幽霊物語 6

I was sleeping peacefully until I was woken up by Noriko.

She said "Yuuuuuuujiii, there's someone at the door who's here to see you."

I opened the door.

"Hey there, Yuji."

It was Kawakami Miwa.

Noriko was not happy that another girl had come to disturb her happy life with her beloved.

"So Yuji, this is the one who killed you?"

Yeah.

"You haven't killed her back?"

Nope.

"But you made sure you had permission and everything!"

I know.

"What made you change your mind?"

She's cute.

"You two know each other?" Noriko angrily asked.

"She's a shiniga-"

"We're acquaintances from work."

"Wow Yuji, I didn't think you'd be working with such a pretty girl!" Noriko  said through gritted teeth.

I didn't either.

"So, Mrs. Kawakami, was it? What business do you have with my Yuji?" Noriko said.

Then she hugged my arm tightly. Even her breasts were pressed against my arm.

Noriko is very possessive. She wasn't at all like this before I died.

"Hey Yuji, why are you hiding your new  appearance?

Miwa had a point. I let the white hair and red eyes back out.

"Wow Yuji. I like the new look. It's really attractive." Noriko flattered me.

Miwa spoke up.

"Anyway, back to the purpose of my visit. So I'm here in the living world for a while and I don't have anywhere to go so I was wondering if I could-"

No.

"Please?"

Why?

"I'm the one who brought you back to the world of the living, plus without me you wouldn't know that you can use every demon weapon in existence as well as all spirit magic in existence."

Fine.

"Thanks Yuji. I'm sure you'll be a great roommate."

We are not sharing a room. I don't approve. Noriko won't approve.

"Well that's fine. I'm sure this living situation will give us time to grow a lot closer."

Miwa did the same thing Noriko did with her breasts. I enjoyed it a bit more than when Noriko did it. Noriko was not happy with her. Regardless, I had just created a big problem. There are now two of them. I was just fine living alone. I've got myself not only a yandere, but a shinigami too.

"Well, I'm gonna hit the sack, we've got school tomorrow." Is what I said to get some sleep.

I guess Miwa had expected differently of me, because she said "You're a rogue spirit exorcist and you're going to attend school?"

"I sure am, as many days as I can. I don't intend to let my new duties slow me down from graduating."

"That's rather ambitious coming from a dead man."

Miwa is harsh.

"It's fine, as far as anyone knows, Noriko never laid a finger on me, and I'm alive and kicking."

After some debate, and convincing Noriko not to follow me into bed, I got some sleep. The next day at school, I had some unexpected business come up. I received a call from Miwa when I got to school, even though she had all morning to just tell me in person. She told me "We have an insider at the school that we consider an ally. They are a very valuable source of information. Since your first target is still a few weeks away, your mission for now is to meet with our ally, get to know them, and get as close to them as possible."

Basically, there are no spirits to kill, so my job is to make friends with our intel guy. That's what she said. Basically.

As I walked into the classroom, I locked gazes with another individual. At that time, it was painfully obvious. I had found my guy.

"Hello there, Ms. Hasegawa."

"Call me Ayumi. Normally I put an emphasis on formalities, but for you I'll make an exception."

She put on this unnecessarily lustful expression when she said that. It was at this moment that I realized something.

If I'm not careful, I might find myself with feelings for my teacher. However, business came first. Though I had a valid reason for my actions, I decided to have a little fun. I sat on the teacher's desk, and got closer to her. I whispered into her ear "Can I meet you after school, Ayumi?"

I could tell she was into it.

Though, I was only teasing her. Mostly.

Still, it intrigued me that I figured her out in an instant, yet I had a one hundred percent gut feeling she had yet to fit the puzzle pieces together on who I was. The school day ended, and the time for my meeting was nigh. Of course, I toyed with her a bit.

Well, she was smart enough to become a teacher, so I didn't question her legitimacy any further. She taught my class, and that's plenty qualified for me.

I had a normal school day that day. I was expecting to get sent to the headmaster's office or get chewed out for making advances on a teacher in front of the class or something like that, but I did not. The school day ended, and the time for my meeting was nigh. Of course, I toyed with her. Upon entering the classroom, she greeted me by saying "Hey, Yuji. So why did you ask to meet me after school?" Then, I did the cliche "get close until she's up against a wall, then slam your hand next to her on the wall" thing. That got her fairly excited. "Perhaps she doesn't have much romantic experience," I thought. I inched closer to her.

I don't remember what had gotten into me that day. I have her a kiss on the cheek. "You're the intelligence guy working for the underworld." I said. She definitely heard me, but I think she was too flustered by the kiss to fully comprehend what I was saying. "Would you mind if we went somewhere else than school?" She said. She wasn't asking me on a date, probably. I took her to a cafe anyway. "Taking your teacher out to a cafe on the first day of school? Just what kind of student are you?" She asked.

"The dead kind."

"So you really are the new guy I heard about from Miwa."

" I sure am. And my current mission is to seduce- er, get to know you better."

"Well, I think you're off to a good start." She have me that lustful expression. Even myself, a man of confidence, was baffled at my inability to remain focused after I saw the face she made. Another thing that confused me was how such an innocent looking woman could say such tempting things and make such tempting faces. I didn't know it yet, but I was falling for Ayumi a bit.

I said "So, how many others are there like me?"

Ayumi told me the situation.

"As it stands, just you. Only a few people stop at the "river styx" after dying. If I recall, only seven people have dropped into the river Styx, including you. You're the seventh. Miwa offered to the others the same that she did to you. The rest of them wanted to come back, but didn't accept the conditions Miwa have them for their own reasons. Or, they accepted that they had died and were ready for the afterlife. You're the only one who has taken Miwa up on her offer. Maybe that's why she's taken such a liking to you. As of recent, she's always texting me about you. Who knows, maybe she's starting to like you."

Ayumi paused. She ran her finger around the rim of her coffee glass.

"Well, she may have taken a liking to you, but I won't let her beat me."

She giggled softly.

"Just kidding. Mostly."

I thought I might be happy with her in the future if I played my cards right.

"Quit thinking about my boobs." Ayumi said.

"I wasn't, damn. But as a man, I have the right to imagine."

"Play it cool, and someday you might not have to imagine."

"Slow your roll, teacher."

"Would you like some private lessons?"

"I politely decline."

I walked Ayumi to her car, and she dropped me off at my inn. Nothing else happened between us. Phase one of my mission is completed. My mission, however, had a long way to be completed, because you can never fully know someone. I could marry Ayumi, and still have barely scratched her surface. I actually had thought about that after our "date" at the cafe. I don't like to rush things, but she is a tempting woman.

"Welcome home, darling!" Were the first words to greet me behind the front door. To my surprise, they came from Miwa, not Noriko. Noriko was not happy. I, however humored Miwa a bit.

"Honey, I'm home."

Noriko was now pissed at both myself and Miwa. Noriko probably knew it was a joke subconsciously and wanted to acknowledge it, but her psychotically romantic tendencies prevented her from doing so. I tried to calm her down a bit.

"Noriko, my one and only, we were only joking. You have nothing to worry about." Perhaps I should have spoke differently. It's true that I was after her pre-murder, but I wasn't so sure after, and I didn't want to give her any wrong ideas. But, I did.

Noriko latched on to me. A hug was her way of forgiving me, and signaling Miwa to back off.

"Oh darling, you're so sweet. Thank you for clearing this misunderstanding for a certain homewrecker." Noriko did not speak gently. But Miwa wasn't having it.

"Remember girlie, I'm the one who helped bring your boyfriend back, if you could even call him that. You two aren't official, and he just called you his one and only to get you off my back. Clearly, he cares about me more than you now, since you killed him! How could he love his murderer?"

"Listen, you thieving who-"

I needed to end this discussion.

"Listen up you two, New house rule number one. No girl fights in the inn. 

I don't care what you do off my property."

The inn isn't really my property, but I don't care because my parents left me to look after it, so it was as good as mine for the foreseeable future.

"If I catch you guys in any physical confrontation, I will use Lamentation on all three of us, and we'll take the inn too."

"What's Lamentation?" Miwa asked.

"All you need to know is that if I use it in these close quarters, you can say goodbye to your life, and Miwa and I can say goodbye to ours a second time."

I hadn't fully tested the bounds of my mortality after coming back. All I knew is that I wasn't. I couldn't be killed my mortals, that's all I knew.

"Kawakami, just what have you done to my Yuji?"

Miwa countered Noriko with "He's not yours, and he won't be."

I intercepted this shitshow with "Both you please shut up. If I make you yaki-udon will you guys be quiet and eat?"

" 'Kay."

" 'Alright."

At least food got through to them.

The next day at school was particularly rough. As I was walking down the hallway, I heard a group of girls gossiping and spouting nonsense to one another. Unfortunately, that nonsense was about me. Word had gotten out that I "asked out a teacher" and I was caught "alone with a girl from my class". Absolutely slanderous, if it wasn't true. That group of girls avoided me as I passed them and they gave me a disapproving look. One of those girls also tried to trip me. I was lucky that one of my new perks was super good reflexes, and speed. I was minding my own business, when those girls chose to mess with me. To ensure that they understood not to take me lightly without physically harming them, I did something I'm not too proud of. To those girls I was a just a detestable person lurching down the hall, but what they didn't figure out until I was long gone, was that they had "misplaced" their undergarments.

It was a low blow, but it needed to be made clear that I am not going to take shit from anyone.

After that incident, things got even worse. The faucet broke whole I was washing my face, so I got a blast steam of water in my eyes. I'm not a dickwad, so I used magic to fix it. I headed to class after that. My class consists of two main activities that I took part in: Paying attention, and staring at Ayumi. The class session that day had been the most uneventful part of the day. However, when I got to my locker, the day, unknowingly for me at the time, had taken a turn for the worst.

I had received the fabled "Anonymous love letter".