It was the weekend and Elli had gone over to a friends house to spend the night. The Ayakashi remained behind back at her place. They finished breakfast and were lazing about in the living room.

"This is so boring." Shinra said with a long drawn out sigh as he laid back on the floor.

"Of course someone as narrow-minded as you would be bored out of his mind." Miyabi teased Shinra but the boredom was showing on his face as well.

"What did you say?!" Shinra shot up and glared at Miyabi whom was about to retort back at him when Samon clapped his hands, "That's enough out of you two." He said, the look on his face told them to not go any further and so they kept quiet.

"You know, it really is a dull day." Kyoga said, stating the obvious. "Duh, that's what I said just moments ago." Shinra frowned and everyone in the room sighed. They had no idea how to spend the day with Elli out and not being needed back in their village.

"What do you suggest we do?" Yukinojo asked no one in particular, he waited for someone in the room to answer. "You could all help me clean the house." Samon said with a smile etched on his face. Everyone turned their head toward him with a look of disdain on their faces, "No thanks!" They all exclaimed together and Samon just shrugged his shoulders as if he expected that reaction. "Didn't hurt to try." He muttered to himself with a slight chuckle as if their reactions were amusing.

"I'll check my smartphone. Maybe it'll have something for us to do." Miyabi said, pulling out his phone from his pocket. "What? You don't even know how to use that thing properly. You might have us waiting all day to find something!" Shinra blurted out when he saw Miyabi pull out his phone. "Hush, little Oni." Miyabi said not taking his eyes off the phone. Looking frustrated, Shinra folded his arms keeping his mouth shut.

They all waited patiently for Miyabi to finish his search on the phone. "Got it!" Miyabi proclaimed proudly and everyone gathered around him in a hurry. "So, what is there to do around here?" Yukinojo asked as he stared curiously at the device in Miyabi's hands. "Give me some space! You guys are suffocating me." Miyabi exclaimed as he pushed them away but they still kept focused on his phone.

"Let's see... there's the beach." Miyabi said and Samon spoke up, "The beach is nice this time of year."

"It's too hot. I don't want to go to the beach." Yukinojo said, his eyes looking off sadly. "Oh, that's right..." Samon said as if he just remembered Yukinojo can't take hot areas.

Miyabi continued searching with the beach out, "There's this thing called a bar."

"A bar? What's that?" Shinra asked looking curious. "I think it's somewhere you go to drink. I saw it on tv once." Kyoga replied and Shinra scoffed, "We can drink here. That is pointless." And so Miyabi continued on his search. "Ohh, what's this." Miyabi's eyes lit up suddenly as he found something interesting. "Huh, what is it?" Shinra asked and Miyabi looked up with a wry smile, "You are too young little Oni."

"Wahh. What is it?!" Shinra tried to look at the phone but Miyabi evaded him keeping it out of view when Yukinojo got a peek, "Strip...club." He read out the words and everyone gasped, Shinra stopped dead in his tracks and his cheeks went a little red.

"You dirty fox!" Shinra shouted and averted his eyes. "Ahem, we will not be going there." Samon said, looking a little shy himself as he looked off to the side. "You don't know what you are missing." Miyabi said with an arrogant look on his face and Kyoga laughed, "I don't mind going but it'd be best if we found something we could all enjoy." He said, looking at the other Ayakashi who all had a slight blush on their face minus Chikage. It was almost like he had drowned out the whole conversation and was in a world of his own.

"Fine." Miyabi rolled his eyes in slight annoyance and continued to scroll through his phone. "How about this. A video game arcade?" He asked, looking interested in what he was seeing. "Hmm, that might be fun. I've never been to one before." Yukinojo said with a smile.

"I don't mind." Samon nodded his head in agreement. "Sounds like it might be fun." Shinra said. They all looked to be accepting this idea then turned to look at Chikage who had his eyes closed, "Hey, what do you think?" Miyabi asked and Chikage didn't respond. Miyabi looked to be getting impatient and strode right up to him clasping a hand on his shoulder. Chikage immediately opened his eyes and just stared at the annoyed Miyabi whose expression quickly turned to one of shock, "Did you actually fall asleep?!"

"So what if I did?" Chikage answers cooly and Miyabi furrows his brows, "Were you not listening at all?!" Miyabi asked and Chikage shrugged his shoulders. "Silly tengu." Miyabi muttered sliding a hand down his face before explaining everything. Chikage didn't have much to say though. He looked disinterested but tagged along with them nonetheless.

...

They arrived at the arcade and looked around with curious eyes.

"So this is what an arcade looks like." Shinra said, his eyes lit up like a little boys.

"Anything would surprise you." Miyabi said with a smirk but Shinra didn't care as he ran off further inside. "I swear he never runs out of energy." Yukinojo grinned and the others also walked further in.

"Hey, what's this." Shinra looked curiously at a machine that held various soft toys inside. "I believe you use that contraption to grab one of those plushies inside." Samon had come up behind him and explained what he knew to the curious Shinra.

"I see." He tried to work the machine but nothing was happening, "Why won't it move?!" He looked annoying and started to tap the machine. "You need to insert money to play." Samon grabbed the Oni's arm to stop him hitting the machine and pointed at the spot on the machine it tells you to insert money. "Gimme some money." Shinra looked at Samon holding out his hand. Samon shrugged his shoulders and handed over some money for him to have a go at it.

"I'm going to win something for Elli." He said, inserting the coin and the machine started up. He was completely focused on what was going on with a serious look on his face. "There! Now to get it to that hole." Shinra managed to pick up one of the plush toys and was maneuvering it over to the hole when it dropped and the game ended.

"Whaaaaat?! I had that! It should be mine!" Shinra looked enraged after having lost the game and started shaking the machine again. "It's rigged! No one can win from this piece of junk!" Shinra spat out obscenities at the machine when Samon asked him to move aside.

"What do you think you are doing? You don't really believe you can win when I couldn't?" Shinra asked in disbelief and Samon just shot him a smile and inserted a coin. He then immediately picked up one if the plush toys and pulled it over to the hole. Shinra was left standing with his mouth opened in astonishment, "No way..."

"I think Elli will like this." Samon said with a smile which only rubbed Shinra the wrong way, "Hey, I wanted to win her something!" Shinra exclaimed and Samon held out the plush toy to him, "Huh?" Shinra blinked a few times in surprise at his sudden gesture.

"I know how hard you tried, so here, you give it to her." Samon smiled handing him the plush toy and wandered off leaving Shinra speechless. He stared at the plush in his hands and a small smile crept up on his lips, "Heh, thanks, Samon."

...

Miyabi was looking at a shooting game with Kyoga next to him, "This looks interesting." Miyabi said and got closer. "It looks like you can vs one another in this." Kyoga stated as he read the instructions. "Let's go! I'll show you who's boss." Miyabi said sounding full of confidence and Kyoga took him up on it with a confident smile of his own.

Miyabi and Kyoga were both going at it. Whoever scored the most points by the end would be the winner.

"Ugh, missed again." Miyabi mumbled as he kept trying to hit all the enemies on the screen while Kyoga next to him seemed to be hitting everything without issue.

"What's up with you. You don't need to look so smug just because you can hit them!" Miyabi raised his voice at the smug looking Kyoga who was completely smashing Miyabi. "What are you talking about. This is childs play. Someone like you shouldn't have any trouble hitting them." Kyoga replied in a sarcastic tone that only stirred Miyabi up even more. "We'll see. I'll beat you yet" Miyabi muttered, looking steadily at his screen with a serious gaze, he wasn't ready to admit to defeat at the hands of the sly wolf.

"I lost..." Miyabi said with a pout then turned to look at Kyoga with a challenging gaze, "Let's go again."

"Okay, if you really want to lose to me that badly again." Kyoga said with a smirk which fired Miyabi up and they went at it again with the same results. Kyoga thoroughly enjoyed beating the perverted fox time and time again and seeing him lose so miserably. Kyoga thought it was something he could get use to and even wondered about coming back soon just to own Miyabi again and see him pout after he lost. It was the one time he could bring the overconfident man to his knees.

...

Yukinojo was standing in front of something that had caught his interest, "Hmm, so you step in rhythm to the music." He muttered to himself when Samon strode up to him from behind, "Are you going to try it?" Samon asked and Yuki looked around, "I'm thinking about it."

"Two people can play. Shall we go on together?" Samon asked and Yuki's eyes widened for a moment before crinkling into a smile. He nodded his head and they both got on.

The game started up and they both tried their best to keep in step with the music, "This is actually quite hard." Yuki said as he took in a deep breath. "I didn't realize it required so much movement." Samon said. They both kept focused on where their feet were and to the sound of the music but kept missing step after step. The game finally came to an end and they both stepped off to catch their breath and looked at the screen. "Hmm. It looks like I won." Yuki said with an icy smile and Samon just rolled his eyes.

"Shall we try again?" Samon asked and Yuki agreed and they tried once more. It was a completely different story this time. They seemed to be quick learners and both managed to step in sync with the music. When the game came to an end they looked up at the scores and gasped before looking at one another in disbelief.

"We are perfectly matched." Yuki said.

"It looks like it." Samon said. They suddenly burst out laughing after they tried so hard to beat one another and looked at each other with a smile before raising their hands and sharing in a tiny fist bump.

"Good game." Yuki smiled.

"Let's do it again sometime." Samon smiled back. With a smile on their face they walked off together to another part of the arcade.

...

Shinra wandered through the arcade when something caught his eye and he ran up to it, "Oh, this looks fun." Shinra looked over the game and saw you could play against someone else. He turned around and Chikage happened to be walking by, "Chikage! Come play with me." Shinra asked excitedly and grabbed onto his sleeve.

"I'm not interested in playing some game. Ask someone else." Chikage stated and broke free of Shinra's grip. "Wait. Everyone else is already playing something. You are the only one who isn't." Shinra pleaded with him and Chikage sighed. "Fine. Just this once." He reluctantly agreed and Shinra did a fist pump, "Yay."

"You overreact." Chikage mumbled as he shook his head at Shinra's excitement.

Chikage followed Shinra back to the game.

"So, what now?" Chikage asked, looking at shinra. "Um, I think we need these." Shinra pointed at two guitars with buttons on them.

Chikage looked at it and his eyes momentarily widened and he hesitantly picked one up, "I must look like a fool with this." He muttered under his breath while Shinra was beaming as he held his without a care in the world.

The game got underway and they both seemed to be struggling with how to work it. "Dammit. I missed again. Pressing the buttons at the right time is hard." Shinra said while Chikage just kept quiet focusing on the game. Little by little Chikage increasingly got better by Shinra still seemed to be struggling.

"Huh, how did you get so good?" Shinra was dumbstruck looking at the difference in score. Chikage smiled proudly, "It was easy. Even a little kid could pick this up with ease."

"What are you saying?!" Shinra exclaimed and challenged him to another match which Chikage played with little effort. He adapted fast to how the game worked and now Shinra stood little chance at beating him but he refused to leave things as they were and kept rechallenging to match after match.

"Just give up. It's clear I'm the better gamer here." Chikage said with an exaggerated yawn as if he was bored which only angered Shinra. Chikage was really trying to rile him up and looked to be enjoying it. "Miyabi is right. You really do turn into a red Oni." Chikage said, staring at Shinra's red face. "S-Shut up. Let's go again." Shinra said. Chikage shrugged his shoulders and they went at it again. Ultimately, Chikage was the better gamer. He may often be silent and barely shows his presence but he was not a force to be reckoned with. Shinra, sadly learnt this the hard way.

...

"Oh, what's this." Yuki looked curiously at a advertisement on the wall of the arcade.

"Lazer tag. Hmm..." Miyabi said as he come up from behind. Soon everyone had gathered around and was staring at the sign.

"It looks like it's been held near here and starts within the hour." Samon said as he read the details. "I want to try it." Shinra said. "I do too, actually." Yuki said and everyone nodded. They were curious and wanted to try it out. They headed to the area mentioned to register and soon headed over to the park it would take place in.

It was time for lazer tag to begin and the person in charge began splitting everyone in a team of two.

"I wonder who we'll be teamed up with." Miyabi mumbled as the leader read out names.

"Shinra, Yuki, Samon. You are all on team one. Everyone else you are on team two.

"Oh. I guess we are together." Yuki grinned and the three of them ran to the others in their team.

"Wait. This isn't fair. Why am I partnered up with Miyabi? He can't hit a target if his life depended on it." Kyoga said, his voice full of worry and disappointment.

"Don't compare the game from earlier to now. I'll show you just how good I am." He responded with a self-confident smile but Kyoga was still unsure.

"Don't worry about him. We can handle this." Chikage whispered to Kyoga, a confident smile on his face. Kyoga nodded his head and everyone started gearing up.

"Remember, using your powers in any way is unfair. Please abide the rules." Samon warned everyone and the game got underway.

Everyone had spread out and hidden among the trees awaiting for the signal to start.

A loud whistle resounded throughout the air and the game was on.

Chikage stealthily moved about hitting his targets one by one while Kyoga waited in silence to hit any passersby while avoiding being hit himself.

Shinra carefully maneuvered through the field when he spotted Miyabi and that exact moment Miyabi met his gaze. It was a stare down as one awaited the other to make a move. Miyabi was the first to shoot but he missed as Shinra dodged and then Shinra shot back at him. They kept going back and forth but neither was hitting the other. It was hard to tell if it was from one dodging the other or they both had terribly bad aim.

Suddenly a ding sounded out in the air and Shinra thought he had hit Miyabi when his gear also made a ding, "What?!" Shinra was surprised and then in the distance he saw Chikage with a proud smile on his face.

"Dammit. Miyabi distracted me!" Shinra huffed in frustration when he recalled Miyabi had been hit as well. He turned around and there was Samon with a enthusiastic grin on his face. He playfully winked at Shinra before running of. He was like a little boy.

It was nearing the end of the game and Yuki and Samon teamed up to score as many last minute points they could. They come across Kyoga and Chikage who also teamed together and it was now a showdown between the four. They firmly set their gazes on each other trying to read what the other would do. They were all prepared to show the other up and prove who was better.

Samon and Yuki worked together to evade the other two and it didn't seem like either side was scoring any points. They all proved to be too fast for the other side...until finally four dings sounded out.

"?!" They were all shocked and wondered who hit them. They quickly eyed their surroundings and spotted Miyabi and Shinra with grins on their faces.

"That's not playing fair!" Kyoga shouted. And everyone was irritated they managed to score against them when they were busy with each other. They set their eyes on Shinra and Miyabi and the two of them looked ready to run for it when the whistle went off bringing the game to an end.

"Saved by the whistle." Yuki said with a smile that really meant 'You are damn lucky, I would have wiped that grin from your face.' Shinra and Miyabi sighed with relief and everyone made their way to the scoreboard to see what team won and who scored the most.

They all gasped when they saw who got top points. "How?!" Miyabi exclaimed in surprise looking at Samon. "I didn't know you had this side to you, Samon." Yuki said in astonishment. "I guess those games Elli got me to play with her in the past helped." Samon said rubbing the back of his head feeling shy.

"Well, that wasn't fair. Our team never stood a chance as long as you had Samon- your secret weapon on your team." Miyabi said with slight annoyance. "Hmmp. Humans are just too easy a target and Samon was faster than us at getting them. Next time you won't get so lucky." Chikage stated, he didn't seem to happy to have lost.

"I'm sorry. How about i cook up all our favorites tonight for dinner." Samon said and everyone immediately brightened up.

"Inari Sushi!" Miyabi said, already dreaming about all the food that awaited him at home.

"Woo, I can't wait for some dango." Shinra grinned in excitement and they all headed home were they spent the night drinking and eating until morning.

The next day, Elli returned home to find all the Ayakashi passed out in the living room.

"Guys, I'm home." She said but received no response, "Heh, what did you all do when i was gone I wonder." She grinned admiring all their innocent sleeping faces when she noticed something on the table, "Hmm, what's this." She picked up the plush toy, "Eee, it's so cute. I wonder who brought this home. Hehe, I guess I'll ask later." She whispered careful to not wake anyone.

She retreated to her room as they remained asleep. It wasn't until later she hears how the Ayakashi spent their day without her. Each one brimming with excitement as they recite their day to her.

Elli was intrigued to learn what they did and thought it was cute. She only wished she could go to the arcade with them sometime and it was decided they'd soon go again but this time with her accompanying them. Elli couldn't wait.

Shinra eventually handed the plush toy to her which Samon let him have. Elli was thrilled to receive something so adorable. Samon looked pleased that Elli liked it so much even though Shinra was the one who gave it to her. She immediately placed it in her bedroom with a smile.

'Hehe, I'm so glad they had a good time. I hope things can always be this way.' Elli thought to herself as she admired her new plush toy.