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Vampire Naomi: I'm not sure how many Oni there'll be. If I run out of ideas, I'll probably take some inspiration from Power Rangers Wild Force... groan yes, I watched that. The 'Orgs' were inspired by the Japanese Oni. Oh, what I have in store for Tarakudo is truly hilarious...

Queen Jade0: Thanks for reading, glad you like it!

Yu Mutou: Don't worry, there'll be lots of Dokuonna.

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Glyph: I WANT VALMONT!!

Sheesh... one-track minded muses...

And now for more fic!

The Resurrection of Tarakudo Chapter two: The Legend of the 1000 Shadows

"All right Uncle!" Jade cheered, "Way to show that Oni chick who's boss!"

"Jade," Jackie warned, though silently amazed that Jade had remained inside the shop for the entire 5 minutes of the fight. "This is no time to be celebrating! We have a new enemy coming after Tarakudo's mask!"

"Exactly! This means we call in the J-Team!"

"Jade, no."

"Aww..."

"Uncle," Jackie said, turning away from his niece, "Can you and Tohru find a way to keep this 'Dokuonna' from taking the mask?"

"Actually, I think we already have."

Everyone looked at Tohru. "Toh-ru, what do you mean, already have?" Uncle demanded.

"Here," Tohru pointed to the scrolls he'd been hovering over, "As I said earlier, we have found Tarakudo's origins. This scroll also has a method to prevent the mask from being used by the Oni to do evil." At this point he trailed off.

"WELL? Go on! Why you hesitate! We must stop O-ni from obtaining mask's power!"

"Well," Tohru continued, "It's just that the method involves... resurrecting Tarakudo."

"WHAT? But we just sealed him! How will this help?" Jade cried.

"Tohru, perhaps you should start from the beginning," Jackie asked while rubbing his forehead. He felt a migraine coming on.

Tohru cleared his throat and began.

"Once, long ago, there where two great demon clans at war with one another. One was the Oni clan, ruled by the great and fearsome King Shi-Ma-oh, and the other was the Shadow Khan clan, ruled by the powerful Queen Kage-Hyaku-oh."

"Whoa, hold on there T," said Jade, "The Oni and the Shadow Khan were enemies? But the Shadow Khan worked for the Oni!"

"Questions later! Let Toh-ru speak!" Uncle barked.

"Ahem, as I was saying. These Shadow Khan were not the Shadow Khan we are familiar with. The nine tribes we know were apparently only a lower class of demon. Ruling over them and controlling them were a class of nobles. These were high-level shadow demons, and the others were their obedient servants.

"The main cause for the war is not mentioned here, only how it ended. The race of shadow nobles was dying out, and so Kage-Hyaku-oh gave a decree allowing marriages between nobles and members of other races. Kage-Hyaku-oh herself had a grown half-human daughter at this time. Before long, there were many half-shadow demon children born. Shi-Ma-oh was especially disgusted by this act, thinking that demons should not mix with others outside their kind.

"To celebrate this new life in her clan, Kage-Hyaku-oh held a great festival in her palace to honor all the new children. In a move that alienated even his greatest allies, Shi-Ma-oh attacked the festival, and slaughtered every child, half-breed or otherwise, all except for one. This one was Kage-Hyaku-oh's only grandson, child of her half-mortal daughter and a young samurai, three-quarters human, and heir to the throne of the Shadow Khan.

"Shi-Ma-oh took the young prince hostage and taunted the Shadow Queen into attacking his fortress. Kage-Hyaku-oh and the remaining grief-stricken parents struck at the Oni clan without thinking, and were defeated. By the end of the night, no Shadow Khan noble remained alive. Shi-Ma-oh himself killed Kage-Hyaku-oh, taking her power in the process, and making the nine lower tribes his slaves. To cement his leadership of the broken remains of the Shadow Khan, he kept the young prince alive as his personal slave.

"Years after the massacre of his kind, the prince got his revenge. In a great battle, he defeated Shi-Ma-oh, and took not only the power the Oni- king had taken from Kage-Hyaku-oh, his own power as well, becoming an all- powerful demon. However, he himself died from his wounds and the strain of the sheer mass of demonic energy. In his death, a new demon was created, a spirit with the soul of the dead shadow prince, and the power of the Oni. The new demon declared himself to be Tarakudo, lord of the Shadow Khan, and King of all Oni. Any one who tried to dispute his claim was sealed away into a sub-realm. Knowing that he could not contain all the power, he gave command of the nine Shadow Khan tribes to the nine strongest Oni to swear fealty to him. From there, starts the legend we already know.

"Apparently, the mask was intended as only a temporary holding place. Tarakudo was too powerful in his spirit form, but if his soul could be returned to a mortal body, he would lose that power, unable to contain it. Supposedly, a tree grew from were Tarakudo's mortal body was buried. If the mask is placed upon the trunk of the tree at the right time, and the proper ritual performed, Tarakudo will be returned to life in his original form. The nine Oni generals would remain sealed away, and the powers of Kage-Hyaku-oh and Shi-Ma-oh will be dispersed, as they should have been when they died."

"Leaving us with nothing to worry about except for Tarakudo the mortal," Jackie said, "Which I'm sure Captain Black would be glad to help out with."

"All right!" Jade cheered, "Let's get moving!"

"For once I agree Jade," said Jackie, "Uncle, Tohru, get that ritual prepared, and find that tree. I will tell Captain Black the situation. The sooner this is over with, the better!"

Dokuonna paced impatiently on a roof. She had to get that mask! If only she could take the power that was rightfully hers, she could assume her place as queen of the Oni! If it hadn't been for that treacherous little pet of Shi-Ma-oh's, she'd have already been queen.

"A beautiful woman such as yourself should not worry. It will make you old before your time," said a nasal, whining voice

"Who's there?!" Dokuonna whipped her head around in shock.

"I'm hurt, you don't remember your dear old friend?" From the shadows emerged a tall figure. It was another Oni. He wore a samurai's blue armored breastplate and gauntlets, but loose yellow silk pants with pale indigo flowers on the lower legs. His skin was solid black, and his golden blond hair was pulled up into a topknot behind his two horns. His hands and feet bore long gold-colored talons.

"Hidoi," Dokuonna said, recognizing the other Oni at last.

"Ohisashiburi," Hidoi grinned, baring a mouth full of sharp teeth, " Now, tell me, what could be ailing my dear Dokuonna?"

"I have found where the mask that contains lord Shi-Ma-oh's power is being kept. But there is a chi-wizard guarding it, and I am still weak from my imprisonment," she snarled.

"Aren't we all," Hidoi replied. "But I'm sure we can think of something. As you once said yourself my darling, power's nothing against intelligence."

"Indeed," said the Oni woman. "Let us think."

END CHAPTER TWO

And another Oni is introduced.

Author's notes: (before I forget, my Japanese is really bad. I only know random words and phrases, most of the names are bits and pieces stuck together.)

in case I forget to mention it later, Oni is usually translated in English as 'Ogre'.

Shi-Ma-oh = Death-Demon/Evil- king,

Kage-Hyaku-oh = Shadow-Thousand-king, or 'Queen of a thousand shadows' in this case.

Hidoi = mean/cruel, pay attention to the Oni's names, they all have a reason.

Ohisashiburi = 'Long time no see'.

Two chapters already, cool. The third chapter should be up by Wednesday, next up, the resurrection! Dude, I'm on a roll!

Glyph: YOU WON'T BE IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME SOME VALMONT!!

Arileo: If I go buy some Rorouni Kenshin manga will you be satisfied?

Glyph: Okay!

Muses, can't live with'em, can't live without'em.