Chapter 22: Climatic Showdown (Part 4)

Old Norrisville...More specifically Old Norrisville Outskirts

"Why do I have to deal with time traveling crap!?" Theresa exclaimed to herself as she slowly walked down the rugged path to twelfth-century Norrisville, she grumbled loudly to herself as she twirled her dainty parasol with her right hand, in there was a diamond in the rough, at least she could find the Legendary Four easier in a town that's filled with Oni attacks.

She sighed to herself as she did feel quite guilty about herself, mainly due to the fact that it was her idea to visit the cave, she sighed to herself, she hoped the four could forgive her of her mistake, she began to hum to herself as she wondered if her friends were not weapons, and instead actually living in their real forms.

"I hope the others are fine..." Theresa asked herself, as she frowned, she was having a good day until this time traveling stuff happened, she didn't have to deal with an Oni attack, her friends pretty much carried her through the entire school day and was treated better by the entire student body, maybe it was due to Mizuwani's presentable and understandable teaching skills, or Pichigaru's culinary skills, or Kazeryu's dodge-ball skills, or maybe it was due to Shirokuma's surprising skill in calligraphy, either way she was actually really happy until this happened.

Old Norrisville...

"Theresa!" A certain blue alligator called as he was walking through the old and Feudal Japan-centric Norrisville with his powerful trident resting on his shoulder and while various villagers stared at the lone Blue Alligator Oni in suspicion for the fear that Mizuwani would be like any other usual Oni. Something that annoyed the Blue Alligator for he's truly different from the bloodthirsty and common Oni, in fact, Mizuwani and the rest of the legendary four for that matter lack the usual features of an Oni, lacking patches of diseased and skinless flesh, something Mizuwani never really thought about until now.

"Why did we separate when we entered the portal?...We were together when we entered...The logic in portal jumping completely baffles me..." Mizuwani said to himself as he placed a gloved finger on his conical hat-shadowed chin, he grumbled loudly to himself as he noticed that most of the nearby citizens were staring at him.

'If we're really separated, guess Shirokuma is coming here to search for me and the others...' Mizuwani was silent for a moment before he quickly realized something really dire.

'Kazeryu must be alone...'Mizuwani blue tinted eye's quickly widened as he quickly sprinted to his destination.

"Don't worry Kazeryu...You won't be alone for long, for it seems like I'm the only one who knows where you usually go in a time like this. " Mizuwani said to himself assuming that Kazeryu was at a certain Former Onee-chan's house.

Elsewhere...In a remote village somewhat far away from Norrisville

"Its almost complete...Need more...So hungry..." Kurushimi said quietly as he ripped a piece of meat off of the corpse and quickly opened his brutal jaws, devouring the red and bloody morsel and finishing off with a loudly and satisfied sigh, the Hungering Oni laughed as he admitted that although human meat was naturally very little, it still tasted good if the only things that they ate are rice and chicken.

"So...Delicious..." The Hungering Oni said as he was sitting in abandoned remote village devouring human corpses, it was abandoned mainly due to the fact that Kurushimi killed all of the villagers with his toothed sword, something that only satisfied his hunger, not his desire for a challenge.

"Delicious...But too easy."The Hungering Oni concluded as he grunted loudly and stood up, he wanted something more, he wanted a fight, he wanted a legitimate challenge, he roared loudly as he looked around the barren village, seeing no one, not even another weakling human he could feed so he can at least fill his stomach with bone and meat.

"Nooo...Stick to the plan...Kurushimi." The Hungering Oni said, his hunger blinding his brutal ambition, he walked away from that remote village, wanting to awaken the ancient Oni that sleeps forever inside the mountains, he knows exactly where the ancient oni was, and the trinket that he needs to devour the great oni that lays dormant in this world.

"Just need...To Find...The Blade that...Was made with Oni hands..." Kurushimi said as he began to continue to follow on his plan of destruction.

Elsewhere...Near the main gates of Old Norrisville.

"HAHAHA!" A certain loud Red Peach Girl Oni said with a belligerent roar as she swung her sword in a quick and deadly motion killing an attacking Oni with a slash of a red blade, attacking Oni's at the front gate was a common thing in Norrisville ever the since the Oni came into being, and its Pichigaru's job along with some volunteer guards to defend any attacks on the front gate.

"Wasn't That Interesting Or What!?" She asked the frightened Oni's that just saw one of their fellow comrades be split into two by the blade of Pichigaru, she laughed as they remained silent, finding their fear laughable at best, boring and reinvigorating at worst.

Of course this Pichigaru is greatly different from her motherly and kind self of modern day, maybe it was the fact that she didn't need a possession target to be in her physical self, allowing the Red Peach Girl Oni to not worry about Theresa's well-being, something that she did need to worry about whenever she possesses the young violet-haired Oni Keeper, but now since she doesn't have anything to worry about, she can be as loud and as violent as she wants to be.

"Unfortunately For All Of You! My Family Isn't Here To Look Watch Me! I Don't Have Theresa As My Possession Target! So That Means Its End Time For All Of You!" The Red Peach Girl Oni said as she pointed a finger at the remaining attacking Oni, her loud and boastful voice irritating both her Oni enemies and her human allies.

"Hey! If You Can't Deal With My Voice Then Its All Your Fault That These Wastrels Killed Your Families!" Pichigaru Roared back to her human Norrisville Gate Guard allies, she was clearly agitated by the lack of gratefulness the Guards have, she snarled and roared loudly showcasing her surprisingly crooked but nevertheless sharp teeth, something that she still has but never showed to this day.

Hana's House...

"Well...At least she's gone and dead..." The Blue Alligator Oni said to himself as he examined the large but mostly broken house, moss and vines covered the broken and abandoned building, with a sense of worry he walked around the home, searching for a certain Purple Dragon Oni that acts like a child, despite his power and potential, the Blue Alligator Oni growled to himself as he wandered around the broken building, not finding a single sign of the purple dragon Oni.

"What in the world Are you doing here?" Mizuwani heard behind him, he quickly turned to see the hooded and cloaked Kurushimi who had his crude and heavily broad-sword drawn, Miuzwani instinctively withdrew his trident at the cloaked Oni, Mizuwani stood his ground as the loud and monstrous Kurushimi growled loudly.

"I was about to say the same thing..." Mizuwani said rather threateningly, with a laugh Kurushimi threw his cloak off of his body, revealing his Oni body, his skin was black and textureless similar to Mizuwani and Shirokuma's skin, his build was lean and fit, having the same athletic but not to bulky body of Mizuwani, on his shoulders were two upper jaws that still bear sharp teeth, making his brown jaw-bone appendages seem like shoulderpads, his chest armor looked like a piece of samurai armor, the only difference is that was made out of bone and flesh, in fact his whole body was covered in pieces of brown bone-like armor that seemed to be attached to the Oni's flesh, on his face was no eyes, on his face, was two crocodile-like mouths closed and pointing outward, forming a v-like visor that seemed to act as his speaking mouths and his eyes, what was the back of his was a white long ponytail.

"You're in my way Wani scum! Your death is here!" The hungering Oni said with a roar, opening both of his mouths to emit this brutal scream.

"I might as well test my strength by devouring you! Bones and all!" Kurushimi said with a growl.

"I know you...you're Kurushimi, your the Oni that we didn't kill! We just kept inside of your sword!" Mizuwani said to the Hungering Oni clearly taken aback by the Hungering Oni's ugly appearance, being uglier and more demonic looking than most Oni, looking like some abomination from legends and fairy tales rather than an Oni, he wasn't like this before, he was clearly different, Kurshimi's left mouth laughed before speaking.

"No, I'm must worse..." Kurushimi's left mouth closed, the right mouth opened up this time.

"I'm your worst Nightmare!" Kurushimi's right mouth said before charging with serrated sword in hand, Mizuwani quickly readied himself, Kurushimi roared loudly as he swung his sword, Mizuwani quickly parried the blade with his trident, the pure force caused Mizuwani to be pushed back, before Mizuwani could ready his form he was quickly slashed right in his chest, Mizuwani screamed in pain as the serrated sword pierced his armor exposing his flesh and ripping into the flesh all in one swing, Mizuwani lunged his trident forward only to be parried by the serrated blade of Kurushimi, Kurushimi quickly pushed the trident off and quickly knead the Blue Alligator Oni in the stomach leaving the Blue Alligator Oni winded, Kurushimi laughed before quickly punching Mizuwani right in the face, Mizuwani quickly responded by kicking away the Hungering Oni, Kurushimi was pushed back by a foot by Mizuwani's kick but he voluntarily moved back farther so that Mizuwani will be more tempted to use his final attack.

"Is that all you got?" Mizuwani said before spitting out some blood, he placed a hand on his chest while he pointed his trident with his other hand, Kurushimi laughed as he spun his sword playfully.

"I got plenty more, the true question is...Is this all you can muster?" Kurushimi said as he pointed his serrated sword at the Blue Alligator Oni, Mizuwani with a yell from himself charged at Kurushimi as his trident glowed an aura of blue, essentially preparing a powerful attack known as the Riptide Slice.

"Riptide Slice!" Mizuwani said while strangely Kurushimi's sword glowed an aura of brown and gold, a great difference from Mizuwani's aura of blue or any of the legendary four for that matter.

"Fire...Braver..." Kurusimi then gripped his sword like a poised warrior before striking down, emitting a blade-like gold and brown projectile that was as big as Mizuwani himself, Mizuwani threw his energy-hued trident as an attempt to the attack from striking him, the trident clashed with the projectile, and instead both projectiles passed through each other, the trident struck Kurushimi right in the chest but it barely pierced the bone armor, Kurushimi laughed as he pulled out the trident with little problem.

"What!?" Mizuwani said right before being struck by Kurushimi's attack, Mizuwani screamed in pain as he dropped to his knees before falling to the ground, both of Kurushimi's mouths laughed loudly as Mizuwani lied there, quickly forming a puddle of blood underneath him.

"Justice...Hunter..." Kurushimi's said, his right mouth speaking first rather than his left mouth speaking, suddenly Kurushimi's sword glowed an aura of brown and white, Kurushimi slowly walked up to the dying Mizuwani and with a snort he threw his trident away from the Blue Alligator Oni, basically giving Mizuwani a false sense of hope that he could possess his weapon once he dies, Kurushimi once again gripped his weapons with both of his hands and lunged the blade down, effectively putting an end to the Blue Alligator Oni known as Mizuwani.