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Yume no Naka ni Seishin

Chapter Sixteen

Case One – Evil Spirit's All Over

Part Ten

The group of four returned back to the old school house, with their stomachs full and nerves not so rattled. Harry unlocked the van and contemplated what they should do. He noticed that Matsuzaki-san, nor Takigawa-san, had returned yet from lunch. The other three where standing around him, looking at him, waiting for him to tell them what they should do next.

Harry didn't want to enter the building just yet, not until he had a chance to make sure it wasn't going to fall down on top of their heads. Kuroda-san broke him out of his pondering when she waved goodbye to Mai with the excuse that her Mother had sent a text and wanted her home. He could feel the deceit, but didn't comment on it. If she wanted to get hurt to cover a lie that there were spirits here, let her.

Mai after saying goodbye turned to Harry and asked, "So what are we going to do?"

"Well, Kazuya asked me to take over for a little while, so I suppose that we should pack up some of this stuff." Harry answered her as he pointed out the empty slot in the van. "I figured we could set up a camera in the classroom where the chair moved, just in case something happens. Also I think I am going to move one of the microphones from the first floor to the second floor hallway." Glancing over at Mai and John to make sure they understood the rest of the unsaid sentence.

"Okay, I assume you want the rest packed away?" John asked, wanting to make sure he got the unspoken order correct.

"Yes," Harry answered shortly, "I'll set up the camera. Mai, can you and John wire up the microphone." Looking at Mai and then John he saw both nod their heads in agreement, so he continued, "After that is done we can finish packing up the rest of the stuff." Kazuya had left the inventory list in the base room, if he remembered right.

"All right, let's get to work then," Mai shouted in excitement as she took off towards the building.

John followed after her quickly, chuckling at her a little as he did so. Harry started after them at a slower pace; casting a strengthening charm on the building, when he was sure nobody was looking. He didn't want the place coming down on them anytime soon.

Harry left Mai and John on the first floor to unhook the microphone and headed straight to the second floor. He grabbed an extra camera that had been left in the base room and headed to the classroom, where the chair had moved. It didn't take him long to set everything up and when he walked out of the room he saw John and Mai were pretty close to finishing up with the microphones placement.

Trying to remember where he had last seen Kazuya's laptop he wandered into the base to find it sitting in front of the practically empty monitor stand. Smiling he sat down and opened it up, finding it was still running. He connected it to the camera and microphones wireless signal and started to record what ever came through. At that moment John and Mai walked back in and stood behind him.

"Done," Harry smiled at them as he turned around to face them.

"Yep," it was actually pretty easy," Mai replied with a big grin on her face. John just gave a small smile.

"Right, let's get the rest of the gear packed into boxes and in the van," Harry left the laptop on the table and stood up, heading to one of the already packed up boxes that Kazuya had checked off. "Make sure the box is checked off, they have a number on the top, match it up with the ones in the book." He then said as he pointed to the book that sat near the laptop.

"Okay," John said, following him to the table and started to load another box. As Harry picked up the box, John's voice made him stop and turn, "I see you know how to take charge of a situation."

Peering at John with his emerald green eyes, he shrugged his shoulders as much as he could, holding the box. "It comes with practice." At John's raised eyebrow Harry explained a little more, "During my fifth year of school we got a teacher that refused to teach us anything that would help us. In fact it got so bad that she started banning things from other subject as well and if we were caught studying something she had banned she would punish us."

"What kind of teacher would refuse to teach kids what they need to know?" John questioned with a sour look on his face.

Harry gave a small smile and answered, "The kind that is afraid of being taken out of her position." He jostled the box into a more comfortable position, "Anyway, a bunch of us got fed up with her and formed a group that would learn in secret. I got voted to be the leader of the group since the subject we were studying I was the one with the highest grades."

"Well, that's good that you guys were able to learn it, but didn't you ever get caught?" he enquired softly.

"Eventually we did, but by that time the school year was almost over and we weren't learning anything new. We all got punished, but somebody from the school board stepped in and saved us. Thankfully after that school year she was kicked out, but ever since then, if I'm given the position to lead, I can do it, I just don't like to if I have a choice." Harry finished with a smile.

John shook his head muttering, "I just don't understand some people, but I'm glad that everything worked out. Don't worry about being a leader though, you fit the role perfectly."

"Thanks John, though I suppose we better get to work now. It looks like Mai is getting ahead of us." It was true; Mai had already packed two boxes and was almost done with the third. Harry was just thankful that each box had a list inside of what was to go in them.

"You got it boss," John said in a teasing tone and he got back to work on filling his box.

Harry jut laughed and headed out of the door with his. It didn't take them long, with the three of them to finish. They started at the top and worked their way down; to make sure they hadn't missed anything. It was over an hour later when Matsuzaki-san and Takigawa-san decided to show back up from lunch.

Harry was disassembling the shelves, John was taking the smaller bits to the van, and Mai was taking out the last microphone.

Harry caught a glimpse of Takigawa-san as he walked past the classroom in his purple Monk robes and prayer beads in his hands. Matsuzaki-san stopped in the doorway watching them in curiosity, "You're not going to watch the Monk's attempt at exorcising this thing?"

"No I am not," Mai said in a huff.

Harry didn't even comment, just nodded his head that he was with Mai. Peering at John from the corner of his eye Harry saw that he looked conflicted on staying or going to watch.

"Don't tell me you still buy your bosses explanation?" Matsuzaki-san gaffed at them.

Mai whipped around and glared at the Priestess with irritation as she forced out, "Do you have any proof that he is wrong?" Mai paused for a minute, "Well come on if so, let's hear it," she waved her hand out in front of her in a sarcastic go ahead gesture at the snobbish Priestess.

It was at that point that Takigawa-san came into the room. His face had a hard look and instead of contesting against Mai he went and sat down in the middle of the room, in a meditating position and started chanting, "Un sunba ni sunba un bazaar un hakku."

Mai sent both of them a glare before huffing and picking up the microphone and stomping out of the room. Harry finished up a few shelves and followed after Mai in a more dignified manner. He noticed that John came after him carrying the last box.

They made it down to the van and put everything inside. Harry closed the doors and locked them before turning to both Mai and John.

"Thanks for helping out John," Mai beat Harry to thanking the kind hearted Priest.

"I don't mind, I think I am going to watch Takigawa-san. I have never seen a Buddhist exorcism before."

"Go ahead, I might just do the same thing, since we have nothing else to do and I don't want to leave until Kazuya comes back." Harry answered as he glanced towards the building.

Hearing footsteps right after that, Harry, Mai, and John all turned to see who it was. Mai called out, as they got closer, "Naru?"

She was disappointed when Kuroda-san came walking around the side of the van, "Oh hi Kuroda," her words were lacking their normal warmth.

"Well?" Kuroda-san asked when she saw them.

"Well, Takigawa-san should be finishing up his exorcism soon and Matsuzaki-san is with him. John and Harry were about to join them and since I don't want to be the only one out here I think I'm going with them." Mai answered her question, with a sour expression on her face.

"What about Kazuya?" Kuroda-san enquired with hopefulness to her tone that Harry didn't like.

"He's gone off somewhere. Don't think he will be back tonight," Harry stated, enjoying the look of disappointment from her a little. He couldn't believe that she still liked him, even though he had been extremely mean to her the last time she had seen him.

Mai had tuned them out and was once again looking at the building muttering under her breath, "I wonder if there are really evil spirits here."

Kuroda-san heard her and jumped all over it, "There are, I've seen them."

Mai gave her a tight smile, "I know you've made that clear."

With that Mai walked back inside the building and everybody else followed. They made it to the bottom of the stairs just as Matsuzaki-san reached them.

"Well, you don't have to worry about evil spirits anymore, the exorcism was successful," a smile of satisfaction on her lips.

Harry smirked at her, "You've said that before Matsuzaki-san and it failed if I remember correctly." He knew nothing was here, but he just couldn't pass up teasing the poor woman. Her reactions were too much fun and she annoyed him somewhat with her attitude.

"This time I'm sure of it," her hands going to her hips and taking a defying stance as she glared at him.

It was Kuroda-san's softly spoken words that made her back down, "They are still here. I can feel them, there are still many spirits here."

Matsuzaki-san had enough of this girl, "Are you still pretending to be spiritually sensitive," the disgust and irritation showing through in her voice, "Give it a rest will you, we're the professionals here."

Kuroda-san snapped back, "Unless I'm mistake you haven't done anything."

Takigawa-san came down the stairs at that moment, no longer dressed in his Monk's robes but in his original jeans and t-shirt, breaking up the miniature catfight with his words, "They are gone now. Ayako may not have been able to do it, but I did." The confidence was just oozing out of his voice.

"What did you say?" Matsuzaki-san shrieked raising her fist like she was going to hit him.

"Well, it's true isn't it?" Monk defended himself by raising his hands in a placating manner.

She still smacked him on the arm yelling, "You think you can take the credit for my work!"

"Hey," he yelled back in indignation, "Same goes for you."

Face red now Matsuzaki-san raised her fist once again shaking it at him, "Come off it and get over yourself."

Harry found this all quite entertaining and slightly irritating, but it turned to irritation when he thought he heard something from inside the building. "Will the pair of you shut up!"

John followed with a lot quieter and nicer voice, "Hush, I hear something."

Both of them clammed up immediately and sure enough there were faint footsteps up above them on the second floor.

"There's someone up there," Matsuzaki-san whispered.

"There couldn't be," Harry stated looking around at everybody, "No one else is here but us."

Without saying a word Takigawa-san took off running back up the stairs. Everyone waited for him to come back down and it didn't take too long as he came back with a puzzled look on his face.

"Was anyone up there?" Harry asked him.

"No, must have imagined it," was his answer along with an unsure grin.

"What!? Imagined!? All of us!?" Mai shouted in exasperation, throwing her hands up in the air. Harry could feel she was done with these two idiots, "We all heard something."

"It must have been the wind," Matsuzaki-san threw in her two cents once again.

'Oh boy,' Harry thought as he could feel the irritation building up in Mai, here it comes.

Sure enough Mai exploded "I'm sick of this. Both of you failed to exorcise them!" she pointed a finger at first Takigawa-san and then Matsuzaki-san. "After what you said to Naru earlier it makes you look stupid." She dropped her hand to her hip, "He didn't make any such sorry excuses. You grown-ups act pretty disgrace…"

She was cut off mid rant by a loud knocking sound that magnified as it echoed through the empty school. Everybody froze and began looking around frantically, trying to figure out where it had come from. Then the lights along the corridor started to blow, one by one, from the end of the hallway all the way to them. Glass showered down on them from the last two. Harry grabbed Mai and sheltered her as best as he could, using his body. After that dozens of pounding footsteps sounded like a football team were running up and down the second floor hallway. Bangs began to happen downstairs from the empty classroom.

"This is the most activity we have seen yet!" John shouted over the din.

"Sounds like more than one spirit," Takigawa-san agreed, also trying to make himself heard over the noise.

Mai was clinging onto Harry for dear life and Harry himself was feeling a little uneasy from everything that was happening, though that was because there was a strange energy in the air that just rubbed him the wrong way. Taking charge, he yelled out, "Everyone out! Now! It's too dangerous to stay here."

He felt bad for doing it, but he shoved Mai away from him and towards the door. Pointing at her to take Kuroda-san's hand dragging her behind her as she shouted, "Right, come on Kuroda."

Harry was right behind them as he ran to get out of the building. Everyone else was behind him and he could feel something was building up and if they didn't get out of here quick, somebody was going to get hurt.

Mai was almost to the exit with Kuroda-san when it happened. As she ran by one of the bookcases it wobbled and began tipping towards her. She stopped in fear and raised her hands to cover her face letting out a strangled cry.

"Mai!" Harry yelled, running towards her without even thinking about using his magic, or pushing her out of the way. He ran in front of her, grabbed her around the waist and tucking her into his body as his back faced the bookcase.

He let out a grunt of pain as the bookcase hit his back, sending a large spike of pain shooting through his body. It was too heavy for him to keep holding up and so he was knocked down with Mai still underneath him, clinging to him for dear life. That was the last thing he remembered as the world around him turned black.

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