ITs been long since i updated! sorry about the long wait! here ya go!


Chapter 7: Red or Black Oni?!

Natsume Takashi's POV

Darkness. Everywhere I looked was a sea of darkness. I could not tell if my eyes were closed, as the darkness was too overwhelming. I spread my arm around me and tried to feel anything solid around me, except there was nothing. I could hear myself breathing inside the darkness. I began to fall into a deep sleep and began to dream.

There was a house burning in flames. I heard screams. People started to running far away from the burning house. Behind the running people, I saw a terrifying red youkai, with horn. The red youkai was wearing a mask. The red youkai laughed, as if he enjoyed the torture of the people that were running away from him. Among the people that were running away from the burning house, a young girl appeared and walking toward the red youkai. She clapped her hands together, with a piece of charm in her mouth. The girl mumbled some incantations, as the red youkai started to scream in pain. The girl quickly opened the scroll with a sealing mark, the red youkai has slowly began to sunk into the seal mark of the scroll. The red horned youkai yelled angrily, "Curse you! Natsume REIKO! CURSE YOU!". I felt tremendous amount of anger as the red youkai disappeared.

The dream ended, as soon as I heard a mumble of a familiar voice.

"Natsume. Wake up….. NATSUME!"

I opened my eyes. I saw Natori-san beside me. I noticed that I was lying on the ground.

"Natori-san…?" I was half-asleep. I tried to force myself to sit-up, as Natori-san tried to support me.

"Thank god. You are okay.." Natori-san was relieved.

"What happened?" I asked, surprised.

"You were sucked into a black realm by a Oni…."

Soon I became aware of the situation.

"What happened to the Youkai?!" I screamed out.

I began to look around the surrounding. I was inside a classroom. There was no darkness near a part of the classroom where I was, however the other half of the classroom was pitch black.

"Relax. We are in a safe zone… for now. We're still inside the school. The Oni is still in control of the school."

"Are we inside one of your barrier?" I asked.

"Nope. Not mine. Its his." Natori started to point at a figure.

I saw a small fox that started to walk towards me. The small fox was about Nyanta-sensei's size, except the fox was less fat and chubbier. The fox had three tails, and at the tip of the tails it was lit with blue flames.

"So you are finally awake… kid." The little fox spoke. "You better thank my master, or else you could have never woke up from that Oni's nightmare."

"Nightmare?" I question.

The little fox sighed. "Don't you know where you are now?! You entered the Oni's nightmare realm without realizing it! How stupid you are! And you call yourself an exorcist?!" shouted the fox.

I became surprised with the little fox lecturing me.

"um.. who are you?" I asked.

"How rude! You should introduce yourself before asking somebody else's name!" shouted the little fox.

"Sorry. My name is Natsu-" As I tried to introduce myself, there was a small earthquake that rumbled the floor.

"tch. I don't think there is no time for that… You humans better get out of here… I need to go help my master. I do not think that my master can hold the Oni any longer

"Wait!" I yelled. "Sorry! Please take me with you!"

"Natsume….!" Natori-san shocked.

"Human! You are no shape in fighting that Oni. Ever since that Oni stole some of your spiritual energy, it got more difficult for my master to defeat it. It's for the best that you leave this place for now."

"But…!"

I knew that I was useless, but I knew that this was part of my grandmother's fault that this Oni was terrorizing the school.

"As always… you always get into someone else's business…"

There was another voice that came from the other side of the dark classroom. A round fat cat came out of the darkness and into the barrier. It was Nyanta-sensei.

"Nyanta-Sensei!" I shouted.

"I can't believe that you got into another mess like this. Going into a enemy's territory without telling me anything!" Nyanta yelled.

"Sorry…" I apologized.

"You aren't doing a good bodyguard job ether…. Furball…" said Natori-san

"Ha! You couldn't even handle this on your own…" shouted Nyanta angrily.

"Anyway… who's that other weak youkai?" Nyanta pointed toward the little fox.

"Hmph! I should be asking you the same question…" said the little fox.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" shouted Nyanta angrily.

Soon another earthquake shook the floor. The darkness slowly started to creep into our barrier.

"The barrier isn't going to last long. We have to get going." Said Natori-san.

Nyanta-sensei soon turned into a huge beast. "Hop on. We need to get out of here."

"I can't," I stated.

Nyanta-sensei knew that I wouldn't leave without solving this youkai case.

Nyanta-sensei sighed. "Fine. I'll help."

"Count me in too." Said Natori-san.

"Thanks…" I turned around toward the little fox and glared into his eyes.

"Hmph! Do what you want… I'm not your babysitters anymore." The little fox turned into a huge nine-tail fox, about Nyanta-sensei's beast size.

"You better keep up with me then…"


Akamatsu Mika's POV

I was on top of the roof of the school, in front of me was the black youkai.

I was struggling. Blood began to drip onto my new, clean white school uniform. There was a huge black horned Oni in front of me. It was a lot stronger before the first time I met in front of the school. This youkai was not an ordinary Oni…It is a heavy and powerful black darkness that was formed around the Oni. I could feel that hatred that the Oni was emitting.

I wondered how Kyu-chi was taking care of the exorcist and the kid downstairs. It took a lot of spiritual power out of me when I saved that boy from the Oni's nightmare. The Oni got stronger as if it drained some of the boy's powers.

The black Oni soon made itself a mace from its darkness and tried to whack me. I dodge it a couple of time, but the impact of the strike made the school rumble.

"Not good.."

I had to finish this quickly before the school collapse by the Oni.

I placed my fingers around my red recorder that was around my neck. I began to play a sweet and soft melody. The Oni began to be in pain, but it was not enough. The Oni smacked his mace toward me. I dodged, except the impact of the mace caused me to fly into the air.

I noticed that I flew away from the roof edge, as I was about to fall off the roof. I began to scream. Suddenly I landed on something very soft.

"Are you okay?"

I looked up. It was the boy again!.

The boy was riding on another youkai that was unfamiliar to me.

I also heard Kyu-chi yeling my name nearby, as Kyu-chi was giving a lift for the other exorcist.

"Its you again! What are you doing here?! You should have escaped!" I yelled.

"I'm sorry… but I had to come…." the boy said.

We landed back on the roof. Kyu-chi also landed on the roof, along with the exorcist getting off of him.

"Mika-sama!" Kyu-chi yelled. As he ran toward my side.

I sighed. "I'm alright… Don't worry." Kyu-chi began to shred tears.

"Are you alright?" The exorcist asked, as he noticed my bloody uniform. I could also see the boy with worried eyes towards me.

"I'm alright!" I shouted. "but this isn't the time to talk right now." I looked up toward the black Oni.


THE END! jokes… Its not the end… To be continued! Hopefully I will be able to update soon…