Hi everyone, I decided to rewrite this story into a less cringey one haha. I hope you enjoy this one as much as you have enjoyed the original version. I kept a lot of the original story but included a more in depth background to some things that were way too vague. I'll be trying my best to finish this story and give fast updates however nothing is promised. I hope you will continue to support my work in the future.

Thank you.

Mai's POV.

"Ok guys, that's it for today! Great job everybody!" said the director. I walked over to Masako

"You were great Masako!" I said, Masako smiled

"Thanks Mai, are you hungry? Let's go get something to eat." she said

"Sure that sounds great, I'm starving!"

Hi, my name is Mai Taniyama, I'm 20 years old. I used to work for Naru a.k.a. Kazuya Shibuya a.k.a. Oliver Davis, as an assistant in Shibuya Psychic Research, SPR for short; however, 4 years ago my ex-boss turned out to be the famous paranormal researcher and psychic, Oliver Davis. After coming to find his dead brother Eugene Davis, he left back to England. And after my whole-hearted confession, he told me that I was in love with his brother, DEAD brother I might add, and left. After crying for hours on end, I came to realize that I didn't love his brother, and that the most narcissistic, tea-addicted genius was wrong for once! But he was gone and I was pissed at his assumption. That idiot of a scientist broke my heart! The only one who knew and actually could compare to me was Masako, she even helped me get a job. Well, more like offered me a job to work by her as her assistant. We became close, like sisters. I still keep contact with everyone from SPR. We all see each other at least once a week or more if we weren't too busy.

Mai's POV.

"I'll have the salad" Masako said to the waiter. We were at a restaurant not far from the studio.

"So Mai, you did very well today on figuring out that spirits feelings, it helped a lot" She said. You see recently Masako has been making me use my powers to help her out with her shows, and that means to be on camera, live O.O

"Oh, your welcome, it was really terrible to hear about how that women was murdered, but I'm glad she was able to move on." I told her.

"Here you go ladies." the waiter gave us our orders. Of course I noticed the wink he sent my way. I smirked, guys were always trying to flirt with me. It gets annoying sometimes, but then I think 'ha! take that Naru! And you kept making fun of my UN-attractiveness' I frowned, remembering my old boss and how he used to rile me up with his insults. Masako notice the change in my mood.

"Your thinking about him again, aren't you?" She asked

"Huh? Of course not, why would I, he's gone. It's been four years, I'm completely over him!" I defended, crossing my arms. Masako just rolled her eyes, she knew I was lying

"Anyways, what did Mr. Kyoshi tell you, it looked important" I said trying to change the subject. Mr. Kyoshi is one of the producers for Masakos' show.

"Oh, he was telling me about a convention in London that he wanted me to visit."

"Oh! That sounds so cool, are you going to go?"

"I think so, would you like to accompany me?"

"Sure! That would be amazing, thanks Masako!"

" I was also thinking of inviting the others to come along, I mean, why not. It is about the paranormal, I think they would be interested." She said.

"Yeah, I bet they would love to come!" I told her. She wiped her mouth with her napkin. We finished and paid our bill.

"Very well then, would you please call the others and tell them about it Mai" she asked me.

We were walking down the street headed towards our apartment.

After finding Gene's body and coming back to Tokyo I found out that my apartment building was going to be renovated so I had nowhere to go. Naturally, everyone offered their place for me, but Masako was pretty persistent on having me as her roommate so I ended up living with her. My used-to-be apartment building was finished after a couple of months and I told Masako that I can move back to my place but she refused to let me live and I quote "that hideous, horrendous place they call a living compartment" so now I'm living with Masako in an apartment that we pay together. Yea, she insisted on paying herself but I had to refuse that offer, I was not about to let the girl pamper me. No matter how good that sounds, I still have my pride.

"Sure, I'll call them when we get home"

We were still walking on the sidewalk, we spent the rest of the walk talking and laughing, I have to say, I'm kind of glad that me and Masako finally had a chance to become the friends I've always wanted to be. When we got back to our apartment, I got the phone and started dialing everybody's' phone number. After a few excited screams from Ayako and Monk they both agreed. Yasu and John also agreed to come.

"Hey Masako, when's the convention?" I asked from the kitchen, I was making us some tea.

"It's this coming week, so you should pack enough clothes for about a week and a half" she told me while I handed her the tea she said a small 'thank you'

"So, we'll be there be there for a week and a half huh? Hey! You think we can go sightseeing? I always wanted to see 'Big Ben'."

my eyes were sparkling with excitement.

"I suppose so, we will have enough time." she said sipping her tea

"Also maybe we can check out Cambridge university."

"You think so? i don't know I'm not even sure I can get in, let alone afford the tuition."

"You never know, you could try to apply for some loans and get a job there. You can definitely do it mai. You graduated from Toyo university early and I bet that would look impressive on your application."

" I guess we could go have a look around." I sighed, I felt so unsure about moving to another country, away from everyone but Cambridged also has a great parapsychology program. I worked hard to graduate from school early and if it wasn't for Yasu's help and everyone's support I wouldn't have been able to do it. I should at least try and see if I could make it in. Maybe it won't be so bad, yea! I can do this! "Ok great! I'll go pack right now!" I told her standing from my chair and heading to my room.

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Masako's POV.

I let out a small laugh as I watched Mai leave the room, excited to go to London. what are the odds that we would meet Davis-san there? I hope Mai can handle herself if the time came to where she would have to see him again, she denies she's still in love with him but she's a terrible liar. Everyone can see she still has feelings for him. I thought as I sipped my tea. Then I heard a crash.

"Mai are you alright?" I asked getting up from my seat and setting down my tea cup.

" Huh? Oh,yea I just bumped into my cup of tea and it broke" she said. I stared at her on the floor, I chuckled, then the room was filled with our laughs. I helped Mai up. she dusted herself off then looked at me, she chuckled and hugged me. My breath hitched, she couldn't have read me so easily I thought as she pulled away, I looked up at her

" I'll be fine Masako, you don't have to worry about me, I'm a big girl...I'm going to go make some more tea." she said exiting the room, but before she left she said "besides, what are the chances we will see him anyways." my eyes widened, then they slowly went back to normal. she getting better at reading people's thoughts, she is truly one amazing girl I thought

"THANK YOU!" I heard her say from the kitchen. I chuckled, she was good at this, but we need to set some ground rules as I exited the room.

"No more reading my mind Mai" I told her, she looked at me and smiled

"Ok fine, I won't anymore" I nodded my head and was going to my room to pack " Oh, and Masako before I stop, you should really tell John how you feel" I blushed furiously, my eyes narrowed

"Mai..." I said, her eyes widened. The rest of the house was filled with screams and laughs.

Mai's POV

~5 minutes earlier ~

I bounced around my room happily as I grabbed my suitcase, I heard Masako's thoughts, am I really that obvious? Will we encounter Naru while visiting England? Oh man, I started to freak out. I felt my heart racing and my head started to pound as a flood of emotions overcame me and it built up inside until all of a sudden it was released like a damn. I heard a loud crash and look to my left to see that my teacup had flown towards the wall and broke into pieces. Oh shit! My abilities have developed over the years after Naru left. Although they are really cool, I have no idea how to use them! They usually just happen randomly, I'm barely getting used to reading people's thoughts. Sometimes it shuts off and at other times it's a headache to be listening to what everyone is thinking. My telekinesis, or at least that's what I've come to believe what it is, goes out of control sometimes. I tried figuring out a way to manage it but it resulted in a lot of shattered cell phones, watches, cups, Etc. And it's safe to say that I am a bit nervous to try again, if only Gene was here to help me understand it all.

"Mai, are you alright?" Masako asked from the other room.

"Oh yeah I just bumped into my cup of tea and it broke" I responded. I haven't had the nerve to tell Moscow or anyone about my telekinetic ability. Looking at the pieces of the white teacup, I vowed to myself that I have to let someone know. Maybe they can help me control it or give me some advice on how to deal with this pressing issue. Masako came to the room and looked at the broken teacup she giggled behind her kimono sleeve and I joined in the laughter. Masako is probably worried about me. So I went to hug her, letting her know that I appreciate her and to assure her that I was fine. Although I wasn't completely sure myself, at least I can try to put her at ease. I'll be fine Roscoe I told her as I pulled away at least, I hope I will be. be.

~The next coming week~Japanese Airport~Mai's POV.

"Hey guys!" Monk said spotting Masako and I

"Hey Monk!" I greeted while he took me into a bone crushing hug.

"It's been so long Mai! I've missed you so much!" he said nuzzling my head.

"We saw each other last Friday Monk." I said sweat-dropping *THWACK*! Ayako's purse made contact with the back of Monks' head.

"OWWW!" Monk screamed holding his head and releasing me from a near death experience.

"You almost killed her, you stupid Monk!" Ayako said. "I did not! Mai loves my hugs, you old hag." he said with his hands on his hips and his chest out.

"Um, come on guys were gonna miss our flight." I said trying to break up the fight.

We got onto the plane and put our luggage on top of our seats in the small compartments. I sat next to Masako who sat near the window. Ayako sat next to John, who sat across from Masako and I. Monk and Yasu sat in front of me and Masako, and Yasu sat near the window. Monk was trying to keep his distance from Yasu, who was currently trying to cuddle with Monk, and he was failing miserably. I chuckled at the sight, Ayako was wearing a sleeping mask while John read his bible. I looked over to Masako and gave her a wink and tilted my head towards John. She blushed and frowned at me, she gave 'humph' sound and turned her head away from me. I laughed.

~ few hours later~

Me and Masako were talking about the trip.

"There's going to be a lot of interesting research displays and demonstrations." Masako told me.

"Ooooh! I can't wait, I wonder if Ron Bard is going to be there or Hans Holzer. Ahhh I'm so excited!" I told her. She smiled at me.

" I see you were actually focusing on your studies in college, I guess you did grow a brain." she said. I pouted and crossed my arms

"Of course! I wasn't completely stupid you know, I had the capability to be smart" I said, she smirked.

"So you admit you were stupid before" she said holding her sleeve to her mouth. I blushed in embarrassment

"Jeez, you sounded like Na-*cough cough*" I cut off my sentence before I could say the name I had come up for a certain someone who I now loath. Masako looked at me and I can see the sorrow in her eyes

"Mai I'm sor-" I cut her off

"It's fine Masako, like I said before I'm fine" I smiled at her, she gave me a small small, but I knew she didn't believe me, I didn't believe me! "I think we should get some rest, good night Masako" I told her adjusting myself on my chair

"Goodnight Mai, sweet dreams" she said before I fell into a deep sleep and darkness overcame my world.

~Dream~

I stood there in a black abyss. I looked around but found no source of light. I knew what these dreams were, they were my psychic dream. "Hello? is anyone here? come on ~~~Oh psychic beings~~~ what do you have to show me today!" i sang and danced around like some delirious-crazed psycho woman, yet no one answered. "Hello?" I called out again. "hello" someone replied, my breathing increased, I actually didn't expect someone to answer. "um, where are you? I can't see you. " I told them "help me" they said. "what's wrong? are you ok? are you hurt? Answer me. Tell me where you are." I said staring into the black nothingness "help me!" it screamed and non-human sound. I covered my ears, the sound was too much. Then it stopped all of a sudden. I uncovered my ears and tried looking around me for something, anything that would indicate life. then i saw a faint light, I tried touching it, when I finally reached it everything around me was turning white and I knew I was waking up from my dream. but before I completely awoke I heard the same voice say "don't trust him, he killed me! don't trust him!"

~End of Dream~

I bolted up from my chair and collided with someone's head. I opened my eyes to see that my victim was Masako. she looked mad, hehe woops! I did knock her on the head with breathed in and out and she looked much more calmer. she looked at me.

"Mai what's wrong?" she asked, starting to get worried.

"Huh? Oh nothing's wrong, just a dream, don't worry about it. I'm fine." I told her.

She didn't look satisfied with my answer, but before she could interrogate me any further, Monk told us that the plane was preparing to land and to get ready. After landing, we got up to collect our luggage. Everyone was at the airport, we were making sure everyone had their luggage.

"Ok, so Mai(here!), Masako(present), John(here), Ayako(right here you old man!) and Yasu(I'm here my love!)" Monk shuddered after Yasu's response, everyone was called for, we headed out of the airport. When we exited the building, we were in awe, well all except Masako(I'm guessing she's been to England before), the place was huge and was crawling with people of different places. After desperately trying to get a cab we succeeded in getting one. We got two, seeing as how we couldn't fit in one little cab. Ayako, Masako and I left in one while Monk, Yasu, and John road in another. I gave John the direction of our hotel beforehand, so that they wouldn't get lost in traffic.

Thankfully I learned English in college, so I'm pretty fluent. Plus, it's required for my job. After all I am Masako's right-hand woman, I need to be able to communicate with Masako's acquaintances when she isn't around.

"Please go to this address." I told the cab driver. He looked at me and I smiled, I saw a hint of blush when he looked at me

"Y-Yes ma'am" he stuttered and started the car and we drove off. A few minutes later, we arrived at our destination. I thanked the man and gave him his money, his face was as red as a tomato. Ayako noticed, we got off the cab and the man insisted on helping us get our bags out of the trunk. Ayako smirked, after the man left, Ayako turned to me.

"We-heh-hell, Mai your quite the catch here aren't you, I saw the way the cab man looked at you." she said smirking, I blushed, then it slowly went away after getting the greatest idea. I smirked.

"Well, they do have good taste, unlike the guys who you think look at you, Ayako." I grinned at Ayako's now pissed off face but before she could blow up, another cab pulled towards the sidewalk of the hotel and out came Yasu hanging onto Monk and John smiling sheepishly. I grabbed my stuff and headed towards the entrance. I went over to the front desk.

"Hello, welcome to the Golden Lion,do you have a reservation?" the front desk lady said to me

"Yes" I said.

"Ok, what's your name Miss?" she asked

"Mai Taniyama." I told her.

"Ok, Ms. Taniyama, you have two master-bedrooms, here are your keys, please enjoy your stay at the Golden Lion." she said handing me to keys to our bedrooms.

"Thank you" I said grabbing my stuff and heading towards the gang, who were amazed by the huge lobby.

"Ok guys. Monk, Yasu and John are sharing one room while Ayako, Masako and I are sharing the other." I told them handing the guys their key. I looked down at my watch, "We have about two hours before the convention starts,so should we go get some rest and go to the convention later?" I asked looking up, but the only one I saw was Masako. I sweat-dropped, they all scattered, exploring the hotel..

"Well i'm exhausted, so I think imma go take a nap, you wanna come Masako?" I asked looking at my best friend.

"No thank you, I think I'm going to visit the garden on the roof, I hear it's rather beautiful." she said holding her sleeve to her mouth. I smiled.

"Ok, well can you come wake me up in a half an hour?" I asked. she nodded. "Alright, see ya Masako" I said entering the elevator

~~~~Hotel room~~~~

I entered our room and what I saw blew my mind! The king sized bed was in the middle of the room and was draped with golden and white sheets. it was big enough to fit all three of us, which was convenient because I did not want to sleep on the floor. I dropped my bags and went to investigate the rest of the room. I entered the bathroom, and it was the most amazing bathroom I have ever seen. The bathtub had crown designs on the basis, while the toilet had a design on the rim at the bottom. The sink had hand towels neatly folded, there were mini soaps on the soap holder near the sink. The cabinet next to the sink held body towels(also neatly folded). The floor had a golden rug while the walls were covered with sparkling tiles. I exited the bathroom and headed towards the walk-in-closet, it was big enough to hold even Ayakos' clothes. After admiring the room I started to unpack and decided to take a nap afterwards. After settling in, I jumped on the bed sighing in pleasure. I closed my eyes in content and let the darkness overcome me.

!#$%^&*(DREAM!#$%^&*()

I was standing in the same black abyss before, except this void seemed to hold something familiar. I couldn't describe it, but somehow I felt safe, unlike the last time when that eerie voice kept screaming. I paused, why don't I hear that voice anymore, am I somewhere different? I thought as I looked around. Then as I turned I saw the one person I'd never thought I'd see again.

"...Gene"

I breathed out, I didn't even know I held in my breath

"Hi Mai" he smiled at me, "How are you doing?" he asked. I stood there dumbfounded. Wasn't he supposed to have moved on? Why is he here, now, of all times? I blinked back to reality.

"Uhum, I've been good actually...um what are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to have moved on when Na-Oliver brought you back to England?" I said, remembering that "Naru" isn't "naru" anymore he's Oliver Davis.

"Oh, well I came to warn you Mai, you have to be careful, you shouldn't trust the people around you so easily" He said with a serious face that reminded me of Na-Oliv-that bastard.

"Yea, tell me about it, I trust someone and find out he's actually someone else. Trust me I've learned my lesson." I told him crossing my arms and shifting my weight to my right leg. He frowned.

"I see you haven't gotten over that." he said.

" No, I've gotten over that, I just used that as my example." I told him what am i saying? of course I haven't gotten over him, he broke my heart and yet when I think of him, my heart aches to see him-gahh! what am I thinking! It's been four years, four fucking years! how pathetic! get yourself together Mai! I thought. He smirked.

"Of course, so have you gotten over my dear baby brother?" he asked.

"Like I said, I got over that, him included" I said putting the emphasis on HIM. he laughed. I pouted he doesn't believe me! of course he doesn't. I am lying. I still love him, and miss him and I want to see him, but hell would freeze over before I admit that to anyone. I thought frustrated. ok change of subject!

"Anyways, why the warning? what's going on Gene?" he stopped laughing and looked at me with a straight face gahh that face! I thought trying to focus on the matter at hand.

"Mai, there are some people that you will meet. I can't tell you when you will meet them or how but you can not trust them. If you do, you will find yourself in deep trouble." he said.

"Wow that's a big help." I said sarcastically. he sighed and slumped his shoulders forward.

"Just trust me on this ok?" he said

"But Gene, didn't you tell me not to trust anybody?" I said smirking. he pouted and let out an aggravated sigh, I laughed. "Ok Gene I will trust your words." I said, " I should wake up now, I have somewhere to go soon." I told him. He smiled

"Ok I will see you later," he said turning to walk away, " oh Mai can you do me another favor?" he asked, I nodded "Kick my brothers ass for being an idiot when you see him." He said, I was about to question him about the sudden favor but I awoke from my evening slumber.

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