Author's Note: Just another introduction chapter, doesn't explain much, only more for a feel of the characters but hey that's a step forward to the main plot!

Enjoy! : D


"Did you not think that could have been the reason I have blue hair?" The transformed Rio raised an eyebrow.

Tsurara jumped in front of Rio, glared and stared at him from all angles.

"Heh, this is kind of making me uncomfortable, if you don't believe me, I might die." Rio tried to look for an open escape route just in case. "If I'm not Rio, then where's Rio right now?"

"Not in front of us that's for sure!" Karasu-Tengu waved his wings.

Rio looked away from Karasu-Tengu and sighed, "I need to eat some ice to relax me."

"Alright I'll go get some for you!" Tsurara cheerfully responded as she went to head for the kitchen.

"Alright Yuki-Onna is gone, and she's the only one that believes you are Rio. Everyone get him!" Karasu ordered everyone, and all the minor youkai of the Nura clan went for him.

Rio began to get annoyed, "Man this is so much trouble." He took in a huge breath, and sighed once more.

The mood of the room had changed. Karasu stared in shock when he saw that some of the youkai were frozen. They were stuck together in a block of ice. The remaining partying youkai, took a few steps back.

"I got you some ice!" Tsurara sang as she held a full bowl of ice with chopsticks for utensils. She went quiet; saw the disaster that had gone on while she went out of the room.

"Y-Yuki-Onna! I-I can explain!" Karasu stammered. "I didn't mean to attack him!"

"Rio…YOU INHERITED MY POWERS TOO!" Tsurara ran up to him, hugged him and shook him like a waddling penguin.

Rio broke the ice, and the frozen youkai were free. "Can we go back to partying now, or are we going to make things more complicated?" He wondered as he walked out of the room and headed for his bedroom. I almost died to some werewolf too! Rio snuck under his blanket and went to sleep.


It was the middle of the afternoon, the day after Rio had transformed.

"I'M UP!" Rio raised his head up from his pillow quickly and suddenly realized that was a bad mistake.

"Rio don't do that, you have a fever! If you have a fever with Yuki-Onna genes, it might kill you!" Tsurara began wailing and put her head on his blanket.

"No actually, I got fevers before, because that part of me is human. I didn't get everything from you." Rio explained to her and put his head back on his pillow.

"YAY!" You're going to be okay, it must be from your awakened transformation. The first sign of you becoming a youkai~!" His mom was all excited.

"Well at least I don't have to go to school today, YAY!" Rio raised his fists in triumph.

Tsurara hit her head on his blanket, "NOOOOOO!"

The door to Rio's room opened, "I brought some soup for him." Kejero smiled and placed the bowl beside Rio's head.

"Oh yummy!" Rio slowly sat up and stared at the soup.

"Kejero are you crazy? The heat is going to kill him!" Rio's mom shouted and then immediately gave a gust of air to the bowl and the meal turned a shiny blue.

Rio poked his meal and it made a clink sound. "…WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHIT?" Rio headed straight for the kitchen and brought Kejero with him, "I'm hungry just put Nattou in the pot or something."

Rio let go of Kejero and walked towards the front gates to find someplace to eat proper food. He wasn't going to let a minor fever get in the way of hunger.

"Hey, Rio!" Toru was waving while walking up to Rio's front gates.

"You weren't at school today, we were worried about you!" Misaki told him as she was carrying a plastic bag that obviously had something inside.

"I was sick today, a fever. You two went to school after what just happened yesterday?" Rio tilted his head wondering why. Right after, he immediately noticed the plastic bag Misaki was holding.

"Well um, there was this guy with extremely long blue hair that saved us, so as long as more people like him are around we'll be alright!" Misaki smiled then her and Toru walked past the front gates and were face to face with Rio.

Extremely long blue hair? Oh wait that's me! "So in that bag you're holding, is it delicious food~?" Rio anxiously clapped and then rubbed his two hands together.

"What? No, in this bag is your homework!" Misaki answered him and then handed it out to him.

"Why'd you give this to me? Now I have to do work while I'm sick! Not only that but I'm starving!" Rio got on his knees and began tearing up.

"Oh well" Toru sighed. "Stop being a baby, Misaki made something for you. Show him."

Misaki opened her backpack, and Rio sniffed out the delicious smell and then Misaki brought out a huge bowl of fried rice.

"Wait, you were holding homework in a plastic bag." Rio pointed out.

"Yes I was."

"And had food in your bag."

"Yup!"

"It's suppose to be the other way around!"

"Who cares it's free food!" Toru scolded him. "Take it or leave it!"

"I-I'll take it!" Rio quickly responded and grabbed the bowl of fried rice.

"Can we come in to share the meal?" Misaki asked him.

"Sure, why not?" Rio opened the front door with Toru and Misaki behind him. "Mum, my friends are gonna be here to eat with me!"

As all the Youkai hid completely still, Tsurara walked up to Rio. "Sorry Rio, not today, something important is tonight and it's getting pretty late, we don't want you to get kidnapped…again!"

"Aw, something important? See ya later Rio." Toru waved bye and dragged Misaki with him.

Rio waved bye until his friends were no longer in his sight and then turned to Tsurara. "What do you mean important?"

Tsurara pointed up, "Look!"

The sky was filled with Youkai from the heads of the Main House.

"Gyuki, Zen, Shouei, and all the other heads are here, why?" Rio wondered out loud as he continued to stare at all the Youkai heads.

"You aren't allow to find out, that is for us to discuss about." Tsurara told him, her tone serious.

"I don't see dad though! Who's going to lead the discussion, if the leader of the Hyakki Yako isn't here!"

Tsurara closed her eyes, smiled and gave him the peace sign with her hands, "His wife of course!

As all the Youkai arrived at the Nura mansion, they began to entire the room where they hold all their discussions. Eventually even Tsurara entered the room leaving Rio to wonder what's going on, by himself. He pressed his ear against the door, ambition to hear what they were talking about. However all he heard was rambling and most people asking for Rikuo/the 3rd.

They want the third? Then I'll show them the third! I don't care what mom says they aren't even discussing yet! Rio put his palm to cover his face. His shaggy brown hair had become long, and light blue.

He put his hand on the door handle, ready to pull, until he saw another hand also reaching for the handle.

"What do you think you're doing? Go back to bed, Rio."