Chapter 8: The Blue Trident (Part 2)
Norrisville: Lake LaRusso
Theresa with her two weapons of the Four Legendary Oni's sat underneath the shade of a nearby tree next to the Lake as Theresa's best friend, Debbie Kang was inspecting the water of Lake LaRusso, using various small vials to contain some of Lake LaRusso's black and somewhat greenish water, Theresa sighed loudly as the two Oni's weapons leaning beside her sighed loudly as well, Theresa in particular is not happy herself, for she really just wanted to spend time with her best friend and not spend time with her best friend and her job together.
"Found anything Debbie?" Theresa asked her friend just to remind Debbie that she brought her best friend to Lake LaRusso as well.
"Not yet, but I just need to analyze it to find out if this water is polluted or not..." Debbie said as she filled up two other vials of Lake LaRusso water, Theresa sighed loudly once again in response.
"You know if the Lake is green and black and have no plants or fish in it, I think its already polluted..." Theresa said, her voice having no sense of sarcasm in her voice, Debbie turned to Theresa and gave her a glare.
"You can't just look at the big picture, you need to look at the details as well..." Debbie retorted as she went back to containing more vials of water, after her first batch is done, she went to the west side of the lake to collect more water from that point just in case the point Debbie was previously at was the only part of the lake that was polluted.
"I thought the phrase was to not look at the details and look at the big picture instead..." Theresa responded, Shirokuma was the one that responded to Theresa's words.
'I believe that its the former Fowler...' Shirokuma said, this earned a glare from the Oni keeper herself as she 'accidently' nudged the Golden Axe causing it to stop leaning to the tree and instead plop right down to the grassy ground, causing Shirokuma to yelp loudly from the sudden drop.
'Unlike Kuma-sama, I think your phrase is the correct one Onee-chan!' Kazeryu said with a childish giggle, possibly from Shirokuma's yelp of surprise that was by Theresa.
"Are you done yet Debbie?" Theresa said to Debbie who was at the north side of Lake LaRusso, which is fairly far based on Theresa's current position, about like forty feet so Theresa had to yell to make sure her best friend heard her words.
"Not yet, I just have to do the east side and I'll be done!" Debbie yelled back as she bottled her third batch of most likely polluted water.
While Debbie finished her third batch of Lake LaRusso water, she noticed something in the water, about three feet of water, was a pair of green, big, beady eyes, it blinked twice, Debbie instinctively took a few steps back, quickly she looked to Theresa who was minding her own business as her two Oni friends were doing the same.
"Theresa!" Debbie yelled her voice having a distinct tone of fear, this got Theresa's attention as Theresa grabbed her two weapons and quickly ran to where to Debbie was, the water of Lake LaRusso became darker and darker in hue as the beast of the lake began to rise from its watery bed, and what arose from the water was the corrupted Shark-Dermanator, its skin was black and its patches of dry skin cracked with green crevices as it oozed green blood, it claws were massive, long and more resemble blades rather then actual graspers, its mouth was like a massive chasm of rotten-yellow and razor-sharp teeth, and to top it all off, it was about fifteen feet tall and wielded a massive club of algae and moss covered stone, towering over the somewhat short Debbie Kang, Debbie looked in horror as she screamed for help.
"Shiro! you got this right!?" Theresa asked the Golden Samurai Oni as Theresa was running, having Kazeryu's crossbow in her other hand just in case.
'Always Fowler!' Shirokuma responded, while Theresa was running golden streams of energy began to course out of the axe and it quickly covered Theresa's entire body, after several seconds of her body being completely basked in a golden aura of pure energy and her stopping right between Debbie and the Shark-Dermanator, a flash of light occurred, after the flash of light of dissipated, what appeared instead of Theresa was the Golden Samurai Oni, Shirokuma. After the transformation sequence was over Shirokuma dropped Kazeryu's crossbow right next to him for Theresa held Kazeryu's crossbow before the transformation and the fact that Kazeryu might interfere with a random possession.
"My strength will save you from falling..." Shirokuma said to Debbie despite not turning to see her, the Shark Oni raised its massive club and swung it down, with great strength, Shirokuma parried the club with his axe, the axe taking little to no damage whatsoever beside a small chip from its sharpened end.
"I'll make this scum rest forever about that!" Shirokuma finished as the Shark-Dermanator Oni roared and lifted the club with great strength in order to strike again. Quickly Shirokuma rushed to one of the Shark's foot and with an over-head swing he slashed the Oni's foot, the Shark-Dermanator roared loudly in response as it tried to kick the Oni away, but Shirokuma quickly sidestepped out of the way, the Shark-Dermanator Oni roared as it quickly swung its club wildly, Shirokuma parried blow after blow, his axe barely being affected by the Shark's massive but moss-covered stone club.
"My strength will make you fall..." Shirokuma said, as the Shark-Dermanator Oni raised its club over its head, Shirokuma scoff to the Oni preparing its powerful attack, quickly Shirokuma threw his axe at the Shark-Dermanator Oni's chest, the axe piercing the Oni's tough hide and going deep into its flesh as it dropped its club in response from this new sudden pain.
"Rest forever about that!" Shirokuma finished as the Shark-Dermanator Oni got on his knees, it roared violently to Shirokuma who only scoffed in response, the Shark-Dermanator Oni roared loudly as it pulled out Shirokuma's axe and threw it on the grassy ground causing the wound to start bleeding more profusely due to the flow not being stopped by Shirokuma's axe.
"Seems like your struggles will be in vain won't it Shark fin!?" Shirokuma said as he folded his arms and scoffed loudly, the Shark-Dermanator Oni roared loudly as it grabbed its club once more, chips and pieces falling off of the club, the Shark-Dermanator Oni roared as it charged at the unarmed Oni, Shirokuma jumped out of the Shark-Dermanator Oni's way as Shirokuma quickly ran to his axe which was behind the Shark Oni but the Shark Oni expected Shirokuma to do this, Shirokuma tried to grab back his axe only to be hit by the tail of the Shark Oni, the blow sending Shirokuma in the center of Lake LaRusso, Shirokuma quickly stank to the bottom.
'Oh crap...' Shirokuma said, worry started to course through Theresa.
'What is it?' Theresa asked the Golden Samurai Oni who was still sinking to the bottom of the lake.
'I can't swim...'Shirokuma admitted as he sank deeper and deeper and then finally, the bottom of the lake.
'WHAT!? Weren't you modeled after a bear? Can't bear's swim?' Theresa exclaimed as her voice became more frantic and a lot more worried then before hand.
'Not with this armor on...' Shirokuma said his voice having worry but it was still strong and stern.
All hope is lost until Shirokuma noticed a bright blue light shining brightly about eight feet left of his current position, the sky-blue hue greatly contrasting the green and black waters, what was wedged between two large rocks was a the handle of a trident, the two large rocks blocking the Trident's head from being view, the handle was long and was naturally light blue in color and had a counterweight on the opposite end from the trident head, looking a like a small ball of iron that seems like it the ball could be good for smashing bones rather than cutting flesh like a trident usually does.
'Could it be?' Shirokuma said, his voice having some hope rather than despair or worry, Shirokuma tried his best to move to the trident.
'Here's goes nothing...' Shirokuma said as he was within arms reach of the trident.
Meanwhile...
Debbie looked at the Shark-Dermanator Oni in horror as the beast slowly walked closer to her, it roared violently as it slammed its club on the ground near her, pretty much displaying Debbie's ultimate fate if she doesn't do anything including running, that is until she heard a childish and very upbeat voice.
'Debbie-san! this is Kazeryu-kun speaking! if you don't want to get hurt by Shark-baka! grab my gun!' Kazeryu said with a giggle as Debbie looked around frantically to find Kazeryu's crossbow, not even questioning why does she have the Purple Dragon Oni's voice in her head.
Debbie quickly found the purple crossbow, it was like five feet to her right, quickly she grabbed the crossbow, Kazeryu laughed in response.
'Bang! Bang! Alright! You know how to use a crossbow right?' Kazeryu asked.
"Wait a second, your not going to become yourself!?" Debbie Kang exclaimed as she grabbed Kazeryu's crossbow, Kazeryu laughed and simply answered.
'There might be a chance that you will get not enjoy being in purgatory since this is your first time doing this Debbie-san!' Kazeryu said with a laugh.
'Although we could try and risk it all...' Kazeryu said after finishing his loud laugh.
"Lets try and risk it!" Debbie said, her voice being frantic at best.
'Okay Debbie-san! Hope you like your own purgatory! Unlike Onee-chan! She has me and Shirokuma in her own Purgatory' Kazeryu said as streams of purple energy began to cover Debbie's entire body as the streams of purple began to course out of the crossbow, after several seconds of Debbie's entire body being covered in a bask of electric and purple energy, a flash of electrical light occurred, after the light dissipated, what appeared appeared instead of Debbie Kang is Kazeryu, Purple Dragon Oni of the legendary four Oni's
"Hello Shark-baka! Mind if I defeat you!?" Kazeryu politely asked with a bow to the Shark-Dermanator Oni, the Oni roared loudly in response as it smash its club right in front of the Purple Dragon Oni.
'Can't hear your answer!' Kazeryu said as he aimed his crossbow at the Shark Oni.
Meanwhile in a certain place called Purgatory...
Streams of cerulean colored water began to come into Purgatory and right in front of Theresa, the streams of watery energy began to form a body, the physical form being taller than Kazeryu but shorter than Shirokuma, after several seconds of the watery bask of energy forming the Oni's body, a watery flash of light occurred.
What appeared in front of Theresa was the third Oni of the legendary four Oni's, instead of a helmet he wore a big Japanese-centric conical hat, the hat completely shadowing the Oni's facial features besides his blue alligator-like eyes, he wore a blue Japanese-hakama, sort of like what samurais would wear when they weren't wearing their armor, except this Oni's attire was a mixture between an hakama and armor, having shoulder pads that were akin to jaws of an alligator, being two large shoulder pads that looked like two closed jaws of an alligator, both pads being blue and white respectively. That seemed to be the only form of armor besides a chest plate.
The Oni does have a tail however giving Theresa more signs of the first animal the Oni was, the tail being long and having a similar texture and scale pattern to that of an alligator, except blue which seems out of place due to the Oni's natural dark skin, almost as if the Oni sliced off a blue alligators tail and tied it to its waist, his feet were armored in white and blue sabatons that seemed to protect the Oni's whole entire foot and up to the knee.
The Oni blinked for a moment after many years of quiet tranquility in a pool of water, he adjusted his vision and saw the violet-haired baton-twirler herself, after several seconds of staring silence, Theresa broke the ice that truly needed to be break.
"Who are you?" She said, the blue gator Oni waited for a moment to answer.
"My name? Mizuwani, I'm assuming your here in Purgatory for a good reason, but that's highly unlikely if you didn't bother to test the waters before jumping in..." The Blue Alligator Oni now known as Mizuwani said, his voice being stern like Shirokuma, but instead of a strong tone, his voice is noticeably very relax and somewhat smug in tone.
"Well yeah, your friend Shirokuma is having trouble swimming, can you help him out?" Theresa asked Mizuwani, the Blue Alligator Oni glared at the violet-haired girl.
"Shirokuma? You mean that the bear that sleeps deeper than the rest of us together and the heaviest of us is sinking in a pool of water?" Mizuwani said, the hat's shadow covering his smug smile.
"Shirokuma...Do you need to tag in?" Mizuwani asked as he was finished making a remark, partially trusting Theresa's words, their was no response except a loud muffled grunt, Mizuwani sighed and quickly turned to Theresa and spoke right before disappearing in a puff of blue smoke.
"Nice to meet you too...Ponytail..." right after he disappearing, Shirokuma appeared in Purgatory in a puff of yellow smoke, his entire body was wet and was dripping with the same water in Lake LaRusso, causing Theresa to look at the Golden Samurai in disgust.
"Don't give me that look...Its not like I have...all the time...in the world...to learn to swim..." Shirokuma said between heavy breathes as he was finally given some oxygen and air from being submerged in the lake.
"Is he really like that?" Theresa asked Shirokuma, he responded with a nod before coughing out some water.
"He is deceitful, he enjoys speaking his mind, yet...He trusts us completely so we trusts us completely in return..." Shirokuma continued as he coughed once more.
Norrisville: Lake LaRusso.
"Bang bang! Hehe! this is to much fun!" Kazeryu said as he blasted the Shark-Dermanator Oni with bolts of electrical purple energy, all in the while Debbie Kang barked orders in Debbie's own purgatory, Kazeryu causally dodged various club swings as Kazeryu always countered with a crossbow blast which didn't do a lot compared to Shirokuma's axe attacks, his crossbow bolts barely piercing the tough hide of the Shark-Dermanator.
"Shark-baka to much of a baka to even touch me hehe!" Kazeryu said with a loud laugh as his crossbow glowed an aura of dark energy, quickly he spun around and shot the Shark-Dermanator Oni as his crossbow unleashed a massive powerful crossbow bolt that was hued in a large aura of dark and black energy while Kazeryu shouted.
"Storm Bolt!" Kazeryu said with a childish laugh, but his laughed quickly stopped when the Shark-Demanator simply dodged the storm bolt by ducking due to the fact that Kazeryu aimed at the Shark-Demanator Oni's head and due to Kazeryu's height he had to aim the crossbow upwards which the Shark noticed and easily dodged the bolt.
Kazeryu realized what happened and gulped loudly, the Shark-Demanator growled loudly as it looked at Kazeryu like a parent that caught his child stealing cookies out of the cookie jar, after an awkward laugh Kazeryu gave the Shark-Dermanator a peace sign and said.
"Mind if you forgive me? Shark-Sempai?" the Shark-Dermanator's response to Kazeryu's question and his willingness to call the shark a superior? slapping the Purple Dragon Oni into a nearby tree causing the Purple Dragon Oni to see metaphorical stars right before saying in a weakened and almost comically drowsy tone.
"I couldn't...Hear your...Answer..." He said drowsily as he disappeared in a puff of smoke replacing himself with Debbie as he went back inside the purple crossbow.
"Why did you do that!" Debbie said angrily as she shook the crossbow frantically causing the Purple Dragon Oni to feel a little bit more dizzy and drowsy than beforehand.
'It hurts Debbie-san, I don't want to!' Kazeryu said, his tone of voice being that of a spoiled little brat despite the fact that he has good reasons why he shouldn't go back and fight the Shark-Demanator Oni once more.
'Besides Debbie-san, Kuma-sama can fight the Shark-ranchi instead of me, he'll understand why I don't want to do this!' Kazeryu continued after a loud scoff.
The Shark-Demenator loud howled as it defeated its foe and now was facing Debbie Kang, he raised his fist, Debbie gulped loudly and realized her ultimate fate.
That is until the Shark-Demenator felt a small rock hitting its backside, quickly the Oni turned to see Mizuwani, the Legendary Blue Oni with his trident held in one hand, the Shark was intrigued by his new opponent.
"Your fight isn't with pretty over there or Kazeryu-kun, its me..." Mizuwani said as he pointed at the Shark with his free hand, the Shark-Demenator roared violently as it charged to the Blue Oni, Mizuwani only scoffed loudly as he waited for the Oni to make a mistake, the Shark-Demenator Oni raised his massive club over his head once more to crush the Blue Oni with its massive cudgel.
Underneath Mizuwani's face-shadowing hat was a smug grin on Mizuwani's face, Mizuwani then threw his trident to the same spot where Shirokuma's axe once struck and was stuck in before. The Shark-Demenator roared and screeched as the trident was completely stuck inside of the Shark-Demenator's chest, he dropped his club once more as it got down to its knees, Mizuwani's right foot began to glow with an aura of blue energy, watery streams began to pulse out of the aura of cerulean water.
The Shark-Demenator roared violently as the pain made the Shark-Demenator try to attempt to rip out the trident, but the trident didn't budge at all, Mizuwani laughed and said in a quiet yet smug tone as he walked right up to the Shark-Demenator Oni so he can perform an attack he haven't did since he fought with the first Ninja.
"Riptide...Slice!" Mizuwani said as he jumped up and kicked the trident deeper into the Shark's wound, the streams of blue water-like energy connecting to the trident, causing the trident to be completely covered in the same type of energy, after landing on the ground, he only smugly smiled as he said.
"Goodbye..." The Shark-Demenator exploded in an explosion of blue and white, after the explosion dissipated, all that was left of the Oni was the trident that pretty much caused the Shark-Demenator's demise, after a smug scoff Mizuwani quickly grabbed his trident and then picked up Shirokuma's grounded axe.
"Thanks for giving me some action Ponytail..." Mizuwani said as he disappeared in a puff of blue smoke, replacing himself with Theresa who was now holding the Axe of Shirokuma and now the Trident of Mizuwani and like with Kazeryu before, there was banter to be had, speaking of Kazeryu, his crossbow was still being held by Debbie who after the explosion quickly ran up to Theresa.
"I can see why you think this is more of a curse rather than a gift..." Debbie said as she handed Theresa Kazeryu's crossbow, something that was fairly difficult for she now have to carry three weapons now, so it was a handful to say the least when they started there usual banter.
'Seriously Shiro, you picked Ponytail here to be your permanent possession target? I'm assuming she isn't...' Mizuwani coolly said in Purgatory, earning a glare from Kazeryu.
'Shut up Wani-baka! Onee-chan is awesome!' Kazeryu said angrily as he defended Theresa from Mizuwani's snobbish attitude.
'Yes, I should completely listen to the baby dragon and his opinions for he is just as smart as me...' Mizuwani said smugly, Kazeryu growled loudly in response to Mizuwani's arrogance.
'Talk about me being a baka...Consider yourself first then talk to me...Crybaby...' Mizuwani said right before making a smug scoff.
'Don't talk down to your only friends Mizu...' Shirokuma said, this got Mizuwani to shut up, something that their violet-haired Oni Keeper quickly noticed.
'Your lucky we find you or you'll be still in that chasm of sewer water for even longer...' Shirokuma continued before scoffing loudly in response.
'Yeah take that Wani-san and your baka-ness that can't handle the truth!' Kazeryu said with a childish but happy giggle.
'Alright then fine...What is your name Ponytail? Or do you just want me to call you Ponytail?' Mizuwani asked, his voice being slightly less smug than it was before.
Theresa stood in silence during that surge of banter that only seemed to end with her being questioned, she wondered, how could this possibly get worse? Oh wait, she knows, she needs to get the last weapon too, and its certain that it probably contains an loud and talkative Oni who won't give Theresa some peace and quiet.
"Theresa...Theresa Fowler..." Was all she said, knowing now she has three voices to deal with now.
"Alright, Ponytail it is!" Mizuwani said with a loud and arrogant laugh, earning another growl from Kazeryu.
'Shut up Wani-baka! Pony-chan is not Onee-chan!' Kazeryu responded, Theresa sighed loudly...This is not going to get any better and better from now on...