~*Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street*~

            "Aw, today's boring. Chisato's still sick and Miyu went with her mom to Okinawa."

            Yukari and Hisae were hanging out at the park gazing at the other kids playing in the playground.

            "So what do you think we should do about it?" Hisae asked not really looking up from her calculus book.

            "Well, we can always give Chisato a surprise visit. You know, just to see how she is."

            "Good idea." Hisae replied smiling, closing her calculus book. "We can go there right now."

            "Yep." Yukari said picking up her bag from the ground. "Let's go."

            "Right." Said Hisae.

            Meanwhile, Larva and Miyu sat on Chisato's bed gazing at the view outside. They have been staying in Chisato's home the whole time they hid Chisato.

            "Larva, I'm worried." Miyu whispered tossing the Elmo stuffed doll up and down.

            "Why do you worry so?" Larva asked stroking her hair.

            "Well, some people could get suspicious that Chisato hasn't showed up. You remember when we've killed Chisato's parents a while back because they were shinma?"

            "Ah yes." Larva grinned licking his lips. "Thankfully they were chicken shinma. Boy did they taste good."

            "Larva." Miyu scolded him like how a mother would do to a child.

            "I'm sorry Miyu." Larva frowned as he stopped stroking her hair. "You know that we Shinma don't have much feelings as a mortal would have."

            "But you're my shinma." Miyu replied, smiling, emphasizing on the word my. "You have a bit of a mortal coil within you."

            "Yes, I seem to remember that." Larva grinned. "But you must remember that I was born a shinma. Never forget that."

            "I won't." Miyu smiled leaning against Larva. Suddenly, the door knocked, a familiar voice calling out Chisato's name.

            "Oh shit." Miyu's eyes widened. "Yukari and Hisae. What do we do? We can't just let them stand there."

            "Shhh Miyu." Larva cradled his mistress for a moment before setting Miyu on the bed. "I'll take care of it."

            "How?" Miyu looked at her servant, surprised. "You've never really had any interactions with humans anymore."

            "Like I said," Larva replied taking off his cloak rummaging through Chisato's parents' closet placing on a business suit. "I'll take care of it."

            To this, Miyu smiled.

            "Yo Chisato." Yukari called out, knocking on her door while Hisae rang the doorbell. "Come out, we're here to visit you."

            "Jeez, what's taking her so long?" Hisae muttered under her breath. Suddenly, the door opened and there stood a tall young man, perhaps in his twenties, with aqua blue hair and red eyes. His skin a bit pale, tugging on the sleeve of his suit.

            "Can I help you ladies?" Larva looked down at Yukari and Hisae not showing much of an emotion. The two girls were quite surprised at the young man's appearance.

            "Um…uh…" Hisae blushed. "We're…we're looking for Chisato. Is she home?"

            "No she's not." Larva replied firmly. "Her mother took her to the doctor not too long ago."

            "Is that so?" Yukari replied. "Well, that's too bad. We're hoping to drop off her homework." She held up two books with a stack of paper in between.

            "Homework?" Larva asked confusingly not really getting what that word meant.

            "Uh…yeah." Hisae smiled still blushing gazing at Larva in a somewhat dreamy way. "You know? Work you do at home. That kind of thing." She laughed at her own joke.

            "Oh, yes. I see." Larva forced a smile taking the books. Yukari gazed at him confusingly, then to her friend Hisae being a bit dumfounded.

            "Do not worry." Larva said softly holding the books in one hand. "I'll be sure to give this to Chisato when she comes home." He then headed towards the door.

            "Hey wait." Hisae called out. Larva stopped in his tracks facing Hisae.

            "Hisae, c'mon." Yukari gazed at her.

            "Are you Chisato's dad? Cousin?" Hisae asked ignoring Yukari's annoyance.

            Larva remained silent for a moment. "Cousin. I'm just visiting. Watching the house while she and her folks are gone."

            "Well…um…what's your name?" Hisae blushed.

            "Hisae?!?" Yukari started to get annoyed.

            "My name?" Larva looked at Hisae strangely.

            "Ho boy." Yukari slapped her forehead.

            "You know. Like, she's Yukari," Hisae points to Yukari. "And I'm Hisae." She then points to herself.

            "Oh…" Larva replied trying to think of a name. "I…I'm Kai."

            "Kai huh?" Yukari replied with a hint of sarcasm to her voice. "Nice name."

            "Well um…Kai." Hisae chirped up. "I was wondering if you want to get together some time. You know, heh, on a date." She gazed at the ground, her face turning red as she pushed back her glasses.

            "Hisae, are you nuts?" Yukari glared at her.

            "A…a date?" Larva was a bit stunned. Surely, he thought, she must be crazy wanting to get together with a shinma. He then thought of Miyu and how pissed she'd be if he accepted Hisae's offer. He then turned to the door saying, "I'll think about it."

            "What's up with Hisae asking you for a date?"

            Larva and Miyu were sitting on the living room couch looking at the fireplace, waiting until the sun settled.

            "I'm not so sure." Larva replied stroking Miyu. "I don't tend on going out with mortals. Besides, I have too many duties to perform for my mistress."

            Miyu smiled, as she knew Larva was going to say that. She watched the sun setting thinking about the Sesame Street Shinma.

            "Larva, I believe it's time."

            "Yes it is." Larva nodded placing back on his cloak and mask gazing at the sunset. "We must hurry to the Shinto temple. The Sesame Shinma are waiting."

            Slowly, the two got up and left Chisato's home. It was a long walk from her house to the Shinto temple and they couldn't disappear for fear that anyone would see them. Plus, it could cause some suspicion. As they walked, Miyu saw a taxi coming up. She stuck out her thumb as the taxi came closer, stopping when it was close by.

            "C'mon Larva." Miyu smiled as they both got into the taxi.

            "Where to miss?" The driver asked casually glancing at the two from the rear view mirror.

            "Shinto temple please." Miyu replied softly gazing out at the window.

            "Right." The driver replied as he started up the cab. "Gotta warn you young lady, it's a long drive. So it's gonna be a high price." He then started driving.

            As they approached the freeway, the cab driver glanced in his mirror again noticing Larva. "Hey, young man. Are you part of a play or something?" to this, he grinned.

            Larva remained silent as usual. Miyu looked up at the cab driver, than to Larva. "He's part of some theatre production." She answered for Larva.

            "Ah, I see. That's a pretty freaky costume you got." They finally arrive at the Shinto temple. "All right little lady that'll be $21.50…Huh?" his eyes widened seeing that the young girl and her friend had vanished.

            "What the hell?" he said to himself. He didn't hear the doors open or slam the whole time. Then it finally came to him. "Oh my god, there were ghosts in my cab." He then sped off away from the Shinto temple.

            "Meanwhile, Larva and Miyu watched the driver sped away in his cab. They were sitting atop a branch of a tree nearby the temple.

            "I guess it was a little mean of me to pull off such a thing." Miyu grinned.

            "It doesn't really matter." Larva replied taking off his mask. "It's time anyway."

            "Right." Miyu nodded as they jumped off the tree heading towards the Shinto temple. Once inside the temple, they gazed in the darkness, searching.

            "Larva," Miyu whispered softly. "How are we to travel to Sesame Street?"

            "I'm not exactly sure." Larva replied. "The shinma didn't mention it in the letter. What the?" Suddenly, a red creature came into form in the darkness, a bunch of triangles in hand gazing up at Miyu and Larva.

            "Stay there, Shinma." Miyu glared at the red creature, the fire glowing in her hands. As the fire lit up, she was about to aim her flame at the creature.

            "Miyu stop." Surprised at this, Miyu glanced behind Larva surprised to hear him say this.

            "Why? What is it?"

            "The mirrors that the creature is holding. They are the passage to Sesame Street. No doubt that there is a mirror in their world that is linked to this. Both of these mirrors must exist in order to travel to the shinma world and back."

            "So what happens if one of the mirrors become destroyed?" Miyu never took her eyes off the red shinma and his triangular mirrors in hand.

            "We will not be able to go back. Even with all your power, you cannot summon your world here. These shinma are much more different than the western, eastern, Australian, Antarctic, African, Indian, Egyptian, and Asian shinma we had fought. I have battled with them before. They are, no doubt, manipulative, cunning, powerful, and most of all, deadly."

            "But look at them Larva." Said Miyu. "They're small."

            "Just because they seem to associate with kids and they seem to be nothing more than mere puppets, doesn't mean they are what they are. This is just their…their um…" he scratched his head forgetting his words. "What was that word called again? The one opposite of ugly?"

            "Cute?" Miyu answered.

            "Yeah, that's it. There you go." Larva replied. "Thank you. This is just their cute and disguisable form. But when you see their true form. Things do get ugly."

            "What is the Sesame Street Shinma's weakness?" Miyu looked up at Larva.

            All was silent for a while, as Larva seemed to have been thinking of the content of her question. "To tell the truth Miyu," he finally answered. "I'm not so sure what was their weakness. The last I have battled them, they were not defeated, they had run off. Strange that they aren't the cowardly type."

            "Perhaps we should step in and see for ourselves." Miyu said softly as they approached the red monster that just stood there, nothing more. Perhaps it was this monster's duty to bring these two into Sesame Street. The monster held up the mirror and as the two started to gaze in, they get pulled into the mirror. Telly, however, placed the mirror on the wooden floor, then turned around and left, disappearing within the darkness.

            Miyu and Larva landed on the rooftops of which according to the sign, Hoopers. They gazed at the simple, make believe neighborhood around them filled with the puppets laughing, having fun, and getting along like little kids. So cute and intriguing they were, it almost caused Miyu to smile, to be happy.

            "Miyu…" Larva whispered noticing the fact that Miyu was about to become happy.

            Miyu looked up at Larva for a moment realizing why he had said their name. She then continued to gaze at the mortals and "puppets" getting along with each other. As if they were in their own world, perhaps another city. But Miyu knew better. This was not a normal town, a normal world. It was where the shinma hid from the guardian until today.

            And they will not hide any longer.

            "We should wait." Larva whispered softly gazing at the puppets roaming around.

            "Wait?" Miyu gazed at Larva, bewildered. "We can just finish them now. Less time."

            "If the children back home were to see you kicking the Shinma's ass on t.v, you would live to regret it."

            "You're right." She continued to watch them until the sun had finally settled in and night has grown. The humans disappear into the apartment buildings that stood on the street. The puppets sitting on the steps of the apartment, the atmosphere becoming quite uncomfortable.

            "Hi ho." A chirpy voice spoke up as a green lanky puppet made their way towards them, a microphone in his hand. "Kermit the frog here wanting to welcome you two to Sesame Street. How do you feel so far?" he held the microphone to Miyu and Larva as if he was interviewing them. But all he got in return were meaningful glares that told him one thing: They didn't like shinma and that they we're gonna wipe them out.

            "Well, since you're here I figure we could finally begin." As soon as he says this, other of the Sesame Street shinma appeared behind him. Big Bird, Snuffy, Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar, and the Count were all behind him.

            "Only those." Miyu grinned. "It will be easy, all said and done." An open flame formed on the palm of Miyu's hand about to burn the shinma.

            "Ah, ah, ah." Grover smiled waving his finger at Miyu. "Maybe you should see down there as well." To this, he pointed his finger toward the bottom of the Hooper's store. Miyu and Larva gazed at the ground below seeing more shinma puppets. Some she had remembered from the show Chisato was watching the other night. There was Forgetful Jones, Prairie Dawn, Harry, Zoe, Rosita, Baby Bear, all the honkers and disfigured puppets who looked like humans. Miyu's eyes widened as she saw the disfigured puppets. Their faces nonetheless grotesque, bodies were fragile enough to crack with a single fall.

            "What have you done to them?" Miyu gazed back at the shinma in front of her.

            "Oh, you see," Kermit replied. "We at Sesame Street seemed to have lost quite a lot of our clan since the last century all thanks to another guardian like you. She looked quite similar to you, yes. Though a bit older and more dark-haired."

            "My mother?!?" Miyu gazed in shock. "You were the ones that have killed my mother?"

            "Yep." Big Bird smiled as if he won the noble prize. "She was easy to kill. That form you call your mother is nothing more than a twisted b—"

            "Big Bird?!?" all the shinma looked up at him.

            "Whoops," Big Bird's face flushed. "Forgot that I'm not s'posed to use the 'B' word."

            "Damn right." Bert said. Larva took out his scythe glaring at the shinma before him, than the ones onto the ground.

            "Miyu," Larva gazed at her for a short moment, sighing sadly. "I will take care of the shinma on the ground. Deal with the ones over here."

            "Larva, will you be able to detect Chisato out of those disfigured puppets."

            Larva was silent for a moment before finally answering. "I can not be sure of that. Even if I do find her, I might not be able to save her." He then jumped off Hooper's store before attacking the shinma below. Miyu turned to the shinma before her.

            "The flame in my hand shall dwell you into the darkest of hells." Miyu smirked, opening her hand, revealing an open flame.

            "Untrue." Snuffy replied gazing at the guardian. "You defeat us, we shall only come back. We can never die no matter how hard you try."

            "That's not true!" Miyu yelled.

            "See for yourself." Ernie grinned. Suddenly, one by one, they started to transform into their true form, much uglier than what they had appeared to be in their basic puppet form. They were taller, deadlier through their eyes. All of the shinma were now circling around her, as if performing a ritual.

            Meanwhile, Larva never had much of a hard time defeating the puppet shinma. Those basics like Zoe and Baby Bear. The disfigured, grotesque puppets, however, he had trouble with. Cuts and bruises appeared before him as some of the puppets jumped on him. He managed to wipe out some with his scythe, despite the fact that he was killing the souls of innocent children. Perhaps he did regret this but you'll never know.

            He looked around him. About ten shinma puppets left. He hasn't detected Chisato in any of the puppets before him.

            Where the hell is that little whelp Miyu calls a friend? Larva said to himself attacking more of the shinma.

            Hours had passed by. Miyu fell to her knees breathing heavily, beads of sweat dripping down her forehead. She had tried sending the shinma back into the darkness but every time she shot her flame, they were reincarnated.

            "Don't you get it little girl?" One of the shinma spoke. "Your fate is like your mother's. You will die by our hand."

            Just then Shinna popped out from behind Miyu gazing at the Shinma for a while. Then his eyes roamed noticing two people on the apartment rooftop pulling strings.

            What the hell is this? Shinna gazed onward wondering why two people would be sitting down. Then suddenly, the shadows seem too familiar to him.

            "Miyu," Shinna cried. "The Sesame Street Shinma does have a weakness. They're being controlled by…by…"and before he could finish anymore, one of the Sesame Street Shinma attacked him, knocking out Shinna.

            "Shinna." Miyu gazed in shock picking up the small creature holding him in her arms before placing him down.

            Shinna looked up at Miyu weakly. "Reiha and Chisato…" he managed to speak up, his voice soft-spoken. "They're the ones controlling the puppets. The puppets and shinma seemed to have been controlled by strings. I think Reiha possessed Chisato."

            "It can't be." Miyu's eyes widened as she hears this. "Chisato…Reiha." Her fists clenched, anger rising in her as she uttered Reiha's name. "She will not get away with this. Never."

~*2 B Concluded*~