Master and Yokai
Feel soo terrible... Sorry for the extreme delay. I'm probably gonna be slower on updates now that the busier part of the year is coming up...
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FeuWitch: I believe some chapters back I talk about Rihan. So if you hunt it down, maybe it'll help you understand. That or just take it that he's alive here.
Yu-na milan- Well it's still heading about the same direction, just taking some twists and turns :) I take Rihan to be a more silly than serious character so gotta have him commenting. Poor Tsurara, jealousy isn't good but she can't help it. And Rikuo... He's a lost cause when it comes to emotions like that.
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Chapter 13 Art and Story
Rikuo held his crippled blade towards Kyousai, his newer sword down by side. He glared intensely at the demon painter and said not a word. "Are you trying to draw fear from me with that pathetic blade?" the enemy hissed.
"This very blade may be more than enough to take you down," the young master simply replied without his grip or sight wavering. Kurotabo took some steps forward to stand partially behind Rikuo, to support his master in the battle that will continue. Tsurara would have much liked to join the two but instead went to protect Torii and Maki, knowing that Rikuo would have wanted that.
"Ha! Don't get so cocky! You shouldn't underestimate your opponent!" Kyousai readied his paint and invisible palate with the two retaliating by going into proper battle stance. No more than a few seconds afterwards did they resume their fight.
"Why are yokai saving us? Aren't they bad?" Maki asked, watching the clash.
"Not all yokai are. The monk saved me twice before today and the other... Wasn't he the one who saved us years ago?" Torii responded to her best friend.
"Now that you mention it... Yeah he is!"
"Not only at the bus incident, but several times afterwards when yokai attacked," Tsurara added when she finally approached the two who looked at her.
"Another yokai?" How is it that they cannot see the striking resemblance to the very friend and classmate they know? It's baffling.
"I am a yokai, but I won't harm you. Rikuo wouldn't want that."
"Rikuo.. And that creep called him Nura Rikuo... Is he really the same Rikuo?"
"... Yes, he is."
"So Nura-kun is a yokai.." Torii uttered. "But he's not the bad type; it's just not in his character. Why didn't he tell us? Aren't we friends?"
"Actually I can see why he won't tell us..." Maki answered, referring to a certain fanboy.
"Okay, that makes sense, and who are you?" Torii asked Tsurara who was semi paying attention and watching the battle.
"Eh? You can't recognize me? It's me, Oikawa Tsurara! I'm Rikuo's bodyguard," Tsurara reintroduced herself to the stunned buddies.
"Ehhhh I should have figured you were a yokai too after hearing about Rikuo. No wonder you look so much like Oikawa-san... You are her..." Maki muttered.
"Don't worry! Daddy's coming to save you!" an oh so familiar voice projected from the distance, seeping through the openings. This just confused everyone that caused to pause briefly and look in the direction of the echo.
"What the...?" Rikuo uttered. Then he realized that that means... "Oh no... Not now..." He looked away, ashamed and embarrassed, as the owner of the voice made an entrance. Kyousai only stared at him blankly, proccessing some thoughts. Even his paintings ceased to move about for moment. The room was awkwardly silent upon the shout.
"Rihan-sama... Really...?" Kurobato sighed as he too looked away, feeling similar to what Rikuo felt.
"What? I can't let my little boy get in a worse condition. Hey! Why aren't you even looking at me? What did I do?"
"... Dad, we can handle this... Just go wait over there and help Tsurara protect my friends..." Rikuo pushed his father out of the way so he can finish what he butted into, ignoring his parent's complaints. "Can we take a moment just to get the atmosphere back?"
"I can't believe I'm agreeing with you but fine..." Kyousai gave in. He too needed to snap back together. After a few minutes of stretching, the three fighters resumed.
"Rihan-sama, what are you doing here?" Tsurara exhaled as he joined the girls in their little sit out.
"I want to give the Hundred Tales Clan a piece of my mind. If they want revenge, then they should take it out on me not my son. I'm the one who got rid of Sanmoto three hundred years ago..." Rihan grumbled.
"Yet you came here specifically. That's only one of the enemy. Do you not trust your son and his comrades?"
"They're after Rikuo, so I might as well follow and give assistance. Besides... If they dare leave another mark on him, I'm crushing them down right there and then!" An immense deadly protective aura emitted from and around the Second, causing everyone including the fighters to back up.
"Rihan-sama! Calm down, Rikuo can beat them with his own strength and night parade. He proved to be a capable commander after the K- huge yokai incident six months back. He'll be fine!" Tsurara nearly mentioned the Kyoto mayhem, something that must not be spoken about to the Second. Never. He suspected that they were hiding something, but let it go. "Now that I think about it... Where's Itaku? Is he still fending yokai off the streets?" Yuki onna glanced all around. "Where did Ienaga go too...?"
Itaku was finally finished cleaning off the street of yokai, well at least that street. It was then he encountered a crazed man speeding with a motorcycle with two dangling kids trying to hold on heading his way. Now if he had lowered his guard sooner, he might have been road kill by now. "What the...? Is the Nura Clan crazy?" He had popped the wheels so it ceased to move any further after a screeching landing.
"What gives?" Aotabo complained about his ruined bike. He should have expected it; it would have been disassembled eventually. Now that the wheels are damaged to an extent beyond repair, no one has to worry about it being a threat until a new pair of wheels replace the old. The two dizzy kids regained stability.
"Ah shut up. I wouldn't be surprised if you nearly ran over your allies too!" It was a bit silence, indicating that it indeed happened. Several times too, many more off-screen. "Aren't you suppose to be doing something useful?"
"I'm gonna assist Rikuo-sama and aid these kids to help prove his innocence!"
"Someone else just joined a moment ago. This area doesn't need any more help! As to the latter of that statement, he's in there." Kiyotsugu and Kana hurried inside where they ended up joining their friends at the spectators' spot while recording the battle and conversations. "And you, instead of going inside, why don't you help me get rid of yokai on the other streets!" Itaku forcefully pushed Ao in the direction. He wanted to fix his bike first, not that he's gonna let that happen.
At the main house...
"Ah that felt great!" Wakana got out of the shower and headed to her room with Kejoro behind her.
"Doesn't it?" Kejoro asked. Then Kubinashi appeared and attacked Kejoro, startling Wakana. "You!"
"Imposter! Wakana-sama, please hurry out of here!" He kept his string chained tightly around the imposter as Wakana attempts to make her escape. However, she came to a stop when she felt something like a wall blocking her path.
"Kubinashi! There seems to be some sort of wall here!"
"Heh. How interesting you are, but do you really think it will be easy to defeat me?" The imposter broke out of the strings and revealed his true form. A stage appeared and on it are the enemy himself and Kubinashi. "This is my stage, and it will follow my script where I am the hero and you are the villain. The hero must eradicate the villain, so here on this very stage will be the end of your life."
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So much for a cliffhanger since you'd know what would happen if you keep up with the series. Sorry it's so short but I should get something up. I stopped looking at the manga so there shouldn't really be any direct quotes unless I actually somehow remembered it. Yeah... It'll be pretty off. I didn't focus so much on the actually fighting scenes 'cause first of all, that's really hard to describe especially without looking and I want to focus more on other characters. I'm not too into Nurarihyon no Mago right now, so it might seem uninteresting. Sorry but my writing skills really depend on my mood.
R&R please.