"Y-Y-Yokai?!"
"AAA... He can actually see us! What should we do, Gin?"
One of the female Yokai asked frantically to a figure named Gin, the Yokai has long hair that covers her's face and is dressed in a white yukata the reason why Haruki thinks of her as a Yokai is because she has no legs and floats, her body is also transparent.
"It's weird. I remember very well that although the Oikawa family had the ability to wash Yokai, but they shouldn't be able to see us. The Oikawa family is a family with half-and-half ability."
Gin- A buffalo yokai with a human-like body, he wears a black and gray yukata that blends perfectly.
"Boy, who exactly are you?!"
Giln asked a little panicked, it has been a very long time since anyone can see it.
"O- Oikawa Haruki.."
Now that Haruki's face turned pale, he could no longer respond to what was happening normally.
"How can an Oikawa like you see spirits?" asked the female Yokai hiding behind Gin's body.
Haruki himself was confused by the situation, so he replied very hesitantly.
"I also didn't know this was the first time this happened, even I thought your existence was just a myth, I didn't expect Yokai to really exist."
Haruki tries to pinch his own cheek making sure that what is experienced is reality or a dream.
"So you also don't know why, then it's only natural that you're confused-"
"Wait! Don't try to approach the Oikawa family even if they can't see us, but this kid is an exception! I don't know what reason, but he awakens the ability to see yokai. He will definitely purify us." Gin argued, he stared intently at Haruki.
"Wait I don't even know what's going on," said Haruki in self-defense.
"Don't lie man! Don't listen to what he said. I'm sure this one Oikawa has a bad plan." Gin added with a frightened face, he imagined himself being purified.
"I told you it's not like that!"
Haruki still tried to refute, but everything was very useless. Gin- The buffalo's Yokai suddenly darted towards Haruki, wanting to give him an attack before himself was purified.
Haruki is surprised he delivers a punch as an act of reflex and self-protection.
"Listen to people's talk until it's over!"
Gin fell down, his head now bumped with a large size.
"Gin!"
The female Yokai screams and approaches Gin who has fallen on the ground, while Haruki looks down at his hand. He is surprised that he can deliver attacks to Yokai who don't even have a physical form and are just spirits.
"Hiiikk... the Oikawa family is indeed not bad. Let's run!"
Gin runs followed by the female Yokai when Haruki wants to call them again, but unfortunately both Yokai are gone.
"Tsk, what exactly happened to me? How could I possibly see Yokai, really ridiculous. Maybe the head was hit too hard because of falling down the stairs..:
Haruki's eyes were wide open as if he remembered something.
'Wait, when I fall. I accidentally kissed Nanase-san, right? Don't tell me this is the cause?'
Haruki begins to think about everything that might happen. But he shook his head to make the thought disappear.
'It can't be just my hunch. Although Nanase-san looked strange, but mana was possible. I must have fallen and my brain was a little badly injured, I started to hallucinating. Yep, that must be the reason.'
The earth has been shrouded in darkness, the crescent moon looks very beautiful, Haruki looks up at the moon. Recalling some of the incidents that had just happened, he then sighed.
-***-
"I'm home!"
Haruki opens the door of his house, walks into the living room and stares at the tatami. Inside there is a takonoma where paintings hang and place vases with flower arrangements. This place is quite luxurious for a traditional house. This living room is also about four and a half by five and a half Meters in size, quite spacious.
Haruki sighed, he didn't see his family figure anymore. Maybe it was because he had a fight with his father just now, so Hanzo didn't show the bridge of his nose.
'Alone again, huh?'
Being alone is what Haruki hates the most, because of his divergent thinking from the other Oikawa members he is often ostracized and considered a disturbing existence.
Even his parents are too busy with priestly work instead of taking care of their children, this is also why Haruki thinks that Yokai is ridiculous and cannot exist, he only thinks if he manages to make a good idea and raise Oikawa's name then Haruki is not alone anymore, but unfortunately the idea is rejected outright.
Haruki's lips lifted from realizing how stupid he was. Haruki stepped into his room and lay down there. Slowly looked into his eyes. Thinking that with sleep this strange ability will disappear.
- Brak
A loud blow sounded, Haruki who was just about to go to dreamland woke up and was alert. Once again a strong vibration occurred, as if something hit his house, yet Haruki didn't know what happened. A loud impact occurred for the third time, Haruki's house shook like a small earthquake.
Because of panic, Haruki immediately tried to escape, but suddenly the window of his room was broken, making a loud sound sound. Haruki's eyes turned and he looked surprised.
A huge white fox broke into the window of his room. His body is very large, his white feathers look very dense, his claws and fangs look sturdy. It can even tear flesh easily. The fox hissed revealing its sharp fangs, as if it wanted to eat prey.
Haruki panicked even more, he understood the situation. Because of something he didn't know, Haruki became the target of Yokai fox. He was not stupid to give up his life, Haruki decided to run away from the room immediately.
But, of course the big fox didn't let him, the Yokai chased Haruki along the room. Made some furniture and things ruined.
Fearing that his house would be destroyed, Haruki decided to run outside the house. Lure the fox away from his house. His feet kept walking in the middle of the dense forest near his home.
No matter how long he ran, the Fox Yokai would continue to chase him.
GWAAARRHH!
The birds fluttered at each other, a deafening roar sounded. The white furry creature lunged, accelerating its running speed extremely fiercely. His mouth gaped wide, spitting saliva.
Realizing something dangerous coming, Haruki looked back. It can be seen that a sharp claw is about to scratch his face.
There were only a few seconds left before the claws tore off the teenager's skin. Arriving at the moment of curitis, Haruki's isting helps him. With a steady movement, the teenager jumped to the right and managed to dodge the scratches from the Creature. Although it left a little scratch on his cheek, but this is better than death.
'The one just now was almost. Lucky me.'
However, this is naturally not finished. Attacks like this, of course, the Yokai can launch several times as he pleases, it only takes time until Haruki's energy runs out and he will die.
'Run, run, run. Focus your energy just on running Haruki... Don't think of anything else, if you want to live then run!'
His heart kept beating violently, his breathing was very irregular, cold sweat drenched profusely wet his body. Haruki tirelessly kept running.
GWAAARRHH!
The roar sounded horribly again. This time Haruki can feel something that can make his hair stand up, huh. This is a feeling of death. Even so, Haruki still tried to do his best, despite the trembling he still ran to his limit.
However, things can't happen as desired. This is what happened with Haruki now.
is like bad luck that never stops. Haruki tripped over a wild root and fell, the Yokai leapt into the air with a supple body, trying to reach Haruki with his sharp claws.
'Damn am I going to die?'
Haruki closed both of his eyeballs. Overwhelmed by a sense of despair, he almost thought that he was going to die.
"That's enough, Ren!"
The sharp claw stopped, only a few centimeters meters away would have managed to tear Haruki's neck, but luckily a girl's voice stopped Yokai's activities. Haruki opened his eyes, slowly he was surprised by the sound just now, and what surprised him the most was the fact where Ren- the fox's Yokai name, obeyed the girl's words.
'Wait for the sound just now is...'
"Please forgive me Miss Sakura. But, this ugly human being is the cause of your lost abilities, isn't it?"
The fox stared intently at Haruki, the killing air still felt even though the girl told him to stop.
'I guessed Sakura. Does he have a relationship with this Yokai?'
Sakura walks, her blonde hair and yukata swaying because the wind hits her stares at Haruki with a guilty face.
"Ren, forget about my ability. It's not like I've lost one hundred percent of my abilities."
Sakura confidently looked at Ren, she felt an air of existence and stared behind her body. It's a pity that Ren is actually not there, Ren is crushing Haruki.
"Miss, I'm here. Not there."
Sakura scratched the hair that was not itchy and flushed, she turned back to stare at the source of the sound, although this time she could not see the fox but at least she could hear the sound.
"I'm sorry, but don't get me wrong! I still have my abilities, even if it's limited to hearing and feeling the Yokai's existence."
"Miss, it's a big deal! Then what about the fate of Nanase's family. We need your ability to develop Nanase's family, but this dirty human actually snatched the ability, Miss. It's unforgivable."
Ren, clutching Haruki's body makes the teenager pioneer.
"Stop Ren! It's not his fault!" Sakura tries to persuade him, but Ren seems to have a great hatred for Haruki.
'Damn, 'ability' 'steal' 'the Nanase family' is actually what they mean.'
As expected. Haruki doesn't understand the flow of conversation, but one thing does. This yokai is Sakura's and only that girl can control it.
It's getting more and more crowded. Although Sakura kept screaming to stop, Ren still grabbed Haruki by the neck so tightly that he was made short of breath.
"L- Let go of you annoying Fox base!"
Haruki throws one punch to make Ren stop and it works. Ren whimpered in pain. A top-level Yokai releases his grip due to the pain of a human's punch.
"Uhk.. Uhuk," coughed from Haruki.
As if not believing what she saw. Sakura opened her eyes wide.
"Oikawa-kun, how could you hit a Yokai with your bare hands. and he's Ren. He is not a normal Yokai."
"I don't know.. And honestly I don't know the situation right now. Nanase-san, can you explain what really happened to me?"
Sakura was about to open her mouth, but Ren interrupted her. "Enough, miss. Just kill this human being so that maybe your abilities can come back."
Sakura's gaze became cold, she looked at Ren with a different look than before. "Ren, enough. It's very disrespectful for Oikawa-kun, he doesn't even understand the situation."
Ren stopped resisting, he realized Miss was serious and didn't want to be refuted.
The moon was hidden behind the dark clouds, emitting a faint ray that unraveled among the towering trees in the silent forest. The sound of the whirring night breeze made the leaves tremble, creating a creepy song. The wind blows very strongly. Made the two teenagers' hair sway.
"Okay, Oikawa-kun. Listen well to what I'm going to say this."