Kyuu And The Seven War Demons

The quest is on now that Kyuu and Megumi, Kanna Village's priestess in the 15th century, are embarking on a mission to search for seven legendary Oni in order to defeat the vile Makamou and ten he could get home. But what he didn't expect would be a lot of dangers coming in their way.

But…in this chapter the two will get to meet the first Oni, and their first battle.

Anyway, here's chapter 3.

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Disclaimer:

Detective School Q is owned by TBS and Studio Pierrot

Kamen Rider Hibiki is owned by Ishimori Production and Toei Co. Ltd.

Mokona is owned by CLAMP

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Kyuu and Lady Megumi spent their first hour walking the island of Kyoto since leaving Kanna Village, with Mokona traveling with them as they are in search for the seven legendary Oni. Though they have two means of finding them, with Mokona's senses and Megumi's pendant, they assume that they can find them easily. But as the next hour passed, they realized that their quest is a lot more tedious than they thought.

"Geez…this is really irritating…who would've thought that our trip to find and search the seven legendary Oni would be this long and tiring?"

"Be patient…remember what the woman from the shop told us…"

"You mean Yuko Ichihara…"

"Yes…we have the means to find the seven…but she didn't say it be this hard. We must persevere if we are to overcome this trial…"

"Let's see…"

Kyuu took out from his pocket the modern map of Japan, and there he was able to navigate himself and her and she then made a comment as to what she think of this.

"Is your era too modern for our society of this era?"

"Yeah…though the same thing is still there…corruption…political bickering…same food…gorgeous women…"

"Is there someone like me in your era?"

"Yeah…here's her picture…"

Lady Megumi stares at the picture of 21st century Megumi, surprised to see that her future counterpart is as beautiful as her. She wondered if Kyuu and the future Megumi are committed to one another but was too shy to ask, feeling selfish as she has no right to question her "savior" who came from the future. She decided to leave it for now and continue with their search.

Thirty minutes later, their trip took them to 15th century Hiroshima, and Mokona, who seemingly resembles Two-Face (his right side is white and his left side is black), raised his head up, the crystal on his forehead glowed while Kanna Village's priestess stopped as well, feeling her pendant glowing, and the two glanced each other in unison. They believed that they hit a jackpot since they were initially told that her pendant and their traveling companion can sense an Oni nearby, and there they followed the "signal", leading to a village.

At the nearby village of Miyajima, located within Hiroshima, Kyuu and Lady Megumi saw the town, which was in a midst of a festival, was being ravaged by a Centipede Makamou, thrashing the houses and the townsfolk were running for their lives. Kyuu saw a spear and took it as he was going after the Centipede Makamou and challenge it to a battle. One of the townsfolk asked Kyuu if he is the one being sent by one of the villagers. Kyuu ponders at that question until one of the villagers arrived and made an announcement.

"Everyone…I have brought an Oni to help us fight off that Makamou! Here he is!"

"What?? An Oni?? Of all the help you searched for why him??"

Kyuu blinked his eyes as the townsfolk were wincing at hearing the word "Oni" and a man in his early 20's arrived, dressed like a 15th century Japanese traveler and has pointed ears (like a Youkai from Gensomaden Saiyuki) and stood in front of the attacking Makamou. The Makamou glances at his opponent and had a long, tense stare down. As Kyuu, Lady Megumi and the townsfolk watches the scene, the man made a rather conceited comments before he makes his move.

"Evil Makamou…I will not let you choose a pretty lady here to become a food chain or a frozen delight! Not an ice cream…not a hamburger…and especially not spaghetti! I will not allow you to take this town's blood and turn them into iced tea or Coca-Cola! So prepare yourself as I turnyou into chocolate fudge!"

"Huh?? I'm in the Sengoku Period yet Coca-Cola and a hanburger made its way here??"

Kyuu was baffled by the man's choice of words, but he just stood there and watched what the next scene will do, wondering if he is one of the seven Oni they were tasked to find.

With that said and done, the man took out what appeared to be a hand-sized black tuning fork and struck it against his left forearm, emitting a humming vibration and placed it in front of his forehead, and a ruby-like object appeared between his eyebrows and then uttered a word.

"Oni Henshin…Kabuki!"

Black and green haze enveloped his body and was covered in dark, tinted smoke, and after a few moments the man emerged in a different form. He was garbed in a green and red armor that resembles a real-life Oni while he made moving gestures like a real-life kabuki does, and then speaks up and made his presence known to all.

"Now tremble in fear, Makamou…for the one who stands before you is the Oni…Kabuki!"

Kyuu was quite taken by surprise and so was Lady Megumi…they have seen what appeared to be the legendary Oni that Yuko Ichihara has told them to find, but then they were baffled as neither Mokona or her pendant didn't register their acknowledgements. But this didn't stop them from watching the next scene emerging. "Kabuki" took out what appeared to be huge drumsticks from the old century and waved it at the Makamou, emitting strong waves which nearly hit the monster but ended up hitting a cow, killing it. The Makamou retaliated with a ball of fire from its mouth and Kabuki dodges it, hitting a local villager, burning him to death as well as melting to nothingness. Kabuki then tries to counterattack using his drumsticks and nearly hit the Makamou until it was forced to flee. Surprisingly, only a few cheered at the Oni, and when Kabuki reverted back to his normal form, he decided to collect his "fees" as the villager who summoned him promised to "pay".

Kyuu and Lady Megumi then watches a rather disturbing scene that follows as the village chief of Miyajima told the Oni that the village can only pay him with food, but nevertheless he accepted it. While he was eating his "reward", he saw a hungry boy watching and he decided to share his food with the child, who was malnourished. The boy accepted it and the two seemingly got along until the boy's mother came and slapped the plate from her son while slapping and berating him.

"I told you not to come close to an Oni! I told you a hundred times yet you wouldn't listen!"

"Wahhh!! I was hungry!! He's not a bad Oni! He saved our village!!"

"An Oni is an Oni! And Oni are animals that must die!! NOW GET INSIDE BEFORE I WHIP YOU LIKE A MULE!"

The village chief felt anger at the woman's behavior and tried to reprimand her for her actions as he defends "Kabuki", saying that not all Oni are bad and that they're different from the Makamou, but the rest of the townsfolk share the same mentality as the woman, saying that "if anyone who comes into contact with an Oni is marked for a painful death". As the villagers went to their homes, the village chief apologizes to "Kabuki" while expressing his gratitude. "Kabuki" left Miyjima village and noticed the two teens leaving as well. He was curious as to why they were leaving just like him.

"You two seem like travelers. What's your rush?"

"You see…my friend and I are in search for seven legendary Oni, and if we gathered seven of them…we could beat the Makamou and its champion…the powerful Orochi. This is Mokona, and he can sense an Oni nearby, but for some reason, even though you're an Oni, he couldn't seem to recognize you as one of the seven."

"Hello, I'm Mokona…and I see that you're an Oni but my body doesn't seem to recognize you as one of the seven that we're tasked to find…"

"Oh, quite alright…well is it okay if I travel with you? I have no where else to go and I might help you in finding the seven Oni, even though I'm not the one you're searching for."

As Lady Megumi thanked "Kabuki" for his offer, Kyuu couldn't help but feel suspicious, as he sensed that something wasn't right in regards to the battle at Miyajima Village. Nevertheless he kept his composure and they all set off to another place to continue their search for the seven Oni.

An hour later, their travel took them near 15th century Osaka, where Mokona sensed an Oni near a village and the group proceeds towards the village, but then they were confronted by a group of rogue samurais. Kyuu took out a small Kodachi sword that he got from one of Lady Megumi's village and prepares to duel out with one of the bandits, but their new traveling companion changes to his Oni form of Kabuki and pinned down one of the bandits, and then places what appeared to be a a green disk, which expands in size and is as big as a drum disk covering the bandit's upper body. Then he took out his huge drumsticks, dubbed the "Ressui", and began to pound on the disk and the bandit was showing signs of pain.

"Goukan Kenran!"

As the rest of the samurais watched, as Kabuki pounds his Ressui on the huge disk and blood spurts out of the bandit's eyes, nose, mouth and ears, and after three minutes of "drum play", the bandit's body exploded, and the ground kabuki is standing on is filled with blood and organs, and he pointed his Ressui at the surviving samurais.

"If I ever see or catch you attacking a village or a traveler, you'll suffer the same fate as this guy. Get me? Now leave or else I'll change my mind!"

The terrified bandits flee with panic while Kyuu and Lady Megumi were surprised at the amount of excessive force they've seen kabuki used, and wondered if they did the right thing in asking him to come along with them. Instead of questioning him, they all went inside the village near Awaji Island and as Mokona was leading the expedition, they went to a house where a singleman was living. To their surprise, they realized that this was the first of the seven Oni they were searching for, as Mokona finally recognize him. They were also surprised that the Oni in front of them was the 28-year old version of Kyuu, looking very mature in appearance and manner. The group introduces themselves and explained their reason for their search, but the Kyuu of the 15th century, who introduced himself as Kyutu Renjourou, politely turn down their request to join their search, stating that te Oni they're searching for died long ago.

"The Oni you're searching for is my father...Storoutou Renjourou. He was an Oni who fought an army of makamou, but died when i was young. He, along with my mother...died."

"But Mr. Renjourou...being the son of a legendary Oni..I'm sure he's pased his title and powers to..."

"Unfortunately he didn't as he died bfore he'd made me an Oni. I'm sorry but I can't help you on this one."

Seeing that Kyutu won't budge in to their pleas, they had no choice but to move on and search for the six remaining Oni left. As the group left, Kyutu glances at them by the window, wondering if he did the right thing in turning down their request, but nevertheless he wanted to have nothing to do with fighting, as he felt his involvement won't help them in their journey.

To Be Continued…

An Oni is found, but the catch is…

Kabuki wasn't duly recognized by Mokona as one of the seven;

The other Oni, Satoroutou Renjourou, was said to have been killed long ago, thus Kyuu and Lafy Megumi hit a snag as they are required to SEVEN. With one dead, how will they complete their mission?

So they must now find the other six, but will six be enough?

Preview:

The group finds another Oni but will he join them?

Note:

- "Kabuki" means "Festive Demon".

- Kyutu is a pun on the prefecture "Kyoto". And I made this up so I could put some historic references, and this is also a counterpart name for the 15th century version of Kyuu.