This chapter is about Yumekui as a dream eater.

Chapter 36: The Dream Eater Yumekui

Somewhere in the bamboo forest, Yori became shockly confused when Ikari called Yumekui dream eater.

"What's going on? How did you know him?" Yori asked.

"This boy you're with shouldn't supposed to be here." Ikari answered. "And I'm here to take him back."

"What?!" Yori became shocked.

Yumekui hid himself behind Yori from Ikari as he became afraid of him for some reason.

"Whoever you are, I won't let you take him with you!"

"Yori-san..." Yumekui became surprised.

"Do you really think you can protect the boy who is different to you and every other human?" Ikari asked.

"Different? What're you talking about?" he asked.

"This boy is different to you because he's not human than he looks."

Yori became shocked when Ikari told him that Yumekui was not human.

"He's not human..." Yori replied Ikari's words.

He turned his head at Yumekui with loss and suddenly realized that the young boy was somehow a kinjutsu just like Megami.

"Yumekui, is that true... that you're not human because you're a kinjutsu?" he asked.

Yumekui shocked that Yori knew about creating humans including himself and Megami was forbidden.

"Yori-san, you know about this?" he realized.

Yori became speechless after realizing about Yumekui. He was loss for words after remembering about Megami as a kinjutsu while helping her to find her real self three years ago.

"He may be a kinjutsu, but he's different to her. He's a dream eater, a being that can eats people's dreams and nightmares," Ikari stated.

"Her?" Yori replied.

"You know who, Yori Yukisaki." the yokai mentioned.

Yori realized that Ikari was talking about.

"You know Megami?" he implied.

Yumekui heard Yori with a sudden surprise as he realized that he knew his onee-san.

"Yori-san knew Onee-sama?"

"I never knew a boy like you would have the ability to use true darkness." Ikari commented Yori.

Yori surprised that Ikari knew about the true darkness.

"If you know her, that means..."

"Yes, I also have true darkness." he answered.

Yori never knew that there was another user who can control true darkness.

"I would like you to hand him over to him. You do know it's dangerous for him," he explained.

"Dangerous?"

"He shouldn't have come here. If he did, he will might get killed by the Akuma Akumu," Ikari answered.

Much to Yori's shock, that Yumekui shouldn't suppose to come here for some reason. He began to fight Ikari after hearing the reasons about Yumekui.

"I won't let you take Yumekui!"

Ikari noticed that Yori won't give Yumekui to him. He took his katana out and landed on the ground as he prepared to fight him.

"I see. Then you let me no choice."

"Yumekui, stay back." Yori told Yumekui to get away from the beginning of the battle.

The young boy nodded as he moved back. He became worried as he was about to watch the battle.

"Yori-san..."

Yori summoned his dark katana and went towards Ikari. He slashed at the yokai, only that his attack was blocked. Ikari began to slash Yori as well, only the Inyo shinobi dodged the attack. As they kept fighting, Ikari destroyed Yori's dark katana completely. As he destroyed the dark katana, he kicked Yori back. After being kicked, Yori landed on ground. Yumekui became shocked that Yori got attacked.

Yori was about to stand up, only to be threatened by Ikari's blade in front of his face.

"If you really want to live, then hand over Yumekui to me," Ikari complied.

"No, I won't," replied Yori, desperately.

Ikari knew that Yori won't hand over Yumekui to him. He began to raise his katana, preparing to kill Yori. However, interference got in his way.

"Don't!"

He stopped his katana and noticed that Yumekui stopped him.

"Don't kill him... Please. I... I'll go with you," said Yumekui.

Yori became shocked after realizing that Yumekui was doing this for him. Ikari knew that Yumekui surrendered himself for Yori's life.

"I see. You decided to surrender yourself for him," Ikari stated.

The young boy nodded silently after not wanting Yori to get hurted.

"Yumekui..."

"I don't want you to get hurt, Yori-san. I'm sorry..." apologized Yumekui.

"Why? You can't go with him! Don't do this!" Yori protested.

"I have to. You don't understand, Yori-san," explained Yumekui. "Ikari-san's right, I'm not human. I'm just a dream eater, a being who can eat dreams and nightmares from humans."

Three years ago, Yumekui was created by Yokami in the Seirei village before he abandoned his hideout.

"Three years ago, when I was created, someone made me as a dream eater. I was taken care by his two acquaintances after he created me and suddenly disappeared. Back then, I was asleep for the whole time. I woke up three years ago and was used to eat humans' dreams and nightmares after their death."

Yokami left Yumekui in care of Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi. During that time, Yumekui was sleeping inside a glass capsule.

"I'll leave Yumekui to you, Orochimaru." said Yokami.

Yokami was the Sannin of the Inyogakure. He wore a black changshan, long gray pants, and martial artist shoes. He had a long gray hair with his bangs covered his left eye.

"Are you sure?" Orochimaru asked.

"I'm sure you'll test this boy's special abilities, Orochimaru." the Inyo Sannin answered.

He went towards an unconscious girl, wearing a white cloak, and carried her in his arms.

"When the time has come for Megami, you'll look after her by the time being, Orochimaru." he complied to Orochimaru as he was about to leave.

Ten years later after Yokami's departure, Yumekui woke up from his creation slumber as the glass capsule suddenly opened itself, making him to come out. As he came out, his sky-blue eyes became blank after his awakening, thus becoming emotionless. Kabuto noticed that Yumekui had finally awakened.

"You're finally awaken, Yumekui." Kabuto complied.

"Yumekui?" the boy replied his name.

"It's your name. Someone who created you gave you that name, Yumekui." he explained.

"Who are you?" Yumekui asked.

"I'm Kabuto Yakushi. Orochimaru-sama ordered me to look after you."

After his awakening, Kabuto experimented Yumekui by using him to eat Orochimaru's test subjects' dreams and nightmares after their death. He became amazed after seeing Yumekui's ablities as the dream eater. He also had the ability to see dream visions. Days passed since the awakening, Yumekui was sitting on the bed alone in his room. Suddenly, Kabuto came to his room as he opened the door.

Right now, he's wearing a white Chinese blouse with blue butterflies as his texture, white long pants, light blue sandals.

"Kabuto-san..." Yumekui noticed.

"Can you come with me, Yumekui?"

Yumekui nodded acceptably. He went with Kabuto to a private meeting room where Orochimaru was at. As they entered, Yumekui noticed a young girl with a white hime-cut, wearing a black yukata with a white sash around her waist.

"Orochimaru-sama, who's this boy?" she asked, curiously.

"Your ototo-chan, Megami. He was created by your chichiue just like yourself." Orochimaru answered.

"My ototo-chan?" Megami replied.

Yumekui became surprised as well after hearing that Megami was his created onee-sama.

"She's my onee-sama? And she was created as well?" Yumekui noticed.

"This is Yumekui. He's a dream eater who can eat humans' dreams and nightmares." Kabuto explained.

"A dream eater? How interesting." Megami smiled after knowing about her ototo-chan.

She went towards her ototo-chan and gave him a smile, kneeling down before him.

"Although you're my ototo-chan, you can call me Onee-sama." she complied.

After meeting his onee-sama Megami, Yumekui was collecting white camellias from the tree at the waterfall. As he finished gathering the camellias, he began to leave. However, he noticed a butterfly with a crimson color. It fluttered away down to the bottom of the waterfall and Yumekui began to follow it while carrying the white camellias in his hands.

As the young dream eater followed the crimson butterfly, he saw Megami standing on the water, watching the crimson butterflies around her. One of the crimson butterflies landed on Megami's finger, wrapping its wings slowly.

"Megami-onee-sama."

She heard someone calling her and turned around, noticing her ototo-chan come here.

"Oh, Yumekui."

She walked towards Yumekui from the water along with her butterflies around her. After walking out of the water, Megami noticed white camellias in Yumekui's arms.

"What are those, Yumekui?"

"White camellias," he answered.

"White camellias, huh?" She took one of the flowers and watched with amaze. "This flower's your favorite, right?"

Yumekui nodded.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked.

"What is it?"

"Kabuto-san told me about you after I met you. Is this true that you're a kinjutsu?"

Megami surprised as her ototo asked her about her as a kinjutsu.

"Yes, I am a kinjutsu. I found out about myself when I found an abandoned laboratory. After finding about myself, I ended up destroying a village that was near by our chichiue's hideout." she answered.

Yumekui never knew that Megami would destroy a village after realizing about herself. He became speechless after listening to his created onee-sama's story.

"Shocking, isn't it?"

"I guess so..." he replied.

"But... I'm not the only one who found about myself. I had someone who helped me back then."

"Someone?"

She nodded. "It's been a long while since I left him after I found about my true self. And right now, I believe he hates me that I betrayed him."

After Megami told about herself and someone she mentioned, Yumekui wondered about themselves.

"Megami-onee-sama... Do you think that we're different to humans because we're not human at all?" asked Yumekui.

Megami laughed at her ototo's question with glee. "Different? I wonder," she answered. "Being created by chichiue, I guess humans are afraid of us after all."

"Afraid of us..." he replied.

"I was told that humans are afraid of us because we're not human and I believe you might hate me as well..." he stated, finishing telling Yori about his past.

"Hate you? What do you mean?" Yori asked.

"It's because... Megami... is my onee-sama."

Yori became shocked that Yumekui was Megami's ototo.

"You're Megami's..."

He became silent after Yori realized.

"This is enough. Now you know about this boy and Megami-sama, I would like to take him with me right now." Ikari exclaimed. "Let us leave, Yumekui."

"Okay," Yumekui replied as he nodded.

Suddenly, as the two were about to leave, Yori got up and used his true darkness. Ikari became shocked that Yori tapped his true darkness. Yumekui became shocked as well after seeing Yori's true darkness.

He went towards in front of the surprising young boy as he prepared to fight Ikari once again.

"I don't hate you. I never knew that you're her ototo-chan. You told me that I can't give up on protecting someone who is important to me. That's why I have to protect you as well." Yori exclaimed.

"Yori-san..." Yumekui surprised.

The yokai samurai took his katana out, knowing that he'll fight Yori once again.

"So you wish to protect him despite that he tried to risk himself for your life. Then I have to defeat you by force."

The second battle had just begun. Will Yori defeat the last Tengu yokai before finding his twin sister?