Chapter 1384 Seven Nights Ghost
I don't own Bleach or any of the powers and gear used in this story.
Zack and Leonidas were at a room and were sitting in different chairs.
"Say, what happened to that girl?" Zack asked.
"Oh her, well she's fine." Leonidas said.
He then remembers when he met the girl Zack was talking about.
Flashback
Leonidas was on a business trip for one of his companies and decided to stay in company housing. The reason why was because of rumors of a ghost stealing snacks and turning on the TV.
"Better check this place." he said as he goes towards the house.
He enters it and start inspecting it. He then notices something.
"Is this a talisman?" Leonidas questions confused as why would one be here.
He takes it out since if it's real he can handle a normal spirit.
He then sees a note on the table. It was from Mr. Sato saying to check to see if the water and lightning was working and to contact him with an questions.
"Okay." He goes to check since the house must have been empty for some time.
He checks the water in the kitchen and the hot and cold was working alright.
"That's working ok." Leonidas said before heading to the bathroom.
He enters it and looks around since he felt a presence.
He looks around as he hears ringing in his ears.
"Ugh. My ears." He holds them.
He then sees hands followed by a head coming out of the darkness. The rest of the body follows showing it a woman with black hair and she is wearing a white dress with no shoes.
He blinks before she was gone. "What?"
The lights then comes on.
"That was definitely a ghost." Leonidas said with a frown.
He checks the bathroom for everything before he goes back to the living room and he kept checking for her.
He then enters the shower room and sees her in the mirror causing him to look back but he doesn't see her from behind himself. He then turns back to the mirror and sees she was still in the mirror but she was closer.
He turns back and moves away from the mirror. "Is she inside like Man in the mirror?"
He then heads to the bed and checks the lamp.
"Okay it's working." He said.
He then turns it off and on one more time just in case when he notices the ghost girl on the other side of the bed.
He jumps away and stares at her. "Who are you?"
She stares at him before vanishing.
He checks for where she went. "Now she's vanishing."
He then walks to the kitchen before stopping as he hears the tv being turned on.
"Did she?" He looks back at the TV.
He then looks over to it and sees the remote wasn't on the table.
"Where is it?" He looks for it.
He then hears ringing again causing him to look towards the bedroom and sees the girl again before she vanishes again.
"Why does she do these games?" He said.
He then sighs as he goes back to looking for the remote.
Leonidas looks around, under the couches and even the corners.
He then sees it by the shelf on the floor.
"Oh there it is." He said.
He goes to get it and turns off the TV.
He then sets the remote on the table and was about to head to bed before he hear the tv turn back on.
"Again." He goes to shut it off.
As he was reaching out and about to grab the remote his arm was grab suddenly by the girl surprising him.
"You!' He said.
She then looks at his face before she starts blushing. She then vanishes again.
He got confused by her reaction. "Who is she?"
"I should contact Mr. Sato about any residences that died here." Leonidas said.
He goes to bed but he keeps one eye open just in case.
Next day
The next day Leonidas came back to the apartment after working for the day.
He opens the door and looks around for her.
But he doesn't see her.
"Is she just waiting for me to down my guard?" Leonidas questions.
He goes foward and saw another talisman on the wall.
"Another one? Where did it come from?" Leonidas questions as he removes it.
"Well better check the list of stuff to do."
He grabs his phone and checks the list.
"So I need to find band-Aids, detergent for laundry, and sellotape." He said.
"Well the bathroom is a better place to start." He goes there.
Then he sees a note on the other table surprising him.
"Did she leave it here?" Leonidas questions as he grabs it.
He reads the note while looking around.
It reads "You are good looking." surprising him as well as flattering him a bit.
"Seems like she likes my looks." Leonidas said placing the note back down.
"Is it my eyes?" He wonders.
He then shrugs before going back to finding the items he needs, he goes to the bathroom and checks for the bandages in the cabinets.
"Not here. That's a bit weird." Leonidas said.
He goes out to look for another place. "Where do they keep bandages here?"
He then checks the kitchen as he figures that maybe they kept them there in case someone cuts themselves while cooking.
He opens drawers around the kitchen and looks around. "Hope she doesn't sneak up behind me."
He then feels her presence and looks for her. He sees her before she vanished.
"She's there." He said.
He then keeps looking for the Band-aids but didn't find them in the kitchen.
"Not here." Leonidas said as he then moves to the living room.
He checks the shelves since it's one of the few places left.
He feels her presence again and saw her near the bedroom. She then vanished once more making him sigh.
"She's just going to stalk me."
Leonidas wonders how to deal with her before he found the Band-aids in a drawler along with a stag beetle toy. He grabs the toy and looks at it.
"It's well made. I wonder why its here." Leonidas questions.
He checks it before he goes to get the other stuff.
"I think I saw the detergent in the bathroom." Leonidas said to himself as he heads to the bathroom.
He enters it and goes to get it, but he can feel she's watching.
"What does she want? Wait I remember the rumors saying she steals snacks so maybe I can use that to my advantage." Leonidas said.
He leaves donuts on the table and waits for when she wilk come.
He then sees her appearing and approaching the table. She then grabs a donut and takes a bite from it.
"Gotcha!" He goes towards her
She jumps in surprise before she tries to vanish again.
He grabs her as he rolled around the ground.
He lands on top of her as Leonidas looks at her making her blush at his face and the position they're in.
"Okay, what do you want?" He said
She doesn't speak but instead gets redder and redder.
"Can you not speak?" Leonidas questions her. She slowly nods.
She then vanishes surprising him again. "Ugh, better finish the rest."
He goes and gets the detergent from the bathroom.
"Now where is the sellotape?" Leonidas questions.
He checks around the house opens the closets and other places.
"Not in the closet by the bed. Maybe its on the left side of the tv." Leonidas said as he goes to check.
He looks around the TV.
He doesn't find right by it so he keeps moving to the left.
"Where is it?" He said.
He then sees it on the bottom of the shelf.
"There it is." He said grabbing it.
He takes it out and he scratched that off the list.
"Better contact Mr. Sato before I head to bed." Leonidas said as he turns around and grab his phone.
He texted the guy about the things that's happening.
"Sending now. Hopefully he finds any info on anyone dying here." Leonidas said.
He goes to bed and turns off the light.
"I have a long day tomorrow. So please don't interrupt my sleep. If you do that for me I will bring home some snacks and drinks for you." Leonidas said to the ghost girl since he believes she was watching him.
He goes to sleep for tomorrow.
Next Day
The next day Leonidas had came back to the apartment with some drinks and some ingredients to make some tasty snacks.
"I'm back and I got the drinks. I'll make you the snacks after I see if there is anything I need to do first." Leonidas said setting the drinks on the table.
"So please, at least wait until i'm done and nothing is stolen until then."
He doesn't hear a answer but then she appears with a note. She gives it to him and takes a drink before vanishing.
"okay, again." He goes to read the note.
It says "I can help if it means I get my snacks sooner."
"Help? Okay, at least put the stuff you find on the table." He goes off.
He then grabs his phone and checks it for anything.
"Now where is the next stuff?" He looks around.
"I need to find the emergency flashlight and lighter." Leonidas said.
He checks the bed and the drawers.
Then he sees another Talisman beside the bed below the Alarm clock.
"A third one. Do you know where they're coming from?" Leonidas asks the ghost girl.
She was hidding and shakes her head.
"So does this mean they just show up somehow?" Leonidas questions as he removes it.
He goes back to finding the stuff since this could mean big things.
He then checks the closet.
He looks around for that. "Now where is that stuff?"
Then she appears with the flashlight.
"Oh thanks." Leonidas said as she hands it to him.
She then goes away and he stares at the scene.
"You know its nice to have a ghost roommate who is helping you and not trying to kill you." Leonidas said before a thought appears in his head.
"You don't peak on me while I'm in the bathroom right?" Leonidas asks.
He didn't get a answer as she didn't appear again.
Leonidas sighs at this as he realizes she might have.
"Might as well make a quick check before cooking." He said.
Leonidas then heads to the kitchen to make sure he has everything and the dishes are clean.
He then starts to cook and looks around in case she appears.
"I hope you like dangos." Leonidas said.
After he was finished he sets a plate with some and he goes to a table with his, he looks at the other place in the kitchen to see if she takes it.
She then appears and takes it before vanishing again.
Leonidas shrugs and eats, he wonders what she thinks about it.
After a couple of minutes she appears with the plate and a note.
He reads it and she says: "It was delicious."
"Thanks." Leonidas said.
He finished and washes the dishes for the day, he then goes to bed.
As he sleeps She was looking at him from the other side.
She blushes a bit while watching him sleep.
The ghost girl then goes to the other side and lies down next to him.
Leonidas while sleeping puts a arm over her.
She blushes feeling close to him.
She then snuggles closer to him and falls asleep next to him.
Next day
Leonidas wakes up and she's not there. "Strange dream."
Leonidas then goes get ready for the day.
"Now let's get the work done and come back home, she will get loney." He said.
He then leaves the apartment as the ghost appears smiling and blushing a bit at his concern.
Later
It was the third day and Leonidas has come back to the apartment after work.
"Well better go make something to eat, I should buy groceries after this." He said.
Leonidas then heads to the kitchen to see what he has.
He saw some ramen and frowns. "Why doesn't anybody stock up on good food."
He then keeps looking for anything else but there was nothing.
"Seriously? This is so unhealthy and I can make better ramen then this." Leonidas said taking pride in his cooking skills.
He grunted since he has no choice, he puts some spices to make it better.
Then he puts the water in a pot and starts heating it up.
"I should look for a pair of chopsticks or fork while waiting." Leonidas said as he starts going the drawlers.
He sees chopsticks and takes them out.
"I should hang on to these in case she decides to take them." Leonidas said but then he felt the need to use the restroom so he sets them down so he can go use the bathroom.
He came back and she stole the sticks. "God damn it!"
Then he smirks.
"Well then I can just do this." Leonidas said using the wood release to make more chopsticks.
"No matter how many times you steal my chopsticks I can make more." Leonidas said.
He goes to make dinner and he sets a bowl down.
Then the girl appears in the bedroom with a bit of a frown.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
She motions at the chopsticks.
"Were you trying to play with me?" Leonidas questions.
She nodded at him.
"I see." Leonidas said.
"Well I couldn't not have the sticks, I was hungry."
She pouts.
He rubs her head. "Don't worry."
She blushes a bit at that.
"Well you can stay there, oh heres a cookie." He gives one to her.
She takes it and nibbles on it.
He smiles and eats his dinner.
After he finished eating he goes to the bathroom to wash his hands and he saw another talisman behind the towel, he got surprised and takes that one off too.
Next day
"I'm back." Leonidas said seeing her near the cat statue.
"So having fun?" He asked her.
She looks at him and smiles.
He puts his stuff away and checks for any texts on his phone.
Then he hears a shattering sound. He looks up and sees the cat statue had fallen and the tail broke off it. She looks shocked at this and vanishes as the lights shuts off.
He goes to the cat and sees it. "No worries it can be fixed."
He then starts looking for the needed tools for fixing it while using his phone's flashlight to see. He goes to the closet and finds yet another Talisman.
"Ok this is getting annoying. Where the hell are these coming from?" Leonidas questions as he rips it off.
He got the stuff he needed but he saw she's getting agitated.
"Please calm down. I can fix it. If you turn the lights back on you can use my phone and watch some cat videos." Leonidas said.
She vanishes and he sighs. "I gotta avoid her."
He then glues the pieces together and keeps a eye out for her.
She sneaks behind but he flashes the light making her go away.
He sighs at this as he realizes she is too emotional right now.
He kept working while making sure she didn't sneak up behind him, he glued the tail and starts to file on it.
He kept having to stop because he sensed her about to attack.
She moves away and he kept going. "Come on."
Eventually he finishes making him sigh in relief.
She appears at his side and he presented her the cat.
She looks at it in surprise as she takes it.
"I fixed it. Next time please don't freak out and do this." Leonidas said.
She looks at him and nodded before going away.
"Now since that is done time to do some work." Leonidas said.
He checks the list and goes to finish up.
After a few minutes of work he was done.
"Now since that is done I should get some sleep." Leonidas said before heading to bed.
He lies down and looks around for her.
He then sees her in the living room with the cat statue.
"Good night." He said.
She looks at him as he falls asleep.
Next day
He came back from another day of work.
"I'm back." Leonidas said.
He doesn't see her making him a bit surprised he gets in and then the lights came off surprising him.
"What now?" Leonidas questions as he turns on his phone's flashlight.
He looks around and said: "Hello?"
He then sees a note on the dining table. He walks over to and grabs it.
"What does she want to say to me?"
"She's up to mischief again." Leonidas sighs as the note reads the following.
"Unless you solve all the riddles, you'll be stuck in this room forever.
By the light box
Grid lines indicate the keyhole
Follow the numbers and crush the
Squares
From the mouth of the white porcelain
Emerging in a cloud of white smoke
A signpost pointing to the key
The key unlocks the door of impurity
the pair of sake cups show where it is
When the sake cups are set on the
table, the world will regain its light
and warmth, and people will find the
time to rest."
He looks around and said: "Game on."
He heads over to the lightbox and sees a piece of paper with squares.
"Found a part of her game." He takes the paper.
"So, I need to fill these out in the right order." Leonidas said.
He sets them on a counter as he looks for the others.
"White smoke that means steam I believe." Leonidas said before sensing the girl moving towards him so he shines his light at her making her vanish.
"The bathroom." He said.
He quickly moves to the bathroom and turns on the hot water.
He saw the sign she's talking about and inspects it.
Then she peaks from the corner surprising him, Leonidas flashes her scaring her away.
"You can't catch me off guard." Leonidas said as he goes back to his task.
Leonidas heads to the bathroom containing the shower.
"Now where would it be in here?" Leonidas questions before he sees the note on the shower door.
He takes it out and checks it.
"A bunch of different symbols." Leonidas said.
"I need to get the rest."
Leonidas then heads back to get the paper from earlier.
"What does it all mean?"
He then looks at the paper before he figures out what to do. He then starts filling out squares on the paper.
"A puzzle." He said.
He keeps filling it out until he got the right squares filled out.
"It's done." He said.
"A faucet?" Leonidas questions.
He checks the kitchen first.
He then senses her and flashes his light at her causing her to vanish.
"Please calm down." He does his search.
"Nothing in the kitchen. Maybe the bathroom?" Leonidas questions as he goes to the bathroom with faucet and toilet.
He checks if she's following him before checking the faucets there too.
Then he sees a set of four buttons near the toilet.
"Those buttons." He goes to check on them.
He then remembers the note and looks at it again before inputting the code into the buttons.
Then the toilet's lid opens and there was another Sticky Note with the Number 39 on it. Leonidas grabs it.
"Ok now what?" Leonidas questions.
He turns around to flash the ghost that's behind him and she goes away.
"I need to figure this out."
He then goes into the living room and looks for anything there. Then he sees numbers, a minus symbol and a 2 with a x.
"This must be it." Leonidas said as he arranges them to make 39.
"Now what?"
Then the box file with the - sign slides forwards and he then sees the cups.
"Cups?" He said.
"Are these the Sake cups?" Leonidas questions as he then grabs them and sets them on the table.
"Did you want a drink?" He said.
Then he looks towards the kitchen and hears a thud. He looks and sees her hand on the floor.
Leonidas slowly goes towards it and checks to see what she's doing.
Then she appears fully behind it and rapidly crawls at him!
Leonidas jumps away and looks at her. "Wait."
Then the lights and tv turns on as she sits on the chair.
He raises an eyebrow to go to a chair, he sits down and sees she made tea.
"Oh thank you." He takes a sip.
"This is good." Leonidas said as she added the right amount of sweetness to it.
She looks at him before looking back at the tv.
Leonidas decided to go to the restroom and he noticed another talisman. "Another one."
He then removes it.
"Where are these talisman coming from? She said she doesn't know, and I doubt anyone been in the room lately besides me and her." Leonidas said with a frown.
He goes to the bathroom as theres only one day left.
"One day left. I wonder what she wants to do?" Leonidas questions.
Next Day
He arrives back at the house and sees her throwing the stuff around, he sighs and takes out a talisman near the entrance as he goes to the living room.
"What's wrong?" Leonidas asks.
She didn't answer and most likely is because she knows the appartment was planned to be demolished.
Leonidas sighs as he needs to calm her down before something happens.
"Hey, can we talk for a moment?" He asked her.
But she doesn't stop and the lights start flickering.
"Listen if you want you can come with me to where I live." Leonidas said.
Theres a pause and it seems it surprised her.
Leonidas then pulls out his phone.
"I am also taking care of kids with two of them being my cousins." Leonidas said pulling up their pictures.
"Also I think your missing her." He shows a picture of a cat.
She appears with her hand covering her mouth as she takes the phone and stares at the picture.
"Your Madoka, Nina's owner. I took care of her and she became part of our family." He said.
She looks at him in surprise.
"I managed to keep her young, so you can see her again." He holds her.
She then smiles happily.
"Now will you calm down?" He asked.
Then everything stops moving and the lights stops flicking.
"Now, go get some rest, i'll be going to the bathroom." he goes there.
Madoka sits on the bed as she smiles with the hope of a true family.
Next day
It was the eighth day and Leonidas was finishing packing.
He saw most of the stuff are gone since the movers came to take it.
"Well, today is the end." He sees another talisman at the door and he grunts ripping it off too.
Then he feels like something broke. Like a spell.
"Who was putting those things up?" He said.
"Something or someone must have been placing them when me and Madoka were sleeping so that would explain how they appear somewhat but not how the being got in." Leonidas theorizes.
He goes to get his bag and grabs it. "Madoka?"
She appears in front of him holding the cat statue.
"Well it's time to go." He offers her a hand.
She smiles as she takes his hand and they leave.
Flashback ends
"I still remember the times we spent together." Leonidas told Zack.
Madoka then appears holding his arm while smiling.
"And she's been clingy even if we're in another world." Zack said.
"Yes but I don't mind it too much since she has been helping me with my company." Leonidas said since she was a ghost she can gather proof of wrong doings.
"Also how are your kids dealing with her?" He asked.
"They're doing good with her. Nina was happy to have her back." Leonidas said.
"Well we still have to do a lot." Zack said.
Note: The flashback is based on the game Seven Nights Ghost, Leonidas helped her since he has plenty of experience with ghosts.
