Your base room is on the second floor. It's rather small, but I'm sure it'll be big enough..." she said, watching as Monk came in whistling a chipper tune, followed by John, who smiled warmly at her, and Ayako who was grumbling about something or another. "I-I would assume this is your team, Mr. Shibuya?"

"Yes." Naru responded. Lin stepped forward.

"Ms. Hyuaba, we will require blueprints and any history of the house that you have." he stated. Sakura tilted her head.

"I think I might have something like that filed away in my office. I can go and get it."

"That would be fine, thank you." Naru responded. Sakura nodded, turning to Monk, Ayako, and John, who simply stood there.

"I'll lead you to your base. My office is close by, so if you, sir," she turned to Lin. "Want to come with me to get those files, you can do that." she paused. "If you want to talk to the kids, they're in the living room. It's just a bit down that hallway, but I'm sure you'll hear them before you see them." she said to Naru. "My name is Sakura Hyuaba, by the way." The four followed her up the stairs, giving brief introductions, leaving Naru and Mai alone.

"So what now?" Mai asked.

"We're going to go talk to the kids." Naru stated. "Or rather, you are. I do not have the patience to deal with their antics, and judging by the noise, they are nothing but antics."

Mai did a double-take at this. Did Naru the Narcissist admit he had a flaw? The world has to be ending. That or hell froze over. Since she has yet to feel the earth shaking from earthquakes, she was going with the latter. Mai grinned internally. She would rub this in as much as possible to the narcissist, just knock him down off his pedestal a bit.

There were shrieks of laughter coming from the hallways, echoing around them as they approached the living room. Upon entering, they saw Emi on the ground, being pinned down by the quads, Rika and Minori holding down her arms while Taro and Shiro sat on her legs. Small little Kotone was on her chest, trying to draw on her face with a marker, but Emi kept on letting out howls of laughter as she jerked her head out of the way.

In the corner was Ao, and despite being sixteen, seemed to be wailing and laughing at the same time as he was cornered by the twins, Kyo and Naoki. Touko was running around, pages of an open book flapping over her head as Samu was chasing after her, the serious expression on his face the exact opposite of Touko's wild grin. In the corner was a girl the same age as Ao, whom Mai assumed was Saki. She was smiling lightly with Hana sitting on her lap. She began to french braid the younger girls hair that hung by face, pulling it off her forehead and tying it with a hair tie.

"Well then..." Mai mumbled, watching them. Saki turned to look at them, tilting her head to the side as she stopped french-braiding Hana's hair. Saki gently pushed Hana off her lap, then stood up as if with the intent to walk with towards them. Hana, in response, turned to look at them as well, then scurried to stand up, hiding behind Saki's long skirt.

"It's kinda strange," Mai thought as Saki went over to Kotone, lifting her off Emi and prying the marker from her chubby fingers. "She's sixteen and she acts like a mother..."

"Hey! Saki, why you ruining the fun?!" Kotone asked as the teen she held the five-year-old on her hip, nudging the quads off Emi's limbs.

"Jesus Christ almighty Saki, you couldn't have done that sooner?" Emi wheezed between laughs. Saki just smiled. The sudden amount of quietness that filled the room, the twins, as well as Touko and Samu, stopped what they were doing to see what was going on. Emi opened her eyes. "Hey Maimai, Glare One."

"You're no better than a child." Naru responded. Emi made no effort to move, simply taking her arm and laying it over her eyes.

"Geez, what crawled up your ass and died?" Ao asked from the corner. "Loosen up a bit, man." Naru closed his eyes, Mai snickering in her thoughts. This group was showing a blatant disrespect to Naru. She didn't know if they were doing it because they didn't know better of if it was because they wanted to tease him. She was going with the latter, but either way, it was hilarious.

"We're here to ask you questions about what's been going around here." Mai said. "I'm Mai, and this is Kazuya Shibuya. He's in charge of the company. Would you mind answering some questions?"

"I don't mind." Emi said, sitting up. "And I don't think anyone else would mind, either, right?" she stood.

"I'd like to interview those of you who are thirteen and above, one at a time, separately from the younger one's." Naru stated, stepping forward and passing a notebook to her. "Mai will interview all those who are younger. Understand?"

"Dude, you're the same age as me." Ao said, unmoving. "Are you trying to order me around?"

"I'm trying to get my job done. It's your choice wether or not you want to cooperate because I'll simply move on with out you." Naru responded, walking out the door. Emi whistled.

"Tou-chy, tou-chy, aren't we?" she snickered. "Whelp, lets go everyone. You all know who you are. Lets follow Glare-one."

Ao grumbled something, but followed Emi with Saki close behind. Touko was followed by Samu, the former guiding the latter by holding his collar for Samu had his nose in a book again, leaving Mai with the twins, the quads, Kotone, and Hana. Mai turned to them.

"So, I know your names since Ms. Hyuaba showed me earlier. As I said before, I'm Mai, and I'm here to help fix your ghost problem."

"What are you going to ask us?" Minori asked.

"I just want to know what's been going on. Do you like living with Ms. Hyuaba?"

This was followed by a chorus of yes's and positive feedback. Mai smiled.

"Are all the older kids nice to you?"

"Ao is funny! He helps us build things, plus he fixes our toys!" Rika said.

"Saki is like a replacement mom!" Kotone exclaimed. "Whenever Ms. Hyuaba goes out, she usually is left in charge!"

"She can't talk." Kyo added on. "But she doesn't really have to. Emi always knows what she wants, and she doesn't even have to write it down!"

"It's kinda crazy. It's like she predicted it!" Naoki also said.

"So Emi predicts Saki's thoughts?" Mai asked.

"Emi can predict a lot of things. One time, we were playing Kagome-Kagome, and she guessed who was behind her right every time!" Taro said.

"Do you want to play Kagome-Kagome, Mai?" Minori asked.

"Um..." she glanced over her shoulder. "Just as long as Kazuya doesn't come back in, okay?"

"Alright!" Rika said. Hana passed her a scarf, in which she passed to Kyo, who blindfolded Mai. Mai grinned at the silly game, listening to the giggles as they joined hands and formed a circle.

"Be quiet!" Naoki hissed from behind her. "She'll know!"

"Okay, okay!" giggled Kotone from her left as she took a deep breath.

"Ready?" Taro asked. There was around of yeahs. Then they began to sing.

Kagome Kagome, The bird in the cage,

When, oh when will it come out

In the night of dawn

The crane and turtle slipped

Who is behind you now?

A pause.

"Ha-" Mai began as the mental image of the girl formed in her head, but was then replaced by the image of an older woman, glaring menacingly at her. She lingered for a moment, then Hana appeared in her mind again. "Hana. Hana's behind me."

"That's right!" Kotone said, laughing as Mai undid the scarf around her head.

"So, can I ask you some more questions?"

"Ask away." Shiro responded as they came and sat in front of her.

"Does anyone have imaginary friends?" Mai asked. There was a pause. Hana slowly raised her hand.

"Um... there's a girl who visits me sometimes, but she says I'm not allowed to talk about it or else a mean lady will do something."

"What does the mean lady do?" Mai asked. A silence settled over them. "Does she make you sick?"

"We aren't allowed to tell anyone." Kotone muttered.

"We can't talk about this anymore." the quads said in union. Mia turned to look at them, only seeing four pairs of glazed over eyes. "We won't answer anymore questions."

"It's only a few more." Mai said. "You don't need to answer them, but can't I ask Kyo, Naoki, Kotone, and Hana? Would that be okay?"

"No more questions. You will not ask. They will not answer." the responded in union. The other kids fell silent, refusing to say anything, though Mai noticed Kyo and Naoki clenching their fists angrily while Hana began to shake. The quads continued to stare blankly at her. Mai felt a shiver go up her spine as she remembered the lady who was glaring menacingly at her.

"U-Um... I think I'll go help my team set up base. We can continue this later...?" she trailed off as Kyo and Naoki grabbed Kotone and Hana, practically dragging them out the door. The quads didn't even flinch at their hasty exit. The continued to stare at the wall. Unsettled, Mai left the room as well, hurrying to find Naru or someone.

"Mai! How did the questioning go?" Mai turned to find John, whom was walking down the stairs, ready to head out to the van to get more equipment.

"Er... okay, but I need you to watch the quads. Something's wrong with them. They just zoned off and started speaking in union and I just have a bad feeling about it."

"You mean... them?" John asked, glancing over her shoulder. Mai turned as well, seeing the four blinking up at her curiously.

"Mai, what happened?" Minori asked.

"Did we zone out? We're sorry!" Shiro exclaimed.

"When we came to, everyone was gone!" Taro said.

"We were all alone!" Rika said, tears brimming.

"Aaw, don't cry!" Mai said, rubbing her head and bending down to look at her eye level. "Everyone suddenly left the room, and I had to come help my friend, John, here, with carrying equipment. Okay?"

"O-Okay." Rika muttered, rubbing her eyes. "When will Saki be out? I want her to braid my hair like Hana's."

"As soon as Naru is done talking to her, I'm sure."

"Naru?" Shiro asked. Mai sweatdropped.

"Er, it's just a silly nickname. You should refer to him as 'Mr. Shibuya', okay?"

"Okay!" They all grinned before running off to who-knows-where.

"It was creepier before." Mai muttered. "Their eyes went blank, and they spoke in monotone. It was like the four cheerful kids I was greeted by were hardly there."

"Are you suggesting a four-way possession?" John asked. Mai nodded. "Lets unload the rest and discuss this with Naru when we finish, okay?"

"Yeah." Mai responded, frowning.

She didn't even get to ask about Emi.

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"Emi, are you even listening?" Naru said as he watched the seventeen-year-old, her head resting on the back of the couch with her eyes cracked open, blow her bangs off her forehead simply to watch them fall back down.

"Hmm... Maybe. I dunno. Say something interesting."

"I know you're the reason the spirits are acting up." Naru responded, deciding that, after a half hour or so of getting answers that made him want to ask more questions, that he would have to bait Emi into answering his questions. Emi opened her eyes fully, then sat up to look him eye. Naru smirked internally. She was taking the bait.

"Prove it." she responded.

"True, I don't understand the situation fully yet, but it has been reported by not only Ms. Hyuaba but all of the other's I've interviewed that once you walked in this door, things got worse. Now I don't know if you're doing something to instigate the spirit, but somethings making them act up, and I think you're the source of the problem."

"And what if I am instigating them? What do you plan to do? Throw a poor innocent girl like me on the streets?"

"Innocent is not the first word I think of when I look at you?"

"Shall I list off some words that describe you? 'Cause I can."

"You're acting like a child."

"Says the boy who's arguing with me." Emi smirked. "Don't kid a kidder. You were trying to bait me. It's not that hard, but if you want the honest truth, I'll give it. All I know is that somethings trying to hurt the people here, and it's pissing me off, so if I have to kick it's ass to get it to leave, then I will."

"And what if you really are the problem?" Naru responded.

"Then I leave."

"So you run away?"

"Please. I'm sure you and your group of professionals can fix it so I don't have to be kicked to the cold, heartless streets, right? I mean, that's why you were hired, right?"

"Are you underestimating me?"

"Well, I haven't seen you do anything other than ask me a bunch of questions, so..." she trailed off, smirking. Naru frowned. Her attitude was beginning to annoy him.

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That's kinda a bland note to leave you on, but whatever. I'm tired. Hope you enjoyed!

Amy47101 signing off! ^.^