Issun stared at the man in utter shock and anger. I became frightened and began to back away. The person who had tried to kill us was…

"Susano! What the heck are you doing, droppin boulders on us like that?" Yes. It was Susano, the legendary descendant of Nagi from Kamiki Village. He stood up and said absolutely nothing. "You gonna talk, Pops? Or do I have to make you?" Issun exclaimed as he pulled out his sword, Denkomaru. The glow around my Poncle companion went from green to red in less than a second. Issun trembled in anger. He jumped down and I shot him another glare. Issun did not respond to it this time. Finally, Susano spoke up.

"I am sorry, you two. I had no choice." Susano said with a voice that was not only sad, but also laced with fear. Another figure appeared behind him. Susano trembled. I growled and barked angrily at the figure that appeared behind our friend.

Issun's POV

I stared at Susano and the figure behind him with a look of complete disgust. Susano, our long-trusted friend, had tried to kill us! Now this monster is ruining the beautiful evening. I was so mad.

I sheathed my blade and turned back to Ammy. I finally calmed down when I told Susano to run. "We'll take care of this." I said. Susano gave an expression that meant 'Thank you' and he ran. The monster emerged from the shadows. I had never seen anything like it before! It was one heck of a monster. 6 feet tall, covered in scales and fur, and a look on its face that sent a chill up my spine. I hopped on Ammy's head. "You ready, furball?" I asked Ammy with a serious look on my face.

Ammy barked in agreement. The field of demonic aura surrounded us, just as it would if we had entered a demon scroll. Ammy rapidly attacked the monster with no luck. I lunged at the monster over 72 times my size and began attacking him with Denkomaru, my trusty sword. Ammy signaled me to come back. I do not usually get involved with battles. Nevertheless, this time, it was personal. Sure, Pops is lazy, arrogant, narrow-minded, moronic, and he takes credit for what Ammy and I do, but he is still our friend. The monster swiped at me with its paw and sent me flying back towards Ammy. Ammy caught me.

Ammy pulled out his last exorcism slip and used it on the monster. The strange part is, the monster died! After several physical attacks, the monster took no damage. Yet, one low-level exorcism slip could take him out Ammy was just as surprised as I was. Neither of us would have EVER seen THIS coming! Ammy and I kicked it into high gear and headed for Kamiki Village.

Kamiki Village

We saw Kushi sitting on her doorstep crying. "What's wrong, Kushi?" I asked. Kushi looked up and sniffed. "Oh hello, you two," Kushi said sadly. "It's Susano. Something terrible has happened!" My eyes went big. "What happened, babe?" I said as I hopped onto the ground next to her. "A terrible demon came to the village several days ago. It demanded to talk with Susano. Susano came out to face the monster and…" "What is it?" I asked once more. "The monster ate Susano and ran away!" Kushi broke down sobbing. I understood now. I told Kushi how we faced that demon in Shinshu Field, how the monster forced Susano to shove that boulder at us, and Ammy and I reassured her that he is alive.

"Kushi!" Susano yelled as he ran into the village. Kushi stood up with a look of relief and shock.