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With Mai and Naru
John sipped thoughtfully at his third cup of tea, blinking rapidly as looked between Mai and Naru trying to process what they had just told him.
"…So we thought you might be able to perform an exorcism on us in case we are possessed." Naru concluded, taking in the slightly stunned and pensive expression of the Australian.
"Kazuya, Mai, let me be honest, I don't think you are possessed and I also don't think there is a lot I can do for you as this is outside of my realm of expertise." John said after a while, unsure as to who to look at when addressing them with their names. "Have you tried asking Lin? This sounds more like something he would know more about than I would." Naru let out an irritated noise that didn't sound quite right coming from Mai's body.
"If I had wanted him to know I would have told him by now." He spat.
"Well, just a suggestion Mate." John said apologetically.
"Are you sure there's nothing you could do?" Mai interrupted before Naru could speak again. John shook his head sadly and sipped his tea again.
The door to Lin's office opened at that moment and the tall Chinese man exited with a piece of paper in his hand. John looked expectantly at the pair sat on the sofa across from him trying to convey that they should take this chance to inform Lin of the situation. Mai sighed and took a deep breath before Naru elbowed her in the ribs and shook his head whilst frowning. John shrugged at this and decided to turn his attention on the ever silent Lin.
"Naru, we have a case." Lin announced, making sure to focus his gaze between Naru and Mai so he wasn't looking at anyone specifically, but looked as though he were addressing the right party. Naru exploded with rage at this.
"What gives you the right to take cases without m…Naru's permission?" He yelled, catching himself before he made the mistake of referring to himself as his real self.
"I don't know what impression you've been put under Mai, but I have all the authority I need as this case was specifically requested by Naru's parents." Naru sat down pouting; accepting the fact that there was no way of getting out of this if it was his parents' doing.
"You know Naru; you're not doing a very good job of being me especially as I don't pout." Mai whispered in his ear. Naru gave her a dirty look to show how much he didn't care at that moment about acting like her only that he didn't want to go on this case, especially in his current state. Mai rolled her eyes and decided to be the figuratively bigger man by asking about the details of the case.
"It's at a house just outside of Tokyo; a couple have been experiencing some disturbing things and believe they are of paranormal origin."
"Things like what?" Mai asked.
"The woman claims to hear strange and disturbing noises at night and the man wakes up with bites and scratches all over him." Lin informed. John gasped a little at the details. "We shouldn't need too many people for this, but I recommend calling Miss Hara in. We leave in three hours." Lin continued, smirking secretly to himself at the look on Mai's face as he said that.
"I can come too." John offered, catching on slightly to what Lin was doing. It wasn't that John was trying to be mean, he was just curious as to how this would play out as he now knew what he knew.
"That would be very helpful John, thank you." Lin acknowledged.
"Um…uh…Mai can I see you in my office for a moment before you contact Mas…Miss Hara?" Mai asked, looking pointedly at Naru. Naru just silently got up and followed Mai into their private world where they could be themselves without fear of being caught. Mai rounded on Naru as soon as she heard him close the door.
"Naru, how much do you like Masako? And you must be very honest with me." Mai blurted in a jumbled rush. Naru raised an eyebrow at her before contemplating his answer.
"Why would you ask such a question?" He said finally.
"Just answer the question Naru." She said with impatience, pacing back and forth a little nervously.
"She is a good medium…" Naru started carefully.
"That's not what I asked; I asked if you liked her. If she disappeared tomorrow, would you care?" Mai questioned, looking slightly more nervous.
"If you are talking about if I'm interested in her romantically, the answer is no, I'm not." Naru replied.
"So if I let rip at her for clinging to me, you wouldn't get mad?" Mai asked cautiously. Naru blinked at her a couple times before a slow smirk spread across his face.
"Is that what you were worried about? Me getting mad if you yelled at Masako?" Naru questioned with amusement. Mai nodded meekly, refusing to look Naru in the eye.
"The answer is that I wouldn't get mad at all, in fact I would probably find it rather amusing to watch. A gentleman most of the time I may be, but there are limits to even my patience and Masako definitely pushes them." Naru confided. "I think that maybe this case won't be so bad after all." Mai chuckled with relief at that and flopped into the desk chair.
"Hey Naru, I think maybe we should tag-team to prepare for this case. After all, it would be bad if we packed the wrong stuff or forgot something right?" Mai suggested. Naru nodded and also took a seat so they could draw up a plan for visiting each other's homes.
With Lin and John
"So, I'm guessing you know." John stated, looking at the silent Chinese man after the door to Naru's office closed. Lin nodded and took a seat on the sofa Mai and Naru had vacated.
"How did you find out?" John asked.
"It was me that did it." Lin sighed, feeling the need to tell someone. John nodded his understanding as Lin went on to explain his motives behind it.
"So Mai and Kazuya don't know you're the culprit behind this?" John questioned. Lin nodded again.
"I'm not going to tell them either and I would appreciate if you kept it to yourself in regards to my guilt." Lin stated.
"I will treat this as though you have visited my confessional." John swore. "This is going to be interesting though."
"It sure is. I just hope Naru doesn't do anything too rash or Mai for that matter."
"I'm sure they'll both be fine, besides they need to learn to get along." John said sagely. The door to Naru's office opened and Naru and Mai immediately went to put their coats on.
"Where are you going Naru?" Lin asked.
"To…er…help Mai, I mean make sure that she isn't late or anything. What time are we leaving again?" Mai asked.
"We leave in about three hours. Have you called Miss Hara?"
"Yes, yes she has been called. Uh…come along Mai, we don't want to be late." Mai said, towing Naru out of the office.
With Mai and Naru
Mai and Naru had decided to go to Mai's first as it was furthest away. Naru let them in as he was the one with the key and they proceeded straight to Mai's room to get a bag of stuff Naru would need. Naru was being extremely picky about what was to go in the bag, even going as far as rejecting some of Mai's toiletries for smelling too girly. When Mai irritably pointed out he was a girl now he pouted and let Mai put whatever she thought in the bag without further comment.
When they reached Naru's place the same kind of problem was encountered in reverse as Mai complained bitterly about the fact that Naru only chose black clothes for her to wear. Naru got so exasperated at one stage with Mai's complaints that he threatened to tie her up and blindfold her so he could continue his work unhindered. This of course immediately made Mai cease her protests.
They managed to get back to the office with five minutes to spare all the while scowling at each other. Lin had already packed the van so all that was needed was their presence inside it. The short ride was tense and silent making John wonder what exactly had happened between them during their absence from the office. They had decided to quickly stop at John's home so he could get his own go bag as it was on the way to the site. Whilst John was gone Lin turned to the other two in the van.
"Would you two mind acting like adults when we get there? Honestly Naru, I would've thought such petulant behaviour was beneath you." Lin stated, referring to the fact that for the past five minutes they had not-so-secretly been thumping and pinching each other in the leg.
In truth Mai had started it as vengeance for the wardrobe Naru had chosen, however Naru had just found it too hard to resist the urge to retaliate and so their mini war had begun. They both apologized, scowled at each other and then turned in the opposite direction just as John arrived back with his bag. Half an hour later they reached their destination just as Masako arrived. Mai sighed and braced herself as everyone exited the van.
"Masako, do you sense anything?" She asked the medium without thinking about how she addressed her. A slight glint of hope flashed in Masako's eyes before she put on her usual performance of exclaiming about probably non-existent ghosts, swooning and lunging at the person she assumed was Naru.
Mai felt disgusted by this behaviour and tried to prize the clingy medium off of her. Masako just held on tighter and fluttered her eyelashes at Mai whilst casting an evil glance at Naru as though to say 'ha, ha, I won; he likes me more than you'. Naru was slightly shocked as he had never seen this side of Masako before. He watched with anticipation and amusement as he could see Mai obviously struggling to keep her temper. Masako leaned in to kiss Mai on the cheek and that was when Mai snapped.
"That is it you Harpy! Get off me now!" She growled. Masako was a little stunned and let go as ordered.
"But Oliver, I thought…" Masako protested.
"You thought what? I was interested in you? Well, I'm not! You make me sick! I am fed up of your clingy attitude! Get a clue, I don't like you! I put up with you because you're good at what you do, but other than that I have no use for a tramp like you!" Mai yelled.
"I see. Well then, I guess this is goodbye Oliver. I hope you and that clueless bimbo over there have a nice life." With that Masako retreated back into her limo and drove off. Mai took a deep breath before she heard someone clapping behind her. She turned to see Naru with a big smirk on his face clapping his hands wildly at the performance just given by Mai.
"That was brilliant and the comment about her being a harpy was just so well executed." Naru said dryly. "Now if you've quite finished getting rid of my company's associates we have work to do."
"I thought you said you wouldn't get mad if that happened." Mai replied, upset by Naru's tone. She stared at the ground with shame written all over her face. She hadn't wanted Masako to leave permanently, she just wanted her to back off and stop mauling her.
"Oh I'm not angry, far from it. I found that little spectacle highly amusing, however she was the only medium we had and she has now quit which puts us at a disadvantage." Naru explained.
"I'm sorry Naru. Um…we should probably meet the clients." Mai muttered, moving away from Naru and going towards the house they were to investigate. Naru shook his head at what had just happened and let out a big yawn. For some reason he was starting to feel a little tired.
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