Chapter 5: Closing down

Dillons...Also known as that Restaurant that was undecidedly expensive and Fancy...

Ryan sighed as he was sitting alone in a table for two, he began to slowly look over the menu for the third time, he admitted to himself that he was a bit too forceful when it came to asking out Theresa for dinner, guess he was too excited that he met someone that knows the principles and existence of human-looking Oni, he just wanted someone to talk to, sure he had Kaninigami who's pretty much like a mother to him and Nikuken who is legitimately the only other Oni that interacts with him but still, Ryan admitted that he was lonely, lonely for a human and lonely for an Oni.

He grumbled under his breath, no Oni interacts with him because of the fact that he is a half-breed, part Oni, part Human, he doesn't know how he came to be, he was just created in the same broken down church he usually resides in with Yumimaru beside him, Kaninigami fed him with the most nutritious food available, Curio taught him how to use Yumimaru as a transformation trinket, and Nikuken taught him how to fight. All in the while Professor Malvadine recorded his behavior and traits.

"Mind If I Sit Here?" Ryan quickly heard instantly he stopped reading the menu and quickly looked to see Theresa in a stunning but relatively simple red dress, instead of her light pink highlight, she had a red highlight instead, she smiled softly as she sat down on the chair, Ryan smiled happily in response, he was like a kid in a candy store, he couldn't contain his excitement as he quickly stopped slouching and assume a more formal position than beforehand.

"I can't believe you actually came!" Ryan exclaimed as a Partially Possessed Theresa smiled and nodded, Pichigaru was clearly enjoying this, but she also told herself that this date needed to have Ryan express a bit of his past, she was fairly intrigued with the sudden appearance of the Bat Boy or whatever Shirokuma calls him.

"And Yet I Did Came, I Am Very Thankful That You Still Had The Date Open," Pichigaru said as she looked into the menu, quickly finding something that was both delicious and healthy, Ryan did the same, wanting to make this dinner as unawkward as possible.

"So, how did you know about Oni's?" Ryan asked the partially possessed Theresa, as the formally dressed waiter came by and grabbed their menu's.

"It Was Quite Simple Really, I Found One Of The Legendary Four Weapons In A Cave, It Was All History From There, Found The Other Four Weapons, Became A Protector Of Norrisville, Defeated A Hunger-Obsessed Oni In The Ancient Past," Pichigaru said as she recounted the various events in semi-detail. Pichigaru explained to Ryan about the Oni Sword and the two other Oni Keepers named Cassie and Lyra.

The two started to talk about more normal things, like school, hobbies and various likes and dislikes, Pichigaru had to admit, she was enjoying this, Ryan was soft-spoken but strangely invigorating, the food eventually arrived, Pichigaru raised an eyebrow at her food, it looked like it was something from a grease-ridden fast-food restaurant, Ryan received a plate similar to hers, have a plate full of fries and a whole fried fillet of fish.

"This isn't at all what we order..." Ryan said to himself, his eyes slightly widen when he realized something, he quickly shot a glance at Theresa before quickly getting off his seat.

"Where Are You Going Ryan?" the Partially-Possessed Theresa asked, Ryan didn't respond as he left the table and actually went into the kitchen.


Dillion's: The Kitchen.

Ryan had a big frown on his face as he looked at the sight before him, there he saw a bunch of savage non-specific Pyrus-created Oni wearing aprons and chef hats cooking up various pieces of meat and vegetables in various pots and pans containing oil and grease, the only Oni that stood out in the bunch was a certain female Oni who's skin color was as white as paper and who's razor-sharp teeth was riddled with battered bits.

"What are you doing here Kani-sama?" Ryan asked Kaninigami, who was busy devouring something that was to fried to be described as anything edible, Kaninigami giggled as she smiled at Ryan.

"!Feeding your little friend with something actually appetizing! !Duh!" Kaninigami said as the Oni chefs laughed and screeched along with her, clearly, Ryan frowned once more.

"!Seriously! , The chefs before us know nothing about real cuisine," Kaninigami said as Ryan then notice at the corner of the kitchen was about five chefs who were all tied up, gagged with various handkerchiefs, and without their chef hats.

"How did you get the waiters to not freak out when their getting the food they serve from Oni's?" Ryan asked the Female Glutton Oni.

"!Simple my little fruit bat! !Excessive Death Threats!" Kaninigami said as a couple of her Oni chefs pulled out various crude blades, brandishing a brutal grin to go along with it.

"Come on Kani-sama, I know you're just trying to look after me, but please, untie the chefs so that Theresa can eat real food..." Ryan mentally slapped himself when he insulted Kaninigami's food.

"?!Excuse me!? !That wasn't very nice! ?!Didn't Nikuken taught you anything about respecting other Oni's work!?" Kaninigami exclaimed as her smile quickly turned into a frown, Ryan gulped loudly, he was always informed by Curio to never test Kaninigami's temper, despite her motherly aura and her kind voice, she can become as wrathful as a cornered animal if you get her mad.

"That's not what I meant Kani-sama! I meant that Theresa never really eats the food that you cook! Not that it's bad or anything! I love your food!" Ryan said, trying to defend himself from Kaninigami's wrath, The Female Oni didn't wasn't convinced in the slightest.

"Ryan, Is There Something Wrong?"Theresa said as she went into the kitchen, her plate being completely empty besides a few excess crumbs of fried bits, her eyes quickly widen as she saw the whole bunch of Oni wearing chef hats and aprons, Kaninigami quickly noticed the clean plate that Theresa had.

"?See Ryan? , Your little friend has an actual idea on what real cuisine is," Kaninigami said with a scoff, not even worrying about the fact that their cover is blown, Ryan sighed loudly as he walked slowly up to Theresa.

"Theresa, meet my...Mother...Kanigami." Ryan said as his cheeks tinted red from embarrassment, Theresa giggled at Ryan's awkwardness, as she, without any form of bias, stick her hand out for Kaninigami to shake.

"Hello, Miss Kaninigami! My Name Is Theresa, It's A Pleasure Meeting You." The Partially Posessed Theresa said to the Oni in a kind and honest tone, Kaninigami smiled and accepted the handshake, her paper white hands greatly contrasting with Theresa's mundane and normal-colored ones.

"!Nice to meet you too Theresa! !And thank you for appreciating my food!" Kaninigami said ecstatically, Ryan was pretty flabbergasted by how good this whole situation was turning out.


Meanwhile in The Fowler Residence.

'It's been quite some time...Isn't that right Kazeryu?" Shirokuma asked the Purple Dragon Oni, who merely nodded in response.

The other two of the Legendary Three were in Theresa's room, still residing in the Oni sword, with literally nothing to do, Kazeryu coughed awkwardly as the silence became more and more prominent, the silence made Shirokuma admit the difference between Kazeryu and himself were quite staggering, one is an adult Oni who fights with strength and axe, and the other is a child who fights with energy and crossbow, their differences should separate them from the farthest differences available...

Yet here they are, in the same black void known as Purgatory, treating each other like family, this brought a smile to Shirokuma's handkerchief-covered face, Kazeryu kind of thought the same, viewing his friends and Theresa as a family, his life was pretty good, better than being alone after being denounced by his previous Onee-chan.

The talk of good times was quickly interrupted by a sudden black puff of smoke in Theresa's room, what appeared in the room after the smoke dissipated was someone that neither Shirokuma or Kazeryu knew, he was an Oni, just like Shirokuma and Kazeryu, he was about six feet tall, his eyes were glowing yellow, a color that complimented his black skin, his armor was dark blue, wearing leather spaulders, a leather chestplate with a dark blue cloak over the chest piece, on his back was a katana that was sheathed in a red case, he wore blue leather boots with a dark blue tasset covering his blue cotton pants, the Oni pretty much looked like a Ninja, with the face mask covering his mouth and all.

The Oni Ninja was relatively silent, not speaking a single word as it simply stared at the Oni Sword, silence began to evenlope in the room, it was Shirokuma that broke the silence.

'What the hell are you doing here?' Shirokuma exclaimed, surprisingly, despite being In Purgatory, the Ninja Oni responded to Shirokuma's question.

"Stealing you..." His voice was raspy and weak, almost as if he was parched and needed a drink, all of the sudden, the Oni Ninja quickly pulled out a black tuning fork out of his cloaked back, the tuning fork had sharp diamond-shaped prongs, its handle was wrapped in tattered brown and on the center of the tuning fork was a pair of jaws.

Without another word from the Oni Ninja, he quickly swung the tuning fork at the Oni sword causing the tuning fork to emit a very high-pitch screech of a sound, it ranged on Shirokuma and Kazeryu's ears.

'What is he doing Kuma-sama!?' Kazeryu said, he didn't receive an answer, he looked at Shirokuma but to his shock and surprise, Shirokuma wasn't even there, Kazeryu's eyes quickly widen as he was the only one in Purgatory now.

'How did you do this!?' Shirokuma said as he was now trapped in the tuning fork that the Oni Ninja held, the Oni Ninja simply laughed in response as he disappeared in a puff of black smoke with Shirokuma trapped in the Oni tuning fork, when the smoke settled Kazeryu was speechless.