Chapter 12: The Red Sword (Part 2)
Norrisville High...Or at least near Norrisville High
The Bison Oni snorted as he in the forest nearby Norrisville High, his powerful and strong strapped to his back, and the red sword in his right hand, the sword spoke to him just like the other weapons of the four legendary Oni's
"Are You Sure About This?" The Red Sword said, what surprised the Bison Oni is that the voice of the red sword was in fact, a woman, causing the Bison Oni to almost comically blush when the Red Sword spoke, her voice being sweet and light greatly contrasting to the Oni she was talking to.
"Milady, despite your kind voice, It is my duty to deliver you to Mcfist after I defeat the Ninja of course..." The Bison Oni responded, his voice being incredibly deep, greatly contrasting the Red Sword's feminine voice.
"Milady? You Seem Different Like The Others, Tell me, What's Your Name?" The Red Sword said, clearly appreciating the Bison Oni's honorific, the Bison Oni was silent for a moment, he was never given a name yet, he just turned into a Oni two days ago and he was more treated like a warrior rather than an actual individual with an identity besides saying Bison Oni.
"I don't have one yet..." The Bison Oni said rather bluntly, the Red Sword sighed in response, clearly in pity by the fact that she knows that this Oni was made to destroy rather to live an actual life.
"You Poor Thing, Why Do You Serve Someone Who Doesn't Care About You Enough To Give You A Name?" The Red Sword questioned the Bison Oni despite her words, her tone of voice was clearly sympathetic , he only huffed in response.
"I'll Give You A Name..." The Red Sword said as she pondered on what she should call the Bison Oni, after several minutes she came up with a wonderful name.
"How about Durahan?" She said, the Bison huffed confusingly.
"Milady... I will accept that name with open arms..." The Bison Oni said politely, the Red Sword laughed in response to the way the now named Durahan deadpanned his response.
"Thank You, Sir Durahan..." She answered, the Bison Oni didn't want to admit it but he was enjoying his time with the Red Sword.
"What is your name Milady?" He asked, the Red Sword fell silent for a moment.
"It's Pichigaru...I Know, Its A Weird Name, But It Reflects My Experiences In Life..." The Red Sword now known as Pichigaru said, the Bison Oni snorted and huffed before saying in a incredibly honest tone.
"Milady, your name is beautiful, just like your voice..." He said without a hint of flirtation and it was simply honest and from the heart, something that made the spirit inside of the Red Sword blush in response.
"Thank You..." Was all she said, Durahan smiled to her infatuated words
"Alright, I've heard that you fought with the Ninja Milady, Will you hold anything against me if I would go out of this forest to destroy the Ninja?" Durahan asked the Red Sword.
"It doesn't matter to me, I thank you for your etiquette and honorable ways Durahan..." The Red Sword said as the spirit inside of the Red Sword smiled sweetly, the Bison simply nodded in response. Durahan quietly stood up, he strapped the Red Sword to his back while unsheathing his massive battleaxe, he huffed and snorted loudly as he began his way to attack the High School near him.
Meanwhile in the actual school...
"What do you mean that he wants to kill Randy?" Theresa exclaimed to Mizuwani who pretty explained to her the whole situation in Purgatory (except the plan Kazeryu made that resulted in Theresa having no chances with Randy.)
'Guess he's so jealous and he reminds you of Hana so much that he was afraid that you were going to leave him to rot once you hook up with Randy...' Mizuwani concluded with a sigh, Theresa quickly took a lighting fast glance at Randy Cunningham, who was literally about seven feet away from her.
"Who's Hana?" Theresa asked the Blue Alligator Oni, Mizuwani was hesitant to answer, he sighed heavily before answering.
'I might as well tell you the whole story then.'
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young lady named Hana, she was very different from the usual lot in Norrisville, for one thing she believed that everything has its place no matter who they may be, may they be human, animal, plant or even Oni, she was beautiful, clever and kind, everything you want in a person, she was considered the local sweetheart of Norrisville back when the first Ninja was still fighting for the forces of good and just in the world.
In Norrisville there was an Purple Dragon Oni named Kazeryu, he was different from the four legendary Oni, for one thing, he was once a baby dragon before turning into an Oni, meaning that he was extremely powerful but he had the nature and mindset of a child, a child that's personality and morals are heavily by his environment, luckily he had his three other Oni friends to teach him right from wrong, but its somewhat hard to do when the people that you protect hated you relentlessly due to ignorant prejudice.
Kazeryu met Hana and almost immediately fell in love with her, it wasn't romantic, it was parental, Kazeryu saw her as a sister for she was one of the first humans that was genuinely nice to him, she never cared about if Kazeryu was an Oni, she saw him as a little brother who needed her guidance, she taught him how to speak English and Japanese, Japanese being her native language.
Hana taught the Purple Dragon Oni right from wrong, Kazeryu tried to practice these morals but the other's blind hatred of him pretty much prevented him from having a realistic mindset when it comes to good and wrong, Because of this, being with Hana was one of the few reasons why Kazeryu was still fighting alongside the Ninja and his brothers, believing that Hana was one of the few things that genuinely made him happy.
However this all changed after Hana met a young man, almost the exact same age as her, he was like her, handsome, smart but not at all kind, he was snobbish and prideful to anyone except Hana, something that Kazeryu experienced when the young man called him a waste of excrement, something that Kazeryu refuses to learn the definition to this day. Hana fell in love with the young man, and the more time she spent with the boy, the less time she spent with Kazeryu, leaving him alone with his drawings and how they became more violent and darker as time passed. He developed his own hatred, a hatred for anyone that wanted his Onee-chan, for only he deserved Onee-chan, unlike the snobbish boy.
The final thing that broke Kazeryu was when Hana was going to get married to the boy, Kazeryu was ignored and soon he was forced to leave by Hana herself for her fiancee didn't like him at all, Kazeryu begged for his Onee-chan to take care of him, he just wanted his Onee-chan, it was as simple as that. But Hana, as sweet and caring as she was, didn't listen to the Purple Dragon Oni, for she wanted no part with Kazeryu and instead only wanted her fiancee
Kazeryu blinded by despair, blinded by anger, blinded by sheer hatred that built up through all these years due to prejudice and rejection, he murdered Hana right there on the spot, he then went on a brutal rampage with intentions on murdering Hana's future husband, the seed of his massive brutal hatred and his problems, despite going through Norrisville and shooting at any person that remotely looked like Hana's fiancee, he couldn't find him. When Kazeryu was killed by the Ninja and preserved on top of the highest point of Norrisville, he was still broken and unhappy, his mind, his childlike mind being broken and beaten through out his life due to everyone rejecting him even his Onee-chan.
When he was finally given a possession target after many centuries, it was Theresa, she looked a lot like Hana, albeit younger, this caused Kazeryu to almost immediately fall in love with her a in big sister type of way, already calling her what he called Hana like before, Onee-chan.
'And that's the short story by the way, Kazeryu loves you Theresa, and hes pretty much willing to kill anyone that he believes will take you away from him...' Mizuwani finished with a sigh, Theresa was quite speechless.
"That's...Horrible..." Was all Theresa said to Mizuwani, he only sighed somberly in response.
'Now you understand, why we Oni naturally bear a hatred for Humans, at least we have a reason to hate you.' Mizuwani said with another somber sigh.
"You know what Debbie, your kind of right, maybe I shouldn't use Kazeryu, or at least use him a lot..." Theresa concluded to her best friend after Mizuwani told her of Kazeryu in strangely, story form, Debbie gave Theresa a smug look and said.
"Told you, I mean during that fight with the Shark monster, he went back into his crossbow and left me completely helpless!" Debbie said to add more fuel to the fire.
"He did!?" Theresa exclaimed in response, she shot a glance at the duffel bag containing the three weapons of the Four Legendary Oni's and more specifically she thought of the Purple Crossbow that contains the Purple Dragon Oni with extreme obsession issues that will most likely lead into another brutal rampage.
'Remember Ponytail. Kazeryu is basically a psychotic child who's only this way is because of the fact that he was heavily abused throughout his life, I suggest you choose your words wisely when you confront him of this.' Mizuwani added coolly as he scoffed, Theresa took those words to heart, she wasn't really much of a good talker when it comes to emotional things such as abuse or trying to talk to a person with a broken mind.
"Understood Mizuwani, guess I'll just talk to him while I'm in purgatory in the next fight..." Theresa said somewhat nervously out of Kazeryu's unknown reaction for when she has to confront Kazeryu and his problems that he experienced throughout his life.
'Good, at least your willing to talk some sense into the Dragon Boy, Shirokuma is trying his best to at least council with him, and surprisingly, he's doing quite well for now, but I don't know how long with that last.' Mizuwani said while he looked at the Golden Samurai Oni who was talking to Kazeryu in Purgatory.
Before Theresa could chat up with Debbie some more, they heard once again screaming of various students and monstrous roars, like clockwork, there was another attack on the school and it was the usual place, the front of the school, Debbie look at Theresa in response, Theresa sighed and simply asked Mizuwani.
"Mizuwani, you handle the Oni, I'll go talk to Kazeryu..." Theresa said to the Blue Alligator Oni, Mizuwani scoffed in response.
'Alright Ponytail, ready when you are...' Mizuwani said with a shrug in Purgatory as he looked at Shirokuma who was clearly struggling trying to make Kazeryu to think different of Theresa.
Meanwhile outside of the School...
The Bison Oni now named Durahan roared loudly as it swung his axe furiously yet with a strong tinge of control, being careful not to hit any students for his only target right now is the Ninja and maybe the rebel Oni but only if they appear, he only needed the students to fear and scream so he can garner the Ninja's attention so he can carry out his tasks, all in the while the Red Sword named Pichigaru compliment Durahan's axe work, being both strong and quick despite the Axe's massive blade and weight.
"Where is the Ninja!? All will tremble before my might if the Ninja does not show with his sword unsheathed!" Durahan yelled loudly as he started causing property damage breaking cars and other various things that lack a human being inside for the lack of desire for unnecessary bloodshed, something that Pichigaru also complimented, praising Durahan's ways and comparing to an old friend she once knew and fought with before her spirit was encased in the metal of the never-rusting katana.
"Smoke Bomb!" Durahan and Pichigaru heard and what appeared in puff of orange and red smoke in front of them was the current Ninja of Norrisville who already had his sword drawn and his wits as sharp as the blade he holds.
"Well, look at we got here, another Oni! This is just my lucky day!" The Ninja exclaimed to himself most likely as the students mainly ran inside the school where its safe and sound as they quickly noticed that Durahan was not willing to demolish any school buildings despite swinging a massive axe that probably has the power to slice the buildings in two if the Bison Oni wanted to.
"Finally, my calling is here! Your end is here..." The Bison Oni said he charged up to the Ninja with surprising speed, the Ninja was quick to react quickly hopping out of the way of the Bison Oni, Durahan quickly stopped in his tracks and turned to his foe as he heard the Ninja said.
"Ninja Hard Ball!" The Ninja said as he threw a small black at Durahan, the Bison only scoffed as he caught the ball with his free hand, the Ninja was quite surprised at this, Durahan crushed the Hard ball with his hand, almost as if the Hard Ball was as dense and as strong as a glass ornament.
"You need to try harder to faze someone like me!" The Bison Oni said with a roar and a laugh, clearly unimpressed with the Ninja's first base projectile he was willing to use.
"Alright then, how about some electro balls!?" The Ninja shouted as he threw three yellow-painted balls that seemed to be surging with electricity, this time Durahan didn't even bother to grab, he let the balls explode on him, it hurt but it didn't seem to truly damage the Bison Oni besides a couple of burns, the Bison Oni laughed as the Ninja who was clearly surprised with this result.
"Are you supposed to be shocked!? Your wearing armor for wonk's sake!" he said, clearly flabbergasted with Durahan sudden resistance to electrical properties despite wearing armor akin to a European knight, but the armor having sharp spikes sprouting at various edges and being hued in black.
"Child, you know electricity conducts around metal rather than through it? That's why I'm unharmed besides a couple of burns!" Durahan said with a laugh, before the Ninja could react to Durahan's words, the Bison Oni ran up to the Ninja and grabbed the agile and slim shinobi by the head, and with a single motion, he lifted the Ninja and slammed him on his back.
The Bison Oni roared at the Ninja's face and swung his axe down with surprising speed despite the size of the axe, the Ninja quickly rolled to narrowly avoid the massive blade. The Ninja quickly got up and with great reflexes blocked the axe swing with his sword.
"Hey!" A certain Blue Alligator Oni said, both Durahan and the Ninja heard the very smug voice and quickly turned their heads to see Mizuwani, with the axe of Shirokuma strapped to his back and the crossbow of Kazeryu strapped to Mizuwani's waist, Durahan looked at the Blue Alligator with acknowledgement, with a snort and a huff he grabbed the Ninja's head once more and threw him at the Blue Alligator Oni, instead of dodging projectiles, Mizuwani reluctantly caught the Ninja, with both of his hands, dropping his trident just in case, effectively acting as a cushion so that the Ninja would have a tender impact for the only other choices were school walls and metal.
"Why did you catch me!?" The Ninja exclaimed as Mizuwani could have sworn he could see a embarrassed blush on the Ninja's face as Mizuwani let go of the Ninja, Mizuwani only sighed loudly to the Ninja, asking himself why does he bother to catch the Ninja if he was just going to give him crap for anything he does.
"I wanted to apologize for my aggressive approach towards you..." Was all Mizuwani said as he quickly picked his trident and waited for the Bison Oni to make his move, that is until Mizuwani noticed the the handle of the Red Sword strapped to Durahan's back.
"But just stay back before you embarrass yourself even further..." Mizuwani said giving the Ninja a cocky but shadowed smile, the Ninja growled loudly in response.
"Alright Buffalo Bill, lets me just say this to start...I'm different from the Excuse of the Ninja." Mizuwani said to Durahan who only growl in response.
"Do not dishonor your friends Boy..." Durahan simply said as he pointed his massive axe at the Blue Alligator Oni.
Meanwhile in Purgatory...
Theresa looked at the picture that Kazeryu draw with great concern, he was sitting in a fetal position by himself with his drawings only keeping him company as Shirokuma and Theresa were beside each other.
"He's been that ever since after I talked to him." Shirokuma said as he folded his arms
"I told him that you weren't like Hana, and he didn't seemed to believe me." Shirokuma continued as Theresa looked at the isolated Kazeryu, Theresa without another word slowly and quietly walked up to the Purple Dragon Oni, careful with her steps while she thought of the
"Kazeryu?" Theresa only asked as the Purple Dragon Oni was facing away from Theresa, not bothering to even hear Theresa's words, Kazeryu didn't even bother to move an inch.
"Please...Respond, I know what you've been through and I'll never be like Hana..." Theresa said, after seconds for what seemed like hours of silence, Kazeryu finally spoke.
"Prove it." Theresa was taken aback by this question, how could she prove it especially in Purgatory right now? She thought for a moment on finding the best way to prove her words are true in the eyes of Kazeryu.
"You, and Shirokuma, and Mizuwani are the best things that happened to me..." Theresa said, there was a area of pure silence, Kazeryu was also taken aback, not really expecting Theresa to say something like that.
"Before I met you all three, I was just like every other High School Student in Norrisville, I would run away from danger, always be the damsel in distress or a bystander trying to walk on by, until I met the three of you, You guys brought me something I barely get, confidence, bravery..." Theresa said, this actually made Kazeryu to get out of his fetal position.
"We may get into fights, we may get into arguments, but we're...Friends, everyone has bad times just so we can appreciate the good times even more so..." Theresa continued, tears started to well up in her eyes.
"Why would I leave someone who gave me so much in return? A date with my crush, an ability to be a hero, why would I leave someone who can give me those two things?" Theresa said, Kazeryu did not respond, but he stood up finally, and turned to Theresa, his eyes still being orange and slightly bloodshot but he hadn't been crying at least.
"That's why I'm not like Hana and never will be..." Theresa finished quietly as she stared at the silent Purple Dragon Oni who only stared back in response, after several more moments of pure silence, Kazeryu quickly ran up to Theresa and hugged her, he spoke to, and only spoke these two words
"Thank you..." Kazeryu only said, Theresa hugged back in response, a small smile on her face, this feel good moment was quickly interrupted by the voice of the Blue Alligator Oni and his ever so smug tone of voice.
'Need a little help here guys...' Mizuwani said, despite his voice was smug at best, it was clear that he was being honest and probably does need help, the Purple Dragon Oni broke out of the hug but it was Shirokuma that spoke.
"Leave the Oni to me Fowler, you continue with your embracing of Kazeryu..." Shirokuma said, with a scoff as he disappeared in a puff of golden smoke and was quickly replaced with the Blue Alligator Oni Mizuwani who had a massive gash on his chest, Mizuwani tried his best to cover the large wound with his hand.
Back in the Real World...
A flash of golden light occurred after Mizuwani switched weapons to the Golden Axe of Shirokuma, after the flash of light dissipated, what appeared instead of Mizuwani was Shirokuma, the Golden Samurai Oni, Durahan was quite perplexed to say so himself, he never fought a fellow Oni who's weapon of choice was the same thing as his own. Shirokuma quickly noticed the unconscious Ninja right in front of him.
"My Strength will make you fall..." Shirokuma spoke ignoring the body as he pointed his black massive axe at the Bison Oni, Durahan remained unfazed, resting his massive axe on his armored shoulder.
"I make you rest forever to learn that!" Shirokuma said with a loud scoff, Durahan was once again unfazed by Shirokuma's boastful words
Shirokuma charged with axe in hand, he quickly did a horizontal swing only to be quickly parried by Durahan's axe, the Bison Oni snorted and huffed as he punched Shirokuma right in the face with his free hand causing Shirokuma to quickly stagger and took a step back, Durahan swung his own axe and in the nick of time the Golden Samurai Oni dodged the blade, Durahan once again swung his axe to Shirokuma with an over head swing, Shirokuma blocked the blade with his axe.
"Your strength impresses me, but it lacks form!" Shirokuma said to Durahan, the Bison Oni only huffed as a response, all of the sudden, Shirokuma's axe glowed an aura of black energy, Shirokuma with a loud growl pushed the axe away and quickly swung the axe down to the Bison Oni.
"Climax...Ch-" Shirokuma was about to finish this fight, that is until Durahan completely blocked the climax chop with his own axe, the axe of Durahan blocking thje axe of Shirokuma.
"What?" Was all Shirokuma said, Durahan snorted loudly as he smiled cockily, before Shirokuma could react he was then slashed right in the chest by Durahan's axe, causing a massive gash on his chest as the axe shredded his chest plate, Shirokuma growled loudly in response, the pain starting to quickly sapping Shirokuma's focus and strength.
"Your form impresses me! But you lack strength!" Durahan said with a snort and a huff as he quickly grabbed Shirokuma's golden shoulderpad and with little to no effort whatsoever, he quickly ripped the shoulderpad off of Shirokuma's shoulder, Durahan roared and laughed as he threw the shoulderpad on the ground and then swung his axe once more, hacking Shirokuma's shoulder, creating a large and deep flesh wound on Shirokuma's now-unarmored shoulder, effectively making that arm useless, to bad it was his axe arm.
Shirokuma covered his new wound with his free hand, he took a couple of steps back, not really having any real idea to fight Durahan, Shirokuma coughed violently, doubt started to course through the Golden Samurai Oni, until he saw a red and black tinted handle of a sword behind Durahan's back.
"Could it be?" Shirokuma quietly asked himself and inadvertently asked the three inside purgatory.
'Maybe...' Mizuwani said, his own wound greatly taking the smug and arrogance out of his voice.
"Only one thing to do..." Shirokuma said to himself ever more quietly than before, Shirokuma knew this could be the only option, either that, send the broken Kazeryu upfront in a very physical fight, something Kazeryu simply does not need, he does not need any more pain that he already has endured.
"Come on! Is that the best you got! Your Strength does not make me fall and I'll make you rest forever about that!" Shirokuma taunted and repeated as he waited for the Bison Oni to make his move, the Bison Oni quickly roared right before charging to the Golden Samurai, his axe over his head preparing to cut the golden samurai in half.
Shirokuma quickly sidestepped away from the cleaving blade and with non-wounded arm he quickly grabbed the handle of the Red Sword and as a quick as lighting he pulled out the sword out of straps that made the sword be sheathed and strapped on Durahan's armored back.
There was only silence...Shirokuma waited for a moment, the Bison Oni turned around and looked at Shirokuma who was now holding the Red Sword and him waiting to be replaced with the Red Oni, the Bison Oni laughed at Shirokuma futile efforts in summoning Pichigaru.
"Milady would like a stronger Oni to be with her right now, that's why she isn't responding..." Durahan said with another fit of wicked laughter.
Meanwhile in Purgatory...
Streams of fiery red energy began to form a body that was just as tall as Theresa, what formed first was her petite body, her physique being more akin to a school girl rather than most Oni that Theresa has encountered beforehand, after a fiery flash of red light occurred, what appeared in front of Theresa's, Kazeryu's and an injured Mizuwani's is Pichigaru, the last of the Four Legendary Oni being the Red Oni in particular.
She wore a red mask that had horns sprouting at the front of the mask but lacking any eye-sockets of any kind, the mask covered her eyes and forehead but it didn't cover anything else, showing off her paper white skin, her mouth and her nose which were both small and cute, she lacked a helmet, allowing Theresa and the two Oni with her to see her white long hair that the reached near the end of her waist.
She wore a red and black sailor fuku which was basically what stereotypical Japanese school girls used to wear, except it had pieces of red armor with black outlines almost sewed in, the pieces of red armor being made of what it looked to be leather, giving the cloth sailor fuku some better protection against anything sharp, having small and practical shoulderpads which greatly contrast Mizuwani's shoulder jaws and Kazeryu's diamond-shaped shoulder pads and having her skirt have straps of red and black leather sewed in, her presumably white-skinned hands were covered by large red gauntlets that had bracers that went all the way to her elbow.
All of this was a rather strange sight for Theresa, she was showing her face and unlike the other Oni, they were mainly grotesque and monstrous at best but her face was rather pretty, even though Theresa could not see her eyes, and her armor wasn't giving any signs of what she formerly was, Shirokuma has his white fur and bear paw belt buckle, Mizuwani has his scaly tail and his shoulderpad that shaped like jaws and Kazeryu has his helmet but what does this Oni have? A peach?
A Peach-shaped belt buckle and that's pretty much it, this strangely irked Theresa as this Oni was different from the other three, and not just gender either. The Red Oni simply just stood there, she looked at herself first and after some silence of supposedly staring at her gloves based on the fact that she was wearing a mask that covered her eyes, she finally spoke when she redirected her focused on the injured Mizuwani.
"Mizuwani?" She said, almost as if she was blind and could only hear Mizuwani's quiet moans of pain, she slowly walked up to the Blue Alligator Oni, she sees Mizuwani's wound a look of horror on her face.
"How Bad Is It?" She said as Mizuwani groaned loudly as he allowed the Red Oni to touch his wound.
"The Bison guy got a hit on me...Its not as bad as it looks..." He said, trying to give a smile to Pichigaru, but its very clear that hes in great pain, Pichigaru looked at Mizuwani in pity, Suddenly Pichigaru's gauntlets began to glow with a fiery glow and smoke started to emit from the gauntlets, Mizuwani gulped loudly in response, before he could protest, Pichigaru placed her hands on Mizuwani's wound, he screamed in pain as a response, the heated gloves causing him great pain but at least the wound was being cauterize and having no risks of infections whatsoever. After Pichigaru was done cauterizing Mizuwani's wound, he made a weak, pained, broken but thankful.
"You could at least warn me, Peach..." The Blue Alligator said using the name affectionately rather than mockingly, Pichigaru smiled and simply said.
"Warning You Won't Lessen The Pain Slater Gator..." Pichigaru said, Mizuwani slightly smiled back despite the pain he was in.
"Please don't call me that..." Mizuwani said, clearly not liking the Nickname Pichigaru gave him.
"And please take Shirokuma's place, hes also hurt too..." Mizuwani said, Pichigaru quickly nodded in response as he disappeared in a puff of red smoke, once Pichigaru left Purgatory, Theresa spoke to Mizuwani.
"What kind of animal she is?" Mizuwani placed a finger on his chin before answering thoughtfully.
"She loved to fight and some Oni believe that dying in battle and having your spirit in your weapon so you can possess more animals and humans would make you even stronger than before, because of this, Pichigaru was once a Dog, she died, then she possessed a monkey, she died again so then she possessed a pheasant and she died again, this time finally possessing a young girl and staying with that..." Mizuwani paused.
"Her whole possession history is very much based on the legend of Momotaros, literally meaning peach boy in Japanese, Momotaros befriended a Dog, a Monkey and a Pheasant to fight the Oni of Japan, except this time, instead of a boy it was a girl so she called herself Pichigaru, literally meaning Peach Girl."
Back to Norrisville High...
Streams of red fiery energy began to course out the red katana, the streams of red began to cover Shirokuma's injured body, right after he dodged Durahan's attacks and managed to grab his ripped shoulderpad, after several seconds of Shirokuma being basked in fiery aura of red which strangely smelled of peaches, something that Shirokuma is quite familiar with, a flash of fiery red light occurred, the Bison Oni winced his eyes in response, once the light dissipated, what replaced the injured Golden Samurai was Pichigaru.
"Milady? Do not tell me your with that uncouth Samurai and that ever so prideful Alligator..." Durahan said resting his axe on his armored shoulder.
"I Thank You For Treating Me With Respect Durahan, But Sometimes, Blood...Trumps Water." The Red Peach Girl Oni said as she pointed her katana at the Bison Oni, Durahan growled in response as he stop making his axe rest on his shoulder.
"Well then, please forgive me Milady for my plans must go unheeded!" Durahan shouted as he pointed his axe at the Red Peach Girl Oni.
"Fine...Come Get Me..." Pichigaru taunted as Durahan ran up to her and did a massive vertical swing, Pichigaru smiled as with little effort sidestepped out of the way of the axe causing the axe to hit the earth, Pichigaru slashed Durahan on the hand with her sword, causing the Bison Oni to growl in pain as then Pichigaru sliced Durahan in the pit of his knee.
"Why do you fight like this Milady!?" Durahan roared as he pulled out his axe and swung the blade only for Pichigaru to quickly dodged the massive blade and she quickly retorted with a sword slash at Durahan's other knee causing him to yell in pain as Pichigaru basically incapacitated the Bison Knight despite his size and how well-armored he was, Pichigaru was silent for a while before answering, she gave the Bison Oni a soft smile.
"Because You Hurt My Family..." Pichigaru said, her voice being full of hate and venom despite the smile that was on her face.
"Full...Charge..." Pichigaru said as her sword glowed an aura of black, the black handle heavily complementing the now black blade, Durahan looked at the now black blade in fear before he plead for mercy, Pichigaru pointed her sword at the Bison Knight Oni, a split second later, a buffet of hyper red flames emitted out of the sword and onto the Bison Oni, Durahan was quickly engulfed in flames, causing him to scream in pain, after a couple seconds of this Hellfire, Pichigaru slashed Durhan multiple times her attacks completely slicing the Bison Oni like a hot knife through butter, after several agonizing seconds of pain Durahan exploded in a explosion of red smoke and hyper red fire.
"Part One!" Pichigaru finished proudly as she pointed up to the sky with her left hand and rested her sword on her right shoulder, her right hand gripping the handle of the sword she bears.
'Thank you Pichigaru for tagging in...' Shirokuma chimed in with a pained groan, Pichigaru's unseen eyes quickly widen as she disappeared in a puff of red smoke, almost forgetting that Shirokuma needs medical attention as well, what replaced Pichigaru in her place was the official Oni Keeper, Theresa Fowler, with the weapons out in plain sight.
"Forgetting something?" Theresa heard behind her, she turned around to see Debbie smugly holding the duffel bag, now having the pleasure to having to contain the sword of Pichigaru along with the Axe of Shirokuma, the Crossbow of Kazeryu and the Trident of Mizuwani.