A/N: So now here is chapter four! Yay! I final got around to it. I am watching the country awards while I type this so I hope that it doesn't screw me up lol.

Disclaimer: I own nothing well when it comes to Ghost Hunt and Harry Potter. I do however own the comfy chair that I am sitting in while I type this story out.

P.S. If there is something specific that you want to see happen and it doesn't seem like I am going to have it in the story let me know ideas are welcome and I will give credit to those ideas.


Reunion with the Past

Chapter 4: It all comes out

During the remainder of the trip Naru did not let go of Mai and she was thankful for that. She had no clue were to begin. Of course they would meet with the client first and then get settled but after that she would have to talk.

How did she even begin a story that was not completely hers to tell. She did owe them an explanation and she was going to give it to them. Tonight though she would have to sneak out to see if she could find them.

Soon the van came to a stop, they had arrived. Naru unwound his arms from around Mai and climbed out of the van. She stepped out and was assaulted by the beauty of the forest. (A/N: I live in the U.S. and I have only traveled to Mexico so I do not know what the forests in Japan are like. So I am sorry to those that might be disappointed.)

Everything was bathed by a green light. There were so many trees that they created a canopy, as you looked up you could only see the crossing of tree branches that were intertwined. Sunlight was able to filter through some of the gaps so is seemed that you were surrounded with golden specks here in and there.

"How was your trip? I hope you did not have too much trouble with finding the base." The client had come out to greet them. Behind him there was a cabin that looked more like a small house. No doubt that it was his base. It made sense that it was that big since he did have a team and equipment.

"It was fine thank you. You remember my assistants Taniyama Mai and Koujo Lin. This is Hosho Takigawa a monk, Matsuzaki Ayako a miko, Hara Masako a medium, and John Brown an exorcist. Can you show us around so that we can get set up?"

"Why of course please follow me." He held the front door open for them.

The inside was beautiful. There was a bookshelf that lined the far wall. There was a stone fireplace and the living room was centered around it. There was a coffee table that was in between the fire place and the couches.

The door that lead to the kitchen was directly opposite of the main door. A small hallway was just to the left of the kitchen doorway.

"Please follow me through this first door you will find a room that can serve as your base it is the biggest room in the cabin, since it was our base." He walked down to the next door.

"There are four more rooms," he pointed to the doors that lined either side of the walls, "you can choose the sleeping arrangement accordingly. If there is nothing else that you need then I will take my leave. I will be staying in a hotel twenty minutes from here and so is the rest of my team. If you need to speak with us then just call and we will come as soon as possible."

"That will be all for today. But we will need to speak with the people that experienced anything abnormal but we will contact you with a time that we wish to speak with them." With that the client left.

"The sleeping arrangements are as followed Bou-san and John will take one room. Lin and I will take another. Since we still don't know the dangers then Ayako, you, Mai and Masako will share the other room. The last room will be left alone until we know that there is no danger." Everyone went to go unpack their belongings.

"Naru, before we unload the equipment I need to speak to everyone. Please it will save us time." Mai looked at Naru silently pleading that he did what she asked for once.

"Fine ask everyone to meet here after they unpack." Mai nodded a quick yes and went off to tell everyone. This was going to be the hardest part after that well she would take it step by step and decide the best course of action.

"So what is this all about kiddo." Bou-san asked after everyone was sitting together.

Ayako was the next to speak."Yeah Mai what's up with the meeting that you are holding instead of Naru."

Everyone else stayed quiet waiting for Mai to start talking. "What I am going to tell you might sound a little crazy and confusing but you just have to listen until I finish talking."

She took a deep breath. "Okay first things first. I am a witch."

This confession produced giggles from Masako, Ayako, and Bou-san. John looked at her sadly. Lin ,well, his expression didn't betray anything. Naru's eyes narrowed a bit thinking that this was Mai's idea of a joke.

"Before anyone says anything let me prove it to you." She took her wand out of her pocket, which renewed the giggles, and directed it at the fireplace. "Incendio!" Right before their eyes the fireplace started up.

Everyone in the room was speechless. Next she walked over to a camera that Lin had brought in before Mai had been able to tell him to stop. She took it out and dropped it on the floor.

It chipped and cracked. Naru was livid when he saw her do that and rose half way out of his seat to walk over to Mai.

Before he even had a chance to walk over Mai said, "Reparo!" And the camera repaired its self and it looked like it had never been drooped. "Pack!" And with that the camera was put back into its case.

Mai looked over to find everyone staring at her with their mouths slightly open. "If you guys don't shut your mouths you're going to catch flies." She was trying hard not laugh. Yes it was sort of a serious situation but even Naru and Lin snapped their mouths closed at her statement.

"That was interesting." Naru was the first to gather his thoughts.

"Interesting! That's all you can say after Mai tells us she's a witch and shows us!" Ayako directed at Naru.

"Mai why didn't you tell us before?" John was still slightly shaken after the revelation but he wanted to know why now and apparently everyone did to.

She flicked her wand and conjured a chair in front of the fireplace facing everyone. Enjoying their shocked filled expressions.

"Well part of it was that I couldn't just tell you after all muggles ,non-magic people, are not supposed to know about witches and wizards."

She was interrupted by Masako "You mean you're not the only one. There are more of you?"

"Yes there is a whole world that is kept secret. The only reason I am telling you know is because I know what is going on here. It is nothing supernatural; actually it is perfectly normal from where I am from."

Now it was Naru's turn to interject. "How can you be so sure that this forest is not haunted?"

She rolled her eyes at him "Because if this forest was haunted more than just people getting confused would happen. You should have concluded this mister-I-am-smarter-than-everyone-else." Naru just glared at her.

"Okay I guess I should start at the beginning."Mai took a deep breath.

"More than seventeen years ago there was a wizard that went as bad as anyone can get. It was difficult times people were dying left and right. You see he wanted to purge society of people that did not have pure blood."

Mai scoffed. "He was under the impression that only people that could tie their magical blood back centuries and centuries were rightfully witches and wizards."

"They thought that muggle borns were trash that they did not dissever to use magic. They went as far as saying that they stole magic…."

"What are muggle borns?"For the first time since Mai had made her little revelation Lin had spoken.

"Sorry. Muggle borns are witches and wizards that don't have any history of magical blood in their families. Purebloods call them mudbloods, dirty blood, a term that they use to insult them."

"Are you a pureblood?" Ayako asked.

"I don't really know. My mom was a pureblood but I don't know much about my father since he died when I was one."

"But some family friends would have known?" Masako added.

Mai gave her a sad smile. "Most of his friends that could be called close died along with him during the war. And those that are alive are too busy fighting again to be bothered by silly curiosity. It doesn't matter to me. I have seen what it does to people, it turns them evil and they hate for no reason."

"Who was this person?" Bou-san asked her.

"Okay let me continue but please this would go faster if I didn't have to answer twenty question every pause." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"He had a lot of power and a lot of followers. In order to fight back Professor Dumbledore formed a secret organization called the Order of the Phoenix. They fought back but many where killed in the process my dad being one of them." Naru saw that Mai's features hardened he knew that he would not like this story.

"Sixteen years ago he tried to kill a one year old boy because of a prophecy that said that a boy would be born that would have the power to defeat him. He decided to kill him before he ever had the chance of trying." She paused to let it all sink in.

"The boy's name was Harry Potter and his parents had fought alongside mine. Their names were Lily and James Potter. It was a dark October night when he went to their home. James tried to hold him off but he had forgotten his wand and he was killed with the killing curse. Lily had run upstairs trying to protect Harry but she didn't have a chance. She was killed while protecting her son. He then turned to Harry and tried to kill him but the curse rebounded." She took another breath.

"He was gone something destroyed him. After all the people he had killed he couldn't kill a little boy. After that night Harry became famous the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore thought it best that he grew up away from the fame and sent him to live with his last living relatives. He went to live with his mother's sister and her husband. After that night people became complacent. They thought that he was gone for good and that he followers were gone as well. His followers were called death eaters. Others did not believe that for a second but they moved on but a little more cautious."

Everyone could see that Mai was somewhere in the past now. "My mother was one of those people that believed that he was still out there too weak to carry on. I was six and my mother and I were making cookies. We were almost done when she got really sacred. She sent me into the pantry and told me to hold on to the can that was really a portkey. A portkey before anyone asks is an object that is bewitched to transport you anywhere. I heard a blast and my mother screamed. He was torturing her trying to get information out of her. But she wouldn't talk."

Mai was sobbing at this point but she calmed down enough to continue. "He wanted to know where the Potter's were hiding. He didn't know Lily's sister last name so he called them the Potter's. My mom wouldn't say anything so he tortured her more. I can still hear her screaming in pain. Same how he found out where I was hiding and told me that I would be the next to die after my mother. He killed her right there in front of me and he was going to kill me too but the portkey activated and I was safe."

She couldn't go on anymore she broke down and cried. Everyone in the room was quiet. Masako, Ayako, John, and Bou-san all had tears running down their faces. Even Lin looked teary eyed.

Naru stood from where he was sitting and walked over to Mai. He wrapped his arms around her and soothed her while she cried. He knew that there was nothing he could say to make the pain go away.

Silently everyone left the room leaving the two teens alone. After awhile Naru had taken Mai's seat and had pulled her onto his lap. They sat there for a long time and he just tightened his hold on Mai every time a new wave of tears hit.

He wanted to protect her but he couldn't keep this pain away from her. He hated the people that had caused his Mai so much pain. She had been so young and had already witnessed death.

Slowly the sobs subsided. He took the chance to ask her something. "Mai why didn't you tell me before?"

She pushed slightly away to look at his face. "I wasn't allowed but since I turned of age I thought I had the right to make my own decisions. And then the cases had been so difficult that they left everybody drained for days."

"I am not very good at this Mai so I want you to listen closely. I love you. I want to be there for you even when you think that it is not the time. I will always make time for you." With that he placed a gentle kiss on her lips.

"I love you too." She responded meekly.

They sat there content in each other's arms for a while longer and then she sighed. "We should call them back here so I can at least finish my part of the story. If I'm right that person that should finish telling the story is in these woods."

"There's no need they are all standing behind the kitchen door listening." He narrowed his gaze at the door and if doors could burst into flames with just one look they would have.

Mai giggled and rolled her eyes. "You guys can come out now." She made a move to leave Naru's lap but he didn't let her go. She raised her eyebrows up at him quizzically and he just shook his head.

"Aw! Young love. I remembered my first love.." Ayako had a twinkle in her eye but it disappeared quickly when Bou-san opened his mouth.

"You had a first love. Was it some dinosaur old lady?" Bou-san laughed at his own joke.

"Please can we let Mai continue with her story?" John spoke up before the miko could kill Bou-san.

"Thank you John." She sent the priest a small smile it wasn't her usual but it was a real one none the less.

"My mom had a sister so that's where I was sent. I was scared I didn't know where I was and I had just landed in a living room. It turns out it was my aunt Tonk's house. She saw me and she didn't even have to ask what had happened, she knew. Not a lot of people knew that she was my aunt and we wanted to keep it that way. You see my mother was a Black one of the oldest pureblood families around. My mother and my aunt are what Voldemort's followers would call blood traitors. The Black family were big supporters of Voldemort he was the dark wizard I mentioned earlier. Mostly everyone in the wizarding word still refers to him as He-who-must-not-be-named. I have other family members but they would have tried to kill me sooner." Naru tightened his hold on Mai after she revealed this little fact.

"What do you mean kill you sooner or later?" Naru's voice was dangerously low.

"They would have wanted me gone because I was friends with Harry Potter and I don't believe in blood status. A disgrace to the family name. Hence the reason I am living in Japan now."

"Wait didn't you always live in Japan? That is what the records showed."Lin asked.

"Sorry Lin but you were tricked. I lived in Japan until I was eleven. When a witch or wizard turns eleven they get their acceptance letters from Hogwarts. I was studying there until recently. During my fifth year my uncle was killed by his cousin. You see I shouted out in anger and screamed out uncle and the death eaters heard. So they knew I was a Black. After that battle my aunt Tonks decided I would come back to Japan. So when I meant Naru and you for the first time it was my first year back into a regular schooling system. That's how I ended up here."

She was finally done with her story well there where gaps missing but she wouldn't feel right telling them without them here first. Everyone was still processing the information and from the look on their faces they had a lot of questions.

"Mai are you still in danger of death." John was the first to speak.

"Yeah John I am as is everyone else from my world and if he is not stopped then all of you will be too." Mai whispered the last part.

"Someone has to stop him. Isn't there anyone out there willing to stand up to him? No offence but the people from your world sound like a bunch of cowards." Masako said.

Anger flashed through Mai's eyes. "There a lot of people out there fighting against him and his followers. And there are many more dying because of him. But we don't like using dark magic. We don't like killing people! Even though they are evil, sick, and twisted." Mai had tears running down her face she had jumped up when she had started yelling at Masako.

She didn't want to do what she was about to do but she wanted to get the message across of how dangerous it was fighting in this war. She went over and picked up a cushion and transfigured it into a spider. "Engorgio!" The spider was now the size of a small dinner plate. Next she conjured a glass bowl filled with water.

"In the wizarding world there are three unforgivable curses that will earn you a one way ticket to our prison. The first is the Imperius Curse this curse allows the caster to control the victim. Imperio!" She caused the spider to float about the room.

"I can make it smash into a window." She made the spider hit the closest window. "I can make it drown itself." She lowered it to the water and they saw how the spider couldn't even fight back.

"The second is the Cruciatus Curse. It inflicts pain beyond imaginable." She was shaking uncontrollably at this point. She didn't want to but she didn't have a choice. "Crucio!" The silent room was filled with low squeaks and they were shocked to find that it was the spider, writhing in pain, making those noises.

She collapsed on her knees. Her voice was barely above a whisper. "The last one is the Killing Curse. Avada Kedavra!" There was a flash of green light and the spider moved no more. With that Mai fully crumpled on the floor and sobbed.

She had killed an innocent creature just like that death eater had killed her mother. Masako felt terrible immediately she didn't want to cause Mai this pain.

If looks could kill Masako would have died from the glares Takigawa, Ayako, and even Lin were sending her.

John was speechless and he felt sick to his stomach at the cruelty that Mai had witnessed at such a young age.

Naru had knelt down next to the sobbing girl and was whispering so low that no one could hear what he had said. But sure enough the girl's sobs subsided to silent tears.

"That's how my mother was killed." She whispered in a hoarse voice. Grief filled her face and she looked lifeless. Lin thought quickly and threw the spider in the trash. Naru helped her up and he led her to one of the rooms and closed the door behind them. Leaving everyone worried about the young girl.


A/N: Finished! I was going to make this longer but I decided that I wanted to update sooner for those of you that are following my story. Thank you

Flamegirl5500 for reviewing I am glad that you liked my story. I went back and reread everything I am sorry if I missed something. About the space I did it this way so everything's not bunched together in long paragraphs. Mai did a lot of taking because she had to tell them about her past. Now here's the question the trio is coming in the next chapter. Do you want Harry to tell his story like how I wrote Mai's or would you prefer me say something like everyone listened closely as harry told them his story. Something along those lines. Tell me what you would like to see. Chapter five should be up by Thursday at the very latest. Sorry I killed the spider and tortured it. Please review.