Last Chance

"Me and my children are the ones that put this whole thing together and we will be finishing it." She said happily.

"I know he hurt you but why do you have to hurt them?" Gene asked suddenly. The smile faded from her face. She stood up and walked over to Gene. Suddenly a loud noise echoed through the empty hall. Gene was stunned for a few moments, trying to comprehend it.

"Noll" Gene called when he felt the air around him begin to thicken. The air than slowly went back to the way it was.

"How dare you speak to me like that! You know nothing!"

"I know he left you for your friend." Gene said. He waited for her to say something, but when she didn't he continued. "I know you loved him and he left you for someone you trusted, but that doesn't mean that everyone is like that."

"My sister." She whispered. "He left me for my sister. We had been dating over a year and he had said that he loved me countless times, but in the end, it didn't matter. None of it did." She went silent as tears became to form. "But like then, now it just doesn't matter. You did the right thing by choose your brother over her, so for that, I will let you live."

"Don't" Naru whispered. "Don't let me live if you are going to take Mai from me. I've already been there and I'm not going back. So you might as well just take me with you."

"Noll" Gene said softly. He could feel his pain and he knew that Naru meant ever word. "Why do you even want Mai?"Gene asked turning back to Asa. She looked at him.

"While I was wallowing in my self-pity I found a book that took my interest. In it, I read of a spell that if I took a pure soul and turn it against itself, I would be able to bring back one person from the dead. With that I would have brought him back, so I could haunt him and make sure he lives a worse fate than the one he is living in hell." She said. "That is why I need Mai and why I'm not going to give her up.

"Okay." Naru said. Gene spun around to face him.

"Noll do you have-"

"I know what im doing Gene."Naru said. Gene stared at Naru, trying to read him.

"You really would give her to me?" Asa asked happily.

"Yes, you lived through enough and I think you deserve this." Naru said. "But at least give me till morning to say good bye" Asa thought about this for a moment.

"Alright." She said. "I'll come for her, let say around eight. That should be plenty of time." She turned and started to walk away."Hitoshi, Shizu lets go."

Gene waited until they left before turning to his brother. "Do you have any idea what you just did?"

"Yes." Naru said. "In the library there was a book that caught my interest." Naru turned around and started to walk away. "Would you like to read it? There is this one part that I think you might enjoy." Gene hesitated before following him down the hall. He had no idea what was going on, but he figured it was best to wait and find out.

Naru opened the door to the library and headed straight for the back. He skimmed over the books, until he found one in particular. He pulled it off the self and began to flip through the pages.

"Read this." Naru handed the book to Gene and walked over to a near by table.

Gene began to read aloud.

"Recreation . A soul being able to trade its energy with another to revive one other. This is a very difficult process and takes over ninety hours to complete. You must first find a perfect soul, a pure soul, one that has no sin, nor no faults. You must than extract the energy from that soul and put it into another, one with the same level or greater energy of that. The soul will than be in what is known as trans-time state. Trans-time state is a state of mind where neither time nor energy is being used. They will literally be in solid darkness, unable to escape. Unfortunately this space is not stable. It may be broken on a case of someone or something triggering a powerful memory. If that where to happen, than the soul will either shatter or return to its once form or body. Therefore, be careful to keep the body away from civilization at all cost. What's the point of me reading this?" Gene asked looking up at his brother who was now lending against a table.

"Just keep reading." He said. Gene sighed to himself before continuing. "The process may be continued from the point it was left at as long as the original energy has yet to return to the owner's body. The last stage of the process is dangerous. If the soul does not lose all ability to think and feel for itself, than the soul will disappear. If it has loss all ability than you must than transfer the thoughts and memories of the one you wish to bring back with the empty energy left by the soul before placing it into a body. The only body able to sustain the new soul is the one holding the energy of the old soul you destroyed. If this is done incorrectly than the closest soul will be sucked into Trans-time state, and will be unable to escape." Gene finished. "You do realize the risk of this right?" Gene asked looking at his brother. "You might not be able to bring her back this time."

"I am aware of that." Naru said. "That's why I asking you for your help." Naru stood up and walked over to him. "If I'm right, than you hold Mai's extra energy."

"I wonder what's taking them so long." Ayako whispered. She looked over to the couch where Mai had fallen asleep ten minutes ago. "Do you think they are alright?"

"I'm sure they are." Bou-san whispered back. "We just have to give them time." There was a moan behind them and they looked to find Mai slowly waking up.

"Is Naru back yet?" she asked rubbing her eyes.

"No, but why don't you go back to sleep. You must be exhausted." Ayako said. She made sure that she wouldn't wake up John and Masako who had fallen asleep in the corner of the room. "I'm sure he will be back when you wake up." That instant the door opened and Naru and Gene walked in. Mai sat up straight when she saw him.

Naru looked around the room to find John and Masako asleep in the corner, and Ayako and Bou-san using all there energy trying to stay awake. His eyes than landed on Mai, who still had dark bags under her eyes. "Matsuzaki-san and Takigawa go get some sleep. You aren't need." He than turned to Mai. "Mai can I talk to you out in the hall?"

"Yes."Mai said before making her way over to him. She followed him out into the hall and closed the door behind her. "What is it Naru?"

"I need to tell you something." He said. "Something important."

"Um okay" Mai said a little confused.

"You were right; Shizu was not the one behind this. I'm not saying that she did not have a part in it, but she was not the main reason. Asa was."

"Asa? As in Asa Mekamori?" Mai asked. "but she is really nice, why would she be doing this?"

"Revenge." Naru said. "She wants to bring her lover back so that she could haunt him. But that is not the point. We may have found a way to get rid of her."

"Really? How?" Naru took a deep breath. "She is using a spell called Recreation. The only way to stop it is to have it back fire and for that we need you to-" Naru stopped himself, trying to find the strength to say it. "We need you to go with her and be her sacrifice."

It took a moment before Mai fully understood what he was saying. When she did, she tried to speak, but no words came. Tears formed and she couldn't think. "What?" she asked. It was the only word that she was able to say. Naru looked down at her with his blue eyes trying to find a reasonable way to answer.

"The spell calls for the soul, your soul to reject the energy be placed into you. It's the only way to end this." Naru said not sure if she understood.

"So you want me to die… so you can get rid of this ghost?" Mai said looking up at him, trying to understand.

"No" Naru snapped. He saw that Mai winced at his sharpness. He took a deep breath. "No of course not. I would never do this to you if I didn't have a way to get you back. Gene and I talked things through and we have a way to get you back if things were to get out of hand." Naru move closer to Mai and whispered. "I promise you that nothing bad will happen to you." Mai nodded before wrapping her arms around his neck and burying her face into his chest. She let the silent tears fall down her soft cheek. She felt Naru wrap his arms around her and pull her closer.

The morning light shinned into the long hallway. Naru, Mai and Gene stood waiting for Asa. After a while she came walking down the hall. "Hello Mai." She said with a smile. Behind her Hitoshi and Shizu stood. "It's nice to see you again." Mai moved behind Naru.

"Why were you nice me the first day of school if you were planning to do this the entire time?" Mai asked.

"Because I need to make sure you were the real deal. Plus I really didn't help you at all. I was just possessing some girl's body and using it. Lucky for me her name just happened to be Asa too." She said with a smile. "Now come on, let's go. I don't have all day." She said holding out her hand. Mai looked up at Naru taking in his face one more time before slowly making her way over to Asa. "Good girl." She said as Mai was in arms length. She grabbed her hand and pulled her closer.

"I must say Thank you and Good-bye" With that Asa, Hitoshi, Shizu and Mai all disappeared.

"Come on" Naru said after a moment. "Let's go finish this."

Mai was surrounded by darkness, the cold slowly creeping up on her. She did exactly what Naru had told her to do. She waited. After some time a bright light began to appear. Mai stood up and began to walk over to it, not sure what was going on. As she got closer and arm reached out and grabbed her. It began to drag her in, closer.

"NO!" Mai screamed trying to get away. The arm was too strong for her. "Let go of me!" Mai screamed as she clawed at the arm, trying to get lose.

Mai said a voice in her head. Mai paused for a moment, confused. She had sworn she had heard someone call her name.

"Yasuhara let go!" Mai yelled trying to breathe. He pulled her tighter and said. "But if I do then I will never get to hug you like this ever again especially if Naru-chan is around!"

"I don't care! You're killing me!" Mai yelled trying to get away. Everyone just watched in amusement at the two.

"But Mai-chan!" Yasuhara yelled pulling her closer. Mai suddenly tripped over herself and brought them both to the floor. "Mai-chan that hurt." Yasuhara said before he realized the position that they were in. Yasuhara had fallen on top of Mai, who was now bright red. Yasuhara smiled down at her. "Mai-chan I didn't realize-" Yasuhara cut himself off when he felt something behind him. He looked up to see Naru on the other side of the room glaring at him.

"You know I would have brought the tea upstairs for you. There was no point coming down here." Mai said. She turned around to face Naru as he smirked down at her.

"But if I had waited for you to bring me my tea then I wouldn't have been able to do this." Naru leaned down and pressed his lips to Mai's, kissing her softly. Mai smiled at him before returning the pressure.

"Then I'm glad you came down." Mai whispered.

"Can't sleep?"asked a voice she knew all to well. She smiled to herself as she watched the outline of Naru walking over to the bed.

"I guess." Mai said.

"You guess?" Mai giggled a little as she said. "Okay fine I can't sleep." Naru climbed on the bed next to her. "Then maybe this will help." He said before kissing her delicately.

"You know that will only keep me awake longer."

"And is that such a bad thing?" He asked before kissing her again, this time more passionately. Mai placed a hand on Naru's face as her eye's slid closed. There was a knock on the door, causing them both to brake apart.

"RUN!" yelled Yasuhara. Everyone turned and ran for their lives, running from the evil glare of Naru. They all met back at the entrance once the coast was clear and they all looked around at each other before breaking out laughing. They slowly made their way back to the base trying to control themselves. Once they were sure they could walk in with a straight face they entered base. Once Naru's eyes landed on Yasuhara, he gave in. "It wasn't my fault!" Yasuhara yelled, walking over to Naru and getting down on his knees. "Bou-san made me do it! He was the one who told me to throw a snowball at you! HE THREATENED ME BY SAYING HE WOULD NEVER SLEEP WITH ME AGAIN!" Yasuhara yelled. Naru just stared at him for a moment before looking up at the others.

"Hehehe I guess we are even now." Bou-san said as he gave a dry laugh. He had just been making out with Ayako in the hall, his hands all over her. Mai's face started to go even redder as the memory started to come back to her.

Naru leaned forward and kissed Mai softly before saying "She will be fine. I trust John and I know he wouldn't let anything happen to her." Naru whispered as he stared down at her light brown eyes. Mai smiled at him before she leaned forward and kissed him, her eye lids sliding closed as he returned the pressure. Before she knew it Mai was on her back and Naru had climbed on top of her, kissing her deeply.

Mai found herself once again back in the present moment. What happened? What were those? Mai asked herself. She thought about it for a moment and there was only conclusion that came to her.

"I don't want to die."

'ELLO! I'm really trying to end this I really am! That's why the chapters are getting longer I probably have one MAYBE two chapter left that's it! But for you people reading this. (For those tiny few who actually stuck with me as I wrote this horrible story) I am writing another story. It has NOTHING to do with this one. I'm starting for the way beginning. Most of you have already read some of it. It was that story I asked you to read and tell me what you thought about it. I believe its chapter 12 and it's the one where Mai gets chased by a serial killer. Yea well….if you check my profile you will see the summary of it and I would love you hear what you think.

Cause if nobody is going to read it, than I won't write it.

But yea….YEA FOR DACHSHOUNDS!( I think I spelled that right)