Ghost School

Shuri The Ghost of a Free Garden

After about a dozen minutes of Izumi playing with Shuri, Izumi finally came to me who was sitting alone while watching them from the bench under a tree.

"Sorry, I left you alone" Izumi said

"It turns out he realized he left me" I thought

"Yes, it's okay. But why are you so nice to him? You invited her to play and gave her your drink"

"Can't I be nice?" Ask Izumi pouty

"It's not like that, it's just... All this time I've seen Izumi's relationship with the spirits isn't that good..." I panicked

"Well, when it comes to that, I just feel like I should be acting like this to her" Izumi said casually and leaned back on the bench.

"This Izumi can think of that?" I thought while looking at both my hands.

I was shocked to see the cup I was holding.

"I forgot to give it to Izumi" I thought

"Izumi, here" I said and offered my cup

"Why?"

"Take it"

"That's yours"

"What's wrong, Izumi must be tired after taking Shuri to play, so drink up"

"It's okay?"

"Yes"

Izumi received my cup and prepared to drink it. That's when I realized, I haven't thrown away the straw I used.

"Ah, wait for Izumi, don't drink yet! Straws it--"

And I'm late. Izumi had drunk the drink first using my used straw. And again, Izumi did not stop drinking it until it ran out.

"Haaah~ Turns out great~ Thank you. By the way, what did you want to say just now?" Ask Izumi

"It's too late..." Mumbles

"Eh? Why?" Ask Izumi

"That's... The straw was my mouth..." Mumbles

Izumi immediately pecked after hearing my words.

"Whataaa??! Why didn't you say daritadi?!" Shouted Izumi

"That's because you drank it too fast. And again, you should have thought because the drink was originally mine, meaning the straw was my mouth" I murmured

"I... Not thinking too much" Izumi muttered while covering her mouth using the back of her left palm and her ears also turned red.

"Here you go, it's happened" I said

"Pulse... Sorry" Izumi muttered

"Yes, I forgot to throw it away anyway. I'll forgive you for it's also my fault"

Then, no matter when, Shuri was already in front of us.

"Kakak~ Let's play together~"

Shuri pulled my hand and Izumi together in both hands.

The three of us played together in the middle of a fresh grass field.

*

In the midst of our playing together, Shuri continued to laugh cheerfully, but before long, his laughter turned into tears.

Izumi and I were shocked.

"Shuri, what's wrong?" Much

"Hiks, Shuri is very happy..."

"Shuri wants to continue playing with the sisters, but it seems that she can't... Hicks..."

I glanced back at Izumi. Izumi just stared inside Shuri with her flat face. Then Izumi stroked Shuri's head.

"This is not a good place for Shuri. And it looks like after this, it might be a long time for us to meet again. But remember, if Shuri had played here with brother, it would have been enough to make Shuri happy. Don't think of anything hard to think of for Shuri. Assess something as Shuri sees it"

"And if Shuri was where Shuri should be, Shuri could be more free to play freely, Shuri could also see brother"

"really? Shuri can see brother?" Ask Shuri

"Yes. So don't worry"

"Hiks... Hix... Huwaaaaaaay!" Shuri's cry became more and more the same as she who immediately hugged me and Izumi.

"Shuris... Shuri will continue to see brother..." Shuri sobbed

"Yes, yes"

Izumi again stroked Shuri's head gently. And slowly, Shuri's body shone.

"Mom took me too long. I think I should go..." Prattling

"Yes, Shuri has to get out of here and be happy somewhere else" Izumi said and continued to stroke Shuri's head

"Goodbye, brothers"

And in the end, Shuri's body broke apart and became a flake of light and floated.

*

"Iwazu..." Mumbles

Izumi was silent. Ever since Shuri returned to the sky, Izumi did not make any sound.

"From the beginning I shouldn't have brought Izumi here. It's my fault" I thought

"Yurine..."

I flinched and looked at her face as flat as ever.

"Don't blame yourself for you taking me to this park. It's the right choice for you to bring me here" Izumi said

"Why?" Much

"Shuri actually..."

"not to die from getting lost in this park, but from being killed" Izumi said and left me shocked

"Di... Was murdered?!" I'm surprised, too

"Who... who killed a child who couldn't even count correctly?" Much

"His own mother" replied Izumi who made me even more shocked

"What was the reason his mother killed her own child? And again... Shuri said he was waiting for his mother" I asked

"Shuri is the son of his mother's extramarital with a man. Therefore, his mother hated Shuri. And in addition, Shuri actually knew that his mother killed him, but he tried to deny it and thought it was just an accident"

"Shuri is still here because she wants to know the truth about her mother. Right now, Shuri's existence was so weak that it was almost like a neutral spirit that had no power. But if he makes sure that his mother kills him in the future, things could change"

"Shuri could have turned into an evil spirit to take revenge on her mother. Therefore, in order to prevent it I tried to free him from this world while his strength was weak"

"Where... You know about that?" Much

"I haven't got the special power of the leader, but this can also be called the 'special power of the leader'. It's just, this power is weak because it's not mine. In essence, I used a special power, and that power was the 'Eye of Truth', which could see the spirit's past"

"So you saw Shuri's past. And because of that... You're very considerate of Shuri" I said

"Yes" answered Izumi

Slowly, Izumi smiled with her sad face.

"That's weird! I may care about other spirits, but I'm still trapped in this world"

Degs...

Izumi's words pierced my heart.

"Really! How could I think Izumi had only thought of herself before? In fact, Izumi is currently saving a spirit that has the possibility of becoming an evil spirit" I thought

"Wrongly, I really misjudged Izumi. I don't even know anything about him" I thought

"Izumi is full of mysteries..."

"I can't take it lightly"

*

My heart is uncomfortable because of this incident. After we finished talking in the park, Izumi immediately took me teleporting near my house so that it would not be long on the way home. After driving me home, Izumi immediately went to go back to school, so I was just pensive at my study desk alone.

"Today's really a big day...." I thought then looked at the sky outside through the window

"Thanks to all the events today, I became even more confused with Izumi"

"Izumi who looked normal, suddenly became very angry just from seeing 2 twins, then became childish after her anger subsided until we were in the park. And after I went back to see him after buying drinks, he immediately acted cold, and once I met Shuri, he became very considerate"

"Didn't Izumi's attitude change so quickly that she looks like a different person? Sometimes he acted like a child, but a second later it turned very cold and creepy. I don't know if it's an effect because there are 2 types of spirits on Izumi, or how. But the change in his emotions was too horrible to give a goosebump"

"You're either Izumi who looks like a child who is childish and annoying, or Izumi who looks mature with a cold and creepy face, both are still Izumi, I know about that. But actually...."

"Izumi, which of all your traits is your true nature? And what secret is behind you that looks so solid?"

I was silent for a moment considering the events in the park.

"There's nothing strange about what happened in the park considering Izumi who said she saw Shuri's past. It could have been before meeting Shuri, Izumi had no interest in him. But after meeting and seeing her past, Izumi wanted to help her, right" I thought

After a while I remembered the incident in the park, I was jolted.

"Wait a minute!" Mumbles

I found something that stuck out of my conversation with Izumi.

"*You look very relaxed even though you already know someone is dead"

"What happened to this park where the little boy died? I don't care at all*"

"*It's rude of us to laugh in the dead"

"I don't care about that*"

"If at a glance, Izumi's words sounded very cruel as if she didn't care if Shuri wanted to die or whatever, the important thing is that she could enjoy the beauty of the park"

"But when viewed from the other side.... Such Izumi did not feel afraid, disgusted, or disliked by Shuri who had just died, instead Izumi wanted to continue there to accompany Shuri" Gumamku

"'What's wrong with this park where the little boy died, ' he said"

"I don't know what Izumi meant in his words about Shuri's body or Shuri's spirit. The word means Izumi who is only selfish and does not have a sense of courtesy if it is what Izumi said about the body of Shuri who died in the park"

"But if Izumi's intention was to be a spirit from Shuri, Izumi had originally intended to comfort Shuri even if it was where Shuri died"

"Izumi said, no matter if we want to laugh at the park. If you remember, we were laughing at the park with Shuri. So it seems that in all of Izumi's ketus words there is no bad intent. From the beginning he knew that Shuri died in the park even though I didn't tell him, and from the beginning he also intended to help him"

I went back to being quiet, trying to think back.

"Wait, if my theory is coupled with Izumi's attitude today, this could be something that is indeed related!"

"Izumi who was originally like a child, was running around on the grass field, suddenly changed her attitude after seeing Shuri. In that case, did something happen between Izumi and the twins? What did Izumi see from them until she was so angry?"

I went back into silence and tried to catch my breath to calm down.

"Izumi's words or deeds cannot be directly judged with just one look. Izumi was so intelligent that she was called a genius, so it was not too difficult for her to play the word while talking and continue to hide her secret"

I bowed my body and put my head on my two folded hands on the table and looked back at the sky outside.

"Until now, I also still don't understand Izumi"