Chapter 15: The Other Oni Keepers...

Fowler Residence...About Six Pm...

After that dense conversation with Randy 'The Ninja' Cunningham, the Red Peach Oni Pichigaru contemplated Randy's words, they did agreed that Randy will surprise Theresa with a special date tomorrow, if he was being true with his words of course, Pichigaru was happy that her words were so soothing and flattering enough to convince the stubborn Norrisville Ninja to beg forgiveness to the Oni Keeper, or whatever Shirokuma called Theresa, either way, it was a good ending compared to the terrible beginning which was basically Shirokuma having the desire to crush Randy's hand like an egg in hand.

Pichigaru was commended by her family, praising that she choose the morally right path despite Randy's mule-like stubbornness, Pichigaru then quickly walked back to Theresa's house and quickly and discreetly went into Theresa's bed, placing the four weapons to where they were before their fight and words with Randy Cunningham, and quickly went back into her Red Sword effectively making it seem like nothing happened and Theresa was back to where she was beforehand, sleeping and most likely dreaming.

Pichigaru sighed loudly in an elated way as she was now back in Purgatory with her family, she hugged her family, happy with herself that she was able to end things peacefully rather than have unnecessary violence and bloodshed that seems to be quite common during her times of living out in the world rather than trapped in this dark abyss with only her family keeping her family, not that she's complaining or anything, she loves her family and she was willing to go to the end with them and for them.

Shirokuma was also commended by Mizuwani and Pichigaru herself, maybe it was his very direct approach, or maybe it was he, the action is better than words Oni that figured out the Ninja's identity, something that he smugly thought it was rather easy when you really ponder about it. After several hours of banter, Theresa woke up from her deep slumber, she stretched herself, something that wasn't new for her body has been usually in a state of soreness and pain lately, this could be due to over working her body or maybe it was Shirokuma partially possessing or any of the Four Oni's partially possessing her.

Either way Theresa was sore, she sighed at this pain, this pain was nothing to whine about but it was still there, nevertheless Theresa got off of her bed, she quickly noticed that the four weapons of the Four Legendary Oni's were misplaced, she usually places them in order for the earliest she met them to the latest, but strangely, Pichigaru's sword was the closest to her, this made her to quirk an curious eyebrow but she didn't want to overthink anything, she literally found a new Oni Weapon today and she's still recovering from being broken by Randy's rejection.

She checked the time, it was about six, her mother should be home by now, she shuddered to herself, the window was strangely open for some reason, she didn't open it, she didn't want an unnecessary windy draft in her room while she's sleeping especially when the window was so wide open that an intruder could get in and steal everything in her room, luckily, her friends would protect her in anyway they could.

"Was everything alright while I was getting my sleep?" Theresa nonchalantly asked the four probably watchful Oni's who were probably awake during her time of resting.

'It was...Interesting...'

'Interesting if you mean figuring out the Ninja's identity and then realizing they both talk the same way!'

'Realizing that Baka is still Baka but only with a mask!'

'And Fixing A Date For Your Randall Which Is Quite Interesting When You Think About It...'

"What!?" Theresa summed up her reactions to all of their words, figuring out the Ninja's identity!?, Getting another date with Randy Cunningham!? Realizing that a Baka is still a Baka with only a mask on!?

'We calculated...' Mizuwani snuffled a loud cackle before continuing, clearly finding his own words to be comedic at best.

'That your crush is the Ninja, theirs a reason why Randy knew that you were the self-proclaimed Oni Keeper despite the only person that day when we were fighting together was the Ninja himself...' Mizuwani said, right before bursting out in laughter.

'We should have put two to two together Ponytail! Can't believe ANYONE in this town haven't figured this out yet!' Mizuwani said during his fits of laughter, clearly figuring out the Ninja's identity so slowly took a personal toll on his self-pride.

"Randy is the Ninja!?" Theresa exclaimed, not believing the Blue Alligator word's, maybe due to the fact that he was laughing loudly and madly in most cases

'I know right!? I can't even believe it myself! But sure enough...Randy Cunnngham is the Ninja! How Inconvenient when it comes to your love life! ' Mizuwani said loudly, he received a couple of confused looks from his peers in Purgatory, It was rather clear that Mizuwani isn't really taking the Ninja's identity lightly.

'Like what Pichigaru said earlier, theirs got to be...Standards...To be the Ninja...Sorry for badmouthing your crush blush but still...' Mizuwani continued, Theresa looked at Mizuwani and his weapons in slight pity.

'Well I for one didn't see that coming! I mean Randy-Senpai being the Ninja-baka!? Despite speaking the same way!?' Kazeryu said with a very heavily mocking tone, but then again, he was telling the truth, Kazeryu did not see any connections between Randy and the Ninja if the Purple Dragon Oni was being honest.

"So what your all saying is...Randy is the Ninja and I'm back to dating him..." Theresa thought for a moment, suddenly a big smile appeared on her face, she was getting another date! She was getting another chance with him! And apparently, its all thanks to her Oni friends she was able to get another chance with her crush, something that she is quite grateful for...

'If You Put It That Way, Then Yes, Next Date Is Tomorrow After School Meet With Him At The Front Of Said School, Your Choice Afterwards!' Pichigaru said with a giggle.

"Thanks...Everyone..." Theresa said to the Four Legendary Oni's with a thankful smile.

'No need to thank us Theresa, we three figured the Ninja's façade, Pichigaru was the one that managed to make another courtship with you and Randy...' Shirokuma responded with his usual gruff and strong tone.

"But that's still important, I mean, that means I know Randy's secret identity! He can't blackmail me then because I can just do the same to him!" Theresa exclaimed, the idea of blackmailing caught Mizuwani's attention.

'Ponytail, I'm not sure about creating this relationship if its based on blackmailing with secret identities, not that I'm an expert at romance but still.' Mizuwani said with a shrug that Theresa could not see.

"Well, we could actually work together now as a group or a duo instead of constantly complaining and criticizing each other." Theresa responded.

"We could make a compromise is what I'm saying Mizuwani." Theresa continued, Mizuwani sighed in response.

'Alright I'll believe that...Lets just hope this won't end like last time...' Mizuwani said hopefully, something that caught Theresa's ears.

Elsewhere...

In the middle of the biggest part of Norrisville, more specifically near the entrance of the main building of Mcfist industries, was a hooded figure, the cloak being rugged brown as it covered every feature on his body, he was about seven feet tall and on his back was a sword in a bronze sheath, covering the blade in a sleek and clean sheathe, several bystanders stared at the hooded figure as he walked away from the building, some of the more nearer bystanders could smell the cloaked figure, his scent of rotten meat and swamp water seemed to greatly made the passing bystanders to already detest the hooded man.

He snorted in response, not truly caring about other people's opinions of him, he only cares about whatever or whoever he feasts upon, his hunger is greater than any other may it be human or Oni, but he desires something more than simple humans, they have all crunch but no meat, except the fat ones of course, they have meat from head to toe, something that the hooded figure seemed to entice when he wanted something as unfilling as a human

But he desires a challenge when he wants to devour, and with the Oni back and breathing, the Hooded figure could fulfill both of his desires, the desire to devour and the desire to fight for a worthy meal.

His name is Kurushimi and he was different from the many Oni's that was created by the sorcerer, Kurushimi did not want to fight for the sorcerer and toil in his dirty work but unlike the Four Legendary Oni, his reasons for not fighting with the sorcerer are not noble or heroic at all, not in the slightest in some cases, he didn't follow the sorcerer for he believed that he won't get the lion's share of a meal, the meals being humans and other things that have no meat but riddled with bone like rats or rotten fish.

Unlike many other Oni excluding the Legendary Four, Kurushimi was not culled forever by the Ninja and the Legendary Four when he was created several centuries ago, this could be due to being viewed as an animal and is only fulfilling his animal instincts of hunger, because of this he was killed and simply preserved in his sword, because of this he recently found multiple hosts to partially possess starting at the mid-ninety's so he can continue on his self-made quest to live like he always did.

Kurushimi growled loudly as he began to walk out of the city part of Norrisville altogether, plotting for something that will lead to a worthy banquet dedicated to his savage hunger so that he can fulfill his desire to sate his pain-wrenching stomach, and no one, not even the Ninja could stop him from sating his hunger.

Elsewhere once more...In someone's house in Norrisville Suburbia...

Her hair was blonde, she had a twin who's the only difference between the two was that one that one had her medium length blonde hair in pig tails rather than simply letting it run free, she was considered the lesser of the two twins, her sister being the better clarinet player and the one that has a higher grade point average than her, despite her parents treating her as an equal, she just knows for a fact that if her parents would have to pick on who's theirs favorite, they would pick her sister hands down.

Her name was Cassie, its supposed to be endearing or something for her parents were very much obsessed with star constellations and astronomy in general, so they named her after the Cassiopeia constellation, Cassie's parents named her twin sister Lyra, based on the Lyra constellation of course.

It was Cassie and Lyra's birthday today, their was a party of course, both were given presents and gifts from family members and close friends, but the gift that stood out to Cassie and Lyra was a necklace, it was a simple cut emerald that was as big as her pinkie, it was connected to a thin silver chain and once she got this wonderful gift from her mother specifically, she told her that the necklace was special for it seemed to protect her from danger for the spirit of Deneb was inside, Deneb being the brightest and therefore the most important star in the Cygnus constellation.

Her sister Lyra was given a similar gift from her father instead, being a simple cut ruby instead of an emerald, it was connected to a thin copper chain rather than silver, Lyra was told by her father that the necklace protected him from danger for the spirit of Vega was inside the red gem, Vega being a important star in the Lyra Constellation, which was fairly ironic.

Of course while Lyra believed her father, Cassie simply didn't want to believe her mother, sure Norrisville is home to monsters and killer robots, but that doesn't mean everything was mystical or magical, for all Cassie would know, these necklaces were simply just family heirlooms that was only given to Cassie and her sister for their parents wanted them to pass down the necklaces to the next of kin.

Nevertheless, Cassie was very thankful of the necklaces and was quite sure she was going wear it all the time regardless of the intentions of her parents, she was even going to wear it with her band uniform despite the fact that it is highly advised to only wear your band uniform and nothing else that separates you from another Marching Band Member.

Author's Note:

Anyway, thank you all for reading my Fanfic, this whole Fanfic was one of my crazy ideas after watching Power Rangers (The Current Super Sentai Series), Kamen Rider (Kamen Rider Faiz to be more specific.), and Randy Cunningham.

The Blonde Twin characters are actually characters from the show, they're part of the Marching Band and they play the Clarinets, they make an appearance on the second episode of the entire series, I like their designs, so I decided to give them actual names and be actual characters besides being at the background.

And lastly to fit Kurushimi's hunger and desire to devour, his name in English is literally Suffering...Which can be created through hunger...

I want all of you to go to my profile and vote on a poll I made, I will very much appreciate it if you do. :)