Suki's Surprise

' '= Thinking

" "= Talking

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Chapter 9: Secrets Revealed

Five days later, Tsubame went back to Tokyo. Suki wasn't staying out as late anymore, and Misao said she'd only be able to visit once a week (This made Katsu happy), so basically, everything was back to normal. It was Saturday, and Suki was getting bored.

"…There's nothing to do…maybe I'll go shopping…" She said as she rolled of the couch. "Katsu…do you want to come with me?"

"…I don't like shopping…why don't you go with Weasel-er…I mean Misao? She said she had Saturdays off."

"…Maybe I'll call her and ask…" She got up and walked into the kitchen to get the phone.

-Click-*Hello? Misao here! Who's calling?*

"It's Suki."

*Hey Suki! What's up? You inviting me to another party?*

"Misao! Is that all you ever think about!?"

*…No. I think about plenty of other things!*

"Well, anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping with me."

*Sure! When should I come over?*

"Lets meet at the Akabeko! I'll be there in 30 minutes. Bye!"

*OK! I'll be waiting. See you soon!*

-Click-

"All right!! I'm going to the Akabeko to meet Misao. I might be gone awhile, stay out of trouble." Suki Shouted happily, as she walked out the door.

"Fine…"

While Suki was off shopping with Misao, Katsu was wondering what he should do today. He kept thinking about the old woman…and why she seemed to know him. As he was pondering this, he heard someone knocking on the door.

'Who could that be? Suki's house is on the outskirts of Kyoto…The only ones who know were she lives are her two friends, Tae, and her parents…none of them would be here now…' Katsu thought to himself as he went to investigate. 'Should I open the door? I suppose it couldn't hurt…' Katsu decided to open the door, and to his surprise, saw someone he would never had expected.

"B-but how did you know where I was?" Katsu said, in disbelief at who stood before him.

"Come now Katsu, you mean you haven't figured it out yet?"

"What are you talking about? Who are you?"

"I'm Maya, of course, didn't Suki tell you anything?"

Katsu wasn't sure what to say, he just stared at her in confusion.

"But those things don't matter, I came here to tell you something very important. Your friend is in great danger, I can't say much, but there is an evil ghost after her, you must be careful, do not let Suki wonder off on her own."

"WHAT!? What about now? Is she in danger now?" He said, trying to keep his cool.

"No, she is with Misao, he will not attack unless she is alone, and he cannot go into her house. If she must leave the house, you must go with her, only you have the power to protect her."

"How did you know about Misao!? Who are you really? Have I met you somewhere before?"

"Silly boy, you died 100 years ago. Why, I'd have to be a ghost to still be around now."

"What do you-" Katsu tried to get an explanation, but she was gone.

'But I don't…s-she she's a ghost? But how did I know her?'

'I hope that brother of mine can protect her…'

-

Suki came back home late, it was dark, and Katsu was debating whether or not he should tell her. He decided he should, it would make things easier.

"Teya! You're home!" He said as he nearly tripped over the couch.

"Yes, is…something wrong?"

"Old lady! Evil ghost! Old lady is actually a ghost! You're in danger! Don't go out alone!" Katsu was shouting things in no particular order, and all Suki could make out was something about a ghost, and being in danger, or… was he saying the old lady was in danger of being a ghost…?

"Katsu! Calm down! You're not making any sense!"

"Okay…the old woman from the magic shop is a ghost. She said you're in danger, an evil ghost is after you, DO NOT GO ANYWHERE ALONE." He stated the last part very loudly.

"…What?" Suki was quite confused by all of this.

"I said you're in danger. Maya said that the evil ghost will only attack you when you are alone."

"…Why is a ghost after me? What did I ever do?" Suki was in distress now, and was starting to wish she had never left home.

"I don't know, that's all she said. Maybe we should go to the magic shop tomorrow and ask Maya."

"What about tonight!?"

"Don't worry, she said he can't come in your house."

"Okay…"

The next morning, Katsu and Suki went to the magic shop.

"Hey! Are you here Maya?" Katsu yelled, just then the old woman suddenly appeared before them.

"Yes? You called?"

"Why is a ghost after Teya?" This was more of a demand than a question.

"I honestly don't know, he chooses his victims at random." Maya said sincerely.

"Tell me everything you do know about him, is there a way to make him leave Teya alone?"

"Unfortunately, the only way to ensure her safety, is to destroy the evil ghost."

"How do I do that?"

So Maya continued to tell them about the evil ghost, which took quite some time, apparently, she knew a lot about him.

"Okay, so he's after Teya, and the only way to stop him is to break his necklace, right?"

"That's right, be careful though, just because you're a ghost doesn't mean you can't be hurt." Maya seemed very concerned as she said this.

"I understand. Thank you."

"um…Maya…"

"Yes dear?"

"How do you know so much?" Suki asked curiously.

"I've been following him around for awhile now, but I wasn't strong enough to defeat him…hopefully, Katsu will have better luck."

'She acts like she knows him but…how could she?' Suki thought to herself.

"Come on Teya, let's go home. We need to think of a plan."

"umm…Okay, I'm coming…"

Suki spent the rest of the day wondering what she should tell Tae, while Katsu spent the rest of the day coming up with a plan.

The next morning Suki called Tae saying that something came up, and that she might not be able to come to work this week. Tae, of course, said it was fine. Katsu had come up with a plan to trap the evil ghost, and seemed pretty proud of it. The plan was as follows; Suki would go outside alone, and walk till she couldn't see the house, Katsu would follow and wait for the ghost to come. After that, Suki was to run, as fast as possible, to her house, and while the other ghost was paying attention to her, Katsu would jump him and take the necklace from him. It was pretty simple, and Katsu made absolutely sure that Suki would be safe, as a precaution, she would carry Katsu's box, meaning he would be close enough to protect her at all times.

They would worry about that tomorrow, today they would prepare.

"Katsu…are you sure this is going to work?"

"No. But even if it doesn't I'll make sure you're safe."

"But what about you? Maya said that he could hurt you…I don't want you to be hurt." She asked, obviously more worried about him than herself.

"…I'll be fine. Don't worry about me."

No matter what he said she was still worried. Suki didn't want him to get hurt…she liked having him here, even if he was a ghost, he was her friend, and she would never let anything happen to any of her friends. She new that if he was in trouble, she would have to do something, even if Katsu didn't want her to, she would help him.

End of Chapter 9

Unfortunately, no one bothered to help me, so now you're stuck with whatever I come up with.

Authors Notes: Ha, ha, ha, I bet you weren't expecting that, Katsu has a sister, but that's not all, what of the evil ghost that's after Suki? Will Katsu's plan work? You'll just have to wait and find out. what do you know, it was possible to update in a day...

I was originally planning on making one big chapter, but instead I decided to split the secrets into two parts, there are still a few secrets yet to be revealed. Aren't you glad I decided not to leave a cliffhanger? I plan to have the next chapter done as soon as I figure out how to do fighting scenes. See below.

Also…I'm no good at fighting scenes…if anyone has advise on how to do them, I would greatly appreciate it. I may not be able to do the next chapter without help…I will include thanks to whoever helps me in the next Authors Notes.

Disclaimer: I do not own RuroKen, if I did Katsu would be in more of it (and would have met Misao)