Intro: This is my take on certain days that have not gone recorded in animation for the Monogatari series. I will tell stories that focus on certain characters more than before, and hopefully catch the same vibe from the series. I will mainly tell the story in 1st person from whoever the story is mainly focused on as you get that character's own perspective, and not have all the answers given to you easily. Thanks if you are interested in this chapter, and please do give me some feedback.
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Ah, summer. What another joyous time of year. (Obviously) So it just means more time off from school. Yes, I've dealt with the troubles of the supernatural lately. Though it's really not all that bad. It's made me quite popular recently actually. (At least I think...) I've learned to devote my care and self towards Senjougahara, a scary woman whom seems empty at first sight. But she's actually quite soft on the inside once you get to know her. (Ironic, She was taken all her burden by a heavy crab.) Anyway, she's naturally protective of me, so our relationship has become much better recently. Who else do I know who needed help? I must recall the exact order!
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"Mister Arararagi."
"You've said too many 'Ar's!"
"I bit my tongue!"
"You and I both know it's always on purpose every time! So no need for the little wordplay." I Kyoumi Araragi, am arguing with an elemantary grade schooler.
OTAKUMONOGATARI
Whatever would make you think I'd spend a second of my day teasing you?! Araragi sure is a lecherous pervert! Why must you insist on enjoying such debates with such a young child?"
"Huh? Oh well...(Shinobu's pretty entertaining to talk to) It's just cause children look so innocent. But I already know you're not the innocent child you look. So the deception can be entertaining itself. Must I go on?'The dynamics just keep stacking!"
"You're totally right! Ha! I will never question your logic ever again my master!" Hachikuji prays and bows.
"(Hmmm... Master?) Joking aside, I was just summarizing all the people I've helped along the way until this day. Tsubasa Hanekawa had her stress conduct Black Hanekawa, and that was a hassle... but before, technically I helped a vampire live. (She probably knows who.) And I was just getting onto the next girl I helped after Senjougahara. It was you. Next would be none other than Kanbaru. But who was after... urgh. I forget the order. Perhaps It was Karen?" His hair fell flat. "Why can't I remember?" Araragi stood tall before Mayoi out in front of his house. It was a foggy day at sundown.
"Oh no, oh no! Araragi senpai can't even remember the girls he's helped in chronological order? What a useless pest!" Mayoi beratef him. "So long Kyoumi." And like that, Araragi left as well to talk to Kanbaru.
...
(3)
He was back before her prescence, and he stood weary since Kanbaru had the habit of proving to be quite the pervert. Senjougahara would not be the slightest pleased to hear of any flirting between me and any other woman. "Hey."
"Oh, if it isn't Araragi Senpai. What would be the cause of your visit to my home? You usually always have a reason."
(How rude...)
RED FRAME
"Ehh... well I was having a boring day, and I had a question. Besides I didn't even think you were home. I forgot to call on my way over." He assured her.
"No matter. Always glad to feel your prescence so close to me! Oh how I am so grateful for having an upperclassman I can call a friend. Sit and chat."
(So I did. I made myself comfortable in her book filled room... Geez. I thought we cleaned all of this multiple times!) "Kanbaru, I'd like to ask you something. Do you remember the time not too long ago that I helped you and your monkey paw situation?" He awaited an answer.
"Of course I do. It was a heavy time of my life since I was confronted by you about the issue. Because of you and Senjougahara's help, I was able to hold back the wishes of ultimately killing you Araragi senpai."
"Oh good, I-"
"I still hate you however." She smiled.
(WHAAAA?!)
RED FRAME
"How can you just jump to that conclusion so quickly Kanbaru! Oh how you are so cold! Appologize!" Tears came from Araragi's eyes. Or blood if you could call those vampire tears.
"I cannot." She replied easily.
"You must! I plead!"
"Too bad!" She made bunny ears.
"My life is over..."
...
(Again, joking Aside...)
"Kanbaru, I recall you helped me with someone after your incident do you not? It must have been Hanekawa correct? Or Karen chan?"
"Huh?" (Idiot.) "You can't even remember who you helped? Your blindness to what's around you is annoying." (He only sees what's in front of him.) "Honestly senpai. It was Sengoku. Remember she was constrained by that devilish snake? We had to conduct an exorcism on her in front of the shrine late at night. I was there to help you cause it was a dangerous situation, and you already knew that. Was that what you wanted to know?" She hoped that was all.
"Ah, so it was Sengoku. Then I must have Helped Hanekawa afterwards, then I had to deal with my two little sisters... That con man Kaiki was the main problem of one of my sisters situations, so that was a big ordeal to get through, but my other sister Tsukihi wasn't as bad, she just having a cold." (I lied.) "Summer is practically over, and I feel as if my time in town will suddenly come to a strained series of events up until my graduation..."
"Ohh? A foreshadowing perhaps?" Kanbaru picked up a blue book out of the many reds.
"Call it what you want. I call it gut feeling. I suppose today's getting closer and closer to nightfall. I am still left wandering something however..." Kyoumi rubbed his chin.
"What is it?"
"What was I supposed to do today?"
FLASH
(1)
"Kyoumi Araragi." Senjougahara greeted.
"Hitagi Senjougahara." He replied.
"I request something rather urgent today. Could you please ask all of the girls whom you helped to come talk to me?"
"W-Why?" (Sounds odd. Even for her.)
"Hmm. No real reason. I suppose I'd like to be given a recording of all that you may or may have not done to perhaps violate their innocence. It's all a test so you know."
(I feel like she's truly a yandere. Not a tsundere. Crazy about me, but could kill anybody for me. Maybe even me...) "You don't trust me?"
"No, in fact it's the other way around. Not directly from me to you, but only if you trust yourself Araragi. If you love me, then no worries. Just tell all the women you've helped to come talk to me. In order that is."
"Hmm. Sure." (I didn't question why in the hell why she wanted it done in this manner, but who Am I to complain. If it'll make her happy...) "I guess I'll go see Hachikuji first."
...
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"Crap." (I forgot to tell Mayoi.) "Forgive me, but I must be leaving. Hitagi request that you talk to her." (I left her house, quicker than the rolling thunder outside. It was raining hard. And I had no defense of say one: um-be-rella.) I took out my cell phone and was off a beaten path in mud, it was 7 o' clock. I had multiple missed calls from the fire sisters. Of course, they'd have to wait, I was going to find Mayoi and prove my loyalty to Hitagi!"
Koyomi Innocence Chapter: Part 1
August 15th, 7:45
"HACHIKUJI!" I yelled. "WHERE COULD YOU BE?!"
"Stop you're frantic searching my idiot master." (That damned loli. I must hold restraint! I MUST! I MUST!)
"S-Shinobu! I'm searching for Hachikuji! Search with me!" She appeared from out of my shadow.
"Ahh of course. You've awoken me, and now I can't return to my wonderful sleep. So I'll have some fun until I am tiresome yet again. Why are you looking for her again?" Shinobu was soaked from the rain.
"Senjougahara requested it. So I'd like for her to talk to her before Kanbaru can. I just left her home to tell her the same thing. My lover wishes to speak with her."
"Hmm, well that little girl must be around town obviously. If she is still like the lost cow, than she should be near home, or near her accident. Let's go check the park."
"Ahh. Good idea." Araragi agreed with the thought.
RING RING
'Senjougahara'
(I answered nervously.)
"Yes honey?" I said sweetly.
"What are you? Fifty?" Hitagi replied.
"I take offense to that..." Shinobu voiced familiarly loud.
"Ahh, my apologies, truly."
"She says she's sorry." Kyoumi told the vampire.
"Men these days shouldn't talk like this, are you trying to kiss up to me you pitiful man?" Hitagi said venemously.
(HUH!?) "Of course not! Why in the world would I? I'm just treating you with respect?! Is that really so wrong?!" My hair flapped about angrily.
"Well anyhow, I just talked to Kanbaru. So no need to worry about the details about Sengoku. I heard the whole story Kyoumi. I just need to hear back from Hanekawa, and your beloved two little sisters."
"Oh. That's great and all, but I forgot to tell Hachikuji before I seen Kanbaru."
"Don't worry over that. I don't need to talk to her. However I suspect that you are a suspected lolicon. A title that only my boyfriend would have, so no worries. Are you out tonight?"
"Yeah. I was going to look for Hachikuji, but you said that it's alright. So I suppose I will go home and sleep. Or have a late night with Shinobu again. (I'm more of a night person myself. Morning light scares me.)
"I'd advise that option. It's stormy out, so I'd rather you not catch a cold. Goodnight."
"Yeah, goodnight."
(CLICK)
"No need for a search party tonight?" Shinobu asked.
"That's right. We're going home, I feel like staying up late tonight before my summer is truly over. Besides, I always feel bad leaving you alone all night."
Shinobu smirked. "If you really feel so bad, then carry me."
"You'd better hang on for dear life, cause I'm running home."
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A strange pale girl rides her bike slowly in the middle of the street in front of us, me and Shinobu do not know who this odd looking girl is, but she did not look the bit pleased to catch sight of her. The pale girl stopped her bike, she smiles at us. We walk towards her but Shinobu stays behind me. "Hello." I greeted her, she wore the pink schoolgirl suit.
"It's a stormy night out tonight. Any reason as to why you're out so late tonight with a little girl on hanging off of your back?"
(RUDE) "Oh, this is a favor I owe her. So I'm carrying her around, until I get home." (Oops)
"Oh, she lives with you?" The odd girl asked.
"Umm, yeah. She's my cousin."
(You're an idiot.) Shinobu thought.
"That's so wonderful! Seeing such a caring pair of cousins enjoy their night out on the town even during a rainfall." The streetlight turned yellow. "Though, I wonder the reason why she clings to you so tightly. Is it my looks that keep you weary? Are you cautious of seeing someone so surreal looking? Or maybe you seek comfort in him? Perhaps a romance is the case here?"
(!) I can feel her anger rising... "I'd call you rude, but I don't think that's your intention. You don't seem to know when you're crossing the line..."
"Oh, I only meant as a joke between guys." The girl said.
"You're... a girl though." I was confused, and disturbed at the same time.
"Oh my bad, I'm supposed to be a girl right now." (WHAT THE?) "My name's Ougi. Glad to meet you." She stuck out her hand from her sleeve, which was too long for her arm. Or... IT'S arm. It's hand was chalky white, with no hue of pink what so ever. I shook it, and I felt a shiver up my spine.
"Mmm. My name's Araragi. This girl on my back's name is Shinobu Oshino. She's the type to get grumpy easily, so don't pay any mind to her." (ACK!) I felt her teeth bite into my neck.
RED FRAME
"Glad to be acquainted Shinobu. You're related my uncle?"
"Oshino has no relatives. No need to lie you strange creature." Shinobu tugged on my hair. "Let's leave." She whispered. "That thing is giving me a bad feeling."
"I'm his niece! I came to this town after he left! He hadn't even left me a note or anything! I can't believe he never mentioned me."
"Ougi, I never recalled him saying anything on any relatives he's ever had, nor do I believe you completely, but I will say at the least that he was a very mysterious man. So we can just leave it at that. It was nice talking to you, but I must be going home."
WHITE FRAME
"Did I offend you?" (It doesn't understand.)
"No." I walked away, furthering the distance between us.
"Maybe your cousin doesn't like me?"
(No.) She's still talking to me? I must be halfway down the block now...
"Do I scare you?"
(Shiver) Now you are...
"Please, whatever I said. I do apologize."
"GOODNIGHT!" I yelled, quickening my pace.
"Aren't- scared- me"
Only those three words were what I heard from far away. "Please hurry. She's giving me an awful vibe."
"I AM!"
...
(6)
"Woo, that was a late night work out. I am glad to be home however." I chatted with Shinobu finally.
"I highly suggest we do not ever meet that thing in public ever again unless there is supervision in the area. She has an ominous vibe to her, or it I mean." Shinobu kept a cold look.
"Ougi was her name. I'd really like to not be rude, but she definitely held the qualities of a man to me. Just a bit slim. She did mention something about being a girl right now. Hence slipping on the detail of a woman's nature. I mean she said before 'I only meant as a joke between guys' right?"
"Suspicious nature indeed. She was resonating with foreshadowing my master, it's not something to ignore. But you said qualities of a man? More like a small woman..."
"WHAT?!" (STEREOTYPE...) "You would only say that at first glance Shinobu! You say that because she looks oh so frail on pale! You really don't think do you?! She obviously is a he! He didn't have the feminine lengthy arms a regular high school girl would have! It's most definitely a he, even by his manly grip."
"Whatever. That Ougi is just a gender bender to me, something more even. But he just gives me a bad vibe, and I've been alive for hundreds of years so it was just a matter of gut feeling."
(Caution) "If that's what you think, then I'd suggest we keep our distance from him, and keep our space to ourselves." I heard her opinion, And I agreed with it. So I plan on staying true to this conversation, and distancing Ougi for the better. But since it's a bit early, my sisters might be out still. It's only 8:15 PM, and Karen surely is training with her boyfriend. Bless her strong heart for saving herself for her big brother! (Pervert) Though I can't say the same for Tsukihi, she's probably sucking face as we think this very moment. So, it'd be a matter of a couple of hours before everybody is home. My parents have gone out of town to help put a smaller town just over a 100 miles, it's in short need of officers, and the outback town is in a crisis in need of protection.
"Pervert master. I'd say for compensation of awakening me so early, and carrying me so slouchily in the rain, you could let me suck a good amount of your blood since it's so delicious."
I swear, it's like she's flirting with me at times. "You don't have to ask you know. But it's not in our best interest to do it frequently, but you already know that." I sat on the couch, and slipped the collar of my shirt down for her, relaxing myself.
"Much thanks." I saw a grin upon her face, and she layed herself against my chest and began sucking much slower than usual. She had gripped the back of my head and brought me in for a clutch. I felt so good always comforting her, and I held her with an contempt smile. Minutes passed, and I believe she had grown to a year which she appeared to be a teenager. She didn't look half bad, but for some reason, she never shown this form that often. She was finished.
"Any reason for the transformation?" I asked.
"You probably like the body of someone around your age better, so I figured I'd get to see a pleasing reaction from you." She rubbed her index finger around my lips, and I felt nervous. Of course she took advantage of being aware of my thoughts, and she teased me. "Oh no, I forgot, you're a famous lolicon and you like short hair. So if I kept this body, but cut my hair, you'd abandon your beloved Hitagi for me?"
My hair stood tall. "You're so devious!" I couldn't imagine her with short hair... I'd die from the sight of beauty.
"Hmm, my hair short might be overkill to you, but none the less, I'm grateful you're able to see me in a different way from just being a link to you, and even a friend." She gave me a heart melting smile, and I couldn't lie to her.
"It's true, you're the exact opposite of me, but you are extremely attractive to me. I've always fantasized about blondes, and you having such a loyal personality, it's a dream come true. However, my love for Senjougahara can't waver just because of you... But, I do wish it did."
Shinobu looked plain, as if she was contemplating whatever it was I just said to her. "So, even you can be a little selfish at times Araragi? Hmm, well your relationship was a bit forced with Senjougahara, but I can't try and persuade you to drop her, but You'd best think about who the hell is going to be around longer..." She gave me a hateful look, much to that of shame and hatred. "Goodnight, you coward." She slipped in through my shadow, and I couldn't help but feel guilty for leading her on as a flirtatious device. For fun even I'd say was the reason I had alluded to love with Heart-Under Blade... that's right. It was fun thinking all these romantic thoughts... though she was asleep now, so I was free to think all of these thoughts. But since I had left her disappointed... I'd felt rather upset.
I sleep...
(7)
LUST
LOVE
LIFE
LONG
LONGING LIFE, (FOR) LUSTFUL LOVE
These thought are Shinobu's?
"I didn't want to have this conversation with you, but I guess I do. Koyomi, just what am I to you? A sister? A cousin? A friend? Or just a part of you? What is it to be exact?" She asked me, she was on a red velvet sofa in her teenage form with a purple blanket over her. Clothes laid beside it, and I stood tall with a haunting feeling inside.
"Well... somebody special sounds much too cliche if you ask me. So however you want to put it, it's like you're half of me. (Love) I couldn't live without you the same way. I may as well be dead if I lost you Shinobu." (Life)
"You say that now, but it means nothing at this point, you expect me to be pleased hearing you say such kind words to me now? What reason do I have to live at this point? You're the only reason I am alive at this point , even though I wished for death. So why must I be chained to you for eternity..." (Long) Tears of blood have appeared, and she holds herself. "You are so selfish. You help all these girls, while I stand at the sidelines saddened by your motives. If Senjougahara wasn't the first girl to ask you out, then what about Mayoi? Kanbaru? Sengoku? Hanekawa? Or even me? What if I was the first to ask you? The first option? You wish your feelings could go away, but you lie."
"I wasn't lying. I do want you, and your body to myself. (Lust) But I'd be guilty of cheating, and that would be my all time low. If you were to ask, I wouldn't have said yes until say recently. So if Senjougahara never asked, and you had asked me tonight, then I would have said yes. But we're together now. I'm sorry, but I will not go out of my way to exclude her from my feelings, so please, for the meantime, let me experience a human's love for as long as I can. Cause in the future it's just me and you, so please, can you go another Fifty Years or so and be patient with me?" I am really a romantic, but this was no bluff. I was being honest. It's still strange to find myself in this predicament. I feel like I'm in a bad fan fiction or something.
"Oh...Really? I just have to wait?" Shinobu sat upright, with the blanket just barely covering her breasts.
"That's all I ask. Until the moment I part away from Hitagi. Who knows how long this relationship will last."
"Fine, then by contract, sleep with me, in my realm. To prove you are honest, you are invited to sign to agreement with your body."
(Aroused) "Oh must I?" I asked. (Guilt) "Is it really necessary?" (Daring) "I guess since this is a dream, I should have some fun."
...
I am awake now, and It's early morning. The sunlight petrifies me, but I get over it. Feeling displeased with myself and disgusted, I am glad to have settled an agreement with my partner at this point. Even if Senjougahara never finds out about my afterlife plans, it's still selfish of me to go making arrangements with another girl so early on already. I had done something intimate with another person, and I liked it. It was ecstasy, that I miss the feeling, but it was wrong of me to do so. Still, if it was going to please Shinobu, I was glad I did it. But back to pressing matters, this chapter was supposed to be focused on me redeeming my innocence to Senjougahara... When I just did the exact opposite.
Next time- August 16th.
