Chapter 12

Regular POV

Mai had managed to keep from answering Naru's questions thanks to tea interrupting. She knew eventually she would have to face him at one point or another but for the time being they had a case to solve and a soul to set free.

Naru was conflicted part of him wanted to stay and grill Mai about the dream and the other part of him wanted to hold the séance and exorcism as quickly as possible so the case could be finished and they could return home.

He knew that once they were back at the office he could focus his attention on his assistant.

This seems to be the best course of action in his opinion. The only problem was Madoka will get nosy especially if Naru were to show the cute brunette too much attention outside of her normal duties.

However, if he could just hold off till Madoka goes back to England in 3 weeks then he can figure out what has Mai so bothered when she is around him. Since he has returned from England she doesn't act the same instead she is quite and in her own little world. Of course this could have something to do with this case.

Deciding that it was time for his inner mussing to cease Naru took his tea from Mai and retreated back to base.

Mai was confused at this as it seemed her boss was not going to push her for the remaining contents of her dream. She knew he wanted to press her for information she could see it on his face. Why then did he decide to drop it and return to base? Unless he was planning cornering her later when she didn't have an escape, great now she had to be on the lookout for a Naru's special sneak attack that he only used when he wanted information she refused to give.

Groaning Mai turned to follow Naru back to base.

Midnight in base –

Naru had Gene prepare for the séance to contact Hanako. Gene whom normally was rambunctious and emotional, oddly enough was calm and serene at the moment.

Gene reached out to Hanako once he felt her presence let her know that his brother wanted to speak to her and willing let her possess his body.

Naru calmly asked her question after question.

"Hanako was it the beast man that killed you?"

"Yes"

"Why?"

"For the same reason I told your girlfriend before. He is controlled by Tamaki. I am not sure how he is controlling the beast man. I know that we had a wonderful relationship until up to 3 months before my death and then he started becoming distant. He would get agitated and at one point violent. It was then that I ended our relationship because no matter how much I loved him I refused to be some mans punching bag. He became degrading against women and harsh in the way he speaks to women. It didn't matter who the woman was. He didn't start acting this way until that woman started working here. "

Mai interrupted at this point "We are not a couple Hanako!"

"Could have fooled me!"

Naru cleared his throat thinking that if Mai started an argument with the spirit they would get nowhere. "Who was that Woman?"

"Her name was Sakura; she wanted the assistant manager position and had a very unique way of applying herself in order to move up in rank."

"What do you mean?"

"Ask Mai she saw what I saw.(Chapter 3 dream scene)"

"Why would this woman cause a shift in Tamaki's personality?"

"Tamaki believed that he was a shoe in for manager since he had put in the longest amount of time in the theater and basically picked up the slack when the previous assistant manager quit. By all rights the job should have been his. When Sakura came into the picture all the guys were wrapped around her finger. Admittedly she was a very beautiful woman but her insides were ugly. She used her looks to try to move up quickly. At the time Tamaki and I were still dating but I became jealous of the time they would spend together for example going out to dinner and movies without inviting me. Then it was like she dropped him and moved on to our manager. Tamaki would try to talk to her and she snubbed him. I thought that this meant he would come back to me and be my Tamaki again. Unfortunately he became a twisted person lashing out at others around him especially the females. I should have left him well before he hit me but I loved him and when you love someone you try to be there for them. However he didn't want me around he was done with me they love that we once shared had been killed by Sakura similar to the way that his beast killed me in the end."

"You have no clue what he did to contract the beast to him?"

"Unfortunately I do not."

"Very well thank you for your help we will be solving this case soon and you will be able to move on."

"Thank You"

Gene felt the spirit leave his body but he was extremely exhausted from being possessed for such an extended length of time.

Masako could see Gene's fatigue and knew what the affects of being possessed for that length of time would have on a person moved to assist him to his room.

Grinning Gene thanked Masako for the support and allowed him to be escorted to his room.

The rest of the team remained in the room watching as their boss contemplated the information that he had just received.

Monk was the first to break the pregnant silence that had settled in the room following Gene's departure.

"Naru what can we do if we don't know the item Tamaki is using to control the beast."

Naru looked like he hadn't heard the question and monk was getting ready to ask it again when Naru replied, "We have to watch him and figure out what object he never leaves alone. We will be moving the cameras to better surveillance his movements. Use the smaller cameras not the inferred since we are watching the living rather than monitoring the dead."

With that being said Monk and John set out to move the cameras. Madoka and Lin left to review footage and see if they could pull anything from it. This left Mai and Naru alone in base or so they thought.

The temperature dropped rapidly and the Beast Man appeared in the room and looked furious.

To say that Mai was freaking out would be an understatement. Naru on the other hand was tired and pissed that the Beast Man interrupted his train of thought.

Beast Man was here for the girl his Master had told him to dispose of the girl, however he could feel the power coming off of the dark haired man and power was his ultimate goal.

He went to attack Naru and screeched in pain. Damn this contract it would not allow him to deviate from his master's wishes he needs to find that medallion so he could destroy it. If he destroyed it and consumed the one that summoned him, he would be free to roam the earth searching for the ultimate power.

Noticing that the Beast was distracted Mai threw the Nine Cuts and the Seal of the Unmovable One.

The Beast Man screeched and disappeared thank to her quick thinking.

Naru realized that the beast had originally come for Mai but wanted to attack him first but could not do so. This meant that when Tamaki summoned him he made the contract to where the Beast could not deviate from the master's plan.

Thinking to himself he did not realize Mai was trying to get his attention.

An: I know I was suppose to update sooner but I could not find inspiration but NFL Football started yesterday and the BRONCOS KICKED ASS, so I was on an adrenaline high after my team smashed my best friends team the Ravens!

BOOYAH!

Sunday – Giants vs. Cowboys let's see if Eli Manning can play as well as Peyton Manning.

Anyways I have finally figured out where I want to go from here and hope to update on a regular biases.

Until next time RxR : )