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Yume no Naka ni Seishin

Chapter Six

The next day Harry found himself getting up earlier than normal and joining Mai on her walk to school. The Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom and both were enjoying the tranquil feeling they got from being underneath them. "So Harry," Mai said as she looked over to him, "What types of ghost stories will you be telling us about this time?"

"Well, I don't know just yet, I do love a good ghost story, I just don't have many of them to tell people," He answered her as they walked past the older school building.

Mai stopped and started at the old building, a small shudder taking her over as she asked Harry in a curious voice, "Do you really think that the place might be haunted?"

Harry came to a stop beside her and at her question his green eyes gazed to the building. Stretching out his empathy, he tried to get a feel if there were any spirits within. It was a little like what a medium would do, but where they could communicate and see them clearly, all Harry could do was feel their emotions and occasionally see them; most of the time though they would overwhelm him, for spirits emotions seemed to be more extreme than everyone else's.

Harry couldn't feel anything, and he turned to Mai to tell her that he didn't think so. He frowned as he noticed that she was no longer beside him. He rolled his eyes and went to try and find her, she always did have a tendency to wander off and explore what ever had grabbed her attention. This time it was unfortunately the old school house and it was no thanks to Michiru's story last night.

He turned the corner of the wall, just in time to see Mai entering the building. He gave a sigh as he started to walk towards the entrance, rolling his eyes, just imagining all the trouble she was about to get into. He was halfway down the path when he saw a tall man run into the building shouting something as he entered. He must have spooked her, because he heard her scream, followed by a loud crash.

Harry's eyes wet wide as he broke out into a run. He had just placed a foot on the first step when another young man came up. Quickly glancing over as he went through the door, Harry realised it was the same young man that had scared the girls yesterday after school, when they had finished telling ghost stories.

The two of them came to an abrupt stop when they were only a couple of inches into the entrance hall of the old school building. Shibuya Kazuya was the first to say what he was thinking, "What's going on in here?" He then left Harry's side and walked over to the man lying on the ground and kneeled next to him asking, "Lin, what just happened?"

Harry wanting to know what happened as well walked over to the guys other side and just as he got there, he saw a drop of blood hit the ground. Looking over to Mai who was kneeling in shock, he stated softly, "Mai, you really need to stop wandering off on me."

Lin, you're bleeding, can you stand?" Shibuya-san asked, not showing he was concerned outwardly for the older man, but that couldn't fool Harry, for his emotions clearly said that he was.

"Yeah, I can," said Lin-san in a soft low voice.

Mai by now had stood up and Harry could tell by her face that she felt bad, it showed even more as she began to stutter out her apology, "Oh my gosh, I'm really sorry, so sorry. He startled me and I guess I turned a little too fast and knocked the…"

"Never mind about that, do you know where there is a doctor?" Shibuya-san interrupted her ramblings.

"Yeah, I do. There's one just down the street." Harry answered his question since Mai seemed too flustered to think straight.

Shibuya-san started to help Lin-san stand up, and Mai collected herself enough to reach forward to also help, but Lin-san lashed out at her hand knocking it away from him, "I think you've done enough at the moment, don't you." his voice had gone cold as he spoke.

Shibuya-san ignored Mai's look of hurt and inquired, "I met the two of you yesterday didn't I? What are you names?" Harry could tell that Shibuya-san hadn't actually forgotten their faces, but as he didn't catch their names he was just asking for a chance to know.

"I'm Mai," she almost whispered, as she was embarrassed by what had happened.

Harry met Shibuya-san's gaze giving a little inward shrug stating, "It's Harry," this granted him a strange look from both and so he clarified, "It's an English name."

"All right then, Mai, Harry, I thought you should both know that you are going to be late for your first class, since the morning bell has just rung." Shibuya-san smirked a little at this.

Mai's eyes got as big as dinner plates and a blank look was on her face for a moment, before it completely sank in what he said and she was off like a rocket out of the building and towards the school. The whole time her thoughts were being projected to Harry and he could help but laugh to himself, 'I'm late! I don't believe this, what the heck was that all about. I never want to step foot in that creepy place again!'

Recovering from his inner laughter at Mai, Harry gave his head a small shake and then focussed his attention on the two men in front of him, "You sure you'll be able to get him there without any help? I don't mind missing a class or two, I can always catch up on the work later."

"We'll be fine," Shibuya-san said.

Harry shrugged it off as he could feel that Shibuya-san's pride was doing the talking and not the actual anger towards him, so Harry said softly, "If you're sure, I'll leave you both be, but I don't mind helping someone."

"We'll be fine," Lin-san stated this time; there was no anger in his emotions, just curiosity and slight pain.

"All right," Harry nodded his head to both of them and calmly walked out of the building instead of the frantic running Mai had done, "I'll see you around." He yelled back over his shoulder, giving a careless wave to them both.

"Now onto lessons and to see if Mai has calmed down a little," Harry muttered to himself in English as he walked towards the school.

By the time he had gotten to the classroom, he had to dive immediately into his lessons, he didn't get the chance to catch up with Mai until lunch, and by then she had calmed down, though still a little annoyed at what had happened that morning. She didn't show it, but Harry could still feel the curiosity radiating off her, he just didn't know if it was the building or Shibuya-san and Lin-san.

After lunch he watched her carefully, he caught her glancing out of the window and towards the building several times. She also didn't put her all into any of their assignments during class. Harry couldn't express how happy he was when the final bell for the day rang. He planned on going home, but after taking a look at Mai's downcast face he decided to try and cheer her up instead.

Harry felt as though he was swimming in guilt with a topping of annoyance as he approached his friend. He didn't know if his shields would be able to hold up against such an onslaught for long, so he grabbed her bag, and then her arm and hauled her out of her chair and started to head to towards the door. He was glad he did as her emotions immediately snapped out of their funk and into shock, which was a lot easier to deal with.

They were stopped by Keiko's whining voice just before they could leave the room, "Mai, Harry, don't tell us that you are going home now?"

"Yeah, we're supposed to be telling ghost stories with that cute guy," Michiru's voice added, her voice going all dreamy as she thought about Shibuya-san.

Harry and Mai both turned around and looked at the two of them, standing right behind them with hearts in their eyes. Rolling her eyes, Mai stated, "Not me."

"Not me either," Harry added a small smile on his face.

Keiko put her hands on her hips and tried to reason with Mai, "Come on Mai, this is our chance to tell ghost stories with a senior."

"Did you say ghost stories?" a voice asked from the classroom door. Harry and Mai turned quickly to face this new voice as it continued, "Is that what the four of you do after school every day? Then it's no wonder that I have had this headache for so long. I'm very much attuned to the spirits and when they gather in groups I get headaches." Harry and Mai recognized the person as she spoke; it was Kuroda-san from the class next door.

"You're blaming us for that?" Mai asked, annoyance lacing her voice.

"Of course I am," Kuroda-san replied in an angry voice, "when you tell ghost stories it calls to the low level spirits and when so many of them gather they attract the stronger spirits and so on." She ended up stating, in a matter of fact tone.

Harry couldn't believe this girl, it was utter rubbish what she had said and he was going to call her on it, "That's bullshit. Stories don't attract spirits unless there is one around already and that's only because they are interested in what the living are telling about the dead."

He watched Kuroda-san's face flush with indignity and anger, along with both emotions battering at his already weak shield. He got ready for the explosion that was about to happen, and wasn't fazed at all when she began to shout at him, "It's the truth, when you entertain yourselves with these stories you are putting me at risk!"

"If you are as sensitive to the spirits as you claim, then can you sense anything at the old school house?" An all too familiar voice questioned.

Harry watched Mai cringe a little at the voice, and knew she wasn't quite over what had happened that morning. His attention shifted to Michiru and Keiko who had come to stand by his side when Kuroda-san went on her little tantrum fit, but now that Shibuya-san had shown up, they were once again, all in lovey, dovey mode, which made him roll his eyes at them. As for him, he just wanted to know if Lin-san was okay.

"Did you put this lot up to telling those ridiculous ghost stories?" Kuroda-san accused, as she pointed a finger in their directions as she spoke harshly to Shibuya-san.

Shibuya-san ignored her question and answered her with his own question, "You didn't answer my question, could it be your psychic abilities are made up?"

Kuroda-san huffed in aggravation and crossed her arms over her small chest and started to state, what Harry called bullshit, as if it was fact, "For your information there are a lot of spirits in that old school house. Most of the spirits that gather there are soldiers that have died in the war. In fact, I'm positive that the place was used as a hospital during the war, since I have seen many injured spirits wondering around in there."

Shibuya-san thought for a moment, bringing his right hand up to his chin as his brows crinkled slight in concentration, he then spoke, but it was low and quiet, as though he was speaking out loud, "I was not aware that there was a hospital here during the war, I know that this school was founded well before the war, so maybe this was a medical school."

A shocked look crossed Kuroda-san's face before it quickly went back into a scowl as she answered him, "Look I don't know anything about that, but I really do see spirits, it you're not psychic then you wouldn't understand."

Kuroda-san and Shibuya-san were now both locked in a glaring contest, when Keiko piped up from beside Harry, her voice sad, "I'm sorry Shibuya-san, and can we do this another time?"

Michiru not wanting to be left out of the attention said, "Yeah, I just don't fell like telling ghost stories today."

Shibuya-san broke his stare with Kuroda-san and gave the two of them his fake smile, "No, then perhaps another day then." He turned liked he was about to leave the room, but stopped just on the threshold and turned his head to say over his shoulder, "Oh Mai and Harry, can you come with me for a moment."

Mai seemed upset at the thought of spending time with Shibuya-san, but Harry didn't mind, for this gave him the perfect chance to find out what happened with Lin-san. He still had a hold of Mai's wrist, over her blazer and ended up dragging her with him as he followed Shibuya-san out into the hallway and then came to a stop beside one of the many windows lining the corridor.

"How is your friend doing?" Harry asked before anything else could be said.

Shibuya-san felt a little shocked at Harry's abrupt question, but answered anyways, "Yes, about Lin, he suffered a sprained ankle and I am afraid that he won't be able to do any walking for a while."

"I am so sorry," Mai spoke softly as she bowed her head a little in shame. "Can you please tell him I'm sorry," she added turning her big brown puppy dog eyes on Shibuya-san.

Shibuya-san just nodded his head in agreement and Mai gave him a weak smile. Harry grabbed Shibuya-san's attention once again with his next question, "What were the two of you doing in the old school house?"

Harry would admit to himself that he was a little curious as to what the two of them were doing. His instinct and curiosity to know what was going on around him at all times had saved his life more times than he could count. People would often call him paranoid if they knew, but he didn't care, he would rather not be caught by something unexpected.

"Working," was Shibuya-san's quick and short reply.

Mai having gotten over her pity party had decided to join in and satisfy her curiosity as well, "Oh, so you work for him, are you his assistant or something?"

"No, more like he was the assistant and I am the boss," Shibuya-san stated with arrogance, then adding on, "and now, because of you, he is stuck in bed unable to help me. I believe it is up to you to take his place." His full attention was focused on Mai and Harry could see her visibly shrink under his piecing stare, before she took in a big breath and puffed up her chest.

Harry stood on the sidelines watching as a smirk began to form on his face. It had been a while since Mai had gotten this worked up and she was due for a good rant. This was going to be fun to watch.

"Hey now, hold on a minute. Who said I would…" she was waving her arms all around as she began to lay into him.

"You also broke my camera, my assistant tried to stop you from touching it and now it's in several pieces." Shibuya-san added, stopping her from carrying on with anything else she was about to say.

Harry felt bad for Mai as she brought her hands up to her cheeks to cover her embarrassment and squeaked out, "Well, can't I just pay you back for it?"

Harry certainly felt worse than he did before, there was no way that Mai would be able to afford to pay him back for the camera, granted he could help her out easily. Harry wouldn't mind at all, but knew that Mai would never ask him for financial help, or take anything that was offered.

"It's an expensive camera," Shibuya-san told her.

"Well… then… I don't know what to do," Mai almost wailed.

Harry could feel that she was getting more and more upset as the moments passed by and stepped towards her to say something to Shibuya-san when the young man spoke again, "You can't afford to reimburse me, and therefore you can pay off your debt by working with me as my assistant."

It wasn't a suggestion and Harry got the feeling that Shibuya-san just wanted someone to help him more than anything else.

"You seriously think I should do this?" Mai asked Harry as she looked to him with confused eyes.

"It'll be fine, Mai," Harry told her as he gently smiled and patted her shoulder in encouragement.

Shibuya-san shifted his gaze to Harry and with a thoughtful look on his face said, "Since you were there as well Harry, you can help too. If you had paid attention to your friend she wouldn't have wandered off on you and gotten into trouble."

"What?!" Harry exclaimed turning his head so quickly he was sure he heard something crack, "No way," he stated.

"If it will be fine for me to work with him, then same goes for you Harry." Mai growled out shaking her small fist in his face.

Harry cringed away from the fist for he knew Mai could throw a painful punch when she was motivated enough, so with a defeated, "Fine," Harry joined in with Mai.

Wondering what they had agreed to both of them turned to Shibuya-san with curious looks, but it was Mai who asked, "What is it that you do anyway?"

"I hunt ghosts," was his reply, but went into further detail at Mai's incredulous look and Harry's perplexed one, "in other words I find spirits or ghosts and I exorcise them. My company Shibuya Psychic Research was hired by the school to come and investigate the old school building."

"Psychic research," Harry murmured, his mind remembering researching such topics.

"Psychic research is just another term for spiritual investigation. We examine and scrutinize reports of supernatural phenomenon. Oh, and I run the company." Shibuya-san said as he turned away from the two of them and started walking down the hallway.

Mai gave Harry a shocked look and he could tell she was impressed that someone so young could own and operate a company. Harry wasn't as surprised since he knew the Weasley twins would be opening their new store when it came to the summer months. They had already bought a place and were now trying to organize it the way they wanted it.

Shibuya-san's voice called to them from a little further down the hallway, "Come to the old school building as soon as you've packed your things away, you can start working for me now."

Both of them nodded, but considering all their stuff was ready to go they went back into the classroom to grab their bags they had dropped during the confrontation with Kuroda-san and to tell Michiru and Keiko that they had a new job to go to.

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