A/N: Once, again, thanks a lot everyone for reading this fic! This chapter pretty much solves the mystery behind the ghost! WARNING: Lemon ahead! And it's a pretty weird one..not too graphic o don't worry! Read, review, enjoy, and laugh out loud! :P
Mimori got to her feet slowly, her eyes glaring daggers at Reino. He watched her, rooted to the spot, taking in the long disheveled hair, the unhappy lines on her forehead and finally her blood-stained hands. Reino shuddered as his eyes rested on the grotesquely slashed hands. They looked so..so torn..Mimori stared at him silently, her face impassive, but beneath that calm exterior, he could sense anger, and hatred boiling..ready to explode any minute..like a ticking time bomb..
"Vie Ghoul's Reino..", she finally spoke. Her voice was harsh and cold. It had an unearthly quality about it that made it unrecognizable from her voice in life. "So you can see spirits..?", she finished questioningly, hugging herself with her arms tightly, as if she were cold.
Reino nodded, still eyeing her warily. He realized one thing now..This spirit was a capable opponent..capable enough of murder..and he had no wish to end up as her victim.
Mimori winced as she moved slightly. "I never thought I would be able to feel pain again..", she said quietly, speaking more to herself than to him. "Once was quite enough and now…", she trailed off, looking at him more suspiciously. "How did you do that?", she asked sharply.
Reino walked slowly over to her, not realizing he was holding his breath. She was like a wild horse..she had to be tamed..controlled, if he had to get his work done..and it would need patience..and compassion..lots and lots of compassion. She looked like she was starved of it before death.
He raised his hand and gently stroked back her hair, repeating the motion again and again. At first, her eyes widened in surprise, and flashed dangerously. But his soothing strokes seemed to have effect and calmed her down as she closed her eyes, letting out a contented sigh.
Seizing the opportunity, Reino boldly took another step forward. His hands slowly trailed down her arms, and her clothes fell to her feet, following the motion of his hands. His eyes raked over her entire body, taking in signs of bruises..kiss marks and teeth marks. Once again, he gently massaged her body, running his hand up and down..as he cleansed away all the marks on her body. It felt running his hands through water. She wasn't human, so she wasn't solid..his hands would occasionally pass through her skin, making her shudder slightly in pleasure.
"Look at yourself Mimori..", he ordered her, gently moving her towards the mirror. "Look at yourself now.."
Mimori slowly opened her eyes, and stared in disbelief at her now perfect reflection. Reino's arms were now tightly around her waist, as he nuzzled her neck. "How-?", she started, letting out a surprised cry as Reino lifted her in his arms and lowered her on the bed. She lay naked before him, her body unmarred and more beautiful than it had been in life. Reino undressed and stretched beside her. He cupped her face with one hand, looking into her eyes compassionately.
"How do you do all that?", she asked hoarsely, in awe.
"Do what?", Reino asked smiling.
"Touching me..pleasing me..hurting me..?", she asked curiously, running her eyes down his frame, and finally resting on his hardened member. She tried running her hands along his chest and grasping his manhood, but to her frustration, her fingers went right through him.
"Yet I can't touch you..", she mumbled, disappointed.
Reino wrapped his arms around her, gently pushing her on her back. He captured her lips in a passionate kiss, lightly teasing her with his tongue. He finally released her and smiled down at her. Mimori's eyes widened in surprise when she found her nails digging onto his back. She could touch him now..
Reino lightly kissed her neck and slowly, yet sensually, ran his lips down her throat..her breasts..her stomach..He gave her skin, an occasional lick, relishing her taste as his tongue flicked through her skin, sending waves of pleasure through her body.
Mimori let out a gasp of surprise when Reino's fingers suddenly dipped right through her skin. She felt a ripple coarse through her body, which only intensified as Reino's hand dipped completely inside. He began to move his hand, up-down, back and forth, watching his fingers through the translucent skin. His fingers skillfully tapped sensitive areas, making her enjoy bliss that she had never known before.
Reino bent down again to kiss her and swiftly entered her. At first Mimori didn't realize what had happened. But once Reino broke the kiss, she felt a curious, warmth within her..like someone had lit a lamp in her cold interior. She looked down and stared in shock and then wonder at their point of connection.
Reino gently pressed his lips against hers and began to rock slowly within her. Mimori twitched, as she felt his manhood and his fingers, playing with her inside-out and let out a soft scream of contentment at her climax..
Reino looked down at the now thoroughly relaxed and fuzzy-eyed spirit. She smiled at him lazily. "Thank you..", she whispered, running her fingers through his hair. He felt guilty, but his plan had worked and there was no way he was backing out now…
Flashback..
6'th October..
"One more!", Sho bellowed to the bar attendant, downing his fifth shot. His eyes were red and drunken looking. But rather than drowning out his sorrows, the alcohol only intensified them. Kyo was beside him, though not as drunk as Sho. He patted Sho's back sympathetically.
"You need to let go Sho..", he advised him sternly. "You've got to face it- Ren Tsuruga won her heart fair and square. And there's nothing you can do about it."
Sho ignored him and ordered more drinks. Kyo exchanged nods with the bar-tender. The drug was beginning to take effect. He moved closer to Sho and whispered in his ears, "I heard that Kyoko dumped That Tsuruga jerk!"
Sho turned to him wild-eyed. "Kyo..Kyoko..Where?", he spluttered, looking around. He turned to Kyo again. "You're not..having me on?", he croaked desperately.
"Would I lie to you Sho?", Kyo replied with raised eye-brows. "The question is how are you going to treat her once she meets you. She treated you pretty shamefully. Look at your state! What are you going to do about that eh? Punish her..or let her get away with it?"
"I'D PUNISH THAT TWO-FACED BITCH!", Sho yelled, banging the counter. "I will hurt her in the most brutal, unimaginable way possible and once she's back to her senses, she'll be sorry she ever dared to forget me for that Ass! And then..", Sho added generously, "I will forgive her!"
"Atta boy! Exactly what she deserves!", Kyo replied cheerily. Sho gave him a small smile, too drunk to notice Kyo's sarcastic tone.
"And I know just how you can do that.", Kyo continued with an evil smile. "You take away what is most precious to her-her virginity!"
Sho stared at him looking perplexed. He was completely under the control of alcohol and the drug Kyo had slipped into his drinks. Though he would readily believe anything said to him now, no matter how nonsensical, it took him ten times longer to process what was being said to him.
"She' s a virgin?", he asked stupidly.
Kyo nodded. He really had no idea as to the truth of the statement, but it was necessary to his plan. At that moment, Mimori plopped herself on the stool beside Sho. He let out a sigh of relief. Now he could finally breathe.
"Hi Sho-chan!", she chimed, with a brilliant smile. She placed a slender hand on his and gave it a squeeze. "How've you been?"
Sho blinked at her a couple of times and turned to Kyo. "Remind me again who this is?", he muttered.
"It's Kyoko.", Kyo lied. "Kyoko Mogami remember? You're going to punish her too..You are going to rape her!"
"Ah, Of course!", Sho's face cleared. He finished his last drink and turned to Mimori. "Here are the keys to my apartment..", Kyo murmured, pushing them into Sho's pocket. "Paradise complex, flat 1306."
He got up and quickly left, a triumphant smile on his face. Miroku was waiting outside for him. "Well?", he asked Kyo. "Did it work?"
Kyo nodded. "She was pretty eager to meet up with him. And I convinced him to do her..the camera's ready to roll in my apartment. Soon Sho Fuwa will be dancing to our tunes!"
7'th October, 9:40 a.m, paradise complex
Sho woke up groggily, feeling as though someone had run a thousand knives through his head. Rubbing his head, he took off the blankets and froze when he realized he was naked. A black head caught his eye and he turned to find Mimori lying beside him. She was still asleep, with an innocent smile on her lips. But it was the blood stains on the blanket that freaked him out.
"MIMORI!", he bellowed, throwing the covers off her. He grabbed her arm and sat her up, shaking her roughly. "Wake up!", he said angrily.
Mimori woke up with a start. "Sh..Sho..", she stuttered, withering under his glare. "Wh..What's wrong?"
"Everything!", he snarled. "What the hell happened between us last night?",
" made love t..to me..", she began crying. "Sho chan..we finally became one..S..so why are you so angry?"
"Because-I-am-not-interested-in-a-pathetic-dog-like-you!", Sho replied through gritted teeth. "I don't give a damn about what I said or did to you last night, but I never want to see you again!"
He shoved her away and was about to get off the bed when she timidly asked him, "Is it because of Kyoko Mogami?"
Sho was still for a few seconds and turned to her. "So what if it is?", he asked her jerkily.
"So I was..just a one night stand?", she asked quietly.
"Yes.", Sho replied shortly. His eyes disinterestedly ran over her naked body..her huge breasts that he had often admired and the hickeys, reminding him of his drunkenness last night. But she was absolutely useless..uninteresting..compared to Kyoko..
"I wish, I could say I love you..that I care for you..", Sho said in a softer voice, making Mimori raise her eyes hopefully. How he despised girls like these! His eyes became sharper, and his voice venomous. "But Pochiri..I really don't give a damn about you..", breaking her heart into millions of pieces with those sharp words.
He got up and went to take a shower, trying to rid himself off his headache with cold water.
Mimori stared at the shut bathroom door, biting back screams of rage. Anger was seeping inside her. Anger directed to the person in her opinion, responsible for her misery-Kyoko. Mimori got up suddenly, clumsily putting on her clothes and made her way to the kitchen. She had never felt to hopeless before. She was heart-broken..defeated..and had no will to live. She took the kitchen knife and began to repeatedly slash her wrists, numb to the pain because of what she had already suffered.,
END OF FLASHBACK..
Reino kissed her forehead gently, feeling anger build up within him. For the first time in his life, he felt sorry for someone. Mimori was asleep..thanks to his coaxing. She was relaxed and her mind was vulnerable..like an open book. He just had to delve deep into her memories to find the motive for her attacks against Kyoko.
He now realized why he had felt a connection to this spirit. She was the woman who had black-mailed Kyo. After seeing Mimori's body, Sho had panicked. He managed to dispose off Mimori's body by burying her in a graveyard far away from the complex, without stopping to think that there was no evidence of him being responsible for her death.
Unfortunately for him, Reino thought with a wry smile, Kyo's cameras had recorded the entire episode. He had never mentioned it to US, but probably started to black-mail Sho for extra money because of Mimori's death. She doesn't seem to be very well knoThat but I wonder why she hasn't been reported missing now..
"That poisonous snake..", he muttered to himself."Not only did he manage to remain in our good books by black-mailing Sho to give him his latest songs, he also got handsomely paid for it!"
Reino could now guess what had happened. Mimori hadn't exactly died a peaceful death. Her boiling anger, hatred and jealousy at Kyoko turned her into a vengeful spirit. But she was still devoted to Sho. She put an end to Kyo's game by black mailing him with that sex tape. Once he had admitted his guilt, she released the vdeo anyway and for good measure….
Reino looked at Mimori's sleeping face curiously. He had found it strange the manner Kyo strangled himself. It would require super-human will power for a person to kill himself by his own hand. But moments before he died, Kyo had been looking at nothing in particular, with absolute terror on his face..He was about to reveal the name of the black-mailer, possibly he had recognized Mimori's voice, and was terrified because he was positive she was dead..But Mimori must have silenced him..She must have forced him to strangle himself on live television.
Reino sat up when he thought he heard a tiny wail form the bedpost. He turned, and found to his surprise, the grudge Kyoko, that Kyoko assumed to have been exorcised. And then it hit him..Why Kyoko alone was able to sense and bear the spirit's injuries..A part of her soul had been taken hostage.
He got up slowly, so as not to wake up Mimori and gently freed the grudge spirit from it's chains. Mimori must have made it look like she had destroyed it, so that no one would come looking for it to save Kyoko. He quickly put on his clothes and tip-toed out of the room, hoping his spell over Mimori would not wear off before he left the apartment.
But luck was not with him. Reino suddenly heard an unearthly screech and a swishing sound. Instinctively, he ducked, just in time. He slowly looked up and found the apartment door had a large, deep gash on it. He could see the outside of the apartment through it.
Ouch! He thought wincing, his sympathies for Mimori evaporating instantly. That could have been me!
A/N: Will definitely update soon! Review please!
