Helllo everyone. We are both so very sorry that it has taken us this long to update. We have both been very busy with school and other things. At first it was mainly my fault cause it took me so long to write it. I just kept on not knowing what to write really and just losing the...whats the word for it?? I guess you could say mood, but there is another word I just cant really think of it at the moment. Then it took CVB had a hard time finding the time to edit it and so on. Then her computer would not save the corrections. So basically over all we had many things going on all at once. We are very sorry. I hope you enjoy the chapter and continue to keep on reading our story. As for the corrections I'm sorry if you see something that needs to be fixed. If it bothers you that much email me and I will correct it. Anyway enjoy the chapter and we will try our best to get chapter 9 up quicker than chapter 8. Again we are both very sorry. Enoy :) Oh and remember to tell us what you think. ;)

Chapter 8:

The next morning everyone woke up refreshed as ever. Mai woke up to first to find that Ayako, Aya, and Masako were all still asleep. She quickly and quietly got some new clothes and sneaked out of room to not wake them. She made her way to the bathroom that only the girls were using, the boys had to one right next to theirs. She ran into the bath not to waste any time in case one of the girls woke up and wanted a shower. Once Mai got into the bathroom she stripped herself of her clothes and turned on the water. Once she stepped in a shiver went through her whole body because the water was still trying to warm up. Once in she cleaned herself up and stepped out to wrap a towel around herself. Walking over to the small mirror on the wall she combed her hair and dried herself off. She put on new clothes and ran out the bathroom.

When she got back she made some tea because she knew that someone was going to be bugging her for it if it wasn't made. Right when she was done making the tea Aya walked in with an innocent smile on her face.

"Um, Mai could I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it Aya?"

"Well, I'm not too sure on how the shower works…so I was wondering if she could show me."

Mai gave a small laugh and smiled at her. "Sure Aya, just give me a minute to get out some cups in case anybody comes for tea."

Once Mai had finished that they both made their way to the bathrooms. Aya knew how to work a shower, mind you; it was just that this one was different from all the other ones she had used before. Once I showed her how to use it, Aya saw that it was quite obvious how it worked. I reached her hand out to turn the knob on the shower to the water on only to find that I wouldn't turn.

"Um, Mai?!"

"Yes?"

"I can't get it to turn for the water to come on."

Mai walked over and tired. She too could not get it to turn on. So she stepped into the shower and put both hands on the knob to turn it. It finally turned but Mai got soaking wet again because she was standing in the shower while she turned it on. Mai walked out soaking wet. Aya laughed and Mai joined her soon as she had started. They stood there laughing for a while until Mai got cold. Mai went turned around so Aya could get undressed to step in the shower. Once she did that Mai had the privacy to undress herself and wrap a towel around her so she could go back to the room they were all sharing to but on a dry pair of clothes.

Mai told Aya she was leaving. Mai, not paying any attention walked right into Naru as she walked out of the bathroom. She could feel herself about to fall and closed her eyes. Then two strong arms wrapped themselves around her waist and pulled her against a welcoming chest. Mai slowly opened her eyes to see she flat up against Naru's chest. Her cheeks turned a light pink. She then forced herself to look at her savior. He was looking down at her with a smirk on her face. She then quickly looked back down to face his chest.

'What are you doing?!' Aya screamed in his mind. 'You pervert!'

'I am not a pervert.' He snapped. 'She simply ran into me.'

'I bet you'd like that.' She teased then her voice took on a more serious tone. 'If I ever catch you having even the slightest disturbing thoughts about Mai again, I will kill you.'

'Then you stop thinking about Lin.' He retorted and cut off the connection once again.

Naru stood there with Mai in his arms. When she looked up he could help but smirk at her reaction. He noticed that her hair was wet, not only that but all she was wearing was a towel. He could only imagine how many shades of red her cheeks were turning. He had never seen Mai like this and certainly never expected to either. This was a total surprised to him. But, he couldn't help but try to have some fun with the situation that was presented to him. After all, he was the great Oliver Davis.

"Jeez Mai, I didn't know you liked me this much" he said with a smirk on his face. He looked down to her cheeks darken even more.

"Ha, you wish."

He gently pushed Mai off of him. For one he was getting wet. Second it was only making the situation more embarrassing and third he respected Mai and knew it was uncomfortable for her. Seeing this, he pulled off his jacket and handed it to her so she would have something more than just a towel to cover herself. She blushed slightly and thanked him in a soft whisper.

Naru then leaned down slowly to her ear and whispered, "I do want it returned Mai when you're done using it. Is that clear?" he said softly.

Mai then quickly nodded her head. Naru pulled himself away when she answered and started walking back to base; only to turn around to look at Mai again.

"Are you coming?"

"What?" Mai asked in a panicked voice.

"Remember I said that I don't want anybody traveling alone?"

Mai suddenly remembering pulled the jacket close to her body and ran to catch up with Naru as he started to walk again. They walked in comfortable silence. Once they got to the base Mai quickly slipped into the room she shared with the girls and found some dry clothes she could wear. Once she did that she walked back out with the jacket in hand and found Naru pouring him some tea.

"Naru."

He turned around to look at her with his deep dark eyes that she could just melt into, "Yes?"

"Here is your jacket. Thank you again for letting me use it."

"I wouldn't want you walking around the base in nothing but a towel now would I?" He smirked at Mai, who turned several shades of red.

'Yes you would.' Aya said in the back of his mind. He frowned, when would that crazy person learn to stay out of his mind?

Everyone then met up in the base. Lin noticing that Aya wasn't there asked where she was. Mai told him that she was taking a shower and she would soon leave with Ayako and Monk to go get her. Just as Mai finished explaining to Lin where she was her cell phone rang. She looked down at it to see that Aya was calling her to tell her she was ready to come back. Mai answered and told her that they were on their way and would be there in a few minutes. With that said she hung up and she, Ayako, and Monk made their way to the bathroom to get Aya. The rest continued with work.

"Alright Lin bring up last night's video."

Lin nodded in reply and played it. Naru, John, Masako, Yasuhara, and Lin sat there watching to see if they had captured anything useful. Everything was going fine until they got to the middle of the video. That was when things started to get weird. The recording suddenly went blank and then you could see thousands of ghosts standing looking at the camera. Some were drenched and covered in blood. Others were missing limbs, others in rags, others you could still see the scars on them. You could see everything that made them died. Everyone looked at their faces. They could see their mouths moving but they couldn't hear them.

"Lin, more sound."

Lin immediately raised the sound so they could hear what they were saying. Masako grabbed Naru and dug her face into his chest. John and Yasuhara were standing there with a sad look in their eyes as they heard some children screaming for help and crying. Naru released no expression, but, there was anger rising up inside him. He was surprised that he was able to control it. He listened more and could hear some of the people crying, begging, and screaming for help. But others were saying that they had to kill anyone and everyone who came in the train station. Even if they were there to help them.

He had to make sure that Mai and Aya didn't see this. Aya would become to hurt and try to get in contact with them once again. He couldn't let that happen. As for Mai there was no telling what she would do. But, then again this was important information and knowing Aya she would somehow find it in his mind sooner or later. That didn't change his mind though on keeping it to himself.

"No one will speak of this to Mai or Ms. Shay. Is that clear?" asked Naru in a cold voice.

"Yes." They all replied at once.

"Lin, continue going through all the recordings and see if you find anything else. If there is mark it so I can watch it later." Lin nodded in response as Naru continued staring at the screen. "Ms. Hara what do you get from this?"

"As much as anyone else would get out of it, I suppose. There are three different groups they have made. One group is all the ones who are scared and all they do is cry for help. Obviously these are the ones who are most welcoming to having someone make contact with them as Aya did. The second group is the ones who don't care for help and have been either overcome by reason to follow what is being planned, and ones who just agree with it. The last and final group is both groups combined. They are the ones who don't believe in what is going on but don't have the courage to stand up against it so they just follow."

"Would you say that they will be easy to contact with?"

"No, they will not. They will be too scared" stated Naru flatly.

"What about the children Ms. Hara?" asked Yasuhara.

"I'm not sure."

"Do not think they are involved do you?"

"It is obvious some are" stated Naru.

"But, they are just children" stated Masako in a defensive voice. "They probably don't even know what's going on."

"Oh, they do. How can they not? Not to mention some have contributed in some of the accidents."

"But, Naru."

"That is enough Ms. Hara. The children are involved and there is nothing I can do to change that."

"But, they are innocent children who are just lost and afraid."

"That is enough Ms. Hara!" Naru yelled.

Masako then went silent with a sudden shock on her face. Her eyes looked at Naru's face to see she had really angered him. She could not believe how angry he was getting. He had to understand that these were just children. That they still did not know the whole story. There was still so much that could be contributing to this case. She then seeing his glare pierce through her she looked away, allowing her bangs to cover her eyes. The room went silent except for Lin's typing. As soon as Masako had built up the courage to say something back to Naru, she heard the door open. Everyone turned to see who it was only to find it was Mai, Aya, Monk, and Ayako.

"What is going on in here?" asked Monk in a concerned voice.

"It is not normal for yall to be so quiet" said Ayako. "I at least thought that all of you would be talking about the case."

"Yeah, that what I thought too" stated Monk. "Did we get anything on the video?"

The room all of a sudden became tenser than it already was. Everyone was now silent. Mai looked around the room. Lin was still typing so she knows it could not have been that bad. Everyone else looked fine too, except for Naru and Masako. Just as Mai was about to ask Masako what was wrong she saw she was already on her way to exit the room. Mai's eyes then fell upon Naru.

"Naru, is something wrong?"

"No, Mai nothing is wrong. Everyone please get back to work now."

"Naru something is wrong I can feel it. So please tell me."

"Mai nothing is wrong."

Mai then becoming annoyed grabbed Naru and dragged him into a separate room away from everyone else. She knew she was going to regret this later but she had to talk to him. Once she got him in the room she got him away from the door and locked it. She put the key away.

"Mai what do you think you are doing?"

"I need to talk to you."

"About what?"

"I know you are hiding something Naru. So what is it?"

"I'm not hiding anything Mai."

"Naru don't you dare lie to me!"

"Mai, you will lower your voice."

"No I will not! Tell me what is going on Naru! Now!!"

"Mai just calm down" Naru stated as he started walking towards her.

"No I will not! You are keeping something from me Naru and I don't like it!"

"Why should you are if I'm keeping something from you or not? It is not like we are dating."

"Well I want..." Mai paused to stop herself from continuing what she was about to say. She then looked at Naru. She looked away and said "It scares me when you keep things from me Naru."

"I'm sorry Mai. But, you have to understand even if I do keep something from you it is because I'm trying to protect you. You have to trust me." Naru then started moving closer to Mai as she started to back up till her back was up against the wall. He then placed his hands on the wall right next to her head. He looked at her face and into her deep green eyes that he loved so secretly. But he could never admit it to her. "Do you trust me Mai?"

She looked at him. Her eyes began wandering in his trying to see if he was really trying to protect her or if he was just saying this so she would stop asking questions. As she kept searching she kept on seeing how he was really trying to protect her. At a loss of words she nodded her head to let him know that she trust him. A smile then appeared on his face. She loved it when he smiled and wished he would do it more often. They kept looking at each other not wanting to walk away. Naru then realized something.

"Mai I have a question for you too." Mai gave him a confused look in response. "What did you stop yourself from saying earlier?"

Mai face then turned bright red. She looked away to keep her eyes away from his. She then felt him gentle grab her chin to turn her face so she was facing him.

"Mai, what were you going to say?" Mai kept silent and kept on looking at his face as he looked at hers.

Naru stood searching her eyes for an answer. He saw that her blush had gotten deeper and so had her breathing. He found himself slowing moving in closer. He was only a few inches away and he could feel her hot warm breath hit his lips. He was about to kiss her when he realized what he was doing and pulled away.

Mai stood there in shock. They were so close and he just pulls away. Why does he always have to mess with her feeling like this, it was not fair.

"Naru, why did you…" Mai was suddenly cut off by the sound of Lin voice.

"Naru, get out here quick!"

Naru and then Mai raced to the door and unlocked it. Everyone was standing there just staring at the monitors all with the same expression.

Hello everyone!! Well that is the end of the chapter. Now since we have not posted something in awhile I will like to ask for lets say 10 to 15 new reviews so that we will update the next chapter quicker. Im sorry I know you all must hate me for doing that. But I really need to know how many of our readers are still reading this. It will really encourage us and make us want to update quicker if we get reviews from you all. Well hope you review. bye