Leaving right where things were last, Kiara Noha, better known as Pegasus Shine, followed Princess Kaga into the Yokai World Restaurant after defeating Snee once and for all. However, there was still one loose thread in all of this, and it was going to be up to Lucas, Enma, Kiara, and Kaga to all tie it all up.
"Did you find out anything on your way here, summoner?" Lucas asked, as the pegasus ranger got a bit off topic at first.
"Yeah, but I've also been needing to ask about that spiffy sword of yours, Enm,." Pegasus Shine asked. "I mean, you got a sword, but what can it do exactly?"
"It works as you'd think a sword could work, it slices and dices. But there's a sealed away power I've never been able to get to, as the ancient art of breaking the seal has been lost," Lord Enma explained to the summoner. "Legends say only a soul with a strong sense of justice can break the seal, revealing it's true power."
"Strong sense of justice you say?" Pegasus Shine responded in deep thought. "Well, my Dream Core here has been known for unlocking the power of the Celest Dream Wand and they have similar things so hey, it might be worth a try one of these days."
"Perhaps that one day to try it out may be soon," Princess Kaga added in, giving a bit of a light cough. "Though, do you mind getting back on track a little bit?"
"Oh right where was I? Oh yeah, the news. The good news is, I know that the one behind all this is the yokai Damona," Pegasus Shine began. "Bad news is I don't know where the heck she is."
"Well, we did find out that apparently the center of plans are all at Wii-ha," Lucas filled in for the pegasus ranger.
"That settles it I suppose," Princess Kaga stated. "Damona is not only responsible for most if not all of the malicious attacks recently, but is somewhere in Wii-ha."
"What are we waiting for? Her last awful party trick to show up and cause who knows what kind of damage?" Lord Enma added in, seeming rather determined about the whole thing now. "I'm not letting that happen on my watch!"
"I like your way of thinking. Let's get moving now!" Pegasus Shine concluded, already heading out the door.
"Wait for us, summoner!" Lucas yelped, following after the energized, justice serving costumed summoner.
The four of them darted out, being quite the awkward party for the Mirapo right outside of the Yokai World Restaurant.
"Goodness, Lord Enma you're here?" The Mirapo asked, completely shocked at the presence of the king of the yokai world himself.
"Is it possible you could get all four of us to Wii-ha?" Lucas asked politely. "We're in a serious hurry."
The mirror yokai looked a bit down, ready to deliver a strong flavor of bad news.
"Well...me and my brethren have had to evacuate a ton of yokai from that area, mostly tourists, and combined with a malicious presence preventing much traveling through my magic means I only have the strength to teleport two over there," Mirapo answered, leaving the four to stand around with a pause of silence.
"Not to persuade or anything, it's a no brainer Enma should go," Pegasus Shine suggested.
"So that leaves you, me, and Lucas..." Princess Kaga added in, deeply thinking. "I'd go...but it just doesn't feel right if I were to go...while I am of the Enma family, I am not a heir, plus I feel I would be best suited for soothing out of control yokai in the area, preventing damages from getting here."
Pegasus Shine stepped up, but instead of offering to go, held up her most prized possession, the very thing that allowed her to call forth her yokai friends, transform into her alter ego, and let Celestnyan perform a powerful attack by linking the power of yokai, the Dream Core.
"Listen, I don't know how to put it but, this is probably a matter of you and Lucas. I may not be able to fight alongside you guys myself, but I can at least be there in spirit," Pegasus Shine began to explain herself, holding the core near the blade. "Besides, linking the dream of helping and protecting innocent lives can't just be with me and myself, it's gotta link to somebody else, and then another person and so on. That's what justice is all about, right? I know I make it seem like flashy costumes and cool poses, but it's truly about protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty."
"Are you sure I should really be the one to go?" Lucas asked, hesitant about the whole ordeal. Lord Enma gently put one hand on Lucas' shoulder.
"I'm positive about you going along. We've hit it off rough here and there, mostly when we first met a few weeks ago, but also can work together well and have been continuing to do so. That's what relatives do, right?" Lord Enma said in reassurance.
"I see what you mean now, you've helped me a lot all throughout these past few weeks as well," Lucas answered, smiling gently. "I think it's best if we work together, even if we may seem completely different."
The two boys shook hands, signifying that in this time of great crisis, they were going to work extra hard together.
"That's the spirit, now don't leave us hanging..." Pegaus Shine added in. "Lemme see if my watch core can lift the seal. I've been standing here with it for a while now."
"Oh, sorry summoner," Enma just noticed, holding the Enma Blade in such a way that could allow for the pegasus ranger to insert the Dream Core.
It was a bit of a hard thing to fit in with plenty of dust near the seal area, but eventually it snapped into place with a click. Once it was clicked into place, the blade engulfed itself in a show of light and even some flames, startling the other four.
"That thing is on fire!" Pegasus Shine yelped, even a person used to all these crazy effects in shows she watches, being caught off guard.
"Well, I suppose that was the seal that needed to be broken," Princess Kaga added in, gently laughing a bit at the end.
"We should be going now soon, right?" Lucas said, trying to break up the sudden tension.
"Of course, there's no time to waste now, let's go!" Lord Enma responded, sounding confident.
"Good luck you two, return safely for the peace of humans and yokai alike," Princess Kaga bidded farewell to the two.
"Knock 'em dead, boys!" Pegasus Shine added into the farewell bidding. "Show Damona y'all ain't someone to mess with!"
The two thanked the two ladies, before going through Mirapo to Wii-ha for their final confrontation.
It didn't take long after being teleported to Wii-ha for the two to find out where Damona was. Needless to say, some sources were shocked.
"She's where now!?" Lord Enma asked shocked at the info a Mermaidyn was giving him.
"Yes, she's taken over your summer home and from what I can sense...she's brewing something pretty bad in there," Mermaidyn answered, gripping her tail a bit. "Pretty much any tourists have evacuated and any natives have gone into hiding. Well, excluding me of course."
An eerie wind began to blow, prompting the Mermaidyn to get closer to the sea.
"Please be careful. I know coming from New Yoma City to here must have been exhausting. Sadly, I must go now, I think my people need me," Mermaidyn finished, before diving into the ocean and disappearing.
"We will, good luck to you too!" Lucas tried to shout to the mermaid, waving goodbye.
There was a lot less words, much more action now as the two raced onwards to the summer home of the Enma family, which was absolutely massive, putting the vila in New Yoma City to shame.
No guards stood in the two boy's way at the palace doors, even going through the first hall into the main center there wasn't much fanfare.
"Alright, Damona, show yourself already!" Lord Enma yelled. "We know you're here somewhere!"
"Somehow, I should have expected you two to show up," A dead, emotionless voice said, before appearing in front of Lord Enma and Lucas. This yokai was a young woman with dark purple hair and a matching black kimono, complete with a face that lacked any kind of emotion or expression.
"I think it would be best if I introduced myself proper, I am Damona of the Charming tribe," The mysterious yokai, Damona introduced herself, not having any kind of inflection in her tone. "But first, I have a question for the great king of all yokai standing before me."
"You mean me?" Lord Enma asked, as Damona nodded.
"I must ask, have you been missing something from your life?" Damona questioned, as even someone like Lord Enma stood froze in place, silenced.
"...admittedly, nobody ever seems to want to talk about my mom, or what happened to her," Lord Enma admitted, a slight pause before Damona looked at the king dead in the eyes.
"Why do you want to defeat me then? We have the same goal, why do you see a point in stopping me?" Damona asked, leaving both boys shocked.
"Wait, you have been trying to find Lady Yami this entire time?" Lucas asked.
"Why...of course. Her soul was lost in the deepest cracks of the inferno, I simply needed to have various spiritual barriers across the yokai world broken in order to free her," Damona answered.
"But did it really need to risk the lives of so many innocents, both in the human and yokai worlds?" Lord Enma asked.
"Perhaps I just needed to keep various courts distracted. I had Firewig and Cynake keep the chamber of nyans busy; Timekeeler kept Otohime and her sea palace occupied; Neightfarious and Awevil were quite productive, keeping Camellia shut and distracting the Mystery Legends; I had plans for several classical yokai to rebel against the council; I had threatened Tempest Pride into keeping Super Seed from trying to find and arrest me for my so called crimes..." Damona explained. "All in the good name of wanting to bring the fair lady back from an untimely demise she was far from deserving, since the council and other high ranking yokai can be really uptight about anything involving the inferno, even if it's redeeming someone who was wrongly punished. Now, is that so bad to ask?"
Yet another pause of silence graced the room once more. It was practically shocking to both Lucas and Enma that their enemy the entire time was so...alike to them.
"I may have not known my mom, but would have she really wanted you to threaten and destroy?" Lord Enma asked
"I ask for you not to speak so rudely, child," Damona answered, seeming like she would have snapped had she not been drained of any emotion. "After all, I am much more deserving of seeing Lady Yami than you are. I've known her far longer, you both were just brats who clung to her and didn't even know her for the fraction of time that I did."
Before either end could speak, a hail of black ice began to fall, aimed right at Lord Enma.
"Enma, look out!" Lucas yelled, trying his best to quickly shove Lord Enma out of the way. It was quite the hard shove, toppling over the both of them from the tackle. But at the very least, the ice missed them both, however just barely for Lucas.
"Lucas, are you okay?" Lord Enma asked the other boy, out of breath from having the wind knocked out of him somewhat. "I didn't even know you could shove me that hard..."
"Are you okay though?" Lucas added in, quite concerned for the other. "If that ice hit either of us, something bad might have happened."
"I'm fine, don't worry about it," Lord Enma reassured. "Now lets focus on getting back on track."
"You dodged that, I should have expected that," Damona observed in her usual deadpan tone.
"Why did you decide to be so emotionless, yet so ruthless?" Lucas asked. "Weren't you a lot different when Yami was still alive?"
Damona stopped trying to confront Enma, looking over at Lucas now.
"Child, you never understand pain I've had to suffer through, knowing the loss of a loved one," Damona explained and probably would sound much more fed up if she wasn't completely emotionless. "Why feel any kind of pain when you can feel nothing at all? That's what I chose, I couldn't live knowing that pain of loss for the rest of my days."
"That isn't a way to live though..." Lucas added in quite a bit nervous. "I can't imagine feeling nothing, you have to at least feel something, right?"
Damona, though while quite deadpaned, grabbed Lucas by the neck, intending to choke him. "I don't want another word out of your mouth ever again."
Of course, the king of the yokai world was not going to let her succeed, not even get close to that. If she was going to hurt his relative, then she was going to have to deal with him, and quite angry nonetheless.
The last thing the demon princess was even expecting was a hard slash on her back, and from a blade on fire, nonetheless. The fires and slash were quite intense, given how the legendary Enma blade punished wrongdoers, and quite harshly as well. Damona fell down, loosening her grip on Lucas and letting him go. She struggled a bit, laying face first on the palace floors. Though, she wasn't without any last things to say.
"You might have gotten me...but the both of you are too late. Far too late..." Damona weakly said, knowing she was done for. "I've already finished the needs to summon her from the Inferno...my goal has already been fulfilled..."
And she was corrected. As soon as the demonic girl faded, things started to go from bad to worse quickly. Dark clouds began to circle in the skies outside, bringing lightning and strong winds. The center grounds on the palace floor began to shake and crack, causing many structures within to topple over, even exposing the roof making the darkened sky and bad weather much more evident.
Cracking out of the palace floor with a freezing, yet explosive bang was a large, dangerously powerful yokai. It took the form of an intimidatingly massive demonic snake woman, an enraged face and long, wildly flowing hair that looked like it had never been brushed. She had four arms, adorned with fine jewellery but holding various types of spears and blades in her hands, even fire emitting from her wrists could be seen. Parts of her lower half still appeared to have been chained down, but it seemed like they weren't going to last for much longer. Who knows what kind of dangers would arise if she were to be fully unleashed onto the yokai world. Heck even her presence alone was some deadly storms.
"I am Kaliya, I know only destruction and rage, to destroy anything and everything that may stand," the yokai, Kaliya introduced herself in quite the booming tone, before looking down and snarling. "Especially annoying brats like you!"
Kaliya didn't even wait for a response or a question, she was already doing quite the array of things. Setting things in a massive blaze, knocking over columns in hopes to crush either Lord Enma or Lucas, trying to slash either of them. It was becoming quite the serious life or death situation for both of the boys, there was no room to breath between each of Kaliya's varying attacks. In fact, it was almost crippling to the both of them, even for a yokai as powerful as Lord Enma.
"Do you even...know what happened to...Lady Yami?" Lucas tried to ask, finally finding a place to rest as he evened his breaths out. "We're...we're her children..."
Kaliya didn't even bother to stop her rampage when receiving the question. She only kept being enraged and trying to reduce everything to dust. Though, she was good at multitasking, giving an answer while still being destructive.
"Who?" Kaliya answered, keeping her enraged tone. "I've never heard that name, and who cares if you're someone's kids! All you brats have to come from somewhere! Now stay still and let me end the both of you!"
Even for asking that question, Kaliya was about ready to slam one of her firey fists at Lucas, hoping to at least get him since Lord Enma kept proving to be quite the tricky one.
"Lucas, there's no time to run!" Lord Enma yelled, quickly rushing over Lucas to shove him out of the way in a sense of deja vu almost. Lucas quickly took hiding behind a fallen collum, as Lord Enma stepped up to Kaliya, jumping several feet into the air with his blade in hand.
"You're finished! En-" Before Lord Enma could even finish his attack name, Kaliya swatted the young king like a house fly, and not a gentle swat either. Quite the slamming spectacle into the ground, cracking the floor severely where the powerful impact was. But this was not over yet, as Kaliya quickly gave the quartet of fireballs and slammed them right on the sight.
"Enma!" Lucas yelled, completely horrified at the sight. It seemed Kaliya was leaving him alone, so Lucas did what he did best and quietly approached his powerful relative.
He was barely moving, if not at all. His condition looked absolutely horrible, muttering even a word would probably be too much for him in this state.
"Enma...please say something..." Lucas asked, trying to hide the fact his voice was shaking. "...I...I want to know if you're okay..."
There was not a response, not even a slight hint at movement.
"Please...I can't loose you like this!" Lucas yelped, pretty much crying right now. He couldn't help but sob into the chest of his fallen relative.
Still no response, still motionless, almost breathless as well.
"We all need you...no...everybody in the entire yokai world needs us..." Lucas cried, still sobbing, begging for Lord Enma to wake up once more. They couldn't end like this.
Not a single response, being completely motionless and wordless as well.
It seemed the storms had reached all across the Yokai World, causing much destruction in the wake of it all. Several were running, screams could be heard as every yokai tried to find shelter. Though, some did have some thoughts in the midsts of it all.
In one meeting room in the Yokai World, several nyans were all evacuating from the heavy rain and hail, hopefully safe from the enraged storm.
"Phew, we all made it," Hovernyan commented. "I'm glad everyone's safe."
"As much as I like water, I prefer it to be it in the sea and not splash all over me," Sailornyan remarked, trying to dry herself off. "I can't believe I forgot an umbrella in this unpredictable storm."
"Yeah really, I haven't seen a storm like this," Momotaronyan added in. "Though, I kinda like the rain. Reminds me how I met my old summoner over ten years ago."
"I wonder how Lucas is doing," Inunyan commented, sounding concerned. "He may have summoned me by accident, but we were good friends!"
"Same, we can only hope for the best, especially in weather like this," Sarunyan added in, sending his best wishes along with everyone else.
"Yeah! Lucas, Claus, they're strong kids from what I saw!" Momotaronyan finished up, still sending his wishes as well.
Far under the sea, not even the ocean floor was safe from the destructive storm, as there was a bit of an under sea earthquake.
Dragon Lord floated next to the queen of the sea kingdom, Otohime, alongside her adoptive child Seanoct.
"Mama, when will this end?" Seanoct sniffled, asking Otohime in a sobbing tone as his voice kept shaking. "I'm scared, really really scared!"
"All of this mess will be all over soon, earthquakes never last forever," Otohime soothed to the best of her ability. Even if she was frightened herself, her child was at least ten times worried as her.
"I'm scared for all my friends on the surface too! My kinda brother Venoct, Sailornyan, Snow Rabby, Lucas...are they gonna be okay?" Seanoct questioned, still worried out of his skin.
"Don't worry, they're all very strong," Dragon Lord reassured. "After all, without their help, I don't think I would have been as brave and as strong as I am now..."
Even though continent Nu wasn't suffering any of the weather damages due to it's unique location, so the very few who knew how to get there took shelter. Even then, that didn't mean the residents couldn't look into the destruction that was unfolding. The two leaders of the Mystery Legends were looking with concerned with a representative from the mainland Yokai World.
"Goodness me, quite a storm spanning sea to sea," Nyaset commented, worried as she was looking at the visions of the mainland Yokai World. "I wouldn't want to be caught up in that, no-siree."
"Makes me wish Nu wasn't so hidden so more can evacuate here..." Zurabis added in. "But our weird position and lots of treasure is a tricky thing to arrive to after all."
"Hopefully peace will return there soon," Camellia remarked, sounding worried. "I just barely made it here, the storms seem to have started to go into the Human World as well..."
"That must be quite the ruckus," Nyaset said, before thinking a bit. "I should have given my medal to boy...Lucas?"
"To be fair, I regret not giving my medal to Lucas or Claus either," Zurabis responded. "Especially now...they could probably use our help..."
"I'm sure they're going strong right now, no matter the odds," Camellia thought aloud, trying to keep her thoughts at ease.
"A good point you bring up indeed," Nyaset rhymed. "Perhaps through their strength, we will be freed."
In another part of the Yokai World, several classical yokai took refuge in a noodle shop, hoping to get some food in the middle of the horrid weather.
"Quite the storm we've been witnessing," Karura said, tending to a fire in a fireplace. "Even if it's packed here, we have to hope this storm ends soon."
"Don't you have a job in New Yoma City or sometn' like that?" Onigama asked.
"Not even I know what I was doing in New Yoma City," Toadal Dude commented. "I mean with Karura, at least he works in New Yoma City."
"There was that one child who was in the city and helped clear things up," Arachnus said. "I can't remember his name for the life of me, though."
"I think Lucas was his name?" Shuten-Doji cleared up in the middle of his usual drinking of sports drinks. "I think he helped me sober up...though I didn't drink anything?"
"Oh, you met Lucas?" Arachnus' older sister, Arachnia asked. "He's a very sweet child, I wish I spoke with him more. I deeply hope he isn't out in the horrid weather, he might get a cold or something worse."
In the streets of New Yoma City, the bad weather was hitting pretty hard in the large, populous city. Thankfully, both hero teams were on the lookout for anyone still caught up in this bad weather and to escort them to safety as quickly as possible.
"Okay...I think we might have gotten everyone in the down town area...Everyone else should be taking care of uptown, right?" Pegasus Shine huffed, trying to keep alongside her partner Celestnyan as well as Skyshariman and Saki-chan.
"It's a bit hard to see in the sheer amount of rain, but I think we got there," Celestnyan said.
"I have a bit of a question, Pegasus Shine," Skyshariman asked, as the Pegasus ranger stood straight up, ready to take orders.
"Yes?" Pegasus Shine asked.
"Who was that human boy you were with?" Skyshariman brought up.
"His name is Lucas, he's related to Enma I think," Pegasus Shine answered. "Pretty dang sweet too, usually I shake my nonexistent cane at kids these days, but he's a good one."
"Lucas, what a lovely name," Saki-chan commented. "I'll remember that one."
"We should be getting back on track, correct?" Skyshariman brought up. "I believe there are a few areas downtown we have not evacuated yet."
"Oh right!" Pegasus Shine remembered, dashing on ahead. "Now let's go, we gotta evacuate as many innocents as we can!"
Finally, inside of the Yokai World restaurant, four yokai took shelter, making sure several evacuated yokai were doing alright.
"Goodness, I didn't know you got hurt as bad as you did, Venoct," Kyryn remarked. "Be a bit more careful next time."
"I...I was enraged at Yagyo...especially for what happened to Lucas a few nights ago..." Venoct muttered, being tended to. "Now, I can't protect him when he needs it the most!"
"Well that, and the jamming of any sort of teleportation through the Yokai World," Princess Kaga added in as well. "Never thought a storm could be bad enough to cause that kind of damage."
"Quite inconvenient to have that interference I'd say," Nurarihyon added in with a deep sigh. "I should be back as Enma's aide."
"Even if we can't be by Lucas or Enma's side, I'm pretty sure all the yokai we met along the way are all wishing the best for them both," Kyryn said, trying to lighten up Venoct.
"Lucas...even if I can't be by your side right now...please just know and understand that I'm always protecting you..." Venoct choked up, trying to hide the fact he wanted to cry.
"We all are...we all are trying to protect you and Lord Enma as well...please be safe for everyone's sake..." Kyrn added to Venoct's speech. "We didn't become your Human World guardians for nothing..."
...
...Throughout the Yokai World, it seemed everyone's hopes and prayers were trying to tell Lucas something in the midsts of all this disaster.
He couldn't give up now, the entire Yokai World was hoping the best for him and his relative. If they gave up now, it would be everyone's loss, not just theirs.
Lucas pulled out his Yokai Watch, it was an old fashioned pocket watch he didn't really use that much, but it was a nice thing, even had a mirror too. He noticed that the markings on the watch's front all began to slowly glow. Enma had been carrying the sacred gemstone he had found on Oni Island a while back, it faintly glowing in his hand. His other hand barely gripped onto the Enma blade, which from the area Kiara's dream core was, began to light up a little bit
Slowly, the jewel and sword revealed the true form of Lucas' yokai watch: a small circular flute with a blue fiery motif and the symbol of the Enma family on the other end of it.
Naturally, Lucas' instinct was to start playing the flute. Sure, he didn't know how to play a flute, especially one of such an odd shape but somehow it worked.
Once Lucas began to play, a powerful energy began to slowly surge through not only him, but Lord Enma as well. Lord Enma was slowly opening his eyes, seeing what Lucas was doing.
"Lucas...?" Lord Enma asked, regaining his lost strength.
"Enma...! You're...you're alive!" Lucas rejoiced as well, hugging the yokai king.
Even if Lucas had stopped playing the flute, the powerful, almighty energy kept surging through the both of them as it manifested into a powerful collum of fiery energy, giving them both strength.
Once the light had died down, Lord Enma and Lucas now stood before Kaliya, looking different. Lord Enma now had the flute around his neck with a matching fiery necklace and some kind of boa. His red robes had become violet, his blonde hair had become more spiked up and white, and he now had a third eye opened. Lucas looked at himself, and he too changed. He was now wearing mint green robes and his hair had become a deep blue, his skin a light pale blue, and his eyes a dark golden yellow.
"I...I can't believe I've awakened..." Lord Enma said, now full awakened to his full potential now.
"Is this what I look like as a yokai?" Lucas commented, before giving a light smile, a few tears still in his eyes. "I look really cool."
"I, no...we wouldn't have made it this far without us helping one another," Awakened Enma responded, still sounding happy. "I can't thank you enough."
"Let's finish this together now, shall we?" Lucas asked as Enma confidently nodded.
Kaliya eyed the two awakened yokai, confused.
"How are you two even alive after all of that!?" Kaliya just about screamed, shaking the ground a little. "Why I'll set free of my binds and end the both of you right now!"
Kaliya first tried to skewer one of the boys with a spear, only to have it literally combust in a sensation that was both sparking and fiery as Awakened Enma made a quick gesture. Another attempted skewer happened, but the spear was quickly broken once more by Awakened Enma's power.
Next Kaliya tried to slice with both of her blades, only to find them severely frozen in place as Lucas quickly reacted to the attempted slashing.
Once it seemed Kaliya had been completely out of methods to attack back with, Enma and Lucas looked at each other, nodding. Lucas was given the jewel, holding it in his right hand. Enma still held the blade, holding it in his left hand. With their free hand, they both grabbed onto the flute Enma had over his neck. Once everything was in position, they both closed their eyes as more power seemed to flow through the two, something of a grand scale was about to be unleashed.
"Now! Demonic Eye, Angelic Eye, Destructive Rejuvenating Wave!" Both Enma and Lucas yelled together, opening their eyes as the massive gathering of power manifested into a huge, destructive ball of energy. They both put all their focus and heart into it, before throwing it onto Kaliya.
Once the impact had landed, Kaliya let out a loud scream, as a large beacon of holy light broke through the skies, evaporating the large, destructive yokai. It seemed at long last, Kaliya's reign of terror was over. Even though things seemed to have slowed down a bit, both boys remained in their awakened state, as it was permanent.
The skies began to lighten a little bit, the lightning and hail disappeared, and the rain went from severe to a light, soothing drizzle.
The main hole Kaliya popped out from was sealed, leaving...a patch of grass with several lily flowers? How...odd.
Sitting in the middle of the grassy field was someone rather familiar, almost shocking in fact.
"Lady Yami?" Lucas asked, completely shocked to see her here.
"M-Mom!?" Enma added in, just as shocked as he approached her alongside Lucas.
Yami only nodded in response, before hugging the both of them. "Yes, I'm here my children. It's been quite some time, hasn't it?"
"I'd never think I'd meet you, everyone never wanted to tell me about you but you're here!" Enma just about cried, so happy to finally, after so long of searching and wondering, got to see his mother. It was almost unreal, yet joyous.
"I'm happy the both of you have certainlly grown up quite a bit since I've last seen you..." Yami began. "I'm proud of you both for reaching this far..."
"Thank you, I would have never thought we would meet either..." Lucas added in, just as overjoyed as Enma was. "You're...going to stay with us, right?"
There was a pause of silence, almost about killing the mood in the room.
"...No, I can not sadly." Yami spoke up, sounding saddened in her tone. "I had already died, and my soul was so dissatisfied it deformed into...well whatever caused all this...but..."
"But what?" Lucas asked.
"I was finally given resolve after being so blinded, so enraged for ten years..." Yami answered. "...I can finally rest peacefully..."
"So you're...going away?" Enma responded to the answer Yami had given them both. He was trying to keep a strong attitude.
"Yes, meaning I can finally rest," Yami finished her answer. "But I will always be watching you both, beyond the stars. Farewell you two, please keep the dream of humans and yokai holding hands as friends alive..."
It felt jarring to suddenly not having someone hugging them both. The skies had finally cleared up, the drizzle had stopped. The sun was beginning to set.
Though, as much as Enma didn't want to admit it, he was crying. A lot in fact, practically sobbing with a sadness even beyond the yokai gods.
"...she couldn't stay...I would have lost my mom anyways..." Enma began to sob, there was absolutely no use hiding it now. "T-there was so much more I wanted to say...!"
Lucas only could try to comfort the saddened god king with a hug. Even if he was extremely powerful, he was still a child regardless.
"None of this was your fault...it was neither of ours..." Lucas tried to comfort the other, couldn't help but feel a bit sad himself.
"But what if it was!?" Enma cried, sounding a bit angry but most certainly very upset. "H-had I not even tampered into all this...maybe she might have still been alive! I-I wish I wasn't willing to get into..t-this mess...!"
Enma found himself pretty much clutching his his life on Lucas' back, sobbing his eyes out. Even Lucas began to cry a bit as well.
"If...if it wasn't for us...she wouldn't be happy..." Lucas sniffled, trying to lighten things up even if he was crying. "A-And it's not like...she hates us either..."
Enma took a few breathers to try and even out his intensive sobbing, still being quite upset he only got to see his mother briefly and not have all his questions answered.
"I'm...I'm happy that I got to meet her briefly...even if I didn't have everything answered..." Enma asked, slowly calming down even if he was still a sobbing mess right now. "...There was still so much I wanted to ask her...about everything...I wanted...I wanted her to stay!"
"I...I felt the same as well..." Lucas sniffed as well. "I wanted to talk to her more...but I couldn't."
"This...This is unfair...I'm the king of all yokai...I shouldn't have things like this happen!" Enma just about screamed, the tears practically cascading off his face. He was so angry, yet also so sad. It was a mess of emotions that was hard for the young king to even comprehend.
"Didn't...didn't Yami say something...that meant she wasn't gone...?" Lucas asked.
Looking up, the sun had already set, leaving the starry sky exposed. It was beautiful, much more stunning than usual with not a cloud in the sky.
"She...She said she was going to watch us from beyond the stars..." Enma piped up, mesmerized by the stars up above.
"Right...so she isn't gone forever..." Lucas added in, still trying to lighten things up in spite of tears still going down both of their faces. "...she's still with us in the night sky..."
Enma finally began to smile, just a little bit. He felt a little bit better now, despite being massively heartbroken. He had to still be strong no matter what, that was what he was told.
"Mom...wherever you are...I'll...I'll work hard to be sure...those bonds of humans and yokai aren't lost..." Enma said aloud, even with a few tears in his eyes.
"Just you?" Lucas asked as Enma got a bit quiet. "Do you think you can really do such a major feat alone?"
"I mean...you were raised in the human world...do you want to go back to your normal life?" Enma asked. "I mean, it is possible to repress an awakened form...if you really want things to go back to normal for you...I'm really sorry you've gone through so much..."
The only response Enma got initially was a hug from his relative. A bit sudden but he accepted it anyways.
"...As much as I'd miss my old life...I think it's best if I stay here..." Lucas answered. "Even if I don't have the throne...I can still be here...right? Plus there's something important about staying here as well."
"That would be...?" Enma asked.
"I get to stay with you, wiling to help and support," Lucas answered, giving a light smile. "Besides, you can teach me things about the Yokai World, and I can teach you things about the Human World."
Both boys smiled wide at each other, most of their tears have rolled off and dried. They both stood up, still holding hands.
"Let's make a better tomorrow, together," Enma said, smiling as big as he could have.
The night sky in the Yokai World gleamed beautifully, much brighter and more beautiful than ever before. It was a sign that all the calamity was finally over at long last, and things would return to a much more peaceful state.
The stars shined to one thing for certain, a better tomorrow for both humans and yokai alike. The future was something still constantly writing itself, so there's no telling how it will go, but it being a better, more positive future was evident.
A better future for both humans and yokai was starting to blossom, from this day forward, the stars guiding the future of both worlds.