Alright! Since there is only one vote (Thank you White Hunter!!!)

I'll go ahead and do the first choice!!! Chapter 3! Ruelo's Trust Zaen's Resolve!

Disclaimer: I do not own Onmyou Taisenki or any of it's content. Only my OCs. ^_^


The black striped white tiger stretched and it's crystal glowed slightly. It let out a slight hum.

Zaen stood in awe of the tiger. Ruelo turned to face him and smiled.

"You finally released me… I'm glad. " He said in a gentle voice. He then turned to Riku and Kogenta.

"I thank you both for your kindness." he said bowing elegantly. Kogenta's face twitched. Riku smiled.

Kogenta then walked up to Ruelo. He crossed his arms and stared at him as if sizing him up.

"Can you fight?" Kogenta asked flatly.

The other tiger opened his mouth to speak… but then turned to look at Zaen.

"I'm sorry…" Zaen said looking at the ground. "I brought you here and I don't know enough about you… I'm so sorry."

Ruelo walked up to Zaen and hugged him. Zaen was at a loss.

"I… don't like to fight either… but I know that with you… I can become stronger."

Zaen returned the hug feeling the warmth from the tiger's body. Zaen had forgotten what the warmth
of another being felt like. Ruelo stepped back resting his hands on Zaen's shoulders.

"You've found another toujinshi and shikigami, so I'm sure we'll learn a lot quicker."

Zaen smiled and nodded.

"Is that okay with you, Riku? Kogenta?"

"Sure!" Riku said happily.

"Yeah, okay." Kogenta groaned. He stomped over to Riku and poked him in the stomach causing him to giggle slightly.

"Okay, Riku… but After this you're mi-"

Riku gave him an adorable smile.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!"

They all laughed.


They relocated to a dense forest with a large clearing. There were several sturdy trees. Riku and
Kogenta stood beside Zaen and Ruelo. Zaen looked at his drive in slight confusion. Riku held his out in front of him.

"Watch closely, Zaen, and try to follow these directions."

"Right." Zaen answered.

"Yeah! Let's show them how it's done!" Kogenta said smirking.

"Shin-Kan-Da-Ri!"

Riku swung the drive right, up, left, then down.

"Over-kill"

"Crescent Moon Dancing Fists!!!"

Ruelo's eyes widened. Kogenta was enveloped in a golden aura as he charged at a large tree.
Suddenly several crescent moons sliced the tree into splinters.

"Wow…" Zaen exhaled… Riku smiled.

"Heheh! Pretty cool huh?" Kogenta said, smiling wide. He noticed that Ruelo was staring intently at him.

"That's…." Ruelo whispered.

"Huh? What's wrong Ruelo? !!!"

Ruelo started to glow white…

"Hey, kid! Swing the drive like Riku just did!" Kogenta said as he moved to Riku's side.

"R-right…"

Zaen held out his drive.

"Here we go! Shin-Kan-Da-Ri!!!"

Zaen moved the drive slightly in the four directions.

Ruelo started to run at another tree. He leaped towards it and kicked it bouncing off of it and returning to Zaen side.

"Zaen, I think I need more power!" Ruelo suggested.

"More?"

"Yes." Riku added. "Swing it with more force. And say the words louder."

"Okay!"

"Shin-Kan-Da-Ri!"

Ruelo ran towards the tree with blazing speed, and struck it with his open palms. He rebounded again and smiled at Zaen.

"More power!" Kogenta encouraged. Zaen smiled at him and then looked at Ruelo. The tiger nodded. And faced it's target.

"SHIN-KAN-DA-RI!!"

"Over-kill!!!" Ruelo shouted!

"Grand Flower Exploding Palms!!!!"

The tiger ran towards the tree with a white aura surrounding him. His clawed hands are held at
his side preparing his strike. He thrusts his palms forward when he is within striking distance of the tree.
The blow connects … and his tail crystal begins to glow. There was a moment of silence. His crystal stopped glowing.
Ruelo blushed in embarrassment and turned around. He looked guiltily at Zaen.

"I… I'm sorry…" he sweat dropped.

Suddenly the tree began to crack, and deteriorate. It rapidly started to increasingly show damage until
eventually it quite literally exploded into splinters.

"Huh?" They all said gaping.

Kogenta gave Ruelo a hard look and anger veined.

"Your holdin' back aren't ya?" he yelled.

"Wha-? N-no! I put all of my strength into that!" he responded scratching the back of his neck and blushing. Riku looked at him and blinked.

"You're attack had a delayed effect… Maybe if we tried it on a different type of target…"

"How about me?" A calm voice said.

They all looked ahead to see a pale man dressed in a black trench coat and black jeans and black boots.
His hair was black and spiked back. He wall tall and slim. His face was covered mostly by the collar of the
coat and his sunglasses shielded his eyes.

"Hey! Who the heck are you!" Kogenta snapped.

"Erre'" he said. He then turned to face Zaen.

"You… you are the son of Alis and Eon Lucaster? "

"!!!"

Zaen stepped back in surprise. "How do you know my mom and dad?!"

Riku frowned.

"I would like you to become strong enough… to defeat me… It's what your dad wanted,
but he loved you too much to involve you in such an ordeal… Being a toujinshi is not easy… "

"M-my dad?"

"Hey! What are you getting at?" Kogenta snarled.

Erre turned to face Kogenta.

"I want you two to train him… train him well… Can you do that for me?…

His brother."

Zaen, Riku, Kogenta and Ruelo stared in disbelief.

"Show me thy strength, Zaen Lucaster, the lost heaven toujinshi!"

He said throwing a card on the ground. A large disembodied eye appeared. It's flesh was
a sickening red color and it's pupil was a glaring crimson shade.

"I summon thee… Occulae… "

"Zaen stand back!" Riku yelled. "Kogenta!"

"Ready!"

"Please do not interfere…" Erre' said as he threw four barrier toujinfu cards between
him and Kogenta and Riku. Zaen and Erre' were now boxed in.

"C'mon, Riku we can break th-"

"No!" Zaen yelled.

Riku and Kogenta looked at him with worried expressions.

"I'll do this… I'll do this with you Ruelo! I can't let others stand up for me all the time… "
He looked at Kogenta and Riku. "You two are the first friends that I have ever had… I can't just let you bear
the burden of my hardships…" He turned to Ruelo and smiled. "I want to honor my contract with you Ruelo.
I will not run away! Never again!!!"

Suddenly Zaen felt a strange power envelope him. He held his drive forward.

"I will fight for that purpose as well, Zaen. I'm ready!" Ruelo said getting into a fighting stance.

"Good… just like it should be. Occulae! Glaring Blaze!"

The eye shot an orange beam of light at Ruelo. He skillfully dodged the attack and ran towards the
eye. The eye closed before Ruelo had a chance to attack. The tiger slashed at the closed eye with his
claws but with no success. He jumped back and awaited the next chance to attack.

"Staring Spark!!" Erre' commanded the demon.

It stared at the ground below Ruelo. Electricity started to gather around Ruelo's feet.
He jumped towards the demon just barely missing the bolt of lightning that erupted from below him.
The eye closed.

"He won't be able to strike his weak spot while his eye is closed." Erre said calmly.
"It looks like you can't do anything to harm it…"

"We'll see about that! Ruelo!"

"Ready! !" Ruelo shouted.

"SHIN-KAN-DA-RI!"

"Over-kill!!!"

"Grand Flower Exploding Palms!!!!"

Ruelo shot forward with the white aura surrounding him and his claws poised at his side.
He struck the closed eye with his palms and bounded back. His tail crystal started to glow again…
He then thrusts his palms towards the eye from a distance. The glow subsided and Ruelo stood
firmly with his palms still held in the same position.

Erre shook his head in disappointment.

"It won't work…. Hmm?"

Zaen was smiling. "The end."

Erre looked at his demon which was slowly deteriorating. It writhed around in panic until finally,
the eye exploded without a trace of it's strange presence left.

"Hmmm… Not bad… you'll be strong enough in no time…" Erre' turned around and threw a card at the
ground. He disappeared before Zaen could speak another word. The barrier disappeared with him.

"That's right" Kogenta yelled. "You better run!

"Zaen, Ruelo! You did it! That was great!" Riku said.

"Thank you!" They both said in tandem.

They blushed at each other and smiled.

Zaen ran up to Ruelo and gave him a hug almost knocking him down.
Ruelo patted his head and held him close.

"Ruelo. You trusted me… Thank you…"

"Zaen…"

Riku and Kogenta looked at the pair and smiled.

Their friendship is getting stronger. Things only get more challenging for
the new toujinshi and shikigami. Will they be able to deal with their opponents?
Please R&R!!!