-so the new monster is revealed this chap with a lead up to the next. I think I can get this running along now.-

keronians to monsters are

Giroro- Ganrougel

Keroro- Kurse

Dororo- Aldmora

Tamama- Taiki

The shadow that chased her drew closer. Natsumi felt her heart burning and her mind buzzing. Soon her fingers were warming up in her tight hold. She yelped when they were suddenly searing with pain and opened them. In her hand laid the crystal with a burning red core. What? Why do I have this?

Natsumi gripped the crystal in her hand. The shadow was mere inches from her but veiled by something. Natsumi leapt to her feet and the shadow took a step back as the mist thickened and formed. Hooves, horns, blood red skin. Ganrougel stepped out of the air taking a deep breath.

"I hate that feeling." Ganrougel flexed his back and arms, stretching the muscles. He looked in front of him to the shadow. It twitched and shrunk down reforming itself into a lanky child.

"Hey big red! What are you doing here?" The shadow spoke with a higher pitched voice than before. It giggled with a big grin.

"It looks like I was sent away again, took longer this time. What have you been up to?" Ganrougel crossed his arms.

"Looking for Kurse mostly but I was trying to return this snack to that lady." The dark child held up a bag of chips and pointed over Ganrougel's shoulder.

"Natsumi?" Ganrougel was surprised to see Natsumi behind him. Her eyes were wide, taking in every detail but still lost. "Wait did it send you with me?"

"What? No we're in the city and I was being chased by that thing!" Natsumi quickly regained what composure she could now that she had a familiar character nearby.

"I'm not a thing! I'm a living creature like you!" The shadowed monster shouted now sincerely offended. He popped open the bag and started eating the chips. "I'm taking your food because of that!"

"That's Taiki. He's not dangerous." Ganrougel explained turning his back to the wall. "He's what you humans call an imp. A small creature that causes mischief. No one knows where they originated, not even them. Taiki is a rare black kind of imp that can change his shape."

"So you're saying he's another friend of yours?" Natsumi clenched her fists and narrowed her brow.

"Well he's not an enemy at least..." Ganrougel brushed off the term friend. He didn't feel close to the imp and Taiki was more of a friend for Kurse.

"But you didn't think I would need to know about other monsters? You know in case I run into a dangerous one and might need to know how to face it?!" Natsumi dropped her bag of food and stepped up to Ganrougel. He still stood taller than her but she was inclined to kick his ass.

"Woah you're getting yelled at by a human. That's so embarrassing for you!" Taiki laughed as he stuffed more chips into his face.

Ganrougel was stunned by Natsumi. He tried hard not to fumble back and show weakness to a human girl. "I-I'm sorry I just... thought you wouldn't want to meet any more. You already hate me so..."

"Yeah and I had to ask for you're help because I felt threatened by a walking talking shadow!" Natsumi's eyes twitched when she mentioned her moment of fear.

"You... called for my help?" Ganrougel was confused. He never would have thought Natsumi would want his help that she would ask for it.

"Are there any other monsters you know?!" Natsumi stepped back and looked away disgraced by her confession to need his help.

"Just one and you definitely don't want to meet him." Ganrougel straightened himself and cleared his head.

"Too bad you're taking me." Natsumi picked up her bag and looked past Ganrougel to Taiki. "Sorry I called you a thing."

"It's ok, I already ate all the chips." Taiki smiled as he waved the empty bag over his head.

"Natsumi, really you don't want to meet his. He's different from Aldmora or I. He's worse." Ganrougel watched Natsumi start walking out of the alley and stepped in front of her.

"I don't care, I need to know what kind of dark things are out there. I need to be stronger Ganrougel." Natsumi huffed.

Ganrougel sighed and stepped aside. "Fine but you have to do whatever I say when we're there."

"Why?" Natsumi asked as she began walking home again.

"I'll be able to keep you from the truly horrible things around him. Just promise it ok." Ganrougel followed her with Taiki cheerfully behind him.

"Alright, I promise." Natsumi felt weird. Ganrougel seemed to really want her safe. What was this other monster like? Should she really go and meet him? Natsumi decided she would have to meet something dangerous eventually and she might as well walk into this one willing and prepared.

Natsumi opened the door to her house and stepped inside. "I'm home."

"Natsumi!" Fuyuki called through the house and quickly ran down to her. "I'm sorry please don't kill me!"

"What did you do now?" Natsumi sighed with annoyance. She already had enough of today with Taiki and Ganrougel.

"Your crystal. It vanished." Fuyuki shuddered under her gaze.

"Oh. It's fine I have it here." Natsumi pulled the crystal from her pocket and showed it to him.

"What? How did you get it?" Fuyuki inspected the brighter color.

"I don't know. It just showed up in my hand when Ganrougel appeared. It was really hot like it was going to burn my flesh off."

"How does your human have magic?" Taiki spoke up.

"Oh wow another one!" Fuyuki perked up and began looking over the new monster.

"I don't have magic my grandma's crystal does." Natsumi explained. "Fuyuki, this is Taiki. He's a shape shifting imp."

"You mean kind of like Ganrougel?" Fuyuki asked.

"I'm not an imp and I can only change between this and the deer." Ganrougel huffed.

"Yeah I can turn into anything I want!" Taiki chirped as he started shrinking into a little ball of black fur with three eyes and two horns. He stood on three make shift feet and smiled with an awkward mouth showing six teeth and a tongue shaped like a fire. He looked like he could breathe yellow flames if he wanted to. "See?"

"The only downside is he's limited to his one size. To get taller or bigger he has to flatten himself out." Ganrougel explained further.

"Sweet." Fuyuki wrestled his notebook for a blank page to scribble his notes on.

"Alright I'm going to put the food away and then you can take me to your other friend." Natsumi walked past Fuyuki and Taiki.

"I still think it's too dangerous." Ganrougel closed his eyes knowing he wouldn't be able to stop her.

"Wait, there's a fifth one? I so need to come." Fuyuki's eyes sparkled.

"You're staying here Fuyuki." Natsumi stepped out of the hall to the living room and kitchen.

"Awwww come one I want to meet him too." Fuyuki sighed.

"Ganrougel already thinks he's too dangerous for me so you're definitely not coming." Natsumi's voice called through the rooms.

"Is he that bad?" Fuyuki turned to Ganrougel.

"Yes, he's much worse than me and I've killed many people." Ganrougel answered.

"What makes him worse?" Fuyuki inquired.

"He's sick and twisted in the mind. He's done worse things to people than kill them." Ganrougel sighed.

Natsumi returned and tightened her pigtails. "Ok, all done. Let's go."

-I still don't have names for Kururu or Mois-

-send help if you can...-