"Come ON! We've gotta go find that last jewel!"

As usual, Yardi was scolding Susumu, trying to get her up out of bed again. This time, however, instead of Susumu's usual sleepiness, something else was going on. "Look, you were wide awake just a minute ago!" Yardi continued. "Why won't you get up and get going?!"

"Mmph." Susumu buried herself further under the blankets. "Frozen blood. Need to warm up more."

"We thawed you out hours ago!" Yardi yelled. "You told us you were fine! So what's the deal?!"

Well, what else could she tell him? She certainly couldn't talk about how scared she was. How she worried that she was going to die. After a moment, she sat up and pulled the blanket off herself. "I... I'm still not feeling so well," she lied. "I just... Wanna rest today."

Yardi's expression softened as soon as he heard that. "O-Oh," he said. "Well, that's alright. Let's look for an easy job today, okay? Hopefully we can find that last jewel soon..."

Susumu set off back towards the Traveler's Hub, taking Yardi, Bowyetta, and Priff along with her. "Where you are thinking the last jewel is being?" Bowyetta asked.

Before anyone else could say anything, however, a small blue figure darted out of an alleyway. "Aiiee..." The strange figure very nearly ran into Susumu, until... It passed right through her! "Oh! I'm terribly sorry for that. I... Tend to not notice where I'm going..."

Susumu couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Aww, you're cute!" she squealed. "You're like... Some kinda lil' ghostie!"

The creature nodded. "Why, yes, I am a ghost!" she said. "How could you tell? Um... I was actually looking for someone who could help me... You see, I live in this great big house in the middle of the woods all on my own."

"That sounds absolutely horrible," Yardi said flatly.

"Oh, no, quite the opposite!" Ghostie answered. "It's actually more than enough for me, and I rather enjoy the quiet... Oh, but the thing is... Last night some really mean ghosts broke into my house and took the place over for themselves!" She then began crying. "I... I can't fight them myself, so I was looking for someone who could..."

Susumu tried to pat the little ghost on her shoulder, but her hand passed right through. "Er... Don't worry about it, Lil' Ghostie," she said. "We'll help you get your home back."

The ghost wiped her eyes. "You will?" she asked. "Oh, thank you so much! If you don't know where my house is, it's in a place called Peculia..."

"Peculia...?" Susumu was confused. "I've... Never heard of a place like that."

Bowyetta smiled as soon as she heard the name, however. "Bowyetta is knowing of where that place is being!" she declared. "Please to be following us back to our helicopter, Miss Ghost. We must be telling Mr. Junpei of where to be going!"

As the group made their way towards Peculia, Susumu sat near Junpei, staring out the window. "Susumu," Junpei spoke to her. "That Martcha person... She's your friend, isn't she?"

Susumu was startled by this. "...Yeah," she answered. "She's my friend. But... Lately, she... Hasn't been herself."

"Oh, well, that's okay," Junpei replied. "Sometimes people get that way. But as long as you're willing to stick by her through this, then everything will work out for both of you."

Susumu went silent for a minute. "...Oh! I think we're here!" Junpei exclaimed, as he prepared to land the helicopter.

Ghostie led the group out of the helicopter. "Oh! That's my house right over there!" She pointed to a rather creepy-looking mansion.

"Uhhh... That's really creepy," Yardi said.

"I know, isn't it great?" Ghostie gushed. "Um... Anyway. Those big mean ghosts are just inside. I would go fight them myself, but..." Tears started streaming down her face again. "I... I'm not strong enough to do this... B-But! It's okay, cause I've got someone to help me!"

The ghost led Susumu's party into the front room of her house. "Sheesh... This place is even creepier on the inside..." Susumu remarked. Ghostie, however, seemed perfectly happy in here.

"...The ghosts are further in," Priff said. "Let's go chase them off. Maybe I can help get rid of them without fighting, kukuku~"

"What... Does she mean by that?" Yardi asked.

"Um, actually..." Ghostie spoke up. "She's right. Those big mean ghosts... They're actually up in the attic. I can take you there, but... Please, be careful! They had weapons, and they tried to beat me up, and... Um... I-I'll take you up there."

Sure enough, once the group made their way up to the attic, Priff was there, and she was trying to talk to some sort of ghost-like creature. "...So, uh, yeah. You guys... Kinda barged into this little ghost's house here. So... Do you think you could maybe... You know, get out of here? ...Please? ...Kuku?"

The ghost, however, simply responded by smacking Priff down with its hammer. "Priff!" Susumu squeaked, running to her side. "Are you okay?"

Priff stood back up, producing her fork. "Kukuku... Seems like we'll have to fight things out~" she said, stabbing at one of the ghosts with her fork.

As the group prepared for battle, however, Bowyetta and Ghostie were uncertain about this whole thing. "Oh, wait!" Ghostie tried to stop them. "You can't fight those things! They're too strong!"

"We don't really have much of a choice!" Yardi shouted, dodging a hit from a hammer. "You want these things out of here, right?!"

The fight continued for some time, and eventually the group had managed to defeat all but one of the ghosts. This ghost, however, decided to try something different. Giving its hammer a twirl, it hit Susumu right in her face.

Susumu rubbed her eyes. "I... I'm alright!" she proclaimed. As she said this, however, her eyes were starting to fill up with tears. "Augh... I'll.. Be just fine!" She charged up to hit the ghost again, but... It was getting hard to see for all the tears in her eyes. She swung a few times, but all of them ended up missing.

The ghost reared up to attack Susumu again. Susumu couldn't see what was happening. As she was about to get hit, however, Bowyetta jumped in front of her. "Please to be stopping!" she exclaimed.

The others couldn't believe what they were seeing. Bowyetta... Was still trying to talk to the ghost?

"Please to not be hurting of us anymore!" Bowyetta continued. "We were only trying to be helping of this little ghost here!" She then motioned to Ghostie. "You are having kicked her out of her home, and... Is not being right! Please to be leaving of this place!"

The ghost stared at Ghostie for a second. The person they were terrorizing... Was one of their own kind? It had no idea that was what was going on. After a moment, the ghost dropped its hammer and flew away.

Susumu was finally able to wash all the tears out of her eyes. "B-Bowyetta... You did it!" She congratulated her friend. "You got rid of the last ghost!"

"Yeah, but you let that one get away," Yardi grumbled. "Was it really okay to do that?"

Ghostie approached the group. "Oh, thank you! Thank you so much!" she thanked them. "I... I thought I'd never get to see my home again... Oh, but! I can't just send you away without rewarding you!" She produced an odd, triangular red jewel from behind her back. "I don't have any money, but maybe you can sell this jewel for something?"

"This is one of the jewels we need to get into the Sky Scraper," Priff pointed out. "Let's get this back to the helicopter so Junpei can take us there. ...Hey, Ghostie? ...Thanks."

And with that, Ghostie led them all back to the exit and waved goodbye. "Thank you all again!" she called out. "I hope I'll get to see you again soon!" She started talking to herself once she was back inside her house. "It's been a while since I made these walls rattle... Ahem... Aiiiieeeeee..."