DAISUKE POV:
"Where are we?" I asked Dale.
"We are at home. Azure and Aqua went to school already. We should prepare for school also." He replied.
"But I need to save Peeta." I answered.
"You can't. I tried opening several portals to Panem but I can't open one." He said bitterly. "I want to save Johanna and the others but we can't summon portals to Panem. As if the anima would not allow us to." He continued.
I got myself up and got ready for school but suddenly the anima took us away again.
SU JUI ER POV:
"Onii-chan, please wake up." I said while Daisuke-nii was lying on my lap.
"Where is Dale?" He asked.
"Dale is still unconscious. Where did the two of you come from with that amount of light?" I asked.
"Jui…" He said and shown his two tails.
"Just rest for a while, Onii-chan." I said.
"Jui your phone is ringing." He said.
DAISUKE POV:
Jui got the phone call. Where the hell are we? Why do I have a two tail fox? Why does she have a fox tail? Why does Dale have a cat tail? And why is she addressing me as onii-chan? And who the hell is Su Jui Er?
"Sorry for that call. That was Feng." She said.
"Daisuke-nii." Dale said while rubbing his eyes.
"Whaa-" He shouted while holding the tail but I managed to cover his mouth.
"Most probably we are in a world that animals could transform into humans." I whispered to him.
"Give that nekomata!" A man shouted.
"I'll never give you Dale." Jui stated.
"What a disgrace in a fox clan. Keeping a food as a family member?" The man said.
"Who is there, Jui?" I asked while Dale and I walked to the living room to see who's there.
"This freaking Freas." She replied.
To my surprise, I saw a wolf man in front of me.
"So the nekomata is awake." He said while walking towards Dale.
"Don't you dare touch my brother." Jui said.
"Can't you see the difference Jui?" Freas said. "You and Daisuke refers to him as your brother but look at him. He is a nekomata, a food for foxes and wolves like us." He continued.
"I'll never eat my brother! And don't you dare lay a finger on him." I said and gave him a deadly stare.
"Why are you so protective over that food?" Freas asked.
"When our parents died, Dale's nekomata mother who was in her human for adopted us before we had our human form." Jui started. "Until we reached our human form, she never left us. She claimed us as her own children until she fell in love with a human." She continued. "As a young girl and Daisuke-nii older than me by three years, neko-okaa-sama bore a child in a form of a cat." She added. "By seeing that his baby was a cat, neko-okaa-sama's husband killed her and after that he tried to kill the baby kitten but Daisuke-nii managed to get the baby kitten and promised neko-okaa-sama to take a good care of the kitten until he turns into a human. She named the kitten Dale before she breathed her last." She said. "After seeing our foster mother die, Daisuke-nii can't help himself but to kill okaa-sama's husband and the three of us run away." She explained.
"So I won't allow you to touch my brother even though he's a nekomata." I yelled.
The wolf tossed Jui away and headed towards Dale.
"Forgetting about me?" I asked Freas while grabbing his tail.
"Let go of me." He said.
"As you wish." I replied and tossed him away.
"This won't be the last time you're seeing the rest of me." He said while he's flying across the field.
"Oh I'm scared." Jui said sarcastically.
"Shut up missy. You're the one that was thrown away earlier." I said to her.
She shut her mouth then after a moment of silence, we all laugh at our content. The following day, Jui introduced us to Feng.
"What's with the glasses Feng?" Jui asked.
"Just to see who's human or not." He replied. "Who are the monsters you're with?" He asked.
"The two-tailed fox is my older brother and the nekomata is my younger one." She replied.
"How could a fox and a nekomata be related?" He asked.
"It is a long story man." I replied.
We ate our lunch and protected Feng Xi from the female monsters that wanted to feed on him.
"Young man, Can you help me with something?" A dear-man said to Feng and handed his glasses.
"No. My body is of limits." Feng replied.
"No. That's not the help that I needed." The dear-man said. "I am the owner of the hotel and I saw you several times going there with pretty girls." The man continued.
"What exactly do you need from me?" Feng asked.
"I need the help of your fox friend. Somebody is killing all the female monsters that checks-in in my hotel. I am allowing them to do their thing in my hotel in return; they should give me some quintessence." The man said. "But lately, they are found dead back to their original form so the killer could throw their remains without a fuss." He continued.
"Hey, don't involve my sister here." Dale said.
"How could a neko-chan like you be the brother of that powerful fox?" He asked.
"Don't you dare talk about my sibling like that!" I stated.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Jui asked.
"Nothing. Feng, just continue your date with my sister. We'll take care of him." Dale said.
With that, Feng grabbed Jui and left us with the dear-man.
"So here's the deal, we're going to help you to kill that monster but in return, you need to cancel the dues Feng has in your hotel." I negotiated.
"Ok. But you need to give me a portion of the quintessence of that killer." The man bargained.
"No problem." I said.
Dale and I hid our monster sent and released a normal human aura. Then a dryad hooked up with me not knowing that I am a monster like her. We entered the hotel and did what we supposed to do.
"I am a fox." I revealed to her my true identity.
"Y-you're gonna kill me?" The dryad asked.
"No. I'm just luring a killer that murdered a lot of female monsters these past few days." I replied. "I am saving you from him." I added.
After that talk, we moaned, acting like there is something happening and when the door opened, I pushed the dryad into the window.
"You are luring me?" The wolf said.
"So it is you Freas. It is you who is killing these innocent monsters." I said.
"So you're acting like a hero now, Daisuke?" He asked sarcastically.
"If you're the one that is killing those monsters, I'm much delighted to end your life up." I replied.
He assaulted me and charged towards me. I managed to dodge and groped his neck.
"I-I can't breathe." He said choking.
"Your life ends here my dear." I replied and absorbed all his quintessence.
The receptionist heard the fuss in our room so he entered the room and saw the room stained with blood and I was holding a dead wolf in my hand.
"Wh-what? This is not the place where you could kill wolves' sir." The receptionist said.
"Why this wolf attacked me and scared my girl away." I replied. "So I decided to kill him. Besides if I won't kill this wolf, maybe I am the one who is dead now." I added.
"I need to see the owner pronto. And don't worry; I'll clean my mess up." I said.
I spoke with the owner and gave some of the quintessence I got from that pesky wolf.
"Thanks, this quintessence would help me for two to three years." The owner said. "By the way, Feng's balance is canceled. Thanks to you." He added.
I gave the owner my contact so that if this instance occurs again, he knows who he will contact. Then I returned home and gave some quintessence to my siblings.
"It is time to give the both of you your own military pieces." I said. (Military pieces based on the Games of the General board game)
"Military pieces?" Dale asked.
"Each high class monsters could have their military pieces and gain some quintessence from his army without killing the humans." I said. "The monster would be the "flag" to whom they would protect and the rest is your soldiers." I added.
"You'll be given six private pieces, two spy pieces, and one of each rank; sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, 1 star general, 2 star general, 3 star general, 4 star general, and 5 star general." I continued and handed them the pieces.
"Feng would be one of my spies." Jui said and placed the spy piece on Feng's chest and Feng gained a tail fox.
"Why did I grow a tail fox?" Feng asked.
"Because now, you are a part of Jui's fox army." I replied. "But don't worry, you're still a human. If Jui dies, you'll be a regular person again." I added.
"Just collect quintessence from your army, not from others. You could kill people if you get quintessence outside the contract." I said.
After that conversation, Jui was accompanied by Feng to complete her army.
"Is she'll be going to be alright?" Dale asked.
"Feng has the power to save her together with her army." I replied.
"Should we get our army now?" He asked.
"No, I'm good. My household is more than enough." I replied.
"So you are getting quintessence from your household? You are doing that to each of them?" He asked.
"No. We can get quintessence just by hugging or holding them." I replied.
He sighs as a relief. Then I received a phone call from the hotel owner.
"Yes, hello?" I said picking up my phone.
"I need your help. There are a set of monsters that hunt down the female monsters that are doing their thing in my hotel." The old mam started.
"We're on our way." I replied.
We kept our monster smell and released a human fragrance so we could attract female monsters to lure the gang that kills again. I've got a wolf and Dale got a vixen.
"Be careful. She's a vixen. And vixens feed on nekomata." I reminded him.
"I'll be careful onii-chan." He replied.
We headed towards the hotel and get our separate room. We revealed ourselves to the ladies and they agreed to the plan. We started making sounds that assures the killers that the female monsters are getting quintessence from us. After that we pushed away the female monsters to escape because the killers entered the room.
"So a fox like you mercilessly killing the innocent ones? Shame on you." I said to him.
"Who are you and why do you know about my identity?" He asked.
I revealed myself to him and he suddenly charged me. He have caught me and pressed me into the wall trying to get all the quintessence I have.
"A 300 year supply of quintessence. Not a bad deal." He said.
I groped his neck chocking him and reversed the absorption.
"A 40 year quintessence. Not a bad catch." I said while giving him a grin.
After I've absorbed all his quintessence, he returned to his fox form and I easily killed him and thrown his remains outside the window. I gave 10 year worth of quintessence to the hotel owner and waited for Dale at the lobby.
DALE POV:
"I am rescuing you from the killer that murders female monsters that gets quintessence from people." I said while revealing my identity.
"Are you not afraid that revealing that you are a nekomata to a vixen would endanger you?" She asked.
"If a fox eat a nekomata, the fox' power would be enhanced but it would take a week before it would be fully enhanced." I said. "If you kill me, you would also be killed by the monster that is much stronger that a regular one the likes of you." I added.
She was shocked about what I've said and agreed to the plan. After we finished sounding that we've done that thing, I pushed the vixen outside exactly when the nekomata killer entered.
"A female nekomata kills low level monsters for quintessence ei?" I said.
"How did you know that I am a nekomata?" She asked.
"I am a nekomata." I said as I revealed myself to her.
"Why did you save that vixen?!" She asked.
"An innocent monster would be slain by you so I had the urge to protect her." I said.
"I'm just killing foxes for revenge. Those foxes killed all my family when I was not in my human form. I promised then that I'll kill every fox that I would encounter in my human form." She said.
"Not all foxes feed on nekomata to be strong." I said.
"How did you know? All of them need a nekomata or two to gain more powers." She stated.
"I am raised by fox siblings. When my mother died, Daisuke-nii and Jui-nee saved me from every fox that tried to eat me. They even feed me with the quintessence they gather for my fast growth and to attain my human form." I said.
After that, she attacked me with her spirit balls but I managed to dodge and grabbed her neck.
"I hate to do this but I have to." I said and started to absorb her quintessence. "Sleep tight nekomata." I said as she returns into her basic form but I didn't kill her because she is a nekomata like me.
After that encounter, I got the kitten and took care of her. I gave the owner 10 year worth of quintessence for I have received a 40 year worth of it from the nekomata. Daisuke-nii did not allow me to give him the nekomata's quintessence, also Jui-nee didn't want that quintessence.
"We won't accept any quintessence from a nekomata." Daisuke-nii said.
"It is like we are getting our powers for eating our ototo." Jui-nee said.
"So we're having a new member in our family. A nekomata imoto. Just give her some of the quintessence you have." Daisuke-nii said.
I've given her 20 years of quintessence. The share of Daisuke-nii and Jui-nee. The nekomata become a cute little girl because of that amount of quintessence.
"Onii-chan. Onee-chan. Onii-sama." The young nekomata addressed us like we are her true siblings.
Just as I thought, if a monster returned to its original form, when he regains his human form he forgets his previous life.
"Hello little Dashie." Daisuke-nii gave her a name. "I'm Daisuke-nii." He introduced himself.
"Hello baby Dashie. I'm Jui-nee." Jui-nee also introduced herself to Dash.
"And I'm Dale-nii-chan. Good to see you in your human form baby Dashie." I said while carrying the little nekomata.
After that little introduction to our new family member, an explosion was heard just by our doorsteps. We rushed to the door and saw two foxes aiming for the two nekomatas in the family; namely Dash and I.
"Dashie is scared." The little girl said.
"Don't worry little girl, Onii-chan is here to protect you." I said to her and held her tight.
"Dale, get Dashie away from here." Daisuke-nii ordered.
"Aye." I replied and dashed to the back door but one of the foxes blocked my way.
"O no you don't. I won't allow tasty food like the two of you escape." The fox said.
"Fox Fire!" And Jui-nee start attacking the fox. "I'll handle this one. Run!" She said.
"I said I won't let you escape." The fox said while chasing us.
"I'm your opponent." Jui-nee said while pulling the tail of the fox.
Das and I hid ourselves and I managed to hide the scent of the two of us from that foxes.
"Will they'll be alright, onii-chan?" Dashie asked.
"They're going to be alright. They're one of the strongest in this town." I replied.
Dashie wiped her tears and smiled. I smiled at her and hugged her tightly. Would they'll be alright? Those foxes are not small fries. They've eaten nekomatas, I've smelled it; the blood of our species. But I don't want to scare the shit out of Dashie. I won't allow this girl to have the same trauma as the past her.
DAIDUKE POV:
"These foxes have three tails. They've killed lots of nekomatas for them to get this strong." Jui said. "They're out of our league." She added.
"We cannot afford to lose. If we die here, Dale and Dashie would be their meal for the night." I said to her.
"I won't allow that to happen." Jui said.
"Why are you protecting that food?" One of the foxes asked.
"It is none of your business." I stated.
"You're too cocky little brat." He replied.
"Explosion!" I managed to attack him.
He was able to dodge the attack but he did not notice that Jui was behind him. Jui then grabbed his neck and absorb his quintessence. I rushed to him and pinned him down so that Jui would not take a hassle in absorbing the quintessence of the fox. Forgetting about his ally, the other fox rushed towards us but suddenly there was someone who attacked him.
"Spirit ball!" Dale attacked the fox using his spirit balls together with Dashie.
"Just aim your spirit balls to that fox." Dale said to Dashie. "This would be your training." He added.
"But what if he gets near to me?" Dashie asked him.
"Don't worry. Nekomatas are power type, meaning, you could just punch him in the face and he'll be swirling away from you." Dale explained.
"Don't you dare lay your filthy hands on my imoto." Dale shouted and landed a punch to the fox' face. "See? He flew away." Dale said to Dashie.
When I felt the fox that Jui is absorbing couldn't move a muscle, I decided to go to the fox that received the punch of Dale wholeheartedly. I grabbed his neck and absorbed all his quintessence and the moment he returned to his original form, I ended the fox' life. That was just what Jui did when the fox returned to its original form. Then we buried the remains of the foxes and fixed our door. We divided the 500 year quintessence we've collected to those fools. Dale and Dashie receive 50 years of quintessence from me and Jui. I received 50 year worth of quintessence from Jui and she received 50 from me. Dashie's human body grew into a teen body because of that amount of quintessence.
"We should go on a journey." I said.
"Take care of Dashie 'til we return Jui-nee." Dale said.
"I'll take good care of her." Jui replied.
With that, we left the house and the anima took us back to where we really belong.
