Chapter 10:

Third Person:

Charlie looked over at the spirit. She smirked.

"Go to hell, ya bastard," Charlie said as she tossed the lighter into the grave.

The grave took them twenty minutes to dig up- it was a shallow grave and both of them were pretty muscled. Of course, it took them twenty minutes because the spirit reared its ugly head, putting up a fight. And now, it was gone for good. Charlie stood at the edge of the grave with Ritsu, watching the flames dance. She got hit with the ghost's weapon on her arm and it was bleeding pretty badly. Yet, she wasn't that phased by it- Oval got the worse of it.

"You actually do this a lot? Damn. You must be strong," Ritsu whistled.

Charlie winked,

"I bet you say that to all the hunters."

Ritsu looked at her and almost smiled,

"Only the ones I find beautiful."

That statement took Charlie off guard. She smirked and nudged Ritsu, not taking his statement seriously- it was reasonable to think it was a joke. She knew she wasn't exactly a clean, nice girl. She was a bitch. She smoked. She drank. She cursed worse than a sailor. She sometimes didn't shower. She never wore dresses and/or skirts- Ophelia was more of a feminine woman (the type guys now-a-days went after) than her.

Then she noticed Ritsu's look. His eyes were on her without a hint of amusement in them. He was giving her that look- that 'you-dork-I-like-a-lot' look. The look that made her inch away a bit from him. She wasn't sure how she felt about Ritsu, but she knew that she didn't feel that way towards him. She looked into his eyes and bit her lip. He lunged.

He was kissing her, he realized. He was kissing her- the way it should be. He made the first move. Before she realized what she was doing, she gave into her hormones and kissed him back, lacking the soul behind it- Ritsu was kissing her with enough soul and passion for the both of them.

He put his hand on the curve of her back and pushed her body closer to his. It wasn't until about fifteen minutes later that they were laying there, after giving into hormones. They were collapsed into a tired heep, smiling slightly. Well Ritsu was smiling- he was smiling at her as she got up slowly, putting on her clothes. Ritsu was hesitant to put his own clothes back on, enjoying looking at her and the feeling of happiness in his chest. Though he never thought he'd lose his virginity this way.

"I'm stealing your shirt," Charlie informed him as she put it on, "Can't find mine."

Ritsu just nodded with a goofy grin. Charlie rolled her eyes. Geesh you'd think it was his first time or somethin'.

"Come on hotshot," Charlie said, "We have to go see Oval."

Takashi held on to Ophelia's hand as she slept. The doctor said she would be fine, but couldn't move around that much because of the wound and the blood loss.

She had been moved into a hospital gown, and her normal clothing was getting washed. The only things she had with her now were her boots, knives (hidden in the boots), and her hat, that had the letters A.B. stitched inside.

He knew she would be okay, but he was still worried sick. He knew Ophelia well enough that once she could move around again, fully healed or not, she would be back at hunting.

His grip tightened a little bit as Ophelia started to cough and groan for a few moments until her eyes sort of opened.

"Why...Why am I wearin' a fuckin' dress?" She croaked.

He smiled slightly.

"You're in a hospital," he said softly.

She pursed her lips slightly and nodded.

"Sorry I got...Blood...Blood on you."

"Don't worry about it. You did save us after all."

She looked slightly confused for a second, as if trying to remember what had happened. She coughed, and he just couldn't hold back anymore. He wanted to be with her until the day she died, which, considering her choice of work, probably wouldn't be very long.

So he leaned down and kissed her.

Because of her current situation, he didn't kiss roughly, but he was happy that she was kissing him back. That was a good sign.

"I love you," he said as he pulled away. She smiled.

"I...I love you too."

The moment was ruined then, as Charlie all but kicked the door down, Ritsu at her heels. She mock saluted in greeting and grabbed Ophelia's hat. Ritsu stood a bit a ways back with a small confused look- though he was looking at Charlie with intensity. Takashi noticed that look- the same look he gave Ophelia- and quirked an eyebrow in question. Ophelia's attention, however, was focused on Charlie. She frowned and glared.

"Don't you fuckin' touch my hat. Put it down, Charlie."

"Are you kidding? You're always wearing it. I wanna wear it for once."

Charlie put the hat on and made her hands in the shape of a gun as she 'shot' at Ritsu,

"Pew~ Pew~"

Ophelia gave her a blank face- for a girl who cursed worse than a sailor and was a hunter, she could act a bit childish sometimes. She painfully reaching down to one of her boots and pulling out one of her knives.

"Put. My. Hat. Down."

"Why do you care so much about it anyway," Ritsu asked.

"It belonged to my dead father now give it back, Char."

Charlie sighed and shoved it on Ophelia's head.

"You're a real pain in the ass, you know that?"

"Only about certain things. Question."

"What?"

"Please tell me you brought me some clothes that aren't...This?"

"I'll call Sam and Dean."

"Craaap."

"Well, it's your fault for getting impaled."

"Don't remind me."

Ophelia leaned back down on the bed with a groan- great. Charlie just smiled cheekily. With Dean and Sam's attention on grilling Oval out for getting hurt, they wouldn't notice that she was wearing Ritsu's shirt- Ritsu himself was actually shirtless under his closed jacket.

Ophelia then opened her eyes with a questing look.

"Char?"

"Yeah?"

"Why the hell are you wearing Ritsu's shirt?"

Charlie smiled without a care in the world as Ritsu turned red. She opened her mouth to reply when Ritsu put his hand over her mouth and shook his head vigorously. Ophelia sighed.

"You had sex didn't you?"

Takashi gave a disapproving look at Charlie and Ritsu while Charlie just nodded without even a hint of remorse. Ritsu shifted uncomfortably and Charlie put a hand on his shoulder,

"Don't worry- Oval may be a virgin, but she sure as hell knows I have sex every now and again."

That comment did not make Ritsu feel better- actually it made him a bit angry. Ophelia turned pink as Takashi raised an eyebrow. She threw her knife at Charlie,

"DAMN IT CHAR! I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YA TALKING ABOUT YOUR SEX LIFE BUT I SURE AS HELL GOT A PROBLEM WITH YOU TALKIN' ABOUT MINE!"

Charlie just laughed as she ushered Ritsu out the door to call Sam and Dean, leaving Ophelia and Takashi alone. Once they were gone, Ophelia looked over at Takashi, who still had a raised eyebrow.

"Well excuse me for not wantin' to fuck everything that moves like Charlie," She said, crossing her arms over her chest. Takashi smirked. She looked...Cute...When she was pissed about something. It reminded him of a small child getting angry.

Takashi leaned in close and whispered,

"I can change that," In her eat, making her face turn darker as he placed soft kiss on her cheek. She smirked.

"I like the way you think."