Somehow, getting to a deadly and forbidden island of onis was not all that hard, or even that tricky. Then again, Momotaronyan and his companions knew the way well, as they were quite famous for going there and emerging victorious.
"Even though it's been awhile since me and the other set foot here, I think I know the route well." Momotaronyan commented, steering the rental boat as best as his little cat paws could.
"We are certified for this sort of thing, so none of you worry!" Inunyan said, trying to lighten up the mood.
The crew got closer and closer to Oni Island and it wasn't exactly pleasing to the eye. A dark, eerie fog covered the island, and it always seemed to have been a heavy overcast over the sky. That or it's just been extremely cloudy all day, one of the two.
And then, before everyone knew it, they were out on the island's dark shore. It was a rather crammed ride, almost like a clown car making it's way across the sea, but they were all here now, and that's what mattered the most.
"I think best course of action is to come up with a battle plan," Momotaronyan explained, sticking his sword into the sand to try and draft out a plan.
"Lucas, Venoct, Draggie, and Camellia, you guys go searching for Lucas' dad," Momotaronyan ordered, as the four in question got into a group. "And me, Inunyan, Kijinyan, Sarunyan, and Claus will all go look for that yokai that messed with Lucas."
"Would it be more fitting if I was involved with the revenge scheme, though?" Venoct asked.
"Good point, but I think it may be best if you went with Lucas," Camellia added in. "After all, don't you know Lucas' dad the best. You did tell us he went here, right?"
"...True," Venoct admitted. "It may be best if I went with Lucas, and it is my duty to protect him no what."
"Same here!" Draggie chirped in. "I will try my best no matter what, even if I got a long way to go!"
"Well as they say, let's split up gang," Claus said, standing over the quartet of felines. "...That's what they say after all, right?"
And without much other hesitation, both groups went their own ways, Lucas' group going to the east of the coast, whereas Claus and the felines went to the west. They had to cover as much ground as they could, if they wanted to reach their goals as quickly and as effectively as possible.
To the west, it was eerie and quite foggy. There was always a feeling of something looming over, watching, staring, capturing every single move. Sure a spiky haired kid and his group of felines didn't seem like much to the common viewer, but they seemed quite formidable.
"I can sniff an oni here, I just know it!" Inunyan woofed, sniffing the ground. A thick forest was in the west part of the island, a perfect hiding spot for many onis.
"For a place called Oni Island, there's been a sure lack of onis," Claus commented. "I would have expected one that's huge to jump out at us already."
"Maybe they can hear us, knowing that we've messed up some onis real good in our day," Momotaronyan responded back. "At least me and my companions, I'm not certain a human like you has done any kind of oni slaying."
Silence between the five of them passed as something could be heard rustling, walking down a nearby pathway within the safety of the shadows.
"Hiding out of fear?" The voice said. "That's something I don't do that's for certain."
"Well if you aren't hiding, then show yourself already!" Claus shouted, sounding almost demanding.
Out from the shadows came forth the same magenta haired, eye patch wearing oni Lucas had encountered from that one night. They gave a stern look at the five.
"I wasn't expecting a child and their posse of felines to come after me," The oni commented. "Unlike that one child, I feel I should introduce myself. I am none other than Yagyo, classic yokai of the Shady Tribe, and on a very specific mission."
"Whatever your mission is, it's probably not good at all," Sarunyan said in response.
"Especially if it involved hurting a child, don't you know how horrible that is!?" Momotaronyan yelled, drawing out his sword.
"If it's for the benefit of my ultimate goal, I don't see any harm in doing so." Yagyo said, digging through their robe to pull out a small, black lacquered box.
"What is that, and what do you exactly plan on doing with it?" Claus asked, pointing to the box. Yagyo merely only gave a smug look.
"Within here, is an...item that can allow me to see the truth behind one's identity and intentions." Yagyo explained. "Allow me to demonstrate it's power for you all!"
As Yagyo opened the box, they closed their eyes, or at the very least, closed their only visible eye.
"Truth lies only if you realize, appearing in nobody's eyes until they sterilize...Show the truth before me!" Yagyo chanted, sounding quite serious about it.
A golden spark went from within the box, and as well to Yagyo's eye as well.
"I can see it now, the truth I hold out for!" Yagyo shouted, before almost completely paralyzing at what the alleged truth was giving him.
Silence only passed by, as Yagyo quietly closed the box, trying to hide their shocked expression.
"...Save me now...I have to send out a warning about this..." Yagyo finished, quickly darting off away from Claus and the others. As soon as Yagyo was long gone, Claus slowly approached into the direction they were heading.
"They seemed to have dropped something," Claus said, picking up the box containing the truth seeing item.
Claus took a quick peek inside the box, before quickly shutting it. "Yep, we are definitely going to have to give this back to Lucas, and we may need some extra help in doing so."
Elsewhere, Yagyo was talking with the red haired spider oni. For once, Yagyo looked rather worried.
"Yagyo, is something wrong?" The spider oni asked in a rather serious tone. Yagyo took a moment to catch their breath before explaining.
"Onigumo...I've encountered a yokai that is dangerously powerful," Yagyo explained. "It may be best if you went after him, I know their true identity...they are nothing more than a massive block in my path."
"I see, I will get rid of them as quickly as possible," The spider oni, Onigumo, responded. "If not, he can speak with to the hands of one of the most evil yokai of them all."
"Very well, I wish for the best to go all according to plan." Yagyo responded back.
Back with Claus and the cats, they were walking back.
"That was possibly the quickest fight with an oni I think I've ever witnessed," Kijinyan remarked. "I wonder what would have made them run away so fast?"
"I don't know, nor do I think I'll ever know," Sarunyan responded with a shrug from his tiny monkey cat arms.
The five of them kept on walking casually down the path, or at least as casually they could on an island allegedly infested with onis.
"Is it just me, or do I feel somebody else is watching us?" Claus wondered a loud.
"Like what, a spider?" Kijinyan answered to the boy's question.
"Well, do I have bad news for you," A voice in the distance said, causing everyone to nearly jump out of their skin.
"W-Who in all of the yokai world was that!?" Inunyan just about screeched.
Appearing before the set of five was the same red haired spider oni that Yagyo was speaking with beforehand. On his face was only an extremely serious, or possibly one that was nothing but grumpy all the time.
"To introduce, of the Brave Tribe, I am none other than the almighty god of war, Onigumo," Onigumo introduced himself. "At least, people claim for me to be a god of war, and for a good reason."
"You can't be all that scary, now can you?" Sarunyan asked the oni spider standing before him and his friends.
"I believe I should demonstrate that to you, someone who's clearly...primitive like that of a primate," Onigumo said, a ball of fire generating in his hand.
Before anyone could really react to the situation, Onigumo's ball of fire knocked everyone over like a set of bowling pins.
"Well that wasn't very nice, now was it?" Inunyan quietly mumbled, his dog hind rather charred from the oni's flames.
"Calm down will you with the fire will you?" Kijinyan said. "You're going to start a fire!"
"That's exactly my point in mind," Onigumo responded to the felines.
"Well that sure is a rude thing to want to do!" Momotaronyan responded, trying to help all the others up with his tiny paws.
"I'd rather not deal with you furballs," Onigumo commented, pointing to Claus. "I only want to fight him and him only."
Claus had managed to get up as the quartet of nyans all took a backseat.
"Guess we're only spectators now," Momotaronyan mumbled.
"Or should I say specter-tators," Sarunyan tried to lighten things up, everybody groaning at the pun. Even Onigumo was even more unamused than he originally was from that horrible attempt at humor.
"Well if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get," Claus said, standing up to face the demonic spider.
"This should be a pushover, I mean you are a human after all," Onigumo taunted. "...Right?"
On the east side of Oni Island, it was just as foggy and eerie, oozing with a sense of danger. Despite this the quiet chirping of crickets and a few frogs ribbiting in the distance. Who knew that there was even life other than many onis on this island?
The quartet had been shouting for Lucas' father, Flint, into every direction and path they could. There was never an answer, despite all the shouting that was made.
Though, among all the aimless wandering and shouting throughout the island's eastern shores and pathways, the tiny dragon yokai managed to find something.
"What's this thing?" Draggie questioned, trying to lift a burgundy wooden box, highlighted with pure gold patterns. However, while rather handheld in size, it was far too heavy for the dragon to simply lift off the ground.
"Aaah, I'll help you out. Don't overwork yourself too hard..." Lucas answered, picking up the little box by the dragon's side. To Lucas, it was somehow rather light and not all that heavy to carry around. Maybe a little peek wouldn't hurt.
"Lucas, Draggie, what did you find?" Venoct asked, approaching Lucas and Draggie with Camellia not too far behind.
As Lucas opened up the box, he saw a rather gentle and pure light surrounding a deep blue magatama gemstone. It seemed to have a gentle effect like an aurora over the heavens in the northern night. Despite the gentle glow, it gave of a feeling of great importance and power.
However, for Lucas' yokai friends, it was a completely different story. Instead of a gentle and pure glow, they instead saw a massive ray of blinding light!
"Aaaagh! Too bright! Too bright!" Draggie whimpered to himself.
"Geez, is this where all the sunlight on this damp place has been?!" Camellia vocally stated, the light being strong for even her.
Hearing his yokai in pain, Lucas quickly shut the box, only to see his yokai rubbing their eyes. Lucas took a few steps back, almost startled.
"S-Sorry, I didn't know..." Lucas apologized for nearly blinding his yokai. "And it didn't have a harsh light for me, so I'm sorry it did that to you guys..."
"It's alright, you didn't know," Venoct responded, rubbing his one visible eye. "I think I might have heard about a treasure like that once..."
"Really?" Lucas asked, tilting his head a little.
"My memory is a bit hazy, but I recall one of the daughters of the previous Enma telling me about it. She said there were three treasures of the Enma family, the Enma Blade, the Magatama of the Great King, and the Mirror of Awakening," Venoct explained to Lucas. "They are kept in very hidden and secluded parts of the yokai world and are only brought out for two reasons. Those being ceremonial purposes like enthronements and even births to a new heir..."
"What's the other reason?" Draggie asked, curious what his fellow Slippery yokai had to say.
"If the yokai world is in a great danger, and even then, the seals to awaken to each treasure's power has long since been lost," Venoct answered. "All we can do is hope that we aren't in a serious danger any time soon..."
"Well, hoping may all what we can do, but I fear for the worst right now," A rather gruff voice said, revealing something shocking to the group.
"Father, is that you?!" Lucas gasped, as standing before him was the boy's father. He didn't even hesitate much into giving Flint a hug.
While Flint was shocked to see Lucas react so suddenly, he couldn't help but give a hug back. "I'm so glad you're safe, you shouldn't risk yourself endangering yourself..."
"...I know, but I was worried about you, and this was the only place we knew where to find you..." Lucas responded, as the two finished hugging. Flint took a deep sigh.
Silence passed on by, only the ambience of the foggy island was the only noise made.
"...I fled here because I failed to protect you from danger. I didn't want you to come looking for me, putting yourself into even more danger than you already were in," Flint began to finally speak up, feeling regret before finally regaining some composure. "Yet, you came all the way here, looking for me despite how dangerous it was..."
"I was really worried about you, ever since I heard you disappeared..." Lucas whimpered, not helping to tear up a little bit. Flint couldn't help but help wipe away his tears. "I...I didn't want to be all alone, you're my only family I know of."
Flint was quiet again, trying to help Lucas calm down a little.
"I'm here now, but there's one thing that I've been needing to tell you," Flint responded, sounding heavy with his tone. "I didn't want you to know until I felt you were ready..."
"Go on ahead, I'm listening," Lucas urged, as Flint lowered his head.
"...I'm certain from all the talk of you being the son of the previous Enma, that you could piece together that I'm not actually your father," Flint began. "I feel it's time I reveal myself as to who I truly am. You've been through a lot, so now is the time for me to reveal myself."
Flint proceeded to do something even Lucas never see him do, and that was take off his hat. Once the hat was removed, purple smoke enveloped the father figure to Lucas, revealing something radically different. Now standing, or rather floating on a sunset orange cloud was a blue dragon horse yokai, with a golden yellow mane and two brown horns. He stood tall, though was about the size of a regular horse.
"I am known as Kyryn, hailing of the Heartful tribe," Flint, now known as Kyryn introduced himself. "It has always been my duty to protect the benevolent and innocent, and punish the foul and wicked."
More silence passed, as Lucas gently approached the beast yokai and did what he did best, and hugged as best as he could. Kyryn looked only confused at the action.
"Even though I know well you aren't my father, very far from it, you've always been there for me," Lucas began to explain, still hugging Kyryn as best as he possibly could. "So in a way, I still see you as my father figure at the very least. Even if there was a time I was in danger, I forgive you for it since I knew you were always there in spirit at least..."
Kyryn was rather moved, lowering his head a big to get closer to Lucas.
"Thank you..." Kyryn thanked. "I'd never think you would forgive me for putting you in serious danger like that, or even see me as a loved one..."
The two had a relaxing and calm moment, despite the eerie atmosphere in the area. The other three yokai, while they refused to intervene, had their hearts moved by such a sight.
"Yeah, sweet story and all, but we don't exactly allow random people to tread on our grounds around here," a voice said, seeming to come from a nearby pond of water. Weird. Everyone couldn't help but look in that direction though.
Jumping out of the water was a blue haired toad themed oni, looking ready for some action. As he leapt out of the water, lots of rather...foul smelling pond water splashed around.
"Ugh! Do you even know how to greet a lady, let alone a princess?!" Camellia snapped at the oni toad, trying to clean off the pond water as best as she could.
"Yeah toots, I'm the dashing Onigama of the Mysterious tribe. You are charmed, I am sure," The toad, Onigama, introduced himself with a hint of flirting in his words.
"Well my feelings about you are rather conflicted right now," Camellia responded to the oni before her. "But, I do have a gift for you regardless, come a little closer."
Onigama did as prompted, coming in closer to the flower princes, expecting a sweet kiss on the cheek.
While he did get a smack, it was not a kiss. In fact, it was a very hard, very solid slap right across the face. The red haired princess only gave a harsh glare as the toad recoiled from not only pain, but shock as well.
"Geez lady, what was that for?!" Onigama scowled, rubbing the side of the face he was slapped on. He stepped back a bit. "Why I'll show you all the true power of a fearsome oni!"
This fearsome power of Onigama was jumping around the fogged island, constantly whipping his hair back and forth in a valiant attempt to knock down any standing yokai. Though, what transpired was more of a chase.
The chase went on, until Onigama stopped a bit as if he was running into something.
"Hey, Onigumo! Can you help me out a bit here?" Onigama called out to his ally in crime, too busy fighting with Claus. Surprisingly for a human versus yokai ordeal, it was going pretty close as far as one on one duels went.
It took a moment for Onigumo to notice things, before he nodded and joined in helping out Onigama in taking out the meddling kids they were all dealing with.
"Oh hey Lucas, I wasn't expecting you and your friends to get here," Claus said, still trying to swat away at Onigumo with his blade. "I found this weird box, has something real valuable to you, I'll explain in more detail later. I'm a bit busy right now as you can clearly see."
"Me neither, I also found a weird box with something valuable to you inside as well," Lucas responded, trying his best to dodge out of the way from Onigama. "...Yeah it's best we wait until we're done with these two before talking about anything..."
The spectating nyans and Lucas' companions all decided to team up to make things easier. Momotaronyan was paired up with Venoct, being leaders of the operation while packing a punch. Draggie was with Inunyan, both trying their hardest to fight on back. Camellia and Sarunyan while a mish-mash of elegance with roughness, still managed to work together to spot out weak points. Finally, Kyryn and Kijinyan acted as the healing whenever a party member got wounded.
With this sound synchronization, taking care of the two onis seemed like a breeze. With not much time passing at all, Venoct and Claus managed to get the final strikes down on Onigama and Onigumo respectively.
Once both oni were knocked down, it seemed it was the end of the fight, but the fight was far from over. Very far from over. Both onis gripped onto the grass, as a dangerous power surged through the both of them. Both of them stood up, almost as if the previous attacks hadn't hit them at all. In fact, they seemed even more powerful.
"Now this..." Onigama began. "This is the real oni power!"
"Allow us to demonstrate to you meddling children!" Onigumo yelled, taking a pose with his blue toad counterpart.
"Vacuum Oni Fist!" Onigumo yelled, a fiery, spider aura surrounding him as a massive, powerful wave of flame came out of just a single one of his fists. It was well enough to leave Claus and the nyan quartet rather crisped.
"Oni Technique, Toad Technique!" Onigama yelled in as well, being surrounded by a more toad-like aura. From the oni's technique, a huge wave of water from the nearby sea was called forth, drenching Lucas' side of things really hard.
The impact of both onis' soultimates was one hard landing. In fact, the only one still standing and relatively fine was Draggie. He was small enough to duck under a small hole, but that didn't stop him from getting a little bit wet from the waves of water.
"...Guys?" Draggie pipped up, trying to shake Lucas awake. "Are you okay?"
There was maybe a mumble of something, but not much. The little dragon did the same for Claus, then Venoct, then Camellia until he tried to get every yokai awake and back on their feet with shakes and asking if they were alright.
But the answer was still muddled and quiet. It seemed their power was drained, they were about hopeless in this situation.
"You two hurt all my friends like this..." Draggie sniffed, looking at Onigumo and Onigama.
"Yeah, so what are you gonna do about it? Cry about it?" Onigama asked, laughing at the small dragon afterwards.
Draggie couldn't help it, he was already sobbing quite a bit, trying to form words but failing to do so. Even Onigumo couldn't help but give a bit of a laugh at the dragon child's crying.
"Pathetic, you're already crying on cue," Onigumo responded to the dragon's tears with. "I feel it would be too easy to get rid of you right here and now, so we'll keep the show going."
"I..." Draggie sobbed, both onis looking down at the dragon.
"You what?" Onigama asked, tripping the little dragon with his long ponytail. "Oops, seemed I slipped a bit there."
The saddened dragon had his little crystal ball fall right off of his head. Though once it was off, something clicked inside of him. The tiny dragon grabbed the crystal ball, holding it best as he could with his tiny hands.
Onigama and Onigumo stepped back a little, as some aura was surrounding Draggie.
"I will never forgive you for hurting my friends!" Draggie yelled, the crystal ball glowing as the tiny dragon was surrounded by a massive beam of powerful light.
Once the dramatic light had died down, Draggie had changed. A lot. For one thing, he was a lot bigger, longer too, looking more like a full fledged dragon now. The crystal ball that once sat on his head, seeming large on the tiny dragon, was now gripped in a single claw. His ice blue eyes glared down at the oni.
From this transformation, it seemed the others were able to get up a little bit. Even the onis seemed rather petrified.
"...Draggie?" Lucas muttered, trying to stand up to see this sight before him. The evolved Draggie looked down at Lucas, before floating over to defend the boy and his friends from any further harm.
"Foul onis, prepare yourself to face against the almighty Dragon Lord, one of the greatest of the Slippery tribe!" Draggie, now known as Dragon Lord, introduced himself. His voice was a lot deeper and more serious now, seeming like a threat now.
"We'll still take you down!" Onigama yelled, charging in at the dragon. Dragon Lord with a simple turn, was able to trip Onigama before he could lunge after Dragon Lord.
"Oops, I seemed to have slipped," Dragon Lord commented, as Onigumo looked displeased at the dragon's playing around.
Waving his hands around, Onigumo summoned some webbing to try and contain the dragon, but that wasn't enough. It was solved by the falling of several, rather large rocks breaking the strong webbing before a single thread touched any of the dragon's fine scales.
"He's...a lot stronger than we thought..." Onigumo gasped, seeming to be impressed by the dragon's sheer power.
"Now, to show you fiends my power, now fully realized!" Dragon Lord shouted, the orb in his claw beginning to glow, before a strong shine came from it.
"Take this, Dragon Boulder!" Dragon Lord finished, as the earth below the two onis cracked opened. Before the two could slip and fall in there, a massive boulder rose up, flinging both onis to a far off distance.
"I didn't want to blast off aaaaagaaaaaain!" Onigama cried out as he flew to who knows where with Onigumo. Onigumo, only offered silence, too embarrassed of his loss in battle and oni counterpart to even come up with a remark.
"I'll say, that was certainly something," Lucas commented, looking over at Dragon Lord. "We should help everyone get back up now..."
Dragon Lord noticed the amount of yokai and humans still in the need to help with a bit of an "oh...". Naturally, he and Lucas helped everyone back up as best as they could.
"Thank you all, that was quite the maneuver you've done..." Kyryn thanked, but looked down as everyone else was kinda, well, down. "But, I can aid in everyone's help with the strength I do have."
With a cry to the heavens, a heavenly light showered over everyone, healing them right to as if they weren't completely wrecked.
"Well, those were some onis we fought I have to say," Sarunyan commented.
"More like watch the fights unfold as we just gave moral support," Inunyan responded. "That and be burnt like a crisp."
"That means we're done here, right?" Lucas said, looking at everyone. The gang was making their way to leave, but there was one last thing stopping them.
"You utter barbarians! You defeated my right and left handed men, and you walk onto my property!" A loud, enraged voice yelled, cornering the gang on the coast line. "I can not and will not forgive you for any of this!"
This yokai had a scraggly, mane-like head of blonde hair, wearing a red mask with two horns. He always seemed to have been carrying a sake dish in one of his hands. He didn't look too terribly happy, either.
"Who exactly are you?" Kijinyan asked.
"That's...Oh no..." Momotaronyan began. "That's Shuten Doji, a classic yokai of the Mysterious Tribe, and also one of the most dangerous yokai of them all!"
"Hey kitty cat, at least let me introduce myself!" Shuten Doji yelled, sounding slightly more irritated. "You ain't some partner who's supposed to babble off bios, what kinda game you think you're playing!?"
It seemed the oni was wanting a fight, even after the throw down with Onigumo and Onigama. Well, most oni were aggressive so this was only natural.
"How do we defeat this guy?" Lucas asked to some of his yokai pals, trying to plot a battle plan.
"Legends say he was slain by having his hea-" Kyryn tried to explain, only for Camellia to shut his mouth.
"We can't do that!" Camellia responded in a hush tone to the dragon horse. "We don't have the sword for that kind of thing."
"Well..." Claus said, holding the sword he found in the pyramid last time they were all out. Momotaronyan also raised up his sword. Camellia only squinted her eyes a bit at the two responding with blades.
"And there's no way in all eight circles of the Infinite Inferno we can do that kind of brutish warfare!" Camellia replied, trying to get everyone to focus.
"Do we have a plan, then?" Dragon Lord asked.
Momotaronyan stepped into the group discussion.
"Me, Camellia, Inunyan, Sarunyan, and Kijinyan are all gonna brew something that'll get him good," Momotaronyan said. "The rest of you, keep Shuten Doji distracted."
"And what would this plan happen to be?" Venoct questioned.
"You'll see, you'll see," Kijinyan said, going back to discussing the battle plan with the others.
"Alright now how are we going to keep things distracting as the others work?" Dragon Lord asked the rest of the gang put on distraction duty. "I already did my flashy attacks and honestly that Shuten guy kinda scares me."
"Are you morons going to keep blabbering about nonsense or are you actually going to do something?" Shuten Doji asked, becoming so bored he decided to take a nice long drink. "Because if you aren't going to do something, I am!"
After taking his drink, Shuten Doji stood up. In one hand he formed a large ball of flames. He took another sip of sake and well, spit it out of his mouth, forming a sword made out of solid flames. Yokai could do some pretty strange things.
With the flaming sword, Shuten Doji cut down a tree, lighting it within flames as it came crashing down.
Sensing that it was going to crash, Venoct quickly was able to grab the burning tree with his dragon scarf.
"Venoct, are you going to be okay?" Lucas asked his faithful slippery bodyguard with concern.
"I should be fine, I don't usually feel pain directly through my scarf..." Venoct muttered. It was clear he was trying to hide the fact that this tree was hard to hold, even for a strong yokai like him.
Things were clear that Venoct was struggling to hold the massive burning tree on his own. Claus stepped in, seeing an opportunity in something.
"Lucas, hold my sword," Claus asked, handing Lucas his blade. "Everybody, get down!"
Everyone did as instructed and ducked as Claus did a motion with his hands. An aura of purple, fiery energy began to form around his hands, becoming a bigger and bigger ball of purple flames.
"Hero Burning Orb!" Claus yelled, firing off the ball of purple flames. Usually it was not wise to fight fire with fire, but in this case, it completely destroyed the burning tree, shattering it into small bits. There wasn't even any more flames to speak of.
It was also good timing too since Camellia and the four nyans had their plan ready.
Camellia stepped up, holding up what seemed to have been a bottle of freshly brewed sake. The presence of the flower princess immediately caught the attention of the great oni, his flame sword dying down.
"Great Shuten Doji, I have but an offering to make to you," Camellia introduced, holding the sake to Shuten Doji.
"I'm flattered by such an action someone would do for me..." Shuten Doji responded to such a polite introduction, before deciding to chug the whole dang thing. He stopped, suddenly realizing something.
"I'm feeling more relaxed...more calm..." Shuten Doji remarked, before Camellia stepped back a little as she formed a motion with her hands.
"Now, Camellia Shine!" Camellia announced, firing a beam of red energy that was not only a bit damaging, but swirled in a soothing aura of flower petals to heal her allies.
"Lo-Lo-Loveeeeeelyyyy!" Shuten Doji screeched as the beam of energy was fired onto him. A strange black energy seemed to have been cleansed off of him in the process. After the ordeal, he slowly got up, rubbing his head.
"Ah geez...what was I even doing..." Shuten Doji questioned himself, seeming to have calmed down.
"You were on a rampage, for starters," Kyryn answered.
"And your right hands hurt my friends," Dragon Lord added in. "Why did you even do that?"
It seemed the two dragons were about to attack Shuten Doji, but Lucas quickly stepped in.
"No, don't hurt him! I think he's doing alright now...right?" Lucas asked, as Shuten Doji just rubbed his head and nodded.
"Yeah, I just remember being told about being restored to my former glory and now I'm here," Shuten Doji commented. "And why was I even drinking sake? I switched to sports drinks and soda a while ago!"
"Whatever it is, there's still something odd a foot in the air," Claus commented, before Venoct paused to question the other boy.
"Claus, I believe we all witnessed you doing that attack to get rid of that tree," Venoct asked.
"Yeah, even that Yagyo person was fearful of him!" Inunyan woofed.
"...You aren't human, are you?" Dragon Lord asked, as there was a pause.
"No, I'm not human, very far from it," Claus answered. "But, I find them interesting and fun, which is why I visit this world often."
"So you're a yokai, then?" Lucas concluded, as Claus nodded.
"Yes, yes I am a yokai. But not just any yokai..." Claus responded, holding one hand to his headphone's he's been wearing this entire time. "I believe it's time I introduce myself more properly."
Once Claus took off his headphones, a burning pillar of bright light surrounded him, almost seeming to crack the earth below from an extraordinary amount of energy. Once it had all died down, Claus seemed to have remained, but looked different. Sure his face and hairstyle stayed the same, but his skin was now a reddish hue and his hair a golden blonde. He wore finely made red and maroon robes, and was topped off with golden yellow eyes.
"Behold, I am none other than the king of all yokai himself! Lord Enma, making presence right here and right now!" Claus, revealing himself to be none other than Lord Enma announced, startling everyone. "I really need to take lessons in better introductions..." Lord Enma quietly muttered to himself.
"Enma!?" Dragon Lord responded with.
"Enma!?" Momotaronyan shouted.
"Enma!?" Kyryn said in shock.
"Wow, it's really Enma!" Shuten Doji shouted.
"Enma...Enma...Enma?" Lucas questioned.
"Yes, that is my name, don't wear it out too much," Lord Enma responded with.
"This...is quite shocking." Camellia responded with. "There's probably a lot to discuss considering you've been with us the entire time, right?"
"Yeah, everything from what's been going on to the fact you're my aunt," Lord Enma began to explain, before getting out the little black box he had gotten from Yagyo. "But first, I believe I should take care of this with Lucas."
"I've been needing to ask, but what's exactly in there?" Momotaronyan asked.
"Let's just say that I'm going to ask if any of you know any skilled doctors," Lord Enma answered, before Lucas stepped in.
"I believe I know someone like that, they're in the Yokai World though." Lucas responded with.
After everyone had said their goodbyes to the more peaceful Shuten Doji and his two oni right hands, much time had passed and it was already late at night, when most were resting or sleeping.
Once again, the stage of this dream set up to be in the past once more. Was it a dream, or was it a vision of the past? Who knows. It was still in the same garden in the same place in the yokai world. The usual yokai were all there, seeming to be discussing something as Yami was holding something.
"Lady Yami, I would hate to ask, but did you have another child without saying anything?" Blizzaria asked, as Yami shook her head. In the royal lady's arms was a child indeed, but resembled her a lot more. Pale skin, black hair, a peaceful expression, all things from Yami's side of things.
"No, he is not my child, but rather my youngest sibling," Yami answered, gently holding the other child close. "Sadly, the mother of both him and I passed on shortly after he was born..."
"I see, so you're taking care of him now?" Sheen asked, Yami nodding.
"Yes, yes I am. I even went as far to suggest his name," Yami responded, as the other two looked intrigued.
"What did you name him?" Blizzaria asked the grand lady curiously.
"Well, I went with the name Lucas," Yami explained. "From what I gather, it means shining or light in old human language. I think it fits him, even though my child is meant to inherit things once he's old enough, I think Lucas here will bring a shining light to all."
"I see where you're coming from and what you mean, it has a nice charm to it," Blizzaria added. "I think one of Sheen's relatives twice removed has a name similar to that."
"Thank you very much," Yami thanked. "Even though he seems young now, he has already brought light into my heart. He's so gentle, so calm. I hope this is a sign of a blessed future for all of us ahead..."
Swiftly, things began to fade out as this time, it was not Lucas having this vision, but rather Lord Enma. Something seemed to have jolted the young lord awake after that sequence, quickly switching on the nearest lights to help him navigate to the nearest sink to get some water.
"Weird dream...how odd that they were talking about Lucas," Lord Enma commented to himself, getting some much needed water.
"Milord, have you been feeling alright?" A tall, white haired figure asked, looking about as tired as the young lord was. "Also, do not leave the hall lights on."
"For the most part yeah Nurarihyon. Though I had this odd dream," Lord Enma responded to his advisor, sipping some water. "You happen to know anyone by the name of Lady Yami by any chance?"
Nurarihyon was silent for a few moments, almost shocked at the last part the young king had said. "...Go back to sleep. You must be over exhausted given how late you ended up returning, milord."