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(11:00 that morning)

Everyone was in the base and they were all instantly curious as to why Masako and John were sitting so far apart from each other. Bou-san couldn't take it any more and turned to the two.

"Oi! What's up with you two? You haven't spoken a word all morning!"

The medium and former-priest blushed and glanced at each other, causing their pink cheeks to turn into a dark red and quickly look away.

"N-Nothing!" they both screamed in unison.

Bou-san raised and eyebrow and leaned in towards them with a menacing smirk. "Oh I get it…you two…you know…"

Masako shot up and hit the monk in the head while yelling "Get your mind out of the gutter BAKA!!"

Everyone stared at the enraged medium. Well that's different, Mai thought to herself, she's usually so composed

Masako noticed everyone was staring at her and she quickly sat back down, avoiding eye contact with them all

Takigawa opened his mouth to complain about the large lump on his head but was cut off as the base door opened with a 'bang.' A tall, good looking boy with glasses walked into the room.

"Y-Yasuhara-san? Why are you here?" Ayako stuttered.

"Madoka called me to get information on this inn," the boy smiled.

Naru turned to face the bisected college student. "What did you find?"

"Well…" Yasuhara started, "Nearly one hundred years ago this used to be a home to a woman named Kinomoto Elysia. The house was only one story tall and this inn is actually an addition onto the original house. Kaoru-san's Grandfather, who built the inn, didn't want to destroy the original thing. The original house is now the whole first floor of the inn.

"Anyway, Elysia had two daughters, Sakura and Naoko. Sakura was to be married to a powerful man named Daisuke to strengthen their already wealthy family, but two days before the wedding ceremony, the whole family, and Daisuke, were all found dead in the house. Sakura's body was found in her room, which is now twenty-seven, Daisuke's body was outside room fifty-three, and the mother and second daughter were found near room forty. It was believed that a bandit broke in and killed them but they still aren't really sure who was to blame," the twenty-one year old boy finished.

"Perhaps Daisuke is the one to blame. Maybe he was against the whole marriage issue," Ayako spoke up.

"That could be a possibility, but then why would he have killed himself after as well?" Naru stated.

"He could have been so disturbed with what he did that he took his own life soon after."

Mai shook her head slightly, not believing what the miko had just said. It couldn't have been Daisuke who killed them all…I just know it!

"It wasn't him!" Mai said, catching everyone's attention.

"Why do you say that Mai?" her boyfriend questioned her.

"I just know it's not. Even in my dream Sakura seemed to love Daisuke, I doubt he would have killed her."

"But didn't you say that in your dream you felt as though someone you loved stabbed you? Just because you know Sakura's feelings it doesn't mean that Daisuke felt the same towards her," the narcissist quartered.

"Well…no, but…Wait!"

"What is it?"

"I remember that the attacker's eyes were blank…almost as if he were being possessed. And remember how Sango-san had said that she heard the ghost of a man say 'Sakura where are you?' She said that was near room fifty-three, right were Daisuke's body was found. It had to have been him looking for Sakura because he knows what he has done and won't pass on until he finds her! Maybe someone they knew was opposed to the wedding and possessed Daisuke to kill Sakura and her family!" Mai nearly yelled.

"Well if that is the case then why do you suppose that they haven't been able to find each others spirits yet. The should have found each other by now."

"Uhhh…hmmm," Mai thought put a finger to her chin, "I know! Maybe the person who possessed Daisuke put a spell on them, making it so they can't find eachother and are forced to live an unhappy afterlife?"

"Hmmm, you could be right, and your intuition has been truthful so far. I'm actually a little surprised that you thought of it, you seem to actually be using your brain for once," the boy said while smirking, and continued before Mai could respond. "Alright, Yasuhara-san, try to find a list of people they knew and see if any look suspicious." Naru ordered.

"Hai!" the other boy answered and bid them all goodbye as he took off towards the town library to look at any files.

"Everyone else, go and walk around the inn to see if there is any sign of a spell placed on this house. Mai you stay here," Naru continued.

Everyone left leaving the narcissist and his girlfriend behind.

"Mai I need to ask you to do me a favor," he asked the girl slowly.

"Hai? What is it?"

"I need you to sleep."

Mai nearly face-planted. He needs me to sleep?! He usually yells at me for sleeping!

"Mai, focus. I need you to sleep and see if you can find out anything about the case."

"But Naru…I don't want to relive that scene again. It hurt too much," she said in a whisper, her gaze cast down at the floor.

"Don't worry Mai, I promise to wake you up before you relive that moment again. I just need you to try and get your way into some more of Sakura's memories. The key to the case is probably there. You have gotten a lot stronger with your ability and you seem to have honed it very well. I just need you to try; I think you're the only way we can solve this case, okay?"

Mai hesitated. "Alright, but I'm taking you up on your promise…you have to wake me up before I relive that moment okay?"

"Okay Mai, I promise."

"Pinky promise?" the brunette asked and held out her pinky.

Naru's eyebrow started twitching. "Mai we aren't little kids, I already promised."

Mai glared at the boy and said arrogantly, "I'm not going to sleep until you pinky promise."

Naru sighed and entwined his pinky with hers and smiled slightly at her childish behavior and echoed her, "Pinky promise."

His girlfriend rested herself on the couch and quickly fell asleep as Naru watched her closely with determined eyes.

I promise Mai, I'll never let anything hurt you.

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Sorry this one's sort of short but it's really late and I have school tomorrow

I hope you liked it!

I'll have chapter 14 up later tomorrow!!