Author's Note: I'm so mad at myself, I can't show how intense an atmosphere is supposed to be, so I just hope everyone else gets it :D

Oh review! I appreciate it, truly! Enjoy!

"W-why do you have to make an example of Ren? You already smashed the teacher's head against the wall so hard that he's now unconscious!" Toru yelled at them.

"That's just a head and the wall. You humans have no idea what we've been through. Would you like to take her spot instead?" One of the Youkai student's licked their tongue.

Toru stood up, ready to replace Ren.

What's this idiot doing! Rio brought his arms in front of Toru to hold him back. "No he doesn't wanna go, he was just asking a question." Doesn't he understand that his life is on the line? Who cares about trying to impress Ren!

"Rio, I'm not afraid of them, let me go." Toru confidently stared at him. I say that but my hands are shaking! Dammit Rio fall for my trap! I replace myself with Ren, forcing you to replace me with you! Afterwards you can kick Youkai ass!

"Toru…Ren's going to be fine." Rio sounded certain. Because why would she smile like that…? Maybe she's like those guys on T.V…seeking out Youkai just to meet them.

"Toru don't bother…you're shaking…of course you're scared." Misaki tried to calm him down.

"D-d-don't worry cl-classmates! I-I'll come back s-safe and sound. I-it's nice to know…p-people care!" Ren smiled at them and waved to them all as if she thought it were her last moments.

W-what the hell? She's totally scared! Rio began to panic. Should I help her or not? How do I even transform to my Youkai form…?

"Rio, if you're a Youkai…go save her! You'll earn this class's respect!" A girl cheered him on. "Of course if you aren't…don't put yourself in danger either…"

"I-I'm just surprised Youkai really are real…" A frightened classmate of Rio's began to clutch his feet together.

Toru stared toward Rio and whispered to him. "See? No one cares if you're a Youkai!"

"I'm a Youkai? What a joke." He turned toward Ren who was being held by the group of human looking Youkai. "Ren, if you don't come back alive, this school will avenge you!"

"Ummm…not so reassuring." Ren nervously laughed and didn't stutter in that sentence.

"Now come here girl, let us Youkai guide the way." One of them slurred.

No one from the classroom said a word as the Youkai walked out of their sight with Ren. The classroom began to fill with quiet whispers, everyone discussing either Ren's fate or the sighting of a Youkai.

"Aren'tcha scared~?" One of the Youkai student's cackled, and then began playing with his tattered school uniform.

"Not really. Should I be?" Ren raised an eyebrow to them.

"Yeah! This isn't a joke, we're real Youkai, real Youkai!" Another one repeated.

"Real Youkai? I actually find Youkai quite interesting." Ren smiled at them.

"W-w-we're going to kill you!" One of the Youkai students from the group of five stuttered.

"Kill me? In a janitor's closet? That isn't a creative way to die!" Ren began to sarcastically complain toward them.

"What's with this girl? She seems completely different than she was in the classroom!"

"O-o-oh y-you m-mean like th-this?" Ren began all innocent and fragile in front of them.

"Y-yeah! Just like that!"

"Hey, this girl is giving me the creeps…and we're about bring her to the janitor's closet to make her become one of us." The leader of the Youkai confessed.

"Hehe~? I'm scared Youkai huh? That's interesting! I don't even need to try!" Ren began giggling.

"Hey stop talking now, we're here. This is the janitor's closet, where we were trapped in and eventually died. No human has opened this closet in years…why do they have this closet? Who really knows?" One of them told her.

"Hmmm? W-what is this? I-I haven't seen this r-room before! I-I walk past this h-hallway all the time!" Ren began to slowly realize what was waiting for her.

"Heh, I thought this girl was something else, but she's just a normal girl that doesn't wanna die!"

"Phew what a relief, I thought she might have been an Onmyouji!"

The group walked into the janitor's room then turned on the lights and it seemed very spacious than it did from the outside. The size of the room would be the same size as half a school washroom. It had the usual materials like a mop or caution signs just hanging around.

"Hey answer a Youkai question for me." Ren stared away from them.

"There is her strange personality again!"

"Whatever she can't do a thing! Now what's the question?"

"I heard, Youkai need to operate when it gets Dark out. So why is it that you Youkai can freely roam during the daytime without fear?" Ren questioned them.

"W-well w-we got a simple expla-…"

"I can already tell, I haven't seen a Youkai costume this realistic…or ugly. However normal Youkai…" Ren grabbed a mob and pushed the handle of the mop into the room's lightbulb, turning it into complete darkness. "Should be able to operate in the dark."

The classroom was still whispering about the Youkai that had appeared.

"W-what if I'm next? They won't be happy with just getting rid of Ren!"

"If they choose me you better help me kick their ass!"

Were some of the things being discussed in the classroom. Suddenly someone pounded the desk and everyone shut up.

"S-shit…I'm an idiot…a true idiot…" Rio began shaking his fists against the desk.

"Hmmm? What's wrong?" Misaki wondered.

"Did you figure something out? Are you going to help Ren?" Toru seemed a little depressed asking him.

"I'll be back!" Rio ran out of the door as fast as he could.

"I guess he figured something out." Misaki smiled.

"Ohhhh is it Youkai Rio to the rescue~?" A classmate poked Misaki and Toru.

In the Ame-Onna fight I was able to become a Youkai just by being in a dark area. They're Youkai, from a janitor's closet…shouldn't it be completely dark? I was so caught up in proving I wasn't a Youkai that I wasn't thinking properly at all!

Rio continued to roam around all the hallways for a janitor's closet that looked different from the others.

Argh! Ren where are you! "Reeeeen!" Rio tried calling out in hopes of her somehow responding back.

"Hmmm?"

Rio slowly turned around to look behind him. T-that's Ren right? Not some Youkai converted version of Ren?

"Y-you're l-loud, so w-what do you want?" Ren tilted her head.

"E-eh? The janitor's closet ended up being the girl's washroom?" Rio stared at her shocked.

"N-no! I-I was able to es-escape from the Youkai through f-force, they pretty w-w-weak you know." Ren began to blush. "E-everyone was w-worry?"

Sheer force? A human just giving a simple punch to a bunch of Youkai to come out victorious? Just who is Ren? That smile she gave when they wanted her…just what the hell… "Yeah, you're the erm…talk of the class! This news is going to spread even further and probably get front heading on the town's newspaper!"

"Ohhh a-amazing!" Ren clapped.

"Alright let's get back to class, k?" Rio focused on heading back without engaging in conversation with her.

"Hmmm sure!" Ren smiled at him.

"Whoa amazing! You did it yourself? I thought that Rio was able to save you at the last minute!" Toru began to laugh happily.

"Are Youkai really so weak to get taken down by pure brute strength?" Misaki was curious on the subject too.

"I guess so! Ren's just really strong!" A classmate cheered.

"What a horrible rumour." Rio was sleepy and slouched in his seat. "We all find out about this Youkai rumour today, get extremely scared about it, then realize any one of us could have beaten those pathetic Youkai up."

"Well being safe is more important than keeping the rumour of the Youkai alive." Toru suggested to Rio.

"Hey well at least everyone is going to be watching that Youkai news show…since…what he said was completely real." Misaki reminded him.

"I guess that's true." Rio began to yawn. "Someone should wake our sensei up…this event lasted the entire day…or it's what we will tell him, since no one bothered to wake him up when we first solved the disaster!"

"W-w-wait Rio…let me get this straight…Youkai invaded your school, openly during the day time and kidnapped one of your students…then somehow that student got away?" Rikuo raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, that's right." Rio nodded.

"What was the student's name?"

"Oh it was, Ren Shimizu, a new student." Rio answered his father honestly.

Ame-Onna opened the door and casually walked in. "She sounds like fun, it's a cool name."

Rikuo began to laugh but that left Rio confused.

"What? I don't get it…are you laughing at Ren's name?" Rio seemed annoyed at the two.

"No no, forget it Rio." Rikuo wiped away his tears of laughter. "Back to being serious."

"Oh thank you." Rio felt a sense of relief.

"Rio be on alert from now on, do not let a classmate become a victim of these Youkai!" Rikuo commanded.

"Y-yes sir!" Rio stood up proudly.

"Now go Rio! I'm busy now." Rikuo tried shooing him away.

"Ah…sure!" Rio nodded and left the room to watch T.V.

Tsurara entered the room right away Rio left. "Well, aren't you taking this situation calmly~?"

"I'm not taking this calmly." Rikuo was stretching his fingers.

"He just wants Rio to think the situation isn't large, or else he'd want to take charge." Ame-Onna explained to her.

"Exactly, so I'm gonna…" Rikuo was stopped. He was in his night form now, and he remained his normal expression on his face.

"Let me guess, you're going to explore this entire situation by yourself? At least bring someone from our household to accompany you." Tsurara sighed.

"Accompany? Com'on here to Kyoto isn't that far of a journey!" Rikuo began whistling.

"Ah that is tru-…" Tsurara began sputtering gibberish until she found her voice again. "KYOTO? That's like insanely far! What do you need to go to Kyoto for?"

"I need a professional to get rid of this dangerous problem as soon as possible. Innocent citizens are being put at risk." Rikuo began to explained to her.

"Where's the answer in that?" Tsurara began crying out pieces of ice.

Rikuo sighed, "I'm going to Kyoto, to hire the best Onmyouji there is to hire."

Possible Title of Next Chapter: The Return to Kyoto!