THE NEXT DAY AT SPR HEAD QUARTERS:

I heard the bell dingle as someone entered the headquarters of SPR. I glanced up, ready to be cheerful to the customer, but I stopped, and my face dropped immediately.

"Cole?" I asked, surprised.

The man smiled pleasantly at me, and took a step forward.

"Yes. It's been a day or so, hasn't it?" He asked.

I quickly turned angry. Whatever he was doing, he had no business here.

"What do you want?" I asked.

He took a step farther into the office, and I could tell that he had Alex and Jacob behind them. They were completely different from who I use to know.

"Is Noll in?" He asked casually, and then began walking around the office, taking in every bit of detail that he could manage. I wanted him out. Now.

"No. But you can leave. You have no business here." I said coldly.

He stopped in front of me, and frowned, but I didn't flinch away.

"Is Lin here?"

I stared right into his clouded green eyes. I didn't know what he wanted from Lin, but as I opened my mouth, Lin came out of his office.

"Is there a problem, Taniyama-san?" He asked coolly.

I breathed a sigh of relief as Cole stepped away, and approached Lin, who refused to move. Alex and Jacob walked in. Cole smiled evilly, and hit Lin on a pressure point. I had never seen something like that take Lin down, but he was out like a light within seconds before he hit the ground. I dropped my tea cup, and covered my mouth in horror. I looked up, eyes wide as Alex approached me. I knew I was next.

"NO!" I screamed and threw my file at him. I turned to run away, but instead, I tripped over the coffee table, and landed on my rear end. Alex was almost on top of me before I kicked him right where it counted, and I got up to run for the kitchen.

"Get her!" I heard Cole growl as I slammed the door shut.

I looked around for knives, or anything to use at this point. I found the warm kettle, still full of hot water and still hot itself. I grinned. This would do perfectly. The door busted open, and Alex walked in following Jacob.

"Now Mai, let's be reasonable…" He started, and advanced to me.

I threw the hot water in his face, and he screamed in pain. I threw the hot pot at Jacob, and ran past quickly. I spotted the exit, and began to rush for it, only to have strong arms wrap around my waist, and take the breath out of me. I struggled from Cole, and then felt a sting on my face. I stopped struggling, and looked up to see who had hit me. It was Jacob. Before I could react, a cloth was pressed to my face, covering my nose and mouth. I wanted to scream out for help, anything, but my body began to betray me as I feel unconscious.

My feet hit the concrete hard, and echoed throughout the empty streets. I tried to steady my breathing, trying my best to not over react. But how could I? They have them. They'll kill them both. When I get my hands on that bastard… I shook the murderous thoughts away from my mind. I need to focus on making it in time. I found the empty building, and blasted the door down. How did this all go wrong? There is no possible way… I found the steps, and looked up at the many steps. I sighed. It was a ridiculous amount. I began to practically jump up the steps, skipping one or two at a time. I had reached the top of the steps before I knew it. I flew the door open, and walked out onto the roof top of the building. The wind blew my hair back, and I looked for him. The bastard.

"Naru."

I turned, hearing her voice, and I couldn't help, but widen my eyes at the sight. Alex was standing on the ledge with her, holding a gun to her head. On the other side, Jacob held a gun to Lin's forehead. Alex and Jacob had angry red-looking marks on them. Mai or Lin must've had some part in that. Lin looked bruised and Mai had a cut on her forehead. That bastard. I stared directly at the source of this problem.

"What a pleasant surprise to see you cousin."

I glared at the bastard.

"I would say the same thing Cole, but seeing how the circumstances stand, I'm sure you understand." I said icily.

My cousin smiled, his brown hair blew in the wind, and I could tell that he didn't have any means to harm me. Yet.

"Why?" I asked, knowing I sounded stupid, but I had to know.

He walked up to me, and I didn't flinch as his piggish face was close to mine.

"Because you took something from me. My pride, my title, my money."

I did all I could to keep from rolling my eyes.

"You're a liar. You were using people to make money. I didn't take anything from you. I saved you from it."

He smirked, and took a step away.

"It doesn't matter now. It's all gone. Everything I worked for. So, as payment, I'm going to give you a little bit of a choice."

He started walking towards his captives, and went directly to Lin.

"So, cousin, I have a proposition. Because you took something from me, I'm going to do the same so we'll be equal." He looked at Lin in the eyes, and I could tell Lin was itching to hit him. He stalked over to Mai, and reached a hand up to her face. She flinched away from him, and closed her eyes. He stroked it, and watched her reaction. My hands coiled into fists when I heard her whimper. I knew he's already hurt her and scared her enough.

"So pretty." He whispered to her. He turned back to me, that horrible glint in his eyes.

"You get to chose which one lives and which one doesn't. Your life long friend, or your little pretty assistant. Which one?"

I stopped. There was no way he would kill them. Would he? I didn't doubt him at all. I looked at Mai, her eyes were wide, and over to Lin, who held the same pissed off look.

"Cole, you wouldn't." I said smoothly, hoping there would be a way to talk him out of it.

"I wouldn't? Please, enlighten me?" When I didn't respond, his smile grew wider. "I thought so. You see, dear cousin, when you left after you revealed and ruined me, I learned to toughen it up. So, that's what I'm doing."

My anger boiled.

"Have you killed a person before then, Cole?"

He smiled.

"You're about to find out. Choose which one."

I looked at them both, and shook my head.

"You don't want to do this.'

"I'm counting to five. One."

My mind raced. I could relieve them of their guns and…

"Two."

I looked back and forth at them, incase if I did have to make a choice.

"Three."

I shot a look at Lin. He nodded his head, and I quickly made a decision.

"Four."

He raised a gun, and pointed it at Mai.

"Five."

As soon as the gun shot off, I focused on the bullet, and it stopped dead cold. All of the guns were raised in the air and thrown over the ledge of the building. Lin attacked Jacob that held him, and the man was knocked onto the ground with one swift kick. Lin pulled his fingers to his lips, and called his spirits. The white lights were guided towards the men that had once held Lin and Mai. I didn't see what became of them though; all my thoughts were focused on Cole. He threw a punch at me, and I moved out of the way. I put my foot out, and tripped him. He fell to the ground, and glared back up at me with as much hate as I had ever seen. The men that Lin's shiki attacked were on the ground, unconscious. Mai was sitting down, eyes wide, watching the scene. I couldn't imagine the shock that she was in. I put a foot down on Cole's stomach, and bent down to his level.

"Don't mess with me. Ever again." I said coldly, I knew my eyes were having the chilling effect I was going for. I punched him as hard as I could, and when he didn't move, I knew he was unconscious like the rest. I looked up at Lin, who was already attending to Mai. He was kneeling in front of her, trying to take care of the gash on her head.

"Are you two alright?" I asked

Both of them looked up. Lin nodded his head, and Mai already had tears welling in her eyes.

"Naru."

She jumped up from her seat, and practically threw herself in my arms. All I could do was hug her. What I wanted to do for a long time.

"You're okay now."

THE END!!!

A/N: So, whaddaya guys think? Classy eh? Anyways, this is the finish of my first real fanfiction! Yeah! You guys are even apart of it! Sorry I didn't finish it with the rest of the crew, but yeah, here it is. I hope I didn't disappoint! And sorry that there wasn't a lot of Naru/Mai moments. I know that some of you had asked for them, but this is the way it played out. I'll try better if I write another one again, I promise. ANYWHO… R&R por favor! And remember- I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

And I also realized I'm lacking a Disclaimer soo…

I DON'T OWN GHOST HUNT!!! If I did, then there would be a season two, and all of the manga online for those poor souls who want to read them (a.k.a. ME!) Oh and there probably would be an AWESOME movie. But that's what I'd do IF I owned it. :P