A calm ocean ran along Rapo Town's shores. A quiet, hidden beach lay of to the east, and a small scarlet chest had washed on shore. A raposa concealed by a dark cloak approached the chest, and opened it. Inside was multiple Rapo Coins, some odd goo, and a book. The book had a dark-grey cover marked with an eye and eight rings circling it.

The raposa held the book to the light of the full moon.

A shadowed raposa emerged from the book.

The shadow snatched the book away and walked to the Secret Door gate, with the cloaked rapo close behind.

Jowee awoke at a reasonable time (for him). Everything in the village had gone on peacefully ever since Mike and Heather had vanished. Jowee was reminiscing on the thought, glancing at her old bed. He put on his goggles and scarf and went to see Mari and Town Hall.

He didn't find them there, and asked Unagi where they had went. He replied that after receiving rumors about a mysterious rapo on the shores the previous night.

When Jowee finally found Mari, she and her deputy were investigating the 'secret beach.'

Mari's deputy was a raposa from Watersong named Circi. She had originally worked with Mayor Rose, but had resigned after Rose lost her voice. Circi was happy to be offered a job by friendly Mayor Mari.

Usually the secret beach was... well, kept as a secret between Jowee and Mari. Though, Jowee did have to admit Circi was becoming a sort of third wheel between them.

Jowee noticed that the two were looking at an odd opened treasure chest.

"This is rather odd..." Mari said. "Usually the current pushes most debris to the western side of our shores." "Maybe we should take it to the pirate fellow," Circi suggested. "He ought to be good at inspecting sea junk.

""Tis a rather fine bounty of Rapo Coins you have there," Pirate Beard snickered when the trio showed him the chest. "Planning on keeping them?" Mari huffed. "Consider it your pay. We want you to investigate this, and see if you find anything... you know, unnatural." Pirate Beard began rummaging through the scarlet treasure chest.

"Quite the... uh... uncivilized fellow, eh?" Circi whispered. "He's a pirate," Jowee replied. "Give him a break." Pirate Beard lifted his head with his paw covered with black goo. "Look familiar?" Pirate Beard asked, unsure. Mari peered into the goo. She stepped back, a bit fearful.

"So, I assume you do?" Pirate beard said, wiping his paw with his handkerchief. "I do," Mari replied. "Thank you." She began to walk off. "Come on you two." Jowee and Circi followed nervously. Pirate Beard hauled the treasure back to his ship to hose down the coins.

"I assume you know what this means, Jowee?" Mari asked, back at the entrance at Town Hall. Jowee mumbled something. "This could mean the return of Wilfre and his Shadow Army!" she exclaimed. Circi flinched, in a way. She had heard the stories of Wilfre. "Of course!" Jowee stuttered. "I knew that!" Unagi opened the door and spoke to Mari. "Mayor, this is something you might... want to see." Unagi sounded a bit worried. That was very unnatural, since Unagi never seemed to express any emotion other than neutral.

When they entered the chamber of the Book of Life, Mari found that multiple pages of the Book of Life had been torn out. She realized nothing in town had gone missing. 'At least they didn't take any of those...' she thought to herself. "Mayor?" Unagi asked. "Please, leave me with Jowee and Circi," Mari replied. "Are you ok, Mari?" Jowee asked. Mari let out a sigh.

"I'm trying so hard, Jowee," she replied. "Everything has gone downhill since I took office..." "Well, that's not true," Jowee said. "These past couple of months we had since Mike's disappearance have been sweet. We just need to find who did this and-" Mari cut him off; "I'll speak with the Creator about recreating Hiro." She rushed out of the chamber. Jowee and Circi gave each other the worried look.

At the Creation Hall, Mari opened the Book of Life and began her speech.

"Creator, the Book of Life have been defaced again. We need a hero as well. If you think that the creation hero needs to be revived, please do so. Thank you, sir."

No response.

Mari sighed. Jowee and Circi entered. "Did'ja try to talk to him, Mari?" he asked. "Yes, but-" Mari started. Suddenly the old mannequin began to glow and come to life. The hero was reborn. Jowee gleed with happiness. "It's Hiro!" he exclaimed. "I missed you!" Hiro was a fitting name, Mari and Jowee first decided. "So this is what he looks like," Circi muttered. Hiro smiled at Jowee's excitement.

"Hiro, I-" Mari began But then the Creator's voice began to appear. "The missing pages have been scattered through the lands. Hiro will need to reclaim them..." Hiro sighed. The Creator continued. "...But the path will be very dangerous. I think now is the time that Jowee shall accompany Hiro." Jowee practically bounced up and down. "Really!?" he exclaimed. "Truly," the Creator replied. Mari sighed. "You think he'll be safe?" she asked. "He can handle it, with Hiro at his side," the Creator said. The voice vanished. Circi was amazed. "That was great," she said. "Though a do feel a bit... left out..." No one gave a reply to this.

A while later, the rapo trio and the hero stood at the open Snowball Summit gate. "This is the first area," Mari said. ""Do you think you're ready?" she was obviously speaking to Jowee. "Of course," he said. "Ready as ever." "Get going, now!" Circi said. "Be careful!" Mari said. "We will!" Jowee exclaimed. Mari was concerned. "It's ok, mayor," Circi said. "They'll be fine."