Ga Rei Hime

Ten

On the evening they arrived in town, Reito Kanzaki then up and fled Fuka, driving a stolen car. He had made mistakes over the years, but this error was not one he wanted to face. Of course, the choice was taken out of his hands.

"Reito-san..." the voice echoed in the car.

"GO AWAY!" Reito yelled.

Shiho's maddened face appeared in the back seat, her long braids writhing like some sea beast, "You LEFT ME ALL ALONE, Reito..."

"It wasn't my fault!" Reito yelled at the ghost. Now he wished he had stayed with the women from the Agency, but it was too late now.

"You knocked me up, Reito..." Shiho hissed out angrilly, "then I DIED." She bared teeth in a un-nerving smile, "How is that not your fault?"

"I never meant..." Reito started.

"But never mind. You will be mine now...," Shiho purred.

Reito was confused about what THAT meant, then realized he had looked away from the road. He barely had time to yelp "NO!" before running right into as tree. The car crashed sideways as it rattled onward, then flipped right over as it skidded to a stop.

Laying there Reito realized he had been crushed under the car. He had minutes, maybe, if he was lucky. And this didn't seem like a lucky night.

"Mine mine mine mine..." Shiho purred happily as the blood flowed out of him.

As things went dark Reito lay back with a sigh. He just hoped he didn't come back as a revenge obsessed entity... it would be disgraceful for a member of the Agency.

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The police got the notice of the overturned car the next day when a local spotted it, and sent out the coroner and a cop.

"We'll have to do blood tests but I'm thinking death by misadventure," Una Shamrock, the older coroner, noted.

"Hey, isn't that the dude that came into town with the Hunters?" one cop noted thoughtfully.

Una sighed and mentally chucked out 'death by misadventure.' If the Hunters were involved, it probably wasn't that. "Don't disturb the scene, and call the Hunters in," she advised the cops, "it might be supernatural."

There was some grumbling from the cops, but they accepted the suggestion.

About half a hour later, Rena Sayers arrived, with the group of out of town Hunters. The three women reacted with sorrow over the man's death... well, mostly.

"I see slut boy got what was coming to him," Nao noted.

"NAO!" Mai scolded her. "Even if he slept around, he didn't deserve this."

"Yeah, yeah," Nao waved it off,

Una Shamrock ignored that, addressing Shizuru as she seemed to be in charge. "Can you tell if something Entity related happened?" she asked.

"It appears so," Shizuru peered at the wreckage and continued thoughtfully, "but it also appears to have dissipated."

"So it was probably a revenge driven Entity that ceased to exist once it carried out it's purpose," Nao noted professionally.

"But why Reito...?" Mai wondered.

"That would be the question," Una agreed.

Shizuru looked slightly uncomfortable. "Ah... we had heard that Reito had gotten a local young woman pregnant, which is why he took off," she said, "did the young lady pass away?"

"Or suicide. That kinda thing leaves vengeful spirits," Nao said tactlessly.

"Nao..." Mai sighed.

"We'll have to check when we get back into town," Una admitted. Normally one could look up records on the police car's computer, but the laptop units tended to get buggy in high supernatural energy regions like Fuka.

"Looks like you'll be stuck in town longer than expected," Rena murmured to Shizuru as everyone loaded into her vehicle.

"Looks like it," Shizuru sighed.

After they went back to the station, Una quickly confirmed at yes, not long after having an abortion, Shiho had taken her own life. Reito's death was listed as 'supernatural incident' and not the problem of local police.

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Natsuki Kasuga had found out from Midori about the Hunters being in town, and later that day was debating what to do about it.

"No, you are NOT turning yourself in," Sara Gallagher ordered firmly, having dropped in on her friend Midori. Besides, she was worried about Natsuki.

Midori gave the pretty blonde an amused look, who blushed.

"You do know I'm technically an Entity, with the whole undead thing," Natsuki pointed out.

"You're still YOU though," Midori said firmly.

"Unless I go full zombie and start trying to eat people," Natsuki added dryly.

"PLEASE stop bringing that up," Sara sighed.

Natsuki just chuckled softly.

Sara looked thoughtful as she suggested, "Well, the Hunter Rena liked you, and so does Chief Chandler. Plus there's those times you've helped us cops."

"Yeah?" Natsuki prompted her.

"So we could arrange for you to meet the Hunters there. A squad room of cops should make them think twice about jumping you," Sara offered.

"We also don't know if the Hunters are here looking for you," Midori pointed out reasonably as she had a drink.

Natsuki gave her a look, "We don't know they aren't, either. Besides, even if they just run into me they can tell I'm supernatural."

"Well, I'm SURE they have more important things to do than search the town for you," Sara pointed out.

"Like there's much else to do in Fuka," Natsuki noted wryly.

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Shizuru Fujino sighed as she finished writing up a letter to Reito's parents. She was the closest thing to a commander the group had, so it fell to her. She left out any references to karma biting him on the ass... that all went in her official report.

Shizuru sighed again as she sipped a very poor cup of tea. At this time of night, most of the coffee shops were closed, darn it. She sat down her cup, admitting to herself she was REALLY craving that mysterious black haired girl she had seen yesterday.

"I need to get laid," Shizuru said wryly.

"I REALLY don't think this is a good idea," Mai noted, the attractive strawberry blonde following her friend.

Nao shrugged as the slim redhead said, "We're on break! Besides, we can't do much until we get a new driver and such."

Mai looked around the local bar, taking in the teens, hipsters and such. "Okay, ONE drink, then I'm out of here," Mai decided.

"You're no fun," Nao teased as they walked to the bar. "Besides," she added a bit more gently, "this could take your mind off things."

Mai tried not to wince. She had had an on and off (mostly off, sadly) thing going with Reito. Yes, he was a man-ho, but he could be charming when he wanted. And annoyingly both her coworkers had known about it.

"Bartender! Beer me!" Nao ordered.

"You again," the man noted mildly.

"Hiiii," Nao laughed. She gestured to Mai, "This is my friend Mai, don't give her sit or she'll set you on fire."

"NAO!" Mai scolded her.

The bartender just smiled at poured them beers as Nao paid. She addressed Mai, "There's not much talent here, but the booze is cheap."

"Didn't you get picked up here last night?" the bartender muttered.

Nao just ignored that.

Smiling faintly, Mai just people watched and nursed her beer. Nao had apparently wandered off to get laid, and she wasn't really in the mood...

"Excuse me," a voice apologized as they bumped together.

"It's okay," Mai turned, then blinked as she looked up.

The woman had to be nearly six foot tall, with short, kind of spiky hair. She had a gentle smile, and golden eyes that oddly reminded one of a cat. Over her shoulder, she was carrying a sword case...

"I'm really sorry for bumping you," the woman added, "can I get you a drink?"

Mai realized she was blushing a bit, but didn't know why. "Maybe one," she smiled, "I'm Mai Tokhia."

"Mikoto Minagi," the taller woman smiled back.

'Well, well,' Nao thought as she watched covertly, 'this might actually be good for Mai...'

To be continued...

Notes: Yes, I had Shiho from Mai Hime kill off poor Reito. I'm evil, what can I say.