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Day 3 Night

Lin slowly pulled the headphones off his head as he looked up at Naru. Something about his young ward told him that this was a serious situation. Placing the headphones on the desk, he turned in his seat to face his two young co-workers. Mai he noticed looked nervous. He smirked slightly as he noticed Mai had reached her hand up and had grabbed hold of Naru's sleeve. Both seemed oblivious to the action though. Sighing he lowered his head.

"What is it Naru?" Lin said as he raised his hand and ran it through his hair. He was tired and it was just starting to hit him.

"This has to stop Lin." Naru said in a stern voice. He noticed that Lin was about to ask what, but he stopped him and continued. "The tension between you and Ms. Huang is too intense. The others are noticing at as well. It's difficult to work when two powerful onmyojis are at odds against each other. Ms. Huang's powers are actually being held back by something." Naru looked down at Mai who looked highly nervous. She didn't want to be here when these two men butted heads. However, Naru had no intentions of letting her leave. She was helping him stay in control of his powers.

Lin kept his head down as he addressed Naru. "I am glad that you are concerned about the well being of the team, but why are you discussing this with me. Huang-san has something on her mind and it is not something that I can control."

"Cut the crap Lin….we know….Mai and I know of your past with Ms. Huang!" Naru yelled. Lin's eyes widened. Usually he looked like he didn't care about anything, but now Lin looked completely shocked. "I don't care what happened between the two of you in China. This has to end."

"H…How did you find out?" Lin whispered softly. He was looking at the ground his eyes still wide.

"Mai and I overheard the other night when we were retiring for bed when you cornered Ms. Huang in the hallway." Naru stated.

"Ano…Lin…Aya she seemed like she was hurting that night. I don't know what happened between the two of you, but Aya has a kind heart. I can tell, because she has such beautiful shiki. I feel that they reflect her heart. I hope that the two of you can overcome this." Mai stated softly. Naru watch as Lin just sat there with his shoulders slumped. The man seemed defeated. Without another word Naru guided Mai out of the room. Naru knew Lin very well the man would need some time alone. Once out of the room Naru looked to Mai. She had such a sad look on her face that he could not help himself. Reaching out Naru cupped her cheek. He eyes widened in reaction and she slowly lifted her head to look at him.

"Naru wh…." Mai eyes widened even more as Naru's lips captured hers. Naru wasn't sure what he was doing as he gently pushed her against the wall near base and kissed her. Mai didn't seem to be fighting him. In fact, Mai wrapped her arms around his neck. What the hell am I doing? Naru questioned himself. Mai is my assistant. Lin is hurting and the entire team doesn't know how to act with all the tension. Now I am adding to it. Kissing her one last time Naru stepped back. Mai looked up at him breathless. Their eyes met and she nodded in understanding. Mai was always the type of girl to understand what he was thinking.

"Mai…" Naru stopped as Mai placed a finger over his lips.

"No, Naru don't. I understand. It's been a long day. We should get some rest." Mai said with a smile as she turned and went to her room. Naru smirked and turned on his heels and headed for his room.

Aya grimaced as she laid on her. Her body convulsed once and she gagged. Shina was at her side with a cold rag pressed against her forehead. She hated seeing Aya like this, but it was a common occurrence now. Aya suddenly grabbed the edge of the bed and threw up into the wastebasket at the side of the bed.

"Aya…" Shina began. Aya sat up and wiped her mouth. She smiled sadly at Shina.

"I am fine Shina." Aya said softly. He voice sounded strained. "This is the price I have to pay Shina you know that. It's the balance of yin and yang. This is my punishment. My energy was not balanced and even with my shiki, I lost the battle. My health is the price."

Shina nodded sadly. Aya was like a mother to her and she had to sit here and watch her suffer. Aya's body convulsed again and she leaned over the bed throwing up again. There was a sound at the door, but Shina was too worried about her mentor to find out what it was.

Mai's eyes widened as she placed her hand on the door in front of her. Her heart was pounding, because she had just been given her first kiss by her boss Naru. Okay don't get Mai wrong, she was in love with him it's just that she would have never thought that Naru the Narcissist would give her a kiss. Let alone one as intense as the one he gave her. Now she was not as shocked from the kiss, instead it was from what she had just overheard.

Mai had been on her way to her room when she had heard the sound of someone being sick. She had stopped and knowing that it is wrong to eavesdrop, but Mai could not help it. She learned her head against the door and had overheard the conversation with Shina and Aya. Mai listened as Aya talked about "this being her punishment." Mai's mind started to replay the conversation between Aya and Lin in the hallway. Aya had talked about consequences and the balance between yin and yang….Could it be that…Aya was…No I have to talk to Ayako, she is the one that works as a doctor. Mai thought to herself. Turning she ran to her room and started bombarding Ayako with questions, but that was as far as it would go.

Back in base Lin had managed to calm himself. He knew that for the most part the tension was coming from himself. Aya was trying her hardest to work together with the others. There had to be a way for the tension to disappear. With that final thought Lin retired for the night.

DAY 4:

For the most part there nothing had happened on the morning of the 4th day. Everyone was sitting around the base taking it easy. Aya was curled up on the couch like a small kitten reading a book. Every so often Aya would pause and smile slightly. Monk seemed to be in a silent argument with Ayako, John was looking over the Bible. Mai was looking at the monitors along with Lin and Naru. Masako on the other hand was watching Aya carefully.

"Aya-san do they enjoy working for you?" Masako asked suddenly. Aya looked at the kimono clad girl and smiled softly holding her wrist out. Sudden a little white dragon wrapped itself around her wrist while another wrapped around her neck. Masako's eyes widened as two little dragon heads popped up over the edge of the book. The expression on their face was one of annoyance like they had just been disturbed while reading. Another small dragon was curled up on Aya's hip and appeared to be sleeping. The others looked up as Masako gasped. Mai was the first one to really react as she ran over to Aya.

"Oh my god! They are so cute!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. One of the little dragon's appeared startled and ducked behind the book. Aya smiled at this. Ayako looked on impressed.

"Are these your shiki?" She asked softly as she walked over and held her hand out to the one that was wrapped around Aya's wrist.

"Yes, they are all five shiki are present at the moment. Kū is the…."

"One on your wrist." Everyone turned to the voice. Their eyes widened as they saw a pink haired woman standing there. Naru is you were watching closely grimaced at the voice.

"Madoka!" Mai screamed happily as she ran to the older woman. "You know of Aya's shiki?"

"Oh I know quite a bit about Aya's shiki. The one wrapped around her wrist is Kū, he represent void. Ka is around her neck. He has the power of fire. Fū is the one looking at you over the book. She is has the power of wind. The one that hid is Sui who holds the power of water. Chi is last….and she is…" Madoka could not finish her sentence because the little dragon sitting on Aya's hip jumped up and flew over to Madoka and wrapped itself around her face blocking her mouth. Aya burst out in laughter. The sound was so calm and peaceful that the rest of the group visibly relaxed.

"Madoka, you know that they do not like their secrets being told. I am surprised that Ka did not send a small fire bolt at you. He is the fierce one of all of them." Aya said between giggles. She seemed to be glowing with happiness. Mai reached up and touched the shiki, Chi that was wrapped around Madoka's face. Aya and Lin watched closely. They were both interested in seeing how these powerful shiki responded to Mai and the others. Everyone but Aya's gasped as the small dragon withdrew from Madoka and curled up in Mai's hands. "So it seems that not only is Mai a powerful seer of spirits, but she is also attuned to the elements. Chi only reacts well with those that are in tuned to the elements, namely earth. Ayako would be able to handle Chi as well." Aya stated.

"Um…I have a question," Monk called out. "I thought that shiki were like slaves, that did your bidding. But, these almost seem to act human…"

"You are right Monk. Shiki for the most part have no emotion and are there only to serve their master. Aya's shiki are different than others. Aya was born with her shiki protecting her. By living with her all her life they have formed a deep bond with her. The bond is different than with other onmyojis and their shiki. An onmyoji must capture the spirit and form a contract with them. My shiki are very different than Aya's. Researchers believe that Aya's shiki have formed an emotional bond with them that causes them to respond differently." Lin stated as he turned from his computer and smiled softly to the group. Lin knew that the others would recognize that he was using Aya's first name instead of her last name. Aya looked up at Lin when she heard it and her shiki that had hid itself behind her book peeked its head out. Aya smiled softly at Lin.

"Wow….Lin using Aya's name now are you. Why the change?" Monk asked raising his eyebrows.

"There is no change Takigawa. Aya and I know each other from the past. I realize now that by being so formal I was actually making the team uncomfortable." Lin stated as he turned and faced his computer.

"Alright, enough of this. Why are you here Madoka?" Naru said as he stood there his arms folded over his chest. His eyes were softer as he regarded Mai with the small dragon in her hands.

"Oh me?" Madoka asked as she pointed to herself. "Nothing really Shina texted and told me that it was a calm day and so I came by to pull the girls out to the hot springs and you can't say no Naru." Madoka said with a smile as she grabbed hold of Mai's hand and pulled her out of the room. Aya was in turn pulled out of the room by Shina. The small shiki that had fallen, because of their master being pulled suddenly, followed after them. Soon the whole room was clear of all females and in their stead were a bunch of wide eyed males.

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