Author's Note:

May: Happy? I put my A/N on top again. -takes out a bag filled with brownies covered in coconut bits-

Mai: -in disgust- You're gonna eat that?

May: -opens one- So? -chucks it in her mouth- Id iz delizuz -chews it-

Naru: -shakes head- Completely un-hygienic

May: -swallows- You know what Naru? You stink like those cows at the farm last Friday.

Naru: -clenches fists- Why you...

Mai: Naru, stop! -pulls me away-

May: Thank you Mai... -gets dragged to Ayako- -gulps- Uh oh... -Ayako's eye glints-

Chapter 3

Mai woke up to the sound of students busily chattering outside. She quickly changed into her casual clothes and took a peek outside. What she thought was the sound of students chattering was actually the sound of Ayako and Houshou, arguing again with John in between them, trying to push them apart.

"Ohayoo gozaimasu!" Mai greeted cheerfully but was completely ignored.

She looked at the clock and saw that it was 9 o' clock in the morning.

"Naru said I'd bring the cords and you'd bring the monitors!" Ayako shouted.

"No, Naru said you'd bring the monitors and I carry the cords!" Houshou argued back.

Then suddenly the door opened and Ayako and Houshou forgot their argument for a moment and turned to see who had arrived. They found out that their argument was nothing but a burden and they both walked away from each other before saying, 'hmph!'

In fact, Lin was carrying the monitors with the cables on top of them.

"What was that noise I heard earlier?" Naru asked somewhat drowsily, his head popping out from the door across Mai, Ayako and Masako's temporary room.

Everyone remained silent.

Naru then turned to Lin and commanded, "Set up the equipment. Mai, John, Yasuhara and Ayako, set up the cameras around the school."

"Yes, Na-" Mai began but was interrupted by the sound of the door opening once more.

She turned her head in the door's direction and she saw the short senior, the tall senior and the brown-haired freshman.

"Ohayoo gozaimasu!" Mai greeted cheerfully once more.

"Have you all settled in, Taniyama-san?" the stoic, tall senior said.

"Eh..." Mai was speechless.

The tall senior was so breathtaking that she would've fainted if Houshou didn't go over to her immediately.

"We're just awaiting a few more equipment. Oo, I mean, our benefactor said that the new equipment would arrived early this morning," Naru answered for Mai, who was now flaming red.

"Ah, thank you so much Kazu-chan!" Hunny cheerfully thanked before he climbed up his "guardian" and left the room.

'They really are rich bastards...'

"Ah, where's Masako-chan?" John inquired, sounding a little worried.

Mai was about to speak but Haruhi, who didn't leave with the seniors, answered.

"I think the twins took her out for breakfast. Speaking of-" Haruhi's words were cut off and the door opened once more.

In came one of the twins (it's hard to tell who's who you know) followed by his other half that was clutching a pink..."thing".

"Ta-dah!" the twins said in unison, presenting Masako that was in a pink kimono with magenta-ish flower prints, light pink socks and horrid pink ribbons hanging from a pink clip. And if that was pink enough, she was blushing so badly, which made her resemble Hunny's stuffed bunny.

"Hikaur, Kaoru, what did you do?" Haruhi asked angrily.

"What? There's nothing wrong with dressing her up!" Kaoru defended.

"Dressing people up without their consent is illegal! That could be counted as sexual harassment!" Haruhi stated in a furious tone.

"Oh, but she DID, agree," Hikaru said as he exaggerated on the word 'did'.

Kaoru pulled out a remote as a tv appeared out of nowhere.

FLASHBACK

"Masako, can we dress you up?" Hikaru asked tauntingly.

"Huh? Well, yeah," Masako drowsily whispered in her sleep.

Actually, in her dream she was asked by Naru if she sensed anything in the room.

Mistaking it for a yes, the twins hastily pulled the poor girl out from the bed and brought her to the dressing room.

END OF FLASHBACK

The tv disappeared as Haruhi, Mai, Ayako and the rest blinked. Kaoru put away the remote and quickly got up and ran for his life. Mai could swear she did not believe what she saw for a second. John was running after the twins and it seemed he was not getting exhausted at all.

Everyone in the room shrugged it all away. Haruhi got up, prepared her things and after saying goodbye, left for her class.

Masako quickly changed into a darker color of kimono and removed the horrid things that were hanging from her head (not her hair of course!)

"I'll make sure that Naru will deal with them for me," Masako said, dusting her hands.

'Why you...'

In Naru's office...

'Noll, I can sense many disturbed spirits. Particularly that of a girl that committed suicide because her boyfriend cheated on her. Mai saw the spirits, Noll. And they're out for revenge,' Gene spoke in his head.

'I know that, Gene. It's not hard to tell that the ghost is enraged by the club's activities here and sent all those lost ghosts here,' Naru told Gene.

'Idiot, brother,' Gene said before he broke contact with Naru.

-----

"Be brought the new cameras!" the twins chimed, holding up one of many cameras, apparently they were the latest and were totally high tech.

"Shibuya-san requests that you just leave them there. We'll unpack them," Lin said politely.

"No! We wanna help! I wanna set the camera!" Hikaru whined.

"Hikaru, stop acting so immature. I'm sure anyone who sees you will think you were dropped on the head as a child," Kyouya, who had mysteriously appeared at the doorway scolded.

Mai muffled a giggle and Houshou gave a small laugh that sounded like a grunt.

Hikaru immediately got up and left the room. But as he was about to step out, Mai stopped him.

"We'd greatly appreciate your help," she said.

Kyouya smacked his head from somewhere in the room. Hikaru gave her a small smile and stepped back in.

-----

"I think that's the last one," Hikaru said as he wiped his sweat with his sleeve.

"I think so too," Kaoru's voice sounded through the communicating device that the SPR and the twins were using to communicate.

"Ahhh!" Mai screamed through the communicating device until her voice disappeared and all the was left was a scratchy noise.

"Mai!" Lin shouted as he immediately fled towards the Third Music room where Mai was.

When he got in, there was Mai, unconscious on the floor, her hands spread out and she was covered in red stuff. Lin's eyes widened at the sight but then they returned to their original size. Houshou lifted her up and turned her around, soaking himself also with the red stuff. He searched for wounds but found none. Ayako sighed in relief. Lin took Mai's unconscious form from Houshou and lifted her up. It was surprising because Lin also got soaked with blood, like his shirt and pants were dyed a good red. Mai was like a sponge filled with blood that would release blood if pressure acted on her.

"What's...wrong with her?" Naru asked in concern. He had run to them from the West Wing to the Third Music room which was supposedly a 10-minute walk from there but he arrived in 3 minutes flat.

Naru was silent for a moment as he observed the blood drenched figure in front of him until he opened his mouth to speak.

"The spirit turned her wrath unto her. The disorder isn't permanent. It's supposed to last only a few days or if they burn the clothing. But burning the clothing will impose risks. Like the person removing the articles be cursed instead," he spoke in one breath, pretty calmly that everyone stared at him.

Ayako was about to say, 'You're very talented Naru' but Naru had began speaking once more.

"I think the better choice is the latter. We can have a female do it," Naru finally said.

Ayako was about to say, 'Perverted as always, aren't we?' but Naru had apparently guessed what she was thinking and gave her a glare that said, 'another word and there'll be one less soul on earth'.

"Ayako, Masako, it's up to you to remove her outer clothing (e.g. shirt and pants). I'll stay and observe," Naru said as he crossed his arms together.

"You're just making excuses! Quit it and admit you just want to see her naked!" Ayako accused.

"There's no way I'm seeing her naked and if you weren't listening, I said for you to remove her outer clothing only," Naru said, trying to keep his cool.

"That's still being perverted! I say out!" Mai, who had woken up, said furiously and literally kicked him out of the room.

"Mai, you need to remove your outer clothing," Masako said softly.

Mai didn't reply. She just shot them a glare that they knew Mai would never give.

"Naru! She's possessed!" Masako yelled out from the door.

"Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Sai, Zen," Ayako chanted.

Mai got hit and the incantation just bounced off her like a shield was deflecting it.

"Not good..." Ayako mumbled.

Then the door slammed open and Lin whistled and his shiki knocked Mai unconscious.

"We need to paralyze her. The curse won't work if she's paralyzed," Naru stated.

Ayako quickly mumbled a short chant and Mai became frozen stiff, yet her breathing could be heard and she was still warm.

"The curse will wear off for Mai has an enduring soul and will be able to ward off the spirit in a few days time. I'm sure it won't be more than a week."

-----

A few days later...

Mai was drinking her tea silently in peace. Then all of a sudden the small senior skipped in and jumped on her lap. She was relieved of her curse a few days later, specifically the day after she got possessed.

"Mai-chan! Can I join you?" he asked cheerfully, still hugging his bunny.

"Sure...ehm, Haninozuka-san."

"Call me Hunny-chan, it's ok with me!"

"Ok, Hunny-senpai. What brings you here?"

"I came to ask you about Haru-chan. What do you think of he-I mean, him?"

Hunny was silently observing the past few days about Mai reactions around Haruhi. He noticed she was weirder than the other designators so he planned on confronting her.

"Haru-chan?"

"Haruhi-chan, you know."

"Ah, I think Haru-chan's such a cute guy and he's sweet and nice!"

"I see..."

Ah the two of them talked, their voices could be heard by no other than Shibuya Kazuya. It seems at the moment he had a hearing problem so he misheard 'Haru' for 'Naru'.

'I'm cute...and sweet...and nice?! I'm pretty sure about the first part but me? Nice? You've gotta be kidding me. It's not in my character!'

"I gotta go now, then Mai-chan!"

"Bye Hunny-senpai!" Mai waved at the short senior.

As she was waving continuously, Naru walked in.

"Hello Mai," he greeted a little bit cheerfully.

'Naru? Is he okay? He's starting to freak me out with his enthusiasm...'

"Hello, Naru-chan!" Mai replied, more cheerful than ever.

'This really is freaking me out...'