As the boys set everything up, Mai and the other two girls decided on dinner for the night. They had eaten the rest of the bentos for lunch and though it was good they admitted they were missing a good home cooked meal. There were in fact stoves in the complex and they went back inside to check. Two of them seemed to be broken completely and another just was out of gas, luckily the last two turned on rather quickly and had enough gas for the three of them to cook food for the men. Cheering among themselves they headed out and waved goodbye to the boys as they carried up the cameras to the upstairs.

"It's a bit late" Naru said with a frown and Mai huffed, annoyed at how Naru wouldn't even let the three women go alone to the store down the street. Finally with a little arguing he made them bring along John, who wasn't too much of a trouble anyways and Masako seemed pleased to get to go shopping with him. They two of them had become closer during the year Naru was gone, the biggest change was when John had planned on going back to Australia. They others had bid him goodbye with sad faces but Masako had been the worst, she had in fact been sobbing in the bathroom before he left and Mai swore that right before he left Masako slipped something into his hand. Masako had in fact denied giving him anything but he came back very quickly and Masako were very close soon after.

"Alright he can come" Mai said, and they all bundled up in their coats for the walk.

"I'm glad it's you John instead of that good for nothing Monk." Ayako said as the four of them walked into the grocery store, the walk not being any more than five minutes. She reached down and picked up a basket, and the three younger people walked behind talking about what they would eat for dinner.

"I do think he would be better at protecting you three than me" John said with a small smile, his Japanese had become much more fluent thanks to Masako though he still was extremely proper in speaking.

"We don't really need protected, it's not that late in the evening and he should have just send Yasuhura. He isn't usefully anyways" Mai said, the three chuckling in agreement with her.

"Well obviously Naru doesn't want to leave you alone with Yasuhura, he gets so jealous when it comes to the two of you" Masako whispered and Mai's face got red, shoving her friend in a playful manner.

"No way, I beat he just thought he would buy candy instead of food or something" the young girl interjected back and they couldn't exactly argue with her. Yashura was just that kind of man; he would buy a bag of candy instead of food for the week. In fact he was probably the only one of the group who didn't seem to mature at all, they all had different theories and sometimes they did it as a game. Guess why Yashura is weird.

"I'm going to make curry. Its east" Ayako decided as she picked up a pack of rice and sent them on their own separate missions to get different supplies. The time went by fast and by the time they were out it was dark and they all walked back. In fact Mai was a little glad to have John now, while the city was quiet and pleasant during the day it wasn't well lite and Ayako had to take out a flashlight for them to get him.

"Naru is going to be so mad" She mumbled and the other three sighed, knowing that they too would be scolded this time by Naru. He had in fact warned all of them to not come back after dark with a stern expression all over them agreed without really thinking about it. Truly, they had only been in the store about two hours but it was winter now. They made it back to the complex, the windows were all dark expect for the front office and as they got closer the front door opened with Naru standing there, eyes narrowed. They walked to the door slowly, accepting their fate till Mai stop, her mind was warning her of something and she stepped back one big step and stopped. Naru looked at her confused as the others walked into the house, then the window crashed down right in front of her, making her let out a scream. The glass shattered, hitting her body with the glass pieces and the frame broke into pieces on impact.

"Mai!" She heard him shout as she crouched down, covering her face in pain. It seemed like everyone else was too shocked to move as Naru was the first to get to her, he grabbed her quickly around the waist and pulled her up from the ground, the two rushing into the bathroom of the closest apartment. Ayako was behind him by now and slowly peeled Mai's hands away, revealing her face. The damage wasn't too bad; she hadn't gotten any cuts along her body thanks to her winter clothing, sadly her face still suffered from the impact. There were pieces of glass all over her face, leaving Naru and Ayako to clean it off, and blood was started to come down her face from the cuts that had formed. It seemed no one else had come after them, probably scared of the result on Mai's face. This gave them the space to work slowly with tweezers, pulling out each piece of glass from her skin.

"Did you sense something Mai?" Naru asked as he pulled a glass shard from her forehead, making her wince. He then added a band-aid. If she had kept walking it would have fallen on top of her and Naru shuddered at the thought of what could have happened without Mai's abilities. She could be in the hospital at this very moments, bleeding to death; the impact of the wood frame from the second floor could have done enough damage to damager her badly, let alone the glass. She could even be dead and that just made the man frown more, adding another band-aid to her cheek.

"Ya, I'm not sure though" She mumbled as the last of the glass was pulled from her face and Ayako helped her remove her coat. More glass came off the coat as Ayako shook it into the bathtub. Naru got kicked out of the room while Mai took her jeans and shirt off so Ayako could shake them as well. She shivered as she stood there, knowing that Naru was on the other side of the door.

"What are you not sure of?" Naru asked through the door.

"If she meant to do it or if it was just an accident" Mai said, watching the Miko wipe glass dust off her jeans, the woman said she would go get Mai some other clothes and that she should in fact take a shower to get any glass out of her hair. Lucky for them the owner had turned the water on for them and as Ayako left she turned on the water.

"I'll check into it, don't worry about it" Naru said and she sat on the sink, listening to him leave before she headed to the shower. She turned over her head and let the water run down her hair, glass tumbled out of her hair and down into the tub where it gathered. By the time she was out she found a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt out, looking at it she assumed the sweats were Monk's by the size which was double her own, and the t-shirt was probably Masako's. The girl was still wearing kimonos but every once in a while she would show up with a shirt and jeans. Mai and Ayako assumed it was John. Turning around Mai inspected her face. There were two large gashes, one on her forehead and the other on her neck, but Ayako had used some cotton bandages for that and the other ones were covered in big or small Band-Aids. It wasn't too noticeable; at least that was what she told herself. If she had worn the clothes she used to wear during her freshman year most of her body would be covered in cuts and by how big the pieces of glass in the tub where she knew she would be in the hospital. It was good to not get into too much trouble now days, though as this case continued she saw it was getting more difficult to stay out of it.

"You dressed?" She heard Naru ask from the other side of the door and she pulled on the pants and shirt. She tied up the sweats as tightly as possible before opening the door and sat down on the sink. He came in a slowly and sat down on the toilet, glancing over at the tub full of glass.

"Did you find anything out?" She asked

"It seemed like the window was already loose but it was highly unlikely that it could come off on its own. We're going to say it was the ghost for the time being." Naru said and she ran her hand through her damp hair.

"I don't think it was her though" She stated, the young man pinched the bridge of his nose. She could tell he was stressed and tired, he was working too hard now days even though he had in fact found who he wanted. Gene. Mai leaned against her hand, looking at him and he looked back, it seemed like so much time had passed since they were chasing each other around like a cat and mouse, neither winning. "Let's just go to bed now Naru and we'll see how it turns out tonight. Maybe the information from tonight will help" She said and he stood up, helping her off the sink. He glanced at her clothing with a confused expression and she shrugged. "I guess everyone thought I'd be more comfortable in this"

"Well you do certainly look comfortable to me" he chuckled and the two head out of the bathroom and into the office where they had gotten a table from another room. They put some old chairs on one side and the sofa on the other. Once she walked in though everyone looked at her in shock.

"Oh Mai your face" Masako said, running up to her friend

"This would be perfect for a zombie move" Yasuhura said with a smug look

"Jou-chan, come sit by me" Monk said, and everyone lead her to the sofa, sitting her down in between the man and Ayako. Ayako sat a plate of curry in front of her, and she ate as they asked questions about what happened, and she answered them back to her best ability since she really didn't know what happened anymore. The feeling had just struck in the back of her head and she had done what it told her to do, nothing special. Still, Monk thought it was pretty cool and she finished her meal, Ayako throwing away the paper plate.

"You need some sleep Taniyama-san. You're going to feel worse tomorrow from all the cuts" Lin said and she yawned, Ayako pulling out her sleeping bag. Everyone had agreed that sleeping in the same room would be ok; the only other option was to sleep in the hallway so they could all stay close to the door. Naru had been very determined on keeping everyone close to the door just in case, the case wasn't that big but by the damage this ghost had already done to Mai he was nervous.

"Will the boys do the exorcism tomorrow?" Mai asked Ayako as she helped her into the bed and the woman looked softly down at her without answering and stroked her hair. Everyone else seemed to get into their bags too and after a while Ayako went to her's which was on her left with Masako on her right. Some time passed before she sat up and looked out into the hallway, seeing that Naru was there, sitting with his computer. "You know, not sleeping till you're dead is bad for you"

"You know you should be asleep" Naru said back and she shrugged, sitting by him. The two sat there for a while, listening. There was soft knocking from upstairs and they looked up at the ceiling, trying to pinpoint the spot.

"Naru, please don't do an exorcism on her"

"I don't have any choice Mai" He said softly. "I don't want to get involved with the police" She looked at him, trying to give a strong face but she could tell she looked hurt by his expression back to her. He reached out for a second to her face and she looked at him curiously before turning away from her and started typing again. After slowly getting up she headed back to bed, and got back into the sleeping bag, pulling it close. Laying there she heard Naru close the laptop and walk into the room, pausing by her sleeping bag and then moved on to his.

Her name was Misuki Hatsamaki. She was a twenty-two year old woman walking home from work. The lights in the neighborhood where never too bright and she sighed, checking her watch. It was eight, her mother would be angry if she knew how late she was getting home, especially with this guy bothering her. He had asked her to marry him three times already and she turned him down each time. Luckily he hadn't been showing up recently and as she rounded the counter she heard footsteps behind her, which was strange since she normally was the only one to walk home this way. Glancing behind she saw it was a man and felt nervous at that fact; she walked a bit faster, trying to find some way to get away from him. He continued to follow her and she stopped, turning around.

"Stop following me!"

"But you're my love"

Then she was running, and she could hear him sprinting after her, looking up she saw that she was in front of her mom's apartment complex. She had shut it down for repairs, and in a desperate attempt she ran inside and locked the door, clambering up the stairs. He was hitting the door over and over, and by the time she got to the second floor he was through and after her. Running into a room she looked for an escape, but there was none. Then he had her and his hands, the weak form she believed she could take on seemed almost of iron. He kissed her harshly.

"Stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop" She sobbed and he smashed her head into the wall over and over, blood dripped down the walls and her vision went blurry as he whispered 'I love you'

Hello guys! I took a break yesterday guys to enjoy...not doing anything. Expect school work of course. Sigh. We got two new people in the review section! :3 Everyone welcome Abz07215 thearistcrat. I would also like to welcome four new people to the followers! Jaz-147, PinkyRocks, Abz07215 and thearistcrat.

Let's all be good friends guys ^^

Thanks Abz07215, and don't worry, it'll come soon ;)

Oh thearistcat you're making me blush. I'm just a newbie but thank you, i'll work hard.

Ariana Taniyama i'm sorry, ya I realized that, looking back. I checked on Wiki for the names and in my mind I went 'last name first, first name last' but the wiki had it first then last. So. Sigh. Thanks for enjoying the mature Mai and keeping me going.

Oh Musical Teardrops, I love their relationship too. It's actually the kind of marriage (what marriage, they ain't even married, pfttttt) I want to have.

deadlyrose123 I really want someone to mske a gif of that. I will now attempt to make one.

ShinigamiinPeru I really like fluff. A lot. So much fluff.

p. Ageha awww, they must have secretly cried. I know, I wish it would snow so I could chase my friends around with snowballs. Maybe even force them up a ladder for reinactment. They'd have to learn to pole dance first though.

Thanks for the support guys, did I ever tell you I'm deadly afraid of stalkers? I really am. Next to spiders of course.

We got seven reviews now! I don't know how I'll handle talking back to all of you when it goes up even more.

Also would you guys like for this to become a multicase story? I would love to continue this if you guys are up to it.