EoS: So, we begin the investigation into the old mansion! What will we find?

Lauren: Who knows? Let's see if Yomi will do anything interesting…

EoS: Oh, I bet she will. We'll see.

TheLazyRiver:

Lauren: Yomi would be thrilled that such an idiot was visiting her.

LexiconHuko:

Lauren: Join the club.

Amalgam24:

EoS: Well, Kanone only flirts with pretty girls.

Supahyoloman9:

EoS: Okay, sorry.

Moemon Ranger: Memories of Oblivia Revoir

Chapter 21

"So, Luna, who are these people?" Yomi asked, frowning.

"Luna?" Rin and Petal asked, frowning.

"Never mind." Lulu said, frowning.

"So, your name is Yomi, right?" Kanone asked, smiling. "Well, Yomi-chan, do you live here?"

"No, of course not." Yomi said, shaking her head. "Luna just came to get me, and told me that I could possess her body in order to visit a few places. This is actually one of the few places outside of Unova that matches the territory I need to survive in this world."

"Well, that's nice." Kanone said, smiling.

"I find it hilarious that half a girl is more attractive to Kanone that you are." Petal chuckled, Rin glaring at her.

"I don't really care." Rin said, frowning. "I mean, just because one guy thinks I'm not worth flirting with, it's nothing to get ashamed over."

"Well, how many guys do flirt with you?" Lulu asked, smirking.

"…" Rin said, frowning, turning away from Lulu. Lulu, in turn, moved over to Melody.

"So, Melody." Lulu said, smiling.

"Y-Yeah?" Melody asked, blushing.

"Let's head back to the library." Lulu said, smiling. "We need to find that book!"

"Okay, got it." Melody said, nodding. She turned and saw Kanone, and blushed a little.

"Um, do you guys want to come?" Melody asked shyly.

"Of course." Kanone said, smiling, Melody blushing a little.

Lulu smirked.

"Let's get going then!" Lulu said, patting Kanone and Melody on their backs. They headed up the stairs, and into another room.

"This is the library." Lulu said, smiling.

"…Why are there so many books on the ground?" Petal asked, frowning.

"We'll, we're looking for Amun's diary." Lulu said, frowning. "So, we're looking one shelf at a time, and throwing books onto the ground."

"What's that pile?" Petal asked, pointing at a smaller pile on top of a table.

"Those are the books I'm keeping." Melody said, smiling. "Lulu said that if I helped her find the diary, she'd let me keep whatever I found that I liked."

"Socrates' Student Records?" Kanone asked, holding up a thick book. "A book of each of Socrates' students documenting his teaching skills." Kanone flipped through it.

"…Wow, that's pretty big." Kanone said, placing the book on the desk.

"Um, I can help you…" Melody said, blushing. "You know, with figuring out how to read it?"

Melody's voice got quieter and quieter until it was nearly a whisper.

"Thanks, but I'm fine." Kanone said, smiling.

"Master can't even spell book, let alone read one." Sammy said, smiling.

"Ha, spell book." Lulu said, grinning.

"Ha." Yomi chuckled.

"So, have you guys found it yet?" Kanone asked, frowning.

"Nope, we haven't…" Melody said, frowning.

"I see…" Kanone said, frowning. He turned, and looked at another shelf. "What's wrong with this shelf?"

"Huh?" Lulu asked, frowning.

"Something's off…" Kanone said, frowning. He looked up and down at it, then held out his hand.

"This shelf…" Kanone said, frowning. "Notice anything about it, Melody?"

"Um, I don't know…" Melody moved towards the shelf, and looked shyly behind her glasses at it. "I… I can't…"

"The shelf doesn't have any dust on it." Kanone said, pointing at the inch between the edge of the shelf and the dusty books. "The books have dust, but the shelf doesn't. And there are NO books on the shelf beneath it… I wonder why…"

Kanone turned to Yomi.

"Yomi, you're a ghost, right?" Kanone asked, smiling.

"Yup, you got it." Yomi said, nodding.

"I want you to move past this shelf, and into the wall." Kanone requested, smiling.

"Sure." Yomi said, shrugging. She floated through the shelf, and disappeared.

Suddenly, Yomi's head popped out of the shelf, Melody pushing against Kanone in fear.

"Hey, guys, there's a whole passage behind this shelf." Yomi said.

"I knew it, haunted mansions ALWAYS have secret passageways." Kanone said, smiling. "Now, what should we do?"

Kanone held his hands out, and ran them across the shelf, until he found a hidden knob. He pushed against it, the shelf flipping down, but the books remaining safe. Behind the shelf, he saw a control panel. On the control panel was a keypad with a screen that could hold a four digit code.

"Great." Kanone said, frowning. "Now what?"

"Allow me…" Melody said, blushing. She walked towards the keypad, and held her hand up.

Melody typed onto the key panel, and the wall flipped back, revealing a hallway with Yomi floating in the center of it, smiling wickedly.

"Let's get going, then."

"How did you know that was the password?" Kanone asked, impressed.

"I told her." Lulu said, frowning. "Only one word it could be, for that guy, Kallin."

"What word?" Petal asked, frowning.

"…Hope." Lulu said, grinning. "The only word it could be was hope."

"God, how depressing…" Yomi sighed. "I came here, hoping to get a taste of how far that guy has fallen, and he's just spouting on about hope… It makes me sick."

"Here…" Petal said, frowning. "Another room."

"What do you want to bet that the diary is behind this door?" Rin asked, frowning.

"What do you want to bet that the Moemon Pinchers are behind this door?" Kanone asked, frowning.

"…Good point." Rin said, nodding.

"Well, I can take a look." Yomi said, smiling. She pushed herself through the door, and on the other side loud screams were heard.

"…Lucky guess." Rin said, frowning.

"It's what I do." Kanone said, smiling, Petal pushing the door open. The group walked inside, and saw several Moemon Pinchers huddled in a corner, leaving only Blue Eyes to glare at Yomi angrily.

"Such power in your eyes…" Yomi said, frowning. "So brave… It's disgusting."

"What the hell are you, you monster?" Blue Eyes asked, frowning.

"Blue Eyes!" Petal exclaimed. "Give Kellyn back!"

"Fine." Blue Eyes said, frowning. "On one condition. I want that cute boy standing next to you as a hostage instead."

"Done." Petal said, frowning.

"Not done!" Kanone said indignantly.

"Done." Rin said, nodding.

"You guys are jerks." Kanone said, frowning.

EoS: Yes. They are.

Lauren: Huge jerks.