Author's Note: The release may have been over a week but still very close! : D

This is finally a chapter that I'm proud about, maybe not for content, I wouldn't know I was too tired to edit it completely, that will be made soon!

Oh and when I said I was a fan of the manga and anime...I lied~ I dropped the anime, but still find the manga amazing!

Enjoy!

Saved us? Rio's mind flashed back to when he was carrying Misaki in his night form. Shiiiiit they weren't suppose to find out!

Isao looked at Night Rio. "W-who are you? You think you intimidate us with a sword? You've got another thing coming if you seriously think you scare us."

Night Rio held the flat side of his sword against his cheek. "Ohhhh…? Well you've got another thing coming if you think this is just a prop."

W-why is he here? W-where'd Rio go? Thoughts rushed at Misaki's mind. Is it possible, that this person…is Rio? But that makes no sense, for him to change his appearance so quickly, that simply is not human!

Toru patted the arm of the person that was grabbing him. "Ummm…yes I would like to be let go now…No? That's fine."

"I don't know who you are, or what you've done with that kid I punched, but I doubt you are going to actually cut me up with that sword." Isao grinned confidently.

"But will you really take that risk?" Rio slowly walked towards the bullies.

"I'm pretty strong for someone my age! Don't get any closer or I'll hurt this guy too!"

"That's fine; I'm pretty strong for a youkai of my age. Not only that, but I thought…you weren't scared of me." Rio smirked at him.

"Hah! Scared? Youkai? Don't you try scaring me with supernatural things that don't exist!" Isao yelled at him.

"Ahhhh hahaha, did I say Youkai?" Rio smiled as he continued walking toward him.

What is this guy thinking? Didn't Isao just say he'll hurt Toru? So stop walking toward him, I don't want Toru to get hurt! Rio getting hurt was bad enough! Misaki continued to panic in her mind.

"I meant I'm similar to a Youkai you hear in stories. What was his name again?" Rio vanished before everyone's eyes.

"Wh-where'd he go?" Isao searched around like a hyper little kid. Until he heard a thud three times.

Isao looked back at Toru's direction. His eyes widened in horror as he found his three friends collapsed on the floor and Toru gone.

"Oh right, the sneaky leader of Youkai."

Isao heard the voice directly behind him. He knew it was the long blue haired man with the sword. W-who is this guy!

"Nurarihyon."

Isao's body promptly fell on the floor and his body stood still.

"W-w-what are you doing?" Misaki yelled at him.

Rio waved his hand up and down. "Don't worry about it; I just hit them in the back with the handle of my sword." He held it up to show her what he meant.

"W-w-well…what are we going to do with these guys, we can't just leave them there, or a real kidnapper might abduct them! Not only that, but where's Rio?" Misaki demanded a response.

"Are you kidding, that's exactly what we'll do, too much of a hassle to do anything else." Rio said answered lazily. "Rio…? I don't know…"

"You always save us! Are you stalking us or something? Or are you stalking me to protect me?" Misaki raised her voice.

Toru was picking his ear with his pinky finger. "Someone thinks too highly of herself. Don't you think so too…? Rio?" Toru grinned at him. "Thanks."

"What do you mean Rio?" Misaki stared at Toru, lost on the entire idea.

Rio stood there silently at he just looked straight down toward the ground.

"Rio is a good person!...This guy!" Misaki pouted as she pointed at Night Rio. "Is a pervert who carries girls like princesses as a way to flirt with them but drops them on the floor if he gets turned down!"

"I have no idea what happened between you two in the past." Toru scratched his head.

"He was the one that saved us from the werewolf! A-and then he dropped us off at our homes anonymously but I woke up before he could drop me off!" Misaki explained to her friend.

"Is that so…?" Toru smiled and then he walked up to Night Rio and patted his shoulder. "Well then, Rio is the one who saved us!"

"Why are you so intent on thinking he's Rio?" Misaki disagreed with Toru.

"Did you hear what he said to Isao before he hurt everyone and before he hurt Isao?" Toru asked her.

"Erm…I'm similar to a Youkai you hear in stories…The sneaky Youkai…Nura…rihyon…" Misaki gasped in disbelief. "Nura-rihyon…Rio…Nura…" Misaki turned to look at Rio. "Youkai…"

"Exactly~" Toru cheered when she figured it out.

"I said I'm similar to that Youkai, I didn't say I am that Youkai." Rio tried to cover it up.

"Is that so~?" Toru chuckled. "Well…since Rio isn't here right now~" Toru began walking in circles. "The person Rio likes is Mi-…"

Rio jumped right away to cover Toru's mouth. "Yeah yeah I got it! I am Rio Nura!"

Misaki tilted her head. "Mi? Me?" Misaki jumped and grabbed Rio's hand. You like Toru? I never knew you had a thing for guys! Congratulations!"

Rio stared at her dumbfounded. "Eh?"

Toru fell down the floor laughing. She mistook it as. The person Rio likes is me!

Misaki stared at Rio's eyes innocently and confused. "I-is there someone wrong with what I said?"

Rio poked Misaki off his hand. "Guys let's go home, we'll leave Isao on the floor, who cares about them!"

"Geeze so cold and demanding!" Misaki sniffed.

"Yes yes, sir." Toru shook his head and sighed. "Sooo close to saying it too…"

"Shut up Toru, we're going to my house."

Rio really brought us here…to his house…are we going to go inside or not? Misaki's mind paced back and forth.

"Alright we're here…do you two have any questions at all?" Rio looked at both Toru and Misaki.

"So we aren't going to go inside? It's cold here." Toru complained.

"Your virgin eyes can't handle whatever is through the front door." Rio answered them with his deep voice.

Virgin eyes…? WHAT THE F*** HAPPENS AT A YOUKAI'S HOUSE? Toru wondered angrily.

"I got a question! Why didn't we just talk about it on the walk to your house?" Misaki questioned him quite curiously.

"…Sooooo any other questions~?" Rio cheerfully ignored her question, knowing she was right.

Misaki waved her arms annoyed. "Heeeeey my question was important!"

"Soooo you're the descendent of a youkai leader?" Toru finally asked a serious question.

"Mhmm." Rio nodded his head.

"But aren't all Youkai bad? Don't they wish to get rid of humans?" Toru asked him depressed.

"There are Youkai who absolutely love humans, however they never reveal themselves, the human world has thought of Youkai as supernatural, unreal and scary monsters. Humans are afraid of things they would never want to know, and therefore made negative rumours about us." Rio answered.

"But can we really trust you?" Toru didn't bother to even look in Rio's direction.

Misaki smacked Toru's head. "Of course we can trust him; we've known him since our childhood!"

"Then why hasn't he trusted us and told us this in the first place?" Toru angrily asked him.

"Because things are complicated, right now, because I'm a Youkai you are already thinking badly about me, are you not?" Rio forcefully brought Toru's head up.

Toru grinded his teeth together, he was angry and sad at the same time.

"But you should know that my dad's friend, Karasu-Tengu specifically told me that, Youkai should not be allowed to show themselves to humans, or it could possibly cause them worry and if we told humans we are afraid that they might let this sort of information slip out. So before you don't trust me, let me say this. Your safety was more important then a warning from Karasu.

Suddenly all of the emotions of Toru disappeared; he smiled and looked at him. "Thanks again, Rio."

"Yeah don't mention it!" Rio returned the smile back. "Oh just to tell you…I can only become a Youkai from the evening for half a day so don't expect me to be a hero and appear during the day time because you're screwed~" Rio teased them.

"So during the daytime we get the Rio we've always known and at the night we get you?" Misaki wondered.

"Well basically, except at night." Rio transformed back into his human self. "I don't always have to look like that guy."

"Whoa!" Toru looked at him amazed.

Misaki whispered in Rio's ear. "Like a true hero~!"

"Alright, we've been in danger too many times lately, so I think it's okay if you were to sleep over at my house for tonight." Rio told both Toru and Misaki.

Rio headed to his front door of the mansion and he saw his mom and dad sticking their heads out of the door.

"What is that kid doing showing his friends that he's a Youkai? That isn't allowed!" Tsurara quietly hissed at Rikuo.

Oh crap…am I in trouble for disobeying Karasu-Tengu? Rio asked himself.

"Oh no he's spotted us and they're heading inside! As punishment for breaking the rules!" Tsurara locked the door on Rio and then froze the entire door so that it couldn't open on the other side.

All the Youkai that were partying stared at her, confused.

"That's just not nice." Rikuo shooked his head and sighed.

"Ohohoho! I panicked because Rikuo unexpectedly hit me on the head!" Tsurara giggled.

"Eh? What?" Rikuo looked at them confused.

The Youkai all backed away leaving Rikuo in the middle as the spotlight.

"Com'on everyone, she was just joking! She actually locked out Rio." Rikuo hoped they believed him.

"Lock him out? Everyone knows how much I love Rio! Shameful Rikuo-sama!"

"Didn't we agree you could say my name without those attachments?" Rikuo questioned her.

"Hehe~ but it's fun like th-…" Tsurara was interrupted.

The frozen door came crashing down loudly. All the Youkai looked toward the door. Night Rio along with Misaki and Toru stood at the door.

"Did you seriously try to lock me out of this house?" Rio stared at his mom with a deadly stare.

"Of course not! You're my adorable son after all~!" Tsurara tried to play it off.

Toru and Misaki's left eye both twitched and they were both thinking the same thing. Is this…natural at home for Youkai?

All the Youkai stood there frozen, they panicked ran in circles trying to find a hiding spot, until they just fell tumbled over and gave up.

"Riooooo what are you doing, willingly showing humans the Youkai world?" Nattou's voice cracked.

"Awww who's this little guy?" Misaki went to pick him up. She was about to rub her cheeks on his face until she sniffed him. "Ew he smells like nattou!"

"Heeeeey!" Nattou felt insulted.

"I'm guessing this Youkai party is having fried chicken to eat?" Toru's expression was humourless. He raised his hand to show what he picked up. "The bird's kind of small though, it won't be able to feed everyone."

"Hey let me go!" Karasu-Tengu was struggling from Toru's fingers. "What is the meaning of this Rio-sama?"

"Don't worry about it Karasu-Tengu, I trust them. They're my friends. We were getting bullied and then before they could hurt us, I became Youkai to stop them." Rio explained to him.

"Y-you also showed yourself to some bullies that you obviously cannot trust!" The bird scolded him.

Toru leaned towards Misaki's ears, "That's Karasu-Tengu? The one Rio was scared of getting in trouble by he's so small and weak to do anything."

Karasu-Tengu looked up toward Toru and continued to struggle. "I'll let you know that I'm probably older than you can remember where you family tree dates back to!"

Toru got irritated. "Alright, fried chicken for one!" He raised the arm that held the bird, in the air.

"Oh me me!" Tsurara raised her hand up. She still had that grudge when Karasu-Tengu ordered the Youkai to attack Rio a while back.

"Let go of me Yuki-Onna!" The bird continued to struggle. "Rio do you know what you've done by revealing your identity to humans? You-…!"

"That's enough, Karasu-Tengu, there's no need to discipline Rio." Rikuo grinned at him. "You're friends are here for tonight right? Toru, Misaki, use the phone, tell your parents."

"Ah…yeah." Rio nodded as he dragged Misaki and Toru out of the room.

"We're going to stay up all night learning the world about Youkai!" The Youkai heard Toru excitedly saying in the distance.

"That's right! Sleep at school, learn about Rio's secret life!" Misaki happily agreed.

Rikuo closed his eyes and smiled. Uniting Youkai with humans in a peaceful manner, I forgot all about that goal…But you just might be able to make that happen, Rio.

Possible title of Next Chapter: Drops, Puddles, Splashes!