-monsters so far are-
Giroro- Ganrougel
Keroro- Kurse
Dororo-Aldmora
-also there's a lot of talking this chap O.O-
Natsumi stood beside her bed, looking down at the torn and unconscious Ganrougel. His blood discolored her blankets. Fuyuki stood next to her having helped carry Ganrougel, and began digging around a medical box.
"I'm not sure if an antiseptic would even work for him." Fuyuki muttered.
"What are we gonna do if mom comes home to find him?" Natsumi asked with a dry tone and expression.
"That's another problem. It's not like we can stuff him in the closet or under the bed." Fuyuki nervously chuckled.
"That's a stereotypical option." Natsumi smirked to her brother.
"Why's that?" Kurse asked as he leaned over Fuyuki's shoulder.
"It's nothing just human stories." Fuyuki rubbed his head.
"Kids~ Guess who got a couple hours away from work~?" Aki's voice sang through the house.
"Oh crap..." Fuyuki and Natsumi shuddered.
"Fuyuki you go distract her." Natsumi whispered before rolling up her sleeves.
"What? Why me?" Fuyuki whispered in turn, fearing his mother would overhear.
"Because I have to hide him." Natsumi gestured to Ganrougel.
"Oh right... good idea." Fuyuki turned to the door.
"Who wants to explain this black goo in the living room?!" Aki called up with her parental demeanor.
"Just a moment mom!" Fuyuki cried down anxiously trying to come up with a solution.
"Kurse you should hide down in the basement or at least anywhere my mom won't find you." Natsumi huffed as she looked over Ganrougel.
"Understood." Kurse nodded before shifting through her wall.
"Alright, let's get you moved." Natsumi pulled Ganrougel's head up and wrapped her arms around his torso. She slowly and carefully dragged him off of the bed. She set him against the railing of her balcony, behind the wall so he wouldn't be seen by anyone in her room. Just as she closed the door she turned to see Aki peeking in.
"Hey hun- What's that stuff on your clothes and bed?" Aki pointed to the black stains.
"Oh Fuyuki's experiment exploded or something." Natsumi huffed easily pinning the blame on her sibling.
"He said it was some supernatural goo like ecto-something." Aki explained waiting to see if Natsumi would clearly lie or follow along with truth.
"Whatever it was it was weird and flew onto me. It's probably going to be a big pain to wash out." Natsumi slipped her school overcoat off and folded it inwards, containing the smudges before it rubbed onto anything else.
"I'm sure you can handle it hun. Anyways I'm gonna make a nice dinner for you guys tonight." Aki winked happily.
"Are you sure? You already work so much, I can still cook." Natsumi looked to Aki a bit surprised.
"Nonsense, I love cooking for you guys. It lets me feel like an actual mom who isn't away too much." Aki laughed as she walked away.
Natsumi sighed before pulling some clean clothes from her closet. She looked to the glass doors once more before deciding to pull the blinds perfectly closed. She changed quickly and headed downstairs. I'll have to wrap his wounds up later when mom won't notice.
Fuyuki and Natsumi hung out in the kitchen as they watched Aki cook. It was a rare treat to have everyone together. "Ya know I bet that black goo was from a ghost~" Aki teased.
"What?! You really think so mom?" Fuyuki asked less excited and more worried.
"I wouldn't be too surprised if there are some gags and tricks from the last owner even after all of these years. He said this place was haunted and it got me a great deal." Aki explained.
"Did he really go so far as to place fake gags through the house?" Natsumi asked.
"Yep. Back when he would still check on the house, I would find weird marks on the walls." Aki thought back to the old memories. "It almost always looked like... a running person I think."
"I don't remember those." Fuyuki looked to his mother quizzically. That was long before Kurse ever showed up.
"Well no they were always gone again before you kids got home from nursery school. At least the old owner was kind enough to clean it away before it scared you guys." Aki smiled as she served the beef stew. After dinner was eaten and the dishes cleared away Aki sighed. "I gotta go back now. I really only had the excuse to come and pick up some papers but they let me have some extra time."
"Alright. Don't work too hard ok?" Natsumi looked up to her mother with worry, hoping her disappointment and sadness was masked.
"I'm so proud of you kids. You're growing up too fast I feel like I missed your childhoods." Aki teared a bit.
"You didn't miss too much I promise." Fuyuki chuckled.
"We'll make sure you don't get to miss all the important parts of our futures." Natsumi smiled weakly.
"Good." Aki hugged Natsumi and Fuyuki tightly. "I love you guys. Goodnight."
"Goodnight mom."
"Love you too."
The front door was closed. Natsumi and Fuyuki stared at it for a few moments. Fuyuki then bolted upstairs, shouting as he went. "Kurse you can come out now!"
"Guess I better go deal with Ganrougel. I don't want to find a mess up there." Natsumi muttered to herself as she climbed to her room. She walked in to find Ganrougel slowly stepping in from the balcony. He held his head before looking up to see her. He straightened his posture revealing all of his healed wounds. He wasn't even covered in blood. His ribs had returned to normal instead of hanging from his chest.
"Hey, did I get sent away again or something?" Ganrougel asked more casually than Natsumi was prepared for from someone who just ripped himself apart.
"Not exactly." Of course he's perfectly healed. Natsumi sighed before stripping her bed of it's stained sheets and collapsing on the mattress. She covered her eyes with her forearm. Today was a much longer day than she liked. She was dizzy, going back and forth between the drama and everyone's sad histories.
Ganrougel looked down on her, distracted by the change. Something's off about her... What did I miss? "What's wrong?"
"I'm just... confused I think." Natsumi muttered. Just barely loud enough for a human to catch but knew Ganrougel would have no problem.
"It's because of me, right?" Ganrougel shifted his weight between his hooves.
"Well... yeah. I mean there's no way I'm gonna adjust to you in a day or two." Natsumi sat up and hugged her knees close to her chest. "I never believed in monsters before you, and you weren't exactly going to give me a chance when we first met. You were my nightmare for so long. Now here you are saying you made a mistake and I'm trying to work past it, really I am, but being nearly killed by someone a few times is extremely hard to forgive."
"If it will make you happier, as soon as I figure out what keeps sending me away, I will leave you forever." Ganrougel sighed. He knew she was interesting but she wasn't a target. He never bothered to spend time with humans he wasn't going to kill so why start now?
"But that wouldn't fix it either. I can't un-see or forget all of my nightmares. I don't know how easy it is for you to brush things like that off being supernatural and all but I'm human. I have to deal with this or it'll only make me feel worse." Natsumi ranted. Her tone grew unsteady and angry. "I know you can't remember what happened today but I will never be able to ignore watching you pull at your horns and tearing your ribs off! I had to watch the only thing that scared me turn into a weak mess of his own fear. I don't know if I want you to leave forever or if I need to get back at you!"
Ganrougel stepped back, stunned by her words. She was so forward about what he did to her. He looked down at his hands, wondering what happened in the time he couldn't recall. He'd never done anything like that to himself before.
"You're broken and don't start lying to me or yourself. You said you were never hurt but someone who wasn't hurt wouldn't pull themselves apart screaming for help to have it all removed." Natsumi clenched her teeth. Her body trembled with anger and panic. She stared straight into Ganrougel's shocked eye.
"You... must have had another stupid human nightmare. I don't have any reason to hate any part of myself." Ganrougel sighed at the reasonable explanation.
"Ask Kurse. He said you did it before and almost cut your hooves right off. That sure doesn't sound like you loved yourself." Natsumi huffed.
"What...? But I... I don't remember any of this." Ganrougel stared in growing horror by her plainly honest words. What would drive me to do that? I don't have any dark past like Aldmora or Kurse. "What else did he say?"
"I probably shouldn't tell you anymore in case it triggers your self-destruction again. I know that you aren't exactly a model friend but I refuse to do that to you." Natsumi buried her chin tightly in her knees.
"If it's true... then I'm sorry you had to see that. It sounds terrible." Ganrougel was used to a gory mess but never with his own body parts. I can't imagine how terrifying it would be for a normal human.
"It's one thing to be scarred mentally for life, but I also had to watch the one thing I couldn't fight off or conquer my fear over be defeated by a memory." Natsumi words were like a venomous bite. "How am I supposed to recover from that kind of blow? I will never be able to defend my friends and family, not even myself from monsters, from anything on the darker side of the world. You said I was strong but you lied."
"Natsumi, I don't lie." Ganrougel spoke up. "You're different from other humans and I know that is true because I have seen so many of them."
"I'm not different. I don't want to be different." Natsumi bit back her whimper. "I didn't ask to be haunted by a grotesque inhuman beast."
Ganrougel flinched at the remark. He knew he wasn't human and the animal-like features he bore weren't so nice to look at, but the way she phrased it. The way she looked victimized and hurt struck him hard. Even the way she called him a beast instead of a monster disturbed him.
"You didn't say this to your fellow humans. Is this how you really feel about me?" Ganrougel asked softly. He leaned away from her. "Even though you were so calm yesterday?"
"I'm sorry... but yes, I think I still hate you." Natsumi whispered as she cried quietly.
Ganrougel forced a grin. "Well you wouldn't exactly be a sane person if you liked me after what I did. You are the first to cry over hating me though."
Natsumi looked to him surprised. She wiped her cheeks as a puff of anger steamed through her. "Well it's not a good feeling. Also... I've seen how you care for your friends and I hate myself for hating someone who could actually have that kind of emotion. To be able to be kind and caring for others."
"Who Kurse?" Ganrougel chuckled lightly. "I'm a big jerk to him."
"Not when he was talking about his past. And you looked so concerned for Aldmora." Natsumi stated the facts. "I hated you before because you only seemed to care about killing me."
"And not because I was a big blood colored monster?" Ganrougel teased the answer from her.
"Well... I was just a kid ok? I'm older and can look past that... mostly." Natsumi looked away from him, hiding the guilt in her eyes and embarrassed blush on her cheeks.
"It's alright. I pretty much do the same to you humans." Ganrougel smiled. "Also I didn't mean to make you feel different for meeting supernatural creatures. I meant that you have a different personality."
Natsumi blushed deeper by the compliment. "Thanks."
"Even if I never came after you, Natsumi, you would have been different. You've shown me a different kind of human." Ganrougel turned his gaze away and closed his single eye. "You've even made me feel different things, about myself."
"Oh, well... your welcome?" Natsumi widened her eyes in surprise to the statement.
"Sorry, I'm pretty bad at anything that isn't killing." Ganrougel rubbed his neck.
"No, I think it helped." Natsumi gave a small but sincere smile. "It's late so I think I'll go to bed."
"Alright." Ganrougel nodded relieved the emotional scene was over. Natsumi pulled out a clean set of sheets and blankets from her closet and began to re-dress her bed. She turned back to her closet for her pajamas and found Ganrougel hadn't left yet.
"Why are you still here?" Natsumi asked.
"What do you mean 'why'? I still have to find what sent me away all those times." Ganrougel answered confused why she was lost for his purpose to stay.
"You can do that outside of my room! I'm a young woman who needs privacy!" Natsumi screamed with a bright blush, pointing to her door. Ganrougel was startled by her reaction. He slowly began to leave the room and winced when the door was slammed behind him.
"Humans are strange." Ganrougel huffed and crossed his arms.
"Oh Ganrougel! You're alive!" Fuyuki smiled and waved as he walked past the monster. "What made sis angry?"
"Something about privacy and why I didn't leave her room yet." Ganrougel explained what little he knew.
"You... weren't expecting to stay in her room all night were you?" Fuyuki hesitated to ask.
"Well yes. How else am I going to figure out my continuous dismissal." Ganrougel huffed again as Fuyuki seemed to be as strange as Natsumi.
"You can't just watch someone sleep. That's creepy." Fuyuki's face paled.
"Why I do it all the time." Ganrougel furrowed his brow.
"Well... when you're hunting someone is one thing but watching a friend sleep is kinda suggestive." Fuyuki began to sweat.
"Suggestive of what?" Ganrougel needed more blunt answers than Fuyuki seemed comfortable in giving.
"Just remember that it's inappropriate ok?" Fuyuki blushed as he walked quickly away.
"Stupid humans." Ganrougel huffed even louder as he was more confused than before.
-I've noticed the hardest thing for me to remember for this story is that Ganrougel only has 1 eye and I often have to make sure I didn't write him as if he had both-