Merry Christmas Eve! Happy holidays to you that don't celebrate Christmas. I realize that Naru is a bit OOC, but I need him like that, sorry. Anyway, here's the next chapter. It's kind of a filler, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt

EDIT: Sorry for those of you who already read this chapter and questioned my huge mistake, but I fixed it so those of you who haven't don't worry 'bout it.

Chapter 5: Incidents

As Naru had predicted, help came within minutes. One minute it was quiet as could be and the next angry shouting could be heard.

"I can't believe this! Not even here two hours! Gah, I'm soaked!" came Ayako's whiney yell, "This is all your fault!"

"Well sorry for trying to help you after you fell into the stream. Next time I'll just let you sit in that muddy stream by yourself!" Monk shouted back.

I gasped. That was Ayako and Monk. They could get us out of here. Maybe if I made enough noise they'd come get us. "Hey, we're in here!" I started to shout as I shot to my feet, but a stray something, I have no idea what it was, rolled under my foot. I let out a shriek as I tumbled backward. In milliseconds I was face to face with Naru… again. How many times was this now? I didn't know. All I knew was that the difference between this time and the last was that our lips met.

That's right. I had accidentally kissed the stone cold ghost hunter. My face was no doubt that neon pink again, but I was unable to move. All brain function had ceased on contact. Naru seemed just as surprised, though it was always hard to see.

Silence filtered in from outside the door. "Hey, did you hear that?" Monk asked after a long moment. The tapping of his shoes started up again as he came closer.

A wave of panic washed through me. Unexpectedly, Naru grabbed the back of my head and pressed us closer together. He did have hormones! They were real! They weren't all completely dead!

I pressed my eyes tightly shut, almost melting into the kiss if my insides hadn't been warming with molten panic. If Monk and Ayako found us I could just imagine the teasing we'd get. It wouldn't be a pretty teasing either!

Just as the doorknob was turning, Naru broke away, pulled us to our feet, and disengaged us from each other. The door flung open with a triumphant cry just as Naru straightened out his jacket. Monk face as he saw us as far apart as we could get.

"Dangit," he groaned, hanging his head, "I was hoping to find you guys making-out or something."

Naru stepped out of the closet with a smirk. "If you get your own sex life then you won't have to rely on us," he said bluntly. I followed quickly after him, letting Monk slam the door shut.

"Like you have one. I'm pretty sure I have a bigger sex life then you do," Monk quipped back, glaring over his shoulder at him, "What were you two doing in the closet anyway?"

"We got locked in there," I said quickly not wanting Naru to slip up and inadvertently tell these two about the kiss. Even though that was almost an impossibility there is always a first time for everything.

Ayako raised an eyebrow at me. "Mai, this door doesn't have a lock. Did you really think that would fool us?" she said, her voice suspicious.

I groaned. This was going to be hard to explain wasn't it? "Stephanie pushed us in and locked the door," I elaborated.

"Who's Stephanie?" Monk asked.

"The ghost," Naru said. I jumped. He was standing right behind me. I hadn't heard him even step up!

Ayako and Monk looked at each other with conspiratorial grins. "Oh sure, blame it on the ghost. We all know you two have been trying to jump into each other's pants. This was just the best way to justify being gone," Monk said, Ayako nodding her agreement.

Naru looked at them with a bored glare. "If you two know about everything, then why are you both so muddy?" I asked, butting in before Naru could retort with something that would not help any situation.

Monk and Ayako glanced down at their mud coated clothing, remember why they'd come in here in the first place. Monk was the first to answer. "Smart one here decided it'd be a good idea to wear high heels into the back field and tripped into a stream. I tried to help her, but she just dragged me in with her," he complained.

"I dragged you in? You tripped on your own!" Ayako shouted, "And for your information, someone pushed me into the stream!" She glared pointedly at Monk.

"I pushed you? You tripped on the bank! And you pulled me in when I reached out my hand to help you up!" Monk shouted back. They were getting in each other's faces, oblivious to Naru and me.

"You're delusional! Why would I pull you down with me? I didn't even pull on your hand!" Ayako shouted.

"Your age must be catching up with you! You're forgetting the smallest things! Like the fact that I was ten feet behind you and you pulled me, you old hag!" Monk shouted back.

I stared at them, regretting bringing their muddy clothes back up. "Let's go," I whispered to Naru, inching down the wall. Naru turned on his heel walking down the hallway without caring about the two seeing us leave. They could care less about us leaving now. I had relit a fire that wasn't going to be put out easily.

We walked in silence again being more wary of random closets in the halls. I let my mind drift off, staring unfocused down the wall. We were just walking into base when I saw that same flash of black down the hall. I stopped to stare. Maybe I was hallucinating, but I could have sworn I'd just seen…

"Mai, tell us what you saw!" Naru barked from inside base.

I jumped, hurrying into base. "Yeah, yeah, hold your horses," I grumbled, staring over my shoulder, "Where do you want me to begin?"

"The one in the car," he said, sitting down next to Lin. Madoka, Yasu and Masako sat on the couch staring at me expectantly. Madoka and Yasu shared a mischievous grin. John only glanced up at me from an overstuffed armchair.

"Okay," I murmured, thinking back. It'd only been an hour or so, but it already seemed to be days ago. "The first one was of Stephanie talking to a boy named David and she was… watching him? It's the kind of watching that a little girl does when she likes a boy. In the one I saw with Masako, I saw her as a ghost crying in front of a photo of the man, David. In the one when I was in the bath, well… you already know." I was staring at the floor thinking of everything that had happened so far.

"Tell everyone," Naru ordered, crossing his arms.

"Okay," I said, taking a deep breathe, "In the dream I had while I was in the bath, Stephanie died in a forest fire. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, but I could feel her pain."

"W-was that the screaming I heard earlier?" John stuttered, staring at me with wide, horrified eyes.

I nodded.

"Alright, Yasu, tomorrow I need you to go to city hall and dig up the information on this house. Then go to the library and find any newspaper articles about this house and its occupants. You'll be taking Hara-san with you," Naru ordered, looking at Yasu who nodded sullenly, "Has anyone had experiences since we got here?"

Lin and Madoka shook their heads. "No, and I don't think we are going to have any."

"Why would you say that?" I asked tilting my head quizzically.

Madoka grinned. "Just a hunch I have."

"Hara-san? Yasu?" Naru said, turning his head to the two.

"A dog almost attacked me, but Yasu saved me," Masako said with a slight blush, "It just came out of nowhere, and he scared it off."

"Then Mai, tell them about what happened to us and Miss Matsuzaki and Monk," Naru said, "Then tea. Take John with you."

I glared at the back of his head. "Yes, oh dark overlord of ours," I growled, "Okay, so Monk and Ayako got pushed into a muddy stream, and Naru and I got locked in a broom closet that doesn't have a lock." After I was done, I stomped off.

John jumped up from his seat, running after me.

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