AUTHOR'S NOTE: THIS IS MY NEW ACCOUNT, I LOST MY OLD EMAIL, SO I CAN'T LOG IN TO "Mai Taniyamaa" ACCOUNT. I ALSO FELL SICK AND WAS HOSPITALIZED QUITE A MANY TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR AND WAS ALSO BUSY WITH MY JAPANESE AND GERMAN. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE AND UPLOAD. BUT I WILL TRY MY BEST TO CONTINUOUSLY UPLOAD. I WILL BE CONTINUING MY OLD STORIES FROM THIS ACCOUNT. I WILL TRY MAKING IT AS MUCH REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE. UPLOADING MAY TAKE TIME AS I HAVE TO RESEARCH ON FEW THINGS. A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ AND LIKED MY STORY AND ONCE AGAIN, A SORRY FOR BEING SO TARDY *BOWS*

Disclaimer: Ghost Hunt doesn't belong to me. All the rights are with Ono Fuyumi.

Note: This is about the current story that I'm writing. Apparently, I've told all of the readers that I have joined a new course… that is, I'm doing my B.A. in German. I also have English classes along with German. Well my English Professor is a linguist and when I told him that I write stories he asked me for them, to read. So I gave him my stories to read and he said that they were bad. He said that what I write does not at all feel like he's reading the main story of Ghost Hunt (I gave him the translated Novel of Ghost Hunt to read, well how much ever of it is translated). So I'm writing my story again, but in a very different way. I'm going to add some actual facts from Ghost Hunt as well. So please be aware that there are going to be spoilers. If you know the details, you can skip through the spoiler part. Thank you

Goodbye - I

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The alarm rang. A hand shot out from under the covers to snooze the noisy alarm, only to come in contact with a hard wood cabinet. A head with short brown hair shot out of the covers. Its eyes groggily moved over the room to search for the owner of the annoying beeping. Finally finding the clock, that was still beeping, she looked at the time. The short needle pointing at seven and the long one at five, made her eyes go wide. Screaming that she was late, she shot out of the bed only to fall down on the floor face first, the result of the blanket getting tangled in her feet. She got up again and instantly dashed to the bathroom only to come out ten minutes later with disheveled hair and an equally disheveled uniform. She spent another two minutes straightening her uniform and then dashed into the kitchen to toast bread for her. As soon as the bread was done she held it in her mouth and dashed out of the house, of course not without taking her bag with her.

She entered the school grounds, apologizing for being late to discipline committee, she ran to her classroom. The class had already started. The teacher was very angry at her for being late. After giving her a scolding, he told her to go back to her seat. The class began, but her mind was somewhere very far away, to a certain day and an incident that had taken place a week ago. She couldn't help but replay what happened that day in her mind.

* BE CAREFUL! SPOILER AHEAD!*

FLASHBACK

Mai opened her eyes and found herself standing in a dark void. 'Where is this? Am I dreaming?' she thought. She turned around to find Naru standing by a tree, his hair moving slightly with the wind. As usual, he had his serene smile plastered on his face. Dream Naru. Mai realized that she was dreaming. And then she suddenly found herself standing back to back with Dream Naru. 'Naru? Eh? Wh-wh-why? We aren't even investigating anything! Why am I dreaming about Naru?!' She blushed as she thought to herself.

"Hey Naru? What happened? Did something else-" her sentence was left incomplete as Naru disappeared. Mai panicked.

"Wha-what?! What's going on?! Hey! Naru?!" she called out to him but got no reply.

Heehee…

Heeheeheehee…

A laugh? Who was laughing?

HIT!

Mai woke up with a jolt. She found herself on the floor with her cushion and her futon. Monk was standing over her with her blanket in his hand. He wished her "Good morning". Behind him, Ayako, Masako, and Yasuhara were snickering. She blushed, knowing that they had seen her sleep. Mai noticed that it was already past lunch time. She blushed even harder.

"You are exploding!" Ayako commented. Mai then recalled all the recent events.

Three days ago, Naru had "found out" that his older brother—technically, his brother's body, was at the bottom of a damned lake in the village they were staying. While they waited for the divers to look for his brother's body, they were asked to investigate the reported ghost activity in a closed school building, by the village head. Somehow they had managed to solve the problem and then return to the inn. Before everyone realized it, that day had changed from 'yesterday' to 'today'.

"So how did we solve the problem?" Mai asked.

"We made the Assistant Official take the responsibility. We said that he found the dead body, and we told them to deal with it however they wished to." Monk explained. "Then there's also Naru's older brother."

"Oh yeah! How's the search going?" Mai asked.

"It's currently ongoing. Yesterday it had to stop because of the rain."

"I see."

'I wonder why Naru was in my dream…" Mai thought.

"Well anyways, I'm glad that everything ended up fine this time too. This way, Mai can also get out of this world. You won't have to do anything scary anymore, Mai." Ayako sighed as she drank juice from her glass.

'As soon as we return, I'm closing down the office.' Naru's words sounded themselves in Mai's mind.

"Ah. That… will be great… But then I'll have to look for another job." Mai said.

"I can hire you as my assistant. Though the pay won't be as good as working at Shibuya Psychic Research." Ayako said.

"No, well we were special. When the office closes, I'll have a lot of free time." Mai said.

"By the way Mai, what did you use to do before?" Monk asked.

"Nothing in particular. Just lived my life-" 'Wait! How did I use to spend my days after school when I didn't work at SPR?'

"Mai-san." John called.

"Ah. Yes?"

"If you have some free time, do you want to come to Sunday school?"

"Eh? But I've never read bible or anything."

"It's ok. It's only for fun. But I'm always watching the children, they are really funny." John said. Takigawa giggled.

"What?" Mai asked.

"No. I was just imagining… FATHER JOHN." Everyone imagined him playing with kids and a kid a asking "Where is Sensei?"

"Sorry John! But it suits you!" they said while laughing.

"Yes you can come too Takigawa-san." John smiled.

"Sunday school. That sounds good. It's nostalgic."

"Nostalgic?" Mai asked.

"Yeah I used to go to Sunday school."

"But wasn't your house a temple?" Yasuhara asked.

"So what? If we went to Sunday school, we could listen to biblical stories, watch a play, and also eat free snacks."

Everyone laughed.
"So that was your intention!"

"You are really a lost cause!"

"What?!" Takigawa retorted.

'We'll separate when we go back to Tokyo, and then we won't be able to laugh together anymore? I understand what Monk means when he says that there is no human relationship that doesn't end. But… is this really the end?' Mai thought.

"What's wrong Jou-chan? You went quiet all of a sudden." Monk asked. Mai opened her mouth to say something but closed it. She stood up and went to her bag. After searching for a while she took out a pen and a notebook.
"Please give me your address!"

"Huh?"

"I don't want to separate from everyone like this! Even without the office and the work, I want to meet with everyone! I want to sometimes meet with you guys to chat like this, and even if we don't meet, I want to call just to ask how you are doing! So, if you don't mind, I would like to get everyone's addresses!" Mai bowed down, her eyes shut tight, afraid of rejection.

"I don't mind." Was Takigawa's reply.

"Really?!"

"Ye-yeah." Monk stuttered, surprised. "I was wondering what you were going to ask with such a serious expression. Right Shonen?"

"Yeah. I know." Yasuhara answered. Masako and John smiled.

"Tell us yours too, okay?" Ayako said.

"Yes!"

After exchanging addresses, everyone sat down to talk.

"Do you think…? Naru and Lin-san will tell me their addresses if I ask them?"

"H-hmm… Don't ask me." Takigawa said.

"Ah." Yasuhara said looking out of the window. Getting up he opened the door.

"Shibuya-san! Are you busy? I would like to ask a couple of questions. Do you have the time right now?" Yasuhara asked Naru. Naru and Lin glanced at each other.

"…Right now?" asked Naru.

"It's better if it's now."

"I'll listen."

"Then please come inside."

"Can't we do it here?"

"I am sorry, but the questions are quite personal, and I would like to ask Lin-san as well, so please."

"What is Yasu doing?" Mai asked.

"Who knows? Let's watch." Monk said

"Eh?"

"So here is the thing…" Yasuhara began as Mai listened intently. "Which tea do you prefer? Darjeeling or Earl Gray?"

"I'm fine. What did you want to talk about?"

"Which one?Would you like it hot or would you like it cold? How strong would you like it to be? Would you like it with milk or lemon? Cambridge tea or Tai? Would you like to add apples? Would you like cookies or butter cake? Both? So it's complicated right?"

The other occupants of the room looked from left to right between Naru and Yasu.

"I'm fine with anything." Naru answered.

Mai and Monk clapped.

"Amazing Shonen! You're a perfect flirter!"

"You are!" Mai cheered.

They gave tea to Naru and Lin-san.

"So, Shibuya-san, what are you going to do… after you close the office?" Yasu asked.

"Does it have anything to do with you, Yasuhara-san?"

"Yeah, it does. Jeez aren't we friends?"

"If you are going to joke like always, then you chose the wrong person. Did you call me in here to talk about such an insignificant matter?"

"It isn't insignificant. We were just wondering what our beloved Shibuya-san and Lin-san will do from now on."

"You do not have to worry about it."

"Of course I'll worry about those I care about."

"Then you do not have to care about me."

"It is my own freewill to like whoever I want."

"It is also my freewill to do whatever I want, right?" Naru said coldly.

"That! You don't have to say it like that, right? Everybody is really worried!" Mai cried.

"There's also the worlds 'Onlooker's Spirit'." Naru retorted. Mai snapped.

"Onlooker's Spirit?! Isn't it stupid? Why can't you be grateful and accept it?! Why do you think everyone is here? Because you got sick and were hospitalised. And we were worried right? You're stupid for not accepting other people's goodwill!"

"I never asked for it."

"Of course it's a one-sided goodwill! But… you also need to be respectful and treat other people better when they are kind to you! You might want to sway farewell as soon as we're done with this. At least, be a little more sincere in the end!" 'Ah… I'm so stupid too. I don't want to say it like this.' Mai thought. She was panting. Her outburst had deprived her of the much needed air.

"What in the world made you so mad?" Naru asked calmly.

"EVERYTHING! The reasons why you are closing the office. I just don't like the fact that… you're ending everything without a good reason!" Mai cried.

"Got it. Got it. So calm down a little. Naru also has his own reasons." Monk held her back as she ranted.

"But!"

"You don't want it to end without an explanation right? So if he explains, are you going to accept it?" Monk asked Mai.

"Eh?"

"So, are you willing to explain Naru?"

"I don't think it is necessary."

"You are so intolerant!" Monk sighed exasperatedly. "Then—I want to ask some questions. Will you answer them?"

"It's a waste of time." Naru turned to go.

"Sometimes it's important to waste time." Yasuhara intervened, leaning on the door.

"Yasuhara-san, please move."

"Why, that might not be possible. I've come to fancy this door."

"I can get through by force."

"Hmm… It'll be bad if your wounds reopen. But if I call the ambulance… and say that Lin-san attacked us, even police will come. But all the things that Shibuya-san has been trying to hide might be revealed as well… so? How about it? Can you cooperate with us?" Yasuhara suggested. There was a brief silence.

"Five minutes." Naru said.

"Don't be stingy. I want thirty minutes." Monk said.

"Fifteen minutes."

Monk sighed,
"Okay. Fifteen minutes."

Hehe... sorry.. cliff hanger :P Please read n review!