Note: Here is chapter eighteen of To Love Ru: Gender Swap, where a certain queen will be introduced.
Also, before we get started on this chapter, I would like to thank Alvin D-Rod for helping me put this chapter together. So go check out his stories after you are finished reading this chapter.
Anyways, with no further ado, let's get started on this chapter.
Chapter Eighteen:
Solving The Case:
Meanwhile, a ghost girl is seen searching through the souls from Sayaka and Koyomi. The girl had long hair and was wearing a kimono, and we see that the bottom half of her body was missing and that two light blue wisps were floating around her.
Ghost Girl: Let's see, are you two the ones?
The ghost girl searches through their memories, trying to see if they were the next of kin, but she found nothing.
Ghost: Damn it! These two aren't the ones either!
Nash: Seriously, these girls aren't it either?
Here we see that Kevin and Nash looked were about Rid's age.
Ghost: No. I'm starting to think that bitch didn't even have any kids, to begin with.
Kevin: You know lady Oshizu, instead of having us bring you girls to read their minds to see if they are the next of kin, why don't we just bring Ayano herself to you?
Nash: Yeah, just point us in the right direction and we will bring her to you.
Oshizu: You idiots, if it was that easy, we wouldn't be doing all this mind-reading crap! I have no idea where she is, let alone if she is still alive.
Kevin and Nash get scared of Oshizu on what she'll do to them.
Kevin: Um, well if it will make you feel any better, we brought gifts for you
Oshizu: Gifts?
Kevin: Yes. (They turn around and see pick up something, and turn to face Oshizu again, only this, they were carrying Haruna and Yui, both unconscious) We got these babes early this morning.
Oshizu: Ah, splendid. Just place them down and I'll... (Just then, Oshizu's senses started going off)
Nash: What's wrong, boss?
Oshizu: We're about to get an unwelcome guest. Take care of him as I deal with these two.
Kevin: Yes ma'am.
Kevin and Nash then ran to the entrance.
Oshizu: No one will get in the way of my revenge. No one!
Meanwhile, Rid is seen wandering around in the Halls in the abandoned school building.
?: You shouldn't come here.
Rid: Who's there?
Kevin shows himself but Rid punches his stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
Nash: Kevin, NO!
Rid: Stay aside so I can pass
Nash: Damn you! Don't get cocky just because of you...
Before Nash could finish what he was going to say, Rid punches him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
Rid shakes his head no to them and then we walk away.
Meanwhile, Oshizu was searching through Haruna's memory, and while searching for her memories, she came across a great discovery.
Oshizu: No way! I can't believe it! This Haruna girl is actually the granddaughter of Ayano! And what's even better, she knows where she lives! YES! FINALLY! I CAN FINALLY HAVE MY REVENGE! Kevin, Nash, get over here!
Rid: I'm sorry but they are taking a long nap. (Enters the old classroom and sees a beautiful ghost which he sees Yui, Haruna, and the other two girls)
Oshizu: What the? Who are you and how did you get passed, Kevin and Nash?!
Rid: Easy there... My name is Rid Deviluke and I don't know what you have been though but taking it out on those people will not solve anything! (He was trying to convince her)
Oshizu: You fool! You have no idea what I've been through. You have no idea what it feels like to be ghost almost all your life! Because of what happened I am unable to move on to the afterlife! And only when I get my revenge, will I be able to leave this world.
Rid: I can understand, but killing these girls will not solve your problem.
Oshizu: Kill them? Who said anything about killing them?
Rid: Your not going to kill them? (He was surprised by her confession)
Oshizu: No, if you were told that I kill girls who stumble upon here, then you have been misled.
Rid: (Thinking) Dammit Kōcho. (To Oshizu) Then what are you doing with these girls, Shizu?
Oshizu: (Shocked to hear that name) Where the hell did you hear that name?
Rid: Let's just say an old fella told me.
Oshizu: I haven't heard that name since... (Looks sad) Since I was alive.
Rid: If I could hug you to make you feel any better but I'm truly sorry.
Oshizu: And now you know why I must track down Ayano and kill her so that I can kill her.
Rid: I'm sorry, but I can't let you do that.
Oshizu: And why not?
Rid: Well, if you say Haruna being Ayano's granddaughter, what would Haruna feel if her grandmother was killed.
Oshizu: So you're saying that we should just let her get away with murder?! Sorry, but I waited too long to find out where she is after all this time! I'm not going to give up now.
Rid: No, I'm not saying that we should let her get away with murder, she should pay for her crimes, but not by murder. We should make her go through a trial, have her sentence by her crimes the right way.
Oshizu: You fool, I trusted the police to put that bitch away. But they chose not to do so because they didn't want to. They cared more about sitting on their asses and eating doughnuts than arresting someone who committed murder.
Rid: It's not that they didn't want it to, they couldn't due to a lack of evidence. However, with your help, we can finally put this murder case to close.
Oshizu: (In a sarcastic tone) Oh, that's a good idea. let me just go to the police station and explain to the police about what happened over sixty years ago. Do you really think that the police would be willing to listen to a ghost?!
Rid: Can't you just possess someone?
Oshizu: I could, but the thing is, I can't leave this building.
Rid: Why not?
Oshizu: Because I was murdered in this school, and because my body was never recovered, my soul is unable to move passed this school. There seems to be an invisible barrier around the school.
Rid: Then let me do it. Tell me where the body is, and I'll tell the police where your body has been this whole time.
Oshizu: You're willing to go that far for me?
Rid: Yes.
Oshizu: Well, even if I were to tell you, it wouldn't be good. My body is all bones at this point.
Rid: That's better than nothing.
Oshizu didn't understand this guy which she wanted to find more about him.
Rid: But first, you need to tell me where your body is.
Oshizu: Very well I shall trust on this one, Rid.
Rid: Thank you, lead the way.
Oshizu floats and starts going towards her final location on where her body is. After a few minutes, Oshizu took Maalik to the basement of the school. At least, what was left of it. She then points at one of the lockers.
Oshizu: My body is in that locker. (Pointing at the locker on the left)
Rid went over and opens the locker to reveals the skeleton of Oshizu, cut in half. And beside her was a machete, the murder weapon that Ayano used to kill Oshizu. Although the upper half of her body was here, the lower half was nowhere to be found.
Rid: Wow... I hope this isn't going into a movie I saw before.
Oshizu: (Looks sad) Now you know where my body was this whole time.
Rid: I see. (Thinking) I better not touch the murder weapon. It probably has Ayano's fingerprints all over it. (To Oshizu) I'm going to go to the police and bring them here. Before you know it, justice will be served.
Oshizu wraps her arms around Rid and he only felt a cold chill but it was a good feeling. Oshizu was trying to hug Rid, but her arms were going right through him.
Oshizu: If only I had my real body.
Rid didn't know how to solve that problem, all he could do was to promise her that he will avenge her life.
Rid stops himself about taking someone's life to save someone.
Rid: I'll be okay, okay.
Rid didn't know how to solve that problem, all he could do was to promise her that he will avenge her life.
Rid stops himself about taking someone's life to save someone.
Rid: I'll be back, okay.
Oshizu: Okay... I guess I will try to wake the girls up and not allow them to get pleasure from my friends.
Rid: Wait, are you saying that those guys tried to rape the girls.
Oshizu: Well, not Yui and Haruna, but the other two, yes.
Rid: Please don't touch any of them.
Oshizu: You have my word.
Rid: Good. But I have to ask, why have those two around?
Oshizu: Because they are good at giving me girls so that I could read their minds.
Rid: That's understandable. Anyways, I'm off.
Oshizu waves at Rid which she didn't know why but she was starting to like him. However, she knew getting to be with him was impossible since she was a ghost.
Oshizu turns to sees the girls were slowly waking up and it's best if they don't remember this. So she cast a spell on them, erasing their memories of them meeting Kevin and Nash. Oshizu nods at Kevin and Nash to return the girls back to their homes safely, which the two had no choice but to obey.
Later, Rid arrives at the police station and was talking to a police officer.
Officer: So let me get this straight, you solved the Shizu murder case?
Rid: That's right, ma'am.
Officer: if you're saying is true, then we'll finally be able to put this case to rest and finally have the evidence that we need to put Ayano away for good. Of course, Ayano has gotten quite old since the last time we tried to arrest her, might make us look like a bunch of jerks for arresting an old woman.
Rid: Old woman or not, she needs to pay for her crimes.
Officer: True but it's not right for her to pay for the crimes she committed years ago.
Rid: So you're saying that we should just let her get away with murder?!
Officer: No I'm not but she's a grandma now. She might not remember that time.
Rid: Look, I'm going to sound crazy for saying this, but Ayano needs to pay for her crimes. Shizu's ghost has been unable to rest because of what happened. And the only way she'll be able to pass on to the afterlife is if justice is served.
Officer: Well, maybe it's time for her to finally move on. We are done here.
The officer then gathers up her things and is about to leave, but before she could leave, Rid points his tail at the officer's neck, about to stab.
Rid: (Looks dead serious) I didn't want to resort to this but you left me no choice. If you don't help me put this case to rest, I will make you go through what Shizu went through after she died. All alone, and having no one to talk to. You don't want that do you?
Officer: Are you threatening a police officer?
Rid: As I said, you left me with no choice. All I want is Shizu to find peace. That's it, and you not wanting to do your job is making my job a lot harder than it needs to be. Do you really want the poor to suffer for eternity?
The officer thinks about it. Sure, Rid was threatening her, but she found herself in a damned if you do, damned if you don't the situation. On one hand, if she arrested Ayano, it would make her in the police officers look like a bunch of jerks for arresting an old woman. But in the other, if she doesn't arrest Ayano, Rid will stab her in the throat. She didn't have a lot of options to play with.
Officer: (She Sighs) Okay. I'll get a small team together and I'll get to go to the abandoned school to pick up the evidence that you found.
Rid: Awesome and thank you for your cooperation.
Officer: I hope this is worth it.
Rid: It is.
A little later, the officer that Rid was talking to got a small group of police officers over and had them head to the basement of the abandoned school, and Rid pointed them where Shizu's body was (What was left of it) and the murder weapon that Ayano used to kill her with.
Officer: I can't believe this.
Officer #2: After all these years, why didn't the officers of sixty years ago check this place.
Rid: (Thoughts) I'm starting to think about who's more clueless, the bonehead Zastin, or the police.
Officer 3: What should we do with the body? Or, what's left of it anyways.
Officer #1: We should examine it but we don't want to break it though.
Officer #2: Do you want us to bring it back to base?
Officer #1: Let's go ahead and do that (Nods at Rid of doing the right thing and Rid walks away to sees Oshizu in the old classroom)
Rid: They are going to take a look at your body but you can start moving on.
Oshizu: Only if they go through of arresting Ayano.
Oshizu began blushing when she heard Rid say that because her whole body was blue, Rid couldn't tell if she was or not.
Rid: Oshizu... You said you can't leave the building right?
Oshizu: Yes. Because my body has been stuck in this building for so long, I have been unable to leave.
Rid: Well since your body has moved to a new location I think it's safe to move outside now.
Oshizu: Yes, but where can I go? I don't think this town is ghost friendly.
Rid: Yeah, that is a good point, I guess there is no point on possessing someone isn't there.
Oshizu: No. I can only possess someone for a limited time, after that, I get very tired. The only way I can possess someone permanent is by ripping The original's owner soul out of their body and claim it as my own. But that would result in killing them, and I don't want to do that.
Rid: I could make an artificial body so you can feel alive again.
Oshizu: (Shocked) You're, you're actually willing to do that for me?
Rid: Yes I am. And besides, you seem to be a good person, Oshizu. It's just a shame your life was cut short.
Oshizu begins crying which she couldn't believe how nice Rid is. Nobody has ever been this nice to her, even when she was alive. Rid wanted to hug her, but he knew that it was impossible to do.
Oshizu: You're such an idiot, but what is a girl to do.
Rid: I'll get working on the new body as soon as I can. But it will take me a while for me to make it.
Oshizu: Amazing, I can't wait.
The next day, Riko and the others were in the living room watching TV. Just then, they came across the news channel. Rid shakes head of realizing what's going to happen next.
Reporter: Yesterday afternoon, police arrested a woman named Ayano Mikarami, formerly known as Ayano Ihsia, age seventy-seven. The reason why she was arrested for the murder of Shizu Murasame, a murder that took place sixty years ago. Sixty years ago, when Ayano was accused of the murder, police had no evidence against her that linked her to the crime. But now, after all these years, it seems that the police have found the evidence that they were looking for in order to put Ayano behind bars, thanks to the assistance of an ominous citizen. When asked why would the police arrest Ayano for a crime that she did sixty years ago, the chief of the Sainan City Police Department, Raynare Yuuma, had this to say.
Raynare: We want to teach the citizens of this city that everybody is accountable for their crimes. It doesn't matter if you did it a year ago, two years ago, or hell, sixty years ago. If you did the crime you have to pay for the time, no matter what your age is. What Ayano Mikarami did was unforgivable. She took an innocent girl's life and thought that she could get away with murder. It may have taken us a while to finally get the evidence that we needed to put her away, but we finally did it. We can only hope that the spirit of Shizu Murasame can finally rest in peace, knowing that justice has finally been served.
Oshizu: Wow so that's what television looks like.
The girls turned around and screamed in horror when they saw Oshizu since she was a ghost.
Rid: Its okay girls, she's a good friend of mine.
Oshizu: Hello everyone, my name is Oshizu, sorry for scaring you.
Riko: Um, Rid, am I hallucinating right now, or am I actually seeing a ghost?
Rid: She's a real ghost.
Riko: (Thinking) Great, now he's making friends with ghosts?!
Rid: But trust me she's not going to be a ghost for long (Winks at Oshizu which her presences become deep red)
Mikan: What do you mean by that?
Rid: Actually I'm going to make her an artificial body.
Momo: An artificial body? How are you going to do that?
Rid: It's not going to be easy, plus it's going to take a while until I get the materials that I need to make it possible, but I believe I can do it.
Oshizu: This is going to be interesting.
Riko: So what is she going to do in the meantime, and where is she going to stay?
Rid: I guess she could stay with us.
Mikan: Well now, looks like things are about to get a lot more interesting, now that a ghost is staying with us.
Oshizu: Oh, don't worry, I'm going to give anybody nightmares.
The Girls: EEEEEEEEEK!
Rid: Sounds good to me.
Riko: Please, don't give us any nightmares!
Rid: Actually I don't think she can.
The girls take a day of relief.
Oshizu: Besides I don't want Rid to hate me for doing that. (The girls' nod)
And so, over the coming days, Oshizu would stay with Rid and the girls until Rid would make her new body.
To Be Continued...