(Lin's note)- This was one of Mai's early cases wasn't it? She seemed to enjoy the case but I suppose her 'exploits' were just to entertain herself... Though the 'nosebleed game' was a little... tasteless...

(Yasuhara's note)- Personally I loved reading this extract from Mai's Diary... Uh I mean report... (He he) I wish I'd been there; things could have gotten so interesting!

When Mai joined SPR she thought it would be exciting.
It really wasn't.
Of course, she knew the office work would make her feel like she should just slit her wrists with the MOUNDS of paper work she was meant to file per day.
But she thought the cases would be fun.
Oh sure some were. Well maybe not 'fun' but at least it gave them something to do.
But some were stupid.
Like the one she was on now.
Some woman claimed that her modest 25 bedroom house - mansion - was haunted.
It wasn't, they were pretty sure after around 5 minutes but the pay was good. And Naru decided he needed knew cameras. And they got a bonus for every night they stayed at the house.
By day three, Mai had already done all her school assignments for the next 4 weeks, made up many humorous songs such as 'Ayako and the evil make up' (Ayako had some make up, she used it when she waked up, one day it was evil, lalalala, yeh baby evil!) and 'Bou-san's a wannabe rocker' (Bou-san wanted to rock, but he really couldn't because of his socks. Yeh his socks were pretty lame. It really was a shame.) but after trying to get the group singing along with a classic rendition of 'Ring-around-a-Bou-san', she had to stop upon a threat of 'If you sing one more tune I'm going to lock you in a room with Bou-san and a karaoke machine.' courtesy of Naru.
So songs were right out of it.

So later when Naru turned to Masako and said: "Hara-san. Can you sense anything?" Mai proceeded to jump in front of him - wearing an oversized bathrobe - and closed her eyes before fainting and claiming "There are so many evil and vengeful and cranky spirits here! Hold me Naru!" much to Ayako, Bou-san's and even Johns amusement. Masako didn't look happy at all though.
After a while though, being Masako was boring so Mai wrapped herself in a black curtain - claiming to be Bou-san' - and romantically proposed to Ayako: "Yah wanna meh-be go do a lil' summat-summat later baby girl?"
Alas, her Bou-san imitation was short lived due to Ayako elbowing her in the stomach and Bou-san lunging at her.
When she was John, she put a yellow rag over her head - for his blonde hair - and walked around throwing her bottle of water over any one and anything that moved claiming: "Yeh! How do you like that! Yeh that's holy water! The power of Christ compels you!" in a rather poor imitation of his accent, then started yelling 'CRIKEY!' and 'G'DAY MATE!' to anyone walking past.
After a brief stunt of being Ayako, which was actually rather fun as she just wore lots of make up and started talking to the potted plants (Aren't woo the cutest wittle plant! Wes woo are!) She had to stop because the Miko threatened to poke one of her eyes out with her long nails - one eyed Mai? So not fun.
She had lots of fun being a more talkative version of Lin though - he didn't really seem to mind - which basically meant she went around doing non-stop whistling before sending her 'Shiki' - bits of rope she would hit people with - out to maul stuff...mainly Bou-san...but some other stuff too. (But mainly Bou-san.)
She came to a halt when Mr Grumpy Pants aka the high and mighty Naru, wouldn't lend her his black coat and little note book to be him. So she settled with copying everything he said - with her own additions of course.
"Stop that."
(Stopthatmyhairneedsmoregel)
"Stop that."
(Stopthat!IlovemyselflookathowprettyIam!)
"Mai..."
(Mai. Doyouthinkitwouldbepossibletohavemyownbabies?)
"Mai. I swear if you don't-"
(I'm putting on my serious face. See? Very serious. This is my serious face. Do you notice how serious my face is? It's very, very serious. In fact if I was any more serious I'd be called Serious McSerious and live in Seriousville with a dog called seriou-)
"MAI! Shut. Up!"
She was tempted to yelled 'Mai! Like totally shut up! Kawaii!!' In an extremely high pitched and girly scream but stopped herself as she noticed that nasty vain on his forehead that appeared when he was about to kill something. Or Mai.

So by day 5 - the imitation game lasted a day and a half - she was bored again. Luckily though, Bou-san was as well so she had someone to occupy her time with as long as the monk stayed stupid - 25 years and still going strong.
First up was the 'How many nose bleeds can Mai give the male SPR members' game, which entailed:

Mai 'accidently' walking into the base in her 'pyjama's - which was a pair of short shorts and a strappy vest top. One nose bleed, a la John.

Somehow getting Naru, John and Lin to break into Mai's room when she was only in a small towel, (Mai did not agree with this one). Two nose bleeds a la Lin and John - three if you include the nose bleed Bou-san got from Mai punching him later.

And finally, having Naru walk in on Mai in nothing but her underwear. One nose bleed - and a painfully tight pair of pants - a la Naru.

After that got boring, they decided to play 'Slaps', a painfully fun game where both players stand/sit opposite each other, their hands out in front of them in a horizontal praying position, the tips of their fingers touching each other and then the person who starts has to move one hand quickly and slap the knuckles of the other person, but if they were too slow, the other person could move their hands away.
It was a game of skill, of tact, of wit, of-

SLAP

"OWWWWWWWWW."

It was a game of intense pain.
"Hahahaha! Bow down to my super quick reflexes!" Mai taunted as Bou-san rubbed his hand and held back tears. Whereas Mai's hand was only a faint pink, Bou-san's was a glowing red.
"I just don't wanna hit a girl." Bou-san muttered weakly.
"Yeh right!" She grinned and held out her hands again. "Another round?"
"NO! Let's do something else."
"Such as?"
They both thought hard.
Then Mai got a grin that could only be described as clinically insane.

"Whooooooooo!"
Lin looked up at monitor 14 - why did they even have cameras when the house wasn't haunted? He swore Naru just wanted a vacation but was too proud to say so - and was mildly shocked to see a two figures clad in white bed sheets with holes cut out for the eyes moving around on the screen.
"I am the ghost of bad hair days!" A feminine voice echoed through the microphones. "Watch out Ayako!"
The red haired Miko looked over Lin's shoulder with a raised eyebrow.
"Is that...Mai and Bou-san wearing sheets?"
Lin's only answer was a sigh.
"And I am the ghost of emo's who desperately need to get laid! Naruuuuuuuuuuuu...you will end up like me!"
Naru, who was only watching with faint annoyance out the corner of his eyes suddenly snapped around to face the monitors with a glare as Lin stifled a laugh.
"John. Go and get those idiots."
The blond nodded weakly and left the room. The remaining group - Lin, Ayako, Naru and Masako - watched on as John entered the room.
"Eh...Shibuya-san wants you back at base."
"CRIKEY!"
"Mai Erm...not all Australians talk like that."
"Hehehe G'day mate?"
"Or like that."
There was a loud sigh and Mai pulled the bed sheet off her head pouting. "I thought it was accurate."
"I know you did, Mai." John sighed and shrugged. "But Naru's annoyed with you both now."
Takigawa giggled. "Hehe I thought my ghost was pretty accurate too..."
In the Base room Lin snorted and rubbed his temples. "Sorry Naru..." He muttered, and looked up at Ayako's smirk as the dark haired teen scowled childishly.
"They are immature and childish. I have no time for them." He muttered, and went into the bathroom.
He pretended not to hear Ayako's giggle and snide remark. Something about 'not minding when he walked in on Mai during the nosebleed game'.
Lin made no such pretence, and he couldn't hold in his laughter anymore, clutching his stomach as Mai, John and Takigawa walked in, much to Mai's glee and Takigawa's evident joy.
Naru whirled round and crossed his arms. "Lin, tell the customer that we've successfully exorcised the spirit. We're done here." He glared at the occupants of the room, daring them to say anything.
Mai couldn't resist it.
She physically couldn't.
"So the holiday's over?" She smiled, and Naru's eyes widened. "Oh well, I suppose even you need a holiday now and then Naru."
He turned and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
"Was it just me...?" John murmured, smiling softly as everyone turned to look at him. "...Or was Shibuya-san blushing?"
"Nosebleed game." Takigawa smirked. "Mai, fancy trying an office version when we get back?"
"Why not." She laughed. "I get tired of making tea."