「 A YOKAI? 」| RC9GN

02 • got stank?

"No promises. I can't help it if THE Ninja offered to take me home. Careful, I might just assume you have a crush on me~" I lightly chuckled.

He laughs "Ha! Yeah right. It's more like the other way around. Though I can't blame you, who wouldn't fall for this handsome face." He says cockily.

"Your face is like 99% covered." 

"So what? I still have this dark and mysterious vibe going on. Girls are into that right?" 

"Whatever you say Ninja." 

We both bid eachother goodbye as I step onto the front door of my house. Carefully opening and shutting it after entering, some of the lights were still on as I walk into the living room. I heard soft snores and peered over the couch to see my dad still in his work clothes sleeping. 

I lightly sighed and picked up a nearby blanket and draped it over his form. "Goodnight dad." I turn off the lights and quietly head to my room. 

Throwing my bag onto the floor, I flop down face first on my bed feeling tired. Flipping around onto my back, I turn to stare at the ceiling in thought. How am I suppose to fix this.

A while after, my eyes lit up like a light bulb, I reached over my bedside and took out my Yokai Nomicon book and sat up from my bed. "You gotta have some solution to this right? How do I change Bucky back?" Flipping open the book, my mind gets sucked in. 

Now standing in the middle of a ancient drawn village. When I looked around, there was no giant fox in sight. "Hello?" I called out. "Yukiko?" There was still no reply.

A sound came from above and I look up to see a picture of a man holding a fan, with words appearing beside it. "The evil funk possesses the vulnerable, using that which he holds most dear." The man turns into a monster but then a doodle Yokai shows up and breaks his fan, turning him back to normal. "Guess I'm learning in riddles now. At least this seems straightforward." 

My mind returning to the real world, I held my head in thought, "So I have to destroy the thing he holds most dear? I have to find him first if I need to do that." Putting away the book, I get up and turn off my lights then plopping right back onto my bed. I'll worry about a plan in the morning, right now I just need some rest. Closing my eyes I fell into a deep sleep.

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「Randy's POV」

I scratch at the bandaid on my nose as Howard and I entered the library. "Ash texted that she was gonna be here." I said looking at my phone, reading the message sent 10 minutes ago. 

"Found her." Howard said, pointing in the direction of a nearby table, she sat with her head down on the surface and arms curled around. Looks like she dosed off while waiting. 

Howard poked her in the head a couple of times, "Yup, she's out." 

"Let her be, looks like she didn't get enough sleep." Taking off my jacket, I draped it over her shoulders. I've never seen her face up close before, she not bad looking... What am I saying?? I shake off my thoughts as Howard spoke up again.

"You're kinda looking not so good yourself, Cunningham. The juice happened to your nose?"

"Oh, this? I was out till curfew looking for Bucky and I ran into Ash. I sorta accidentally scared her and then I got punched." 

"Ho ho, I would've loved to see that. Never thought Campbell could be the type to pack a punch." Howard laughs. 

"Tell me about it. It still stings." I rub my nose in attempts to sooth the pain. "Anyway, you just can't find a runaway monster on a school night."