Chain Yokai: Book 1. The Hunter

Yokai Hunters Academy

Neko merely packed a bag full of canned fish and balls of yarn. It was Yuki who took the longest to pack, taking along everything from extra toothbrushes for Neko and Laura, to all her cookbooks and cleaning guides.

"Yuki does not know whether the dorm will be a mess." Yuki had said. "Yuki does not want Ojosama to be subject to such a mess.."

And so when all of them had packed, Hayate instructed them to place all their luggage in a pile at his feet.

When that had been done, Hayate put a strange set of sticky notes on each bag with the Japanese character for wind, said a few muttered chants, and the bags dissapeared in a puff of smoke.

"Hopefully these bags won't go to Antartica." said Hayate. "Now, if the spell worked right, these should already be in your assigned dorms in the Shinjuku district."

"So what now?" asked Neko.

"Well." said Hayate. "I transport us of course...just give me a second, human and yokai transportation is slightly more tricky. If I get it wrong, then we got arrive without arms...and our arms would arrive in Antartica without us!"

"Uhh..that's a comforting thought." said Laura as a bead of sweat rolled down her forehead.

"Antartica doesn't seem so bad to Yuki." said Yuki, displaying her yokai species's love of cold and ice.

"Alright..." said Hayate grabbing hold of Laura and Neko's hands as Yuki did the same. "Are you ready?"

"If you're sure that we'll arrive with our arms and not at the bottom of the world, then yes, we're ready." said Laura.

"Here we go!" said Hayate. "Let The Bird Take Flight Into Mist That Leads Us...Teleport!!"

Laura's vision became extremely blurred as she began to feel the sensation of being thrown down a long dark wind tunnel. Then..

There was a puff of smoke. Laura waved the smoke out of her vision to reveal that she was standing in what appeared to be a magnificent clean city. Shining high tech looking skyscrapers stood all around the horizon, people were everywhere, bustling though the powerful looking metropolis that looked full of malls, shops, and electronics stores.

But it was the building in front of her that looked the most impressive. The massive building was an architectural masterpiece, looking at least 2 miles wide. It had the appearence of 30 trapezoids all stacked on top of each other, each trapezoid higher up being smaller then the one it stood upon. One way glass windows encircled the building like diamonds. Then if that wasn't enough, bigger still was the ginormous courtyard encompassing the building, a courtyard of massive proportions that had everything from excercise areas to what appeared to be a training spot for casting spells and working with familiars.

"Am I dreaming?" Laura said aloud.

"WHOAAAAH!" said Neko. "It's HUGE!! Okay, before we go in, I wanna get one thing straight. I know you're probably going to have some sort of class where familiars have to fight alongside you, but count me out, cause we all know that us Bakonekos aren't really good at fighting."

"Oh really?" said Laura raising an eyebrow. "Then what's she doing?"

Laura pointed a thumb at a what appeared to be a silver haired 16 year old girl. She wore blue buttoned shirt with a yellow tie, a black skirt and high black socks..the typical girl's uniform for the Japan division of Yokai Hunters Academy. She had white cat's ears and a big white bushy tail with light brown tip, typical features of a Bakoneko. (Note that she is 16 in Yokai years, not human years. It's more likely she's actually around 45 years old in human years.)