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Chapter 5

"I felt something" Ayako and Masako said in unison.

"What?" Monk said confused.

"Ayako, you felt something?" Mai questioned.

"Yes, I am a miko after all. Why is it so surprising?" She declared.

Naru interrupted before Monk or Yasu could cut in with something to anger her. "Well Ms. Matsuzaki, let's start with you, shall we?"

Lin walked over and sat on a chair next to Naru with his laptop at the ready. "Well, I was finishing with the luggage and I felt like I was being watched, then when we were walking back to base I felt like I wanted to go to the aquarium. I've never really been much of a fan of fish, which is why I felt it was suspicious." She explained.

"Well you sure didn't feel much that was useful…" Monk muttered to himself. Ayako's purse made a loud WHACK as it connected with the back of Monk's head. "OW!" he cried as he clutched his head. "Hmph. Serves you right." Ayako huffed.

"Moving on. Ms. Hara, what could you sense?" Naru turned his attention to the medium standing next to him.

"Well, as I told John, I feel a single entity. It's a man, and he's very angry." Masako explained, moving her sleeved hand away from her face.

"I want all of us to split into pairs to see how this aquarium affects us." Naru stated. "John and Yasuhara, you two will go first. Mai, you and I will go second. We leave when they get back. Lin, you and Ms. Hara go next, then finally Takigawa and Ms. Matsuzaki take their turn."

"What?! I'm not gonna be with my special bou-bou-chan?" Yasu whined. "Why not?" He whimpered and looked at Monk with teary eyes.

"Whaa- I'm not yo-"Naru cut off Monk's complaint, "Because you can't defend yourself. John, as a spiritualist, can defend both of you, however the monk and Ms. Matsuzaki need the two of them to equal one spiritualist." Naru smirked and began look at files once more.

"HEY!" Two voices protested in unison, while a certain priest shuffled his feet, obviously very uncomfortable.

"John, Yasuhara, stop wasting time." Naru ordered. "Mai, tea."

"But, aren't we supposed to go second? It's not going to take them very long is it?" Mai asked innocently.

"So be fast."

"STUPID JERK!" Mai yelled as she followed John and Yasu out. The guys chuckled as she continued insulting Naru under her breath, and went their separate ways as Mai headed towards a kitchen-like area.

Mai went to her business of making tea. She drifted off in thoughts about what the others were experiencing during their walkthroughs when she was jolted back to reality by the whistling of the teapot. She took the hot water off the stove and placed it along with the tea cups on the tray and headed back to the base.

She walked into base and poured cups of tea for Naru, Lin and herself and settled herself into a chair to wait for her and Naru's turn to do a walkthrough. Naru finished his tea quickly and collected the notebooks and pencils they would use for notes on the walkthrough and returned to his place in front of the monitors to wait for John and Yasu to return.

When they finally came back into base, Naru quickly stood up and started to leave the base.

"Come on Mai, Let's go." He said impatiently when she didn't immediately spring into action. She sighed and got up, ready for the silent trek that was sure to be had.

The walkthrough was silent (as expected) and mostly uneventful. Mai and Naru both felt an odd sensation around the aquarium, but nothing that drew unnecessary attention. Naru made few notes in his notebook throughout the walk.

~Naru~

As we walked into base, I noticed Mai swaying a litte, and before I could say anything to her, she collapsed. I rushed to catch her and keep her head from hitting the floor.

"Mai!" "Whats going on?" "What did you do?" asked multiple voices at once.

"Ayako, Monk, go do your walkthrough. John and Yasu, go take temperatures. Lin, clear off that couch." I ordered, ignoring all the questions they threw at me. They all hesitated but I glared and they took off on their way. I picked Mai up and carried her to the now clear couch and covered her with my jacket. I wonder if she's having a dream… I thought to myself.

~~~~~Mai's Dream POV~~~~~

I groaned as I started to become aware of my surroundings. I was in my "dream world" as I liked to call it. I looked around for Gene and saw him standing a few feet away, smiling kindly at me.

"Gene! What am I here to see this time?" I asked as I walked up to him and hugged him.

He returned my hug and ruffled my hair as he pulled away. "Over here." He said, pointing off to a place in the distance.

As the image became clearer, I felt myself pulled into the "dream". In this dream, I was watching as two men seemed to be arguing in the distance. For some reason I felt a strong feeling of fear, anger and hatred towards the younger of the two men. I started walking away and felt a conviction in my heart that I couldn't understand. As quickly as I had entered, I left the dream to find myself standing next to
Gene.

"What was that….That person I was experiencing the dream through had such strong emotions…I wonder what was going on…" I thought to myself.

Gene chuckled. "Just make sure you tell Naru about it. Who knows. Maybe you can even play it up and get a little…closer to him." He smirked mischievously at me.

"GENE!" I yelled as I pounded his chest with my fists. He caught my wrists and laughed as he replied, "Time to wake up Mai. I'll see you again soon."

"Bye you big jerk!" I gave him a final hug and felt a pull back to my consciousness.

~Normal POV~

Mai woke up to see five faces very up close. "WAH!" she screamed as she tumbled off the couch. "Did you guys really have to be so in my face?" Mai regained her normal breathing as she returned to her place on the couch.

Monk chuckled. "Well she's obviously feeling alright." Everyone else returned to their normal positions as they were reassured that Mai was alright. She was about to ask how the walkthroughs went when Naru spoke up.

"Did you have a dream?"

"Uhh, yeah I did." She responded, and began retelling her dream.

Naru looked contemplative. "Hmmm." Was all he had to say.

"So, how did the walkthroughs go?" Mai asked, finally done being questioned.

Bou-san was the first to respond. "Well, nothing really, only Ayako going into a weird trance and heading into the aquarium after insulting me…like usual." SMACK "OW! You crazy woman!"

"You deserved it!" Ayako yelled back.

"What happened next?" Mai questioned. She was very interested to learn what had happened to Ayako, but Naru interrupted their conversation.

"Mai, tea."

"But I'm talking to them about the case!"

"I don't care. I don't pay you to ask questions, I pay you to make tea. Now. Tea."

"UGH! Fine." She grumbled as she made her way back to the kitchen area.

~General POV at base~

"That was harsh…" Bou-san said accusingly.

"Couldn't you be a little nicer?" Ayako added.

"No." Naru went back to his book. Just then a box of tissues flew across the room and hit Naru in the back of the head.

"What the heck?" Bou-san wondered. Naru looked at the box and returned to his book. Bou-san went back to their previous conversation. "Why can't you be nicer to poor Mai?"

"I simply refuse to waste the energy." Was his blunt reply.

A pillow then careened through the air and hit Naru square in the face, with several pencils landing on the floor after hitting his back.

"Is it just me, or do things happen after a person is rude or mean to another?" Bou-san said while looking pointedly between Naru and Ayako.

"No." Naru glared. BAM.

Bou-san laughed as he picked up the thick book that had connected with the back of Naru's head.

~With Mai~

That stupid jerk! Why does he have to be so rude all the time?! He's so annoying! Ugh…Oh well, it's not like it's anything new…

"*Ring *Ring" Her thoughts were interrupted when her cellphone started to ring. Naru "Hmm…That's odd…"

"Hello?" she asked tentatively.

"I'm sorry." Naru stated, sounding pained.

"…WHAT?" Mai's head was reeling. He apologized? Hell must have frozen over!

"You heard me. I was rude sending you out to get tea like that. So I apologize." Naru was very obviously squirming inside.

"Umm…Naru? Why are you calling to apologize? I mean, not only is it out of character for you to apologize for anything being the narcissist you are, but I'm going to be back in a few minutes, why not wait til then?" Mai asked confused.

"Because as soon as you left tings started happening. Wadded paper, pencils, books, even a pillow were being thrown at me. The monk and the miko refuse to exorcise it and Lin's shiki don't work without a clear target." Mai could hear the snickering in the background from the previously mentioned spiritualists. Clearly I'm not the only one enjoying this. Mai smiled to herself.

"So you wanted it to stop, and the only way was to apologize to me?" Mai asked, smiling broadly.

"Yes." Naru responded bluntly.

"Oh, well I can get used to this! I'll be back soon with the tea!" Mai chirped.

"Good…I mean…Thank you." *click.

"Wow… that spirit must have really been bothering him. He apologized AND thanked me…Hell froze over and pigs started flying. There is no other explanation." She rushed back to base after the tea was finished to see what exactly was going on.

"What's going on?" Mai asked as she walked in with the tea. She noticed that everyone in the room except Naru, even Lin, had a smile on their faces. Naru had the expression of a demon on his face but that's nothing ne….Wait…LIN WAS SMILING?

"Naru has to be nice to you!" Yasu, Bou-san and Ayako all called in a sing-song voice.

"What?" Mai asked confused.

"If he's mean to you the ghost refuses to leave him alone. You're free for now from his evil ways!" Bou-san said dramatically.

Naru stood, slammed his book on the desk, and stormed out of the room, followed by the echoing laughter of the rest of his team.