Hey, guys! I hope you'll like my storty. The story continues after the novels and Mai knows who Gene is.

Enjoy!

The Unforgiven:

Chapter one:

Mai Taniyama, 17 years old and late. Pretty LATE. Too LATE. She ran down the main street of Shibuya and had to apologise to a car, she didn't see. The driver screamed something after her, but she didn't hear it, because she started running again. It was a sunny day in October and the trees had already red and yellow leaves. Naru's going to kill me, Mai thought. He just re-employed her a week ago, after he came back to Japan. Mai waited over six months for his return and started to forget about him, but then he just called her.

Flashback:

Mai was exhausted. She had a very bad day and she just wanted to take a long bath and go to bed, when her phone rang.

„Hello, Taniyama Mai speaking?"

„Mai."

Mai got chills.

„N-N-aru?"

„Thanks, I know my name."

The gentleman as always...

„I just called, because I'm going back to Japan, because of the research and I don't want to look for a new assistant. Would you like to work for me again?"

„W-work? For you? AGAIN?" Mai couldn't believe what she just heard.

Naru sighed.

„That's just what I said, Mai. I'm going to pay really good."

Of course she wanted to work for him again. She waited too long for him.

End of Flashback

Mai reached the door of the office and as soon as she entered...

CRASH

„Taniyama-san, are you okay?"

„Huh, nani?"

Mai then realised, that she lied on the floor and her head started aching.

„Ouch!"

Lin stood over her and offered her a hand.

„Arigato, Lin-san."

„Mai, you're late." It was the voice of our favourite narcissist.

„Sorry, Naru. I couldn't catch the bu-"

„Tea."

Mai clinched her fists but went to the small kitchenette to prepare some black tea. She knocked on Naru's office door and gave him his tea.

Naru looked up from his file.

„I want you to call everyone, we got a new case."

„Okay." Mai smiled at him and she didn't expect him to smile back.

She looked into his beautiful blue eyes and he rased an perfectly shaped eyebrow.

„Is there anything else, you want?"

Mai turned red. „Uhm, n-no."

Mai turned red and headed out of the door.

Naru smerked.

It's very entertaining to have her back. He shook his head as he realised that he had really missed her. I'm getting too sentimental, hanging out too much with Mai.

„Mai-chan! Long time no see!"

Takigawa gave Mai a huge bear hug.

„Bou-san, c-can't breath."

„Give it a rest, you crush her." The red-haired Miko slapped him on his occiput.

„Easy, guys." John wanted to smooth them and sweatdropped.

Masako just drank her tea patiently.

Naru cleared his throat to gain attantion.

„I didn't call you to kill my assistant."

Mai blushed and Bou-san let her go.

„As Mai already told you, we got a new case. This case will be different than any other cases before."
Mai and Bou-san looked at each other.

„I was called by the principal of Takeshi boarding school in Okinawa. There were students attected by fliying chairs and other things in broad daylight. I'm only telling this once: You're not allowed to go around by yourself. Is that clear?"

Everyone gulped because of Naru's ice-tone, but they nodded.

The van was big enough for all of them, because Lin drove the other van with the equipment. Takigawa drove the others, John sat next to him. Behind them sat Mai next to Naru. She was really tried, so she couldn't help falling asleep. She didn't noticed that her head bumped against Naru's shoulder.

Bloop, Bloop...

Mai was in a big ballroom.

Bloop, Bloop...

It smelled like iron. She looked down and saw, that she weared a rose dress.

Bloop, Bloop...

She looked at her hands and her eyes widened. They were bloodstained and she sat in a huge pool of blood. Next to her lied a young girl, who she recognised as her best friend.

Bloop, Bloop...

She wanted to scream, but she couldn't.

She saw a shadow behind her and turned around. There stood a man. She could omly see his mouth.

He smiled.

Bloop, Bloop...

Blood ran down the big knife he held in his left hand. He raised it and started lauging like a mainiac. „Sweet dreams, Sakura..."

„AAAAAAHHH!"

„-ai, Mai!"

Someone shook her shoulders.

It was Naru.

Mai stopped screaming but she couldn't stop her tears.

„Naru!"
Without thinking, she wrapped her arms around his waist.

Naru stunned. He didn't know what to do.

As he heard Mai sobbing, he sighed inwardly and slowely put down his arms on the girl's back.

„There, there was so much blood...", she began but started sobbing even harder.

„It's okay, Mai." He tried to comfort her.

He didn't want her to put under pressure, but maybe her dream was related to the new case.

He sighed.

„You can tell me your dream should go outside, the others are waiting."

Mai then noticed that they were alone in the van and blushed slightly.

They went outside and she couldn't believe her eyes. She never saw a larger mansion.

It looked like a castle with two big towers and a huge front garden. It remembered her of „sleeping beauty" because of the climbing roses on the windows.

„Wow..." Was all she could say.

„Close your mouth, Mai. You're looking very dense like that."

Mai pouted.

Although Naru would never admit it, he thought, Mai was really cute.

„Is this really a boarding school?

„Yes, and the student's parents have to pay very high school fees. Come on, we have to work and I need tea."

„Sooo, Mai-chan. What were you and Naru doing, alone in the van?"

Mai blushed at Takigawa's question.

„N-nothing, really."

He grinned mischievously.

"Mai, tea."
She would have never thought, that she would appreciate those two words one day.