Here you go, I promised a long chapter and that I hold this time :D

File 7.

Missing Within Ghost House.

Mai was standing, she turned and stared, she felt her hands tightened when she saw a woman on the meadow, all bloodied up and she was looked rather mad.

There was a lot of people around her, but they where all men "what's going on?" she thought as another man walked by her and she nearly gasped "Bou-niisan.. what are you.." he stared down at her "Mai-chan, go inside and hide!" he told her, but she grabbed his arm "what's going on, what happened, why is Takedo-sama so bloody?" "she killed Gendoshima-sama's youngest son" he said, glaring up at the meadow as Mai gasped "you mean Tatashi-sama?" Bou nodded and tears fell from Mai's eyes "catch her.. please, Tatashi-sama never did any of us or her anything wrong.." she said and Bou nodded.

"It'd be my pleasure!"

The scenery changed and Mai was standing outside of the small house she and her brother lived in "Bou-niisan.. where are you?" she whispered into the night, five hours had gone by and the town was now silent.

Mai desided to go an sheck, so she closed the door and walked fast towards the meadow, there was no sound of yells or shouts, she could see anyone.

Until she looked down and screamed, people came out their houses and ran towards her as Mai ran through the sea of dead people, then she saw him "Bou-niisan!" she screamed and crumbled before him, a hand raised itself and landed on her cheek, bloodying it "Mai-chan, your okay.." he whispered, Bou was lying on the ground, his left arm was missing and his body was covered in cuts deep enough to kill anyone.

She heard a groan and turned "John-san" she gasped, the young man was like Bou in a state between death and life, but he was missing both arms and tears ran worse than ever down her cheeks, she had never seen such a horrid sight, the towns people shouted and called for help, it seemed a lot of people was still alive, although barely.

"Mai-chan.." she turned back and Bou dried her tears "don't cry.. we got her at least, even though our sacrifices where large, it was all worth it" he smiled at her as she took his hand.

"Bou-niisan.." she cried as he slipped away "Mai-chan.. take care of yourself.." then his eyes shut gently and he stopped breathing.

If the other people from the town had heard a heartbreaking scream before, it was nothing compared to this, it tore their heart apart and they felt themselves lose it all to death, more and more people was crying by the time the oldest son of Gendoshima arrived, he walked quickly through the mass of dead and half-dead bodies, then he crumbled in front of what she supposed was his father, she knew he had gone to the woman to take her down personally.

"Father" he whispered, then he slumped on top of the man, very low, subtle sobs escaped the young man as a woman ran through the meadow, quickly putting her hands around the man and dragging him up again.

Mai watched them as they left, he was partly resisting and Mai recognized the woman with the young man to be the younger sister of the woman who did this, but there was something odd about her, everyone knew that, she didn't look sad on her sister's behalf, but on the rest of the men's behalf.

Suddenly the wind took up speed and nearly lifted Mai off the ground if a man close by hadn't caught her "you all shall pay!" a cold, hollow voice said, then the top of the meadow caught on fire and a maniacally laugh filled the air.

"You've got to be kidding me, is she a witch?" the man asked and Mai turned "how should I kno.. Gene?" the man smiled "come on, your brother wanted you to be safe!" Mai nodded, her tears was flowing down her face as he held her close, leading her away from the field.

"Mai.." he said and turned her around, facing him and the scenery changed, he looked so worried it was on the edge of fear.

"Wake up!"

Day 4.

Mai shot up from her bed, she looked around and found Naru sleeping peacefully beside her, mind that he had wrapped his arms around her and holding her very close.

She blushed and turned around, so she was facing him "Oliver.. she whispered, she wondered why they where in the same room, so she turned her head and gawked, they where in a different room, had Minami pulled up a separate room just for them! "Oliver!" the man stirred in his sleep and opened a single eye "Mai?" she blushed and he sat up slowly "what's wrong?" Mai sat up with him "I've got a bad feeling.." then she began to cry and Naru stared at her with a helpless look on his face "Mai?" "I saw them.. Bou-san and John.. they where killed by that woman, also.. so many.. there was so much blood!" she cried and flung herself into Naru's arms, sobbing into his chest.

"Mai.. it's okay.." he said, trying to shoot her the best he could, suddenly he felt the temperature drop and Mai froze "no.." she whispered "this is why Gene woke.. me.. no.. Oliver!" she whispered and Naru's eyes widened, he knew what was about to happen, but he didn't want it to, seeing that he would leave Mai unprotected behind.

Mai looked up at him before Naru pulled her into a kiss, a hard one at that "Mai.. I love you.." he said as he pulled away, she blushed, but her tears continued to fall from her eyes "Oliver.. I love you too.." then the whole bed was flipped over and Mai fell on the floor, trapped under the bed as she saw Naru lying on the floor beside her, she looked up at him as he got up and tried to move the bed, before he managed though something or someone grabbed onto him and threw him against the wall, he slid down and stayed there as Mai screamed his name and tried to move the bed.

"Naru?" a shout came from the other side of the door, Mai turned to it, eyes getting hope "Mai, they're after Lin too" a voice said in her head and she gasped "no.. Lin-san, stay out or you'll be trapped too.." she screamed as she turned back to where Naru was supposed to be.

"Oliver?" she whispered, seeing that he wasn't there she jerked her head around and saw him, he was lying on the floor, dead silent and Mai felt tears well up in her eyes again "no.. NO!" she screamed as something hit her straight in the face and the next time she turned to Naru, he was gone.

The next thing that happened was that the door flew from it's hinges and Lin strode in, Ayako following on his heels "Mai!" she gasped and ran over, the younger woman cried harder "they took him.." she cried and covered her face with her hands, then she felt the coldness again "Lin.. get out" she said between her sobs and Lin frowned "what?" "get out.. NOW!" she shouted and the Chinese man knew to not doubt the woman, so he threw himself at the door.

He barely managed to get out of the room before ghost-like hands grabbed him, Mai screamed again and Minami shouted the man's name, who put two fingers to his mouth and let out a high-pitched sound, the next thing they knew, his Shiki's where flying around and hiting the invisible force hard, it let go of Lin and he backed off, still urging his Shiki's on the spirits.

Ayako had to move the bed on her own before she lead Mai out of the room and closed the door "so.. what do we do now?" she asked.

Mai looked at the floor as Minami told them she'd make tea and ran off, Lin and Ayako both lead Mai to the base before Lin turned to Ayako "can you make some charms, for us and this room!" she nodded and went to do the task, Mai sat down on the couch and sniffed, her eyes and face was red from crying and her throat sore after screaming so hard.

Lin looked at Mai with a soft look "Taniyama-san, maybe you should sleep?" Mai shook her head and looked up at him "I want to talk with you all, tell you" Lin blinked, then he understood "you had a dream?" she nodded and then she remembered something "you asked just Madoka to get information or?" Lin stopped, then he went cold and threw himself over the phone, it seems he had forgotten to tell Yasuhara to stay away.

When that was over with, he leaned back against the chair and sighed "Taniyama-san.. what was it.." he was broken off as Ayako, Masako and Minami all entered the room, Lin just ignored them and turned back to Mai "what was the dream about?" two out of three gasped and all the standing women sat down, Mai took the cup of tea Minami gave her and drank some, then she sighed, finally calming down completely.

"Um.. it was about what happened after the woman, the one who's probably doing this right now.. she killed them.. most of the men in the town, I do not know how and I'd rather not, but she died too.." she stilled and looked down again, looking rather sad "Mai?" Ayako asked and sat down, Mai looked at her and she frowned "I was a young woman from the town, as her brother went to take down the woman as well, he died.. his left arm was gone, as well as a friend, but both of his arms where missing.. even the head of the town died.." tears fell from her cheeks as she remembered how she saw Bou and John.

Lin leaned forward in his chair and Ayako laid her hands on Mai's shoulder's "Mai?" Ayako asked again as Masako sat down on the other side of the young woman "John-san.. Bou-san.. was the ones who... played the men.. who died in front.. of me.." she whispered and Ayako let her go in shock.

"Taniyama-san.. is there a two-meaning to that?" Lin asked.

Mai jerked her eyes to him in shock, then she shook her head "I don't think so, or hope so.. I don't want to find any of them.." then she broke herself off and began to cry harder again, Ayako pulled the woman into her arms and held her close to her chest, letting her cry out in agony.

Lin looked out of the window, everyone hated it when Mai cried, but it worried him that Naru hadn't tried to let anyone know where he or John or Bou was.

Masako laid a hand on Mai's shoulder, as if wanting to help the woman, but not really knowing how to, Minami looked at Mai in shock and sadness before she looked at Lin, who choose that time to turn and look right into her eyes, she blushed slightly and smiled, while he just stared back before a small smile made it to his lips.

Suddenly Mai jerked her head towards the door and stared at the door as if Naru, Bou or John just had come walking through it "Lin-san.." she began, she had a stern look on her face and she seemed to have desided on something "I need your help" she finally said and stood up, tears had left her face and she didn't look afraid or sad anymore.

"Yes?" Lin asked, just to be sure he had hear right.

"I need to set out camera's in the rooms where Naru, John-san and Bou-san disappeared from, three rooms in total, as well as the basement, both night and infrared, Ayako will come with me" Mai stated and stared right at Lin, who was almost completely sure that Naru might have possessed the woman "Taniyama-san.." he began, but stopped when he saw her look "okay.." both he and Masako stood up "Mai.. how are you sure the spirits are there... would Naru really" "does it matter what Naru wanted Masako, I want those camera's there for more than just the spirits!" Mai interrupted the medium and ended it with a hard glare.

Mai looked at Lin "can I count on you to be safe will we're out?" she asked, her eyes softened a bit as Ayako handed the man a protection charm, Mai looked around before she turned to Minami "could we move our base to another room?" Minami nodded "yes, of corse.. why?" "well.. if we are to place a camera here, we can't have charms, but they're made to protect us and Lin-san from possible spirits so.." Minami nodded and Lin turned to Mai, who looked at him too "when we come back, we'll start moving!"

Mai got Ayako to carry one of the camera's as she did too, first they went to the library where John had been taken from, then the bedroom where Naru had disappeared from, they left the bed as it was, not daring to stay any longer and then they went back to the base, where they managed to move most of it, mostly thanks to Lin, being the strongest of them, he managed to move some of the really heavy equipment.

"Taniyama-san.." Lin began as they had settled into the room Lin used as a bedroom, Ayako and Masako was sitting on one of the beds, the one meant for Naru, before he moved to another room, where there was a larger bed for him and Mai.

"Hm?" she turned, one of Naru's files in her hands and a pen sticking out of her mouth, just barely resting on her lips.

"Why did you want to set up the camera in the library and in the bedroom.. and the old base?" he asked and Mai blinked "well.. I wanted to see if I could either get a newer spirit activity or maybe some sign on where Naru, John-san and Bou-san went" she explained and Lin nodded, he turned to get back to his computer, but was stopped by Mai "oh, and Lin-san, please call me Mai from now on.. it's kind of annoying that you are the only one that still calls me by my last name.. and that to prove that we've known each other around five years now!" Lin blinked and thought about it, true, he was still the only one who didn't use Mai's first name, even the suffix behind was used.

"Okay, Mai-san" he said and smiled at how it sounded, then he thought about something "or.." he sat down and began to type on his computer with a high speed, Mai sat down beside him "or what?" she asked "is there any possibility that the spirit actually thinks of you as her little sister and that she is taking anyone who tries to get close to you... for example, using your first name!" Mai gaped before she gasped and nodded "t-that might be true, actually.. that sounds more than possible.." she stopped "then.. you can still call me by my last name.. until the case is finished!" she said and huffed her cheeks, making the man chuckle.

"Mai.. how come the spirit even dared to get close to Naru then?" Ayako asked, Mai laughed at that and turned to her "true, he can be really scary if he wants too, but I doubt he'd scare this spirit, as I said, that woman was very protective of her sister, I'd say she thought so much about it that she'd be going crazy, only thinking about protecting her sister so much that it became an obsession!" she stated and thought even more about it.

"Maybe.." Lin started "we just need to get her sister back to her!" he began typing again, seemingly trying to find the birthdate and deathdate of the girl.

"Takedo is the name of the older sister, I do not know anything more yet.." Mai said and went into deep thought again "maybe... excuse me for half an hour will you!" then she leant back in the chair and was soon breathing evenly, Lin noted that she had gone to sleep.

"Gene!" Mai said and turned around as the man walked over to her "why did you come here, we could have talked when you where awake!" Mai sighed and playfully hit the twin of her boyfriend "it's not like that, I was wondering.. I cannot ask or see into the spirits memory, so do you know anything about the spirit and her little sister, like.. age, birthday.. deathday, full name?" Gene smirked "well.. I know some of it, I guess Lin's fishing would've gotten the same, but you think this way is faster right?" Mai went deep red and looked down "so what.. I'm trying to act a little more responsible you know!" Gene chuckled "I know.. and if I where Noll now I would've said something along the line of 'just keep to your job Mai and let Lin do this!' or something" he said and they broke into laughter.

"You know.. I'm here too" Naru stated and appeared beside them, their laughter died at once and they swallow, Mai stared at him before she threw herself at him "why haven't you called or made a little sound lately?" she shrieked and nearly hit him, Naru though, being the narcissist he was, he just looked calmly down at her "I couldn't.. somehow the spirit hold my powers back if not I would have told you long ago Mai!" Mai blushed and nodded.

Gene couched and they turned to him "can you two save your love for later, we've got a case to solve!" he stated and they both turned red, with made Gene amused more than anything.

"So.. how's the case going along?" Naru asked and Mai looked at him "we moved the base to another room, seeing that the old base was a scene and we couldn't put up charm in the same room we tried to look for spiritual activity!" she said and Naru nodded "sounds better, your becoming smarter each day Mai!" she glared and turned away "anyway.. Lin-san is going around with a charm on now so and we don't want him gone either, that'd just be bad..."

Mai turned back and smiled "I'd like to stay more Oliver, but I've got to go, if Lin-san has gotten something, I need to finish this off and find you!" Naru nodded and took her a hold of her shoulder's, she stared up at him with slightly widened eyes before he puller her into a deep kiss, when he pulled away, she looked rather dazed "Mai, I love you!" he said and she nodded as she faded away, about to wake up, she could hear Ayako's voice calling her and she knew she had to go back, but Mai really wanted to stay longer with Naru and Gene, most of the time you would see either of them, so it was rare to meet them both at the same time.

She closed her eyes and turned to wake up, but found it harder than usual "what?" she began as she opened her eyes and stared right at a woman, she was perhaps in the beginning of thirty and looked very kind and beautiful, yet, she had a stern and worried look on her face "Hane.. your finally back!" she said and dragged Mai into a hug, but the woman was so shocked that she pushed the woman away "who are.. Takedo?" Mai then finished and the woman stared back at her with eyes, wide in shock "can't you remember your own sister!" she said in disbelief, Mai frowned "I don't have a sister!" she said and backed off.

Takedo suddenly frowned too, but in an angry way "that bastard, he brainwashed you didn't he!" she ranted on and on about some man that stole her sister and made her his slave etc etc.

"Excuse me, but you have the wrong person Takedo, my name is Mai.. and I'm not your sister.. she is dead, like you.." this made the woman stare right back at her, opening her mouth before closing it again.

Mai turned to leave and didn't look at the woman that wore resemblance to Ayako "I'll leave now" "no, you can't!" Takedo screamed and grabbed a hold of her wrist, forcing her to turn around "I'm NOT Hane, Takedo-san" Mai shrieked as she noticed that she was beginning to sink into the ground.

"Oliver.." Mai thought desperately, but nothing happened "Gene.. please.. OLIVER!" her whisper turned into a scream as arms grabbed her frail body and dragged her faster into the black nothingness "Hane has to stay with me.. forever!" Takedo whispered with a sly smile and Mai wanted to get away, she really tried and failed.

"No.. please no.. don't let her.. don't.. I don't want to die.." Mai thought and pulled her hands to get them out of the spirit's hands, half her body was now gone and she managed to get a hand out of the grip she raised in over her head as a help, but also so the spirits couldn't get a hold of her "Oliver.." her chest went under and tears that threatened to fall, now fell into the dark matter as her chin met with the cold darkness.

"Mai!"

Wohoo.. I kidnapped Naru XD oh he'd kill me if he knew I was the one at fault! D:

And I promised a long chapter.. this was 8 pages in total ^^

Review though... good or bad, I want to know! even if you hate me for hurting Naru.. or.. making him disappeared for now!