well here you go! I don't own Ghost Hunt and this case was dedicated to my Shinigami Buttercup Meister! Enjoy!

October Day 7, 7:46 A.M.

"You're very lucky, Taniyama-san," said the doctor after he finished wrapping up Mai's arms. "There doesn't appear to be any nerve damage, or any damage to your internal organs, which is a miracle in itself, but I'm afraid there will be scarring from these burns."

"That's fine," she sighed. She was exhausted. They didn't even reach the hospital until about one thirty in the morning then they had to wait a couple of hours in order for a nurse to even put them in a room. Mai couldn't help but fall asleep on her employer's shoulder, she was so tired even when she woke up she couldn't find the energy to be embarrassed! Once they were finally helped, Naru stay in her room with her while Lin went to find Ayako. "So, what now? What do I need to do once I get back to Tokyo?"

"Well, I wouldn't recommend any heavy lifting, or using any lotions or perfumes on your arms until they have completely healed," he explained, washing his hands. "I'm going to prescribe you a cream to help the healing process and another to help limit the scarring. Use the burn cream twice a day, once in the morning and then at night before you go to bed, use the scar cream once a day at night before you go to bed. See if a family member can help you-"

"She lives alone," Naru interrupted.

"I see, then I'd recommend finding a friend or someone close by that you trust to help you. As for work, what are your duties?" the doctor continued.

"I-"

"No need to worry about that, she'll be put on desk duty until her arms have healed," Naru answered, ignoring Mai who just sighed with fatigue.

"Forgive me, but who are you again?" asked the doctor quizzically, as he raised a brow. "I don't seem to remember your name."

"Shibuya Kazuya, president of Shibuya Psychic Research, Mai's employer," Naru replied.

So much for the secret identity, Mai's eyes rolled as she thought about how her boss must have been tired as well if he forgot to keep his secret.

"Very well, as for schooling, no gym classes for a while and when do you plan to return to Tokyo?" the doctor continued.

"We leave tomorrow," Naru answered.

"Taniyama-san, please give me the name of your usual doctor, I will contact him of your injury and what I've prescribed, I would like you to visit him in three days," he ordered, grabbing a pen and paper. "And then make an appointment each week just to ensure that there was no nerve damage, the name Taniyama-san?"

"Imai Wataru, Tokyo clinic," she answered.

"Thank you, I'll contact him right away." He scribbled something on another piece of paper. "I'll get your prescription sent out as well, it should be ready later this afternoon and ready for pickup at the drug store by the hotel you are staying at."

"Arigato, Ozaki-sensei," Mai said as the doctor walked out.

"Thank you," Naru added as well. Mai's mind was not functional enough to question why her boss bothered showing gratitude. She had other things on her mind.

She couldn't help but think about the night before. She nearly killed John. A demon tried pulling her into a portal. She could still feel the spirits' grasp on her hours afterwards. The taloned hand gripped on her ankle. John's confused face as he came to from the trance and she nearly stabbed him. The world of fire and creatures only imaginable in nightmares. The feeling of dangling right over that world and almost being pulled right in it. That demon from her vision days ago. She felt hollow for some reason, it also didn't help that it was only now that she could feel the burns in her arms. She wanted to be alone, but at the same time she did not. Mai… To be honest she didn't really know what she wanted. Mai…

"Mai." The voice broke her from her reverie.

"Huh?" her head snapped back in response.

"I asked if you were all right…" That was when she realized a few tears had escaped.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She quickly brushed away her tears; there was no reason to cry.

"No, you're not," he answered, repeating what he had said several hours ago.

"Well, if you already know what I'm feeling or how I'm doing, why do you even ask?" Mai huffed about to cross her arms but thought better of it as she stared at the bandages. Naru couldn't help but stare as well.

He turned his head away and stared at the door waiting for the doctor to enter. "When we get back, you can take a few days off." Now that got her attention.

"What? But Naru, I can't just abandon my job," she protested. Sure she was usually given a day off once a week so long as they were not on a case, but multiple right after a case and neither one of them were being hospitalized during that time?

"I'm not firing you," he chided annoyed. "You need rest, your arms need rest, and you also have a week's worth of school work to catch up on."

"I can do all that at the office, and the paperwork that needs to be done since we're done the case-"

"I can do the paperwork and I don't expect to see you at the office for another three or four days," he confirmed. "End of discussion."

"You always end the discussion…" she pouted as the doctor came back in.

"Taniyama-san, I spoke with your doctor and have scheduled you an appointment three days from now after school, please call him to confirm the appointment either tonight or when you get home tomorrow," the man said, handing the girl a receipt to pick up her prescription. "The pharmacy near the hotel you're staying at will have your prescription ready this afternoon. I also understand that you were in here just a few days ago, for self harm?"

Damn… Mai silently cursed, she should've expected that she probably wouldn't be able to get out of staying the night at the hospital. Then again, Naru was there, perhaps he would be able to get her out of it.

"Just as I said to your psychologist before, I am perfectly fine," Mai nearly growled, she was beginning to get aggravated that she would have to lie to a doctor on how she achieved her injuries. And just by how the doctor was looking at Naru he was sure to suspect an abusive relationship at some point. Not like he would ever really do that, though, the only times he's ever really touched her was to save her life or protect her from danger. However, the doctor didn't know that.

"Yes, however, I think it would be wise to have you spend the night for observation-" Mai couldn't contain her groan and nearly flopped over on the hospital bed.

"That won't be necessary, Ozaki-sensei," Naru interrupted. "She's hardly had a wink of sleep all night and would like to leave as soon as possible."

"I'm afraid I can't simply let her go, this is her second visit in a single week for separate injuries," Dr. Ozaki retorted, despite the younger man's intimidating glare. "Right now she is under my care and will be spending the night for observation."

Mai groaned again, but softer this time. She knew she doesn't usually act like this, then again it had been a while since she pulled an all-nighter like that. She was even about to get on her knees and beg for the doctor to release her, when there was a knock at the door.

"Forgive me, am I interrupting?" An elderly doctor opened the door, Mai recognized him immediately, but what was him name!

"Not at all, Enomoto-san," Dr. Ozaki replied, turning to face their guest. "How can I help you?"

"I was just ordered to do a psychological evaluation of a Taniyama Mai-san?" Enomoto explained looking at his clipboard for said girl's name.

"I'm afraid, I will have to tell you to come another time, Taniyama-san will be spending the night for observation," rebutted Ozaki, standing firm on his order.

"That doesn't mean I can't do my own evaluation on her, if I find her mentally stable enough to leave then she may, seeing as you have no physical reason to keep her here," the elder argued politely. "You do have no reason to keep her overnight, aside from her mentality, correct?"

Defeated the other doctor headed for the door. "Do as you wish Enomoto-san…" the man huffed and left the room.

"Glad to see you're doing well, Taniyama-san," Enomoto smiled and took a seat in a rolling swivel chair.

"You too, Enomoto-sensei," Mai smile back, glad to see the face of her last psychologist and glad that he was willing to get her out of spending a night again.

The elderly doctor turned to the confused young man sitting right by him. "I'm sorry, young man, however to respect Taniyama-san's privacy, I will have to ask you to leave for a few minutes," he asked, ignoring the boy's glare.

Letting out a breath, Naru stood up. "I'll be right outside," he said, walking out. It was almost in the tone of a threat, but he left the room, closing the door behind him.

"Another work related injury?" the man raised a rise as he spoke, chuckling to himself. "You must be a magnet for danger, Taniyama-san."

"You can say that again," she sighed, leaning back. "Are you going to give me the whole evaluation process or let me out for good behavior?" she teased.

"I won't give you the whole procedure, but I do have to pretend to do my job," Enomoto joked. "Was that your boss?"

"You're the first one to ask and actually be right…" Mai almost laughed because it was true.

"Many paranormal researchers are lead by the younger generation, however even he seems to be young to run such a production," he continued, checking off certain things off his clipboard.

"Yeah, it gets hard when no one will take us seriously, even though he automatically tackles each case with a skeptic's perspective, finding natural scientific causes for quote-on-quote 'hauntings.' That fact that he's only a year or so older than me doesn't really impress the skeptics," Mai drabbled, as she swung her legs over the side of the bed much like a child.

"My grandson faces the same troubles, he's not much older than your boss, actually." With that, the man had finished most of the paperwork to release her, but he still needed to do some of his job. "Now, time to actually do my job, has anything traumatic happened to you in the last few days?"

"Depends on what you would call traumatic," she muttered, looking towards the window.

"Something is on your mind," the therapist concluded. "Would you like to talk about it?" The elderly man's voice was gentle as he pressed on.

Of course Mai wasn't really up to explaining the ordeal she went through only the night before. Yet it still haunted her mind, maybe Naru was right, she needed a few days off.

Seeing her hesitation, Enomoto scribbled something on a piece of paper. "You don't have to tell me, or anyone for that matter, I won't force you," he stated, handing her the piece of paper. "However, if you ever need someone to talk to that might understand better than even those you work with, call my grandson, Hozumi," he advised, checking off something on the clipboard. "He was pulled into that field when he was only fifteen and has seen just about everything you could imagine from a nightmare. If you ever need someone to just listen and tell you that you're not being irrational, call him. He's a bit like me, he has helped several of his friends and just other people who were suffering from past experiences with the paranormal."

"Thank you…" she didn't know what to say as she received the paper. It wasn't like she was going to actually use it, but…just the thought of it comforted her just a little bit.

"There you are!" exclaimed the shrill voice of a certain priestess we all find annoying, but love at the same time.

"What is it, Matsuzaki-san?" Naru replied annoyed. He had a headache from staying up so late, dealing with idiot doctors also didn't help much either.

"Where's Mai?" she immediately asked.

Naru nodded his head toward the door next to him. The priestess immediately understood. "What did you need?"

"Just wanted to let you know I called the rest of the gang at the hotel, Lin is explaining to the Ishikawas that their hotel is rid of spirits and no more harm will come to them, oh, and Akahana-san gave birth to a healthy baby boy," she explained.

Naru just nodded, letting out a quiet breath. He was secretly relieved. Sure he has had to deal with death before on cases, of adults and children, but to have the deaths of a mother and her unborn child, now that was a tad unnerving.

Ayako's face turned grim. "She almost didn't make it, you know…" Way to kill the mood… "The way she fell nearly broke her neck and cracked several ribs, the baby's cord was wrapped around his neck, both of them almost didn't make it…"

Naru just ran a hand through his hair. No one would want to hear news like that, even the ever cold Naru the Narcissist. "So how is she doing?" Ayako asked, nodding in the direction of the closed door.

"It will take a while for her arms to heal, however there doesn't appear to be any nerve damage and more importantly it doesn't appear that the electric shock damaged her internal organs. She's receiving a psychological examination right now," he explained, as he leaned against the wall.

"They didn't want to keep her over night?" The priestess was shocked.

"They did, but-" before he finished, the door opened and outstepped the therapist.

"Alrighty, you just need her next of kin to sign her out at the front desk and she is free to go," the man said, giving a slight bow to the woman in front of him. "Pleasure to see you again."

"Pleasure…" she replied, fitting the pieces into place. She muttered under her breath so only Naru could hear, "You're rubbing off on her."

Mai simply hopped out of bed and walked over to her friends. "How's Akahana?" she asked worriedly.

The priestess smiled. "She and her baby are doing just fine, he was born healthy and she is now resting," she explained. "Everyone else will be arriving shortly."

A big smile grew on the young girl's face. "Thank goodness!" she gasped, relieved.

"Would you like to see them?" the priestess gave a warm smile as she saw the grin on the younger girl's face.

"Yes!" she exclaimed, her peppy cherry attitude once again returning.

"C'mon then," Ayako replied, leading the way.

"If you guys hadn't woken us up, I'm sure I would've slept until three," Kiko teased as she downed her second cup of coffee in the car.

"I thought you said coffee would just rile you up," Yasuhara teased as he drove the group to the hospital.

"At that point I had been under stress, now I'm pretty much okay since the spirits are gone." She took another long gulp. "I couldn't sleep last night either, what about you guys? How're John and Monk doing back there, Masako?"

"Actually, John and Masako fell asleep," Monk replied. "I don't think any of us really slept well, either."

"John was up when he took the call from Ayako, I didn't fall asleep until nearly three," Yasuhara commented as he made a turn.

"Masako was asleep before me, that was around maybe threeish? I didn't fall asleep until close to four." Kiko stretched.

"Well, after what happened last night, who really would be able to go right to sleep?" Monk asked as they reached a red light. They all looked at each other.

"Mai." They agreed in unison.

October Day 7, 8:53 A.M.

Knock. Knock.

"Come in!" a cheerful voice called from inside the room. Ayako opened the door and they were greeted with two very happy parents and a snoozing baby boy and a Lin sitting by the door.

"Mai-san! I'm so glad to see you're all right," Akahana said with a smile.

"Arigato, Akahana," Mai replied with a smile and the young woman motioned her to go over.

"Would you like to hold him?" she asked and Mai could only nod as she was handed the baby.

The little boy was very tiny, as Mai had never held a newborn before. His face as all red and his eyes so puffy he couldn't open them. She had heard many of her friends and other girls in her class call babies cute except when they were just born, seeing them as red little aliens until they were about a week or so old. However, Mai couldn't help but see beauty in the young child. She didn't understand what her friends were talking about.

"D-did, you decide on a name?" Mai blurted out, still focused on the baby in her arms.

"Hai," Ryouta replied, he was much calmer now, relieved that their horrific adventure was over.

"We already decided that Ryouta would choose to name him after his grandfather, Daisuke, but I would choose his Christian name for when he is baptized," Akahana answered.

"Have you decided yet?" Mai asked, the woman nodded.

"I wasn't sure at first, but I am now," she replied, looking at her husband who was slightly confused.

"What did you choose?" The new mother was about to answer when there was a knock at the door. The priestess opened it.

"Sorry we're late," Monk apologized as Ayako let them in. "We had to wake up a couple of us from the car."

Mai handed the mother back her baby. "That's fine, you haven't missed much," the new mother teased, then motioned the group over. "Come over, he's waking up."

"Reminds me of when my mother had Sakurako when I was thirteen," Kiko chuckled, brushing a finger against the boy's cheek.

"What a beautiful baby," Masako commented and the monk next to her agreed.

"How is Yoshiko-san doing?" Ryouta asked.

"She should be all right," Monk answered.

"By the time we left the hotel, Susumu was giving her breakfast," John added.

"Unfortunately, you may have lost another employee," Yasuhara apologized, but the couple just sighed.

"As long as she's okay," Akahana replied. "I'll talk to her when I go back to the hotel, if she really would like to quit I'll help her find another job."

"That's very kind of you," Mai answered, tilting her head slightly.

"I can't be angry with her, because of something like this, if I were her I'd want to quit as well." The woman shook her head. "I'm just glad no one was killed."

Especially you, Mai couldn't help but think. Then again she herself could have been killed as well.

"Have you decided on a name?" the medium asked. The mother nodded again.

"Hai," Ryouta answered. "We'll be naming him after my grandfather, Daisuke, but Akahana chose his Christian name for when he is baptized."

The little boy was being passed around to the group. "What name have you chosen?" Yasuhara asked.

"Jonasan*," Akahana replied, just as her newborn had been passed to the priest.

"Jonathan?" he was baffled. They practically named their son after a priest they barely knew. What could he have done to accept such an honor?

"I hadn't been sure on his Christian name until Daisuke was born, Jonasan seems like the perfect name," Akahana smiled.

"B-but, what have I done to deserve such an honor?" the exhausted priest asked, still completely amazed.

"You've done more than you think." The woman smiled.

"I only said some prayers," said a modest John.

"Prayers that saved our business and mine and my son's lives," she countered.

"Ishikawa-san-"

"Father Brown," Akahana interrupted, motioning him to come closer as he still held her baby. "I should be dead."

"Ishikawa-san-" The blonde's eyes were wide as well were most of the occupants in the room.

"Please, let me finish." The room quieted, beckoning her to continue. "That fall I took should have broken my neck, I said prayers in my head to protect myself." Even the infant was silent. "After the fall, my water broke and I instantly knew something was wrong. This little guys wasn't due for another few weeks. You said a prayer to protect Daisuke and myself from harm, I don't believe that you only said words. I also don't believe that we should be alive right now. I was lucky enough to just have a few cracked ribs, Daisuke was nearly strangled by his umbilical cord."

"You shouldn't be thanking me," John still chided. "You should be thanking God."

"We are," the mother argued. She gave another smile. "But it was your prayer he answered."

"We're very grateful to all of you," the husband finally piped in. "This has been a very stressful time and if it weren't for you, we'd have to go back to those evil spirits. Thank you." The man bowed deeply.

"It was our pleasure, we're very happy we were of help," Yasuhara answered, assuming his role of President of SPR and bowed as well. "If it is not too much to ask, may I have a word with you outside?"

"Of course." The two walked out the door, both aiming to return shortly.

The priest was still baffled by what he had heard. "Arigato, Ishikawa-san." He bowed his head quickly.

"No, thank you, all of you." The mother gave a slight bow of her head. "If there is anyway we could thank you."

"It was our pleasure, Akahana-san," Mai answered with a smile. "I think we're all happy everything's over."

"There's something that has been bothering me," Yasuhara commented, once the door to the hospital room was closed.

"Shibuya-san?"

"Late last night, while you and Akahana were here, several of us were going over the history of the property when we came across another file, one we hadn't recognized nor took notes on it," he explained.

"Is that so? Are you sure it wasn't a file Father Brown had brought with him and overlooked it?" the new father asked, generally confused.

"Sir, if I may be blunt," Yasuhara continued, the young man had hardly gotten any sleep and wasn't up for word games. "Inside the file was an article about a church burning to the ground decades ago." The man shifted his position. "What I'm asking is, did you secretly place the article with our research?"

The man sighed. It had been a long night and he hadn't received any sleep. May as well come clean. "Hai. You got me," he confessed. "That was actually one of the articles I came across when I was searching for information about the property, however, I couldn't have Akahana see it, I didn't want to put her under anymore stress. I wanted her to rest in our room so I could have a private meeting with you to give you the article, but as you can see that never happened."

"I see, it makes sense now," the college student exhaled, then gave a smile. "Thank you for telling me. It had been bugging me all night!" The boy laughed. "That was all I wanted to ask you, also if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would it be all right if we spent another night, my team was unable to receive a good night's sleep and I'd rather not risk everyone's safety driving home."

"Of course!" the father agreed. "I insist! Thank you for everything!"

"So, what are you all planning to do next?" Akahana asked as her husband was still outside.

"If it is of no inconvenience to you, we will be staying another night and returning to Tokyo in the morning," Naru answered from his corner as Monk tried to hand him the baby.

"Good, I was going to say, you all deserve a day of rest before returning," the mother replied.

"Go on, Naru-bou!" Monk chided, passing the black clad teen the infant. "He's awake and really wants to see you."

"No…" The usual response.

"Too bad!" The monk handed him the child and Naru had no choice but to hold him. He looked out of place, his scowl, his black clothes, the stare he gave the child that would make one think he were holding a three-headed alien. The father and Yasuhara entered again just as the infant began to cry and everyone laughed.

"Naru! You've managed to make another child cry!" Mai teased, taking the infant out of her grateful boss's hands. "Don't worry, he might seem scary but it's all an act!" She cooed, lightly bouncing the infant who almost immediately quieted down. Everyone laughed harder.

"Mai's a natural with children," Kiko commented to the priestess next to her.

"Ha! Yeah! Naru better shape up before they begin to have little ones," the priestess laughed back, quietly.

"Naru's always been better with older children…" the two heard Lin add, making them jump.

Feeling very accomplished, Mai stuck her tongue out at her employer, who, slightly embarrassed though will never admit it, turned the other way. Mai gave a witty laughed as she handed the baby to Masako.

It's times like these where I love these cases. She thought to herself. There's no more danger and we can all laugh and goof off and enjoy ourselves. We tease each other like a family. Just like the Ishikawa family will do a lot more as their family gets bigger. But with a job like this, fun can come with a price, the horror we face we must live with day after day. I never really thought about it, and when I did I began to think I would never be able to endure it, but now with everyone, I think it won't be as bad, just so long as there are more of these moments. I couldn't ask for anything else.

"I think it's time we allow the new parents some time to rest and enjoy their child to themselves," Yasuhara decided with a clap of his hands.

"Arigato," Ryouta said, as they began to leave the room.

"Glad we were able to help," came comments of the sort as the group left.

"I hope to see you all at the baptism!" Akahana called just as the priest was about exit. He turned around and smiled.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world!"

*Jonasan is the Japanese version of the name Jonathan though that one was pretty obvious lol

As far as the Christian name thing goes i kind of made it up sorry if it didn't make sense i wanted a cute john moment lol and it seemed to fit at least in my mind

well we finally meet the end of this case i will be taking a little break for a bit due to school starting soon my new job and my old job and possibly running a youth group and so on i'll be very busy but i'd also like to take some time to work on my other stuff (fics and two books im in the middle of writing) so if it's a month or two before you see another chap that is why I'll try to work on it when i get the chance and check out my profile i should update that every now and again so keep an eye out and sorry for so many breaks but at least i do eventually update! lol XD

Next case: Halloween is drawing near, when several occupants of a nursing home mysteriously pass away after putting similar claims of psychotic beings attacking them in their sleep, it's up to SPR to find out what's happening! And what does Madoka have to do with this!

Special thanks to NoCoolNameHere and Damaged Forest Spirit for giving me case location ideas! i hope you enjoyed! review!

jaa nee! :D