Arc 4: Chasing a ghost

Tags: Almost nude female, bloody descriptions and slight disturbing material

Location: Aichi city

I had arrived to the address, gave it a good look before entering, it was a nice bakery, as I entered the place I noticed a red hair woman, I made the line as there were other people there, I couldn't straightforward ask her about Toga so I had to play along some ruse I had made up, I was going to order some coffee and speak with the woman in the mean time. She was the same red hair from yesterday, she was rather pretty nice breasts too such a shame that I wasn't here for her.

I waited and waited and waited and then... It was my turn, I looked around in silence, set up an alarm on my phone and then ordered.

"Hi could I have some coffee, extra milk, extra sugar and also one of those cheese breads you have there, OH But please heat it up first and alongside that could I have the coffee cold as well if its not too much trouble"

"Yes sir, its there something else you would like"

"Hmmm let's see I need to get some cookies for a place that I am go-" Then my phone, right on time since I set up an alarm for 1 minute later as I ordered "Oh, give me some small bag of cookies, chocolate chip and let me take this"

"Yes sir" She started to work on the coffee as I 'talked' on the phone with absolutely no one on the other side.

"Hi? Yeah I will be there in 2 hours, no no I am on time don't worry, just picking up the cookies for the reception as well... Yes I am staying until night time, 8:00 p.m will do of course... What do you mean you are not staying? You cannot be seriously believing some dumb ghost story, its Kōnan-shi, not a regular evil graveyard, that temple its sacred don't go saying that outloud... There is no such thing as the blonde animal ghost" The woman turned to look at me for a moment, I stopped talking, covered the phone and spoke to her "Sorry is there something missing?"

"Oh no no, just, sorry, ignore me"

"... Anyways Kota I really would like you if you stay until night with me, I do not like the idea of being the only one spending the time there... No its not because I believe in some stupid ghost, there is no blonde ghost there, you are literally the only person in the world that has seen that" She served the coffee, there was no one behind me either meaning I could stay here as long as I wanted

"Look I am getting some breakfast so please, make me a favour and stop it with that, its just a funeral, don't go spreading those rumours, no one has ever seen any of that."

"I- uhm- Sorry I am listening too much"

"No, no I am speaking too loud, its my cousin, he is scared of making a reception at the temple for a funeral we will have tonight, but he simply is scared and wants to bail on me"

"Blonde ghost he said?"

"Yeah he started working there a few months- Give me a second" I went back to the phone "Look Kota, I need you to get this done, I will talk to you later about changing schedules" I made up like if I hung up the phone and continue speaking "Yeah he is a bit of a silly guy, few months working there and he swears there is some blonde ghost chasing him, I think he just likes the attention"

"Any idea on how the ghost looked like?"

"Hm? I am not sure but he kind of say something about, sharp teeth, yellow eyes I think, like a..."

"Cat?"

"I was going to say predator..."

"..."

"Something wrong miss?"

"I think the ghost might be real? I knew a girl with those characteristics and I swear I saw her once there"

"Now you are playing with me ma'am, are you serious?"

"No, no I am serious, I swore I saw her! Its just that no one believes me after I say whose ghost it is... She is a girl that was popular in a way"

"Oh like a pop-star? Singer?"

"n-NO n-o no... It- I- you are going to laugh at me" I placed 1000 Yen in the counter

"Ma'am if I laugh keep them, I work at graveyards, seeing ghosts and apparitions I take very seriously which is why I don't like hearing my cousin talk about it so easily, ghosts are spirits that must rest, not an internet sensation thing"

"Okay... It was Himiko Toga" I looked at her confused and then I took the money away.

"Keep going."

"It was a late night, I was heading back home, I was passing next to the graveyard but then at a stop, I don't remember which location of the graveyard, I looked to the left, there was a clear path of the forest, a pretty path but then, out of the bushes I saw someone, something jumping, she looked dirty, ugly, naked and unkept, it was more animal than person, she looked at the taxi I was on with those yellow sharp eyes of hers, an animal, it looked like a bug or snake maybe? Right in her mouth, bleeding out, I froze, like if I saw something I shouldn't and then realised it was a ghost, I had trouble sleeping after that."

"... I see, interesting, it might be that she is here because this place was important for her?"

"The league of villains did destroy Deika city... Maybe its bonded to that place?"

"Maybe you are right and since you have such connection to her from knowing her from before she appeared to you"

"D-do you think she is going to come for me?"

"No, unless you were like a great great friend to her no. Its amazing the things we can find in this world but I am more curious about the fact of you saying that you are certain this was Himiko Toga, why not just some random ghost, a random blonde ghost furthermore, I remember that someone saw Hachishaku one time and went and film it in the graveyard, it ended up being a woman with a quirk that made her grow that much that was grieving her husband, I don't remember the details but she sue the man for filming her"

"B-But I am certain this was Himiko!"

"How certain?"

"Very!"

"Care to say why you feel that strong connection"

"I- I cannot explain on simple words, but when you meet someone for a while and then see something shocking about them, like if they are dying from a sickness or in this case they became a serial killer, you just cannot forget their face, its so heavily imprinted on you, that gaze, that hair, she could look as malnourished, dirty and wounded as she can but it wouldn't matter, that girl was Himiko Toga! And no one believes me"

"Well- I believe you, I will be staying in town for a few days I might drop by here just to let you know what I saw but I assure you that these types of sightings are worth chasing, I as a man of faith and superstition is why I like the graveyard so much" I grabbed the coffee, bread and cookies that I ordered.

"Thanks. Also thank you for listening"

"And thank youuuuuu for being such an important member of society, goodbye!" I left the bakery with a smile on my face, the confirmation that this girl might still be alive was finally here, but most importantly I knew what she was doing, it was hard at the beginning but it made sense now, everything was falling in place so it was time to head back to where everything started.

Location: Kōnan-shi, Aichi

I was back at the graveyard temple, walking around the place to try and gather clues, to hear private conversations and follow people, so far nothing out of the ordinary but I was probably looking at the wrong people.

I had realised that if Himiko Toga was to live somehow in this graveyard she would be stealing dead's people blood and turning into them, so I was trying to spot something out of the usual, I approach people that were by themselves, offering them comfort as they were crying to those that died recently or perhaps just visiting, they appreciated my company but I couldn't keep up with this to be honest.

As I was getting tired of walking around I visited the place that Ochaco visited the day before and I noticed something, a weak pale man, one would think its a ghost, his hair was unkept, dirty and it was staring at the unmarked graves, what I found more interesting is the place where he was, it was right in front of Himiko's 'tombstone' just a Jane-Doe that died the same date Toga's body dissapeared, curious I approached.

"Afternoon" The man looked at me for a moment before looking down again at the tombstone "Do you happen to know her? There is actually an archive to identify dead bodies if you want to help. After all, spirits need rest don't you think?"

"..."

A silence was met, she didn't even bother looking at me this time "Its sad seeing people dying and not being recognized by someone, sometimes what we all want is to be seen, I want to be known by others, that way when I die someone would be worried about me, if you are worried about the person that die, that's good, you must let them know in the worlds of living by living your life in the best possible way making them happy"

"You don't know anything about me" He talked with a raspy, shakey voice, almost as if trying to hold his own voice, or change it.

"You are right, if this person is one that hurt you, I would recommend you the same, living a happy life would make them revolt on their grave and you would be free of their grasp"

"Leave"

"... You can talk to me, I am a friend"

"I have no friends, I am just another dead-" That last word, got her voice out, it almost sounded oddly feminine "Leave-"

"I have a friend that was like you, they couldn't move away from the fact her husband had died, so she visited every week, leaving a sandwich of Jambalaya for him, it was such a strange type of sandwich but she said he loved it, so she left it for him every week thinking that maybe he would come back to her, to apologise and to let her live her own life, it was a hard process to move on but if there is a dead person, still lingering, bothering, picking on those that are alive isn't that a problem? Perhaps the dead should stay dead and let to rest, because if they are not... Well... those alive around that person will just suffer... And you don't want those people to suffer right?"

I touched their chest, right on their pocket as I slid something inside their red coat, a cellphone I bought before coming here, and as soon as my hand grazed them, they looked at me with so much anger and rage inside that they didn't notice me sliding something in their clothes.

"Don't suffer just let go of the person-" Of course this was me just trying to get a reaction out of them and it worked, the man slapped my hand away.

"Don't you ever touch me again you absolute bas-" He suddenly covered his mouth puking on the ground, a dark red pool of it on the ground as he puked and I just stared calmly, but once I noticed what happened I reacted as I should've.

"Oh god! Are you okay?! Do you want me to call the hospita?! Check on you?!" I said overreacting a little but instead the person stood up taking out what seemed to be a bottle with something dark, slimey almost looking like a liquid and drank it, having so much difficulty doing so, staring at me before running away.

I pulled out my second cellphone tracking down the one I implanted on her clothes, this way I would know where she was going, this person had to be it, she had to be the one...

I waited for a good moment seeing the dot on my screen move, seeing where she was running, I couldn't chase her that would be too dangerous, but I had a few more tricks in my sleeve, fighting her would do no good and she won't fight me because as soon as I get murdered she would be spotted, so we were at an impass, I needed to wait and see where she went and after a bit of watching the dot I noticed it stopped, it was in the middle of the graveyard, I wanted to follow it but it was better not to so instead I took a picture and waited.

She stayed there for what seemed to be an hour, then out of nowhere she started to move again, she moved to the deepest part of the graveyard, where there is plenty of trees and flowers, and laid there for a while, a good while actually, it had to be another hour, I got hungry during this time and I ate the bread, I shouldn't have come this early but the rest of the day was me watching her move left and right on the graveyard, she never stopped moving, she sometimes visited again her own tombstone before going back to the strange place she went first time while I enjoyed a nice lunch outside, my phone was starting to get low on battery so I went to a coffee shop nearby to charge it, I noticed her leaving the graveyard at one point in the afternoon making me panic but then she stopped moving right outside of the doors, maybe she was buying something to eat?

As I arrived I noticed the same weak pale man, it looked 4x worse actually, much worse, like he had gone a whole week without eating, bones were showing and his body mass decreased a lot, this was barely looking human, they were asking for money like a homeless and people passing by, feeling sorry for him gave him money, with that he went around and started to buy some food before quickly entering the graveyard before nightfall.

Once the moon had settled and the whole place was dark I decided to make my own move after waiting for so long.

I entered the graveyard once more, avoiding people, not wanting to be spotted in case they try to kick me out and eventually I arrived at the place I had seen before, my first stop, it was a mausoleum, I was a bit surprised but the door was actually open, so I entered, there were many bodies buried there, I started to investigate around and notice gaps in one of the graves, I looked around for something that could help me open up the box and then behind the door I entered I noticed a worn out crowbar, it had been used many times, it was even bending a little...

I used the crowbar to open up the grave which opened up with much more ease than expected, the body was very recent. I could tell that because it didn't smell awful, but more than that, the body had weird holes on it, with dark, oxidize, dried blood, as if someone had been poking out blood or digging, carving things inside of it, it was disgusting, but the appearance of the male its what made me smile, this was the same man I spoke this afternoon, I didn't need any more proof, no more evidence, Toga was alive and she was still in this graveyard.

I had to move to the second place I had seen, the forest, as I made my way there I noticed the tracking dot was also on the forest as well, but unmoving, not doing anything, I pulled out a tranquilizer gun and some of Midnight's quirk in a bottle before approaching slowly, as slowly as I could, trying to not make myself known, the dot was still, as I had arrived closer to the forest I thought that this might be an ambus so I decided to round and go through the most difficult path, it didn't matter if it took me an hour to walk 1/4th of a mile into the forest, I needed to be cautious.

After a while I finally got there and I saw a woman, lying on the floor, sleeping on an abandoned dirty matress, there were other things around, cooking tools that were oxidized, old, some ropes hanging around the place, as if to dry clothes or hang other things, she had knives however, dangerous, but she was sleeping, I saw her neck perfectly open. I aimed, shot the dart and hit her body.

She woke up in shock grabbing her neck quickly and tossing the dart away.

"Huh you are actually alive-" That's all I said thinking she would go down once the dart hit her neck but instead she threw a knife at me which I barely dodge, this instinct of killing, of going straight for vitals and not giving up even when the odds are against her, she was the equivalent to the best student at Nemo, I saw the same type of eyes he has when fighting a villain. I was utterly scared and I had to make some quick distance.

But that didn't matter she pounced at me holding a rusty knife as she tried to stab me on the neck, she had too much strength, my quirk wouldn' help, Midnight's quirk was impossible to reach, it was fight like an animal or fucking die since she was faster, but I had something she didn't, a full meal and a night of rest, I quickly knee her stomach as she whince in pain before pushing her off of me, she attacked with the knife again as I grabbed her wrist but she still forcefully went at me, she tossed her knife to her free hand and went for a cut, barely getting my clothes as I kicked her stomach once more, she stopped to suddenly cough out some dark blood almost holding herself back from puking.

Still she went at me for more, I was wondering why the fuck has she not gone down after drugging her with the dart as she made me run around the forest with her chasing behind, there was no doubt, her incredible will and determination was scary but as she chase me I noticed her tripping and falling down on the ground, she tried getting up shaky, groaning, arm still holding the knife as she jumped at me to kill me but she fell down again, she started to pant, she looked panicked, finally the tranquilizer hit... Fuck it.

I loaded another dart and shot it at her body again as her muscles relaxed and her body finally went limp, she had passed out.

"Crazy bitch..." I took my phone and called La Brava "Hey Brava, I already got the little pest I was searching for, do you happen to have any abandoned warehouses near my location... Yeah anything works... Good that works yeah... No don't worry its just that this little crazy rat gave me some trouble but I would appreciate if you come here tomorrow morning, come alone and bring me one of those special kits I talked to you about the other day... Also one last thing, that villain hideout you spoke of, yeah I will be needing it as soon as you can, buy it, hide it, construct it, I don't care but get to it and quickly, things are about to change"

I looked at Toga who was still trying to resist, she certainly was something else.

"Make us both a favour and go to sleep will ya?" I would wait a few more hours before moving her, I wanted it to be as dark as possible, no one could see me nor her get to a more isolated place.

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