Previously on Ghost Hunt:

"Just for a confirmation, Mei, I want you to do a sweep of the area and let me know if you saw or felt anything," Kazuya ordered, looking down at the black haired beauty.

"Eh?" Kuroda said, confused by the sudden order for the girl. Everyone looked at the girl as she only looked at Kazuya, not bothering to give them a glance. Sensing, everyone's confusion, Kazuya gently placed a hand on Mei-Lin's hand and looked at the rest of them.

"There's one more psychic here, and it's Mei-Lin." Everyone's eyes widened in shock as they looked over at Mei-Lin. There was another one all along

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"Hold on! You're saying your little assistant here is a psychic!" Ayako shouted at Kazuya after Mei-Lin left the room and went to do a search around the school. When Ayako left for a breath of fresh air, she saw Mei-Lin walking around the school touching the walls, with her eyes closed. It wasn't until that she came back into the room that the rest decided to inform her about Mei-Lin being a psychic."Why are we hearing of this now?!" Kazuya didn't bother looking at Ayako and instead focused his attention on the screen where they all watched where Kuroda was supposedly attacked.

"What kind of psychic is that girl anyway? Do you know?" Housho asked looking at Mai. Mai quickly shook her head and hands.

"I'm just as clueless as you are," Mai answered then looked at Kazuya. Honestly, she wasn't expecting Mei-Lin to actually be a psychic, not to mention, there's a chance that Kazuya could be hiding something else.

Kazuya was slowly becoming agitated with the questioning stares. "If you want to know so badly, then ask Mei," Kazuya said, never taking his eyes off the screen.

"B-But..." Mai wanted to protest. While Mai didn't know a lot about Mei-Lin, one thing she knew for sure was that Mei-Lin did not like her. Just as she was going to state exactly why she couldn't ask Mei-Lin, the said girl opened the door to the room and walked in.

"I'm clairsentient," Mei-Lin answered and made her way towards Kazuya.

"Cl-Claire..."Mai attempted to pronounce the word but Mei-Lin said it so fast that all she could get out of it was Claire.

"Clairsentient." Housho corrected her. "It's one of the five abilities in clairvoyance. There clairgustance, clairolfactus, clairaudience, claircognizance, and clairsentient." Housho saw the confused look on Mai's face and decided a further explanation was needed for the girl. "Clairvoyance is the ability to give information about an object, person, location, or physical event through ESP. Clairsentience is when you acquire psychic knowledge primarily by feeling."

"So if she touches something then she can sense a spirit?" Mai asked. She was slowly starting to understand the ability but there were still some things she was unclear about.

"Close but not completely. Clairsentience also allows her to feel the emotional states of others. So if there was a spirit here, she would most likely feel their pain or hatred." Mai nodded her head and looked at Mei-Lin. This girl, who was the same age as she had such a complex ability. If Mai had that type of ability, she would honestly feel a bit scared of going near haunted places because there's no telling what she would feel in there.

"I went to every room and circled the building many times but I didn't get anything," Mei-Lin told Kazuya. "It's as Hara-san says there really isn't anything here." Kazuya leaned back against the desk and looked down in thought. Two out of three girls had confirmed there aren't any spirits here. Another thing is that Mei-Lin no longer sensed the fear and depression she mentioned yesterday, which means the spirits who were here before are most likely gone now.

"We'll need to look more into this then," Kazuya said aloud. He turned around to face the screens and resumed examining them for any strange actions. "Good work Mei."

"Another thing, it seems like Matsuzaki-san is going to start an exorcism. The principal and a few other men are there too." Mei-Lin added.

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"Ok, pay attention. I'll exorcise it, no problem." Ayako said, announcing she was ready to begin the exorcism. She held a confident smile as she stepped toward the Shinto altar she had set up earlier.

"I wonder if she's really able... I guess I may as well check. What about you?" Housho asked looking at Kazuya.

"I've never seen a Shinto-style exorcism. I guess I'll check it out too." Kazuya decided after thinking it over. If anything it could be worth seeing, from a cultural standpoint.

"I've never seen one either." Mei-Lin agreed. She would have seen it many times if her parents weren't so protective of her livelihood. She wasn't allowed to be a part of any type of ghost hunting until she was 13. Everyone stayed on the side and watched in silence as Ayako began to wave her harai-gushi{1} back and forth, chanting her distinct version of Norito.

"I reverently pray for thy presence." She chanted. "Deign to ensconce thyself in this unhallowed place, and purify its many vessels. I ask that my humble plea may be heard, that peace and calm may be granted unto this place."

"What is she saying?" Mai asked curiously.

"You don't know about norito?" Kazuya chided her. He didn't know if it was amazing or annoying how clueless she was about many things.

"Norito?"

"They're like Shinto incantations." Housho summarized. Mai and the rest continued to watch the demonstration, no one noticing the menacing glare from behind. Kuroda watched everyone from the classroom, her eyes focused on the priestess and psychic assistant. They're fakes... I know it...

"May this place be as the High, Heavenly Plain. May the kami{2} from all around come together. Praise be to the goddess Marishiten. I pray thee, descend and grant ys thy divine protection." Ayako waved the harai-gushi one last time and completed the norito prayer. "There will be nothing to worry about now." She declared in a confident tone, turning to face the principal and vice-principal who witnessed the entire ritual. Both men let out a sigh of relief.

"My, very impressive!" The vice principal praised her.

"The expression "divine" fits most perfectly." The principal added. "How shall I put it... it felt heavenly."

"What would you say to a party in your honor tonight?" The vice principal asked her.

"After I've banished spirits from a place, I spend the night there, to keep an eye on it so..." Ayako politely rejected the vice principal's offer.

"I see. You are indeed a pro. Well then, how about lunch somewhere?" The vice principal offered. Housho stretched his arms into the air letting out a small yawn.

"She's finally done." He said. Mai yawned as well unable to help herself after he did it. Mei-Lin glanced over at them and was going to make her way back to the base before she paused mid-step. Her arm was covered in goosebumps and she felt herself trembling. She was feeling a strong emotion and it was malicious. She looked in the direction of where it came from and saw Kuroda watching Ayako from afar with a dark look in her eyes. Her eyes widened and she quickly turned her attention to Ayako.

"Get down! Now!" She shouted. The three of them looked over at Mei-Lin in confusion before they heard a loud crack. Everyone in the room paused when they heard the ominous sound, their eyes beginning to widen as cracks started to spread across the glass on the windowpanes on the front entrance in front of Ayako and the two men.

Ayako quickly got down along with the older men but it was too late as the glass shattered with an explosive force, covering them with shards of glass. Ayako was able to shield her head from the shards but the same couldn't be said for the principals. Quickly, all of them started running towards the victims. "Hey, are you all right?" Housho shouted. Ayako sat up and looked up at him, clearly shaken up. Ayako managed to come out unscathed but the same couldn't be said about the principal and vice principal.

John quickly crouched down and checked on the man, his eyes widening at the sight of blood. "He's bleeding!"

Mei-Lin looked over at the vice principal and saw multiple cuts on him. "Him, too." Hearing that both men were injured, Housho checked on Ayako.

"Are you hurt?" He asked her.

"No," Ayako answered. Mei-Lin looked over at Ayako before she saw the vice principal shift.

"Are you all right? Can you stand?" She questioned him.

"Yes, I'm all right." The vice principal answered. Mei-lin quickly took out her phone and started dialing an ambulance. During the situation, Mai was watching from the side along with Kazuya. Her hands were trembling, shaken up from the incident. What was that?

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"'There will be nothing to worry about now,' huh?" Kuroda asked in a mocking tone. Mei-Lin sat at the computers letting out a small sigh. Currently, it was only Ayako, Masako, Kuroda, and her left at the base while the rest decided to make sure the ambulance got to the area quickly and to make sure the principal was in good hands. However, the moment they stepped into the room the first words that were spoken was Kuroda mocking Ayako's attempt at the exorcism. "Your exorcism didn't take, did it? You even got the Principal hurt." Ayako glared at the girl and grit her teeth in anger, as badly as she wanted to retort she couldn't deny what had just happened.

"That was an accident," Masako stated calmly.

"That's true. I did my part right-" Ayako agreed, relieved to have someone on her side before she was cut off by Masako.

"I did not mean your exorcism worked." Masako clarified. "There were no spirits here, to begin with."

"There are so!" Kuroda retorted angrily. "I was trapped by one of them!" Mei-Lin glanced over at the girl before looking back at her arm, the goosebumps already gone and the trembling stopped. The malicious intent was gone but there was something still there. One thing is for sure, that intent didn't come from a spirit.

"Could it have been a coincidence?" John questioned as he and the rest entered the base.

"Maybe there really is something here. Something strong, that the priestess isn't able to handle." Housho suggested, earning an irked look from Ayako.

"If so, there ought to have been more readings on my equipment," Kazuya explained. Mai leaned against the table, being careful with the shelves and let out a heavy sigh. Man, if only I had some spiritual sensitivity. If I'm the one who summoned the spirits here, I want to be the one to do something about them.

"Huh?" Mai said in confusion, gaining the attention of the others. "That classroom didn't have a chair in the middle of it, did it?"

"That's the classroom on the eastern edge of the 2nd floor," Kazuya said, glancing at the screen.

"Mm-hmm. Yesterday, when I set the camera up there, it wasn't there." Mai explained. "I'm sure of it. I'd remember"

"Did anyone go inside that classroom today?" Kazuya asked, directing his attention to everyone else.

"Nope," Housho answered, glancing over at John. He definitely didn't touch it and it couldn't have been the priest either since he was with them.

"Me, either," John answered. Kazuya looked down in thought before glancing at Mei-Lin. Mei-Lin felt his gaze and turned away from the screen to look him dead in the eyes.

"I only went into the room for a few seconds to see if I sensed anything. I didn't touch anything." She answered, her gaze never leaving his. Kazuya cupped his chin in his hand in thought, looking back at the screen. Kazuya then pressed a button rewinding the tape to see what really happened.

"-Well then, how about we get lunch somewhere?" The vice principals voice played out from the speakers as the footage replayed what happened.

"Get down! Now!" Mei-Lin's voice shouted before the sound of glass breaking and their's scream rang out. That's when the chair started to move. It slowly skidded across the floor into the camera's view before it finally stopped. Mai gasped along with Housho and John as they watched the footage.

"What's going on?" Mai asked Kazuya nervously. Could this actually be...?

"Couldn't it be a poltergeist?" Kuroda asked, but with the way she said it, it came out more like a statement.

"Poltergeist?" Mai questioned, unfamiliar with the foreign word.

"I think it means "noisy ghost" in German," Kuroda said knowingly, adjusting her glasses. "These spirits move things around, and make noises, and such."

"You know your stuff. But I don't think it is." Kazuya responded. "Objects that poltergeists move feel warm to the touch, after all. I don't see any increase in temperature from that chair."

"There's also the fact that there isn't a motive," Mei-Lin spoke up, everyone's attention turning to her. "Poltergeist or not, a spirit often has a motivation for what they do, they have something driving them, an emotion. Yet I didn't get anything from that room. No hatred, no sadness, not even indifference. There aren't any spirits here." Kuroda's eyes narrowed at the girl and opened her mouth to respond but her words were cut off by John.

"Maybe not, but going by Tisane's conditions..." He said. "Is there any other evidence that would let us categorize is as a poltergeist?"

"Tisane?" Mai asked, unfamiliar with the name. Kuroda herself also seemed to be quite confused with the name.

"E. Tisane. He was a French policeman, who classified poltergeisting." Kazuya answered. "Shaking objects, opening, and closing doors, making noises, knocking, and so on. Nine of them in all. If we apply them to the phenomena that have occurred in this school, we have doors closing by themselves, objects moving, and glass breaking, which makes three conditions. I think we lack enough evidence to assume that it's a poltergeist."

"Then what about Kuroda-san being attacked?" Mai suggested, that alone should have been enough to suggest there was something here.

"Yeah, what about that?!" Kuroda demanded. When was this going to be brought up? How could they forget something like that happening to her?!

"She did?" Ayako asked, her eyes widening. "Why didn't anyone tell me that!?" She demanded. This kind of information is important to know, especially right before an exorcism! Kazuya and Mei-Lin looked over at Mai, glaring at her with clear disapproval. Mai flinched at their harsh glares and stepped back. Uh... what are they glaring at?

Mei-Lin sighed and replayed the tape, revealing Kuroda's whereabouts before the screen went back to static. "So now what?" Housho wondered aloud. He glanced over at the famous medium who looked a little uneasy after viewing the footage. "Ah... Masako-chan, what would you say?"

"It was her imagination," Masako replied, keeping her cool.

"Why don't you admit it, already? There is a nasty spirit here!" Kuroda exclaimed, bristling at how the other girl tried to dismiss her. Seeing that Masako was giving her no reaction Kuroda turned her attention to Mei-Lin. "And you, you say that you can't feel any emotions from them but that's a lie! There is a spirit here and you just won't admit-" Kuroda was cut off with Mei-Lin slamming her hand against the desk and standing from her seat. Mei-Lin looked over at Kuroda with a cold look in her eyes that sent a shiver down her spine.

"I'm lying," Mei-Lin asked in a cold tone. "I've said this once, and I'll say it a hundred times. There are no spirits here and there is no motive."

"T-Then why did you shout earlier! In that footage, we could clearly hear you shout at them to get down. You felt something, didn't you?!" Kuroda retorted, her words catching the attention of the others. Mai looked over at Mei-Lin and recalled that she did, in fact, shout to get down before anything even happened.

"At that time, I felt a malicious intent," Mei-Lin answered.

"See, so you di-"

"It didn't come from a spirit though." Mei-Lin cut her off before Kuroda could say any more. Mei-lin slowly walked up to the girl and watched as Kuroda took a step back. "I seem to remember that feeling coming from the same person earlier directed at Matsuzaki-san just earlier today." Ayako's eyes widened and she looked over at Kuroda, recalling what happened earlier. How could she forget, this girl had threatened her? I'm going to summon a spirit and have it posses you... "While you may not have done anything, excuse me for having a heart and giving her a warning. Spirit or not, you can't tell what would happen when someone lets their anger control them."

No one seemed to say anything as the atmosphere grew tense. The tension was cut off when Masako walked towards the door. "I will go look around once more." She said. "If there are spirits here, I should be able to sense something." With that being said, Masako left the base. Mei-Lin sighed and looked over at Kazuya.

"Do you want me to check as well?" Mei-Lin asked him.

"No need, you've already checked twice and you still didn't sense anything," Kazuya answered. He walked up to Mei-Lin and gently placed his hand on her head. "You can go on a break now if you want." Mei-Lin glanced up at Kazuya and nodded her head before following Masako out of the room. When Kazuya saw that she was gone, he turned to face the others who appeared to be shocked at his gentle behavior towards the girl. Those two have to be dating... They all thought to themselves.

"If there really are spirits here, and Hara-san or Lin-san can't sense them, that would be a shock, huh?" John spoke up.

"Of course, a psychic is a psychic because she can see or sense spirits that an ordinary person can't," Kazuya stated. "If you mess that up, you will no longer be considered a psychic. We can't be certain that they are still here." Mai glanced over at Kazuya. Oh, he's sticking up for them, isn't he? Could it be that Naru is a sucker for a pretty face? Not to mention since Mei is his girlfriend he's being biased too.

"Shibuya-san, you're just biased and a sucker for a pretty face," Kuroda said out loud, nearly making Mai panic. "You're sticking up for her quite a bit, aren't you?" Huh? I thought I might have accidentally blurted that out... Mai thought to herself, letting out a silent sigh of relief.

"I know her profession, and her talents are highly regarded, so I am only offering her the proper respect," Kazuya replied in a calm manner. "As for Mei, she wouldn't be here if I didn't trust her abilities. She hasn't let me down then and I trust she won't now."

"Then I wish you would show me a little more respect, too," Ayako told him, crossing her arms.

"Matsuzaki-san, what is it about you that I should regard highly?" Kazuya retorted.

"What did you say?!" Ayako shouted, insulted at the fact that this brat didn't seem to respect her, unlike the others. Just as she shouted a sound that resembled the sound of several branches snapping resounded through the room, causing Ayako to flinch. They all looked up at the ceiling, the noise sounding like it came from the floor above them.

"Rapping noises?" Housho asked, furrowing his brows.

"That thing they say that ghosts make?" Mai asked nervously, flinching with every sound the building made. The noise sounded like it was coming closer, making everyone turn towards the chalkboard as they say cracks slowly beginning to form on it, getting bigger and bigger as if something was smashing into it. Just as the rapping seemed to cease, it was replaced with a shrill scream. John quickly looked at the screen and saw Masako fall out of a hole in the wall.

"Hara-san has fallen out of the classroom!"

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"The part of the eastern wall that had been demolished was boarded up with weak plywood, to keep the elements out," Kazuya explained. Everyone, including Mei-Lin, had gathered back in the base after the ambulance had arrived and took Masako to the nearest hospital. "It split under her weight when she got close to it. Hara-san says it was an accident." He recalled what Masako had said to him right before the ambulance took her away. "It was an accident. There aren't any spirits here after all."

"I also saw it from outside, it really did look like she fell from the lack of support rather than being pushed," Mei-Lin added. Since she was outside, Mei-Lin had a better view of what happened to Masako than anyone else, she was also the one who dialed the hospital.

"There's no denying it any longer. There are evil spirits here." Ayako said determinedly, crossing her arms.

"Yep, the same ones you failed to exorcise," Housho added in. Ayako looked away, gritting her teeth in annoyance. As much as she wanted to talk back, she couldn't deny it. "This is dangerous. An unsuccessfully exorcised spirit is just like a wounded bear."

"Then, Masako's injuries are the fault of the priestess, aren't they!?" Mai concluded, shooting the priestess an accusing look.

"What?!" Ayako exclaimed, glaring at Mai for accusing her of the injury of the medium.

"Don't be hasty." Kazuya scolded Mai. Things were already serious enough, he didn't need anyone throwing accusations on who did what. "As far as what I saw on the video, it was an accident. There was a witness too."

"They keep happening over and over, which is why they say this place is cursed, right?" Mai argued. It's not normal for so many accidents to happen in the same place. "How did those objects move anyway? That's what doesn't make sense!"

"That is true, but just there aren't enough readings on the equipment we have set up." Kazuya said. "There aren't any temperature drops, or ionic polarization, and electrostatic charges are normal. The data shows completely normal values."

"Then, what was it that trapped the priestess?!" Kuroda demanded. "What was it that attacked me!? What erased the video, broke the glass, and moved the chair!?" Mei-Lin's eyes widened and she looked over at Kuroda, narrowing her eyes. Something about what the girl said bugged her... but what?

"Like I said, I'm not convinced," Kazuya replied calmly.

"It could be a spirit strong enough to pretend it isn't here, couldn't it? It could also be masking it's emotions so your assistant isn't able to sense it." Housho suggested. Kazuya went silent for a moment and looked up in thought.

"What do you think, Monk?" Kazuya asked Housho.

"Like I said from the start, it's a site-bound spirit." Housho stated with confidence.

"And you, John?" Kazuya questioned the young exorcist.

"I don't know. Though I agree with you, it is dangerous here." He answered.

"So, what do you think?" Housho asked Kazuya, curious about what the young ghost manager thought of the situation.

"I will reserve opinion for now." Kazuya said. "I want to investigate this from a slightly different angle. Mai, I'm going to the van. Watch the equipment. This mike is connected to the van, so if something happens just talk to me. Mei, come with me." Mei-Lin looked at Kazuya in confusion before following him out of the base, away from the rest. When they were gone, Housho tilted his head with an amused smirk on his face.

"How about them?" He asked John. "He makes a grand show with all of this high-falutin' equipment, but is he really capable of anything? Not to mention he has his girlfriend working with him. She says she has clairsentience but so far she's been the same as Hara-san, not picking up anything." Housho may not know much about them, but he knew relationships in the workplace can lead to some trouble, especially in this business.

"Well, I'm..." John didn't know how to answer the question, He himself didn't know the pair that well and he didn't want to judge someone without getting to know them properly. Seeing how uncomfortable he was with the question, Mai decided to step in.

"Oh! Are you going to start your exorcism?" She asked him. "Can I help you?" John smiled softly and let out a small breath of relief at the girls' consideration.

"No thanks. But once I start praying, watch the screens." He suggested to her. "You may see some activity."

"Sure," Mai said but she couldn't help but be worried at his words. If anything, she was hoping there wouldn't be any more activities.

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Mai was currently the only one in the base at the time since everyone was getting ready for John's turn at the exorcism. Kazuya and Mei-Lin still hadn't come back from the van just yet. I bet those two left to go on a date. Mai thought to herself, she couldn't help but feel a bit irritated at the thought. She and the others could clearly see the difference in how they treated each other compared to everyone else. Kazuya was cold, blunt, rude, and a complete narcissist yet when it came to Mei-Lin he was actually gentle with her and comforted her when she appears to be upset.

As for Mei-Lin, Mei-Lin seems to have a strong dislike for Mai and Kuroda. The girl was quiet and a complete mystery. Even though she's like that Mei-Lin does seem to care about the well being of others such as when she admitted that she was worried for Ayako when she felt the malicious intent. However, whenever she was with Kazuya she actually seemed vulnerable, it was kind of cute. Mai let out a sigh and leaned back in her seat trying to forget her current employers. This is eerie... She thought to herself, recalling the two accidents that happened today and the stories about the school.

Michiru's sempai saw the silhouette of a person, there was a moving chair, and Masako fell from the second floor. Just how many more accidents will happen before they solve this case. She looked over at the screens, focusing back on her job before one of the screens suddenly went off before it was replaced with static. "Ah, Naru! The screen is all static again!" Mai exclaimed, talking into the microphone that Kazuya had set up for her so she could speak to them in the van.

"That's just because it's getting dark." He answered through the mike. "It's switching to over to night vision. How's everything else?"

"John's about to start the exorcism. Ah, he's back." Mai looked at the screen and saw John heading towards the classroom Masako was in.

"I see. Let me know when it's over then." With that order said, Kazuya cut off the mike.

"Ah, hey!" Mai shouted, but when she didn't hear anything in return she gave up.

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"Well, I'm going to get started." John announced. Mai and the rest were all gathered in the base to watch the young exorcist begin the process.

"The exorcist finally makes his appearance, huh?" Housho said. After seeing Ayako's failure he was curious if the boy would be able to finish the job she failed to do. John opened up a small bottle in his hand before he started to spread it's contents around the room.

"Our father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name." He began to chant.

"What is that water?" Mai asked, confused at what a small bottle of water had to do with an exorcism.

"Must be holy water." Housho answered. They watched as John put the bottle away before opening the bible in his hands.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Before John could continue the sound of snapping branches happened again, distracting him and everyone else.

"What was that?" Mai asked.

"Rapping noises, aren't they?" Kuroda answered.

"Turn up the sound." Housho told her, wanting a clearer sound of what was happening in the room.

"The Word was in the beginning with God," John continued, not letting the rapping noises distract him. Mai turned up the volume and they could hear as the rapping sounds got louder and louder. "All things were made by the Word; and without the Word was not any thing made that was made. In the Word was life; the Word was in the world; and the world was made by the Word, and the world knew not the Word. The world came unto his own, and his own received him not."

Mai watched the screen very closely and her eyes widened the more she watched. It was faint, but she could see the ceiling starting to curve upwards. "The ceiling..." She mumbled to herself.

"But to as many as who received the Word..." John continued on, not noticing the strange movements of the ceiling. Without warning, Mai dashed out of the room heading towards the classroom John was in.

"Hey, Little Lady! Where are you going?!" Housho called out to Mai. This is bad! This is really bad! Mai thought to herself. She ran as fast as she could, urging herself to move faster to warn him about the danger. She knew she was close enough when she started to hear his voice.

"...gave he power to become the sons of God. Which were born, not of blood..." Mai urged herself to move even faster. She ran up to the classroom and was relieved to see that he was still unharmed but it didn't mean he was out of danger.

"John!" She called out his name. John looked up in confusion and looked at the entrance to see Mai standing there, practically out of breath.

"Mai-san?" He said in confusion.

"Hurry! The ceiling is coming down!" She warned him. John gasped and looked up at the ceiling but it was too late, the ceiling had started to break and fall down.

"John! John!!"

{1}Harai-Gushi= A wooden wand to which folds of paper is attached. It is used for purification ceremonies.

{2}Kami= a divine being in the Shinto religion.