Sorry for the wait! I've been busy getting ready for the new school year as well as settling in. I've also been rewatching Rurouni Kenshin so...I got a little lazy. Anyway expects some surprises in this chapter! I tried to make it long! I hope you all enjoy! Please review! I really do read them even if I don't get a chance to respond to all of them because it's a chaptered fic and I don't know who I've responded to and not! So please, continue with those reviews!

Mai was sitting in the waiting room at the hospital with Miwako and Masako. John and Takigawa had said they would watch over the Ryokan with the help of a worried Rentaro. Mai just hoped there was no more activity while they were gone. She'd had about as much as she could handle in two days.

She glanced at Miwako who still had her face covered as she sobbed. If Mai had to guess she would say Miwako and the rest of her family had enough of it as well. Mai just didn't understand why the ghost, if it was Kasumi, would want to torment them so. The only time she had seen something so vicious was when Kasai's teacher had been placing curses on everyone who spoke out against the supernatural. The smile on the woman's face still gave her the creeps when she thought about it.

"I just…don't understand. Obaa-san has always been healthy! Why…why a heart attack so suddenly?" Miwako whimpered. Mai turned to the girl to see she had dropped her hand and were now ringing them in her lap. Masako had a gentle hand on her shoulder as she attempted to calm the young woman down.

"It'll be okay. The doctors are doing everything they can. We just need to wait on Yumi to get here and then wait on them to come and tell us what is going on. I know, deep in my heart, Takae is going to pull through." Masako told her gently. Mai watched Miwako only nodded and felt her heart go out to the young girl. She knew it had to be hard on the girl to be alone in the waiting room with no other family around. Mai wondered where Yumi was.

"Miwako!" Mai blinked as another figure ran into the waiting room. She was slightly shock by the enormous amount of pink the girl wore.

"Oh, Yumi! Thank goodness!" Mai blinked as Miwako stood up and hugged the other girl tightly. Mai stared at them for a moment before her eyes went wide.

'One Miwako. Two Miwako. Eh?!' Mai thought before looking at Masako shocked. The girl was looking at her with raised eyebrows. Mai scowled at the expression as she had seen it far too many times in knowing the girl. "You forgot to mention they were twins."

"Did I? It slipped my mind." Masako said as she hid her expression behind her kimono sleeve. Mai found she didn't believe the girl. She turned her attention back to the sisters as they separated from their hug. She was surprised at how differently they were dressed. Miwako was in a business suit while Yumi looked as though she had stepped out of a Lolita magazine with all of her clothes dyed pink.

"Taniyama-san, this is my older twin, Yumi. Yumi, this is Taniyama Mai-san. She's part of the group Masako-san was telling us about when you asked for her help." Miwako explained to her look alike. Yumi studied Mai for a moment before approaching her and bowing slightly.

"Thank you for agreeing to help us. Miwako told me you were doing chest compressions before the medics arrive to bring our Obaa-san here. I'm sure you helped improve her chances at living." Yumi said with a small smile. Mai returned it with a nod.

"I did what I could. We have a miko who also works as a doctor on our team. I just did what she's taught me in case something bad happens. I just hope I was able to help." Mai told her. Yumi opened her mouth in surprise.

"Oh? That's very fortunate then. To be honest, I was afraid something like this would happen if Obaa-san continued to stay there. She believes so deeply in her heart that Kaa-san is the one causing all this trouble." Yumi whispered. Mai blinked at the news as Yumi sat down next to her. She had the feeling the girl wanted to talk to keep her mind off what was happening.

"You don't think it's your mother causing all this trouble? Your sister and grandmother seem very insistent." Mai pointed out. Yumi shook her head.

"No. Kaa-san would never do things like this. I think it hit my Obaa-san and Miwako-chan so hard when she passed they want to find a way to bring her back. Even if it is horrible like this. As much as I miss her I've gotten on with my life. I found the only way to do that, peacefully, was to leave the Ryokan behind. I would never ask Miwako to leave because that's how she's found her comfort. Obaa-san, however, she…she lets it torture her day and night." Yumi whispered softly. Mai blinked before furrowing her brows.

"Torture? What do you mean torture?" Mai asked as Miwako returned to Masako. The medium continued to comfort the distraught girl while Mai talked to the much calmer twin. Mai, for some reason, felt as though Yumi had seen this episode coming.

"She was alone in the Ryokan when kaa-san had her accident. She blames herself because she asked kaa-san to clean the hot springs when she was the one that was supposed to do it that week. We all knew kaa-san hadn't been feeling well but…we only thought it to be a cough. She told Miwako and myself to go on to the festival so we did. But…now, now I wish for once we weren't so obedient!" Yumi said. Mai blinked at the tears forming in the girl's eyes. She realized that even if Yumi had foreseen Takae's attack it had broken the barriers around her emotions.

"It was an accident, Yumi. Your mother, wherever she is, knows that. She knew the dangers of cleaning a hot springs when she was dizzy." Mai whispered. She blinked as Yumi put a hand on her shoulder. She tilted her head curiously at the girl.

"Dizzy? She…she never said anything about being dizzy. The coroner told us she was suffering another case of pneumonia as she was prone to that time of year but nothing about her being dizzy. How could you possibly know something like that?" the girl asked. Mai blinked as she wondered how she should phrase her answer. She certainly couldn't tell the girl she dreamed about her boss's twin brother and he showed her things he thought could possibly be relevant.

"She's a psychic, Yumi-san. She can sense things even if you don't tell her. In all honesty, couldn't it be possible your mother was dizzy, perhaps from a fever or dehydration? It would make more sense for her fall. She had never fallen in the hot springs before." Masako suddenly spoke. Mai sent her a look and saw she was more focused on her friend. Mai had to wonder how the two had befriended each other as they were certainly day and night.

"I guess…it's just, I've never really talked about Kaa-san's death before. It's a sore subject, obviously. To think she was worse off than what she was telling us…it makes my heart hurt when I realize this all could have been easily prevented." Yumi whispered.

"Don't say that! None of us knew. It really was an accident. Besides, even if Kaa-san had told us do you think she would have let either of us do it? She was adamant that we didn't clean the hot springs. She was always talking about how dangerous they were. I guess she was right." Miwako burst out. Mai watched as Yumi looked at her before sighing softly.

"But!" Yumi protested. Miwako shook her head stubbornly. Mai watched as they glared at each other and for a moment was reminded of Gene and Naru. She would almost bet money they were the same way when they were growing. She blinked as her phone began ringing and looked down. She sighed as she saw the name on the screen. He had to have ESP as well. There was no other way.

"Excuse me, my boss is calling. I let him know what was going on. Chances are he wants an update." Mai said as she stood up with a bow. She quickly walked into the hallway before flipping the phone open as she headed for the nearest exit. She didn't want to start yelling at Naru in a hospital. It was usually how their phone calls went.

"Hello?" she asked as she attempted to keep her irritation out of her voice. She really didn't feel like talking to him after their last conversation before she had called to tell him of Takae's condition.

"Give me that, you rude boy!" she blinked at the voice. She knew that voice. "Hi, Mai-chan! It's Madoka! I came in for a surprise visit! Imagine my surprise when Noll told me you had headed out early on an investigation!"

"M-Madoka! How nice to hear from you!" Mai said as she laughed nervously. 'Oh, man, I bet Naru is fit to be tied. He's going to be in an even worse mood when she actually lets me talk to him.'

"At least you'll give me a nice greeting! Both Lin and Noll are sticks in the mud. No fun at all! Now, Noll has been telling me about this case. How's the grandmother?" Mai heard a clicking sound and realized she was probably on speaker phone. She let out a soft sigh as she tried to think of a way to explain what was going on.

"We haven't really heard anything else except the fact the doctors are working on it. I met Yumi though. Naru, she and Miwako are twins. I know twins are prone to psychic activity so is there any way they could be doing this subconsciously? Perhaps out of a sense of misplaced guilt on not being there for their mother?" Mai asked. The thought had been nagging her since she had met Yumi. However, as soon as she said something told her she was wrong.

"That's not a bad theory, Mai-chan!" Madoka cried. Mai kept from giggling. She knew she would be enjoying the expression on Naru's face if she was there. Unfortunately, she wasn't which was probably a good thing considering. It meant her job was still safe.

"The amount of activity you and Miss Hara have reported seem far more than a human influence poltergeist. The fact that you've seen a full bodied apparition supports it. I'll do the suggestion test when we get there tomorrow night." Naru said. Mai bit her lip before letting out a soft sigh.

"No, don't bother. I realized it was wrong the minute I said it. There's just something so…wrong about this. Man…is there a way for ghosts themselves to be possessed? That's about the only viable option there is if this thing really is Kasumi!" Mai cried as she finally managed to exit the building. She leaned against the stone wall beside the entrance.

"Possessing a ghost? Really, Mai, have you gotten dumber since you've been there? I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure they're letting you sleep all the time." Mai scowled at the insult. She wondered if he'd be able to go a day without actually insulting her or her intelligence. She somehow really doubted it.

"What did I tell you about appropriate tone, Noll! There's also a way to learn when to say something and when to not say something! At any rate, Mai could be on something. Not about ghost possessing ghost but spirits do change once they've left the body." Madoka said. Mai sighed before shaking her head even though they couldn't see her.

"But to change so much? From what these girls and the grandmother are saying she was one of the kindest people you could meet. Why on earth would she start targeting her family so viciously. I understand she must be hurt that she died the way she did but it was just an accident no one could've prevented." Mai said. She heard Madoka hum in thought. She wondered what the researcher was going to pull out of her head.

"What all do you know about Kasumi-san's passing?" she finally asked.

"Well, she told her daughters to go to the festival that was being held nearby. She told them she would meet them once she finished cleaning the hot springs after…wait a minute!" Mai exclaimed.

"What? What is it?" Madoka asked.

"I examined the hot springs earlier after we had cleaned my injuries from when the ghost broke the mirror on me. There were steps around the entire hot spring to allow for safer entry and exit. I had Bou-san ask Rentaro, he's a family friend, about it and he said those steps were there as long as he could remember! Which means…they were there when Kasumi was still alive! There was no way she could've fell!" Mai cried.

"Even with such safety precautions, Mai, you said Kasumi-san was dizzy when you last spoke to Noll before the grandmother had her heart attack. It is possible the dizziness affected her?" Lin spoke. Mai hummed as she thought back on her mental image of the hot springs. She shook her head once again.

"No way. Even if she had gotten dizzy she would have fallen forward into the water. She hit her head before falling." Mai answered.

"What could this possibly mean then? It sounds as though you're describing a man-made hot spring. They're nice and all but you would think with a Ryokan as old as that one they would at least have a natural hot spring." Madoka observed. Mai felt her eyes widen in surprise.

'Two. I told Bou-san I thought there should be two. It's because there is!' she thought before swallowing determinedly. "That's because there are two. The one guests can use and the one Kasumi had her accident in. Listen, I'm going to go check on the family before calling Bou-san to come get me. I'm going to see if I can find that hot spring! Chances are they've sealed it off!"

"No!" she paused at the rough response she had gotten from the normally leveled headed teen on the other end.

"Why not? This could help us find answers!" she shot back.

"Think about it, you idiot. One person, someone who grew up cleaning that hot spring, slipped and killed herself there. It wouldn't be hard for someone as clumsy as you to do the same!" he replied. Mai forced her heart out of her throat as she knew better than to get excited. He was only worried because she was an employee he had to pay medical insurance on.

"I'm not going to get near the water. I just want to look around! I'll let you know what I find!" she said brightly as she ignored what he'd said.

"Mai!" she ignored the call of her name as she hung up. She let out a soft sigh before quickly dialing Bou-san's number. He picked up on the second ring.

"Mai! How is Takae?" he asked immediately. She let out a soft sigh. She wished she had more information on the kind old woman. However, she wanted to figure out what was going at the house so she could put the woman at ease.

"Still with the doctors. Bou-san, remember how I said I though there should be two hot springs? Well, I'm not almost a hundred percent sure I'm right. We need to look for it while everyone else except John, you, and myself are there. I want to find it and get a good look to see if there's any clues as to why Kasumi's possible ghost could be causing all this trouble." Mai told him. He sighed on the other end and she could almost imagine him ruffling his hair.

"Alright, I'll come pick you up. I feel kinda bad about leaving John with this Rentaro guy though. He keeps asking us questions about paranormal stuff and is about to drive me insane. I'm grateful to get away from him. I'll tell John to see if he can convince him to go home or to the hospital so we can have the Ryokan to ourselves." he told her. She made a face at the perverted tone that he was using.

"Get your mind out of the gutter, old man! I'm only seventeen!" she told him angrily. His only response was to laugh. Before long Mai found she had to laugh as well.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll be there in ten minutes to get you. You should be really grateful I was already in Kyoto with my car when Naru told me about this case!" he reminded her. She sighed before bidding him farewell and hanging up. It was only as she hung up that another phone call came in. She sighed as she saw it was from Naru once again. She felt a smirk spread across her face as she did the one thing she should have done the moment he called her so early that morning. She turned her phone off.

"Where do you think we should start, Mai?" John asked as they stood in the lobby of the Ryokan. They had just sent Rentaro off with a change of clothes for both Miwako and Masako. Takae had been taken to a normal room with the doctors telling them she was going to be fine but had a long recovery ahead of her. Masako had volunteered to spend the night with Miwako and Yumi at the hospital.

"I doubt it's on the same wing as the other one so all of those rooms are out." Mai murmured softly.

"Rooms? Where in the world would they keep a hot spring hidden in one of these rooms? They aren't very big. I doubt something like that is easily hidden." Takigawa said. Mai glanced at him before shaking her head.

"True, but they would want it completely out of sight. What better way to do that then hide the door with a room in front of it? Man, I wish we had original blue prints of the Ryokan. It would help a lot." Mai sighed. She knew it had been a long shot. There was no way they would be able to find the other hot spring she knew existed without the help of the family. She wasn't exactly willing to try to ask them either.

"Wait! I saw a blue bring on Rentaro's table out in the shed while Bou-san was picking

you up. Let's go see if it's got an anomaly on it versus what we know the Ryokan looks like!" John suddenly exclaimed. Mai grinned at him brightly before following him out into the gardens where a small shed stood off to the side. She watched him open the two small doors and they piled in.

"Good going, John!" Takigawa said while slapping the blonde priest on the back. Mai leaned closer as she studied the map. She noticed the hot spring they knew about was marked. What she found so strange was two rooms had been drawn over a blank block that looked as though the name had been erased. She compared the block to the other one that contained the hot spring. Her eyes went wide as she realized they were the same but on different wings of the building.

"Found it." she whispered. She pointed as John and Takigawa looked over her shoulder at the odd rooms. She could feel it in her gut that was where the hot spring that had taken Kasumi's life was.

"That's odd, those are second floor rooms." Takigawa mentioned. Mai nodded.

"Yeah, but not so odd if they had steps leading down to the hot springs. It all makes sense now. The reason they change the days girls and boys can use the hot spring. It's because they sealed off the other one, the natural one, they were using. It's almost like they were trying to cut off the painful memories it must give them. Mai whispered. She could feel her heart breaking at the thought of what the family had gone through.

"Should we get started then? We have all night to explore." John said. Mai looked at him before nodding.

"I think it would be best if we stuck together though. I don't know when, or if, the ghost will show back up. I really don't want any more run-ins with her by myself. She's so scary I feel as though I can't breathe." Mai whispered. She glanced at Takigawa as he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. He looked concerned.

"Can't breathe? Could it be that when you see her…for some reason your ESP is trying to tell you something?" he asked. She blinked before laughing as she pulled away.

"I doubt it, Bou-san. We already know she drowned. I don't see why my ESP would be trying to tell me something I already know. Let's get started though. I don't want Miwako or Yumi to find out about this. They've got enough on their plates and I don't want to dredge up bad memories." Mai said. He gave a kind smile before ruffling her hair. She once again pulled away bumping into John who steadied her.

"Now, now, let's not get too excited. I agree with Mai, though. I think we should keep this under wraps. We don't need them worrying more than they already are." he laughed. Mai was about to answer before a cold chill entered the air. John had let go of her to talk with Takigawa and she suddenly felt as though she were going to faint.

Her sense of balance suddenly shifted and she began to fall. With a start she realized she was headed towards the small pond in the middle of the garden. Her eyes went wide as she saw the large rock she was headed for. Her mouth opened in a scream but she began to cough making her unable to scream. Her eyes searched for Takigawa and John only to find them gone. Her eyes continued to look around wildly as she fell. She gasped inwardly as she saw the ghost watching her from one of the corners. Her mouth began to open and Mai closed her eyes as she waited for the scream that would come.

"Mai!" her head snapped up. She found herself sitting on the ground with John and Takigawa kneeling over her worried. She looked up at them with tears in her eyes.

"What did you see, Mai?" John asked. She shook her head as she looked down at her knees as her hands clenched.

"She couldn't scream because she was coughing so hard as she fell. Chances are she hit her head so hard she was knocked unconscious. Poor Kasumi." Mai whispered. John put a gentle hand on her shoulder and she glanced at him. He was smiling at her gently and she sighed. She didn't know what she would do without her friends.

"That really is horrible. Do you feel up to…eh? Water?" Mai looked up to see Takigawa had his palm turned upward as though catching rain. She immediately looked at the corner she had been staring at during her vision. Her eyes went wide as the ghost was still standing there.

Mai opened her mouth to warn them only to let out a scream as she was suddenly soaked to the bone. She looked down at her clothes in shock before up at the two men to see they hadn't fared any better than her. She was about to say something before the smell began to choke her. She had never smelled something so bad before!

"Ugh! She didn't just soak us…she soaked us in rancid, warm water! Man, she has a vindictive, our little ghost does." Takigawa said as he pulled his clothes as far away from his body as possible.

"Rancid…water…oh. I see, it's because Kasumi was cleaning the hot springs." John said as he held his nose. Mai felt her heart drop as she looked at the corner where the ghost had been standing.

'Kasumi, is it really you doing all of this? But…I don't understand. Why…why would you do this to people who still mourn your passing every day? They love you so much so…why?!'

I hope you all enjoyed! Please remember to review! And speculation is always welcome as well! I love hearing theories!