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Early morning, Toujou's residence;
"Mmmh….Ericchi….." she mumbled her name.
Her body feels hot and it feels like a warm finger touching against her core.
"Ahh—…..Ericchi…" she called her name once again.
"Nozomi…." a gentle voice called her back.
"Kiss me…Ericchi…" the purplenette demanded as she could feel hands traveling across her breast, playing with her nipples and giving a soft massage and kisses on her body.
"I love you….Nozomi…" the voice whispered close to her ears.
"I love you too…Ericchi…."
A sensual touch brushes against her thigh, reaching up to her core and slipping deep inside her slippery hollow.
"Ahh—…" she moaned in pleasure.
"Nozomi…how do you think our class will go in this festival?"
"It will be great, Ericchi….as great as you…."
"Is that so…?"
"Mmhh…..even though, there will be a few people that will come running to us to beg for help…but we will make it…"
"I see…"
The purplenette arched as she could feel another finger inserted into her hollow...
"Ah—Ericchi…please…lick me too…"
"You want my tongue…?"
"Mmmh…" she nodded.
"Very well then…."
And as the blonde crawls down—she suddenly turns into a big fox with nine tails, opening her mouth and—….
"Nozzoooomiiiii!" A shout and a smack on the table…
Nozomi quickly woke up from her nice dream to see a blonde haired girl right in front of her table.
She looks around to realize that she is in the student council room.
"Ericchi… morning…"
"It's not morning anymore! It's afternoon! How could you take a nap in the middle of our last meeting for the event?!"
"Ehh….I was having a good time though…"
"Yes, in your dream! But in reality, we have a lot of things to be take care of! First, because this festival is open for public, we better go check on the security and confirm our schedule!
"Uhm…ok…what next?"
"It's not what next! It's get up and get yourself ready! You can't show up with that messy hair and—that drool on your face!"
Nozomi giggled,
"Ok-ok, let me get to that…" she quickly takes out her handkerchief and cleans her own face, taking the small mirror as well as she tidies up her hair.
Eli sighed heavily.
"Were you dreaming about something perverted again?" she asked.
"Eh…No… no way….I don't always do that…" Nozomi replied.
"Lies…" Eli said.
"Did I do my usual sleep talking?" Nozomi asked.
"No…you didn't… gladly… I can't imagine if you did that in our meeting… but really, you need to get a hold of yourself…. I'll be really angry the next time you do this to me…"
"I know-I know…"
When Nozomi continue to do her hair and at the time Eli was about to check on her files again, the student council door opened,
"Excuse me…" said a mature woman voice.
"Ah…Principal…." Eli replied.
"Ayase, you got a guest looking for you… she said, she wanted to talk to you and Toujou about something important…"
"Hmm… this is difficult, Principal, our schedule is packed today…"
"She is from the Law Enforcement…A detective, she said…"
Eli and Nozomi stopped—taking an interest to the occupation of their guest.
"Might that be caused by that old news?" The Principal asked,
"I don't know…" Eli said.
"Let's just meet her, Ericchi…she might be that detective from before…" Nozomi replied.
"But…the festival….?" Eli asked to the vice president.
"She also said, it won't take longer than five minutes…" The principal said.
The Principal room,
"Thank you for calling them…but...perhaps… will you mind if we talked about this somewhere else?" The detective said as she could see Eli, Nozomi, and the principal come into the room.
"You have business with my students, so I would like to hear it…"
"Is that so…? Then, I hope you don't mind with the absurd topic… it's about…the spiritual beings…." the detective said,
"Afraid not, she has become one of our clients…" Nozomi said.
"Clients? So… are you giving such a service?" The detective asked.
"Yup, with no costs, because we aren't professionals….yet…" Nozomi replied.
Eli sighs heavily,
"Which means it's not a guarantee if we can actually do something about your problems…" she said.
"I'm not worried, you were able to take down the mysterious giant that everyone said to appear in that restaurant, right?"
"There's an essence of accident there…" Eli said.
"Doesn't matter…but… anyway, my request is… I want you to capture the spirit which wounded me like this…" the detective said as she opens her jacket, revealing a set of bandages warped around her arm. As she pulled it down slightly to show a long and deep scar engraved on her skin.
"How did you get that and how does this spirit look like…?" Nozomi asked.
"It was at the café… the very same one with that crime scene… you know what I mean since you two were the witnesses of it… "
"Oh…that café…." Nozomi smirked wryly,
"Yes… the spirit was slender and carrying a small knife… he was also surrounded by a dark fire-like aura….And at the time when he attacked me, he said… 'leave'….and that's about it… I was trying to fight him, but he didn't seem touchable nor shootable. So I ran away…" the detective explained.
"Strange…at the time we take a venture there, before the police came in, we didn't see anyone and not even a soul either…." Eli said.
"I can confirm that as well… but…now it makes me wonder…how come a spirit appears there? Might have he been hiding somewhere before?"
"This just a guess, but…. the identity of the big man is the father for the woman and the girl…and the slender one is the owner of the restaurant. He is just as old as the eldest daughter—and currently, having an affair with her as well… knowing this fact, her father disagreed and according to the acquaintance of the restaurant owner… they were planning to make a deal about it, but they weren't successful in their own escape—which caused the father to be angered…so he—was attempting to kill the restaurant owner…" The detective explained,
"Wait a minute, you said…an affair? So that man has someone he is committed to?" Nozomi asked,
"Yes… when we searched the identity of the woman he is committed with, we found that she own the fast food shop on the other side of the city. Also, it was said that she was pregnant—and aborted because they weren't ready to make a family…"
"Is there anything else you can tell us about them?" Nozomi asked again,
"Yes… About what was strange from the crime scene… according to my investigation, the restaurant owner was dead from a knife chopped into his head and it was an instant death… but then, the man, the café owner, was killed by being hung with the rope…and, the slit on his throat….was made after his death…"
"What about the female victims?" Nozomi asked again.
"They were dead long before the two fought… and not killed in the crime scene…"
"Eh…?"
"They were dragged brutally by their father—and probably were killed on the way to the café…almost all of their front bodies are disfigured…"
"Can you confirm that it was truly what their father did to them?"
"Yes… we found his fingerprints on their clothing. He probably was too carried away by his anger…. The restaurant owner—was probably trying to stop him from doing that…which caused them both to die in the crime scene."
"It's tragic, how a love story could end in such a chaos…" Principal Minami commented.
"You think so…?" The detective replied,
"Mm… but at least, the restaurant owner has proved that he will do anything to protect her…even though, she was just someone he had an affair with…"
"But something is a little off…remember what that big man said before…" Eli said.
"Hm…you mean… something about being unfair…?" Nozomi asked.
"Yes… what was being unfair…? Isn't he the one who's being unfair…?"
"Then the fact that the restaurant owner spirit said, 'leave'…. If that was what happened, aren't they supposed to speak the other way around…?"
"Like, the big man spirit saying, 'leave' and the restaurant owner, 'it's so unfair'….?" Nozomi asked the blonde,
"Pretty much… because the big man is trying to stop his daughter from getting along with that man, so he is supposed to say 'leave them alone' or something like that. Then the restaurant owner, he could've say something like, 'it's so unfair that I wasn't allowed to love the one that I love…', right?"
"You're right, Ericchi…. I think we will have to investigate that further…"
"Yep, we will have to do that…but first, the festival… we're running out of time…" Eli said.
"Oh, right… I'm glad that I was able to tell you everything I needed to say… thanks a lot…" the detective said.
"You two better get going…" the principal said before Nozomi and Eli ran out of the room to catch up with their schedule.
The Dojo, afternoon;
A blue haired girl is practicing as an ash brunette girl waited for her at the entrance along with a ginger haired girl.
"You see, Kotori-chan, I heard that a blunt force or specific event could trigger the third eye to open… Then I also heard, some were also born with the ability to open other's eyes…" the ginger haired girl said energetically.
"Uhm…Honoka-chan… Why would you want your third eye to open…?"
"Because— remember the two seniors? They were able to fight evil spirit that messes with the living!"
"Isn't it better if we just leave that to them? I mean…this school…had some bad histories with the spirits too and they were able to banish them… we're all able to study in peace because of them….so… I guess, we don't need to do anything with the spirits…"
"That's no fun, Kotori-chan… we might be able to do something bigger if we have the ability too!"
"Hnnngg…Honoka-chan…I don't think we can do anything like that…."
As the ginger haired girl was about to speak— the blue haired girl approached them and smacked her hand on the ginger haired girl,
"Honoka! I told you to stop thinking about that…we're not going to deal with that kind of crazy unrealistic stuff…"
"Eeeh..but…Umi-chan….that two seniors….?"
"They are who they are…we are ourselves…. They are not us and we are not them…."
"Haaaaaaah…Umi-chan is no fun either…."
"Don't think to do anything crazy now, Honoka… we have a test coming up in a few months, you better start memorizing or you will be left as a first year…" Umi replied with her stern voice.
"Ah—Umi-chan, are you done with practice?" Kotori asked.
"Not really, but my mother told me to just go out and play… we will continue tonight…"
"Ahh..I feel bad for bothering you…" Kotori said.
"No you're not…Not at all... I need some break too after all…" Umi replied.
"Hehe…then, should we head to the fast food shop?"
"Fast food…again?" Umi complained.
"But that place is cheap and has a lot of tasty meals!"
Umi sighed heavily,
"Fine, we go there… but I don't want coke…" she said.
"You can have chocolate milk…" Honoka replied again as they started to walk away from the dojo.
After a while, the three reached the big road as they keep chatting about what they will buy in the shop later and when Honoka noticed a little puppy walk to the road, a small car headed toward its direction…
"Aa—!" she ran to reach it as was already in the middle of the road,
"Honoka!" Umi quickly ran to catch up with her, pushing her away and—….
The clinic, afternoon;
"Emergency! Emergency! Please move aside!" the staff said as he pushed the emergency bed containing the unconscious blue haired girl.
"Umi-chan! Umi-chan!" The ash brunette cried as she follows them while the ginger haired girl was not brave enough to speak out—especially when she was still holding onto the puppy that she just saved.
When they passed through the hall, the red haired girl—Nishikino Maki, sat on the chair next to the room where her parents work. She overheard the cry and feeling somewhat concerned about the young girl who seem to be just a year older than her.
It's not her first time to see such a thing, of course, but… perhaps, she was just curious about what exactly happened to her.
She decided to walk slowly, approaching the three young students as she pretended to not approach them.
When the bed was brought to the room, the two other students—and the small puppy were told to wait outside. Maki could hear the ash brunette crying while the ginger haired was trying to calm her down.
"It's ok, Kotori-chan, Umi-chan is strong…"
"Honoka-chan! How could you….!? Waaaa!"
"W-Wa-wa….S-Stop crying…Kotori-chan! It will be fine!"
"Honoka-chan is so stupid!"
The ash brunette keeps crying.
About an hour passed, when a doctor came out of the room, Kotori and Honoka quickly stood up to face him,
"Doctor! How is she?!" Kotori asked.
The doctor in his sadness, shook his head.
"Waaaaaaaaaa!" Kotori cried louder.
"W-wait! Do you mean?!" Honoka tried to confirm.
"We couldn't hear her heartbeat and we also have done our best to support her… it's no use…but…just in case… we should wait for about 8 hours to make sure…"
"8 hours…?"
"Yes… Hopefully, she will awake before then…"
"Is there any injury…?" Kotori asked.
"We found a few injuries, but it doesn't seem to come from the recent incident… so we thought, what caused her to fall unconscious is just because she was mentally shocked…" he replied.
"I see… then, we should just contact her family…" Honoka said.
"N-No! No! Honoka-chan! Wait!" Kotori said.
"What?" Honoka asked.
"Can we….just wait for that 8 hours?"
"W-Why?"
"I…I feel like I wanted to keep this as a secret from her family! And from everyone else too!"
"E-ehh?! But why?!"
"T-there is just….something, ok? So…please… let's just wait for those 8 hours!" Kotori begged.
"Uh….Ok…?"
"Good! Now… I'm going in!" Kotori quickly ran inside the room.
"W-wait! Kotori-chan!" Honoka quickly followed after her.
The red haired girl could hear the ash brunette starting to call her name over and over while crying. It sounded so silly, but…maybe… that person is precious to her after all…
"Don't be too noisy…ok?" the doctor said before he closed the door.
"Hey…." Maki said to the doctor,
"Well-well, isn't this the Nishikino junior…? What do you need?"
"What happened to her?" Maki replied shortly
"Oh…them? Well… her name is Sonoda Umi, she was hit by a car…even though her body looks fine, her heartbeat is too low to be heard, like a dead body's…or perhaps, it's like her soul has left somewhere… but it's not quite like a coma…"
Maki remained quiet for a moment. Thinking about the statement about her soul having left somewhere….
"A…car, huh?"
"Yep, a small car, a sedan to be exact… the driver ran away though….so they can't ask for him to be responsible…"
"Where did this happen?"
"Just by the big road near the fast-food shop…"
"I see…" Maki nodded,
"Is there anything else you wanted to ask?"
"Mm..no… I'll go ahead…" Maki replied before she stood up and ran out the hospital.
"Take care…"
The Shrine, Afternoon;
Eli and Nozomi sat on the bench as they worked on their paper after a tour around the city to find their materials. Eli seemed to be very serious about preparing the festival which made Nozomi have no choice but to help her.
All their ghost friends surrounds them, starting from the snow girl to Akamanto…
"So…Nozomi, I'll have to cut the budget from this club since they're not going to present during the festival…."
"Ehh…? Why can't we just cut all the class's budget? They can always add their own… the club cannot do so as they have lesser members…."
"I don't think that's wise to be done. The festival will be for everyone, so focusing on one or two clubs will feel so much like a waste…"
"But if you do that, then you will have to cut every other club as well…"
"We can't, there's the art club which will require a lot of budget. I believe, if we cut it, they will harder a harder time with displaying their work…"
"It will feel like discrimination for that one or two club…so, I still think, it's better to cut the class's budget… not many of the students know about the average budget of each club, right? Plus… each class has about thirty members, so even if we give them lower budget, they will still be able to survive…"
Eli remained quiet.
"Fine then… but I still think that giving a budget to that club is a big waste. They're only going to throw that away to buy worthless crap…."
"Eh, it's their club, once we gave it to them it's their right to decide about what to use it for…"
Eli sighed,
"You know, I really feel like stopping that club from running…"
"The occult club isn't that bad, you see… even though, we both know that they're nothing but a fraud, we both also know that they're having fun…so let them be, Ericchi…"
"Might as well change their name to a play-club…"
"What is…and occult club…?" Hanako asked.
"It's just a club that plays around with their imagination… they pretend that they are all able to see spirits and communicate with them… so far though, we both have never seen them doing things right…"
"As in…there's never an actual spirit being communicated with?" Reiko asked.
"Yes…the last time I check on them they were trying to summon a demon…into one medium… then this medium started to rage and acted dumb…but we both knew that is just an acting…" Eli said.
"Then, the medium started to break stuff around the room…and you know what? After she was being taken care of… the club leader asked for an extra budget to replace the broken stuff, but Ericchi said… 'ok, ask that to the demon…' then she left… I totally heard the club began to chant random mantra—saying that Ericchi might've been possessed by a stingy demon…!" Nozomi continued her story.
The ghosts laughed,
"Really? They seem fun!" Reiko said.
"Totally! But…for real? Stingy demon? Do they even exist?" the snow girl said.
"They do… Name is Yuki-nee-chan!" Hanako said with her innocent smile.
"H-Hanako! I'm not stingy!" the snow girl complained.
"Now that reminds me…" the Akamanto started,
"….just the other day, I saw this group of students going to the bathroom together. They started to call Hanako-chan…but when Hanako-chan was about to answer, there was another girl who hid in the ceiling walls, answered the call…" he continued,
"Yup! Then… there is one girl who said that she wants good grades…and the girl who hid on the ceiling said that Hanako-chan will do it for a cost…"
"Yes-yes…and the girl paid the other girl with money…" Akamanto said.
"Wait…they did that?" Eli asked.
"Yep…Hehe… in the end, I helped that girl who paid … but the group that got the money refuses to give me the money!" Hanako replied.
"I see…so my judgement wasn't wrong… they need to have their club budget cut…." Eli frowned as she quickly made a few notes on her book.
"Uhm…I suppose they can't be saved now…." Nozomi mumbled.
"Yes! That's right! Ayase-nee-san! Give the money to me!"
"That's not right, Hanako-chan, you don't need them, the students will need it!" the Snow girl said,
"Well, I'm generous…so I'll give my money to them…"
"Ah, speaking of which, our class is going to open a haunted food shop, do you all want to join?" Nozomi asked.
"Nozomi…I don't think we—…"
"We can?!" the ghost cuts in before Eli was able to finish. They seemed to be very excited.
"Yep, as long as you all don't harm anyone, then you all can join the fun…"
"What will we do though?" Reiko asked,
"You're just going to decorate the room with yourself…"
"Oo…so..just fly around and make an appearance?"
"Pretty much…" Nozomi replied,
"We can do that!" The Snow Girl said.
"Yeah!" The other ghosts cheered,
Eli placed her palm on her face, she just couldn't believe that her dear friend would allow them to do such a thing…
"Oh-oh! Can I bring my friends?" Hanako asked,
"Sure, but remember, the class isn't that big…" Nozomi said.
"Ok!" Hanako replied cheerfully.
Suddenly, a red haired girl ran into the shrine, looking around for a second and as she caught the sight of Nozomi and Eli…
"Hey! You two!" she ran to them.
"Ah…Maki-chan…" Nozomi said.
The Blonde and the Purplenette watched her trying to take some breath before she started to speak,
"Hey, can you two follow me? This is an emergency…"
"Emergency…?" Nozomi and Eli flustered,
"What is this about?" Nozomi asked.
"Just….! Come with me!" The red haired girl quickly dragged Nozomi away.
"W-wait! Hey! Don't take Nozomi!" Eli quickly catches up with them while holding all of her papers.
The Snow Girl and Reiko taking a notice to the red haired girl,
"What is she in a hurry for…?" Reiko asked.
"I don't know… but by coming to those two…maybe she is trying to accomplish something?" The snow girl smiled faintly.
The Big road near the Fast-food shop,
Nozomi, Eli, and Maki stopped in the area.
"So…will you tell me why you are pulling Nozomi now?!" Eli said somewhat angrily,
"I told you, this is an emergency!" Maki replied, her hand still holding onto the older girl,
"Don't pull her away like that!" Eli split their hands and step right in front of Nozomi.
The two were intensely glaring at each other,
"Now-now…you two…" Nozomi tried to stop their glare against each other,
"Gh…it doesn't matter anymore…I don't have time to do this stupid glaring competition…" the red haired turns her sight away from the cold azure eyes,
"I want you two to help me look for a soul…"
"A…soul…?" Nozomi tried to ask.
"Describe…" Eli replied coldly.
"She's probably just a year older than me, her name is Sonoda Umi, she has long blue hair and average skin color… she was hit by a car in this place and…her body was taken to my clinic…"
"Wait a minute… you're asking us to look for her soul so that you can bring her back to the clinic…?" Nozomi asked.
"Is she even here?" Eli asked to her,
"Its just a guess, but please, will you try to look?"
"What if her soul is in the clinic…? We will waste so much time working for her… we're not that free, you know…." Eli complained.
"She is here!" Maki responded aggressively.
"Uh…wait…Maki-chan… do you think we can somehow take her back to her body and make her alive again?"
"She is not dead—not yet… her body is still alive! Maybe it's like an empty vessel right now! We only have about 6 hours from now before she is declared as deceased…so, hurry up and help me!"
"Our question is, what makes you so sure that you will find her here?!" Eli asked aggressively to her,
"I can hear her shouting her friends name! That's all! I can't see her, but you two can, right?"
The two remain quiet… Nozomi knows that there's a hint of tears coming out of the red haired girl, perhaps she is scared by Eli's cold eyes? Or perhaps…she is just too embarrassed? Either way, she thought Eli could understand her, but maybe it's not quite the right time to hang out with Eli right now. She might have too much work to think about… knowing that tomorrow is something really important…
"So, do this for me! Ok?!"
Eli frowned at her,
"Listen, we don't have—…"
"Let's do it…Ericchi…" Nozomi cuts in.
"What? Nozomi! We don't have enough time to do this! Remember that we still have to arrange all the budgets? Then also confirm to the music shop, that the piano at school is broken, remember? Then we promised the music club to fix it before the day and yet the music shop hasn't sent any of their worker! We will also need to find a proper jury for their competition as well! Are you nuts to ignore all that responsibility?!"
"I'll help with that! So shut up and help me first!" Maki said loudly.
Eli paused as she heard it.
"Papa owns a music shop… I can get things done earlier for that case…but this one, we only can do this at this hour… so… make this a priority, will you?" Maki continued again.
Nozomi and Eli remain silent to her statement, wondering if she is telling the truth.
"Also, if you need budget or health care… I'll ask papa to be a sponsor…."
They once again remain silent for a moment until Nozomi smiled faintly along with her soft sigh.
"Alright then, that settles it… we will look for her…."
A few hours passed,
The three kept wandering around the area but finding nothing more than the usual spirits that wanders around the streets aimlessly. Nozomi never actually cared about them because they don't seem to bother the living, though, ever since she started walking with Eli—and seeing her keep getting surrounded by them, she had to constantly exorcise after every ten minutes.
Thanks to that, the road has become quieter and Eli doesn't seem to care about them anymore. Maki, on the other hand, always wondered as to how those souls looked like. She has been watching Nozomi doing a quick ritual to banish the souls that approached Eli.
She wanted to ask, but she is too shy to do so. Maybe just hearing those souls' scream as they were banished is enough?
"Hnnm…I still can't hear her… maybe she is still somewhere far…?" Nozomi asked.
"Honestly, I can't hear her shouting her friend's name again either… maybe she is too tired…?" Maki said.
"Can you at least identify her voice…?" Eli asked.
"Heh, not really, but the last time I heard her calling…she was calling by the names, Kotori and Honoka… her voice is deep and somewhat scared…"
"Kotori…and Honoka…? Hmm…I heard that too before…but I was not aware…" Eli replied.
How come Ericchi heard it, and I didn't? Has she surpassed my spiritual level?
Nozomi thought.
Maybe I was just not focused enough, but I swear I did!
She thought again,
Either way, her power was awakened after me, but she could improve faster than me… this is so scary!
I wonder if she is already able to touch a soul as well… as in, the soul that stayed in their transparent form…? Not at the time when they make themselves appear?
And a sudden flashback came to her,
There was a time when Eli shoved the Snow Girl away— she swears that time, the snow girl was transparent…
No…no-no-no…that can't be…
She denied,
She was able to do that?! Have I been slacking on my training?!
She asked herself.
Or maybe it was because she has that beast inside her?!
Someone did say that it might've shared their ability, right?!
But for real! Is there any way to take that beast out?!
Her eyes keep looking into Eli who is currently talking to Maki—about the soul they're looking for.
I don't want to admit defeat when she is actually cheating with that beasts power…
She tried to remember about what always happens during their sport hours at school…
Eli is always able to surpass everyone's record along with being able to catch up with others, but lately, she wasn't able to catch up with her…
She is just getting better and better each day…
But maybe she is just a fast learner?
She asked herself again.
Ah—she is just too much a mystery for me… maybe that's why she is so attractive…?
Maybe other than because she swings that way and it gives me so much hope to get her on my bed…
…she is also…. Physically… so attractive for me…
Those...fit muscles all over her body…
And those long and slim fingers….
That serious and cold face of hers…
The smooth, pale white skin…
Plus… the size of her breasts…..
So perfect… I'll never be bored to admire that….
She talked to herself…and unconsciously cause her cheeks blushes by the thought, licking her own lips and putting one of her fingers into her mouth as she slows down her movement to watch every move that the blonde made.
Unexpected detail was accidentally seen by the time she kept looking at the blonde, just about a few meters away from the side of the blonde, there's a soul of a girl hiding behind the walls. She has long blue hair and gestured like she was currently crying softly.
"Ericchi! Maki-chan!" Nozomi called them
"What?" the two turned at Nozomi—then to the direction that Nozomi pointed.
"Ah, that! That's the person!" Maki said as she pulls Eli's sleeve.
"Let's hurry up and get her!" she said before she and Eli quickly ran to get her,
"Sonoda Umi!" Maki shouted,
"W-wha…" Umi stood up and as she saw the two trying to catch her…
"No!" Umi swiftly ran away as she cried.
"Wait! Umi! Stop!" Eli shouted.
Knowing that it might not be good if she is being obvious on trying to catch her… Nozomi quickly takes another turn while Eli and Maki tried to catch her directly.
"Umi! Come back!" Maki shouted to her.
The blue haired girl keeps running away from them.
Nozomi swiftly climbs up the building as she saw Umi going through the small gap between buildings. Maki was seen to enter, but Eli has suddenly gone from sight too. Nozomi could've spent a minute to wonder, but she prefers to use it for catching the very soul—or at least, to make her think that she will be caught since she knows that she won't be able to actually catch her.
But for another thing now, how could Maki see the blue haired girl?
Has Umi accidentally shown herself?
Or perhaps, something has happened to Maki?
No, that can't be the case. Nothing happened to her.
Taking the strange incident into her mind, Nozomi tried to look for more details, such as, a few ghost that lingers around the buildings, some that may just look like a creature from another planet…
She wonders if she should ask the detail to Maki… will she say that she could see them?
Putting that aside for now, she keeps thinking of where the blue haired girl is going…
Then at the time they finally reached a corner with nowhere to run…
Umi stopped.
…which also clears up that she might not be aware that she is now only a transparent soul that could pass through walls...
"Umi… listen…." Maki tried to speak, though as she started Umi started to fade from her sight.
Maki pauses, starting to doubt that she is still talking to the very girl. Nozomi was still able to see her and she knows that Maki might've lost her from the sight, but she wanted to know what will happen next.
"…..just…come with me, your friends are waiting for you to return…"
"What do you mean…?"
"You were thrown away from your body…and…maybe, you got lost here… but… either way! Your living body is waiting for you to return as well!" Maki said.
"So…where is it now?"
"In the clinic….Emergency Room number 11…. If you go there, you'll hear your friend calling for your name…"
"I see, then. I'll go back now…" Umi replied as she dashed through Maki while Maki was still not able to figure out where she might be right now.
When Umi reached the entrance of the dead end, Eli suddenly stopped her which caused the red haired girl to turn around.
Umi, knowing that it might be unwise to stop right now, quickly tried to evade her, but when she passed through next to her, Eli suddenly spread out an icy wind, which also caused the blue haired girl to appear again in the red haired girl's sight. The blue haired girl froze on the spot, stopping her from going any further.
The revealing power blast?
Nozomi said in her mind.
That's…. a high tier spiritual power! How could she use that?!
"Hey! What are you doing?! She has to hurry up and—…" Maki pauses as she could hear someone chanting a mantra. It's slightly different from the one she heard, but the voice is just the same…
Without thinking, Maki quickly ran closer, and then tried to pull Umi—or at least break the ice that froze her feet. But she wasn't able to do it as her hands keep passing through her instead.
Nozomi knows that she needed to jump down now, but… it is really a good time to do so?
She decided to wait for what might happen next… or what might be up in the blonde's mind. She believes that she isn't planning any harm to an innocent soul like Umi.
But her thought was quickly brushed off as she could see the beast starting to come out from Eli's body.
"K-Kyuubi?!" Umi said in fear.
When the beast was finally let out—in a somewhat transparent form and can be seen by Maki, Nozomi gave no more second to act. She jumps down right on top of Eli. It also causes the beast to fall down, allowing Nozomi to swiftly cast her fire power to melt the freezing ice, releasing Umi from it.
"Run!" Nozomi shouted.
Umi and Maki quickly runs away, without any more being said.
She thought she could hold her down, but… Eli got up easily and dashes to catch up with the two— with Nozomi on her back.
"Ericchi! Stop!" Nozomi shouted as she holds onto the blonde that ran like a beast.
They pass through a few buildings, just like how they were before they caught up with the blue haired girl,
"Ericchi!" Nozomi called her again. She could see the blue haired and the red haired girl still running as fast as they could.
It was hard to keep herself on top of her back as Eli ran so quickly and everything from her is too powerful.
Knowing that something has to be done before they reached back to the crowd in the big road, Nozomi grabs Eli's shoulder strongly as her legs crossed against the waist of hers. She pulled her and with her weight, attempted her best to make the blonde fall all the way back—which succeed after a minute.
Nozomi could see the two girls managing to escape from the area. The moment she thought she could seal her back, Eli suddenly struggles to get off from Nozomi's grip, causing the two to have a really hard time with each other.
They rolled on the ground, moving against each other and getting dirty.
Perhaps, if it was taken into another context, Nozomi would be gladly doing so, sadly it didn't work out the way she would like it to. She struggled to put the blonde back to her consciousness, sealing the wild beast back into its slumber inside her.
When their bodies pressed against each other, Eli suddenly paused and started to sniff the purplenette's body….
"E-Ericchi?" she questioned her action,
The blonde remain silent and continued sniffing her. Until her nose stops right on Nozomi's waist….which makes the purplenette more confused than ever…
"W-wait! Ericchi!" She said as Eli started top aggressively grope on Nozomi's waist and keep sniffing with her Russian nose. The blonde finally stops as she grabs something on Nozomi's left coat pocket.
Nozomi is still confused, but she decided to look through her pocket and see what might've taken the beast's interest.
Is it… her card?
She showed the cards to the blonde, though she shook her head with a somewhat playful manner.
Then, the second, she pulled out…
A pen…
And the blonde shook her head again…
So she pulled the last object that even she couldn't remember putting it inside…
A pack of chocolate—which seems to have already melted…
The Blonde nods, she stares at her with sparkling eyes.
Knowing that it might be fine to take her time, Nozomi decided to stand up first. Looking at how sparkling the beast eyes looked.. it makes her believe that it might be it's favorite food…
She opened it carefully, before picking a piece of it with her hands, sticking all the melted chocolate on her fingers. Immediately, Eli takes her liberty to have it.
By then, Nozomi swears, that's the best feeling she ever felt… to have someone actually suck her fingers so gently. Now an idea came up to her mind and when she looked around, there were only a few souls that only looked at them but didn't speak a word.
Either way, she believes that they won't complain and this place is pretty hidden from the other living… or at least, that's what she thought, when she figured out that every building around them right now has no other windows than the small one on the upper side of the walls. Who is tall and not busy enough to peek through it?
So the first plan, she tried to rub the melted chocolate on her neck…
And Eli instantly headed to her neck to start licking it aggressively.
Knowing that her plan was working smoothly, she rubs more chocolate to her cheek—and it goes the same way as her first plan.
Ahhh….this is so good….
She thought.
Hmm…What if…..
She took another piece and rubs it close to her lips.
Immediately, Eli continues her licking closer to Nozomi's lips. Sometimes, her tongue reached the corner of her lips and that's enough to make Nozomi blush red.
Now, this might be something that require a lot of courage, but, it should be worth it if it was a success… Nozomi took more piece and bit half of it it with her mouth—and without delay, Eli made the same move—which also means that…
They are French kissing….as Nozomi also started to let her tongue enjoy the taste of the others.
Is she actually having fun with the person she wanted to have fun with? Or maybe she could be called as… the weird person that likes having fun with a beast?
In her defense, the beast is just a soul that possesses her and Eli is still there with her body.
When the idea hasn't yet run out, she decided to continue her chocolate running business… she unbuttoned her shirt, pulled her bra down and started rubbing her breast with the melted chocolate.
Eli actually went down and starts licking her breast aggressively…
Ohh..yes…that's right, Ericchi…uhm…I want it to be a little further….
She said in her mind as she took out her breast , then rubs a lot of the chocolate on her nipples….
The blonde keeps licking her nipples, and then started to suck on it as it tasted as good as the melted chocolate…
It's too good to be true and too satisfying for her…
She rubs more chocolate on her nipples…
Her nose started to bleed from the overloaded euphoria.
Least, now she knows its not a dream…
Ericchi…. this is so good…
She thought.
Ah…I want more of your kisses…
She said in her mind before she tear apart the chocolate pack, placing the last of the chocolate into her mouth and open her mouth to let her know that she can have it..
Eli digs into her mouth with her tongue, reaching for the chocolate that was kept inside. Nozomi hugged her tight as she could feel her bare skin on her breast touching Eli's rough coat. Their breast pressed against each other and it was just so warm until Nozomi realized that something down there was forgotten.
Her core tensed and feels like it demands for some more caring.
While her mouth was still being enjoyed by the blonde, she started to reach out into her pocket, looking for more chocolate that she could rub on her core. Though the only thing she could find was a piece of letter…
It says…
Happy Valentine…
And she realized that the chocolate might have been from someone—but she didn't know that it was in her pocket. Lucky that it wasn't last year's gift…
Or at least, that's what she thinks.
She swears she didn't see that chocolate last year….
It doesn't matter anymore though…
All she could think of was to get more chocolate and she need it immediately so that her 'best friend' could go down and start licking where she needed her to.
Unfortunately…knowing that she couldn't find more, she decided to just enjoy what she has. She keeps licking her as she started to embrace her head, demanding her to go deeper and deeper into her mouth.
Until a moment passed and Nozomi needs to take a breath,
She finally lets her friend release her lips from her.
The blonde still remained silent, staring at her quietly and it was without the tongue that sticks out like when a dog was excited,
Her face is just as perfect as her calm self. Maybe that was what makes foxes different than a dog…
She could see the soul of the beast was also sitting down quietly as it watches her…
Feeling an itch in all over her body, she wanted to make more kisses with her…but….
"Toujou-senpai!" someone shouted from a distance…which was probably coming out from the one they were after…
Nozomi quickly fixes her clothes.
"Toujou-senpaaaaiii!" said a chirping-like voice that she has never heard
"Toujou-senpaaaaaaiiiiiii!" said another voice, but was cheerful and energetic voice.
"Hey…where are you?!" said the voice that she knows to be owned by Nishikino Maki.
The purplenette stood up and sets the confused blonde right in front of her.
When four of the new comers approach, Nozomi quickly chanted her sealing ritual….
"Haaaaaatt! Go back to your sleep!" she said heroically. And the Blonde falls unconscious immediately after that….
"It's doneee!" Nozomi said cheerfully as she turns her face to the four girls.
"Hnn…Nng….Toujou-senpai…. Your nose is bleeding…" the ash brunette said.
"A-Are you ok?!" the blue haired girl asked.
"Oooh…Toujou-senpai! You must've had a great battle!" The ginger haired said.
"Wow…. Was it really that hard…?" Maki asked.
"Yes… it was really tough….my juniors…it was a battle that no other could join….and the most heroic one I've ever done…." Nozomi said with full of her charisma.
"Now, shall we go back?" she continued as she carried Eli in her arms.
"S….Sure….?" The Deep blue haired girl nods awkwardly.
The Shrine, Afternoon;
"Thank you so much for saving me…. Toujou-senpai…. Also…I'll say my gratitude to Ayase-senpai too…even though…she is…a little out of control…." Umi said politely as she bowed to her.
"That's fine…that's fine…"
"You see, when I was knocked away from my body…I was so lost that I couldn't even find Kotori and Honoka… then I saw those souls wandering around the street, some looked just as lost as me, but some looked like a bully, waiting for the right moment to launch their actions… it made me realize…perhaps, if I could have an ability like you two, I could fight the evil one so that the lost ones will be able to freely find their way…" Umi explained,
"….I've helped some souls, but… I was so scared myself… that's why… I was there crying on my own…"
"Why were you running away from us before?" Maki asked.
"Actually, when I was there, I saw a very tall woman with a black dress following Ayase-senpai and you, she was carrying a bead and…. I thought, she might be trying to do something bad to me….and you two were just illusions…"
"A very tall woman in a black dress?" Nozomi tilts her head slightly.
"Yes…then…I can saw her lips chanting something, but I couldn't hear what she was saying…"
"Could she be the one who chanted that mantra on her…?" Maki asked.
"I've never seen her nor heard her…" Nozomi said.
"Strange…" Maki replied.
"You can?"
"Yes….I can hear someone chanting a mantra…but it was faint and I couldn't even see any soul until someone reveals them for me…"
Nozomi remain quiet for a moment…
"Ah…a mantra that could control a beast…" The Snow girl suddenly came up to them.
Maki could hear her, but the trio seems to not be able to do so…
Nozomi turn her sight to the Snow Girl.
"Yes… I've heard that there's a mantra that could control the soul beast… it's not specifically for an individual beast though…. if it was spoken, then all beast that could hear it will be controlled…but they can't take the overall control go the beast, they can just control their moods or desires…such as…. Making them hungry…or making them happy…or sleepy…" The snow girl explained.
"Ah…I see..so that's why… it sounded like a whisper…." Maki replied.
"A whisper? Hmm…. This is dangerous…" The Snow Girl said.
"Say, can you see any tall woman with black dress right now?" Nozomi asked.
"Hmm…No…not at all…" the Snow Girl replied.
"I see…"
"How did she actually look like?" The Snow Girl asked to Umi, but she doesn't seem to be able to hear it, instead, she has been looking at Maki and Nozomi, who seemed to be able to talk to an invisible being…
"Uh...Umi-chan…. how does she actually look like…?" Nozomi asked.
"Oh… It wasn't that clear… I could only notice the black dress…and the height…but I remember she has a somewhat pale skin and a very long black hair…." Umi replied.
"Ah…. Hmm…it's still to vague…there are a lot of chances for it being anyone…" the Snow Girl replied.
"But…if…we somehow manage to find the identity…we might be able to link it with the previous incident…." The snow girl continued again.
"Previous incident, huh? Actually…we got to investigate one more case… in that café…." Nozomi replied.
"Oh…?" The Snow girl lifted her eyebrows
"Oooohhhh!" The ginger haired girl seemed to be excited.
"Can we join?!" she asked energetically.
"W-wait! H-Honoka!" Umi protested.
"It's ok, Umi-chan! We have Toujou-senpai!" Kotori said.
"W-wait, Kotori?!"
"Hehe….I just think…it might be interesting…so… I want to come!"
"Oohhh! Candidate for new friends!" The Snow Girl said excitedly.
"Heh….can they be of any use….?" Maki said.
"Well…can you be of any use…?" Nozomi asked teasingly.
"O…Of course I can!"
See you next chapter...!