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Yo guys! Here's chapter 3, thanks to the sweetest beta reader/editor ever, Theriechenbachevent! I hope you'll enjoy this!

Previously …

Once they were both in the safety of her bedroom, she sat on her bed and crossed her arms. "Alright. If you're gonna stay here, we'll need a few rules!" she said. "Rule number one, don't switch on your physical state when there're other people around. Rule number two, don't touch things."

"When there're other people around?" he inquired.

"No. Don't touch things. Period. Especially not in my work place." he pouted and looked down even though he wasn't sincerely hurt. It was more than he bargained for when Kyoko had absently told him to stay at her house, he had thought he'd just float around the cemetery and meet her every now and then while she helped him, but she had supposed he had to stay with her if she was going to help him. "Rule number three, don't make me talk to you when we're not alone! People already think I'm crazy, and having them think I'm talking to myself will only make it worse."

He nodded, still looking at the floor.

"Are these rules clear enough for you?"

He nodded again.

"Good. Now, sit here and wait while I take a shower and change into something more comfortable. I think I know how to help you with your … situation."

Ch 3: Obvious!

"You do?" he asked, his eyes becoming the size of golf balls.

She glared at him as she pulled out clean clothes from her closet. Taking the hint, he sat down and kept his mouth shut, patiently waiting for her to take her shower.

15 minutes later, she was out of the bathroom, dressed in a set ofbaby pink pajamas and drying her hair with a towel.

He looked at her, clearly just barely containing himself and she rolled her eyes in response. "I get it! Let me just blow dry my hair! The weather's shifting and I don't want to catch a cold. It wouldn't do any of us good if I did!"

He sighed and decided to behave. Patience is a virtue, Ren… hmm, she's actually pretty cute. He shook his head. Nope, let's not go there. If she hears that she'll accuse me of being a pervert on top of stalking and blackmailing her. So he turned his attention to the window. The sky was clear and the stars were shimmering, it was a nice evening.

After she finished the meticulous task of blow-drying her long, black hair, Kyoko sat at her desk and turned to look at him "Alright then! Let's figure out a way to send you to the kingdom of the dead!"

"Right!" he abandoned his seat and went to stand next to her. "How are we gonna do that?" He asked as he crossed his arms and paid attention to whatever plan she was supposed to explain to him.

She looked at him for a moment, as if not processing what he said. "I thought this was clear enough." She said, matter of factly. "I'll google it."

It was his turn to direct a confused expression towards her. "Google, as in … the search engine?"

"That's the one!" She snapped her fingers and smiled as she pulled her laptop from a drawer. "Let's get this over with!" She had spent the day thinking about the best way to get rid of him, a few ideas popped in her mind but they were either too unrealistic or too expensive for her, so she thought that the best way to make him leave, would be to help him out. The sooner she figures out his 'unfinished business' the sooner he'll crossover and she can go back to her normal life…well, as normal as it had been before him.

"Hold on, hold on, hold on! You made me wait for twenty minutes, to … google 'how to cross to the other side'?" Ren sputtered.

"Problem?"

Ren bit his tongue to keep himself from saying something that he would regret. He ran a hand through his hair, closed his eyes for a moment then, after a deep sigh he looked at her and said "Let's do it, Let's ask Google for a solution!" in his defense he did try to make it sound the least sarcastic he could.

It was true that he'd been expecting something else, but in all honesty, he didn't have a better idea at the moment. There was no harm in going along with her ideas it wasn't like he had anything better to do. He was in her home, blackmailing her for her help. He couldn't afford to be picky.

'How to help a ghost cross to the other side?' Kyoko typed, hit enter and clicked on the first link that appeared.

"Alright, so our first option is: 'Exorcism'." She looked up at him, silently asking for his opinion.

"Kyoko-chan, I think exorcism is for 'evil' spirits. I don't think I qualify under that category."

"I beg to differ." She muttered under her breath, as she turned in her seat to face her laptop screen, scrolling down.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. You sure about this? Maybe you can go to a shrine, a church, a …temple…um, a mosque, and they can help out?"

"Positive. I was never very …religious anyway. Skip to the next one."

"Suit yourself. Number two is : 'Burn some incense and chant for them to go to the light'."

"Um, incense. Sure. Yeah. Well, I think that will only spread a nasty smell in your room and as for 'the light'," he crinkled his nose. "The only light I see is coming from your computer screen."

Dear God, It's a good thing he's already dead, because I really want to kill him right now! She tapped the mouse with slightly more force than usual. "Well, the third option is: 'Talk to a medium'."

"I don't think there's a need for that. People usually talk to mediums to help them communicate with the ghost and that's not a problem in our case. You're like your own personal medium!" He clapped a hand on her back and held a thumb up with a smirk, revellingin the full body shudder that went through her.

"Oh, haha!" She frowned at him and decided that it'd be better to just ignore his sassy remarks.

"Number four: 'Call your local…Ghostbusters'…?" Her lips curved up at that one. It didn't take long for that smirk to turn into a full out laugh and Ren's expression made it even better. He looked scandalized. Kyoko composed herself but she had to admit, that option was very tempting.

"Next!" he yelled, not feeling like tolerating this any longer.

She cleared her throat and schooled her face into a more serious expression. "The fifth option is : 'Help the ghost with its unfinished business'." She didn't even let him react to that one before she added "Yeah, no kidding! What do you think I'm trying to do now?" She cursed the writer of this stupid article for all the useless garbage it contained.

"Maybe we should google that. Try typing: 'Ghosts' unfinished business'." He said as he leaned closer to the computer screen over her shoulder.

She was about to retort with a sarcastic remark of her own, but when she noticed he was being serious, she bit her tongue and did as he asked.

"Alright, here it is!" She clicked on the link and started reading from a list. " 'A cherished item that wasn't buried with them'." She turned her gaze to him. "Does that ring a bell? Do you have anything like that?"

"No." He shook his head. "I don't have anything in particular that would keep me trapped here."

"Are you sure? A teddy bear perhaps?" She grinned making his glare intensify. She wasn't planning on getting friendly with him, but teasing him was fun.

"Alright. Uhm, how about this: 'Revenge for their murder'."

"I was accidentally hit by a car… And to be honest I would much rather rest in peace than make my 'murderer' suffer, anyway."

"Fair enough." She said before reading the next theory. "'Secret feelings'. Oh, like a love confession or an apology?"

"I was single and very anti social, so no love confessions. And I'd like to think I was a pretty decent man, so nothing to apologize for!" He proudly announced smugly, grinning harder at Kyoko's scoff.

Modesty is non-existent here! Kyoko mused.

"'An incomplete bucket list'?" she chuckled. "This one actually sounds like fun!" She turned to face him. "So, Ren-san? Any last wishes you wanna fulfill?"

"A lot actually, but I don't think I wanted to accomplish any of them hard enough to keep me earthbound when I'm dead."

"Oh, too bad." She shrugged. "Let's keep it an option anyway."

"Oh, what's that? 'Protecting a loved one'?" he narrowed his eyes at her computer screen.

"Yeah, sounds familiar?" She asked, praying as hard as she could for him to say yes.

"Not really. My parents live peacefully, and I was an only child so they're my only 'loved ones'."

"Really? No best friends or close colleagues?"

"No…well, maybe Yukihito… but he isn't exactly the type of guy who would put himself in dangerous situations."

"Well, I'm lost. I don't know what else could be keeping you here!" Kyoko sighed, carding her hands through her hair in frustration. "Why don't you keep looking, you can use the computer since you can touch things!"

He was about to say something when Kyoko's phone suddenly rang. She got up and fished it out of her handbag. Her eyes lit up when she read the caller Id and Ren wondered if it were her boyfriend before she cheerfully yelled "Moko-san! My favorite girl in the world! I missed you so much!"

Ren snorted, amused by her behavior. She must really like this Moko person, if her change of mood was anything to go by. Still, it was nice seeing her smile and laugh and be so… carefree.

"Hey, Moko-san? Let's say you died and found out you couldn't cross over. What would you do?" Kyoko asked, spinning in her chair.

"Oh, yeah. Actually-" She paused as if she was suddenly interrupted. "Yes… Uh huh… Oh!" She turned and looked intently at Ren with a glint in her eyes. "Really? …Interesting." She smirked. "Yeah, I think that might work."

A/N: Uh oh! What did Moko-san suggest that made Kyoko smirk so evilly? Will Ren be okay? Will he still be there in the next chapter or will he be able to cross over?

Did any of you expect that Kyoko would 'google' how to help Ren? Lol I'm looking forward to your reviews!

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