Chapter 11: Broken Hearts
Theresa was speechless, it was her crush to figure her out her technical secret identity, her crush, who was obsessed with the Ninja, he figured who was the person that threatened to kill the Ninja, she tried to speak, but her throat was now as dry as the Sahara, Randy looked at her in great suspicion and surprisingly in assertiveness, Theresa tried to speak once more but it was Randy that spoke.
"Show me whats inside of the guitar case." Randy said, his voice being threatening in tone, Theresa gulped loudly and simply abide to Randy words, not wanting to anger him any further, she held her guitar case and quickly opened it up, revealing three of four weapons of the Four Legendary Oni's to Randy.
"I'm sorry..." Was all Theresa said as she sighed loudly, Randy stared at the tree weapons for several seconds, but for Theresa he seemed like hours. Randy quickly grabbed the smallest of the three weapons, which it was Kazeryu's crossbow, in purgatory Kazeryu screamed as his crossbow was being held by someone he barely even knows about or barely even likes for that matter.
"How long have you been having these?" Randy asked, still having the tone of assertiveness, Theresa gulped loudly to Randy's rather mean tone and simply said.
"A Week..." Randy nodded in response, still having the bad mood evidenced on his face.
"So, do you like change forms or something?" Randy asked, his tone not changing whatsoever.
"Its hard to explain but I can try, basically each of those weapons contain a specific of an Oni, if I hold one of the weapons in my hand, they appear in physical form and place myself in a place called purgatory, I don't control them, they control themselves, they have their own likes and dislikes, so the Blue Guy you were talking about, his name is Mizuwani and he doesn't like the Ninja, which is why he wanted to attack the Ninja..." Theresa said as Randy shook Kazeryu's crossbow, something that made Theresa and the other two Oni's to irk noticeably.
Randy looked at her like she was crazy or something as he placed the Crossbow back into the guitar case, Randy scoffed noticeably and said.
"So your just there to help out huh, your not doing any of the actual fighting and instead your just there to give these guys an body to lash on to." Randy said, Shirokuma growled at Randy's demeanor and rude tone, Theresa frowned at Randy's conclusion and sighed.
"Pretty much..." Randy looked at Theresa in pity and began to walk away from her, not even turning back to Theresa, leaving her alone with the Three Oni's in her guitar case, Theresa sighed loudly, tears began to well up in her eyes as she headed home, her heart in shambles.
Norrisville: Fowler Residence.
Theresa was on her bed, she was in a fetal position, underneath her blanket covers and crying, her stains staining her mattress cover as she continued her sobbing, the Three Oni's weapons rested beside her, the weapons leaning to her bed as her heart was shattered from rather harsh rejection Theresa was given. The Three Oni's were silent, not wanting to make things worse with sudden voices in her head.
Theresa continued to sob as she kicked her feet at her bed, she wanted to run away, she wanted to get out of this town for it only brought her nothing but trouble, she moved to Norrisville to be happy and what did she get?
Constant bullying from upperclassmen, constant monster attacks, constant transformations of being turned into a monster, rejection from her boyfriend and the reason why that even happen to begin with is because of the fact that she agreed to be the catalyst for four Demons that pretty much always state their opinion when an opinion is needed, she cried louder this time, realizing that if she just kept on walking last Tuesday and ignore the dying whimpers she would have only dealt with only the bullying the constant monster attacks and the constant monster transformation, if it weren't for the three Oni's she would still have at least a chance with Randy Cunningham, but now, not so much.
'Theresa?' Mizuwani asked, his voice was quiet and lacked any of his general smugness and arrogance and this time, he actually used Theresa's real name not that nickname that he uses as an attempt to anger her, so because of this, Theresa gave her attention to the Blue Alligator Oni.
"What!?" She said her voice in great despair, the Blue Alligator Oni sighed out of guilt.
'I'm sorry...' Was all he said, his voice being extremely more humble than it was before, something that did elate Theresa slightly for Mizuwani realized he messed up and he knows that this is his fault to begin with. Theresa wiped a couple of tears off of her face and sniffled loudly.
"Do you think that's going to fix everything?" Theresa said with an shout as she began to well up more tears in her eyes
'I know it doesn't, I should have known the boy you love is obsessed with the Ninja...' Mizuwani said, his voice being even more guiltier than before.
'I know I cannot make up for my mistakes unless you have something I can do to cheer you up...' Mizuwani said, Theresa wiped some more tears off of her face, Theresa was about to tell the Blue Alligator Oni to find another person to possess for she knows that will surely cheer her up, keeping Mizuwani got her nothing but trouble, nothing but a stomachache from eating raw fish and having no chances of getting the boy of her dreams.
She sighed loudly after she sniffled once more, wiping some more tears off his despairing face.
'Onee-chan...I'm sorry too, if it weren't for me not listening you would still have a chance with Randy-Sempai...' Kazeryu said, sniffling as well, guess Theresa couldn't hear Kazeryu crying due to the sheer volume of her own sobbing.
'I would like to apologize too Theresa, I should have just partial possessed Kazeryu while he was partially possessing you, I was supposed to be there so I can stop thinks like that, and I've failed...' Shirokuma said with a guilty sigh, Theresa was finally getting a hold of herself, she soaked all three apologies, with another sniffle she sighed, after several seconds of brooding silence, the Oni Keeper spoke.
"And I'm sorry...For bringing all three of you along to the date to begin with, I used you guys just so I can get a good date with Randy after seeing how Kazeryu had almost attracted Randy to me, you three aren't here for helping out dates, you are here to protect people, people who are just like me if I didn't have you guys to use me to enter the real world." Theresa said to herself, almost like she was talking down on herself, and she was pretty much was talking down to herself.
'Don't say that Theresa, Your not like the others who scream when danger is nearby, remember at the cave, the day we first met? You didn't accept your fate with fear and despair, you instead stood up to yourself against the Wolf Oni, you believed you have a fighting chance, you knew that for a fact, you didn't want to die like a coward, that's what makes you different...Oni Keeper Theresa Fowler...' Shirokuma said rather kindly, somewhat surprising Theresa with his sudden tone change from gruff to kind, nevertheless, she smiled from those words
"You really think so?" Theresa asked, most likely to all three of the Oni's wanting their answer and opinions to be heard.
'Always...' was the word that came out of the Golden Samurai's mouth.
'Of Course Onee-chan.' The Purple Dragon Oni said with a mature
'No grains of salt over this shoulder.' he said with a honest and humble tone.
Theresa smiled despite her teary eyes, she was a bit speechless, despite how much of a critic Shirokuma can be, despite how much of a child Kazeryu can be and despite how much of a jerkass Mizuwani can be, they were her al-, no, they were her friends, despite their lack of insight when it comes to their words, they truly do care about her, and she was very happy about that.
She sighed, this time it was out of an elated mood rather than sorrowful anxiety, she removed the blankets she was wrapped in, she got out of her fetal position, she stretched her body for it was somewhat tight from her long time in a fetal position, she finally got out of her bed, she picked the three weapons, the trident and the axe in one hand and the crossbow in the other.
"Thanks guys..." Theresa said with a smile, and in sudden movement, she hugged the weapons tightly, the wings of the purple crossbow prodded her, but she didn't care at all, she was just hoping that the Three Oni's could sense her hug.
'No, thank you for forgiving us Theresa...' Shirokuma said with a slightly elated scoff, happy that at least the Oni Keeper is feeling better about herself.
'No matter what Theresa, always know that although we may not get along all the time, but when we do get along, we can accomplish anything, from slaying giant shark demons to formal Boar's...' Mizuwani honestly said, this brought a blush to Theresa's cheeks from Mizuwani truthful and kind words
'Thank you Onee-chan, for being my Onee-chan, You make me very happy, and its sad for me to see you like you were before...' Kazeryu chimed in, his voice being less upbeat than usual and surprisingly more serious and mature than usual, surprising everyone that could hear him with his sudden tone change.
"Well, that was emotional, wasn't it guys?" Theresa asked the three Oni's they seem to agree in response.
'Very much a series of unfortunate events...' Mizuwani added with a polite chuckle, Theresa chuckled as well, feeling a lot better than before, although she was still banged up with Randy, she knows exactly how to win back his heart.
"So, what should we do for the rest of the day?" Theresa asked the three Oni's, their responses weren't as lively or as riddled with choices as she thought their responses would be.