Unladylike

So with that the SPR team were finally reunited, Kari-san woke up and promptly quit yelling at the others to never ever contact her again, Mai had moved in with the other members seeing as they couldn't decide on who to let the girl live with not to mention it would be safer for her if she didn't stay in the same place in case hunters used her family to get to her, it was decided that they would rotate where and who Mai would stay with. Mai-chan and her father were grateful to the members of SPR for ridding them of the ghost though they refused to re-enter the house choosing to stay at Mai-chan's grandparent's house while they waited for a buyer to take the nightmare house off of their hands.

Once they had collected Mai's stuff from the motel though not before Ayako and Madoka gave the girl a tongue lashing about the life she had been living for the past two years, from the looks of it she only had five sets of clothes, but what did they expect the life of a hunter wasn't one that came with a big pay cheque, that is unless you're professional ghost hunter who hire out their services, choosing what cases to take or not to take, though Bou-san became ecstatic as he spotted her guitar that was lying next to her bag asking her if she could play.

"Of course Bou-san how else would I make money, I play live at bars when I need extra cash, either that or hustle some poor schnook at pool, that's how I bout my highly useful laptop," Mai replied with a laughed.

"Mai that is so unladylike," reprimanded Ayako.

"Then I guess I shouldn't tell you that I can drink the best of them under the table," She replied with a smirk.

The gang then made their way back to their hotel deciding that it was too late to drive home, so now the group were up in the room that the girls shared catching up on old times.

"And remember when Yasuhara told that old guy that he was over a hundred years old and started coming up with events that would of happened in such a life time," laughed Bou-san holding his stomach.

"That was not nearly as funny as when you tried to embarrass me and Yasuhara only for him to embarrass you with flirting," retorted Mai as she doubled over with laughter, John laughing at the memory along with Yasuhara.

"Yea and John's reaction was classic," added Yasuhara earning more laughs.

Mai looked around the room, glad to have her family back, Naru was in the corner playing chess with Gene, he must of said something because Naru's face took on a shade of red.

"So Noll you and Mai huh, I'll tell you she's got a great body," Gene said relishing in Naru's embarrassment.

"Gene," Naru grounded out grinding his teeth.

"Oh don't try to deny it Noll, I know you, and I know that you've fallen head over heels for your assistant since the day you first saw her telling ghost stories," Gene replied with a laugh, Naru spared a sideward glance to the rest of the room to see if anyone was listening and saw that Mai had her ear on the conversation, smirking at her he switched languages speaking to his twin in English knowing only, John, Lin and Madoka could understand him, he briefly thought about Madoka's ability to gossip but thought he would pay her to keep mouth shut by letting Lin off for the day.

"So what if I did?" he asked nonchalantly, Gene knew why his twin had switched languages and chose to play along smirking a knowing smirk.

"See you even admit it, and you know that she loves you," he said still smirking, Naru smirked back.

"Well who wouldn't with my looks," he replied hoping to wipe the smirk off of Gene's face but all he managed to do was make Gene's smirk widen.

"So why don't you tell her."

"I don't need a relationship to distract me from work," Naru replied as he moved his pawn across the board returning Gene's attention to the game.

"You idiot scientist, you're just going to throw her love away?" Gene yelled at Naru making everyone look at the pair. "Or are you too scared to admit that you do have a heart and that it belongs to her," he continued seeing as he got no reply from the other boy.

"What do you want me to say Gene, that I love Mai! That I always have, that the day she went missing I almost killed myself. That if it wasn't for John talking some sense into me I would have done, is that what you want?" Naru shouted knocking their game over. Mai out a hand over her mouth and looked to the others, Ayako, Yasuhara, Bou-san and Masako all had looks of confusion on their faces not being able to speak English, John however had a saddened look on his face. Lin and Madoka however had shocked looks while looking at John for confirmation to which the priest just nodded.

"So you do love her?" Gene asked not flinching at his brothers words.

"Yes I do!! I LOVE MAI!! I'm going to bed," Naru barked as he turned to leave but was stopped by Gene's voice.

"Mai what did you get from Z and the others?" he asked but what was said wasn't what caught Naru's attention, it was the language he said it in, English. He turned to face the girl that his twin was addressing his blood running cold.

"Huh? Oh they're still in my bag......." she trailed off as she realized what Gene had done she turned towards Naru, flinching at the glare he gave her before he continued towards the door, his hand grasped the handle.

"Naru I love you!!" Mai yelled after him in English hoping that he wasn't mad at her. Naru stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to her somehow she had managed to stand directly behind him without anyone noticing, she looked up at him her eyes flicked from brown to violet as her lip trembled waiting for his response, he heard Gene's voice in his head.

"You lost her once Idiot Scientist, don't make the same mistake twice."

He was right, as much as he hated admitting that his twin was right he couldn't lose her again and without thinking he ducked his head down and caught her mouth in a kiss, passion taking over him as he deepened the kiss whilst she ran her hands through his hair, jolts of electricity was sent through both of them, they broke apart gasping for air.

"Mine," he said to her in a possessive way leaning his forehead against hers.

"I love you Naru," Mai whispered softly.

"I love you too," Naru replied as he caught her lips once more before someone clearing their throat caught their attention. They turned to face their audience, each member were smilng or smirking, even Masako which confused Mai, though seeing Mai's confused look she just grasped Johns hand as a way of explaining.

"So Mai I think it's about time we talked about the birds and the bees' ay?" Bou-san joked earning a punch from Ayako.

"Does this mean that you two are a couple now?" Madoka asked with her mobile in hand, Mai looked to Naru not wanting to get her hopes up, Naru looked down to her with a genuine smile as he answered.

"Mai is my girlfriend if that's what you want to know," he replied without turning his head.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" a voice screamed, it took awhile to realized that the voice was coming from Madoka's phone, "My little boy is all grown up, you be on your best behaviour young man, I mean it," the voice continued only to be cut off as the phone changed hands.

"Good luck son, we'll speak to you soon," a male voice said before the line went dead. Naru was struggling not to blush as he rubbed his temple while Mai and the others laughed though Gene had a small smile on his face as heard his parents voices before he interrupted the laughter.

"So Mai what did you get from Z and the others?" he asked repeating his earlier question though this time it was in Japanese so that everyone could understand.

Mai smiled as she grabbed her presents and began ripping the paper off excitedly while Naru rolled his eyes at her behaviour.

"Oh T," she said to herself as she opened the box revealing a new looking mobile phone with a letter explaining that all of her contacts were on there if she ever needed them as well as explaining the modifications he had made to the device and a quick note saying 'and didn't I tell you that these were for your birthday," she laughed he knew her too well.

She moved on to the next present which was from B it was a set of keys and an address to a storage unit that was close to where she originally lived, she'd have to wait for them to get back before receiving her present.

D's present was a leather bound book, opening it she found that it was a log of all the creatures and spells she would need to know about if she continued on the path as a hunter. She moved onto her last present, the one Z had given her, she opened it and her eyes widened before she burst out laughing.

"What is it Mai?" Madoka asked watching the girl laugh hysterically. Mai reached into the box and pulled out her present.

Smurfette. Inside the box was a figure of Smurfette, the others took one lone at the toy before joining in with Mai's laughter, as she put the toy back however Mai caught a glimpse of a white envelop, the only reason she didn't bring it out were because of the words written on the front in neat hand writing.

"Mai Taniyama only" for Z to use her real name meant that he trusted her to abide his wishes meaning that she didn't let anyone else see it as she closed the box with a smile on her face.

"So Mai wanna play us a song?" Bou-san asked as he ruffled her hair affectionately.

"Lay it on me cowboy," Mai laughed back as Bou-san brought out his base and passed her her guitar as the sung the night away, happy that she had found her family again. She wondered how her life was going to continue, she knew that she would never give up hunting no matter what. She was just glad that now she had a reason to make it home, a family to laugh with, and a boyfriend to love. Yeah she was going to enjoy every chance she had with them and she knew Gene would too.

The End for now.

Oh it's the end whaaaaaaaa! I had so much fun writting this, hope you enjoyed it, look out for the sequel and anyone who wants to can put forward ideas I would love to hear what you think should happen, so Bye for now oh and just a quick add on I would like to thank all who reviewed I love you all, you're awesome!