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I'm saying this in advance so that I don't have to say it in every comment response.

I'M please forgive me I've neglected you all!

Holy s*** it's been since FEBRUARY! *head-desk

May I just say you are the best reviewers in the entire world! I can't believe you guys put up with me! T.T

PLEASE READ THIS:

You may all thank Aqua of The Roses of Color for this chapter. This lovely person sent me a message THREE MONTHS AGO WHUT! o.O Anywho...

You are all free to give them a round of applause and if you like this chapter then goddamnit go read their story or if not then send them a message saying "Thank you thank you thank you you are my hero you brought this story to life again!" and be sure to tell them how wonderful they are. This is Aqua of Roses of Color and their profile is right HERE: (.net)/u/2408800 (God fanfiction's STUPID LINKS!)

So Aqua, I'm REALLY sorry for not getting back to you. I know I must seem like a toooooootal jerk, but here is how it was supposed to go down:

Me: Oh look I got this lovely note from this person! I must now update my story immediately!

Aqua: Oh well, they haven't gotten back to me *sadness* but wait! What is this? A new chapter! And so soon after I sent them a message! Wow, how lovely!

Me: SURPRISE this is dedicated to AQUA! Yayness!

Aqua: OMG *flattered*

And then I didn't update for three months after that.

*ANGST

I wasn't even busy doing stuff. God I'm such a bad person. T.T Oh well, enjoy.

Disclaimer: If I owned Ghost Hunt, I would update regularly. I obviously don't own Ghost Hunt.

"Mai-chan…" Yasuhara choked out as he sat on one of the black SPR sofas, sobs erupting from himself and tears streaming from his eyes. The others attempted to comfort him, but there was no end to his sadness. Ayako and Takigawa also had tears in their eyes, thinking of their dead friend. "How could something like this happen to poor little Mai-chan?"

"Masako, are you alright?" Asked John, who was looking at his girlfriend, seeming to be spacing out.

"The voice." Masako whispered. Everyone else listened in on their conversation. "The voice. It was the voice of a man, a voice I've heard before."

Naru walked from his place by the wall and up to join the rest of the group. "Masako, tell us exactly what you saw."

Masako looked to him, seeming unsure.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." John assured her, rubbing circular motions on her back.

"But the thing is, I do have to." She whispered, loud enough so everyone could hear. "Mai wasn't herself back there. Something must have happened to her. For a moment, she seemed fine, she seemed normal. Normal and sad as anyone could ever be. And then, in an instant, her evil side was back, and the only thing she wanted was me dead."

"Masako…" John whispered to her. She looked at him, and smiled sadly, shaking her head.

"I have to tell them. It's not an option anymore." John nodded and let her continue.

"They were pictures. Moving images appeared before me as I started losing consciousness. She was being dragged, her face so terrified it scared me. Then she was on that wooden board. There…there was a knife. And blood. There was always a lot of blood. I thought I might see her killer, but wherever he should have been, there was a silhouette. Nothing but blackness."

Silence and tension filled the room as everyone waited for her to continue.

"Then there were the voices."

"Voices?" Naru asked. "What voices? What did you hear?"

"It was Mai. And a man."

"What did they say, Masako? What did they say?"

"Mai. She was screaming, calling 'Help'. 'Naru', she called. 'Naru, somebody, help me'." She gulped. "Then, 'this has to be a dream', 'what do you want with me'. Those were all Mai. And screaming. Lots of screaming. Screaming that nobody around could hear. Then the man's voice. 'Mai, it's not you I want. I'll give you a choice.'" Masako stopped for a moment.

"Anything else? Please, Masako!" Naru begged.

"You won't want to hear it."

"Masako!" He yelled. She looked up at his pleading eyes. A single tear ran down her face.

"The voice then said 'Tell me, Mai. Should I kill Naru, or you?'"

He stepped back.

"Then, there was pain, and a lot of blood that wasn't mine. It was hers. Her pain, her blood, she made me feel it all."

"Masako, you're letting Mai get to you." John said. "Relax. Please. I'm right here."

Masako smiled, tears falling freely now as she firmly embraced the blonde, clutching him for dear life.

"What'll happen to Mai? To all of us? What's going to happen to us?" She choked out. "I'm so confused, what's going on with Mai?"

"Shhh." John soothed her, softly running his hand through her hair again and again. Gently kissing her forehead every now and then.

"I don't understand. Sometimes I feel as if something's wrong with her, like she's still Mai and doesn't want to hurt us. And then she becomes so cruel and heartless. I don't get it. Where's Mai? Why did she have to die? What happened to Mai?"

"We're going to figure out, Masako. I promise." He held her for a few more minutes, the rest of the group feeling extremely saddened yet touched at the couple in front of them. "I'm going to sprinkle some holy water around SPR." He stood, walking towards the door.

"You shouldn't go alone." Lin advised.

"I'll just be outside." John smiled. "But thank you for your concern."

"Still." He tossed the Australian an air horn. "If something happens, just press the button on the top. We'll be right there."

"Arigatou." John said as he closed the door behind him.

"Gene." Mai whispered, hugging her knees closer to her chest as she rocked herself back and forth. "Gene, where are you? Help me. Help me fight this."

A scent suddenly came to her attention as the desire to kill became more prominent once again. She inhaled, recognizing the scent of holy water and Suave men shampoo.

"It's time, my girl." A voice told her. She whipped around to see her red-haired demon.

Mai screamed, and vanished.

"Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name." John chanted as he began to walk around the SPR building, trying to protect it from Mai.

"Pathetic."

John whirled around to see that who had interrupted his prayers was the dead brunette girl he had once called his friend.

"Mai." He whispered.

"You think you're real clever, don't you?"

John raised his finger to the air horn, but it seemed to be knocked away by an invisible force. Terrified, he looked back up at the ghost before him. He mentally relaxed himself and began to pray. "Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingd-"

He was interrupted by a lack of air in his lungs and a pressure on his neck. It took him a moment to realize that he was now on the grass, being choked by Mai.

"Mai-" he gasped. "Please…Masako…"

Suddenly, the strain on his neck was gone and he was flying. Blackness surrounded him.

Mai looked down at the priest, the killing side of her in triumph, the human side of her with hope and despair.

"John, please still be alive. Please, I can't have killed you."

Her human side was overruled and Mai walked over to the body, touching his blood with tangible hands and wrote a message in the grass. Suddenly, she felt a familiar tugging feeling as terror hit her.

"I don't want to go."

Tears streamed down her face as she walked away and picked up the air horn. Just as she disappeared, it's loud sound pierced the ears of SPR.

"John!"

The friends all ran outside to where the sound was coming from.

"John!" Masako exclaimed as she ran over to her boyfriend, head bleeding from where it hit the tree. "John, wake up! Wake up!"

"Masako." She looked up to Takigawa, who gestured, horrified, to something in the grass.

Masako broke down into sobs, clutching the blonde as if he were her source of life. "John...WAKE UP! Please wake up!" She looked to the sky. "Is this my punishment, Mai? Is this punishment for escaping from you last time! Take me instead, let John go! Give John back to me!" She was in hysterics as she desperately tried to stop the bleeding coming from the wound in John's forehead.

The rest of SPR knew it meant something bad, but no one got it. No one except Naru, who collapsed to the ground, a tear in his eye.

In the grass, written in John's blood, was the scariest haiku any of them had ever seen.

I'm being gracious

Letting you see who you love

Before they are gone.

Hooooly Shiz angsty haiku! Yeah, that right there is what took me seven months to write. Can't you see that hard work in there?

But anyway I hope you liked it and OMG WHUTS GONNA HAPPEN TO JOHN! Review constantly if you want a new chapter or else I'll forget! (But seriously if I take over a month to update someone please message me.)

REMEMBER TO THANK AQUA!

Well, if you liked, which I hope you did. If not, send the hate mail to me and only me...sigh...

I need to stop putting so much MasakoxJohn stuff in, this is a frigging Mai and Naru story, huh? I promise that there will be more, I already have the story planned out and there will be MORE, MORE I SAY!

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