Note:Now this is a short story of Bou-Chan and Iwa. Moments before the airport scene.

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It has been two days or rather two nights since Bou-chan and Iwa met with China and and Russia. The night of the scary incident, Bou-chan had tried his best to give comfort and calm feelings to dear little Iwa from her fear. Don't be tricked by her appearance. Actually, even though her body was so little, her age was already centuries old but her personality was still as innocent as a child. There were several times when her little body had magically became an adult, a beautiful and tall adult.

Two days after the happening, Bou-chan was doing a traditional style drama, both kabuki and rakugo style, to the spectators that were actually some famed spirit or rather yokai as many humans called them. They always came and paid to hear Bou-chan's story.

A kappa came, "Yo! Nopperu-Bou(The faceless one), Iwa-san, you're both looking good. Any new story today? I bring along a blue stone as a payment."

The kappa's name was Mizuwachi. He and Nopperu-Bou-chan had made a deal few days before that if Bou-chan produced good story, Mizuwachi would pay him a beautiful blue stone in the Kappa's collection. Bou-chan, as he was a story teller was also an artist and he wanted the blue stone to make a sparkling blue dusts for his mask and paintings. Actually, Bou-chan would extract different payments from different yokai.

Bou-chan who was cradling Iwa looked at the kappa and answered, "Yes, I do. Come sit and listen."

He put Iwa down on the floor and started a stage, magically. Other yokai, knowing that a show was going to started, came to watch and they don't forget to pay with all kinds of currency they had such as gold, human money, food, pearls etc.

"The story today will be 'The goldfish and the vampire'. This is a horror story. Anybody who has weak heart may leave." said Bou-chan as he covered his down part of mask dramatically with his left sleeve.

"We are yokai! Why must we be scared?" commented a Natto boy.

"Yeah, just start the story!" others yelled. Hearing the demand, Bou-chan tapped his mask with his smoke pipe until it became a demon mask. and start the story.

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Iwa smiled as she listened to Bou-chan's story. But during the flow of the drama, she was feeling uncomfortable. She felt like she wanted to go somewhere and meet that important 'person' because she could feel that that certain person was going to leave Japan. As time was flowing, she couldn't stand her feeling anymore and stood and walked away without Bou-chan and the audience noticing.

The little girl walked out of the house and went to where her instincts told her to go. She walked and walked, each steps became faster with the intensity of her feelings to meet that person and at last arrived to the destination, an airport.

As she entered the airport, she was overwhelmed with the presence of mass people. She didn't even notice 'Big bro Yao-Yao' spotting her. Iwa walked where her instinct brought her and at last she spotted the person that she eagerly want to meet again, Russia. She walked slowly to the tall nation and when she crossed path with an unknown man, she felt some kind of bond. A kin. And Iwa turned around to see the man, looking at her with a surprised expression. She smiled at him and turned back to her target.

The moment Iwa took her steps slowly to Russia, she felt nervous, anxious. She really want reach Russia, to go home...Russia was her true home. If she don't do it right away, she won't know when will she get the chance again. As her hand rose to touch, suddenly, her danger alarm was tingling. And that was the time she saw the evil smile. She felt her body couldn't move, as if a spell was cast on her. It's so scary, and it felt like death was coming upon her when Russia's hand moved.

Then, Iwa felt somebody grabbed her and her sight was blocked by cloth. Few moments later, she could see again and she saw that she was at a different place, the house which had became her long time home. She turned to see who was her savior.

"Iwa-chan, why did you leave without telling me? You know it's dangerous for you to wander alone. Many evil spirits want to eat you!" said Bou-chan coldly.

Iwa looked down to her feet and started to cry, "I just want to go back to her."

Nopperu Bou changed his masked into a sad blue mask, "You know you can't. She will kill you. No, those monsters would kill you and eat..."

"I KNOW! BUT I CAN'T HELP IT! I just..." Iwa sobbed, she was sad she couldn't go back to Russia where she belonged. Bou-chan sighed. He didn't have the right expression mask to picture the feeling when he sighed. He knelt down and hugged Iwa tightly.

"I understand...Don't worry, Iwa. I promised that you'll go home to her." said Bou-chan.

'And by that time, I hope I'm married to you, Iwa. Because...I love you.'

to be continued...