3. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Rikuo was lying on his futon in his room, clad in his yukata. He looked at the ceiling and thought about the things he had learned about his senpai.
'First, she's 100% human. Second, she can fight and defeat yokais. Third, she behaves differently when she fights. Forth, she said that she's Moji-senpai and a different person. Fifth, Itaku said that the yokais referd to her as the 'toy of their master'.'
His brows moved into a frown and he swung to his side. His hand where clutched over his head.
"Aww, I don't get it. What's the meaning behind all this?", he asked in frustration.
"Ho~h, having fun, Rikuo?", he heard a voice beside him say.
Rikuo stopped his musings and sat up to face the owner of the voice.
"Jii-chan! What are you doing here?", he asked his grandfather.
Nurarihyon blew out some smoke before looking back at his grandson.
"I heard from Tsurara that you met the one who was causing the uproar in town.", he said.
Rikuo nodded before he lowered his head. His grandfather catched that movement and looked confused at the young head.
"What's wrong, Rikuo? You seem disturbed by something."
"Yeah,... ."
And so Rikuo started to explain to his grandfather what was concerning him. He told him about Moji Seika and her encounter with the yokais. He told him the things he already knew about her and about the difference between the girl who beat up yokais and his senpai.
"I see. It really is strange. But doesn't humans have a term that describes someone with different personalities?", he asked himself with his hand resting on his chin.
"I don't remember, but she might suffer from it and her second personality seems to like to be voilent."
Rikuo was deep in thought. He, too, thinks that Seika was someone with two personalities.
Silence fell upon them and neither of them moved an inch.
"Well, that means that you have to look out for her since it seems that she doesn't care who her opponent is. It could get dangerous for her.", Nurarihyon told his grandson while stretching. Afterwards, he left Rikuo alone in his room.
He sat on the floor and thought about the happenings of the last night, again.
When he came to no solution, he decided that he could get dressed for school already. After dressing himself, he walked out of his room and towards the grand hall where he thought his grandfather would be. He still had to talk to him.
When he reached the grand hall, only a few yokai were present. In one corner the smaller yokai were having fun drinking sake. In another corner Kurotabou and Aotabou were having a match, again. And finally, the last one in the room, sitting near the wall on the right side, was Zen, his sworn brother.
"Zen-kun, good morning.", Rikuo greeted him while approaching.
Zen who had been in thoughts about who knows what, opened his eyes and looked in Rikuo's direction.
"Oh, Rikuo, good morning.", he replied with a grin on his face.
"Is your training progressing?", he asked him.
Rikuo looked at him and nodded. "Yeah, Itaku gave me today off since he had to do something for Akagappa. Normaly he would be really mad at this but he means that I'm progressing faster than he anticipated, so..."
"I see."
Zen's face got more serious and the atmosphere around him had changed from a cheerful one to a cold one.
"You're alright, Zen-kun?", Rikuo asked him since he noticed the change in his mood.
Zen who had closed his eyes, opened them again and looked at the Sandaime with a serious look ffitting the air he emitted.
"There are those rumours that a human is defeating yokais, and strong ones, too. I heard that you and that weasel yokai met that person. Is it true that that human..."
"Yeah. Seems like she's really fighting with yokais from every clan. But it seems that she only attacks those who attacked her first.", Rikuo answered.
Zen looked at him in silence.
"What are you planing on doing, Rikuo?", he then asked.
"Huh?"
"I mean, you can't just let a human do as he pleases, just because he's a human.", Zen said.
"Well, I still don't know how to act in this situation since she's a human we can't just act like we would if she were a yokai. Furthermore, she doesn't seem to remember her acts, at least part of her doesn't.", Rikuo told him.
"Wait 'she'? The human who defeats yokais easily, is a girl?", Zen exclaimed rather shocked.
"Yeah, I think I refered to th human as 'she'.", Rikuo said.
"I see. Can't underestimate women.", Zen whispered the last part, though Rikuo still heard him and sweatdropped.
Suddenly, a light lit up in Rikuo's head.
'Of course, Zen-kun would know about it if it was something health related.', he thought.
"Eto, Zen-kun? Can I ask you something?", he asked his sworn brother.
"Yeah."
"Do you now something that causes a person to have more personalities?", Rikuo asked.
"It's called Dissociative Identity Disorder or short DID.", Zen answered.
"Does people who suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, also have memory loss for the time the other personality is active?", Rikuo asked further.
"Yeah, it's most common. But why do you want to know?", Zen said.
"That human we talked about, it seems that she suffers from this.", Rikuo told him before he was interupted by Tsurara who was searching for him.
"Rikuo-sama, it's time for school.", she said.
"Thanks, Yuki-Onna.", he said before saying goodbye to Zen and leaving the room.
On their way to school, Rikuo repeated the things he knew about Seika again.
'First, she's 100% human. Second, she can fight and defeat yokais. Third, she behaves differently when she fights. Forth, she said that she's Moji-senpai and a different person. Fifth, Itaku said that the yokais referd to her as the 'toy of their master'. Lastly, she might suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder.'
After finishing his mental list, Rikuo sighed.
'This seems to get more complicated.'