Chapter 1: The Reawakening of Evil

Norrisville High Weightlifting room...About two months after 'Climatic Showdown'

Several jocks were rather impressed at the sight of Theresa Fowler lifting up some weights, she sighed loudly as she quickly noticed the small audience, they looked at her surprising strength never expecting a lot of upper body strength from a girl no less, she scoffed venomously at them before returning back to her now daily workout, somewhat unnerved that the jocks had their jaws agape at a young teenage girl that's actually lifting weights,

As the True Oni Keeper, she now does all the fighting as the Legendary three provided her with the Oni-sword altered weapons, so because of this, she feels obligated to train herself in order to become an even stronger Oni Keeper, something that the Legendary three always question, Theresa smiled to herself, happy that she was accepting her new role in life and actually doing things that can help her fit into that role, this includes actually gaining some muscle and letting her hair grow out a bit, her pony-tail being a bit longer than it was before her adventure into Old Norrisville.

It's been two months since Kurushimi was defeated, Mizuwani died, and was given the Oni Sword to become a true Oni Keeper, Norrisville has been relatively quiet since that whole ordeal, really quiet, no Oni attacks whatsoever, almost as if they were slowly gaining their strength through the passing weeks building up an army of brutal Oni that will ravage the town if they released, Theresa expressed this theory, she was then told by everyone that she just being paranoid, by everyone, literally everyone, Shirokuma, Kazeryu, Pichigaru, Cassie, Lyra, Debbie, Deneb, Vega, so she decided to take their words to heart by training her body, basically preparing herself if evil approaches.

Theresa was finished with her daily workout, happy that she completed her strength training, she grabbed her large duffel bag which contained her normal clothes along with the Oni sword, the Legendary three were quite impressed with Theresa's effort when it comes to improving her body, she left the weight lifting room, wanting to talk to the Legendary Three for some casual small talk as she prepared for a walk home.

"Do you guys need anything before we back home?" She asked the Legendary three as she casually exited the room and into the outside, she was brushed by the relentless rays of the sun, she didn't seem to be bothered by the heat.

'...No...But thank you for asking Theresa..." Shirokuma said, being the answer for the other two, Theresa sighed but nevertheless thanked the Golden Samurai for giving her a clear answer.

"Are you sure? You seem a bit distraught..." Theresa retorted, this time, it was the Golden Samurai that sighed loudly, he tone of voice quickly became very serious.

'You need some rest...You don't have to constantly put your body under pressure...There hasn't been a single Oni attack for a while...the Master is defeated...There is no more Oni...' Shirokuma said, Theresa raised an eyebrow, never expecting such words from the critique-filled Shirokuma.

"But never you know Shirokuma, for all we know, I'm the right one in this argument, for all we know, there could be a new force of Oni's slowly brewing below or hidden in Norrisville! Probably planning a plan that can result in the total destruction of Norrisville!" Theresa said, it was Pichigaru that responded to Theresa's greatly paranoid words.

"Oni That Are Created In Mass Quantity Are Not Smart Enough To Do Things Like That...Its Been Two Months Flower...Stop worrying...You deserve a rest after all that drama two months ago..." Pichigaru said, Theresa quickly noticed that Pichigaru's was using the new nickname that Pichigaru recently gave her.

"...When you put that way...I guess your right..." Theresa said, despite her honest-sounding words, she still fully believed that there was a deep danger brewing, she didn't know where, she didn't know how, but she knows that their is evil lurking in the darkest corners of Norrisville, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

She was there when the Sorcerer was defeated by Randy Cunningham, it was those incredibly inconvenient days when she actually believed she wouldn't need to bring the Oni sword to school just in case something bad would happen, she comforted Randy afterwards but he was generally more focused on Howard, so she hasn't talked to him ever since, she told her family about the events and they were rather pleased about the Sorcerer being defeated, happy that they and a small couple are probably the last of their kind, of course, Theresa apologized for being a bit too straight-forward with that fact that the Legendary three along with Deneb and Vega are the only Oni alive.

Nevertheless Theresa still remains diligent despite the lack of Oni creation, staying focused in an unpredictable and wild town like Norrisville.

Elsewhere...

Randy was really fathoming in the fact that the Sorcerer was defeated, as in, the Ninja's main enemy, was defeated, he was really taking it easily, despite the broken continuity now, should he still take the final lesson and pass the mask down to the next successor? Or should he keep the mask for theirs really no more threats in Norrisville? Besides the occasional Mcfist experimental accidents, there wasn't really anything to fight.

Nevertheless Randy was enjoying his normal life with the added bonus of being the Ninja, he was content with his life surprisingly, the only thing that seems to be missing however was a romantic other, but then again, why need romance when you have bromance?

After defeating the Sorcerer and literally right next to his best friends house, he spends most of the time after school with his best friend Howard Weinerman playing video games at either one's house, since it truly didn't matter for they literally live right next to each other.

Of course, similar to the certainty of rain, the call of the Ninja will rise once from a great evil, the only difference here is that Randy is completely unaware of this new evil unlike the Oni Keeper of Norrisville.

Elsewhere Once More...in a place underground Norrisville...

Pained groans and agonizing screams filled the dark and brutal cell-holding halls underground the semi-mundane town of Norrisville, bestial froth-covered roars and blood-bolstered bellows always followed after, the savage Oni roared and screamed as they tried to get out of their cages with razor-ridden bites and sword-lice claws but to no avail, they hunger for violence and craved destruction, lacking the general sentience that a normal Oni has.

The Sorcerer always kept vials of corrupting magic just in case he wanted to have a transportable ways of creating Oni's, it's unknown who decided to keep the vials and use the green demonic liquid to make a rather formidable force of common but still fear-inducing Oni, maybe it was an Oni itself that created this dark and brutal prison.

The Dark Oni lumbered through its cell-ridden halls he wore a dark cloak that covered his armor, his frame was big and bulky and he was about eight feet tall, following close behind him was a human surprisingly, he wore clothes of that of a scientist or a medical doctor, he had old white hair and had a thin and feeble frame, he wore glasses on his crooked nose and had sunken and small eyes to compliment his small glasses.

the Dark Oni groaned and growled as the human scientist jotted down more and more notes like some stereotype, the cells filled with Oni roared and screamed as they saw the human, wanting the human's blood be spilled.

"Malvadine,,,Tell me that you have finished with your pondering," The Dark Oni said, his voice was low but surprisingly very calm ungravely, greatly contrasting his size and his title, the scientist now known as Malvadine spoke in an old but noticeably wise tone.

"I have, the replication process will take some time however, I suggest we should keep our heads low until the time being..." The Scientist known as Malvadine said as he readjusted his glasses, The Dark Oni nodded in response as he continued on his scroll through the dark prison, with his human scientist following close behind him, such a strange thing indeed, to see a human cooperating with an Oni.

"Pyrus...I suggest you should scout the town before you send out a couple of your foot soldiers." Malvadine said to the Dark Oni now known as Pyrus, he was silent but he nodded nonetheless, he went deeper in the halls of cages and cells, the cages becoming more confined and more heavily fortified than before, the first cell that he went to had a glass cell instead of the iron bars, inside the light was absent but Pyrus and Malvadine could see a pair of glowing yellow eyes in the darkness of the cell.

With a growl and a pointing hand, Pyrus ordered Malvadine to open the cage, the human scientist did so, opening up the heavy-duty glass cage, the pair of yellow glowing eyes only blinked as it waited for Pyrus's command.

"Curio,,,I want you to go to the world above,,,find out who are the one's who protect the land that bounded the Master,,," Pyrus said to the silent Oni named Curio, it nodded quietly as suddenly it's yellow glowing eyes disappeared in the darkness of the cell, much to Malvadine's surprise.

"Are you sure about that Master Pyrus? Sending an Oni who knows little to the outside world...That isn't logical..." He said to Pyrus, the Dark Oni listened to the scientist intently despite having his back turned against him.

"I need you here,,,And In order to learn the outside world,,,We must experience the outside world,,," Pyrus said to the old and feeble scientist, actually having a good response to the scientist's knowledgeable words, Malvadine sighed in response, not wanting to argue with the Dark Oni.