Never Coming Back

Gene explained everything to them, not leaving out one detail. Once he had finished, everyone in the room just stared at him, opened mouth.

"Naru" Masako tried to form the words but it seemed to be more difficult then she thought. "Did what?"

"I know." Gene said looking at the floor. "It's hard to believe but its true, every word."

"How could this have happened?" asked Ayako who was on the verge of tears. Bou-san put an arm around her and tried to comfort her.

"Noll had a plan that-" Gene tried to think of the right words. "Kind of failed."

"Kind of failed? Gene, Mai is dead!" Lin said.

"I know, but there isn't much we can do about it now."

"There has to be something we could do." John said. Gene looked at him sadly. There wasn't anything they could do to help but he couldn't bring himself to say it. Gene looked at everyone in the room. They were either on the verge of tears or already crying.

"Our first priority is to find Noll before he does something stupid." Everyone nodded and stood up. Ayako and Bou-san decide to check the third floor while John and Masako went to check the basement.

"Gene, are you coming?" Lin asked at the door. Gene looked up at him before shaking his head. "I'm going to hang out here for a bit just in case he comes back." Lin gave him a confused look. "I'll be fine I just want to be alone for awhile."

"Okay then." Lin said before walking out of the room with Yasuhara.

Gene turned around and looked around the room. It was quiet and it was empty. The table that Naru had broken lay forgotten in the same place it had once stood. Nothing had gone right. This was never supposed to happen.

I'm supposed to be dead. I'm not supposed to be able to stand here and talk with everyone. So why am I? Why do I want to live so bad when I know that death is just a new beginning, to start over. Why do I feel that little hint of happiness?

Gene turned and walked out of the room. He didn't want to think of that. He didn't want to think at all. He just wanted to go somewhere were he can clear his mind, where he didn't have to think about any of this.

Not knowing the way around the school, Gene let his feet carry him to where ever they wanted to go. They lead him down a stair case, two hallways and pasted a bunch of class rooms. Finally he found the perfect place. It was a small courtyard that looked out onto a small pond. Even in the dark, Gene could tell it looked both beautiful and peaceful. As he started to walk over towards it he stopped. Something had caught his eyes. It was over by the short wall that kept students from heading towards the pond. The fact that it was pitch black out didn't help, but even so Gene knew who it was. Slowly he made his way over to his brother.

"This is where me and Mai made up after I got mad at her for not telling me she had hurt herself." He heard Naru say as he reached the wall. Gene didn't say anything as he leaned up against the wall and looked out towards the pond. There was a long silence that gave them both time to think.

"What am I supposed to do?" Naru asked.

"Nothing." Gene said. "She is gone." Gene looked at his brother, who had turned to him looking more hurt then confused. "You can't bring the dead back to life."Gene watched as his brother turned away from him, not being able to look at him. "I'm sorry Noll but there is nothing you can do."

"I know." Naru whispered. There was a long silence that seemed to make the air even colder. "But I will find a way, and I will save her." He didn't look at Gene because he knew what he would say. "Somehow"

"And how do you suggest we do that?" Gene asked.

"I don't know."

"Where do you think they are?" asked Bou-san. Everyone had returned to base after searching the entire school for Naru. When they came back they found the base completely empty.

"I don't know but where ever Naru is, I'm sure Gene is with him." said John. The door opened and two people walked in.

"Naru!" Ayako yelled standing up. Naru looked at her, his expression blank. Ayako looked at him sadly, not moving from her spot.

Masako stood up from her seat on the couch and walked over to Naru. She stopped in front of him, staring up into his dark blue eyes. Suddenly there was a loud noise that echoed through the room. Naru's eyes widened as the numbness went away and the pain filled its place.

Everyone just stood there watching. Masako lowered her hand and turned around. Tears filled her eyes as she said. "You're an idiot." Nobody said anything as she walked back towards her seat on the couch.

The room stayed silent for awhile as Naru trued to collect himself. "Lin" he said. "Look over the recording to see if any other activity has happened. Miss Hara, John and Yasuhara go to the hospital and talk to Tsukiyomi to see if she knows anything else. Takigawa and Matsuzaki, go get some sleep."

"I want to help!" Ayako said. "I want to look for Mai."

"No!" Naru snapped. "She is gone and until I find a way to bring her back there is no point trying to look for her. " Naru's eyes widened when he realized what he had said. He took a deep breath to calm himself. "Just go get some rest. You're not needed no and things will only be worse if you're tired when you are needed." Ayako nodded, a little shocked, before walking out, followed by Bou-san.

"Naru" Gene tried to reason with him but he just shook it off.

"We have a lot of work to do." Naru said walking away from him.

Where am I? How did I get here? Where is Naru?

Mai opened her eyes to find that she was surrounded by darkness. The silence rung through out making everything seem scarier. She wrapped her arms around herself as the cold started to sink in.

She looked around trying to find a way out. She couldn't remember how she got here or why she was here. All she knew was that there was this aching pain in her chest that seemed to never be going away.

'Naru." She whispered. She wanted him to com save her. She wanted him to make this pain go away. She wanted him with her now.

"Who do you choose?"the voice rang through her mind. Her heart started to pound against her chest. What was that?

"Who do you choose to live?"

"And who do you choose to die?"

A strange felling started to rise within Mai. The voices sounded familiar but for some reason when she heard them, a shiver went down her spine.

"Gene."

The pain in her chest reached its peak. Mai curled up in a ball even tighter, hoping the pain would go away. Tears fell from her eyes and onto her lap. What is this feeling? Why do I feel like this? Where is Naru?

I love you Mai…no matter what.

hey~! sorry i havent updated in such a long time. I've just been so busy with the musical then whitephoenix18 got sick and i had to somewhat take care of her even though she doesn't admit it and then i had to catch up on all the school work i've missed because of the musical and then before i knew it its March 23 and stuff so yea. Also i want to kill this thing cause it keeps switching to italics and you know what never mind im not fixing it. Um...this is a short chapter cause this is all i had time for but i will (hopefully) be updating soon. even though this chapter is pretty much the same thing as last chapter just a tiny bit different.

I'm just gonna quickly explain the last line. Naru said it a few chapters ago or something and in this scene its just echoing in the darkness from Mai's memory even though she doesn't remember hearing it...so yea...

Oh and For those who care...yes Masako bitch slapped Naru.

Also the reason this is up cause we have ANOTHER snow day...

Please review and/or criticize (oh now it doesn't want to be in italics!)

sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes (damn it!)