Saturday, April 14th.

Day 3… Continued, Morning.

"This is clearly the work of an earth spirit! I'll have it cleaned out by the time I get back." Said Ayako with her usual amount of flare and excessive hip swaying as she took one look at the building and made up her mind.

"Now, now let's not get too hasty, I think what we're dealing with is a sight bound spirit. It's the only thing that makes sense in this situation." Chimed Monk.

I couldn't help but smile at them, one day I knew that these two would become two of the most looked too investigative spiritualists in the game. It was fun to see them as they were now, childish and still just developing their powers.

"I believe your both wrong, there are no spirits here." Said the calm tranquil voice of one Masako Hara, Naru's future wife. Though how that would play out with Gene still alive I don't know. Naru had once told me that everyone had loved his brother simply because of the way he was in comparison to him, something I myself was guilty of at one time. Would she still love Naru or would she become infatuated with Gene instead? Well so long as she left my awesome stick in the mud hubby Lin alone, I could roll with anything. Might as well have fun with everyone while I was rolling along with the changes too.

"Say what little missy?" questioned Monk who was giving Masako the hairy eyeball. In all my years of working with Masako both in SPR and not I can tell you this one absolute thing… she was never wrong. If she didn't know something she was honest about it unlike physics who thought they had to be right about anything and everything they saw, she had saved more lives being honest the she had being right. To top it all off when she did see things it was like a treasure trove of information. Don't get me wrong I've got mad skills as a medium, however I have to be knocked out to use them, never did get over that handicap.

"Just that, there are no spirits here." She replied.

"Miss Hara, it's nice to meet you." I said bowing respectfully to her. She nodded back to me with a smile though she was staring something offal, what did I do?

I watched as Gene smiled and waved to her like old friends, but she wasn't even paying attention to him Masako just kept staring at me like I was some kind of freak.

"Ha, that little tramp from TV? Well it's easy to get results on TV, the only reason you get ratings is cause of that silly kimono and that pretty face of yours." Said Ayako as she snubbed her nose up at Masako.

"Why thank you I'll take that as a compliment."

"It wasn't meant as one little girl!" Yelled Ayako.

"I don't know why your so argumentative you have a far more powerful spirit medium here with you already, she's practically oozing physic power." Masako said as she once more turned her eyes to me, and along with her eyes so did everyone else's including Naru.

Well shit what to say now? I didn't know I oozed anything let alone physic power; I had known people in the past that were so powerful they radiated it around them like a shield. Naru was like that whenever he used his power, you couldn't even get anywhere near him sometimes. But me? I was never that powerful, I just knew my stuff that was where my power came from knowledge and preparation. So to hear someone tell me that I was oozing power of any kind just made me confused.

"Who? Me?" I asked the room, "that's funny, I just know a little PK and even then I can barely do that so ya I think your wrong." I said scratching the back of my head and showing them my one bandaged hand with an embarrassed smile on my face, what else could I say?

"Oh no I think your just playing at that miss, I can feel your dominion over spirits and there is one specifically that rides close to you out of loyalty and obligation if I'm not mistaken. It is truly a powerful spirit as well to have one such as that willfully fallow you yourself must be far more powerful then it. PK isn't your gift is it; you just wanted to use it." Stated Masako, to not only me but the room as well. Why did she feel that she had to tell everyone that? I was going to kill her, which was what was going to happen if she didn't stop talking soon. She was going to die a gruesome death if I had anything to do about it.

"Huh? I'll admit that PK thing was cool so I started trying it out ten months ago but other than that I have no idea what you're talking about." I was still scratching the back of my head and god I hope the confusion on my face was believable because I was really feeling the need to kill this little tramp! Oh great Naru was looking at me with that look again the one I was trying to avoid and damn it so was Gene, I wasn't a science experiment boys so stop looking at me like I was going to spill out all my secretes! "Are you saying I'm haunted Miss Hara?"

"Mai, is there something you would like to share?" Asked Naru.

"No I don't think so, I mean if what Masako said is true wouldn't I know about this spirit? I mean I couldn't ooze anything but stupidity if I tried right?" I asked him knowing in that moment that god old Naru was going to stick his foot in his mouth the kid was so gosh darned socially inept.

"True you are rather stupid." And there was the ineptitude I knew he would use.

"Brother! God damn it you need to think before you speck you idiotic ass! I apologize for my brother Mai he should never have said something like that." Gene said as he turned to me after whacking Naru on the head. Damn I think I'm in love… not that I would ever turn away from my awesome hubby but still someone actually stood up to Naru and told him he was an ass. Go Gene.

"Yukimaru, that's what you named him correct, to hide his true self from others?" asked Masako as she looked me in the eye. "You're not only a medium but a practitioner of Omyoudo from what I can ascertain from your shiki, though he would like me to point out that he works for you out of love not like some two bit shiki that other Omyouji use." Ya that sounded like my little Yuki alright, I was going to kill him then Masako.

"You're an Omyouji?" asked Gene excitedly.

"Like I said before I'm good for PK and that's about it man." I said trying not to kill everyone. Looking into Masako's eye I hoped that she would get the idea that I didn't want anyone to know about any of that.

"It could be my mistake, I apologize Mai." Whispered Masako as she seemed to finally get the whole shutting up idea, it was about time I'm sure the glare I was sending her way helped in some way. Now I just needed Naru to stop looking like he didn't believe me at all, shit he was going to remember this but on the bright side at least Gene seamed to believe her if the sad look on his face was anything to go by.

"Well it is not uncommon for female mediums to be either exactly right or exactly wrong." Naru said hesitatingly as if he didn't really believe what he was saying was the case at the moment… (Naru could bite me for all I cared at the moment he was putting thoughts into everyone heads) and like I had said before Masako was never wrong.

Karoda who was standing off to the side this whole time was staring at me like I had grown another head, not to surprising I had in a moment gotten the same amount of attention that she did in maybe a week of yelling about ghosts. Poor girl, she just needed to tone down a little then people would flock to her just to hear all the interesting stories that she had up her sleeve.

"Either way, the spirit that is fallowing Mai is the only one I sense at the moment. I don't believe that the building itself is haunted just your friend." Said Masako as she tried smiling at me, great now I was being haunted what had I done to her to make me seem like the perfect person to shit on?

"You're wrong! The spirit here is very powerful! It's not our fault that you can't feel it you fake." Yelled Karoda. "It attacked me just a moment ago in the second floor hallway."

"I'm sorry Miss but your wrong there are no spirits here." Masako said starting to get annoyed.

"And I'm telling you I'm not wrong! There are so many spirits here I'm shocked no one else can sense them." Said Karoda as she looked from one person to the others.

"Well as the young man said before I could be wrong however I really don't think I am. I'll do another walk through latter to see if I pick up anything but I really don't think I will." Masako said giving Karoda on hell of a glare.

"I really don't think you need to do that Masako, but if you want to do that mind all of the walls on the east side alright. The holes where boarded up once the construction was stopped and they used weak plywood. It could have in the last year weakened more than can be considered safe. Karoda, you need to take a chill pill! Relax and learn how to take criticism better otherwise I would stop telling people that you can see ghosts as you'll end up spending the rest of your life fighting stupid people not worth your time." I said to the both of them. It was stupid spending so much time investigating a haunted building that wasn't haunted to begin with; it was even stupider having to mediate between these two.

"Karoda you said that you were attacked by a spirit on second floor hallway? Well we can at least clear that up." Said Gene as he walked up to Naru by the monitors. Rewinding the video footage to a few minutes ago we all watched Karoda as she moved from one monitor to another as she made her way from the front of the building to the second floor hallway.

Once in the hallway we saw Karoda get violently pushed and pulled back and forth as if something had her by the hair. She was pushed from one side of the hallway to the other. Now I who had been watching paranormal activity on film form something like twenty years knew that this was just an act. It a spirit had had Karoda by her hair the hair itself would have been lifted up in the hold of the spirit there would have been nothing subtle about it and not to menschen she would have lost her footing as well. None of these things had happened leaving me to draw the conclusion that this was all an act.

Monk, Ayako, John and Masako were sold the moment they saw it and started to twitter at each other in shock as the turned the attention to Karoda within moments worrying about the young girl. God it was enough to make me sick.

I walked up to Naru and Gene who were both still standing by the monitors; they were just standing there not speaking at all. Maybe it was a twin thing I knew that Gene had the same type of powers as Naru did, maybe they were talking and didn't want anyone to know what they were saying.

"You both know that was an act right? Don't call her out on it I don't think that would be shall we say the best of ideas." I whispered as the three of us stood watching the footage once again.

"You know what's happening here don't you Mai?" Asked Naru as he and Gene both stared at me.

I smiled at the two of them Gene looked amused but Naru had this annoyed look on his face I knew it was bugging him that he couldn't explain what the deal was with me, though the incident with Masako earlier probably help clue him in a lot.

Shrugging I smiled and said, "Maybe oh hansom ones," with a sultry tone of voice as I fluttered my lashes at Naru as Gene started laughing.

"Mai go take temp readings." Naru said as he turned away to talk to Monk. I smiled at Gene and winked glade that he was here, Naru wasn't the same as he was from my time but he wasn't far off in personality. Monk and Ayako where talking about the best ways to get rid of the spirit that was 'attacking' Karoda. "I wouldn't place all of my energy on that if I were you just yet." He said.

"Well big hot shot if you're so knowledgeable what do you think is happening here?" Ayako asked Naru.

"I would prefer to keep my thoughts to myself until a time when they are either proven right or wrong." He said thought Gene once again looked amused by his brother.

"That's not including me is it brother? I would love to know what's going on inside of that head of yours." Asked Gene, Naru just looked at him like he was and idiot and when back to work.

"And you little know it all Missy? What do you think is happening here?" Asked Monk.

Looking around at all the faces looking at me I realized he was asking me! Even Naru and Gene were looking at me expectantly, well shit. I hadn't expected this to happen, quick find a distraction.

"I think that the chair on monitor five wasn't there when I set up the camera yesterday." Thank god I was saved by Karoda again. I don't think anyone but Gene and I saw the look Naru gave me, pure confusion.

Rewinding the tape once more we watched as at the same time as Karoda's 'attack' the chair moved from the side of the room into the view of the camera. Everyone once mare started to twitter and talk between themselves, Naru and Gene once more quietly watching and re-watching the tape. "That's not fake." I whispered to the twins smiling. "That my boy's is a poltergeist." I started giggling at the looked on both of their faces.

With the help of Karoda the rest of the group came to the same conclusion.

Masako kept saying that there were no spirits in the old school house but with the outstanding evidence saying otherwise her voice was lost. I admit to momentarily feeling bad for her then I remember what she had said earlier that day and wanted to kill her all over. Omyouji indeed.

"Well I'll just cleanse the building right now, no time like the present. I'm changing in one of the classrooms, no funny business with that camera of your Shibuya!" said Ayako as she left to change into her priestess robes.

Once everyone had left to get the principal and his vice principle I caught onto Naru's hand holding him back from leaving with the others, I didn't try this with Gene as I didn't know him as well as I knew Naru. I trusted Naru and I knew that all I had been doing for the last two days was alienate him and as fun as that was I need to talk to him otherwise he would never trust me back.

"Hay there's something I think you should see Naru." I said pointing to the monitor with Ayako on it as she disappeared into the classroom on the first floor.

"Mai I don't know what kind of person you think I am but I do not spy on women when their changing." Naru snapped at me and ok I know how it seemed from that point of view but that wasn't what I was getting at.

"I know that Kazuya but I'm not saying you should spy on Ayako here I think you should be watching the door though." I sighed at him since he was trying to walk away.

"The door?"

"Yes the door Naru." I said pointing to the monitor displaying the now only slightly closed door that Ayako had walked though. It wasn't long until Karoda showed up and slammed the door closed on Ayako. There was a glint from a nail on the floor that was going to keep the door closed from the outside. We watched as Ayako rattled the door and Karoda walked away from the now yelling Ayako leaving her trapped there.

"Now it's time to run along and help Ayako." I smiled at Naru and took his hand, pulling him away from the classroom we used as the base I walked us both to the room Ayako was stuck in. it took a few minutes to get Ayako free from the room, by the time we returned to base the footage that Naru and I had seen was already gone leaving Naru and I the only ones who had seen it.

This only seemed to farther prove to the others that there was a ghost in the building. I saw that Masako had stopped even trying to tell everyone that there was not a spirit in the building.

"So this just means that I need to cleanse this building even more now call me pissed off!" you could call Ayako many things but undetermined wasn't one of them. Once again Ayako left the room this time with everyone but Naru and I, this time I hadn't tried pulling him back but rather he was the one holding me back. Guess it was time for that talk I knew was coming.

"Mai." I always wondered how he could make his usually monotone voice sound so infuriated, I was betting it was his eyes they always seemed to express his emotions even though he didn't want them to.

"Yes oh mighty one?" oh he hadn't like that one bit if the slight shaking of the chair next to us was any indication.

"What's going on here? And do not tell me that you don't know because I think you've displayed a rather shocking amount of knowledge that says you do!" he snarled as the chair rattled some more.

"Subsidence." Was all I said in response? Who knew that an infuriated glare could turn icy so fast?

"Pardon?"

"Sub-si-dance."

"I know what you said, now tell me how the hell that has anything to do with this situation!" the chair was still shacking so I knew just how mad Naru was, talk about a trick situation.

"The building is sinking, which is why the east side is collapsing. The whole building is structurally unsound therefore causing interesting effects to transpire. This whole place is about to fall, in the next few weeks I'd say." I said smiling, hoping that he would calm down a little.

"And that girl Karoda, what's her deal?" he asked.

"As you know over half of the reported poltergeist activity is human related, Karoda is you poltergeist." It was starting to look like Naru was calming down seeing as the chair was now standing still on all four legs. "Another bit of advice, Masako Hara is never wrong."

"So when she said earlier that you were a practicing Omyouji she was right." He snarled at me. I admit I wanted to keep my secrets but at the moment I needed my friend and I wanted him to know that he could trust me.

"In a word yes. I didn't want anyone knowing I like just being a normal kid you know, she was also right when she said that I was a spirit medium. There are more things I can do… if you need a resume I'll get right on it." I explained to him hoping he would understand.

"A resume, that's what you come up with? Mai why didn't you just say something sooner, I'm an ass but I get what it's like to be different. You could have just said something." He whispered looking my in the eyes. For the first time since I got back I saw compassion in Naru's eyes and I got a warm feeling in my heart, hoping that I would once again get my friend back.

"I know you understand I was there for the demonstration you did with the 110lb aluminum block you sent flying across the room. But I didn't want to say anything because damn it I'm 14 I should know anything about Omyoudo or Shikigami let along have a shiki. Well that and I enjoy watching people squirm; did you see Monk with the firecracker comment?" I asked him now with a small but real smile on my face, for once I was looking at him like he was my friend and not just some random guy that walked by, I don't know what he saw but he seemed to soften and smile back. He looked like his brother almost for a moment but then I realized it was his brother that looked like him. "Your brother, he looks like you when you smile Naru." I whispered almost hoping he wouldn't hear.

"You know that I'm Oliver Davis? Thank you for not saying anything." He said though I could see the shock on his face and in his eyes.

"I told you I wanted to be normal for just a little bit, why would I rob you of that?" I asked him confused really I got it though I was confused as to why he was still in japan Gene was alive and well and there was really not reason for him to be here. "Anyways the reason for the whole thing here is subsidence and Karoda, though why you're here I don't know shouldn't you be in London with the real SPR?"

"My brother almost died 7 months ago, he was saved by Nate Webber and now we're trying to find him. I want to find him if only to say thank you." He whispered looking away… I had thought as much the moment I had seen him but to hear it come out of his mouth was something I had never thought to encounter.

"Well in that case what's the plan boss?"

"First we have to prove

What it is that you just told me about the building and Karoda." Naru said as he walked out to the room and down to where Ayako was setting up her ritual.

"She's going to be preforming a Shinto exorcism from the looks of things, how much you want to bet that it won't work?" I whispered into Naru's ear once we took out spot beside Monk and Gene, he looked less the amused by my bet.