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File 2.

A Snowy Bloodbath.

The woman ran through the snow, falling several times before she managed to reach the end of the woods, her kimono was wet and cold, sticking to her body like glue, snow fell heavy on the cold, white ground around her.

She tried to calm her breath, not wanting to look behind in fright of them appearing, she thought of what has happened and gasped, tears flowing down her already tear-stained, red face "I'm sorry Reiko-sama... if I had known earlier..

Behind her, she could heard shouts "catch her.. that witch, she killed the head's daughter!" and began to run again "I don't want to die.. please.. Chiharu-sama need's to know.." suddenly there was no more ground and she looked out over an edge, she screamed as she fell, disappearing into the dark surrounding under the cliff.

Day 1.

Mai frowned and looked at the paperwork, although she had expected it, she hadn't thought it would be this much, she put the pen down and stood "tea-time!" lucky her had managed to learn his tea-addict-times when she was working with him before, so she still had it within her.

Making two cups and putting them on a small tray, she walked over to Naru's door, before she managed to knock she heard from the inside "Mai, tea!" then she knocked, she waited for the come-in and then opened the door, she placed the cup on the desk, half-expecting a thank-you, but knew it was impossible "there's no way that man have changed.. not since I last saw him"

"Thank you.." Mai gawked "huh?" Naru didn't looked up "what is it.. you can't understand Japanese now!" oh, there that Naru was, Mai nearly lost the other cup in shock, but regained her balance and the poor cup too.

"N-nothing.. er, your welcome!" Mai said and slipped out of the room, her face was painted dark-red and she was trying not to loose the cup, since her hands where shaking so much.

She knocked on the next door "yes?" Mai opened the door and smiled to the Chinese man "you want some tea too Lin-san?" she asked, although she knew the answer "yes please, that would be good!" Mai then walked in, placing the cup in his desk too, he stared at it, then up at Mai before he began chuckling.

Mai pouted "what.. what's so funny!" she asked, her face turning red again, Lin tried to hold his laughter "s-sorry Taniyama-san, it's just.." Mai then blinked "it's because I knew right... that you and Naru would like to have tea!" Lin nodded.

Mai joined his laughter and didn't stop before Naru shouted at them "I don't pay you to laugh your day away Mai!" Mai glared at the wall that separated Lin's office with Naru's "sorry.. anyway Lin-san.." she talked slowly, low this time so the narcissist wouldn't hear, Lin blinked and contained his laughter "did Naru change in England?" Lin's eyebrows rose "why do you ask?" he countered, Mai shook her head "he said 'thank you' when I gave him his tea.." her face was in a deep shade of red now.

Lin laughed again, this time lower so for not Naru to hear "well.. he might have, but not towards the rest, only you Taniyama-san!" this made Mai go into a shade of red Lin had never seen in the years he had worked together with the young woman, interesting in fact, that he managed to get a new colour out of her.

"Ahahaha..." Mai began, looked down in order to hide her blush, wich failed since Lin was sitting before her.

"Taniyama-san, it is a good thing you know!" Mai looked up at this statement "what do you mean?" Lin smiled "that he's softening up a little, bit by bit.. and you are the only one that can do it!" Mai nodded slowly, blushing again.

"Excuse me!" the door into the SPR jingled and Mai turned towards it "coming!" she rushed to the door, she turned her head and smiled to Lin "thank you!" then she disappeared out of it, shutting it softly.

Mai smiled to the young woman and placed the tray on the nearby desk of hers.

"What can I help you with?" Mai asked, the woman stared at her for some seconds, then she sighted "are this Shibuya Psychic Research?" Mai felt a eyebrow rise slightly, how did people managed to miss the words on the front door every time they came!

"Yes, what's the matter?" Mai lead her to the coach and offered her a seat, wich she took gladly "um, there's been some weird activity in our village lately, we want to you to find out who and what!" the woman braced herself and tried to hold a calm face, wich Mai noticed she barely managed to.

"This is bad!" Mai thought and smiled to the woman "I'll call my boss in in a second, please rest here till then!" then she turned to the door of the narcissist and knocked, not once, but four times, a silent word she learnt in the last case with Naru before he left, she tried no to think about it, it still hurt so much from when he left her, then she heard a I-coming and turned to the next door and did the same before leaving for the kitchen, making tea for the woman and the two men.

When she came back, both Naru and Lin had taken a seat around the small table, Mai crouched beside it and placed the cups of tea to each their new owner, Naru didn't spare her a look, not once, then he opened the small book he had "begin!" the lady looked somewhat dumbfounded and looked at Mai, who smiled back "it means for you to tell him!" she said slowly, the woman nodded and turned to Naru.

Only Mai though, noticed that Lin was trying to hold back laughter, she was too after all, since it was so normal for Naru to act cold and Mai having to explain everything that when Naru didn't say her name or protest, it was rather funny.

"Well, my name is Chiharu Hiromi, I'm in a direct line from the Chiharu-family that has been leading and guarding the small town Satoru for almost two centuries now!" Naru nodded, Mai then looked down, she had heard that name before, where had she heard Chiharu, where? Hiromi explained the disappearances of girls in the age of 6 and their fater, or uncle or at least a relative in their late 40's, then appearing, the men dead and the small girls alive.

"It's always the same, girls that turn 6 disappear two month after their birthday, I have twin-daughters and they turned 6 in six days now and I'm worried, my husband and my brother is in their 40's now and even though they say they don't worry for their life, I do..." Naru nodded again and then he stopped, Mai had an odd, blank look in her eyes, but it didn't feel dangerous.

"Mai!" the young woman reacted slowly and then looked up at Naru and he knew just what to do "we'll take the case, expect us tomorrow around 6 pm!" the woman thanked and left, Lin gave the other two an odd look and then desided to head back to his own office and to give the other member's of SPR a call.

"Mai.." Naru began as Lin shut the door, the woman looked up at him and blushed slightly "w-what?" he nearly frowned "what is it... I know you've gotten stronger..." Mai looked almost sad "oh.. then.." Naru sighted "you can peak into their memories or something?" this was a totally innocent question, Mai knew that, but yet "w-what.. well.." Naru's face turned into a slight frown "Mai.. what is it?"

The woman looked away "it's nothing, true, I can look into the people's memories, but only if I touch them and I did when I shook hand's with her... mind-reading isn't the same though.." this made Naru slightly nervous "mind-reading?" "uhoh!" Mai looked up at him "yes, I only need to look at a person, but rest assured Naru, I can't read yours.. your to powerful for even me to do!"

Naru raised an eyebrow "even for her?" Mai looked away again, then she bit her underlip "I'm different now... I've changed!" Naru laid his hands on her shoulders, making her blush deeply "I can see that Mai, we all change!" Mai nearly blurted out that she didn't think he had changed at all.

"Oliver.." Mai whispered, this made Naru let go of her in shock and horror, how did she find out, or more, when?

"When did you.." he began, but Mai cut him off "the day you found Gene!" this made Naru even more nervous for some reason unknown to him and his great brain.

"How, why did you know!" Naru asked, colder now, almost angry since it frustrated him so much that Mai had read him like he used to read her, like an open book "because Gene told him that day that you found him!" she began, looking away, Naru's eyes widened "you where talking to Gene?" the woman nodded.

Naru's grip on the girl didn't loosen, in fact it tightened "Mai.. then why!" Mai looked at him "huh?" Naru sighted "I found Gene.. three months before I left.. why didn't you say anything!" Mai looked up at him "because.." she began, tears where welling up in her eyes, making the narcissist hurt inside "because I didn't want you to leave.. leave Japan, leave SPR... leave me!"

Naru had never been so shocked in his whole life, he knew about everything he needed to survive in the world, then why did she say such things and somehow he got a little flash-back "Noll.. when people fall in love, do you know how that feels?" "No..?" "it feels great, your heart will race, you'll get warm and flustered easily.. you'll try to do anything to protect that person and do anything to make sure the person sees you, and loves you too!"

"Naru?" Mai asked, the narcissist came back and let go of Mai, he turned away "you can go home for today, meet up here tomorrow 4 pm!" then he left her, she stared after him, wondering what the heck had just happened, then she blushed and had to sight too "even though I confessed, he didn't even take the hint.. seriously.. that guy can be dense sometimes!" then she got a bad feeling, next thing she knew, Gene was speaking into her head again "yeah.. you fit each other!"

"GENE!"

Mai took her stuff and sprinted out the door before Naru could have a chance to yell back and demand an explanation to why she was yelling his brother's nick-name "how the heck this all of this happen!" Mai screamed into her head as she ran down the street, wanting to bury herself into the bathtub in her apartement as fast as she could.

One day before.

Mai stretched and yawned, most of the class where half asleep or trying to stay awake, since the teacher was sick and no one could step in, they had no option but to let the students do as they wanted.

Some students where outside, mostly boys, throwing snowballs at each other, Mai couched and sank down into the scarf she had around her neck "great... a cold at a time like this!" suddenly a teacher opened the door "Taniyama Mai, there's a phone-call to you!" Mai sat up and gave her agreement, folding her jacket around her better, she got up and followed the teacher to the teacher's longue.

"Yes?" Mai asked, her voice slightly hoarse and she tried not to cough "Mai, do you have any job right now?" Mai froze, her breath stopped for a second, then she regained some of her brain "no...why?" "isn't it obvious?" "Gene!" "hehe... sorry!"

"The assistant job is still open, do you want it?" Mai nearly dropped the phone, Naru, that narcissistic, sarcastic, cold-to-everyone-man actually asked her to take up her old job! "err... yes.. I guess so!" Mai replied after at least ten minutes of silence "good, tomorrow, 8 am sharp!" then he hung up, she coughed "ugh.. just so him, to late to tell him now.." "tell him what?" Gene asked "that I have a cold, but I guess.. if I go home now then I can get better till tomorrow!" this Gene agreed happily to.

What do you think.. I'm worried it's not enough or?

Reviews please! oh, and I've desided that saturday and sunday is free-day.. so I won't upload on those days.. I need to to write this story too ^^