(TOONO VILLAGE)
Rikuo took a deep breath. He knew he could do it, he had come so close the last time. A little farther away a woman with blue hair and green eyes watch and whispered to herself "He is so much like his father".
This woman's name was Yui, she had become friends with Rihan when he had come to Toono and had helped him develop a new technique…. It was called 'fear solidification' (me: stupid I know) using this technique Rikuo could sort of make duplicates of himself which, at touch, would not vanish. Yui yelled a bit "You can do this Rikuo!"
Rikuo smirked, then let his 'fear' gather around him them concentrated on shifting it towards his right. In a swirl of smoke another Rikuo appeared. Yui stared and made her way over to the two Rikuos and hesitantly touched the other Rikuo, when he didn't disappear a smile appeared on her face. "Ha-ha!" she said in triumph. "What are you so happy about?'' Rikuo asked in a teasing tone "I did all the hard work.". "No way, it was me who told you about it in the first place and who was it that stood there for hours watching you fail miserably everyday ?" she retorted. "Huh. Whatever." He said, his voice acidic, but brightening up once again he said "Well later, I should get going Okaa-san and Nee-san will be waiting for me, I have been here for about a week now" he flashed Yui a smile and started to head towards the exit.
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(NURA MANSION)
"Okaa-san, Nee-san, I'm home" a voice called out. Wakana opened the door of her that led out to the garden and smiled when she saw her son. He also widened his smile when he saw her. "Okaa-san where is Risa-neesan?" he asked. "She should be in her room, what a coincidence we were just talking about you, Rikuo." As they were talking the door slid open and in the entrance stood a beautiful girl with long black hair, black eyes and pale skin. She smiled at Wakana and said "I just came by to tell you Wakana-sama-" she stopped short, smiled then continued " I mean Okaa-san that I want to help with making dinner, if that's alright?" both mother and son sweat dropped. Even though the girl looked like Yamabuki Ottome and had all of her memories she could not cook at all. Let's just say that you'd rather eat the frozen food Tsurara cooked than touched what Risa had made or burnt more likely. She frowned at her sibling and mother's expression
"Well its not my fault that all that damned kitsune ate were livers…" and left the room in mock sadness and shock. As she entered the room she asked herself the question again: Why? Why did he look so distracted that day? And the Mao's hammer, why hadn't it absorbed the power which she would have expected from her father, as in Rihan? These questions had troubled her since the day she woke to find that the kitsune had left her body; after all how long could she have stayed in her body? As she had been resurrected from the confounds of hell she could have only received a temporary resurrection. It proves the true meaning behind the proverb 'what's dead will stay dead'. She remembered it like it was yesterday, waking up in some kind of field that stretched out for miles. For a few days she was under the impression that she herself was Yamabuki but soon she realized that she only had her memories, she was her own person. The realization elated her and she had smiled through the day. And that was when she decided to go offer her sincere apologies to Rikuo and his mother for causing them so much pain. Little did she know that this decision would forever change her life and status in the ayakashi world.