Hi! I'm very sorry that it took me so long to update...I'm just kinda busy in school since I just transfer...so...I hope that you will enjoy this chapter...I know that it's kinda long...but we are getting closer to Mai...sorry about the wrong grammars...

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Chapter IV: "Another Mai"

Yasuhara's P.O.V.

After we explain the history of the house to everyone, keichi just look at me. Ryousuke wake up and now currently hugging his mother. While everyone else became so quiet that made me wonder if they were worried, scared(maybe not…after all the things that we have gone through) or thinking of a ways on how to deal with this thing or monster.

"thank you for explaining everything, now that all of us have heard about the history of this house, I want everyone to be alert and if ever you know something on how to deal with this thing better tell me" said big boss who break the ice.

"Well…it's unfortunate that mai-chan isn't here with us to give a clue or something of what we are really dealing here" I said while letting out a sigh

"Shounen…you know that we can't do anything about it since we still haven't found jou-chan" said bou-san

"naru..how about you asked hara-san to perform a spiritually lending of body to some free spirit or to call the spirit of shingo-san so that we could talk to him" said lin-san, him suggesting now really made me shock but not only me but also bou-san and john.

"Uwah! Its my first time hearing lin suggest something about the case" said bou-san

"it's not like lin is not suggesting anything to our cases but for all your information almost all the things that we do are mostly suggested by lin but he only discuss it to me before I discuss it to all of you" said big boss

"really? Why is that we never heard any of it? Does everyone know about it?"

"this is also my first time hearing about it" said masako while covering her mouth with her kimono sleeves.

"Well…neither me and john have heard about it" I said

"See? Naru-bou…why keep such a secret?"

"it's expected that all of you doesn't know about it but Taniyama-san knows that is why she sometimes argue with naru everytime you arrive late" explain lin

"Hmnn…so jou-chan knows it but masako doesn't…that's nice.." with a teasing smile and voice in of bou that us laugh.

"Anyway…what lin suggested is a good idea to talk to shingo-san whom I know is still here in this house" said naru

"Hai Hai…since my jou-chan isn't here we will go to that plan" said bou-san who stand up

"Takigawa-san please do not always find mai here since she is the one who left the SPR 5 years ago that is why please do stop bringing her up now" said the very irritated masako who also stand up in front of bou-san.

"What?! Her dreams or vision were always useful when it comes to this kind of cases…so you can't blame me…also I miss her…"

"MA MA MA….please calm down you two…" said john the peacemaker

"Uhmnn….sorry to interrupt to both of you but can I ask something?" said keichi who is sitting beside me raising his hand as if he is a student who wants recite.

"You two sit down! So what is it that you are going to ask keichi-san?" asked big boss

"well...who is mai that all of you are talking about?" he asked with a very confuse look.

"Mai, is my former assistant who had gone missing for almost 5 years, we are currently looking for her, why do you asked?" answered big boss

"well...may I ask what is her surname?"

"Taniyama…Taniyama Mai, keichi do you know her?" I aksed.

"I see…Taniyama huh….no…but…"

"but…?"

"Yasu..do you remember what I told you a while ago when we are on our way to the library?"

"hmnn…yeah…what part of it, it's a bit too many?"

"The part when I told you about my former lover's sister…the one that belongs to the yakuza family"

"Hmnnn…Yeah…I kinda remember it…and what about it?"

"well…His sister's name is also mai…"

"Wait! Isn't she an adopted daughter?!" I shouted

"shounen…you don't have to shout we can all hear you two" said bou-san

"yes, she is"

"Keichi-san may I ask do you by chance have a picture of that mai?" asked big boss

"Well…unfortunately I don't have since we only meet once and after that me and her brother break up"

"I see…Yasuhara…I remember you telling me that you go to the orphanage again right?"

"Yup! It was almost 3 weeks ago…"

"did you find anything new?"

"well…the owner said that the family who adapted mai informed them 3 years ago that another adaptation process had been done for her since the brother of the one who adapt her agree to give mai or rather re-adapt mai to his younger brother who really likes mai and wanted her to be his daughter since he doesn't have any child" I said

"mai is being pass to huh…" said bou-san

"Maybe the mai that you know keichi is the same as the mai that we are looking for" I said

"maybe...since you just describe the same case as mai…"he said. I notice that masako is becoming irritated and kinda depress since all we talk about is mai.

"Can I asked the surname of that mai?" said big boss

"yeah…her surname is Sakai…the very well-known Sakai family"

"I know that family…and if I'm not mistaken they are almost the richest family in japan and they place 2nd as the richest family in the whole world" said satori-san

"but you can't be sure that sakai mai is the mai that you are looking for since as far as I know she is already engage to be married, that's what I heard from her brother whom I still have contact with, that is why she can't be the mai you are looking for" said keichi

"I hope not…" I said

"Huh? Why not?"

"well…it would be better if she is indeed engage" said masako

"Masako! I know that you don't like mai! But! She is like a sister to me and I know her feelings and as well as your jealousy that you feel towards her that is why you hate her so much! Be happy now! Since you don't need to be jealous of her since you are already engage to naru!" Shouted Bou-san. All of us are shock to what he just said while masako just can't believe that bou-san would actually shout at her and tell her all about the things that she doesn't want to hear.

"Stop it, bou-san…"said john
"ARGH! What is it that makes you hate her?! She sees you as her friend or sister but you see her as you eternal rival"

"bou-san, stop…masako is already guilty…" I sad

"I'm not guilty at anything…but please can you all stop talking about her and just focus on this case" she said

"Masako is right, we must all focus now to our case instead of talking about mai" said big boss who walk towards his desk.

"naru-bou! We have or rather you have a choice to know if that mai is jou-chan…"

"that would take weeks since she isn't here in japan…or rather they rarely comes home here in japan except her brother who stays here entirely since he handles the family business also their older brother is also here since he handles the entire yakuza clan in the absence of their father"

"uwah! they are really yakuza huh…how the hell did you became the lover from that family…"

"IYAHH! I wish to not dig any of my past to all of you maybe only to yasu…hehehe…but I can assure you that I can at least asked him about his sister in some possible way I can ask him"

"This conversation is over that is why I would like you masako to prepare for the ceremony that you will perform later" Said big boss who really look kinda disappointed and sad. While masako is preparing for the ceremony all of us are just in the side waiting patiently for anything that might happen.

Naru's P.O.V.

Even though that I had been wanting to find mai as soon as possible but if the Mai that keichi-san knows is mai then i kinds don't want to meet her yet. Since I heard that she is already engage to someone else, it made me back out for a bit. And also just like her, I'm already engage to masako because of our parents. I just let it be even though mother knows the truth that I already love someone else and that is mai. Seems to me that madoka fill up mother some information about my stay here at japan.

"Naru…?" said masako who is looking at me with concern eyes.

"yes?" I replyed

"shall I begin?"

"yes, lin be sure to record the conversation" I said to lin who is now setting up the camera that will be used for recording.

"very well…please begin now masako"

"hai…*inhale…exhale* to the spirits of heaven that are guiding us…led me your power to heal the wounds of the spirits who have been hurt and can't move on…To the spirits of this house please hear my voice and free yourself from the one who binds you…lend us your power to help you move on…my body is free for you to occupy….please…rick-san or shingo-san…help us…" masako began and after saying those words she became silence that we assume that one of the spirits had already possess her, then she raise her head but it's no longer masako herself.

"who are you? Are you rick or shingo?" I began asking questions

"My name is…Hijirikawa Rick…"

"I see…"

"you must leave this place immediately…don't wait for him to take action that you will regret…you can no longer repeat the same agreement as shingo had done…he will no longer accept it…that is why you need to leave especially that child…he's in danger now…"he said as he was looking at satori-san's son with concern and sad eyes.

"but we need to do something about it…so that this house will be peaceful and that the spirits like you will be able to move on" said bou-san

"can you tell us…is he really a monster or just an evil spirit?" I asked

"well…you can call him a monster but physically he is not…his heart is already full of hatred and pain that lead him to do this kind of things…you can't exorcise him but instead the best thing is that you must know his identity and find his remains that had been buried somewhere and purify his spirits but that is only if he wants it to be done or not"

"wants it to be done or not?" said yasuhara

"yes, he is stubborn enough to continue hurting and getting the spirits of the poor young ones…"

"can you tell us his name?" I asked once more so that we can lead to who is behind this.

"a demon's name shall not be spoken even if by the spirit like me…he can make me suffer and also saying his name will also lead him to where you are…I believe that in this very room…there is someone powerful here and someone can hold a barrier this strong that he can't find the boy…only a good spirit can enter here right?"

"the barrier was made by my shiki…and they are also protecting all of us since majority of us here are young ones" said lin

"that's right…but since you want to free us all…find the oldest son of the very first family who live here…there under his favorite tree lies the truth that will lead you to the answer that you are looking for…that's all the information that I can share with you for now…but please you must take that child away from here but give him a certain protection that will keep him safe also he can track the ones that he wanted to have that is why if you can let one of your shiki if that is what you call it to protect that child since he is the one who is in the most dangerous situation now" he said

"then a protection and…lin's shiki will be fine to keep him safe?" asked bou-san

"you can stay at the house of my little brother…I believe that if you told him about me talking to you…he will welcome you openly but you must promise to place a protection all over the house…he is also looking for justice for my death and would certainly wanted to see me again…thank you…just be careful" with that he leave masako's body but didn't leave since masako spoke to him.

"Rick-san…when everything is already done…I would let you borrow my body again and then you can talk to your little brother again if that is what you want…thank you…" said masako then she look relieve and lean closer to me since she is very tired, I just let her be and lead her to the sofa for her to rest.

"Yasuhara…I want you and keichi to go to Kyoto and look for the house of ogata family and look for the oldest son of the ogata who live here…and look for the things that hijirikawa-san said a while ago…while john and lin…lead satori-san and his family to the house of hijirikawa-san's little brother and place a barrier and the protection that was given by ayako…yasuhara…lead them the way before you leave for Kyoto also bring some of those charms" I ordered them…

"Uhmnn…are we going to stay there for a long time? Cause if we are…we need some clothes for us to wear…we can't just bother them…" said mrs. Satori

"hmnn….lin, is madoka already outside?"

"yes, she's waiting at the gate…why?"

"ask her to come in and help her and mrs. Satori pack some of their cloths go with them bou-san and keichi-kun since I believe that you might took long before finding the place of the ogata family" I ordered

"thank you, shibuya-san…" said mrs. Satori who is now waiting for lin and madoka to enter the room and help them pack some clothes. Minutes later they arrive and that became a signal for mrs. Satori-san and keichi-kun to leave the room and start packing, yasuhara join them so that he can help keichi-kun in packing. Then an hour later they arrive to the base and waited for my signal for them to leave the house. If only finding a remain or someone who will be gone is the problem then mai is the only one we need and solve this and she is a big help in some ways.

"masako…can you tell if that demon or some evil spirit is around?"

"well…right now they are not active, maybe if the barrier is keep still then everything will be fine"

"then leave that to me" said lin

"very well…let us all lead them outside so that they can leave the house…lin be sure to protect them and leave 2 of your shiki's to protect them and place some more charms to the house…satori-san this is only for your safety but please don't leave the house and john will be staying with you so that we can be sure of your safety" I said to satori-san

"that's fine with us…thank you and please also take care of yourselves…" he said while bowing with gratitude for helping them.

"it is part of our job to keep our client safe, that is why please don't worry about it" said bou-san. After a while we are now outside the house and the ones who are supposed to leave are now walking away from the house. When they are now out of sight and seems that the spirits of the house didn't know that they left, we begin to walk again inside and just wait for lin tocome back.

"now I'm beginning to become confuse here….ARGH! knowing that mai is so close to us and yet we have a case after this one….i really miss her so much that I can't take it anymore that she's been missing for almost five years…" said bou-san while sitting on the sofa of the base.

"Takigawa-san please don't say such words now, especially that we are in the middle of a case that we are currently clueless about how to deal with it" said masako. I notice that she doesn't want to talk about mai since she knows about me having some kind of affection towards mai. I told her the truth after our engagement party in England

*flashback*

~ after the engagement party…at the room that my mother and father assign for us to talk.

"Oliver? Are you alright?" asked masako walking toward the sofa that I'm currently sitting.

"Its nothing…" I replied in a way that I don't burst all of my anger unto her.

"but you seems to be not happy to be engage to me?"

"do I have to explain it to you?"

"please…tell me why are you so cold towards me now…"

"then to tell you the truth…this whole engagement thing is just the doing of my parents, I don't really intent to get engage unless it is mai…"

"Mai? Taniyama mai?"

"yes, who else do you think the mai that I'm talking about"

"Why her?" she said, while i can see in her eyes the anger and jealousy that is feeling now.

" …I just realize it recently that…I love her…"

"y-you l-love ma-mai?"

"yes" I said confidently

"but…you didn't tell your parents about her….that you love her! Why do you have to accept this engagement!? You know that I'll be hurt knowing that you don't love me! That this is just an arrangement made by your parents!" she started shouting but I still remain calm since I know that it won't do any good if I also shout to her.

"my mother knows about it but my father already decided that I will be engage to you and also they wanted to see her so that they would know if she is fitted to be my wife…I tried to fight my feeling for her but it's no use since she's been missing just before lin and I leave japan…I can't do anything but to accept this engagement and it angers me that I can't be with the one that I love"

"oliver…I still want to continue this engagement…I want to prove to you that I'm much better than mai…I'll make you fall for me no matter what!"

"hara-san, you know it's no use since that mai is the one that I truly love and not you"

"no…I'm your fiancée now….and you can't change it…"

"then do as you want but I still won't give up on loving mai even if she is not by my side"

"then please do start calling me masako"

"alright…"I said as I get out of the room wanting to cool my head.

*end of flashback*

"Naru-bou…do you still want to find mai? If she is really Mai then knowing that she is being taken good care by that family who adopted her and on top of that she is now has a fiancé" said bou-san who didn't listen to masako who is stopping him from talking about mai.

"Maybe we'll just look for her after our next case since she seems to be not yet here in japan…looking for her can wait" I'm a liar, I know that I want to see her so badly but I'm hurt, knowing that she now belongs to somebody.

"Please do stop talking about mai right now…we need to focus solving the case" said masako

"Hai hai…" surrendered bou-san. Minutes later Lin arrived and by the time he arrive the lights suddenly turned off and screaming of help began to echo probably the whole house. Just after the screaming disappear and the lights are back, bloody writing are now all over the room and most probably the whole house. The writing says 'help us please!', 'free us!', 'we want to move on!', 'I want to go home!', almost all of them are pleading writing except for one that lin said not to read aloud. 'why did my brother have to do those to me? Please look for me! Ryouta-nii had been holding me! Please! I want to be at peace!' that what it said, now it gave us some additional information about this case. But maybe we can still wait for a while for the information that yasuhara and keichi-san will found.

Bou-san's P.O.V.

I didn't expect us to wait for 2 days before yasu called to tell us all the things that they had found but he will be sending a file that contents the whole explanation in this situation.

The files says that ' The oldest son of the ogata family which Natsu Ogata, has a friend name Ryouta nakajima, who is also part of an omnyouji family in Kyoto. But it seems that he is kind of obsess unto something that made them commit a crime or rather need a sacrifice. Natsu's little brother named ogata sei. Sei-kun didn't die because of an accident but it is more likely a murder since ryouta-kun wants sei to be the sacrifice that he wanted for the ceremony of calling the demon that he wants to have contract. But since natsu doesn't want that to happen he pleaded but was fooled by him since the day that sei-kun was found dead, he was nearby that is why he immediately get him inside the house and begin he ceremony since that nobody is home. He offer his own body and soul as a vessel then sei-kun's soul is just an additional offering. The reason behind this is because ryouta-kun had a son at his early age since that his girlfriend became pregnant with their son, but after a year their son died because of illness and also because his girlfriend left him and some of his friend begin to be away from him except natsu. He wants revenge so badly and also he wants his son back that is why he accept the contract he had with the demon and then to continue on getting young souls as a payment.'

That's all he stated but I know that during the phone call yasu add up a lot of things that are not included to that letter/file that he send. Since the face of naru-bou right now seems to be showing that this case will be done by tomorrow and we can finally rest even just for a while.

Thanks for reading...hope you enjoy it...chapter V is next...maybe you will now find out where Mai is...