Ghost School

Special Episode 16: Kagusa's Past 5 (Izumi So the Spirit)

After a short conversation with Kei, Kagusa and Kei go to school to find Izumi.

And sure enough, Izumi is still alive. Now he was sitting in his chair with his head resting on the table. Izumi's body condition did not look okay and looked lethargic than before.

And again Kagusa's 'special power leader' is active again.

"It seems like a little while. I can see his spirit getting thicker than before" muttered Kagusa

"Before that, isn't there anything you want to tell me?" Ask Kei

"What do you mean?"

"Before you've seen the boy's past. You haven't told me"

"Shall I say?" Ask Kagusa reluctantly

"We're 'colleagues' now" Kei insisted.

"..."

"All right..."

Kagusa also told what she saw to Kei in outline.

As long as Kagusa was telling the story, Kei did not interrupt and listened to her properly until it was over.

"That's how the story is"

Kei was speechless.

"Now you understand why I was so shocked" muttered Kagusa

Kei was still silent and his face looked solemn in thought.

"What are you thinking so seriously?" Ask Kagusa

"I became more and more convinced that he would become an evil spirit" Kei said

"There's no reason for him to be a good spirit. She must be fed up with all that, right? He must be so angry that he wants to destroy all those people"

"..." - ".Kagusa was silent for a moment.

"If he were an evil spirit, what would you do?"

"Just like I said before, I will make him my new Master and help him" Kei replied

"That's if he's an evil spirit, right? He's not dead yet, so we don't know what's going to happen"

"In case, I would like to ask in the opposite situation. What if Arato Izumi becomes a good spirit? What are you gonna do?" Ask Kagusa

"..." - ".Kei was silent not answering Kagusa's question.

"Hey, I asked" said Kagusa slightly annoyed at being ignored.

"No. The child will not be a good spirit. So there's no need to think about things that didn't happen"

"He must! It's gonna be an evil spirit"

"..." - ".Kagusa.

"He was so sure Arato Izumi was an evil spirit that he emphasized it like that" Kagusa thought.

"Well, whatever. I don't care what you want if Izumi is a good spirit and it's none of my business" muttered Kagusa

*

Then, the next day, in school exactly 10-1 in the afternoon...

Brak!

Izumi's bullies suddenly enter the class that only Izumi remains, then surround Izumi's desk.

"This is where you've been hiding all this time. It is only fitting that when we go to the forest, the conditions do not change" murmured Rusen

"I'm so upset! You'll definitely be the first again, and I'm as humiliated as ever!" Shouted Kirian

"You must be taught a lesson!" Shouts Rio

Rio approached and took out a cutter from his pants pocket.

That made Kagusa who was now watching from a distance immediately jerked to see Rio.

"What are you doing, you idiot!! Get rid of that cutter!!" Shouted Kagusa and immediately approached there. But he fails because Kei immediately stops Kagusa from leaving.

"It seems now is the time for the boy to die. It's his destiny, so we can't do anything"

"What?! I, the good spirit, can do nothing. But you're an evil spirit! You can hurt those fucking bullies!! You might be able to save Izumi!!" Shouted Kagusa

"I told you we can't do anything!! Anyone can't go against a fate that was predetermined from the beginning!! You know for yourself that there is a penalty against fate!!" Back to Kei yelled

Hearing that, Kagusa's emotions so heightened.

"Not done anything yet but you can say so!!" Shouted angry Kagusa

"This is not the main one. Look at them" Kei said and pointed towards Izumi

It seemed that now Rio was brandishing the cutter to Izumi's chest.

"Quick apologize to Ian!" Shouts Rio

"Mah.. a..."

"You're! Hurry your voice!" Shouting Russian emotion.

Due to being too emotional, Rusen accidentally pushed Rio.

"Ti. dak..." Kagusa muttered in disbelief

Jem!

The cutter Rio held pierced Izumi's chest perfectly.

"It turns out to be true today" Kei murmured

"What are you doing?!"

"Baa... How's this?!"

The bullies instantly panicked to see Izumi drenched in blood before them.

Kagusa and Kei see a group of children who used to bully Izumi now kill him, even if by accident.

Kagusa was still dumbfounded by what she saw. Instantly Kagusa felt that all her senses were not functioning except for her vision.

Again, again, and again Kagusa saw the dead right in front of her. And because Izumi died in the hands of the bullies, Kagusa felt deja vu because the situation was similar to her old partner, the leader of evil spirits, and her dead father being ganged up on.

"Once again these eyes saw something as creepy as that" Kagusa thought

"All the people or spirits that I love and love leave me in that way right in front of my eyes..."

"What possible... If I love Arato Izumi it's like I love my comrades who have disappeared after he became a spirit... He'll disappear like the others?" Thought Kagusa

Instantly Kagusa felt creeps all over her body.

"Sa... Gusa..."

"Kagusa!!" Shouted Kei and made Kagusa gasp in shock.

"They took the dying Izumi to another room. Looks like they thought the boy was dead so hid his body somewhere else"

"You want to follow them?" Ask Kei.

"Yes, follow them" answered Kagusa.

After following them to the warehouse on the 3rd floor of the school, Izumi was placed in an empty closet with a bag, cutter, and cloth used to clean her blood on the floor.

Shortly after, Izumi died.

"Keep it... I won't forgive them!!" Mumbled Kagusa was angry.

"They've been torturing Izumi for 4 years! He was treated so badly all this time by everyone! In the end Izumi was unable to repay their actions. That's so unfair!!"

"No. Izumi alone will repay him" Kei denied

"What do you mean?" Ask Kagusa

Kei glanced towards the closet where Izumi's corpse was hidden. Seen from the closet it gave off a deep red aura to almost blackish.

"As I thought. He's an evil spirit"

*

**

As Kei said, Izumi really became an evil spirit and avenged the deeds of all those Izumi had received.

Once a spirit, Izumi immediately terrorized the entire school and killed them little by little.

Also, plans are now underway to get Izumi to be a partner for Kagusa.

*

In the good spirit leadership castle, Kagusa workspace...

"..."

"Why... There are evil spirits in the castle of good spirits..." Kagusa's right hand muttered in surprise and stared fixedly at Kei who was in front of her.

"We will begin a discussion of the plan to eliminate the leader of evil spirits. Because if you have a discussion in an ordinary meeting room, the leader of the evil spirits can come. So we do it here secretly" Kagusa said

"What?! So the would-be leader of the evil spirit has already been found?!" He screams in shock

"Yes"

Hearing that, the right hand docked to Kagusa and whispered.

"In that case, why is there an aide to evil spirits? It's not dangerous to talk to him about it" he whispered to Kagusa

"He's on our side now. At least I can be sure he likes the would-be leader of the evil spirit" replied Kagusa

"Oh, yeah..." He murmured and sat back in his place properly.

"Then, we start the meeting!"

*

For 1 hour they discussed many things together regarding the change of the leader of the evil spirit.

After constantly changing arguments, they finally get the best solution.

For some time, they will let Izumi free to avenge her. During that time as well, they waited until Izumi was at the master level.

After a while, Kagusa will offer the right-hand position of the evil spirit leader to Izumi. The reason is so that Izumi can see for himself the depravity of the evil spirit leader with his own eyes, and ask him to help the process of eliminating the evil spirit leader. And after that Kagusa will tell Izumi who is the right hand to be the next leader.

That is how the original plan was made.

"I want to ask. Why should the leader persuade the would-be leader of the evil spirit? He's an evil spirit, it should be Kei's aide who did it" asked Kagusa's right-hand man

"I will gather more information about the leader of the evil spirits, and Kagusa takes care of the child" Kei replied

"really. Kei will take care of the leader of the evil spirits, and I will persuade Izumi. So during that time, you will be in charge of the administration of the territory" Kagusa continued

"All right, master leader"

That's how their meeting ended.

*

**

Once a spirit, Izumi immediately became the center of attention among the spirits of the school territory, especially among the evil spirits because he who immediately became a top-tier spirit as well as his terror towards humans was not playing games.

In some time, there have been many victims who are mentally ill because they continue to be terrorized, even die.2 bullies Izumi, Maeru and Rusen are also included in the death toll.

Izumi's power is so great that it can disturb the human world continuously.

Seeing that, many spirits that were more senior than Izumi wanted to make use of it by making it on his side, using it, and then eliminating it if it was thought to be useless.

On the other hand, there are also spirits who from the beginning hated Izumi for her arrogance when she was just a spirit. It was this group that was planning to instantly eliminate him and take away his power.

Kagusa who realized that, finally decided to take Izumi to his side faster, even before Izumi was at the master level.

"I can't back it up anymore. That Arato Izumi, he was in danger when he himself did not know that he was in danger. I need to get him to be my partner as soon as possible" Kagusa thought

Eventually Kagusa decides to meet Izumi with an unclear identity.

"If he knew I was a good spirit, even a leader, he would definitely never consider my words. So I better hide my identity and pretend to be an evil spirit until the situation is good" Kagusa thought.

Kagusa meets Izumi while she is alone.

"I'm interested in your power. How about we work together?" Ask Kagusa

"How many times have I told you, I'm not interested!" Izumi shouted in annoyance

"This is not a group entry offer. It's a collaboration between us, nothing else"

"No!!"

"Am I being straight up, huh? He'll be the leader later, maybe it doesn't matter" Kagusa thought

"I intend to make you the right hand of the leader of the evil spirits once you enter the master level" Kagusa said

"I don't want to be in contact with any spirit, I don't need anyone's protection, and I don't want to be bound by anything!!"

"He's very loud. But it's natural for its size" Kagusa thought

"You don't have to devote yourself to the spirit leader. You can be a substitute for the spirit leader if there is a need, and you can also manage the subordinates" Kagusa explained

"I'm not interested in that position. I don't want to be restrained. I want to be free to do whatever I want!"

"You want to kill, right? You can jump into battle when there's a war between regions if you want"

"My revenge is on the humans in this school. I only kill humans. I have no interest in eliminating a spirit that has done nothing wrong to me. So stop saying nonsense!"

"If you still have a brain, then get out of my sight!"

"You'll be sorry"

"I will not regret rejecting the impostor"

"I was rejected, yes... But it doesn't matter. That means Izumi is very selective in the people around her. That's good"

"This is the first meeting. He was also not yet at the master level and there was still time while waiting for Kei to complete the investigation. There's no need to hurry" thought Kagusa.

"All right, for now I'm leaving. But I hope you're still considering what I said" Kagusa said and teleported.

After that, Kei came with bad news.

"The leader of the evil spirit is doing it again. It seems like he has started to become suspicious of me and is moving on his own without my knowledge"

"He's going to start another civil war like before"

"What?!"

Eventually, they delay the plan of persuading Izumi and focus more on the leader of the evil spirits before he acts any further.

It took a lot of time because it considered the position of Kei who was still subordinate to the leader, so Kei who was most in danger for being a traitor. So as much as possible they move quietly.

And finally it was resolved within 1 year.

"And from what I heard, now Izumi is already at the master level. I need to see him again" thought Kagusa

Kagusa returns to meet Izumi and invites her to work together. And just like before, Kagusa was rejected.

"I don't know what trap you're setting up. I'm sure I won't follow your words. If that's all you want to say, now go!!" Shouted Izumi

"If I take her in a dirty way, she'll never be interested forever. So the point is I need to get him interested first" Kagusa thought

"Yes, there's a trap. That's why I told you to be the right hand of the leader of the evil spirits"

Izumi gasped to hear it.

"What's your purpose in telling me to do that?!"

"Good, he was curious. At least this meeting had an impression that he could not just forget about"

"You will know if you are the right hand of the leader of the evil spirits" Kagusa replied

Kagusa left without elaborating.

*

1 month later, Kagusa returns to meet Izumi. Again Kagusa is rejected until Izumi herself is upset to see Kagusa.

"Why do you want me to be the right-hand man of the leader of evil spirits?"

"You're the right guy. That's it" replied Kagusa

"You mean, because I'm a new spirit so I'm easily instigated, right?"

"Of course not"

"That's enough. I don't want to talk to you anymore" Izumi said, and prepared to leave.

"It seems you don't want to be the right hand of the leader of evil spirits, yes" muttered Kagusa

"really. So stop seeing me! How many times have you asked for my answer to stay the same" Izumi said and walked out of the empty classroom.

"No, yeah..."

"Don't want to be right-handed. But you didn't say you didn't want to be a leader, did you?" Kagusa Mumbles

Kagusa teleports back to her castle.

"You're back, Leader" Greet Kagusa's right hand.

"Call Kei now. We will change our plans" Kagusa said suddenly.

"What's? Ah, fine!"

Although confused, but the right hand understood the situation, so he put aside personal questions and put forward Kagusa's orders.

As soon as Kei came, the three of them returned to discuss.

"So, what do you mean change plans?" Ask Kei.

"Izumi is not easily persuaded. Even if I could, I can be sure it would take a lot of time. Before we can persuade Izumi, we will lose the school district first" Kagusa explained

"So, what are we gonna do? Replace the would-be leader of the evil spirit?" Ask Kagusa's right hand

"Of course not!"

"That's impossible!!"

Kagusa and Kei denied it at the same time.

"I've got a new plan" Kagusa continued

"The good way is not good in Izumi, so we'll do the rough way"

"We're all done. Kei also began to suspect the br*sek. So we don't have to wait for Izumi, we just disappear the evil spirit leader and his other subordinates. Once I get the red heart crystal, I just give it to Izumi and force her to be the leader"

"But... What if he insists on not wanting to?" Ask the right hand to worry.

Kagusa immediately grinned.

"On our side there is now an evil spirit and also an adjutant. At least he could be the leader for a while until he managed to get Izumi"

"What?! In the agreement there is no such thing!!" Shouted Kei

"Aah~ means you're giving up on Izumi, yeah. Yasudah, what can I do. Just forget everything I said today~" Kagusa said in a pitched tone

".... Alright... But you should try to persuade him!!"

"Yes, yes~"

*

1 month later, the plan to eliminate the leader of the evil spirits began.

With the help of his subordinates, Kagusa had them restrain the subordinates of the evil spirit leader, and meet the leader himself.

"Oho~ Long time no see ya, good spirit leader"

The leader of the evil spirits is now sitting in the chair of the leader.

"I will eliminate you in place of my comrade whom you have lost!!" Shouted Kagusa

They attacked each other until the dark night sky began to bring up the sun.

Just as the sun was about to appear, Kagusa managed to eliminate the evil spirit leader.

"With this... Your revenge is avenged..." Kagusa Mumbles

Kagusa picked up the red heart crystal lying on the floor.

"Nearly Izumi's 16th birthday, also the 2nd year of being a spirit. I'll give it to you on his birthday"

On Izumi's birthday, Kagusa returns to see him.

"Happy 16th birthday and 2nd year as a spirit, Arato Izumi. I've prepared a present for you"

"I give you the red heart crystal, be the leader of evil spirits"

And as usual, Izumi rejected Kagusa and was angry.

"Indeed, you can't half face an evil spirit. If you want to force it, you have to force it. Looks like I need to touch her sensitive part and make her fight to the point of exhaustion"

"I will definitely be exhausted from facing a master-level spirit as well, but there is no other way" Kagusa thought

Finally, Kagusa tells Izumi that she sees the past of Izumi's life which is her weak point. Surely Izumi was furious and there was a dispute between them.

Until finally Izumi began to fatigue and Kagusa again tried to talk well.

"Be the leader of evil spirits and cooperate with me. When the red heart crystal enters your body, you will gain immense strength, many times greater than the present one"

"I don't want to!! I'm only here to avenge myself on the humans in this school!!" Shouted Izumi

"..." - ".Kagusa was silent to hear it.

"Rudge? Is that all he thinks about now?"

"Izumi loved her mother more than anything in the world. Ever since he became an evil spirit, he threw away his gentle nature while still alive?" Thought Kagusa

"Arato Izumi, is that all that's on your mind right now?" Ask Kagusa

Sure thing!! What else do I need to think about?!"

"Your mother, didn't you think about your mother for 2 years being a spirit?" Ask

Izumi immediately flinched.

"Ma...ma?"

Upon seeing Izumi's expression, Kagusa could immediately see the longing and sad feeling that was on her face.

"Ah, he didn't throw it away, but forgot about it because he was too focused on revenge" Kagusa thought.

Kagusa decides to continue the conversation to resuscitate Izumi, and make her softer than she is now. However Izumi continued to dodge and did not acknowledge her own feelings.

"There's no other choice" Kagusa thought

Kagusa takes Izumi to the hospital where her mother is being treated.

There, Izumi's consciousness returned after not seeing her mother for 2 years.

Once back, Izumi immediately cried like a child.

What the hell am I doing? While I was having fun, Mama was sad to keep waiting for me. Even I forgot about it because of my obsession and resentment towards the people at school"

"I blame Mama for forgetting me, but the truth is Mama keeps remembering me, even I forget her"

"Over these 2 years, Mama has been waiting for me..."

And shortly after, Izumi suddenly collapsed and cried out in pain.

"Agh... Argh!!"

"!!!"

Kagusa was surprised and approached Izumi.

"What's up?!" Shouted Kagusa worried.

"My eyes... It hurts..."

From Izumi's eyes there was a lot of blood on the floor that was full of drops of blood from Izumi's eyes.

"What's this about? It can't be because of the previous fight" Kagusa muttered

Then, Kagusa gasped as soon as she felt the aura around Izumi.

"Wait on!! This... Good spirit power... No way! How could there be good spirit power coming out of Izumi?!" Kagusa thought in shock

"Don't..."

Hey, Izumi. Get up and show me your eyes!" Shouted Kagusa and straightened Izumi's crested body.

As soon as Kagusa put away Izumi's hand that was holding her eyes and told her to open her eyes, Kagusa was shocked to see Izumi's eyes

"I expected it because the aura changed drastically, but I was still shocked..." Kagusa Mumbles

"Your eyes... Purple-colored... The red color faded into blood" muttered Kagusa

"The good spirit of Izumi is rising"

"This has never happened before!! How can 1 spirit have 2 powers?! This is absolutely crazy!!" Kagusa thought still shocked

"For sure, it seems like I need to put in my power to help Izumi's good spirit power. If no... Izumi could have disappeared in front of my eyes because I couldn't help it" Kagusa thought

"This time I won't let you just like that, Izumi!"

Kagusa also put in her power, but it was still not enough.

"Indeed, I had to hand the blue heart crystal over to Izumi if she wanted to help him"

"It's okay. As long as Izumi and this region survive, I have no problem. From the beginning I was given this position to protect this region at all costs. Is that right, Mr leader?" Kagusa thought and remembered her Master, the previous good spirit leader who had vanished.

After inserting a blue heart crystal into Izumi, her powers become calmer as the dominant power of Izumi (the evil spirit) loses to the newly awakened power (the good spirit).

And after Izumi realized, Izumi really became softer than before.

"thank you. Thank you for bringing me to the important thing I forgot. Thank you for saving me too"

"How many times have you said thank you? Though you were very cold to me a moment ago and always threw me away before" Kagusa said with a laugh

"sorry"

"It's a huge achievement, to hear Izumi say thank you and sorry at the same time!!! I can get Izumi as the leader of evil spirits, also she becomes a good spirit!! He can protect this territory and I can guide him because he is also a good spirit!!" Thought Kagusa was proud of herself

But, it seems that Kagusa is not needed in the war strategy section.

"No!"

"This is not either"

"Rejected!"

All the plans Kagusa made were none of which Izumi approved. In addition, Izumi was a perfect leader and took care of everything alone during the beginning of his leadership.

"What's my use, Izumi?" Thought Kagusa was sad

Finally, after 5 years Izumi took the lead and he had met Yurin, there was a use for Kagusa in the role of regional advancement.

"You see that pile of paper, don't you, Kagusa? Now you do all that. I'm going to go"

"What?! You stacked up your work that much and handed it to me?!" Shouted Kagusa in shock

"You're definitely going to see that human again, right?!" Shouted angry Kagusa

Izumi immediately folded her hands to the front of her chest and put an annoyed face on Kagusa.

"You were whining about asking me for a job 5 years ago. As soon as I give you an upset. What do you really want?" Ask Izumi

"I mean, give it a human job!! When you leave this much work to me alone?!" Shouted Kagusa

"You're not human. There was no such thing as being human in the spirit world" Izumi retorted and immediately went teleporting.

"You're so mean, leader!!!!" Shouted angry Kagusa

*

**

Back to now...

"I was very upset with Izumi. He easily told me to do his job. But if I remember now, I don't care if that's where he's from here. I've looked at him like my own brother..." Kagusa Mumbles

"And sure enough, I don't seem to be allowed to love anything. Everything I love will leave me before my eyes..."

"But fortunately... Izumi left well..."

"If I find the 'key' for me to get out of the spirit world and return to the sky, can we meet again, Izumi?"

"...."

Kagusa fell silent, then she suddenly laughed loudly.

"Pffts... Ahhaha!"

"Do I need to seal myself in a book, then wait for a human to unseal it and invite that human to make a 'bond' with me? Is that how I can get back to the sky? Ahhaha!"

"Fufu... Do I have to do it now?"

And from behind suddenly a spirit appeared and hit Kagusa on the head violently.

"Based on this br*hsek! You even relax while fantasizing about strange things! Back to work there!!" Shouted Kei furiously

"Yes, yes~ You are fiercely~" muttered Kagusa while holding her head which Kei hit.

"Whisper!"

Kagusa is dragged by Kei back to his castle.

...*...

...Kagusa's past story, finished!...