Okay.. I took away Naru.. please have mercy on me~ *shriek*

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File 7.

Missing Within Ghost House.

Lin and the rest had been waiting for Mai to wake up in three straight hours now, but it didn't really worry them until she began to trash in her sleep and seemingly struggling to wake up, it wasn't until she began to cry that they all rushed to her, but nothing happened, it didn't matter how much they tried to yell or shake her, it didn't help at all, if anything, it only became worse too and when Masako told them that the spirit was forcing her soul out of her Lin became really worried.

Then she whispered names in her sleep "Oliver.. Gene" those two names made three out of four awake flinch, two of them didn't even know how she knew, one did and he, firmly being Lin, didn't really think about that right now.

"Mai!" he said and shook her hard and finally she awoke with a scream, she looked up at them, Ayako quickly by her side before Mai threw herself into the woman's arms, crying hard.

Day 4.

Mai closed the file and looked up from her desk, a pen hiting the desk as she frowned, then she slammed her head into the desk, it seemed she had been bound to do that a lot lately because she had already done it three times this day and the clock was just 9 am, well, they had stayed up most of the night anyway.

"Taniyama-san.. are you okay?" Lin asked, he had heard the smack and turned to see Mai lift her head from the desk with a wince "y-yeah.. thank you.. anyway, is there anything out of the normal in the rooms?" she asked and stood up, a hand put against her forehead to calm her new bruise, oh Naru would be angry for hurting herself when the ghosts did the same to her often enough.

"No, nothing.. I've managed to get the birthdate and deathdate of Sakewo Hane as well as age though!" Lin explained and Mai nodded "can you make a Hitogata of it then?" Lin nodded "but we still need to find out where her sister is" Mai turned away "most likely somewhere in the middle of the house, that's where she was killed after all"

Ayako and Masako entered the room and sat down on the vacant bed "Masako, did you see the ghost?" Mai earned e no from her and she frowned "this annoying, hm?" she stopped dead in her tracks and looked down at the floor.

"Aha!" she exclaimed and smirked, everyone jumped high and stared at her in shock as she jerked her head towards Lin "please make a Hitogata of Hane, then come to the basement!" then she rushed over to the door, but stopped "maybe I shouldn't go there yet.." she said out loud and backed off, Ayako nodded in agreement "yes, since the ghost thinks you are her little sister, maybe you shouldn't go yet..!" Mai glared at her "I know all right!" she had told them that Takedo had come to her in her dream, even the fact that she had tried to use dark matter to swallow her.

Lin turned to his computer and noted the information about Hane down on a paper before he stood up "ah.. Ayako, please go with Lin-san will you?" Mai stated and Lin glared "I do not" he began, but Mai cut him off "I know you don't Lin-san, but I won't take any chances" she stated and stared right back at him with a similar look that Lin would give Naru, when the narcissist would try to do something on his own.

And so, Lin accepted that Ayako would tag along, as well as Minami for some unknown reason.

This left the two youngest women in the base alone, they stared at each other for some seconds before Mai went back to the screens and eyed them before she took up the papers she had written some of the most important fact on, she stared at it for almost half an hour.

"Mai"

Said woman turned and noted that Masako had a frown placed on her face, she looked very worried and pale, Mai nodded as she could feel it too, the spirit was on the move and towards the only man that was left on the team, or them all?

"Lin-san.." Mai finally said before she and Masako left the room in a hurry to find the three that had left only thirty minutes ago "Lin-san.. Ayako... Hatoshi-san!" Mai yelled, but got no response, she rounded the corner and her right feet hit something, she looked down and gasped, Masako did as well, but for a whole another reason "Mai.. they're.." "they're gone... I know, Lin just barely managed to make a Hitogata too.." she shoved Masako the small man-shaped doll make of tree, the medium gulped and Mai just stared at it, she could read the name Sakewo Hane and she knew that Masako and herself was the only hope now.

Or they would all die, by the hands of Hane's big sister Sakewo Takedo and that, Mai nor Masako wanted to, they didn't the rest of the team and Minami wanted to either, but, if they didn't act soon, it would happen and Mai would not let Naru die because of her, nor that she wanted to lose her love of the life either.

Mai tightened her grip on the Hitogata as she walked fast down to the basement, Masako right behind her "Mai?" she asked as they entered the slightly chilled basement, Mai didn't turn to look at her before they had stopped "I'm going to exorcise Takedo right now, I'm afraid we don't have time for anything else!" her voice and face would look as if she had desided on not falter and cry, but her eyes told Masako the difference "Mai.. are you sure?" she asked, Mai stared at her and looked away "yes, if we wait any longer, someone will die.." this time her voice fell and she looked more frail and small than Masako had ever seen her.

"Okay!" the medium said, also wanting the team back, she would die of loneliness and despair if they died.

Mai looked around and then took a deep breath "Takedo!" she whispered and in the next second the temperature dropped at least below zero and soon Mai was shiver as she clenched the Hitogata in her hand, a figure matrealised before them and it soon formed the woman they both had seen, Mai though didn't back of this time, just glared "Hane!" the woman cried of happiness and was about to hug Mai, if the woman hadn't lifted the Hitogata up "I'm not Hane, this is!" she threw the Hitogata up in the air and hoped it would happen, what if it didn't, what if Takedo saw through it and destroyed the Hitogata before it had done it's job.

This kind of thoughts filled Mai's brain and she became nervous, it wasn't fun when something didn't go as planned, and definitely not when involved with the spiritual activity.

The woman, Takedo looked up at the Hitogata and gasped, it was soon embraced by a golden, warm light that made tears spring to the oldest sister's eyes and she lifted her arms towards the Hitogata, that soon formed the smaller sister, Hane, she had long, wavy black hair and was smiling while reaching out to her sister, this made Mai raise both eyebrows "no wonder she took Hane for me!" she thought and glared at the floor for some seconds, then she looked up, seeing that the sister was embracing each other and Takedo had gotten the warm aura as well.

"Rest in Peace!" Mai said to her as the woman disappeared, then all the other spirits appeared, men from two hundred years earlier and up, they all smiled at the sister before they smiled at Mai, both women noted that they couldn't see either of the members of SPR in the group of men, who was now all flying towards the sky with joy.

"Thank you.." this sweet, warm whisper made Mai turn towards the spot the sisters had been and she knew, that even though Takedo had disappeared, she was still with Mai, forever like every other soul she had saved.

Mai sighed and turned back to Masako who also smiled "thank god.. now.. to find the me" Mai had begun, but had been interrupted when she heard a hard dump from the floor above, they looked at each other before they ran upstairs, Masako looked into the library and soon found John, he was leaning against one of the high shelves and was bloodied up, but he looked unharmed, next was Lin, Ayako and Minami, they where fast asleep against the wall and floor in the middle of the hall, Mai didn't even bother to go look for Bou, since she knew he'd be in the old base, but the one she was looking for.

Naru.

Mai opened the bedroom door slowly and looked into the pitch black room, she squinted her eyes to try and make out any shape or form as she noticed said form leaning against the wall, where she had seen him the last time.

"Oliver!" Mai whispered and ran across the room to her boyfriend, who groaned and looked up from his position "Mai?" then he noticed that he was back in the room he had been taken from and as soon as Mai had gotten over to him, he grabbed her wrist and dragged her into a deep and longing kiss, the woman turned deep red before she wrapped her arms around his neck for support, they parted once, then kissed again, this time deeper and Naru wrapped his arms around the young woman's waist, pulling her as close as possible be.

"Oliver.." she whispered as they parted for the tenth time and finally stopped, but she didn't let go of him, instead she hugged him, nearly squeezing his life out as she did and she nearly succeeded if Naru had managed to pull her off.

"Mai.. I'm okay, or I won't if you don't stop.." he stopped when he saw the tears running down the female's cheeks "Mai?" "I've been so scared and worried too.. I nearly thought.. thought that.. she had managed to k-kill you.." she gasped out and he raised both eyebrows "Mai.. I'm okay, I think we all are, after all.. seeing that we're back, I think you managed this.. I would've suspected Lin would have been here too though" Mai coughed "actually, he, Ayako and Hatoshi-san was all taken after he managed to make a Hitogata.. wich I used to exorcise the ghost and return you!" she exclaimed and Naru had to nod in amazement "seems you've learnt some useful things after all!" this made Mai tick and she began to yell back almost instantly, although cut short when Lin poked his face into the room "thank you Mai-san.. it's good too.. that you found the Hitogata I mean" then he left and Naru turned his new glare from the spot Lin used to be, to Mai, who swallowed thickly.

"Mai-san? When did he start calling you by first name?" he asked and she looked down "after you where taken, I kind of acted bossy, well.. not more than you and I asked him to call me by my first name seeing that we've known each other for nearly five years!" she said and blushed, then she winced at the glare she got from her boyfriend.

"Oh.. I forgot.." Naru said and his glare softened, Mai gawked at him as he took her hand "Mai, date.. the day after tomorrow, at my place!" he said and she gawked even more "y-yes.." how come he asked in this situation, they walked out of the room, hand in hand and Mai nearly frowned "how come he always does that.. is it because he just can't make himself ask in a normal way?"

Behind them, around the corner, Minami had finally found Lin, who looked like he rather wanted to leave now than after a meeting at the base.

"M-Minami.. what do you want?" he asked, angry at himself for stuttering like that, but she didn't seem to mind it, just smiling up at him "you know Koujo.. I really like you" he gawked, damned woman had to go look after Madoka when they where children and become a Madoka-clone too, so blunt and cheerful it nearly scared him, but all that came out of his mouth was "come again?"

"Koujo.. how many times do I have to tell you.. I like.. no, love you!" she said and reached up, she planted a small kiss on his lips and bounced off towards the base, but before she had gotten far, he grabbed her wrist.

"Koujo?" she asked as she turned towards him, he felt heat rise to his face and he looked down, but seeing that he was MUCH more taller than anyone, he looked down at the woman who had just confessed to him moments ago "you.. like.. er.." he mumbled and she smiled even more, looking more questioning at the same time "hm?" this made him snap and he finally found courage enough "I like you too okay!" then he turned away and walked back to the base.

Hm.. rather weird ending!

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