Chapter 3: Oni Dealing

Fowler Residence

After an eventful afternoon, Theresa was finally at her home, finally away from all that drama and tense spots, well, she wasn't really away from all the drama if she still carries Shirokuma's axe, she was in her room, the Golden Axe of Shirokuma leaning against her dresser as Theresa sat by her desk, most likely doing homework for she can least attempt doing something that didn't involve evil demons or anything out of the ordinary for that matter.

Of course to pass the time along with doing her homework, she would ask Shirokuma various amounts of questions.

"So what is an Oni exactly?" Theresa asked the Samurai Oni who was entrapped in the axe of gold, Shirokuma paused for a moment to answer.

'We are what happens when are Master uses his magic onto animals rather than people...' Shirokuma answered, albeit with some hesitation, Theresa quickly took notice to the Oni's pauses

'Once we take fatal damage, we become spirits, we possess objects such as weapons, cloths, generally anything that is near sentient life so we can possess them and retake physical form once more.'

'Just like what I did to you an hour ago, I possessed your body so I can kill that Wolf Oni.'

"Why did you kill him if you were an Oni too?" Theresa asked the Golden Samurai Oni that's trapped in his own axe.

'Why do humans kill each other?' Shirokuma retorted after scoffing loudly, proud of his response, although he didn't sound at all offended by Theresa's words

"Good point..." Theresa said, Shirokuma scoffed once more.

'Anyway, it seems you want a real answer however, despite the realization I gave, as One of the Four Legendary Oni, we were of course soldiers of our master, until we realize our master's plans were pointless, so we join the Ninja's side, once the Oni were eliminated, the Ninja preserve me and my fellow brothers in our weapons and stowed us away from Humanity as a reward for helping him...' Shirokuma paused, wanting Theresa to soak up all of the information he gave her.

"You were with the Ninja?" Theresa asked, hearing the enthusiasm in her voice, Shirokuma laughed audibly due to Theresa's newfound excitement .

'Yes, but hes probably not at all similar to the current Ninja, there's still a Ninja right?'

"Of course there still is! And He's so bruce!" She said, almost blushing as she's been using a lot of terminology Randy uses.

'Anyway, sense it seems like the Oni is back and living, seems like your going to be the Oni Keeper...'

"Wait, what!?" Theresa exclaimed, her enthusiasm noticeably disappearing in her tone of voice, Shirokuma noticeably scoffed in approval, pretty much saying that his words are true.

"Why me!?" She continued to exclaim, for she truly didn't asked to be part of this to begin with, all she did wanted was to go back to her normal mundane life.

'For one thing, when I possess you I resume the form I had previously which was a bear, it seems like other Oni can do the same of possessing you and retaining their previous forms but of course its not certain, by that logic, seems like your special...' Once Theresa heard Shirokuma's words, she gulped loudly once more.

'Theirs a reason why you kept my axe Theresa...' Shirokuma pointed out, Theresa eyes slightly widen and a blush appeared on her cheeks

'It seems like you want me to fight once more, any other person would just leave me in my axe and in that cavern to rot in tranquil isolation...' Shirokuma once again pointed, after some more prodding Theresa finally sighed.

'It seems like you want to Help today's Ninja...Why?' Theresa blinked at the Oni's question, after a awkward cough from Shirokuma he explained.

'Besides the usual reasons...' Once again after some prodding, Theresa answered the Oni's question.

"I just want to do something good when I know I Can do something good now..." Theresa said, her tone of voice being slightly pained due to Shirokuma's constant prodding.

'Hmph, Theirs no need to feel ashamed of your values, especially if its noble ones...' Shirokuma responded, this made Theresa to slightly lighten up due to how genuine Shirokuma's words sounded.

'It seems like we made a deal, I use your body to fight, and in return You get to know that people are being saved, is that a fair trade?' Shirokuma waited for Theresa's response.

"It if means saving other people, yes..." Theresa said in return, Theresa's words made Shirokuma smile, impressed with Theresa's honesty and integrity in her words.

The Next Morning...

Theresa was quietly walking to school, she had her backpack around her shoulder, her baton in one hand and strangely, a large guitar case in her other, unbeknownst to anyone around who or just anyone else besides her for that matter, what contained in the guitar case wasn't a musical instrument but instead Shirokuma's axe which pretty much allows the two to talk to each other and remain incognito at the same time.

'Why are you bringing me to your school?' Shirokuma asked, truly curious in Theresa insisting to bring him to a place that invokes education and academic enrichment rather than violence and battle.

"Well, our school gets attacked by monsters almost daily, and second, you never know when I might need you." Theresa said, her tone being a lot more enthusiastic than before for she knows that she can help out the Ninja with Shirokuma and his axe by her side.

"Sooo...You said that there's three more of Oni like you right?" Theresa asked the Golden Samurai Oni spirit to pass the time, for as Theresa said before, the way to her school is a little far compared to some other homes

'Yes, Their weapons are somewhere else around the outskirts of Norrisville, my brothers as I like to call them...'

"Are they...like you?" Theresa asked the Oni, Shirokuma paused for a moment before answering, something that Theresa took note of.

'Not at all, if I want to be honest, my brothers are VERY different from me, in fact, one of them only helped the Ninja for I was committed to his cause.' Shirokuma answered, this cause a small tinge of doubt to course through Theresa.

"So you want me to find the weapons?" Theresa asked, Shirokuma was quite surprised that Theresa would put upon herself to find the weapons and he didn't even ask her first.

'If you want, the Oni Keeper finding the weapons is natural and should not be force, my brothers will eventually find their way to you.'

"How do you think they can find their way to me if their weapons?" Theresa responded, somewhat sarcastically.

'We're Oni, if we can possess objects we can most likely move them.' Shirokuma responded, albeit with some hesitation for even he can't really think of a good answer, but he does know that finding the other weapons will come naturally.

"Anyway, we're almost at my School so be quiet okay?" Theresa said to the axe as she shook the guitar case.

'Don't worry, since I'm in purgatory, I'm in your thoughts more than anything else, as long as my axe and you are near each other, we'll still be linked together spiritedly.' Shirokuma responded, this gave Theresa some relief, at least she doesn't have to worry about Shirokuma suddenly speaking, especially with his gruff and deep voice.

"Well, that's a relief, instead of a talking axe, I'm hearing voices in my head, that's a lot better." Theresa retorted in a deadpan tone, something that made the Golden Samurai Oni to laugh heartily in response.

Later That Day...

Theresa was pulling out books out of her locker that was needed for the rest of her class periods, she placed several books back in, they were mainly books that were for classes that Theresa already did so she has no use for them until later when she probably has to study for something tomorrow, maybe a random pop quiz, or maybe a test, better safe than sorry right?

She was given a couple of looks throughout the day, this could be due to the guitar case she now carries especially if it was in the middle of the school year, not at the beginning so it was sudden at first and people, her friends more specifically began to question if Theresa plays the guitar, good at baton twirling and play the piano, making her quite the gifted Violet-haired girl, of course Theresa simply denied it and simply said that she just started and she wasn't the best at it, which gave her a good reason why she shouldn't open the guitar case to begin with.

She closed her locker and in her peripheral vision, she saw the boy of her dreams, Randy Cunningham, he was with his best friend Howard Weinerman brucing it up as they would call it, they were laughing at some jokes they probably made. Theresa sighed in a tone that heavily consists of affection, if she was a betting girl, the jokes would probably make her laugh too, if she heard the joke that is.

She wanted to walk to Randy and say hi to him, but she didn't want to risk looking like a blushing fool for she already does look like one just by looking at him. So she only decided to keep her distance, surely Randy will notice her and her affections then, right?

'Seems like he'd probably wouldn't, a lioness does not wait for her prey, she hunts for it instead.' Theresa heard, clearly it came from Shirokuma for it was the only gruff and deep voice in her head.

"What do you know about romance?" Theresa whispered to the Oni spirit, trying her hardest to both communicate with Shirokuma and to not look like a weirdo at the same time who talks to themselves for their not socially-well adapted enough to talk to someone else.

'I know that to obtain love is like getting something to eat, you must go and catch it.' Shirokuma said, his voice becoming noticeably more prouder as he believed that his words were a great source of wisdom.

"But this is Modern times Shiro, theirs more and better methods than your method." Theresa responded, Shirokuma scoffed in response, not really believing Theresa's words and not being convinced in new methods of affection catching.

'Just you wait Theresa Fowler, my words will seem like they were right all along...' The Oni said, his tone becoming more strong and serious than it was before, Theresa quickly took notice to Shirokuma's change of tone when she didn't want to listen to the Golden Samurai who's spirit remain in the axe of gold.

"Sure it will..." Theresa responded, before Shirokuma can reassure his words, suddenly an explosion was heard outside of the school, more specifically the front school grounds, it caused Theresa to jump noticeably.

'Were you actually serious with the monsters attacking the school daily!?' Shirokuma exclaimed, admitting that he didn't believe Theresa's words and only saw them as exaggerations.

"I was! There's almost an monster attack every day!" Theresa responded to the Oni, after several seconds of an awkward pause, it was the Oni to break down the silence.

'So, are we going outside and fight or what?'