Disclaimer: Nobody in the Gravitation universe belongs to me. I claim no kinship whatsoever and sing Maki Murakami's praises. The only thing I'm getting out of writing these is sick sadistic pleasure out of making the character's lives even more difficult.

Ghost Monk

By: Zemia

A/N: Since I was in such a rush to get it updated last night (when I wrote chapter 18 at about 1am) I hadn't had time to type the last bit of it out. So it's here as a "Part B" for you, which, when combined together makes Chapter 18 more decent in length.

Chapter 18 – …. K, Now What? (Part B)

Facing the large plate glass windows, Tohma simultaneously watched the bustling city below him and the man behind him using the convenient reflections that the window made. K sat happily polishing one of his 'babies' while waiting for his boss to finish his 'reflecting' as he called it. Having already interrogated Tatsuha, bribing him with backstage passes to both Nittle Grasper and Bad Luck concerts as well as a bit of blackmail regarding keeping information confidential, Tohma knew exactly what had transpired at the Shrine before his arrival.

For all of their fierce protection of each other, it was all too easy to manipulate the Uesugi children into ratting each other of their secrets.

Eiri's unusual behavior warranted close attention, in case it was necessary to hospitalize him again. Though it hadn't been a pleasant experience the first time around, and he would regret it if it had to happen again, it had to remain a viable option.

The bit of news that bothered him most, however, was that Kitazawa had been mentioned. Not once, but several times. This, he would have to tackle carefully. Without turning, he called, "K."

K immediately looked up at Tohma, grinning wolfishly. Now the fun could begin. "Yes, Chief! What do you want done this time? Bombs, Heavy artillery? Weapons of mass destruction?" He sighed dreamily as he momentarily imagined himself riding a tank and laughing maniacally as it decimated half of Tokyo.

"It's extremely important that my dear brother-in-law not find out, so not this time." Ignoring the visible wilting of the natural blonde, the N-G president continued, "Tell me…. Shindou-san had spent the night prior to Eiri-san's birthday at Nakano-san's, did he not?"

Raising his eyes skyward, K holstered his gun in a show of complete seriousness, then finally nodded. "That's right. Why? What's Yuki-san done THIS time?" He continuously worried that Eiri's behavior would have an adverse affect on Shuichi's career, which it HAD done in the past. With the singer's growing maturity, it'd been happening less frequently, though, but still needed close monitoring.

A coy smile on his lips, Tohma crossed his arms and asked, almost innocently, "Do you still have those cameras set up?" It was a reference to the knowledge that K's constant surveillance on his charge (and said charge's disturbance), included taping of N-G's and Yuki's house.

"Of course! I always set them up as soon as a new lease is signed, before they move in. It's standard procedure."

"Good. I want all of the tapes for all rooms for the night Shindou-san was at Nakano-san's, as Eiri-san's birthday arrived." Tohma unfolded his arms and sat at his desk, beginning to rifle through some of the piled papers on the surface. "bring them here to me within an hour."

Why would he want tapes of a night when Yuki-san was alone? Unless…. He wasn't…. Hmm… Knowing that the discussion was over for the moment, K rose and saluted his boss. "As you command! I will hijack the security detail and torture them until they have divulged the requested information!" Without bothering to check for Tohma's reaction, he disappeared out of the secret exit so that no-one would realize he'd left the President's office.

In this new N-G building, which he'd had a firm hand in designing, he'd procured a spiderweb network of hidden passageways and nooks that he used to get places quickly. It also helped him sneak up on people to catch them doing nefarious (or at least in his mind) dealings. Only Ryuichi knew them almost as well as he did, which was sort of scary in itself.

Fortunately, the flaky popstar-turned-actor didn't know of the many hidden caches of 'emergency materials'. He didn't even want to know what would happen then. Kumagorou could set off a bomb or something by accident. K shuddered at the thought as he opened the door to the hallway that would lead to the security room.

Watching K leave, Tohma smiled to himself as he attempted to get as much work done as he possibly could before Mika stormed in on him. He knew she would, since she wouldn't have much luck in tracking down Eiri. The man had had a clear head-start and time to have holed up somewhere, with or without Shindou-san. A petite frown marring his brow at the image THAT raised, the president of N-G Records debated a long vacation.

TBC