The second chapter! I hope you all appreciate the mucho NaruxMai fluffy goodness I have in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not enjoy Ghost Hunt

Chapter 2: In the States

"Where the hell are we? My neck is killing me and I want to get out of this mess," Ayako griped, staring around at all the food stands and people winding between each other to get to their destination.

I stared sullenly at the opposite wall, in a surly mood from not getting any sleep on the way over. I didn't want to sleep just in case I had one of my dreams on the way over. "I don't know, why don't you ask?" I grumbled.

"I would if I knew how to freaking speak English," she growled at me, gripping the handle of her oversized suitcase so hard that her knuckles were turning white.

"Maybe you should have paid more attention in English class when you were still in school. Oh wait, that must have been decades ago," Masako quipped, turning up her nose to Ayako who had just turned on her. She didn't seem to appreciate the fact that barely anyone recognized her here.

"Yeah, you're such an old broad that I'm surprised that you can remember anything from when you were in school," Monk added earning himself a slap upside the head with a very full purse.

Naru just seemed to be enjoying this. Even though he could probably get us out of this mess in a heartbeat he just watched the squabbling with weary eyes. Lin could do the same, but he was quietly talking on the phone, uninterested with what was going on around him.

I sighed, stretching my arms over my head. I squeaked as someone bumped into me, pushing me into Naru.

"Sorry," the person called over the shoulder, but I was more concerned with the fact that I was face to face with Naru. My hands were on his shoulders and his arms were tight around my waist, holding me against him.

"Be more careful, idiot. You're going to get yourself hurt," he reprimanded, letting go of my waist, but keeping his hand on the small of my back.

My mind was just catching up to what had happened when I heard a familiar male voice calling me over the noise of the crowd. "Mai, is that you? Holy crap, it is! Mai! Mai! Over here!" the voice screamed. I perked up, looking around for the source of the commotion. My hands were still on Naru's chest when I spotted the frantically figure. It was a boy with dark blonde hair and even from here his piercing eyes were unmistakably electric green.

I narrowed my eyes at him, and then gasped. "Damien!" I shouted, taking off at a sprint. I weaved in and out of people like a pro, slamming into the boy hard, "It is so good to see you again! How are you?"

"I'll be fine once I can finally breathe again," he teased, hugging me back, "What are you doing in the States? Wait, let me see you first." He pulled back from the hug, holding me at arm's length. He gave me a once over, taking in all the details from my over-used black slip-ons to my short chocolate brown hair. He pulled on a strand of my hair. "You cut your hair. I liked it long," he complained.

"It's longer than it was a year ago," I laughed running a hand through my now shoulder length brown hair.

"Don't tell me that, it'll just make me depressed," he said, dropping his head dramatically, "So, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here for a case," I told him ignoring the shouts from the team. They were fighting a losing battle against a new wave of passengers. Naru was the closest out of everyone.

"That's so cool. I'm actually here to pick up my roommate, but I can't seem to find her. Are you waiting for someone?" he asked scanning the crowd.

"Yeah, our client. She was supposed to take up to a car that was going to be waiting for us, but we lost her back when we were debarking," I explained with a sign, standing on tip toes to see if I could see her. No such luck. I was just too short.

Naru came up beside me, glaring at me. "Don't run off. Didn't I just tell you to be more careful," he asked, his voice giving away some of his anger even though he was usually the ice cube.

"Sorry Naru, but I saw my friend and I just couldn't stop myself. I haven't seen him in so long," I explained refusing to acknowledge his glare.

Damien looked Naru up and down, deciding on who this was. "You must be Shibuya Kazuya. My name is Damien Nyquest, or I guess it would be Nyquest Damien. Mai's told me all about you. It's a pleasure to finally meet you," he said smiling and sticking out his hand.

Naru grasped his hand for a few seconds before letting go. "How do you know Mai?" he asked.

"A couple years ago while Mai was just getting into middle school I was a transfer student at her school for a year. We became really good friends. Even though I've graduated school I still love talking to my little junior," he said ending in a coo and the mussing of my hair.

"Ah! Stop treating me like a kid Damien!" I cried trying to flatten my crazy hair.

Damien laughed. "You look like ragamuffin."

"Shut up!" I shouted, punching him in the stomach, "You know how long it took me to get it this soft and flat? The whole plane ride! You own me a long hair brushing session."

He was still laughing as he bent over in pain. "Okay, okay, just don't hit me again," he groaned out, grinning up at me.

The team had finally caught up with us, dragging their luggage and my one small suitcase behind them. Ayako was just opening her mouth to yell at me when another voice caught all of our attention, even Damien's. It was the voice we'd all been waiting for.

"Hey guys, over here!" Jessica yelled from over by the automatic doors, "I think my cabby is already waiting for us!"

"I am not your damn cabby woman!" Damien shouted at her, standing up straight.

"Finally, we were worried we'd have to walk there!" I called to her.

Damien and I looked at each other in surprise before wide grins split across both our faces. Without even needing to say a word, we slapped our hands together. "Yes! The team is back together!" we shouted in unison.

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The ride to the house was long, boring and cramped. The eleven of us were stuffed into a van meant to hold only nine for four very long hours. It felt like we were sardine. Masako and I, being the smallest of everyone, had been elected to sit on someone.

So here was how the seating arrangements went.

Up front was Damien who was driving, John in the middle and Jessica taking the window seat. In the middle was Yasu on the driver's side with Masako sitting on his lap, Ayako in the middle, and Monk claiming the passenger's side window. In the very back was Lin on the driver's side, Madoka in the middle, and finally Naru on the passenger's side with me on his lap. I have no idea how Naru ended up being my car seat, but I think a lost match of rock, paper, scissors was to blame.

I fell asleep sometime on the way out of San Francisco heading for an itty bitty town up in the foothills outside of a city called Yuba City. Jessica kindly referred to the city as a hole. I didn't know if she was kidding or not, and was determined never to find out.

I was walking through a large field behind a house. The house wasn't huge, just a medium-large two story. From what I could tell from back here it either had very large bedrooms or more than four small ones.

I turned away from the house, tromping through the tall, crispy brown grass towards a hill. The grass poked up through my dress, poking my legs. In the distance, I could see a huge cluster or rocks creating a ledge. Farther down the hill, closer to me was a large maple. Its leaves were a deep green and its shade currently housed a slumped over figure. The person looked as if they were asleep.

Padding over to the person, I crouched down in front of them. I stared for a long time. He was so beautiful I could just stare at him all day. Finally, a grin split across my face as I said, "David, it's time to wake up."

The boy stirred, groaning. He arched his back, stretching before opening his eyes. "Hey Stef, what are you doing out here?"

"Looking for you," I answered, flicking his nose.

"Oh how sweet, thank you so much. I was just about to take a hike, want to tag along?" he asked, motioning with his head to the hill behind him.

I grinned. "'Course I would. Have you even known me to turn down such an offer?"

He grinned back. "Never." With that we got up. I don't know what happened after that because the scene began changing rapidly.

I was watching David across the cafeteria at school. He was eating with his girlfriend. Then I was in the orchards picking fruit. He stood below me, catching the peaches I dropped down to him. Then we were at the lake with friends and family. We were splashing water in each other's faces. The scenes flashed by at warp speed.

The scenes came to a lurching halt on one. Fire rained down on me. It cornered me offering no escape.

I woke with a gasp, staring out at the already darkening afternoon sky. In another hour and a half, it would be night again. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, glancing around the car. Everyone was asleep except for Damien who was singing quietly along to some American country song.

Something was pressing into my stomach and another was weighing down my shoulder. What, or maybe better, who I found was almost as shocking as finding out my friend was pregnant.

Naru's head was rested on my shoulder, his cheek acting as his pillow against my shoulder. His arms were wrapped securely around my waist again, pulling me flush against him. He must have fell sleep like that after everyone else had passed out. Most of everyone was using each other as pillows. Even John and Jessica were using each other as pillows.

Up front, Damien yawned loudly. "Ugh, only twenty more minutes. I'll finally be able to go back to sleep," he mumbled, taking a sip of an energy drink and making a disgusted sound.

I pursed my lips. There was only twenty minutes left. I had the choice of going back to sleep and enjoying Naru's warmth for a little longer or staying awake and risking waking him up. I picked the first choice. I let my eyes shut slowly and let myself slip back into sleep.

Here's the second chapter, right after the first. I need to get another two up today so expect to at least get to chapter four. If I don't then I'll do twenty push-ups, how does that sound? Hope you liked this chapter and review please :D