Okay, so I won't lie to you guys, I was really lazy and didn't at all work on this chapter all this time. I've been into writing love stories lately so every time I opened word, I'd end up getting some heartbreaking story idea. My friend found out and she told me to update this other love story I wrote that she thought was genius, lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt.

"What night?"

"The night I died."

Mai thought about what Joanna had shown her the night before. It was... yeah...

The scene had changed dramatically. Mai and Joanna stood on the roof Mai almost fell off. This time, their younger counterparts were standing in front of them glaring at each other. It was a cool night but younger Mai and younger Joanna were both sweating, regardless.

"Mai, be reasonable," younger Joanna said nervously, "They're lying..."

"They're not lying, ARE THEY?!" younger Mai screamed, "I'M DONE BEING USED BY YOU!"

"Mai..." Joanna's eyes filled with tears. "I swear! They're lying! They're lying!"

Joanna shook her head violently, murmuring protests of denial.

"No," Mai shook her head, "No, no, no, no, no, NO!"

Joanna took a step forward with her hand outstretched.

"Mai..."

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Mai screamed, "DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T TOUCH ME!"

"Mai!" Tears streamed down Joanna's cheeks, "They're lying! It's you and me, remember?"

"You and me, against the world?" Mai glared, "Don't even joke!"

"Mai... Mai-chan?"

"Don't call me that! YOU WERE GOING TO PIN EVERYTHING ON ME! YOU WERE GOING TO KILL MY MOM!"

Mai went back in for a bit and when she came out she had in her hands, a box of matches and a bottle of familiar looking liquid. She started pouring it behind her.

"Mai?" Joanna's voice was shaking, "Mai, what are you doing? That's oil!"

"Oh, really?" came Mai's sarcastic reply, "So what?"

"Mai! That's dangerous!" Joanna shrunk back, "We'll both die here!"

"I'm not dying," Mai said simply, "You are."

"Huh?"

"I'll be sure to tell them you're sorry. I'll tell them that you told me you'd kill me if I didn't. I'll tell them everything."

"Mai, you're wrong! MAI!"

"Shut it, Joanna."

"What about your mom?"

"She'll believe me. I'm her daughter. She's out right now. She won't know a thing!"

"Mai, MAI!"

"Don't lie to me. I know everything about you."

Mai stood behind the oil and struck a match. Joanna started running towards her with a frantic expression. Mai tried to push her back with one hand but Joanna grabbed her arm and pulled her in. The match in Mai's hands had fallen into the oil and the two were trapped.

"It's not enough that you were going to walk away with a clean slate?!" Mai slapped Joanna.

"I only meant to get out!" More tears fell down Joanna's cheeks.

Mai started pushing Joanna back towards the edge of the roof. Joanna struggled and resisted.

"I'm not going to die with you!" Mai growled, "You're dying first!"

Mai pushed Joanna and they were wrestling with each other. Mai tried to get her foot onto Joanna's stomach and Joanna tried to turn around. Joanna tried to trip Mai but Mai stepped on her foot. Suddenly, they heard calls of 'Fire! Fire!' in the distance. Using all the strength she can, Mai pushed Joanna to the edge.

"Mai..." Joanna looked Mai in the eye. "They're lying..."

For a second, Joanna looked like she was telling the truth. Mai almost let go. Except... she didn't. Out of shock, Mai gave a push and Joanna fell backwards off the roof.

By this time, the officials had come. They had started dousing the fires. A few people checked on Joanna. Mai had a faint hope that maybe Joanna had lived. But that was no good too.

"Someone!" the person down there screamed, "Someone help us! She's stopped breathing! Her heartbeat's slowing!"

People crowded Joanna until one looked up and saw Mai, looking over the roof, kneeling.

"There's a kid up there!" they screamed. "Put the fire out quickly!"

Mai's flashback ended there. She couldn't believe it. She had killed Joanna. It was for a good reason... Mai thought. It was self-defence... Suddenly, Mai's head started to hurt. Unable to bear it, she screamed and writhed and tried to find the nurse help button. Unable to find it, Mai settled for screaming and clutching her head. Soon, she was restrained by nurses. The pain was still there. As the nurses called for doctors, Mai gasped.

In Mai's mind, the black peace and silence was changed with a blinding white hot pain. Suddenly, she started seeing a scene. It was a memory. In front of her was Joanna's burnt and crumbling house.

"Joanna..." Mai murmured in the memory.

She heard voices in the distance.

"What are we supposed to do?" someone said in a hushed whisper.

"Nothing," someone else whispered sharply, "How were we supposed to know she'd end up dying?!"

"I thought their friendship would just be broken!"

"I thought so too! Mai's a good girl! She wouldn't steal by herself!"

Mai followed the voices to two adults huddled together.

"You lied?" came her quivering voice, "YOU LIED TO ME?!"

"Mai..." the two adults came towards her but she backed away, "Mai, think of it this way..."

"NO!" Mai shook her head, "SHE DIED BECAUSE OF YOU! ATONE FOR YOUR SINS!"

"Listen brat," one of them scolded her, "She didn't die because of us. She died because of you."

Mai wailed and suddenly her head started hurting.

When Mai, regained consciousness, she was staring at a white ceiling. There was another soft voice in the room. Mai turned to see the doctor talking to Ayako.

"I'm a murderer...!" Mai whispered to herself, "I killed my own best friend."

Mai turned away so her face was covered by her hair so she could sob quietly.

I know it's confusing but if you can't fill in the blanks, the next chapter's going to be like a recap chapter. It will tell the story from going to the town to Mai's memory loss. I meant to have this up like a million years ago but we got a new social studies teacher who recently gave us 3 projects and one is due next week (I haven't started my diorama or painting yet so...). Also, I have scorekeeping on weekends and it's been suffocating me. Bleh. I'll try to get the recap chapter up on Saturday or Friday or something after school.

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