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Chapter 2

Mai nearly jumped out of her skin when the classroom door was opened quickly, before she finally caught her breath at seeing Kagome and her brother at the door. Both of them shared a glance before she waved Souta off to help Mai, "Shibuya-san, may I ask why I was called in?"

Kagome briefly glanced at the others around the room before a frown ran across her face, there weren't any spirits here in this place but there were indeed a number of dark energies running around the air. The oddest thing is that they were concentrated to anyone at this place.

Naru said nothing, simply pushed the file across the table to the older woman it held all the problems that had been caused by whatever it was that was going on at this particular school.

"Lin-san?"

"Hai, Higurashi-san?" Lin looked over at the woman, for the last several weeks since the park case the woman had been coming in and helping him type files. It had given him a lot more time to catch up on the things that had backed up while he'd been working with the case files.

"Is this it?" Kagome asked, walking toward the taller man before settling beside him.

"Gahaa! WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS SCHOOL!" Mai finally yelled frustrated and more than a little confused.

Souta frowned, "Mai stop yelling, that doesn't help at all."

Naru moved to see what Kagome was doing, both he and Lin seemed to pause as they looked at the separate piles that the woman had made.

"It's unusual isn't it? None of these are to very dangerous by themselves, but there are too many to be coincidental." Naru continued as he studied the path she was making, those that caused the greatest harm, or could cause the greatest harm to those that were simply miniscule.

"I do not believe this is caused by spirits, Shibuya-san." Kagome finally related, as she looked over what was spread before her.

Naru stared in surprise, "Why is that Higurashi?"

"Hmm, the energies here are a very different type of energy… almost living… but not. It's at the tip of my tongue, but I've felt something similar before." Kagome replied, she knew she looked befuddled and in truth to a certain degree she was.

"I see, I'll call in the others as well, will you stay and help Lin?" Naru asked, though it sounded much more like a command.

"Hai," Kagome turned away from her boss to focus on helping Lin get more research and all the cases and files typed up. Souta sighed before sitting down to help the two of them, he really had nothing else to do, and it seemed that even though Lin was extremely uneasy in their presence he did appreciate the help.

When Naru returned he was followed by four people, three of them the sibling knew they had meet them on other cases while the fourth. A red haired woman who wore a good amount of make up, they had never seen before.

"Probation eh? You know I think those two have been on more cases then me." Takigawa muttered staring at the two dark heads bent over one computer beside Lin.

"Ha… haa… that might be true but you wouldn't be willing to help with the paper work." John replied lightly an amused look on his face.

Mai grinned in amusement, "Hey, Souta you guys haven't met Ayako yet, right?"

"What does she do?" Souta finally looked up, they had found an interesting report about some of the shenanigans that had happened around this school before all the strange incidents.

"She's a miko." Mai replied.

"Really?" Kagome asked absent mindedly as she continued to look at the file on her screen, it wasn't a particularly loud remark but everyone in the room could hear it as if it was amplified to explode around the room in surround sound.

"What is that suppose to mean?" Ayako practically yelled frustrated.

"You aren't a true Miko, and you have no patron god, you don't serve a shrine… as such you would be less than a miko… I know every priest and priestess in Tokyo." Kagome replied calmly.

Ayako paused and stared in shock, slightly mortified to hear the snickering behind her. She could tell it was the monk and that bitch Masako, who did this woman think she was?

"Who do you think you are, to say things like that?" Ayako scowled.

Kagome glanced at Ayako before turning her entire focus on the woman, "I'm the Head Priestess of the Higurashi Shrine. I think I would know what I'm talking about… I would be removed if I was less than stellar."

At this point everyone was gaping in surprise, save the few who had known in advance. It went quiet for a few moments after that before Naru finally spoke up sending Masako and Ayako to go around the school to find spirits and sending John, Souta and Houshou after them to exercise.

It had been roughly twenty minutes since the others had been sent out when Mai yelped in surprise from the front room. Lin, Kagome and Naru looked at the other as they listened to what was happening in the other room.

"What are you doing?" A light female voice asked from behind them.

Mai could be heard sighing, "Geees you scared me!"

The other girl laughed softly, "Hey are those the cases from the school?"

"Yes, that's right." Mai nodded, slightly relieved it was just a girl.

The girl huffed, "Darn, I wonder what's going on at this school! Ghosts, curses, and supernatural powers!"

Naru nodded to the others before walking around the partition wall, "What do you mean supernatural powers?"

Both girls were startled by his sudden appearance before the girl finally spoke up, "Well the Kasai Panic…"

"Panic?" Mai asked frowning.

"Yeah, there's a senior in our school named Kasai Chiaki. She started bending spoons with her powers." The girl continued, "I think it was right after summer break that she started doing it. She became really famous at school for doing it. A lot of the teachers scorned her and started saying bad things about her and the school split in half some on the teacher's side some on Kasai's side. After a while there was an assembly and Kasai was forced to bend the spoon in front of the school. One of the teachers goes mad and gave her a key and dared her to bend it… and she did. The teacher in question got really angry and attacked her, so he had to be removed from the school. Before he was removed Kasai promised she would curse him, after that the strange things started to happen."

Kagome frowned as she listened before sending a text message to her brother asking him to go to the biology club. She could still hear them talking about it, and it would be better if Shibuya-san and Mai had someone who could actually use their abilities.

"What did you do?" Lin asked looking toward the younger woman. She'd sent a message and gotten one in return and she sometimes had to wonder about her.

"I asked Souta to meet Shibuya-san and Mai at the biology lab… he can't use his abilities can he?" Kagome responded, looking up at Lin with a strange type of understanding.

Lin sighed, "I see… it would probably be best," though he knew that Naru really wouldn't like it but he had to admit it would relieve his conscious a bit if he at least knew that someone would try to keep the teenager out of trouble.

Kagome chuckled, "I do have to wonder what the three of them will get into."

Lin snorted, before returning to his files.

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"What are you doing here Souta?" Mai asked.

Souta rolled his eyes, "I'm here because Kagome told me to be… I think she's worried about you two."

Naru just sighed, frustrated with them both before opening the door to revile to very different people. One was a student the other a teacher, "Excuse us, but it Kasai-san here?" Naru finally asked surveying the area all the while.

The older woman looked toward them, she was wearing a long gray skirt and a yellow ribbed sweater "Can I help you?"

"I'm Shibuya from Shibuya Psychic Research, May I speak with Kasai-san?" Shibuya looked at the woman coolly there was something about her that seemed to rub him the wrong way.

"Ah, yes. Please come in I'm Kei Ubusuna. I'm a biology teacher here." Ubusuna looked over them as if trying to decide something with her strange smile. "I suppose you're here to talk about the incident in September?"

"Leave me alone! I'm not going to talk about it!" The girl who was facing the corner away from them replied her dark grey hair falling down below her shoulders.

"I suggest you speak with them so that they understand." The biology teacher responded kindly.

"No way, it's not like they're going to believe me anyway." She huffed frustrated and annoyed,

Souta snorted, "It's not like we're really just going to deny everything you have to say. We work in Psychic Research if we didn't have an open mind we would get anywhere now would we?" He was being an ass but this girl needed a wakeup call or to listen to what was going on around her.

Kasai blinked surprised, and annoyed before glaring back at them a frustrated look on her face, "What did you want to talk about?"

"I heard that you had something to do with the mysterious happenings at this school, I also heard a rumor that you could bend spoons… or keys in some cases." Naru stated calmly looking over the girl.

"I bet none of you believe that, there not just rumors they're true." Kasai replied coldly, a slightly mad light in her bright gray eyes.

"Pff. It's not like it's hard." Souta turned his nose up at the girl, he hated people with a cocky attitude… it drove him nuts.

All three of the women in the room looked at Souta as if he was insane, "You can?" Kasai asked, un-amused he sounded like he was mocking her.

Souta nodded, "I'm not fully trained or anything but I do know a lot about PK abilities."

Scowling Kasai grabbed a metal spoon resting in a coffee mug on the table next to her seat, holding it out she had a cold smirk on her face, "Prove it."

Souta rolled his eyes, "Are you okay with that Shibuya?"

"Will you pass out?" Naru responded just as calmly.

"Nah, I'll be sleepy for a little while though."

"Go ahead then." Naru waved him off, curious about Souta's ability. Kagome hadn't said anything about having PK.

Souta grinned, "Righto captain." Souta took the spoon from the girl but held it at the very bottom. The first thing that was visibly moved was the cradle of the spoon it suddenly went flat before it slowly began to roll down on itself until it looked like fruit roll up. "That better?" The question was asked almost in a sneering way.

Kasai was wide eyed when the rolled up spoon was simply dropped into her hand, and the boy Souta just yawned sleepily. "Hai… it started over the summer, I was watching a late night show and I saw someone bending a spoon. So I tried to imitate it. I was so surprised when the spoon bent."

Kasai sighed, before looking over Souta in a curious manner, "I certainly can't turn it into something like this anyway.

"Gellerini Phenomenon. Several years ago there were many people excited about the psychic world after seeing Uri Geller on television. There people were called the Gellerini." Ubusuna smiled beatifically.

"You're very knowledgeable." Naru commented studying the woman. He could tell by Souta's tensing that something she'd said had caught the younger boy's attention and made him uneasy. "Kasai-san can you still bend a spoon?" Naru asked

"I can!" Kasai seemed to cry, there was a spoon in her hand within minutes, one hand on the lower part the other seemed to be rubbing. Slowly she began to bend over the chair the closer she got the more tense Souta got, Naru simply nodded.

Souta suddenly grabbed her hands, "Don't do that! It's one of the reasons that the Gellerini were ruined, several of the children did this and it caused a lot of cruelty toward them. I don't know who taught you that, but it would get you into a lot of trouble and no one would take you seriously!" A look of anger seemed to cross his face, Souta really couldn't stand people who hurt others without cause lying and teaching them bad information was one of the top ways for it to occur.

"I know that trick as well… if Souta hadn't of stopped you I would have. Most of the Gellerini's power didn't last a long time, in order to hide this they used a number of tricks to lie to the public about their abilities. The public came to learn about it and they began to call them cheaters, that is one of the tricks the Gellerini used." Naru finished, he really believed that it was strange that Ubusuna-san knew so much about the Gellerini.

"But I have bent spoons before!" Kasai stared at them with disbelief.

"Yah… but it only takes one fuck up for all that built credibility to run down the drain." Souta was generally a crude person very few people knew it but he was this was one of those times it came out.

Naru stared, slightly amused and baffled by the younger Higurashi sibling. Trying not to chuckle he continued were Souta had abruptly left off, "Any researcher know that the Gellerini phenomenon is unpredictable. If you can't do it, you should go ahead and admit it. If someone was still in disbelief then they probably didn't believe you in the first place."

Ubusuna finally spoke up, "I taught that to her, the other teachers wouldn't believe her and she was often put into positions that she was forced to bend spoon to give proof that she had power."

"And that has nothing to do with you. If she had such a problem with her teachers she could have complained to the school board. Instead you chose to put her credibility at stake, what would have happened if one of those teachers figured out that little trick? Kasai-san would more than likely be kicked out of the school. One for causing such a ruckus in the first place and the second because everyone would then believe she was lying. PK can come and go, often times the more stressed out a person it the less likely it becomes that they can perform." By the time Souta was finished he was sending Ubusuna a venomous glare, that Mai thought might just melt the woman into a puddle of blood.

"That's enough Souta. Kasai-san is that why you made that comment toward your teacher at assembly?" Naru asked coolly.

"What? No, I was just so frustrated. They kept coming at me from all sides and it just came out… I doubt I could actually curse anyone to death." Kasai snorted.

Naru's eyes narrowed again, "Is that so? Either way thank you for your time, Souta, Mai. Let's go."

As the three of them walked back toward their camp they continued to hear Souta yawning more and more. "Souta… are you suppose to use your spoon bending ability?" Mai asked staring up at her friend.

Souta rolled his eyes, "It's not about suppose or not suppose to, it's about control and practice. I haven't done anything like that in a long time… so I'm really tired, I shouldn't have done it though… you always waste more energy when you're mad… just don't tell Kagome. I don't want a lecture please?"

Naru chuckled, "I don't believe I would like to hear a lecture from Higurashi-san again either."

Mai gaped, "What! When did Kagome give you a lecture?"

Souta snickered, "We went on a case with him to a cursed sight, Kagome promptly asked him what he was thinking coming without Lin. When she was done she dragged him back to Lin and let Lin yell at him some… the fact that those two can tag team is terrifying."

"Thank you for telling that particularly stimulating tale." Naru stated coolly before opening the door.

Once the three of them were settled inside the room again, they could only wait for the others to arrive. Though they did on occasion hear Kagome grumbling about a certain file, or Lin's snort of amusement…

Masako sighed, as she stood still very much like a statue, "There aren't any spirits here."

"That's not possibly Masako!" Takigawa stated, a frown on his face.

"I have searched every single place in this school and there is nothing here that indicates a spirit," Masako finished cooly.

"I believe this supports my theory." Kagome mumbled, "Shibuya-san… I would like to see the desk were the first large incident took place… I think… I might know what this is."

Naru turned his eyes narrowed, "Hai."

"Lin-san will you come with me, you as well Shibuya-san…. I don't know enough about this particular part of the supernatural." Kagome's eyes were closed and she seemed more tired than before.

"What do you think it is onee-san?" Souta asked, slightly worried.

Kagome's eyes opened and narrowed, "A curse, or several curses… depending what we find at the desk, which people claim is the first odd incident… will show what kind of curse and how it came to be. Like I said curses and magic aren't my expertise…"

Lin nodded, "Let's see Higurashi-san." The two of them left the room, it didn't take long before Naru followed quickly. Several members of his crew were bickering and he certainly didn't want to listen to them bitch, sometimes he had to wonder how they had managed to solve so many problems… that was the nice thing about the Higurashi's even if they disliked something they would never say it.

"Lin-san!" Kagome yelped, before she was quickly pulled back from the door she was about to open. Lin had already pulled the much smaller woman behind him, he was more than a little disturbed.

Naru found himself hurrying his pace to see something bizarre, above the classroom they were about to enter was a strange spectral creature. It looked human and seemed to be wearing something akin to and old priest's grab and its face was misshapen the nose was long and thin, and there was a scythe in its hand and a cruel grin on it's face.

Lin whistled, his shiki promptly began to drive back the creature it didn't take long for it to seep into the floor. He could feel Kagome shaking behind him and she was clutching the back of his shirt, "Higurashi…" He heard her take a very deep breath, before forcing herself to let go of his clothing. When she was once again beside him instead of in front of him he could easily see that she was about as white as Alabaster… and he found himself wondering at the paleness.

"Tengu… there is no way someone at this school has the spiritual energy or magic to control Tengu." She stated firmly, "Someone knows my name…"

Lin studied her, before simply opening the door, "It's the desk in the corner, Higurashi-san."

"Hai." Kagome moved quickly, her pace was steady and she seemed calmer. But upon closer inspection they could easily see that her hands were shaking violently.

"Higurashi-san, why are you so startled by this?" Naru asked cool, watching with a detached eye as she looked over the desk.

"Shibuya-san… someone would have to have a very thorough knowledge of my family and my back ground to be able to terrify me with that. Before my father was killed, supposedly he saw a tengu before his death… right before he was shipped off to war." Kagome continued her search running her hands on the inside, "Souta wouldn't have known… only someone who had read grandfathers writing would know that… ah!" Pulling out something that looked like an oddly shaped wooden figure. Kagome could only blink when Lin took it from her, "Zuso."

"With Enmi… this could take a very long time for us to fix. This would mean there are several curses in place… tell everyone to call it a day… the only way we're going to find the Jusa and the rest of the Enmi are if we start earlier in the day tomorrow." Naru sighed.

"One has been cast on you Higurashi… what will you do?" Lin asked calmly.

Kagome stared up at the man next to her, "Souta can ward it off with chants and I can use sutras… once we're home we should be safe… the Shrine is heavily warded."

They watched Naru go, he was more than likely going to explain the situation to the others and that work was over for the day. "Higurashi-san… if something happens feel free to call Naru or myself."

Lin watched as her eyes softened, "Thank you, Lin-san." He nodded, before walking with her back toward the room that the school had given them to work out of. By the time they were arrived, there were only three people left in the room Mai, Souta and Naru.

"Mai, Souta let's go." Kagome smiled lightly.

Mai pouted, before nodded while Souta grabbed their things. They quickly said good bye before the three of them left, both Naru and Lin watched them go before piling into Lin's car to drive home.

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Kagome frowned, she could hear shouting even out in the hall way opening the door she could see a three way argument involving Mai, Naru and the 'Miko' Ayako. "You do know that school is still in session correct?"

The three paused to look at her as if to asked what her point way, "I can hear both Mai and Ayako all the way down the hall… I'm sure the teachers wanted me to express their displeasure no matter the fact that you're ruining what's left of Kasai-san's reputation."

Mai blushed, while Ayako huffed angry and frustrated, "What do you think Kagome?"

"I think you're an idiot… Kasai can't even bend a spoon… how would you expect her to have the knowledge of Zuso?" Kagome replied dryly, she could hear Lin snorting in amusement from behind the partition wall. "She's what… 15 or 16… if anything Mai has more knowledge about Zuso then that chit does… use common sense… I realize you have a massive brain, but please grow some common sense."

"Then what about the fact that you and I have been targeted?" Naru asked, coldly he didn't like that she was implying he was an idiot.

"Mai." Kagome replied easily, "Lin how much do we have left to put in the computer?"

"I finished an hour ago." Was Lin's short, and to the point, response.

"Ah." Kagome nodded.

"What do you mean Mai?" Ayako frowned.

Kagome turned to stare at Mai as if to apologize, "Gomen Mai… but this is for your own good. Several times Kasai-san came into this room and the two of them spoke about several members of SPR… I have no doubt in my mind that Kasai-san spoke with Ubusuna-san…" Kagome replied.

Ayako frowned, "Why are you so put off by Ubusuna-san?"

"Souta has very good instincts… and very few people know about the Gellerini incident here in Japan." Kagome replied, "It was close to twenty years ago and was just as violently hidden after the press began to attack the child of Uzuki Kaido… a high ranking politician at the time."

Ayako nodded, "Ah… that would make more sense about your suspicion… what about your disbelief that Kasai could do it?"

Lin snorted, "I believe I can answer that, she's about as trained as Mai is."

Everyone looked toward the partition wall in shock, none of them had expected to hear Lin speak up. "Exactly," Kagome grinned as if her master plan had been complete "That and puberty is settling in… her abilities are all over the place."

"Then why is Naru getting attacked?" Ayako frowned, frustrated.

Mai sighed, "What if the Jusa just thinks that Naru is in the way?"

"Then he would put one on every member of this group." Naru replied duly.

"I see… but Zuso is Onmyou-do, right? So an Onmyou-ji could fix it right?" Mai asked frustrated.

Takigawa finally broke in "What does that have to do with anything?"

'Well Naru… you're an Onmyou-ji right?" Mai asked.

"Mai… what in the world would make you think that? Shibuya is about as Chinese as Brown-san is." Kagome looked aghast at the thought.

"What?" Mai looked completely befuddled.

Kagome sighed, "An Onmyou-ji is something akin to a Chinese sorcerer… they have a focus on magic and they do NOT teach it to outsiders! Something like Hitogata are also present in Japanese magic and even the Buddhist and Shinto teachings."

"Oh… but you used a Hitogata on one of our former cases, and Monk said you could only do that if you're Onmyou-ji." Mai blushed violently.

"Lin made that." Naru sighed rubbing his face in slight frustration.

"Lin is an Onmyou-ji?" Mai look confused.

Kagome promptly left the two to continue the ridiculous conversation… "I swear she is completely clueless!"

Lin looked over at Kagome, he'd been surprised at her comments about Onmyou-ji… there had been no derision and little anger just frustration with Mai's ignorance. "Does it bother you that I'm Onmyou-ji?"

Kagome blinked in surprise, "Iie… besides your shiki are cute." She replied easily, her arms were folded together on the table and her head was resting on them and he could see an easy warm smile on her lips as she looked up at him.

Lin felt his cheeks heat a bit with embarrassment, he'd never met someone would could see his shiki let alone who thought they were cute. "Ah…"

"Do you dislike me because I'm a priestess?" Kagome asked, "Or because I'm Japanese?"

Lin shook his head, "I do not dislike you… but you cause me to feel conflicted."

Kagome pouted, "How so?"

"I want to like you more than I want to dislike you." Lin responded, a small look of annoyance on his face for whatever reason she and her little brother has struck a soft spot in him that seemed to over ride his dislike of the Japanese, even Mai and her silliness had found a way into his heart.

Kagome grinned, "Neeh… you have to call me Kagome then."

Lin stared at her, "Why?"

"We've worked with each other rather closely for almost three months. I would prefer to be called Kagome, Higurashi-san makes me sad…." Kagome's eyes seemed to dance with amusement.

"We will see." Lin's eyes widened, before he stood "Naru is in trouble."

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked, a worried look on her face.

Lin shook his head before taking off, Kagome followed at a slightly slower pace. There was a construction site ahead of them, as they crossed they eventually came across a manhole cover. When the two of them looked down it was easy to see that both Naru and Mai were stuck down there, it didn't take Kagome or Lin long to get things necessary to get the two of them out. Though after hearing what happened Kagome did give Mai the longest scolding, Lin thought that he had ever personally seen in his lifetime and Mai looked properly chastised.

Once they returned to the room they were rewarded with close to thirty Hitogata's made for everyone or almost everyone who'd wronged Kasai in the school.

Takigawa huffed, "Wow… that's an impressive number of Hitogawa.."

"Mine… and Yoshino-sensei's were found in the manhole…" Mai frowned, before blushing at Ayako's comment that she should stop falling into holes.

John looked over the things, "This should stop it correct?"

"Yes. All we need to do know is burn them or throw them in a river." Naru replied.

"Or both," Souta replied several members stared at him in surprise, "What? Nothing could be done with them then."

John and Takigawa continued to talk about the Jusa while Ayako went about seeing to Naru's wounds. When she began to ask him more questions, and he didn't respond, she finally asked if he was feeling well… he promptly fell out of his seat. Luckily he didn't eat the floor thanks to Lin's quick actions of catching him.

"Don't move him, I'll call an ambulance." Ayako took off.

"At least she's a doctor…" Kagome sighed watching her go. Bending down next to the boy, she checked his temperature while Lin looked for a proper pulse. "Lin…you can go with him to the hospital… I can bring your car."

"Hai. Thank you." Lin nodded, as the two of them watched Naru being loaded onto a stretcher.

"Takigawa and I will make sure that the Hitogata are properly disposed off." Kagome replied, taking the keys from Lin's outstretched hand.

"Alright let's go." Kagome sighed, as her brother and Takigawa came with her to correctly burn the items while Mai, and Ayako went ahead to meet with Naru at the hospital.

Takigawa grinned as he watched the ashes run down the river, "Man… I'm glad this is over with."

"Me too… I think I prefer ghosts." Souta sighed, rubbing the back of his head.

Kagome snorted, "Stop complaining come on… get in the car let's go…"

Both males pouted, Takigawa wanted to drive Lin awesome car and Kagome wouldn't let him, Souta wanted Takigawa to drive Lin's car because he was positive the older man would make it a fun experience. Sadly she shot both ideas down.

"I'll stay with Lin, you two shoo." Kagome waved them away when she stayed to give the dark haired man his keys. "You will not believe how pathetic those two are when in contact with a pretty car.

Lin simply sent her a blank look as if to say that wasn't his problem, once he was satisfied with the nurse he'd been talking to they walked toward Naru's room. There were met by their original contact a girl named Yuko Takahashi, who looked a lot like Mai, Kasai and the teacher Ubusuna-san.

Naru looked at Ubusuna with suspicion once she was inside. Kagome had been right all along. He was glad that someone else had a brain on his team, he knew that between Lin and Kagome the two of them often times threw ideas back and forth until they were satisfied with results… it was one of the reasons that Lin now had room to hold six or seven people in his office as compared to just the two of them. With the clutter cleared and most of the files, cases and information on a computer back up or put away Lin often times got off work much earlier.

"Yuko, Kasai-san did either of you hear about me being an Onmyou-ji?" Naru stared, looking over the occupants of the room.

"Hai, I did." Kasai replied,

"Iie, what is that?" Yuko asked curious.

"Kasai-san did you tell anyone about this?" Naru asked, looking over a magazine that a man named Miroku had dropped off for him almost as soon as he'd gotten there.

"Yes… I told Kei-sensei… why?"

Instead of answering, Naru continued to study the picture of the person who'd written the article and he could only say that Kagome had a lot of connections to be able to pull this off. "On this case, Mai's intuition has been close to perfect… have you heard of this?"

"I might of in passing why?" Kasai frowned, her pointer finger patting the top of her lip lightly.

"Have you mentioned this to anyone?" Naru replied, saving his place before opening another article that had been brought this one was a journal of paranormal research.

"I might have mentioned this to Kei-sensei." Kasai looked like she was about to crawl back into herself within the next several seconds if Naru didn't stop asking questions in that polite and bored way of his.

"This is all just for confirmation," Naru replied, ignoring Ubusuna-san's questions to ask his own, "And where did you graduate Ubusuna-san?"

"Oh, at a local college near my home town." Ubusuna smiled.

"I see, and you're from Fukushima prefecture correct?"

"Yes, I am." Ubusuna just continued to smile, as if there was nothing he could say that would bother her.

"Thank you for the confirmation… I think I can safely say that this case has been solved." Naru replied.

"Solved?" Kasai looked shocked and surprised then again even if you hadn't seen the girl it could be heard in her voice.

"Yes. A Zuso or more specifically an Enmi preformed by Hitogata, was used to cast curses upon certain members of the school. Which, means we need to remove the Hitogata, and convince the Jusa to stop."

"What is a Jusa?" Yuko asked quickly.

"It's the castor, or the person in control of the spell." Kagome spoke up quietly, so that the younger girl could follow along just a little bit better.

"Are you saying I'm the Jusa?" Kasai shouted now angry.

"Hush, Kasai… you don't have the ability and you're in a hospital." Kagome scolded, watching the girl deflate in surprise.

"What Kagome says is correct, the Jusa is Ubusuna-sensei." Naru replied, looking over the journal once more before staring calmly at the biology teacher who just continued to smile. "We've gathered everything that you created now I ask that you stop this, and never do it again."

"I'm not the Jusa." Ubusuna replied, an easy cool look on her face.

"Yes, you are… no one else has the ability." Naru replied, waving away her denial, it was obvious no one in the room believed her.

"I thought all the people who disagreed with Kasai's abilities were the ones who were attacked?" Yuko replied, looking at them as if confused.

"Yes, I thought so as well… so wouldn't Kasai be a more likely culprit?" Ubusuna grinned coldly.

"If she were trained… maybe." Takigawa spoke up this time.

Ubusuna looked affronted now, as if they had slapped her "What happened to Kasai was not my problem I only helped her out of sympathy."

"Lies." Naru continued, "It was your problem it made you angry, you're rather well known in the research and psychic field here in Japan." He paused showing the written journals and what was inside the Magazine. "Twenty years ago, Uri Geller made an appearance here in Japan… you were one of the girls caught cheating. And they slaughtered you in the press… just like they condemned Kasai at her school."

Ubusuna eventually let out a stream of information that surprised everyone, she'd been a child tricked by the media and used to spread a wide range of propaganda. She had felt more anger when Souta had scolded Kasai telling her why what she was doing was wrong the others could only watch with a mix of pity and disgust.

Eventually Ubusuna was admitted to a psychiatric ward, she needed both the mental and emotional support of a professional. After Ubusuna left Yuasa school, Kasai-san slowly began to experiment with her abilities, while several teachers and students refused to believe in the girl others would and enjoy watching her strange abilities.

It would be weeks later when the entire crew was gathered around Naru while he test Mai for supernatural powers. Everyone had been waiting for the results, when he announced them the laughter and jokes could be heard for weeks about how animalistic Mai was considering she only ran on instincts. At least until Kagome got tired of hearing it, and started telling them what animal's they reminded her of and would they please shut up she was sick of hearing it.

Naru while he wouldn't admit it was eternally grateful no one except John or on occasion Takigawa would come around to sit in his foray. When they hit the third week of no Ayako and no Masako he promptly thanked the woman causing her to flush up a storm, Lin had laughed in the background he and Souta were probably the only ones that knew exactly how embarrassed she was after the incident. The next case was one of the oddest and perhaps saddest SPR would see to date.