Hi! Sorry for the delay. v.v Finals are finally over now and winter break starts once school is over tomorrow, that day is a total waste since we're not doing anything but oh well. Anywaayyyy~ here's the next part hope you enjoy it! ^^

Case 1: A hidden creature: part 6

Naru stood in the bedroom watching over Mai, he sighed running a hand through his hair in aggravation as he thought over what to do next.

'Naru,' he heard a voice similar to his speaking in his head.

'Gene,' Naru replied as he began to pace uninterested.

'You're never going to find anything like that, you have to search for Kyo. Right now he's using his power to keep Mai's memory loss because she is too strong for it to stay longer than an hour, so you have a better chance of hurting him. You also need her if you're ever going to finish this case.'

'So you're saying he's currently vulnerable…' Naru contemplated as he stopped pacing and sat down.

'Yes, you need to finish this case in two days or else it'll become really dangerous. Kyo's planning something, I can't say what though he's blocking me from seeing it.' Naru nodded to himself looking at Mai, she was frowning. He began to leave the room when she groaned.

"No stop." She mumbled her face scrunched up in frustration. He pulled out his phone calling Lin.

"Hello?" He heard the soft voice of his assistant ask.

"I need you to come to the bedroom, tell John and Monk to get ready for an exorcism before you leave."

"Alright." Naru shut the phone after the short response. He walked back over to Mai's bedside and the door opened soon after.

"We're going to do an exorcism here in two hours. Watch Mai while I'm gone." With that Naru left Lin and Mai.

John and Bou-san stood in the room changed and ready for the exorcism. Naru was standing near the door with Lin, who had gone and helped Yasu, Masako, and Ayako with the family and servants evacuation from the mansion while Naru was talking to Akiyuki.

""Naumaku sanmanda bazaradan kan!…" Monk began his mantra as John splashed holy water around.

"In the beginning was the word…" John quoted beginning his exorcism as well. Lin's shiki were ready to attack any unwelcome visitors. He looked at Mai, she had started to thrash around in her unconscious state. The lights went out and Mai screamed as a dark violet mist began to form just above her. It began to take the shape of a man whose eyes were bloodshot and hair was disheveled. Aside from this though he was well dressed as though he were wealthy and was quite handsome. This man was giving them a glare that almost rivaled Naru's although it was obvious he was in pain.

"You can have this girl back, I don't need her anymore." He said mockingly, Mai started screaming again as though she was in pain. "Although I can't guarantee that she'll be alive." The man laughed.

"Kyo…" Naru said," You'll pay for this I will not let you get away with all that you have done Lin, you're shiki…" Naru began but got cut off soon after.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, you're precious little girlfriend might get hurt too," Kyo said. His smile was sickening. John and Bou-san had stopped and were now looking at Naru for confirmation.

"Don't continue," Naru glared at Kyo, "Come back here," Bou-san and John walked over to the two stoic men curiously.

"Naru! That's not safe." Monk called out as Naru sat on Mai's bed knowing he had no other choice, he leaned towards her.

"Mai, I need you to listen to me." He said in her ear, "fight him, Kyo is controlling you and I need you to fight it," he winced feeling a sharp pain in his side. The others stood by the door not wanting to interrupt him but still wanting to help in some way that wouldn't hurt Mai.

"Stop it! You can't do this!" Kyo yelled when he was suddenly thrown back against the wall by some invisible force.

"N-na….ru…" he heard Mai's voice mutter silently.

"That's it," he grunted as the pain gradually intensified.

"No! You will not take her from me like this!." Kyo yelled and Naru flinched, small beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

"Naru! Mai!" Lin yelled.

"Please Mai…" he mumbled.

"Naru…" he watched as her eyebrows furrowed slightly. The pain was suddenly gone and he glanced back realizing that Kyo had left. Lin, Bou-san, and John ran over to them.

"Are you guys hurt anywhere?" Bou-san asked. Naru shook his head and looked at Mai, she was still unconscious, it turns out that she had been communicating with him telepathically.

"I'm assuming she's fine as well." Naru said.

"What do we do now?" John asked and Naru stood up.

"I don't know yet…" he muttered walking out of the room. Naru walked into base, barely able to contain his annoyance, he paced around the room for a couple minutes rubbing his chin before grabbing his notebook and leaving. He walked to the kitchen pulling out the kettle and filling it with water.

Naru's P.O.V

I paced in the kitchen running a hand through my hair and sighing as I waited for the water to boil.

'Damn it,' I thought to myself angrily, 'we need to get rid of Kyo somehow. Okay, what do we know so far. Kyo and Karin were childhood friends growing up, when Karin got married Kyo got jealous and wanted to get revenge. He became stronger and soon committed suicide, although it's possible that he could've just became too powerful for his body to handle. After his death Karin died a week later, her murderer wasn't found… Mai lost her memory before she could say more.' I frowned as the kettle began to whistle, I turned off the stove and began to prepare the tea.

'So then what about the extra things that have happened, by now I'm sure that Daichi killed his father and himself because of Kyo but Akiyuki doesn't seem to know anything about this. His wife went missing for some unknown reason. I'm missing something, this is all too jumbled up, and it doesn't make any sense.' I frowned carrying two tea cups and returning to the bedroom. The other three must have left, I thought as I sat down on my bed, placing the other cup on the nightstand, and sighed again rubbing my eyes with my free hand.

Normal P.O.V

"Naru." He heard a familiar voice, although it was quiet and strained. He looked over at Mai to see her staring at him

"You're awake." He stoically and, though he didn't show it, he was relieved.

"Yes, I thought you would be smart enough to notice something so obvious." She said smirking as she imitated Naru, he rolled his eyes in return and handed her a teacup. "Thank you," he nodded opening his black notebook and started reading through his case notes. He paused looking back up at her.

"Do you remember anything related to your dreams?" He asked. She nodded slowly thinking.

"Yeah, sorta….Oh! And while I was unconscious Kyo said something about using Akiyuki's wife's soul because it was the last one he needed. He also said he just needed to find it," she said thought fully, "someone hid her from him." Naru rubbed his chin, they were so close, there was something he was missing to put this all together so it'd make sense. Mai sat up drinking her tea and staring at him.

'I wonder what he's thinking about…he's really handsome when he thinks,' Mai thought to herself, "his eyes are really pretty too. I wonder if his hair is really soft…" She blushed. "Stop staring Mai, he's going to see you and think you're weird."

"Of course my eyes are nice and my hair is soft…..what if I already thought you were weird?" Naru said stoically as he looked up at her.

"D-did I just…say that o-out loud?" Mai stuttered her face red as a tomato.

"No I can read minds," Naru said sarcastically as he smirked at her, "yes you did say that out loud. You might want to learn to keep your thoughts to yourself."

"Stupid, Narcissistic, jerk!" She hid her face in her knees.

There ya go, this case will be ending within the next one or two chapters I think. I promise to have the next one up either tomorrow or Saturday now that I have more free time. I think I might write a Christmas special as well, probably for ghost hunt if not a different anime. Thank you for reading as always and please review! x)