Chapter 2
"Darn that old man. Who does he think he is ordering me around like that?" Complained the young girl that is nearing their own mansion.
"I'm your father for crying out loud!" the old man said as he catches up with her
"Oh, so you're here" she said in a boring tone
"Don't 'oh, so you're here' me young lady. Why did you runoff like that?"
"Why wouldn't I? You're forcing me and I don't even know the guy! I don't trust strangers dad! You're the one who taught me never to trust strangers!"she replied angrily
"Well I know his father so he's not a total stranger." he said defending himself and Rikuo
"I don't even know what he looks like!" and then her father suddenly shows her a picture of Rikuo he got from Nurarihyon.
"He's just a normal human dad." She said. Her throat was getting dry from all the shouting so she tried to stop shouting, for now.
"He's not. He has the blood of Nurarihyon flowing in his veins. Or so I heard." The last part became a whisper but the girl still heard it.
"See! You're not even sure if he really does have the blood of Nurarihyon. Heck he doesn't even look that close to him!" she screamed with a vein popping out of her head. 'I'm gonna lose myself any moment now!' she screamed mentally.
"What's going on? Why are you shouting dear?" asked a beautiful woman that seems to be in her 30s. 'Thank you dear! You saved me from being killed!' the guy thought as he was looking dreamily at the woman.
"It's nothing mom. Sorry for disturbing you." The girl said in an apologetic tone
"Well alright then. Come on in, dinner's ready" she said as she motioned them to get inside
"hai!" the girl and her dad said in unison
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back at the nura mansion…
Rikuo keeps on gobbling down the food in front of him, "seconds please!" The yokais thought 'he must be really hungry' and sweat dropped as Wakana gave him a lot of rice, again.
"Well, I guess it's not his fault since Itaku made him train all day without any breaks" said the concerned Tsurara. All the other yokais just nodded in agreement.
"But I wonder who the two yokais were. I felt a pretty strong osore from one of them" said Kurotabou who just came in the room.
"really?"asked Natto-Kozo
"Yeah. Didn't you notice it? While they were arguing, one of them was leaking their osore." said Kubinashi.
The room suddenly became silent as everyone tried to remember the events that happened earlier. Rikuo, who was listening to what Kurotabou and Kubinashi said, was the one to break the silence.
"There were visitors?" he asked
"Yes waka." They all said in unison. "hhmm. Well anyway, thanks for the food!" he suddenly shouted. When they looked at Rikuo, they just realized that he already ate half of their dinner.
While everyone was making a ruckus, Nurarihyon seemed to be in deep thought as he looks at the sky.
"Sodaishou, shouldn't we tell Rikuo already?" Gyuuki asked the dazed sodaisho
"Oi oyaji!" greeted Rihan
When Nurarihyon saw him, he immediately punched Rihan in the head "You idiot! Why did you decide that deal all by yourself! And where have you been? Because you were gone I had to deal with them myself!" he asked angrily
"Them?" Asked the confused Rihan while rubbing the spot he was hit
"The yokais you had made a pact with!" Nurarihyon shouted
"Oh, them. Wait. They came?" panic was noticeable in his tone and face. "Oh no, what are we gonna do? How are we gonna tell Rikuo?"
"We? I'm very sorry Rihan-sama, but.." Gyuuki paused. "You're gonna tell him yourself" Gyuuki and Nurarihyon said in unison. Rihan just gaped at them.
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the next morning…
The birds were chirping and the sun was shining. Rihan was in the garden standing near the weeping sakura tree. 'Looks like it will be a beautiful and peaceful day today' he thought while smiling.
"AAHHH!I'M GONNA BE LATE!" a voice shouted clearly belonging to Rikuo's. ''Or...maybe not'' Rihan said as he saw Rikuo running in the halls with a bread in his mouth with Tsurara and Aotabou following closely behind him.
"Ittekimasu!" the three shouted and was answered by Wakana saying "itterashai!"
"Ne! Rihan-sama! When are you gonna tell him?" asked Gyuuki.
Rihan sighed and closed his eyes. After a minute, he opened his right eye that was full of determination, with a hint of nervousness, and said, "tonight. I'm gonna tell him tonight."
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At school…
Rikuo let out a sigh of relieve as he sat down on his chair just as the bells were already ringing. "Thank goodness we were able to come before the gates closed" he whispered. Then he suddenly remembered the conversation that he heard from everyone 'I wonder, are they part of the Nura Gumi? No, if they were Kurotabou and the others must have known who the owner of the osore they felt was.' During lunch break, Rikuo asked Tsurara if she saw their faces.
"Their faces? I'm sorry waka. They were wearing cloaks so I wasn't able see their faces at all." Tsurara said apologetically.
"I see. How about you Aotabou?" he asked the other person next to him
"I'm sorry waka but I, too, wasn't able to see their faces. By the way waka, why are you asking?" Aotabou asked
"hm? It's nothing. I was thinking that maybe I would know them" Rikuo replied
Ding Dong Ding
The last bell of the day finally rang, but the Kiyojuji Paranormal Patrol is still in the classroom discussing about Yokais. No one was really listening to Kiyotsugu as he keeps on rambling about a yokai that can control plants. As much as Rikuo wants to listen so as not to offend his friend he couldn't stop thinking who the two yokais were.
"Ne, Rikuo-kun" at the sudden sound of his name, he couldn't help to be surprised. "Are you okay Rikuo-kun? You've been spacing out all day." Asked Kana
"huh? Ah, yeah, I'm alright. Sorry for worrying you, Kana-chan" he replied with a reassuring smile.
"oh, I see." She said happily knowing that he's alright
On the way home from school…
"I'm so tired" Rikuo and Tsurara sighed at the same time. Aotabou isn't with them since he went home first saying "I have to go home waka. I'm very sorry!"repeatedly.
"Tadaima!" Rikuo said as they reached the mansion. They were greeted by everyone with "Welcome home waka and Yuki-onna."
"Welcome home. huh? What's wrong Rikuo? you look really tired" Asked Wakana
"It's nothing mom, we're fine." Rikuo replied
"I see. Well your father and grandfather wants to see you just tell them what happened." Wakana told them.
"Alright thanks mom"
After Rikuo changed his clothes, he went straight to the room where his grandpa and father were waiting.
"Ah Ri-ri-rikuo, s-so you're h-home?" asked the nervous Rihan.
"Yes" Said the confused Rikuo.
"What happened? You got back pretty late today?" Nurarihyon asked
"well…" he started as he sat down
Flashback
The Kiyojuji club is now walking towards the school gate while Maki and Torii keeps telling each other stories as they ignore Kiyotsugu, when they suddenly heard a scream from behind the school. Yura immediately ran towards the voice followed by Rikuo and Tsurara. When Kana and the others just realized what was going on they ran after them, especially Kiyotsugu who thought it was gonna be a yokai. When they reached the back of the school they found an unconscious girl.
"She must have passed out" Yura said as she looks for a pulse. Rikuo was looking around for anything suspicious when he suddenly felt that they were being watched. He couldn't pinpoint where and it seems that Yura and Tsurara also noticed it. As they were walking while carrying the girl, they didn't notice that it was more than one yokai that were watching them.
They had to bring the girl to the nearest clinic they could find. Rikuo and Tsurara decided to watch over her until she wakes up so that they could question her what happened. They all agreed to it, except Kana and Shima since they're thinking something might happen if they're left alone but finally gave in. It didn't take long before the girl woke up, but when they asked her what happened all she said was that she couldn't remember much, all she remember is that a vine suddenly crept on her ankle and pulled her, she tried to cut it but it was too hard to be cut and after that, all she saw was darkness. They walked her home and had to walk back home which was soooo far from the girls house.
End of Flashback
"I see. She didn't tell you anything else?" Rihan's face suddenly became serious after Rikuo finished talking.
"No. Why do you have someone in mind dad?" he asked, but he suddenly remembered Kiyotsugu discussing about a certain yokai that can control plants. 'Could it be that yokai?' Rikuo thought to himself.
"Well, I know a yokai who might be the one who caused the incident but I'm not too sure" Rihan said in reply to Rikuo's question
"But first, th-there's something I need to tell you and if they're connected with each other, it might lead to that yokai" Rihan said in a perfectly normal tone but in truth his having a headache thinking of ways on how to tell Rikuo about the pact.
"What's it about dad?"
"Well, it's about a certain yokai…" he started.
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A/N: ok so I'll stop there, but wow that's a long chapter! I'm sorry if I'm not able to put in any RikuTsu moments, I just can't think of the perfect scene. I'll try to put in more RikuTsu moments in future chapters. In the next chapter the topic would be about the 'pact' that Rihan made with a certain yokai. Hope you liked the chapter! RnR please!
Dictionary:
Hai-yes
Osore-Fear
Ittekimasu-We're going
Itterashai-Have a nice day
Tadaima-We're home/back