After the fight Takeshi looked at the hiker's friend who seemed to be ok.
"Um, how is she?" asked her friend. "Any change?"
"She's fine. Just needs a bit of rest."
The girl sighed and relief. "Ahh that's good to hear. But what about your friend? Yukari? Is she the witch who lives on this hill?"
"No." Both Moka and Takeshi said at the same time "We just got here, we're on a school trip." Moka finished.
"She isn't?" the girl asked surprised. "It's just that there are a lot of legends about witches living here. That's why they call this hill witch's knoll. Recently they started constructing some huge public facility here and right after that these mysterious disappearances began. To occur one after another. That's why the people are scared. They're wondering if those people were 'spirited away' by the witch because she didn't want her hill ruined."
"Sounds plausible." Takeshi said stroking his chin.
"So, you blame it on a witch without any proof?" Yukari asked as she walked up. "What do humans know about witches anyway?"
"They're just speculating." Takeshi said as the girl's friend woke up.
OOOOO
Someone watched from the trees as Takeshi and the others got into the car with a worried Yukari. She watched as they drove off.
"My lady. The strangers have departed after ransacking our precious sunflower field." She said.
"My dear Ruby. Are you just going to let them go like that? Didn't I tell you? If she's a witch, we must welcome her. We take care of our own." A voice said
"But she's keeping company with some awfully shady characters."
"Humans? Well if they get in the way, slay them. Right now, we need every ally we can get to protect out land and mete out punishment to those vile humans. Bring the young witch. You'll do this, won't you for me Ruby?"
"I will my lady." Ruby said before she transformed into a crow and flew off.
OOOOO
The girls dropped off Takeshi and the others before driving off waving their thanks.
"Wow we're finally here... in the city of humans." Kurumu said.
Takeshi looked around, the city was like empire city but there were major differences. The buildings, the cars even the tech. it wasn't what he was used to but comfortable at the least. Kurumu and Moka looked around impressed by the sight while Yukari looked around worried.
"Don't worry, it's not dangerous here." He said to the young witch before thinking, 'This must be scary for them.'
Not too far away a crow landed on one of the tall buildings close by.
"Oh great." Ruby said as she changed from her crow form to her normal form. "She let those humans lure her to a place like this? I didn't know witches could be that naïve!" her wings disappeared as she watched her prey. "Our people listen to the voice of the wind… commune with the spirts…. And make the power of nature their own. In a city, nature is destroyed and spirits are scattered. It can be so disturbing to the sensibilities of a witch who isn't accustomed to it that she could fall apart. I wonder how she's handling it?"
Down with the others Yukari was feeling uneasy. Witches could hear things that other monsters and humans could not. But that was not the worst part, people looked at them.
"Ever see a girl that cute before?" one asked as he looked at Moka.
Teenagers began to push their way in try and date the succubus and vampire. They pushed Yukari out of the way, who was the faced by some creepy young men asking if she was a cosplayer. Essentially rassing her Yukari then yelled.
"DON'T COME NEAR ME!" she screamed. "PLEASE GET AWAY FROM ME!"
Lights then began to pop one after the other making the people around the girls panic and run while Takeshi ran up to Yukari and grabbed her. The group then ran away.
"What are you doing?" he asked. "You can't use magic in the middle of the city!"
Ruby just sat back and watched as all this unfolded.
"Tsk I knew it." She muttered. "This city is no place for that poor little witch." She raised her staff and summoned crows to come in.
Yukari stopped and screamed. "I can't take it anymore! Humans are terrifying!"
Takeshi just looked at her with a feeling of agreement. But with the fact that he was half human he didn't know what to do.
"It's ok I know how you feel. But…" he trailed off as he didn't know what to say.
"Humans and witches are too different." The young witch shot back.
This time Kurumu came in. "What are you saying?!" she asked holding onto the witch.
Just then a crow swooped in and separated the two shocking the group.
"Was that a crow?" Yukari asked.
More crows then started to fly down. "IT'S A MUDER OF CROWS!" Takeshi yelled. "A WHOLE FLOCK!"
As the group began to try and wave the crows off a hand appeared and covered the witch's mouth. A moment later they were gone. Opening her eye's, she found herself on top of a building looking at the sky. Looking around she then saw another figure, then looked around.
"Where am I?" she asked.
The figure turned around. "Ah, you're awake." She said as a crow landed on her arm. "So, what do you think of the human city? I saw the pain it caused you as a witch. The city is so empty, isn't it? No wind. No water. No flowers. Not even the scent of soil or leaves. Only the stench of human ego and greed. It must have seemed like a wasteland to you." She said looking at the young witch.
Yukari just stared at her before a crow flapped near her.
"Oh, don't worry. Crows are my friends. They helped me whisk you away from those disgusting people."
"Who are you?" Yukari finally asked.
"My name is Ruby." Rwby said with a smile. "I live on witch's knoll. I came to you because I want to be your friend."
While they were talking Takeshi, Moka and Kurumu looked to see where Yukari was.
"Did you find her?" Takeshi asked.
"No, she wasn't there." Moka said.
"Why would she run off by herself?" Kurumu asked. "I thought she feared the city!"
"Even if we're friends I don't understand her at all." The young overlord said solemnly.
"There's one thing I do understand." Moka then said. "We all care about each other. That's why we don't have a second to lose. We must find her! And this we'll accept her and whatever she feels."
Takeshi nodded before twitching. He knew that feeling, magic. Turing, he looked to a nearby building to see a flock of crows on the roof. His brow raised.
Back on the roof Ruby was talking to Yukari about humans and witches.
"Humans are the enemy." Ruby declared. "I know. I've spent my entire life suffering at the hands of their selfishness and cruelty. They are a race of insects! Good for nothing! All they do is mindlessly expand their territory and destroy the environment, I'm sure you understand that now after seeing their abdominal city. Not only will humans and witches never understand each other there's no reason to try." She then turned to Yukari and handed her a sunflower. "These despicable creatures are trying to destroy this beauty knoll covered with sunflowers. Yukari, we need your help. We need your power to aid us in our battle to save this world."
The young witch looked at the sunflower and nodded. Ruby cheered up and hugged the witch.
"OH, thank you thank you!"
"Ahh you're welcome."
Just then a door opened allowing Kurumu, Moka and Takeshi fall out of the entrance of the roof.
"Yukari, you can't be serious!" Moka said.
"MOKA? TAKESHI?!" she yelled in surprise while Ruby shot them an evil eye look.
"YOU! How did you find this place?" she asked.
"Your magic and the crows are a dead giveaway." Takeshi said as he stood and looked towards Yukari. "I heard what you said. Here's the thing, we were so worried about you! Come on let's head back to Yokai Academy together." Yukari began to tear up as she looked at the young overlord. "Let's just call the trip a bus and go."
'After all the awful things I said.' Yukari though as she reached out to take Takeshi's hand.
Blood then erupted from his side making him stumble back.
"NO, YUKARI!" Ruby said as wings appeared from her back. "Didn't I tell you? Humans are the enemy! And the enemy must be slain without hesitation."
"TAKESHI!" she yelled in shock.
"Don't get sentimental about them." Ruby said. "You don't need those things! Not now that you have me as a friend."
"YOU'RE NOT ALLONE ANYMORE YUKARI!" Kurumu yelled as she charged in but this was deflected and her eyes turned to Takeshi and Moka.
She was about to attack but Yukari charged in herself and deflected the attack surprising Ruby.
"Yukari? What are you?" she tried to ask but Yukari shot back.
"DON'T ATTACK MY FRIEDNS! I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE A WITCH LIKE ME!" she said pushing the witch away.
"YOU DON'T CARE?" Ruby asked as she got even more angry. "YOU CARE MORE FOR THESE BEST'S THEN YOUR SISTER WITCHES?"
"SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!" Takeshi yelled as he charged in and slammed into the witch.
The force of the hit sent her into a billboard. Shocked she looked up surprised as he moved his shoulders around.
"How? That was a death blow! No human could survive that."
"Exactly, no human. But the thing is I'm not human." Takeshi shot before he jumped at her hitting her in the gut then kicked her up in the air. "I'm an Overlord!"
After the fight the group got back down to street level and waited at a nearby bus stop with an unconscious Ruby in hand.
"The sun is going down." Moka noticed. "We can't find the place we're supposed to spend the night, there's no sign of our teacher, no way to get back to school, and we're stuck with a wounded witch who hates us."
"The city at night, you can't even see the stars." Kurumu said, "It's sad, so what will become of us now?"
"It'll be okay... as long as I'm with my friends!" Yukari said. "I'm sorry I don't know what came over me. Weather we understand each other or not I still love you all!"
Before anyone else could say anything a teacher with crates of fish walked by. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Ms. Nekonome?" all of them asked.
