"Tomoe had given us forms to go to Kyoto. To be honest,this is the first time,I've gone to the main island so I'm kinda scared but,I'll try!" is what Otome has been saying to himself for the past 13 hours.
They're currently on a plane heading to Kyoto. They have about another 14 hours 'till they arrive there.
You can tell a lot from people just by being on an airplane with them. There are those who get scared easily like Otome and Yuuki. There are those who like the thrill of possibly dying at any moment like Feta and Kurogame. Those who like it because of the view like Shuichiro and Futaba. And finally,there are those who don't care at all like Tomoe,who's sleeping soundly.
"For a cat,and someone from another world he's surprisingly calm on a flight." said Soma looking at Tomoe sleeping on Otome's shoulder.
"He's not necessarily from a world without airplanes. He might be in a world with airplanes too." replied Futaba.
"You guys actually believe that crap?" asked Feta. "He's lying to act cool and get sympathy."
"I do admit he's lying..." said Kurogame with a smile on his face. "...on Otome's lap-"
"NOT THAT KIND OF LYING!" Feta was then asked by the flight attendants to quite down and/or be completely silent throughout the remainder of the flight.
"But isn't it weird that he doesn't have a cellphone?" asked Hani.
Everyone wondered about it for a while until Tomoe woke up a few minuted later. "Go to sleep. The entire flight is a day long and you haven't slept for half of it so just go to sleep now." Tomoe then moved to Kurogame's lap but left to Yuuki's almost immediately because he could feel as though Kurogame would have left Tomoe sleeping longer than he wanted to.
They arrived in Kyoto. Of course,everyone wanted to go shopping immediately but Tomoe had to drag them to the hotel for more than one reason.
"I need to discuss you guys about 2 things,1st)There are 22 of you in this class. And I got 8 rooms."
"8?" asked Shuichiro.
"23 divide by 3=7 with a remainder of 2."
"23? Not 22?" asked Kurogame.
"You want me to sleep in a dumpster?"
"Why not?"
"Ugh...anyway,this means one other person has to sleep with me and everyone else has to be in rooms of 3. Got it?"
"Yeeeeeeeeees." most said reluctantly. Some were happy since they could perfectly be in 3 but most couldn't.
"When you're done deciding come show me your group and after that come to my room to find out next."
After they finished putting their luggage away and they went to Tomoe's room the first thing the others saw, -which made them jealous- was that Aki Lin -a karate enthusiast- gets to sleep on a big Queen-size bed.
"Hmm? Oh don't worry. I won't be sleeping with her. She gets the bad and I'll sleep on the couch."
"WHAT ARE YOU?A COUPLE WHO WERE JUST IN AN ARGUMENT?!" shouted Feta.
"You jealous?"
"Yes,a bit."
"Wanna sleep here?"
"With you being here in the room,no."
"You really hate me,don't you?"
"Of course."
"Heh,okay then."
"Okay everyone,listen!" shouted Tomoe. "I'll get straight to it. You can't panic. The amount of surprises you'll get might be more than in a lifetime so prepare yourself and we'll go tomorrow. And always be on your guard"
The next day everyone quickly ate breakfast and waited outside for Tomoe. "Ready?" he asked.
"YEAH!"
Tomoe had told them to not freak out and let me tell you. By the end of this chapter,nearly everyone will be in a hospital bed.
They had been walking for several hours to almost nothing. Otome asked Tomoe where were they going but all Tomoe said is for everyone to look at the sky. They then arrived at the royal palace and the guards asked them why they were there.
Tomoe looked at the sky and shouted, "GET OUT HERE AND SHOW YOURSELF!!" The guards pointed their guns at Tomoe and all he did was take out his notebook.
"Teacher Tomo?" said Otome very worrily.
"SIRIUS THE TYRANT!!" After hearing those words everyone saw that the sky was blood-red.
"Where are we?" asked Feta.
"Who kno-" Itsuro -a boy who wants to be ruler of all- was interrupted by Tomoe pushing him. When he opened his eyes he saw a bunch of household items with faces flying around everywhere. Tomoe had cut one that looked like an umbrella with his scythe.
"I told you to be on guard,didn't I?"
"What are these things?!" asked everyone.
"Tsukumogami. They can be hurt by really anything but be cautious. They can surpris-"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a bloodcurdling scream was heard from the air.
Everyone looked up and saw Otome being lifted into the air by an umbrella with a face.
"Shuichiro."
"Yes,Teacher Tomo?"
"Think you can save Otome?"
"Yes."
"Good confidence. Go. We'll handle the others." When everyone had heard what Tomoe said,they looked around and saw monsters everywhere.
Shuichiro climbed the dirty broken windows and jumped high enough to get right next to the Tsukomogami. He unsheathed his katana and cut the umbrella perfectly in half. He grabbed Otome and used his wind magic to blast away the other Tsukumogami -especially the umbrella ones- and to soften their landing.
"GROVEL!" Everyone looked at Feta when she shouted that and saw her using 2 whips to destroy everyone.
"Whips are extremely useful against Tsuku." said Tomoe.
"Tsuku?" asked Futaba shooting everything.
"Those things." He then pointed at the Tsukumogami and everyone immediately understood. "Since Tsuku is the widest variety of yokai they're also the most common. So it's best to use weapons that are great for hordes. Though..."
"Th-though?" asked Otome still shaking.
"Though Kurogame is proving me wrong."
Kurogame was running and screaming like a madman. Jumping about with his knives. He was dual wielding them though he also had some throwing knives that almost cut everyone else.
Half an hour had past and it seemed like the monsters weren't slowing down. Everyone was exhausted.
"This must be his doing. Everyone! Get into a building or hide behind something,I don't know."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?!" shouted everyone at Tomoe.
"Just do it quickly." Tomoe then jumped incredibly high into air and everyone quickly ran behind something.
Electricity started raining down. Destroying all the Tsuku. However,after all the Tsuku were destroyed,everyone heard a huge thud to the ground. When they went to look they saw Tomoe in a handstand.
"Shall I join you?" asked Aki and Bisen.
"What are you idiots doing?" asked Feta looking at the 3 of them doing a handstand.
"Well the Tengu came out of nowhere."
Suddenly,a huge burst of wind came. It was so strong that it could pull out the lampposts, Which it did. They looked up and saw a guy in a red mask with a long nose. He seemed angry.
"So we just need to take care of that jerk? Got it." said Butei moving in front of everyone. It was hard for him to get there since the wind was so strong.
Once he got in front of everyone he grabbed one of the lampposts that were flying and rammed it into the ground. He used it as a lever and lifted the cracked road into the air to hit the Tengu. It fell and disintegrated.
"Most of them disintegrate,don't they?" asked Futaba.
"All of them do. They actually can't die so when they disintegrate they really just get teleported elsewhere."
"Eh,really?"
"Tomoe?" asked Yuuki. He wasn't listening. "...Tomo?"
"Is something wrong?"
"Can I go look at the river?" She pointed at a surprisingly bright and clean alleyway that lead to a not so surprising dirty river. The river was the same colour as the sky they were all under.
"We'll follow you."
They then walked through the alleyway to go look at the river.
"It's so murky." said Yuuki crouching right in front of the water.
Ao sat down to draw the sky and Junes -the model- crouched right next to Yuuki and said, "You're right. I can't see the bottom."
"How deep is it?" asked Feta.
Tomoe replied, "Probably deep enough to hide a monster or 2."
Yuuki jumped after hearing that and Tomoe was right. A slimy light green arm was grabbing onto Junes left leg and dragging her into the river. Junes used her her right -extremely spiked- high heeled to slice the arm.
"Th-the river isn't water..." said Junes.
"Then what is it?" asked Shizu.
"Blood." said Tomoe. "And inside is probably a Kappa.
"Kappa?" asked Otome.
"You really don't know anything about Yokai,do you?" asked Feta.
"N-no..."
"A Kappa is a turtle-yokai that likes to kidnap children and...do things to women." said Shuichiro slightly blushing.
"It's still in there." said Tomoe. "Who's gonna do it?"
"Can I try?" asked Yuuki looking determined.
"Go ahead."
"YOU CAN DO IT YUUKI!" shouted Soma over and over again. And eventually Futaba and the rest joined in.
Yuuki used her water magic to force the Kappa out and everyone saw an anthropomorphic turtle with a bowl on its head standing right in front of them. It was about to charge at Yuuki but it saw Tomoe in the corner of its eye and stopped moving completely.
"I-I-I-I SURRENDER!" shouted the Kappa.
"IT CAN SPEAK?!" shouted everyone else.
"I'm gonna name you...Sandro!"
"DON'T NAME IT!" shouted everyone at Tomoe.
"Please don't kill me. I surrend-" Kurogame killed Sandro before he could finish his sentence.
"化け物..." said Kurogame quietly. (Bakemono-化け物 can sometimes be misheard as Obakemono despite them meaning different things. It means monster in Japanese.)
"Obake are found elsewhere. Though I expected us to find them sooner." said Tomoe. "Anyway,let's go to Wrath!"
"YEAH!"
The Kappa dropped its bowl with all the water staying inside. Nami tried to pick it up but to no avail.
"The bowl is supposedly made of solid gold and the water is called "The Water of Life." It supposedly increases your lifespan." Nami was very happy when she heard Tomoe say those words and Tomoe is now forced to carry it.
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