Just a bit more of synopsis because of limited space:

Rated Mature for possible lemons and the graphic nature of some cases

Timeline: Takes place 4 years after Naru left Japan and broke her heart.

Regarding Gene: While I realize Gene died in the story I wanted to do something a bit different. So his body wasn't found in the lake. Instead someone rescued him soon after his body was dumped and he had been in at a hospital in a coma until just before BSPR left.

Regarding the title: Someone recently gave me a guest review pointing out to me that "leech" was misspelled in my title. It is not meant to be leech at all. Google lich and you will understand.

General synopsis: Mai has been running her own paranormal detective agency. The building her office is held in is an old abandoned high school. It was converted to the office space, a set of apartments, and an orphanage for psychically gifted and abandoned children.

Naru and his crew go back to Japan to work alongside her team.

Just like the anime there will be one big plot line with a bunch of short case arcs built in.

Planned pairings: Mai x Naru, Lin x Madoka, Monk x Ayako with some other surprises along the way.

Please read the author's note after to understand more of the goal of the story.

Updated: 1/11/17

Prologue

The darkness ate at her like a carnivorous being, with elongated fangs and tapered sharp talons. The cold it provided biting in it's own way. It made her shiver as if the water in the air molecules themselves were frozen. She could see nothing surrounding her but an ethereal bluish white light in the distance that painted a glow against the cave wall behind it.

She pushed herself up from the position she had awoken in. Her legs had been folded beneath her and she felt herself in a weakened state. She felt her teeth clang together as she shuddered against both the deep sense of dread and the crisp bitter cold. Her body felt heavy and shaky almost as if she had a frail constitution.

She hobbled awkwardly towards the light. The trepidation she felt in the dark needed to be vanquished by the light, or at least that is what she had inwardly speculated. She hoped that her conclusion was accurate, the hope itself a placebo that was casting a flicker of warmth in her veins.

When she got close enough to the light she became puzzled. Before her was what looked to be an ancient burial urn. But it was casting it's own light as if it were a lamp.

She tried to reach out to touch it, awed by it's complexity and improbability. The light the urn gave off flickered momentarily and suddenly she found herself propelled away from it. Her body crashing into a wall behind her. She fell limp to the ground. The light now a good ten feet away from her.

"You shall not desecrate that which is mine to covet. You shall not unearth this location. Your inward compass will become askew and you will only falter in all endeavors to discover this space. If you quest for this relic you will only find yourself and those you hold dear in eternal pain and suffering."

Several pairs of skeletal hands grasped her body sharply. The tapered boney fingers stabbing painfully into her flesh. Her eyes roamed over the darkness, seeking out to visually discern what was assaulting her.What her eyes could not see her touch and ultra awareness detected. She momentarily caught sight of a skull in her peripheral vision. She truly was being mauled by aggressive animated bodies of bones. Why were they animated? What caused these skeletal beings to awaken from their deathly slumber?

Then a larger entity pushed it's way into her sight. He was the greatest skeletal creature of all both in size and presence. But where the others had vacant dark hollowed eyes. This one's eyes were aglow with a spectral light within. The glow a similar bluish white to the one that the urn projected.

"You shall not desecrate that which is mine to covet. Remember this insignificant whelp. For if you were to pursue it my skeletal army will come after you all. This pain you may feel now, it is but a grain of sand compared to what would be in store for you."

The figure pointed back to the urn. "Remember that you and your friends lives are trivial in the grand scheme of things. You shall not become ambitious enough to search for this object. If you do there will be dire consequences." The sinister voice echoed against the dimensional space of the bleak yawning cavern.

Mai's body propelled from her state of slumber. Her skin saturated in sweat, and her nightgown sticking to her due to the dampness. She shivered at the chill of the room. "First I dream of ghosts, now I dream of skeletons? Although skeletons is definitely better then zombies..."

She briefly remembered the case of the cursed house and the drowned victims that were reanimated. Whatever was warning her in her dreams was probably just as dangerous as that case. If she searched out this relic then she was sure someone close to her would probably die...

Chapter 1

Although Naru had left with his brother, Gene, Mai's life didn't just stop. Her dreams continued onward just without her spirit guide. Gene had came to her while he was in a coma during her dreams. She had been convinced that her dream Naru was simply the side he didn't show to the general populace. But apparently that hadn't been completely accurate.

Naru did have a hidden side that was loving and considerate, she was convinced of that much. She was convinced that she fell for that side of him she knew was hidden. But when she admitted her feelings, when she took that chance...he didn't reciprocate. He didn't refuse her affections. He merely asked "me or Gene?"

The question had stunned her to immobility. She couldn't fault his logic, because it was a good point he made. She very well could have been misdirecting her feelings she had for Gene, and confused herself into thinking it was Naru she loved. Four years had passed since that day of confusion and heartbreak.

Mai had felt her latent psychic talents were a gift, and she didn't want to give up on her ability after a great portion of SPR left. Her greatest concern at first had been finances, without her job she could not afford the apartment she lived in. But then emotional abandonment kicked in a few days later. She felt like an emotionless zombie; merely going through the motions of day to day life. She rationalized with herself that the reason she was so down in the dumps was because she had loved her job and the cases she went on. She mourned over the fact that she couldn't go to college for parapsychology like she wanted too. But she became bound and determined to at least continue on a career path using her gift.

Mai became the glue that held the family together. She had convinced her SPR family that just because Naru, Lin, and Gene had left them behind did not mean they could not pursue their own venue to utilize their unique gifts. So they had decided to form their own psychic phenomenon facility. The hardest part to work out was finances. But Ayako told her not to give it a second thought and fronted the money for the company. They named it Psychic Research Investigators.

PRI went on cases just like SPR but they also did other things for the community. John gave the group the idea to open an orphanage/training facility for psychic youth. It had been discovered in recent research that parents that gave birth to psychic children many times were frightened of them. They either thought that their abilities were demonic, inhuman, or they just were plain scared out of their minds.

Because of the need of a large facility PRI had been opened in an old school building. Originally the building had been haunted and the PRI team, before officially establishing their name, cleansed it and purchased it afterward. There actually was still a few spirits floating around, they weren't malevolent however. In fact Masako said one or two viewed themselves more as 'guardians' for the group.

A few new members were added to the team so there would always be someone left behind to train and watch over the children. This included two other psychics.

Fukui Atsuko had the gift of clairsentience, or empathy would be an easier term to understand. Her ability was greatly appreciated when it came to the children in their care since she could understand their needs without having to ask. But there were also times when the team couldn't decipher the intent behind a spirit on a case this was where they called upon Atsuko to help them out.

Hashimoto Daichi was gifted with a very specific clairvoyance. He was able to sense other psychics around him in a 32 km (20 mi) radius. The ability doubled in strength and radius when a psychic was in trouble. As a result, Daichi had found five orphaned psychics in the six month duration of his time with the company.

Akiyama Katsuo was the only new member who was not a psychic. But he had talents that were needed at times. He had went to college to become a psychiatrist but funds fell through when he was only a year away from getting his degree. His studies had focused on psychiatric healing through hypnosis. Therefore Katsuo became important on cases where it was possible an adolescent was a latent psychic, much like Mai's first case with SPR.

Katsuo had planned on becoming a child psychiatrist. He felt great love an affection towards children. Because of said affection and emotional knowledge of a child's psyche it was an easy fit for him to spend most of his time with the children that were housed in the orphanage.

John also spent most of his time with the children. He claimed to have been excommunicated from the church when they discovered he had been performing exorcisms without their permission. But it was more then that. John had left during his spiritual preparation in seminary. He had learned how to perform the exorcisms and soon thereafter moved to Japan. He lived in Kyoto for a year before posing as a fully ordained priest. His Kansai accent was picked up during the year he lived there. His ability to exorcise those possessed had not diminished, in fact, it had grown. But he only took part on cases when they needed his expertise.

Osamu Yasuhara now worked as a research assistant at a local newspaper. He grew to love research so much he made a career out of it. But because Yasu wasn't needed much on the actual cases he was mostly just an outside research resource for the team. But working at a newspaper was the perfect facility to work in to conduct that research on his downtime. His boss knew about his side job and didn't mind. His only stipulation was that the newspaper could get one of their reporters to question the team if the case became newsworthy.

Monk's band unfortunately split up a year ago. So he now devoted his full time to the cases and orphanage. He took it upon himself to be the lead on most cases unless he felt it was somehow out of his line of expertise. His help on the cursed house case the July before Lin, Naru, and Gene left actually gave him a good background to be the lead of cases. The only person he had trouble bossing around was Ayako.

Matsuzaki Ayako spent equal time between the hospital and PRI. She grew to love most of the children she worked with and while she wasn't great at teaching them the psychic side she taught them to never be afraid of their power. She taught them meditation to help ground those powers that were too fierce in concentration.

Hara Masako still did most of her work on camera. She came in PRI about once a month to either work on a case or train the children. The 'guardians' flocked to her when she would be there. Mai was convinced that a couple of the spirits had a thing for Masako. The weird thing was whenever Mai mentioned this Masako would blush and deny it.

Romantically the only people employed at PRI Mai was certain were together was Ayako and Monk. They still fought most of the time but when they thought no one was looking they were usually cuddling or kissing. Mai thought it was really sweet but she teased them often. They considered her their little sister, it was in her job description.

Mai sighed to herself. She folded her arms across her chest and reminisced over the past. She now knew who she truly loved. It hadn't taken her long to figure out her feelings. But now she would probably never see him again.

The phone rang and Mai went to pick up the receiver. "You've reached the office of Psychic Research Investigators this is Mai speaking how may I help you?"

"Hello, Mai, I'd like to hire your team for a case."

Mai took a deep breath and responded as cordially as she could muster to the voice on the other end. "Hello, Dr. Davis, when should I schedule the appointment to meet with you?"

Regarding John, I read as much of the manga as I could which left off in the middle of a case at a school house where they were locked in. I didn't really understand what I read about John but I deciphered that he wasn't actually a priest at all. I don't know if this is right or not but I hope putting John in a role like this won't upset anyone.

This story will have numerous cases, in office problems, romance, and one huge paranormal problem always on the cusp of the story. Please review I'd like to hear what you think.