"Hey! Has anyone seen Kantaro?" Yoko asked, entering the dinning room where Haruka, Sugino, Muu-chan and Suzu where lounging.
"He left about an hour ago. Said that he needed something at the book store. He'll be back." Haruka said in an unconcerned voice.
"I don't know. I have a funny feeling," Yoko muttered, looking out the window. "Kan-chan usually takes Haruka-san with him."
"I told him to get lost when he asked me to go along." Haruka said with a straight face.
"Haruka!" Yoko whined. "What if Kan-chan meets a youkai while he's out? What if he needs you?"
"He got along okay before I came here and he will get along just fine after I go." Haruka replied.
"You're going to leave?" Suzu asked with wide eyes.
"I'm not staying here forever, that's for sure." The black winged tengu said.
"But, Haruka-san," Suzu sighed. "You can't leave us. We are your friends."
"Who cares about Haruka leaving?" Yoko cried. "Kan-chan has done something bad or is in trouble! I can feel it!"
"Do you want us to look for him?" Haruka made a face. "I'm sure that he is just fine."
"No he isn't! Go look for him!" The brown haired fox sobbed. "Sugino-sama, you too!"
"Why do I want to go look for that idiot Ichinomiya?" Sugino made a face.
"Because!" Yoko said. "Kan-chan needs our help!"
"Fine, we'll go looking." Haruka stood and grabbed the front of Sugino's robe, making the man drop Muu-chan. "Come along, Sugino."
"Yeah," Sugino said with tears running down his face. "If I don't make it back, take care of Muu-chan!" He called as Haruka opened the door and took flight.
"Rosalie would like to keep Muu-chan." Suzu said thoughtfully as she gathered the green youkai into her arms. "We should go get her."
"Yeah. She's just like Kantaro. She can see youkai." Yoko nodded as she put on her shoes and went to the door. "Come on, Suzu. We need to find Kan-chan as fast as we can."
Suzu nodded and followed her out the door. They stopped at several places along the way to Rosalie's house, hoping to find the white haired folklorist but to no avail. Eventually they made it to Hasumi's house and convinced him that they where going to take Rosalie for a walk.
"Okay," Hasumi rubbed the back of his head. "Just be back before dark."
"Muu," Rosalie said as she took Muu-chan from Suzu.
"Have a good time, Rosalie." Hasumi grinned. "Wait a second. It is that foreigner again. Why is he always with you?"
"Um," Yoko glanced at Suzu, trying hard not to laugh. "He is visiting Kan-chan?"
"Really? That's nice." Hasumi raised his had in farewell as they quickly made their way down the street.
"Rosalie," Yoko turned to the girl as soon as they were out of Hasumi's sight. "We are looking for Kantaro. Can you see any youkai that he might have chased?"
The blond girl looked around then shook her head.
"Come on, we gotta find him," Yoko cried, grabbing both girl's hands and running down the street.
They searched for several hours, eventually meeting up with Haruka and Sugino who had also not had any luck finding the folklorist.
"It's almost like he doesn't want to be found!" Yoko cried, going over to the ancient well in the broken down courtyard they were in. "Kan-chan!"
"Yoko," a faint call came back from the well.
"Ah! The well is haunted! What kinds of youkai live in wells?" Yoko cried, running and ducking behind Haruka.
"Water types." Haruka said with a straight face. "And idiot folklorists." He muttered as he went over to the well and looked down into it. "You fell down a well."
"Haruka! Get me out of here!" Kantaro cried from the bottom.
"You fell down a well," the oni eating tengu shook his head. "Did you at least exorcise the youkai?"
"Well," Kantaro said as the search party gathered around the well. "Yes?" He said uncertainly as he held up something.
"Oh, how cute," Suzu grinned.
"You fell down a well because of a monkey?" The vein in Haruka's temple started to pulse.
"Not just any monkey, the monkey that has been missing from the play house that has the thousand yen reward on it." Kantaro raise his hand. "Get me out of here, Haruka."
"Get yourself out." He muttered walking away.
"Yoko?" Kantaro called.
"Kan-chan," she cried in disappointment as she, too, walked away.
"Sugino-sama, Suzu, Rosalie!?" Kantaro cried as they walked away. "Get me out of here! Well, if you are going to walk away, you could throw a rope down! Hey! Don't leave me here! Someone, help!"
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So here ends another Tactics drabblish thing. I would like to thank Fire Emblem MewMew for giving me the suggestion for this. Also, has anyone heard of the giant tornado in Iowa? It was only a town away from where I live. Scary.