A/N Here it is. :) Sorry if anyone is OOC. Most likely Naru was. But I think it was only a little. And again sorry for any errors, especially spelling errors, I can't spell for my life. Well enjoy.

Disclaimer I don't own ghost hunt, all I own are the characters your not familiar with.

Chapter 4: What Happened

"Mai?" Naru asked seeing her freeze. "Mai..?" Naru asked again with a hint of concern in his voice as he saw her eyes widen and tears begging to form again.

'It can't be... no, I can't be here. This can't be it.' Mai fearfully though as she slowly looked around at her surrounding and realized she was not mistaken this really was it, she really was there.

Mai took off running toward the front door of the house. She had fear and sorrow and a hit of hope in her eyes as the tears flew out and twinkled in the morning sun.

"Mai! Wait you'll get lost on your own!" Misaki called after her.

Naru quickly ran after Mai, Misaki close on his tail. 'Where could she be going? But it's odd she seems to know where every turn and stair case are, it's like she's been here before.' Naru thought as he followed Mai looking back at Misaki seeing her wide eyed. 'She must be just as surprised as I am about Mai knowing where's she's going.' Naru though as he turned his head back to the front as they came to another stair case.

"Should we go after them?" John said as he and Masako got out of the car.

"No, we should wait here, Ishida-san did say she would get lost." Lin said as he grabbed his suitcase from the truck and took the bag containing the files of the case.

'How could he not be worried at all? I mean Mai took off randomly Naru following her and Misaki taking off worried after the both of them.' Bou-san thought looking at Lin like he was from a different planet.

"Well I guess there's nothing else to do so why don't we discuss the case." Ayako said taking a seat on her suitcase taking out a nail file from her purse." Ayako said looking at Lin.

"What?!? You're not worried either. You self centered miko." Bou-san said looking at her slightly surprised.

"What?! One its self claimed miko. Two of course I'm worried but Naru went to so there's nothing to worry about." Ayako responded moving her view from the silent Chinese man to the over protective monk. "Plus he is always the one to save her too, so if something does happen let's just call it his head start to being the hero." Ayako stated looking at her nails in satisfaction.

"I guess but still. This orphanage is like 4 stories high!" Bou-san said back as John sighed and Masako brought her sleeve to her mouth to cover her sigh.

"Would you stop worrying!" Ayako yelled back as she stood up.

"Well maybe you should start worrying more!" Bou-san said as he took a step forward silently challenging the miko.

John stepped forward hoping to end the argument before it went any farther.

"Guy's I don't think this is the best time to be fighting." John said nervously.

"You're just jealous that you're never any help on case!" Bou-san shouted completely ignoring the priest.

"Like you do any better?!" Ayako snapped back also ignoring the priest as they pushed his aside.

'I think this has gone beyond the subject of Mai.' John thought sweat dropping.

"Mai, wait!" Naru called after the girl as they reached the top floor. 'Good she has no where else to run. But I wonder why she did in the first place. Does it have something to do with the orphanage, or maybe her nightmare?" Naru though as Mai faced a door that looked as if it had been untouched for years.

"Wait, Mai that room is off limits. No one is allowed in." Misaki said panting making her way up the last set of stairs.

Naru made his way to the room seeing Mai standing right in the front of the room eyes still wide and tears still falling.

"Mai didn't you here Ishida-san. This room is strictly off limits." Naru said putting his hand on Mai's shoulder as he tried to catch his breath.

"Na...Naru I... I can't believe it." Mai said quietly as she turned to Naru with a tear stained face and a smile with sadness and a bit of joy.

"Mai what are you talking about?" Naru questioned with his not quiet as cold tone considering how sad she seemed.

Mai slowly walked over to a light pink trunk with roses on it. She opened it just as slowly a pulled out a small doll. It had short brown hair and brown eyes, and was dressed in a pink sundress. Mai held it up to her smiling and pulled it into a tight hug. She then walked over to the bed that was in the corner of the room and sat down on it still hugging the dust covered doll.

"Please. Please put that down. That is a very special doll, it belonged to the young girl who used to live her..." Misaki stopped herself as her eyes widened and she took a step forward. "Mai... It really is you. But how." Misaki said as she just starred at the girl.

"Mai is that doll yours?" Naru said taking a seat next to her eyeing the doll which he just realized looked exactly like Mai.

Mai looked up to him and nodded pulling the doll into another hug. "Y... yes it is. This believe it or not was my old house. My parents used to own an orphanage, but died when I was six. They handed it over to one of there closest friends which I now remember to be Misaki Ishida." Mai replied hesitating a little thinking about if she should tell him anymore.

"I remember you telling us you were an orphan but you never said anything about you previously living in an orphanage." Naru said his eyes a bit warmer.

"I'll leave you two alone and go make some snacks and tea your friends will be in the dining room." Misaki said a huge smile on her face.

"Ok. Misaki well be down shortly." Mai said with a smile as well.

When Misaki closed the door Mai looked around eyes twinkling seeing everything was still the same. She then turned back to Naru telling herself she could trust him. She walked back to the bed and sat beside Naru setting the doll down on the nightstand on the side of the bed.

"I still remember all the time I spent with my parents. Even though they ran an orphanage with so many kids they still had plenty of time for me." Mai said with a smile planted on her face. "We always used to spend time in the front yard. My mom said that I used to love the pink roses, so my mom began to buy me all sorts of items that had a light pink rose somewhere on it. See this?" Mai said holding up the rose necklace from around her neck. "This is the first rose item my mom bought for me. I never took it off... not even on that day..." Mai stated her smile disappearing from her face.

"What day, Mai?" Naru asked, becoming strongly interested in her story.

"Umm... Well one day my parent went to the hospital. They were very very sick. I remember sitting in between my parents bed crying and my mother smiled and told me not to be sad. But I still continued to cry. Then the doctor came in with Misaki behind him. I was so sad I ran out of the room and out of the hospital. It was raining hard that day and I tripped. Someone put out there hand to help me up. I, not knowing who it was took it. The next thing I knew I was dangling in the air being whisked off to who knows where. When I was put down I looked up at the person who had too me. I recognized him as Kazuma Imai. He was a man who has been trying to get my parents to sell the orphanage. He was a terrible man. He wanted to use the land to build a bar. He was willing to put hundreds of children out on the street for a bar. I knew he never liked me because I continuously reminded my parent not to give him the land, not that they ever would. Knowing he didn't like me I ran. But he caught me by my wrist. He pulled me towards his and said he was going to use me to get my parents and Misaki to sell him the orphanage. I could also smell alcohol in his breath. I knew he was drunk so I bit his wrist and ran off. Me, being six didn't get very far. He then said with anger evident in his voice that he would find something else to use and would get rig of me. I of course left out the curses, and ill tell you... there was alot. After saying that he removed a knife from his coat pocket and put it at my neck." Mai said fear beginning to show in her voice.

"Mai its ok you can stop there." Naru said getting up.

"No, its ok ill continue." Mai said voice returning to normal. She pulled on Naru's arm to make his sit again. "It feels good to tell this to someone." Mai stated putting a smile on her face. "I mean I've never told anyone before. So after eleven years it feels good to have someone else know."

'She hasn't told anyone. Then why is she telling me of all people?' Naru thought sitting back down to let her finish.

Naru nodded to her telling her he was listing.

"Well I could see the anger in his eyes so I knew he was serious. I began to squirm as I saw his arm reach back a bit getting ready to strike. I stomped on his foot and he released me and I moved away. But I was a bit late." Mai said staring up at Naru seeing his eyes widen a bit and seeing a little curiosity. "It wasn't really severe but he hit the top of my arm with the blade. I knew I should get back to the hospital but I didn't know which way it was. I did see a road though at the bottom of the hill. I quickly kicked him in the stomach making him topple down the opposite side of the hill. As he rolled down I quickly sprinted toward the road. I debated which way to go and choose left, little did I know the hospital was the opposite way. I looked back as I ran and saw he was coming after me. I ran faster and saw a police station a head. I quickly ran in and told them about Kazuma and they went outside to see he was missing but when they cam back so was I. Since I though I was going the right way I left trying to get to the hospital faster. But I ended up wandering into some town. A kind woman saw me outside and took me in considering my parents were dead and that Kazuma would know where I was there and I would cause trouble for the others. So I stayed with the woman." Mai explained with a smile.

'He hit her arm?' Naru thought slightly relieved at the though he missed her neck but troubled by the though he still made contact. He then looked down at her arm to see if there was a scar. Mai spotted him looking at her arm so she moved the top of the sleeve on her t-shirt up and there on her skin was a scar that went all the way from the top of her shoulder and about two inches down. It looked from the shade of the scar that the blade when in about one centimeter deep.

'That's not sever but it's not nothing either.' Naru thought as he looked at the scar.

Mai moved the sleeve back down and continued with her story.

"I really came to like the woman, she really was like another mother to me... but when I was about fourteen she died in a car crash. Not wanting to see anyone else close to me die I decided to continue living on my own. I still went to school and did everything normally the only difference was I was alone. But that's to a program that the town made I got an apartment and got to stay in school until collage. I continued living alone till that one day where I met you." Mai said with a huge smile. "Since the day you called me at school and asked me if I wanted to work for you I've felt like I have a family again." Mai said as she finished her story the smile still there.

"I'm sorry." Naru said still looking at Mai.

"Huh? Sorry about what?" Mai said as she stretched getting up from the bed.

"You have lived threw so many deaths." Naru said answering her question.

"Well yes I have, and it pains me to think of them... but because of that I was able to meet you, and Lin, Bou-san, Ayako, John, and Masako." Mai said striating up again.

"True. Well we should get back down stairs... you know the way right?" Naru said looking at Mai.

"Of course I know the way. If I didn't I wouldn't have made it this far." Mai replied winking and walking toward the door opening it and looking back at Naru motioning for him to come.

Naru walked over and followed her out closing the door behind her.

"Oh and Naru?" Mai said looking down.

"Yes? What is it?" Naru replied waiting for an answer.

"Um well can you please keep this a secret, I'm going to tell Misaki not to tell anyone either. But ill tell them when the time is right. I know I didn't keep your secret of the spoon bending or Yatsuhara-san being well not you, but please don't tell anyone this to anyone, please." Mai pleaded getting ready to get on her knees if needed.

"Fine, but I suggest you keep my secrets from now on." Naru said turning back toward the hall.

"Thank you." Mai exclaimed running after Naru to get down stairs before the others worry.

A/N Well I hope it was good and I hope Naru wasn't too OOC. Yea I kind of got stuck on Mai's stories, so sorry if they were horrible, but I tried. I'm currently working on the next chapter so it should be up soon as well, please read and review.