Chapter 225

Chapter 225

I walked aimlessly through the unending school hallways. A weird color distorted everything, like some sort of bad grayscale. It made my eyes hurt, but I had no choice but to press on. Whoever or whatever the spirit was pulled us into this place, separated us, and now we needed to somehow break out.

If only I could just find them...

"Mio! Mikami! Are you two there?" I shouted while making my way down the hall.

Nothing but my own disjointed echoes answered me. A thought crossed my mind, and I rubbed the Uta's ring. No answer. Not even his presence. Seriously? What good was a god-husband, son of Amaterasu, if he couldn't even respond?

A presence passed right behind me. I whirleld around but saw no one. Something that sounded like clacking grew louder as it drew closer behind me. I ran faster than I ever had in my entire life— only to smash into someone putting pedal to the metal like me. We fell backwards, foreheads sore and groaning in pain.

When I looked up, it was Mio I had crashed into.

"Mio! Were you running from something, too?" I asked.

"Ughh... Yeah, from some weird sounds. It's gone now though. You?" Mio returned the question, and I nodded in response.

We helped each other and looked around to get our bearings.

"Guessing Mikami wasn't with you either," Mio said, leaning to the side to glance behind me.

"I'm pretty sure we all ended up in different parts of the school." I shook my head and frowned.

A distant, frigid moan echoed down the hall and sent chills up our spine. Mio panicked. She jumped into my arms and buried her face into the pocket of my neck.

"Fuck you, ghost! I'll fuck your ass, I swear I will!" Mio clenched a fist and waved down the hall.

"Acolytes? Is that you? It's me, Mikami! I'm farther down the hall, and I've trapped the spirit!" Mikami's voice shouted.

"Hrm... I kinda don't trust it," my succubus girlfriend grumbled.

As I moved forward, Mio tugged on my arm.

"Are we really going to check it out? I'm not going! I don't wanna!" Mio threw a tantrum and slumped to the ground.

"Seriously, Mio. Were you always this scared? I figured you of all people would be cracking sex jokes and be completely unfazed by this," I said.

"Alright, so what if I'm scared? Spooky shit like Halloween is fun! I know they're faker than silicone tits. This? This is real!"

The only reason I wasn't really afraid was due to my connection to Takamagahara. Really, all of it could be explained by restless yokai and spirits. Seeing Mio like this, I almost felt bad I was able to be the braver one this time. Which was why it was up to me.

"I know it's scary." I kneeled down and hugged her. "But as long as we're together, we can do anything! Beat Beatrice, beat alraunes, screw a whole town of people. What's a ghost going to do about a succubus?"

Mio thought for a moment, sucked in a deep breath, and got to her feet. Hand in hand, we made our way down the hall until we came across an occupied classroom for once. Mikami was inside it, arms folded and standing before a formless ghost within a circle drawn from chalk.

"No way. You actually captured it?" Mio asked timidly, peeking in from the doorway.

"Who do you think I am?" Mikami flashed a triumphant smirked. "When I woke up in here, I started making a trap. Figured if I waited in place long enough, the spirit would come to. Lo and behold, it did!"

"What do we do now? We're still stuck here," I said.

"Now we exorcise it." She began to pull items out of her bag.

However, the ghost started taking shape. He became a school boy, dressed in the Tsukiji uniform. His form was still a translucent bluish-green, but I made out that he looked like a skinny fellow with sunken cheeks.

"No, don't exorcise me!" the ghost pleaded.

"The ghost fucking talked!" Mio cried, jumping behind me.

"The spirit reveals his form at last. Fascinating." Mikami nodded to herself.

"You can see ghosts again?" I asked.

"It might have something to do with this realm. More importantly, we should be directing our questions to this ghost. Who are you, why are you haunting the school, and what is keeping your soul anchored here?" She turned to the ghost and fired off questions after questions, brandishing prayer beads in one hand and a cross in the other at him.

"Ahhh! Wait, wait! It burns! I'll answer your questions, alright? Just lay off on the exorcism stuff... I'm Shuuto. I used to be a third year at Tsukiji ten years ago. I really don't know how I ended up here or why now, but it just happened," he explained.

Mikami put the prayer beads and cross away, and Shuuto's form became more relaxed. A decade was a long time ago, yet he only just manifested as a spirit recently?

"I don't like it. We should blast the ghost with divine magic or something. We got any of that?" Mio asked me.

"No, I obviously don't... We're succubus, and Mikami's human!" I rolled my eyes.

"Another question," Mikami addressed the ghost without any tools for exorcism this time. "The supernatural phenomenons that occurred in the second floor girls bathroom and the bike racks. Was that you?"

"Y-Yeah... I'm sorry. I was just testing the limits of what I can do as a ghost. It's been so boring without anyone to talk to. B-But now that you're here. Maybe you can... help me move on?" Shuuto asked.

"What happened? I tried calling you guys, but it kept going to voicemail. What gives?" Hana threw her hands up in exasperation.

Mio, Mikami, and I traded looks, silently asking each other who should be the one to explain what transpired. Eventually, the responsibility fell to me.

"It turns out... you did have a ghost haunting the school. A very horny one." I sighed.

Both Hana and Amane were taken aback.

"Then what? Did you three take care of it?" Amane asked.

"Yep." I nodded and neglected to tell them exactly how we had gone about it.

The last thing I needed was having Hana tease me about fucking a ghost. Next, Mikami called Principal Murata to explain everything and that the spirit was no longer a problem. With the job done, the three of us left Tsukiji High with a heavy sigh.

"Well, I don't want to say this was a great experience, but I'm glad we teamed up again. My acolytes! Saeko, especially. It was a pleasure seeing you two again. If you're ever in need of an exorcism, some item of the occult, or just to say hi, feel free to drop by Menagerie!" Mikami smiled.

"We'll take you up on hanging out, but I can do without the spooky shit from now on." Mio groaned aloud.

"Second. Bye, Mikami! Have a good one!" I waved as she entered her taxi back to downtown Tsukiji.

Mio and I returned to the comforts of home. The first thing we saw coming into the living room was the brightly-lit Christmas tree. Dinner was neatly packed into containers, courtesy of Hatsumi. It was like all that fear washed away, and Mio went back to her usual bubbly and energetic self.

The next morning, my body was floating on cloud nine. Pleasure nipped at every inch of my skin and—

"Nngh! I'm c-cumming...?!" I gritted my teeth to the familiar sensation of an orgasm.

My eyes snapped open to none other than the ghost, Shuuto. He was on top of me, face buried between my breasts, and thrusting into me like a dog in heat. When our gazes met, I shot a burning glare at him.

"I, uh... I can explain," Shuuto said.

"One, I'm pretty sure we exorcised you. Two, why are you screwing me in my sleep?" I asked.

"Aha... I'm not so sure myself! I thought I passed on after having sex with you back at school. At some point, I kinda came back." He shrugged.

"Okay, but how did you find my house? I thought you were bound to the school?"

"Your guess is as good as mine! I opened my eyes and saw you next to me, my body moved on its own. You're a succubus so I figured why not."

Mio turned in her sleep. I didn't exactly want her to wake up with a ghost next to me. It was still early in the morning, so I decided to pay Mikami a quick visit and headed to Menagerie. Shuuto followed after me. The occultist herself was in the middle of dusting the shelves when I got there.

"Acolyte! It hasn't been long. Perhaps you miss me already?" Mikami teased.

"This was the exorcist with you, right?" Shuuto asked, making sexy eyes at her. "Now that I get a good look at Mikami, she's pretty hot."

Ignoring Shuuto's comment, I thumbed over my shoulder to him. "Believe it or not, the ghost problem isn't resolved. That spirit from yesterday? He's haunting me now."

Mikami recoiled. A look of disbelief washed over her face, but given the line of work she was in, that look quickly turned to one of piqued interest.

"Let's perform a few tests first, shall we? Come here, acolyte! Together, we shall return to the good old grind. Just the two of us!" Mikami grinned.

The two of us threw the whole kitchen sink at the ghost. We went down the list of common exorcisms using, crosses, burning incense, pulling out prayer beads, throwing salt, and more. Nothing worked, and we had to go back to the drawing board from old books in Menagerie's shelves.

We came to only one conclusion.

"Shuuto must still have some lingering regrets. That's why he hasn't moved on. Since he isn't a malevolent spirit, we can't exorcise him by conventional means. The next question remains... What are his lingering regrets?" Mikami asked, not to me but to the ghost.

"Well?" I offered Shuuto the floor to talk.

"Lingering regrests, huh? Hmm. I always wanted a harem, to experience a double blowjob, beat up my bullies, tell my dad to screw off, to read all the volumes of my favorite manga, to see it animated by my favorite anime studio, fly to the moon... I dunno. The list goes on!" Shuuto said.

Mikami only had my expression to go off on, and boy I must have had the most outraged look on me.

"I'm guessing many of his lingering regrets are unachievable?" Mikami asked.

"Not just unachievable, some of them are downright ridiculous!" I exclaimed.

For one, there was no damn way we were taking a ghost to the moon. The horny ones would have been easy to fulfill, but he was only haunting me now and doesn't show up to others.

"Nngh?!" I jolted as ghostlly hands started kneading my breasts and a very erect dick grinded against the entrance of my pussy.

"Sorry, Saeko! I really want it. After experiencing sex for the first time, I can't get enough of it!" Shuuto thrusted into me, sending a bout of pleasure up and down my spine that almost brought me to climax.

"Acolyte? Are you feeling alright. You're looking a little red," Mikami said.

"We... mmmh... need to find a way to exorcise this guy... before I go crazy— ahhh!"