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Disclaimer: I don't own Ghost Hunt

I would first like to start off replying to SOME of the reviews from the last chapter:

CrimsonHeart77: Thanks. Yeah I know. I would like update more too but considering I have school, a personal life and let alone another fanfic to write….I update as much as I can though

Moons-Chan: Don't worry. I plan to write a couple chapters that focus on Naru more as a student than a ghost hunter :p


Mai didn't have the will nor energy to continue addressing Oliver with such formalities. How unfortunate it was for her, she did her best to call Oliver 'Shibuya-san', but only to end up accidently give him the satisfaction of her calling him his old nick-name. She was furious with herself, which put her in a very unpleasant mood to say the least. And to make it worse, Oliver and Lin were talking about her!

"I heard Taniyama call you by your old nick-name earlier…Did I miss something?" Lin asked.

"Nothing important." Oliver replied smirking. "I suppose old habits aren't easily broken."

"I am somewhat disappointed though. I had hoped she would last longer against you." Lin said.

Mai had it! She slammed the two porcelain cups on the counter-miraculously not breaking them. She turned around to face the two sitting men with a vain pulsing on her forehead. "Would you two stop talking about me behind my back? Literally!"

Oliver and Lin looked at each other and then at Mai, "You can understand us, Taniyama-san?" Lin questioned.

"Yep, so don't think just because you're speaking another language that I can't understand what you're saying!" Mai warned.

"Since when were you so conversant your English?" Oliver asked.

"Since a year ago!" Mai quickly said, but regretted it. She didn't want to get Oliver the impression that she was doing better in school because of Oliver, even though it was true. Ever since Oliver left for England a year ago, Mai strived to become erudite, just in case she ever had to interact with Oliver again so she could hold her own against him. Mai was now a straight-A student, but there was no way she could have done it without the help and support of her friends. It was John who had been tutoring her in English. The infamous Yasuhara Osamu had also been tutoring her in math and science. Masako even helped Mai with her mannerisms and etiquette. As for Ayako and Houshou, though they didn't teach her much, they were there for her. They stayed up with her during long study nights. They gave her words of encouragement whenever they could and if it wasn't for their support Mai probably would have never gotten where she is today. "Because SPR was I closed, I was finally able to focus on my studies. " Mai said trying to hide her embarrassment.

"Mai, tea." Oliver reminded.

"Oh, right…" Mai said glad he was changing the subject. She turned back to the counter and continued to make his tea.

It was nearly Monday evening. Mai, Oliver, and Lin waited in less used staff lounge-which was their base- for dark. This staff lounge was probably the best room they could possibly get for base. In the front of the room, next to the door, was a small kitchenette complete with a fridge, a stove, and a sink. In the back of the room, was a large oval table-probably used for staff meetings- with several chair surrounding it. Lin sat at that table positioning monitors on it. Off to the side of the room, was a large wooden desk facing the table. At that desk sat Oliver who was reading a philosophy book.

The teapot on the stove gave a shriek whistle. Mai took the pot off the stove, turned off the stove, and poured the tea into the two porcelain cups. She took the first cup to Lin who gave a short "Thank you."

Mai took the second cup to Oliver and set it down on the desk. Still reading, Oliver picked up the tea, took a sip, and put it down. Mai glared. Oliver gave her a sideways glance and then said, "If you are waiting for a 'thank you' you are going to be standing there an awfully long time."

"Tea-addicted jerk!" She said.

"You would think after all this time, you would have come up with a more affective insult." Oliver mused.

Anger boiled in Mai. "Fine, you jackass!" She said just as Oliver took another sip and she stormed out of the room.

Oliver nearly choked on the tea. He could not believe Mai just used that kind of language- especially towards him! Oliver looked in front of him when he heard a stifled laugh. He glared at Lin who was trying to contain his laughter. "Sorry," He said. "But you were practically asking for that one."

Slightly ticked off at Lin, Oliver threw his book at Lin's head. Lin ducked forward barely dodging the book with a smirk planted on his face.

"Whatever." Oliver grumbled to himself still unhappy about what Mai had called him.


Mai walked down the hallway to her locker. The red sunset's light reflected off the hallway's tile-like flooring. When Mai reached her locker she unlocked and opened it. She dug through her things until she found her cell phone. She needed to text Houshou or Ayako that she wouldn't be able to make the weekly dinner. Ever since SPR had been closed and Oliver and Lin left for England, the remaining SPR members in Japan got together for dinner at least once a week. Though the day they did so, often changed depending on everyone's schedule.

She opened her phone to find she received a text message couple minutes ago. It was from Houshou and it read:

'Hey, kid! Where are you? We're all waiting for ya….'

She sighed as she began texting a reply. The reply read:

'Sorry, I won't be making it tonight…I am helping out Naru with the case. Naru will probably keep me busy until really late too….'

Once she sent that message it was only a short moment before she received a reply. It read:

'WHAT? What do you mean you're helping with the case? And why are you suddenly calling him "Naru" again! And again, WHAT? If he lays a finger on you I swear I will rip his smirking little head off!'

Mai sighed again realizing that made a misunderstanding. She quickly replied:

'No it's not like that Bou-san. I was just saying that Naru-being the work o'holic he is- will keep me working until late at school…'

Houshou replied with in seconds,:

'Oh…well that's a relief. But what about everything else? Why are you working for him again?'

Mai was about to reply when Oliver called for her, "Mai, let's go! I want to get all the equipment set up before night fall!"

"I'll be there in a moment!" She yelled back.

She quickly replied to Houshou's text:

'I'll explain everything thing later. I got to go now! Bye!'

Mai quickly put her phone back in her locker and trotted back to base.


Mai peered down the dark hallway and shivered. "Boy, the school sure is creepy at night." Mai thought aloud.

"The school is haunted, what did you expect?" Oliver pointed his flashlight at her. Mai only grumbled to herself. Oliver continued down the hall with Mai not far behind. For the past half hour, they had been roaming the school campus to see if they could find any clue as to who was haunting the school and why. Meanwhile, Lin was back at base monitoring the equipment. "Mai hurry it up, we have a lot of ground to cover." Oliver said growing impatient about her lagging behind.

"If you're such in a hurry, then why aren't Ayako, Bou-san, and everyone else here too!" Mai snapped.

Oliver stopped and turned to face Mai. "If you must know, your principal has forbidden any other 'outsiders' on campus until I have proof that the school is haunted. He made himself all too clear that he has yet to believe the school is in fact haunted." Oliver said the last part venomously making it obvious he disliked the principal.

"So…in other words you're saying Nakamura-sensei is an asshole?" Mai confirmed.

Oliver glared at her. "Mai, language." He warned. He turned, "But if you were to describe him with such foul words, then yes, that would be one of them." Oliver continued down the hall.

"Still," Mai grumbled. "I wish you would have told me it would only be you and Lin dealing with the case when I said I'll help." She emphasized the 'you' making it clear she did not want to be alone with him.

Oliver was aware of this as well. "If you dislike being around me so much, then by all means, you can look around the by yourself." He smirked.

Mai stopped in her tracks, seriously thinking about the offer. She looked behind her into what seemed like a never-ending darkness. She shivered. "No….no, no. I'm good." She said and ran to catch up with Oliver.

For the next couple minutes, not a word was spoken between the two. Eventually they arrived at a door in which Oliver opened and walked through followed by Mai. Mai then realized they had just entered the outside courtyard. This brought back some unpleasant memories for Mai.

Only a few hours prior, she had just saved Oliver from being killed. Despite the fact that she was by no means fond of Oliver, she was glad Eugene warned her about Oliver's near death experience. 'That's right, Gene….' Mai remembered. '…Why hasn't he passed on?'

Mai felt torn. She knew Oliver probably knew nothing about Eugene not passing on…So should she tell him? But why should she tell Oliver? He has been nothing but rude to her in the past. Not to mention, he believed she was in love Eugene! Somewhere in the back of Mai's mind she admitted, she didn't want to give Oliver the wrong idea about her feelings for Eugene by telling Oliver he was in her dream. 'Yet,' She thought. 'He is his brother and he has a right to know.'

Oliver and Mai walked through the courtyard. Mai abruptly stopped and sighed, "Hey Naru…"

He stopped and turned, slightly curious about what had suddenly gotten her so down. "What is it?" He questioned.

"There is something I should probably tell you….it's about Gene…." Mai said refusing to make eye contact with him.

Oliver's heart beat quickened and not in a good way. 'What about Gene?' He thought. 'She's not talking about her confession she made a year ago, is she?' Oliver didn't want to talk about it, not in the slightest so he quickly changed the subject. "Mai I'm paying you to work, not talk." Oliver smirked.

Mai turned bright red out of anger. "Fine then! You don't have to know!" She nearly yelled slightly appalled that he didn't want to hear about his own brother.

Oliver inwardly sighed from relief. He believed he had just avoided a topic he very much did not want to talk about, but how much longer could that topic remain unspoken?


Mai slumped over her 1st-period desk fighting to stay awake. The teacher had just left the class to make enough copies of a handout. The class had been told to self-study, but of course no one did. Most of the students crowded around their friends' desk leaving most seats empty.

Keiko and Michiru- who were also in Mai's 1st-period class- walked over to her desk. "Hey Mai, are you okay?" Keiko said.

"Yeah, you don't look so good…." Michiru commented with concern in her voice.

"Nnng-nnn." Mai said shaking her head. "I'm fine. Just really tired."

"Why? Did you have trouble sleeping?" Michiru questioned.

Mai shook her head again. "Then what?" Keiko asked.

"It's all HIS fault!" Mai pointed to her right at the one and only Oliver Davis. "He kept me up until really late!"

"I did not." Oliver stated, obviously having a different definition of 'late' then she did.

"Did too!" Mai retorted.

"Wow, Mai." Keiko giggled. "I had no idea you two were in that kind of relationship." She teased.

Mai fought the blush forming on her cheeks. "That's not true and you know it!"

"She's joking, Mai." Michiru said.

"Oh…" Mai said in realization.

"Anyway," Michiru said changing the topic. "Mai why don't you go buy some juice? It might wake you up a bit…" Michiru took out some change from her skirt pocket and handed it to Mai. "It's on me."

"Thanks but what about sensei-" Mai was interrupted.

"Oh don't worry about that old fart! It takes him like twenty-five minutes just to make a few copies. It's like he was born in the stone age or something." Keiko laughed.

Mai stood. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll make it quick just to be safe though." She said and left the classroom.

Once Mai was gone, Keiko and Michiru turned their attention to Oliver. "Shibuya-kuuuun!" They sang in unison as they pulled two chairs up in front of his desk. Oliver inwardly groaned.

They had barely said anything and he already didn't like where this was going.

"So Shibuya-kun," Keiko said as they sat down and leaned on his desk. "Mai told us she was working for you again, is it true?"

"Yes." Oliver's eyes narrowed with suspicion.

Keiko and Michiru glanced at each other and looked back at Oliver giving him a fake smile. "If that's so," Keiko started. "Then let us warn you….We still aren't exactly sure what went down with you and Mai a year ago, but if you hurt Mai again-emotionally or physically- let's just say we'll…."

"Beat the crap out of you." Michiru finished darkly yet with a smile.

"Because you see, Shibuya-kun, Mai has been our best friend since kindergarten and we don't what we'll do if something were to happen to her." Keiko informed Oliver.

"In other words, we will do anything to protect our friend, understood?" Michiru said.

"Duly noted." Oliver said simply more than aware they will stick to their word.

Michiru smiled. "Glad you see it our way." The two girls got up and returned to one of their desks.

Oliver let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding in. These next few days were definitely going to be interesting.


(A/N: I am not too proud of this chapter….

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