Marisa, Suika and I didn't get very far in our travels. We literally went next door of the mausoleum we failed to get into. The Myouren Temple, as it was called, is where we went to. It was right there so why not? Though, I was awfully concerned with Marisa's intentions. She started to rave about how she wanted to collect things from the temple. I was weary by what she meant by that, but I just figured it was the alcohol talking. Once we got to the entrance of the temple, Marisa sprinted off into its dark interior with Suika happily chasing after her, with them both leaving me behind. I did think about waiting at the entrance till they got back, but drunken curiosity got the best of me. Thus, I ended up going inside the large temple with no idea where I was actually going. The darkness was no problem for me at least, but the size of the place left me with many options as to where to go. My goal was to find the two girls that bailed on me and drag them out of the place before being caught trespassing.

As quietly as a mouse, I explored the insides of the temple, peeking around and dodging into rooms from the slightest of sounds in order to hide from what I thought would be a resident of the place. I found a flight of stairs that headed up to a second floor so up I went. I peered into room after room, noticing that they were bedrooms. Some of the beds looked occupied so I dared not enter those ones unless I disturbed those sleeping there. I came to one room and suddenly I heard a voice coming from it. Curiosity blossomed.

I peeked my head in. "Marisa? Suika? Are you two in there?" I whispered. With no answer, but still hearing a soft voice, I entered the room against my better judgment.

Tip toeing my way in, I found a bed with a small individual sleeping in it. I really couldn't believe what I was seeing. I wanted to think it was because the alcohol had finally taking its toll on me, but what I was staring at was just as real as I was. It was a little mouse girl! The girl wore only a white t-shirt and a pair of underwear to bed. She had gray hair with ears of a mouse and right above her butt was the tail of a mouse.

"Oh, my god…" I softly said, still having a hard time with what I was seeing. But should I really be that surprised? I shouldn't be, but I couldn't help it.

"Mmm Shou, stop teasing me… Just let me eat it…" the girl mumbled in her sleep.

A smirk popped up on my face. Drunk or not, I was stupid enough to want to touch the girl's ears so I did. With a single finger, I reached over and gently rubbed the edge of her ear. It twitched in response. I rubbed some more and the ear twitched each time. The sleeping girl softly moaned as if enjoying the gentle rub I was giving her. Having fun with the girl's ears, I decided to itch the insides of them. This really made them twitch and a smirk had appeared on the girls face. She quietly chuckled in her sleep.

"Stop it, Shou. You really are getting me wild up…" the girl said.

I put a hand over my mouth to avoid laughing out loud. But my fun was over. I ceased messing with the girl, ready to get a move on and continue my search for Marisa and Suika. I got ready to leave, but a sudden, loud belch left my mouth.

"Good heavens," I said as I pounded my chest.

The mouse girl stirred in her sleep, moaning irritably. Her eyes then slowly opened, showing them to be red in color. She sat herself up in bed and rubbed her eyes. She then took notice of me standing there in her room. My feet were already ready to run out the door, but the girl and I were locked in eye contact like a deer caught in some headlights. The girl again rubbed her eyes before looking at me again. Her eyes then widened once she realized that I was an intruder. And then she let out a terrible shriek.

I clasped my hands over my ears to defend them from the horrible sound. "God! Shut up, kid! I'm not here to hurt you!" I yelled, trying to get my voice heard over the girl's shriek.

The girl finally silenced her shrieking. She pointed at me. "Who are you?! Why are you in MY room?! I swear to the heavens, if you don't answer me I'll be biting your gonads." The girl's face looked as if it were ready to pop.

I winced in response to the threat after getting a good look of her mouse-like teeth. My eyes then glowed, blanketing the room in red as I stared down the girl with a dreadful glare.

"I'm here to eat you, little girl," I said with a wicked grin.

Fear took over the girl's expression before she let out another shriek. Thankfully this shriek didn't last too long. "Wait a minute. You look like a vampire. Vampire's don't eat other youkai," she said.

"With you, cutie, I'll make an exception," I said then clicked my teeth together a couple of times.

The girl's face went red with anger. "Like hell you are!" she exclaimed then leapt at me, teeth bared.

"Oh, Jesus!" I exclaimed before leaping to the side to avoid being bitten into.

The girl landed on all fours then she faced me. "We'll see who eats who first, bitch!" she declared before leaping at me in another attempt to plow her fangs into me.

"Fuck!" I jumped onto the bed and to the other side.

She was quick with her second leap and she managed to jump over the entire bed at me. I caught the small girl and tossed her back onto her bed. I raced to the door in order to escape, but the girl proved even faster and grabbed the collar of my shirt, yanking me backwards. Drunk and tipsy, I fell backwards onto the bed. The girl jumped on me, pinning my arms and legs down. She let out a frightful, yet at the same time cute, hiss as she bared her fangs. I probably could have overpowered the girl with my supernatural strength, but with her being rather suggestively on top of me, that wasn't going to happen. I cracked a smile as I looked at her chest, noticing that her nipples were proudly bleeding through her shirt.

I looked up at the angry mouse girl. "Alright. You got me where you want me. Want me to start it off or do you want to?" I asked slyly before looking back at her small chest.

The girl looked quizzically at me before looking down at herself. Once she saw her own nipples peeking out through her shirt, her face went from red to a hot pink. She released my arms in order to wrap her own arms around her chest, letting out a shriek of embarrassment. With her distracted, I rolled over, knocking her over and onto her back with me now over top of her. Now that I was in the position of power, I let out a dark chuckle.

"The tables have turned, sweetheart. Now if I may, I'd like to try some of your mouse blood," I said.

The girl shivered as I closed the distance between my face and hers. I then went to her neck after breathing deeply into her ear. She whimpered in response, giving me delightful goosebumps. I never had my prey powerless like this before. It was a rather intoxicating rush. Being drunk was certainly the only reason why I was even doing this, sure, but I wouldn't be above trying this out on Sakuya sometime. Then again, she'd probably just kick my ass if I tried. I was willing to try it at some point anyways.

I wondered how the mouse youkai's blood would taste and I would have found out too if it wasn't for a sudden bite on my right side.

"Oooow! What the hell?!" I looked to my side to find a little critter biting my side. It was a mouse! And actual, literal mouse! Suddenly a second pain was felt on my left side. Then my right leg. Then my left leg. Soon enough, I found myself being attacked by a horde of mice!

"Get him, boys!" the mouse girl shouted.

I cried out in pain as I was engulfed by the flood of mice. I jumped out of the bed and onto my feet as I was chewed on all over the place. Without anything else I could do, I let out a small magical energy wave from my center, blasting the mice away. I made sure it wasn't a wave that would incinerate the poor little dudes, just enough to get them off of me.

The mouse girl grabbed a blanket and wrapped herself up with it, hiding her barely clothed form. "Hey! Don't do that to my mice!" she yelled at me.

With a moment of clarity from the influence of alcohol, I tossed my hands up into the air. "Hold on, I give up," I said.

"Huh?!" The girl was surprised with the sudden call for a cease in hostilities.

"Yeah, I might have drank a little too much and, uh, I was just messing with you. Honest to god, I didn't mean anything by it," I said sincerely.

The girl huffed at me. "You entered my bedroom without permission and assaulted me and now you expect me to forgive you?" she said.

"Hey, you assaulted me first," I stated.

"You threatened to eat me!"

"Well, you do look yummy," I said with a chuckle, only to back away as the girl stomped her way towards me, ready to punch me. "I kid! I kid!"

The girl stopped and tried to calm herself down with a few intakes and outtakes of air. She then peered into my eyes. "Who are you?"

"I'm Isaac. And you?"

"I am called Nazrin," the girl said as she placed her fists on her hips and stood up straight and proud. "Now explain to me why you are here."

"Well, I was sort of dragged here by two girls named Marisa and Suika," I said.

Nazrin rolled her eyes. "Marisa, huh? Well, that explains more than I'd like," she said.

"They entered this temple and I was looking for them when I stumbled upon your room. I thought I had heard them, but it was just you talking in your sleep."

She blushed. "I-I talk in my sleep?!" she exclaimed.

"Yup."

"W-What did I say?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't recall."

"And you better not ever. You understand me?"

"Yes, yes. I get it."

Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard from within the temple. The floor beneath us rumbled, nearly sending us to our knees. Another explosion quickly followed the first. I could sense the use of magic being used coming from the first floor so that's where I rushed to. I got to the stairs and stopped at the top. Looking down, I could see Marisa fighting with two people, both of them girls because apparently guys rarely exist in this world. The first girl had light purple, wavy hair and she wore what looked like a nun's habit. She wore a white dress with a blue trim at the bottom and at the sleeves. The second girl had light brown hair that faded to purple at the top. She wore a black and white dress. Marisa was carrying a bag full of stuff over her shoulder as she unleashed waves of danmaku at her attackers. I can only assume the worse as to what it was inside that bag.

A sudden chill ran up my spine, alerting me to a presence behind me. I quickly turned around to find something quite odd. What was it? It was a cloud. A pink cloud with a face. The face was that of an old man with a beard. I was absolutely stunned, but I found the cloud to be awesome.

The cloud just stared at me. It was an oppressive stare to say the least. With some time in silence going by, I finally decided to say something.

"Um, sup? My name's Isaac. I'm a vampire from the Scarlet Mansion," I said. I held a hand out in an attempt to shake the thing's hand even though I didn't see it to possess any hands. The cloud just continued to stare at me, as if judging me. I sighed in defeat. "Right… I am an intruder, but only because I was dragged here by that blonde girl in the witches uniform." The cloud, seemingly considering my words, gave me a nod after some thought. It seemed to understand me and let me off the hook.

The mouse girl, Nazrin, decided to appear. She was now wearing a black one-piece with pink sleeves and a small gray cape covering her shoulders. She ran up to me and the cloud thing.

"Unzan, don't just float there. Punch that guy!" she demanded.

I turned to the cloud. "So Unzan is your name? That's cool. It's nice to meet you," I said happily. From his form formed a hand that then gave me a thumbs up. I really liked this cloud.

"Don't be friends!" Nazrin shouted, frustrated.

"I said I was sorry. What else do you want from me?"

"I want your gonads on a silver platter!"

"Leave my gonads out of this!"

Nazrin and I were suddenly bonked on the top of our heads by Unzan. He then grabbed one of our hands and forced them together, forcing the mouse girl and I to shake hands. I didn't mind, but Nazrin was less than pleased. She ripped her hand from mine, earning another bonk to the head from the cloud person. I couldn't help but laugh.

Nazrin rubbed her sore head. "Damn it, Unzan, we have a crisis on our hands right now, don't you see?" she said.

"It'll be alright, Nazrin," someone else said.

I turned towards the voice to find a blonde girl making her way towards us with the little oni in tow. The girl had black stripes in her hair. She wore a strangely shaped ornament on top of her head and a dress of burgundy, orange and white color. She had a tiger pattern around her stomach. She also wore frilly pants under her dress. A very fine looking woman I must say.

"Ah, Miss Shou!" Nazrin exclaimed.

"Hello, Nazrin. Mind introducing me to your friend here?" the woman, apparently named Shou, said kindly.

"He's not my friend!" Nazrin loudly said, flustered.

"Hello, I'm Isaac. Really sorry for the intrusion," I said then looked down at the drunken oni. "So, what happened to you?"

Suika belched before speaking. "What's it look like, silly? I was caught!" she said.

"I'm surprised you didn't choose to fight like Marisa did."

"Didn't feel like it," she said as she held her gourd to her lips. She then held the gourd up to Shou. "Have some, kitty cat!"

"Don't tempt me," Shou said. She then focused her attention on me. "So you're the newborn vampire we've heard about. Miss Byakuren would absolutely love to meet you."

"And Byakuren is?" I asked.

Shou pointed to one of the ladies currently fighting Marisa. "That one is Miss Byakuren. The other is Ichirin," she stated.

"I see," I said. Doubt I'll be able to remember all of these names.

One of the three girls fighting unleashed a large wave of circular danmaku that blossomed outward. The danmaku covered nearly every inch of the place. They even came flying towards us, forcing us to duck for cover. Unzan got in front of us and acted as a shield, taking a large amount of danmaku head on. Once the wave of danmaku ended, we all stood back up.

"Thank you, Unzan. That was well appreciated," Shou said.

Unzan turned to face us, now somehow with soot on his face. He gave us all a thumbs up. Big dude of little words it seems.

"Miss Shou, we should assist in taking down Marisa," Nazrin said.

"That won't be necessary," Shou said as she pointed at Marisa.

Looking at Marisa, I could easily tell that she was falling to exhaustion. As fast as she was, she was slowing down as fatigue grasped her, causing her dodging skills to drop. If one of the other ladies were to force close combat then she would probably be finished. And that's exactly what happened. The woman named Byakuren quickly closed the distance between them and got in a gut punch, knocking Marisa off of her broom and sending her to the floor. She crash landed and was left squirming in pain. I decided then to run down the stairs and to her side. I was followed by everyone else.

"Ouch," I said as I approached Marisa who was sitting up, holding onto her pained gut. "That must of hurt like hell. You alright?"

"Been better…" she said breathlessly.

Byakuren landed in front of Marisa, followed by the other lady, Ichirin. "Well, it serves you right, Miss Marisa," Byakuren said. "How many times does this make it now?"

"I wasn't keeping track…" Marisa said. I lend her a hand to help her to her feet.

"Then let this be yet another lesson for you," Byakuren said. She then took notice of me and when she did, her face lit right up. She ran up to me and grabbed hold of both my hands, holding them tightly. "Oh, my! Could it be? Are you the newborn vampire named Isaac?" she said.

"Yup, that's me," I answered nervously.

"It's such a pleasure to finally meet you! I have wanted to meet you ever since I heard about you from the tengu. Thank you for visiting our fair temple. Though, during the day would have been preferable. Then again, you are a vampire so I suppose it's okay," she said.

"Yeah, blame this girl for dragging me here," I said.

"Now don't pin this all on me," Marisa said brashly. "You came willingly!"

"Let's be real… I have no idea where I am going and can only go where you lead me. So it's your fault," I said.

"Bullshit it is!" Marisa complained.

"You broke into my room! You're just as guilty!" Nazrin announced.

"You're still going on about that?" I asked. "I told you I was sorry. Blame the oni for getting me drunk."

"You're just going to blame everyone else but yourself, aren't you?" Suika said.

"Anything to make me look like the good guy here in front of these people," I stated honestly.

"I'm sure you're a good man," Byakuren said kindly. She turned to the girl named Ichirin. "Where are my manners? This here is Ichirin."

Ichirin gave me a slight bow of respect. "Greetings, young man," she said with a smile. Right behind her materialized Unzan. "And this here is Unzan."

"Yup, we met," I said as I gave Unzan a thumbs up and he returned the gesture.

"Looks like you've already met Shou and Nazrin," Byakuren said.

"Indeed," Shou said.

"Unfortunately…" Nazrin said. I started to rub one of her ears in retaliation for being so sour towards me. She blushed as she swatted me away. "Don't touch me!"

"I'd introduce you to the others, but they seem not to be awake," Byakuren said.

"Probably just too lazy to get out of bed, even after all that noise," Nazrin stated.

Marisa fixed her hat then spoke up. "Well, now that we got the greetings out of the way, I think we have overstayed our welcome," she said, seemingly still upset about her defeat.

"Yeah, I think we have," I said. "Sorry that Marisa tried to take your stuff."

"Oh, don't worry about that, dear. We've dealt with her before. Even if anything is stolen from us, we have Nazrin here to help locate the items for us," Byakuren said as she stood behind Nazrin and placed her hands on the mouse girl's shoulders.

I raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? What's so special about her, other than being a mouse girl?" I asked.

Shou stepped in. "She can locate missing items. It's a special ability of hers," she said.

Byakuren nodded. "So if you have a lost item, I'm sure Nazrin here would be willing to help you," she said.

"Why on earth would I help him after what he did?" Nazrin said angrily.

After what I had just heard, at first it didn't seem all that interesting, but the clock in my head started ticking. After a moment of just staring blankly at the mouse girl, an alarm went off inside of my head. My whole body tensed up at the realization. My body hurt because it was so tense. I couldn't believe it. It was as if God himself had handed me the keys to the Heavenly Kingdom.

"I can't believe it…" I muttered.

Marisa tilted her head. "Hm? What's wrong, buddy?"

I pointed an assertive finger directly at Nazrin. "She's the key. She's the fucking key to everything. By God, I can't believe it."

By either the grace of God or just dumb luck, I was given the ability to find the last two glowing nails. With Nazrin's help, I can find the missing nails and make sure not a single one of them ever falls into the hands of a person with green hair. My dream wouldn't come to past and the ability to make sure was staring right at my face.

I ran up to Nazrin, my face close to hers. She blushed in reaction. "H-Hey, don't get so close, weirdo," she said.

"I need your help," I said in a demanding tone.

"How's it feel to want?" she said brazenly.

"I will be your bitch slave if you help me find the items I need. It's a life or death situation," I said, though I was lying about the whole slave thing.

Nazrin suddenly had a peak of interest. "Oh, really now?" she said slyly.

"My, he does sound serious, Nazrin. Why don't you give him a hand?" Byakuren said encouragingly.

"I do not like you," Nazrin said to me.

"You've made that pretty clear," I said tiredly.

"But it seems you are quite desperate," she said as she placed her hands on her hips and stuck her chest out. Smiling greedily, she let out a chuckle. "Maybe if you get on your knees and beg me then I will help you," she said.

In an instant, I fell to my knees in front of her. "For all that is good in the world, help me find these glowing nails," I said in desperation. I wasn't fucking around with this. The faster I get those nails the safer Lady Remilia will be.

"Fu fu, now tell me how much you need me and how great I am," the condescending mouse girl said.

I gritted my teeth. "I need you greatly and you're so wonderful that I want to fuck you," I said.

The mouse girl's face went a deep red. "Eeeeh?! Don't say things like that out loud!" she exclaimed in a panic.

"Oh, you lucky girl," Byakuren said with a slight blush and a little chuckle.

"Don't tease me, Miss Byakuren!" Nazrin said.

"I did what you asked, so will you help me already? This is very important," I said as I got back on my feet.

Nazrin let out a haughty huff. "Fine. But I'm taking up your offer to be my servant if I help you find one of these nails you want so badly," she said.

"Whatever," I said as I rolled my eyes. Once I get the nails, this mouse girl can kiss my ass.

"Well, this was unexpected," Marisa said. "Not sure I can fit four people on my broom though."

"That's alright. Nazrin can sit on my lap," I suggested.

"Like hell I will!" Nazrin yelled angrily.

"I'll sit on your lap, Isaac!" Suika exclaimed happily.

"Heh, sure," I said with a smile.

With a new companion with us, Marisa, Suika, Nazrin and I headed out of the temple, but not before giving our farewells to the others. Byakuren strongly insisted that I visit the temple again real soon. She said she has much that she could teach me. I think I'll take her up on that offer. After seeing the way she fought, it would probably be beneficial to learn how to fight from her. But for now, my number one concern was finding those nails. At this point in time, if I have to kill someone in order to get a hold of one of those nails then so be it.