「 A YOKAI? 」| RC9GN

03 • so u think u can stank

(If there are issues or unable to play, it's an english cover of "Guitar, Loneliness, & Blue Planet" from Bocchi the Rock by Sapphire)

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After the song, everyone's jaw-dropped, I was immediately greeted with shouts and applause. 

Howard gets up and slams his hands on the table. "What the juice, Campbell!? That was amazing!" Howard yelled at me aggressively but in a positive way. 

"Yeah, you told us you weren't that good but that was literally the brucest thing ever! Did you write that song?" Randy said in disbelief.

"Uhh... yeeaah?" I said reverting back to my nervous self. "I really am still learning though, I'm glad you guys liked it."

"Liked it? We loved it! Get your butt in the talent show you liar!!" Howard yells.

I chuckled under my breath at his loud compliments and step off the stage. Well that went better than I expected. With that outta the way, I find an empty seat in the crowd and enjoy the rest of the tryouts. I've gotten a few compliments as well by the students seated close to me, I shyly thanked them and carried on.

Up next was Bash and his crew, which to be honest, wasn't that great of a performance in my opinion. They were just repeating the same lines over and over again, but Randy and Howard loved it anyways.

I saw the two whispering with eachother before the next person shows up. "Wonder what they're talking about?" 

Juggo wheeled in on his unicycle. "Hey! I'm Juggo, the juggling clown. Thought I do some juggling, and maybe some clowning."

"Oh fantastic, Juggo. Let's see what you got." Randy says with kind of a forced happy tone. Juggo starts to juggle bowling pins while wheeling around on his unicycle.

"Stop, stop." Howard yelled out, the interruption cause Juggo to drop the bowling pins. Oh boy. Please don't tell me they're doing a bit. I had a thought of concern watching it play out.

"You call that juggling? All you did was throw a bunch of junk in the air and then catch it."

"But that's... juggling." Juggo states in confusion.

"And I can't get enough of it." Randy says once more in a cheery tone.

"What's with his bike? One wheel?" Howard scoffs. "Come back when you got two wheels! And regular guy shoes." Some quiet laughter came from audience.

"Oh and I almost forgot..." He made a fart sound then pointing towards the exit. "Off my stage!" Juggo leaves the stage with his head held low in shame.

My eyes followed him out the door, wondering if I should go after him. I mean, the last time someone runs out crying, they came back later looking like a monster. Better to make sure. I quietly got up and followed Juggo out. 

I kept my distance from him as he's crying and wailing throughout the hallway. Just when I turned a corner, green smoke suddenly surrounds him. I quickly hide behind the corner, his body morphs into a monster. Looks like my hunch was correct.

Monster Juggo fled outside of the school. I took out my Yokai mask and followed him out. Since nearly all the students were occupied with the auditions, the school's pretty empty. I transform to my hero self while running after him. Kicking through the doors that lead to the school's parking lot, I see Juggo juggling larger objects like a car, a dumpster and a bicycle.