Many years ago, during the Edo Period, Japan harbored two races. The humans, the dominant species of the earth tasked to rule over all the others and then there were the yokais, supernatural spirits and entities that came in all sorts of forms ranging from animals to objects to things even beyond one’s imagination. For many years the yokais lived in the shadows allowing the humans to roam the earth as they please in peace. That was until one yokai was consumed by rage, disgusted that such a “WEAK” race had more freedom to the land than them. The yokai formed a gathering and began his attack on humanity starting with Edo with no signs of being defeated but that was until another yokai who refused to stand idly by with his power and let innocents die and his kind stain their reputation for generations to come. After a brutal battle the yokai defeated the tyrant who had started it all and banished him to a realm he couldn’t possibly escape. Unfortunately, the victory was not without tragic losses. From that day on, the yokai made it his life mission to stop any other who in admiration of the chaos would go down the same path as the tyrant while teaching his fellow yokais and leading them down his path to continue his mission for years to come. The yokai went by many names but by far, its most popular was…THE GHOST OF EDO.
Now, in current day Tokyo, it’s nighttime at a large compound lit up with yellow lights all over the place. A five-floored mansion with a helicopter on top is resting in the center of the compound with pools, buildings, a variety of cars and men with guns in SWAT team gear littered all around it.
Inside the mansion, a chubby bald man in a white suit is seated at a small bar with a drink in hand sweating uncontrollably. A guard walks in on him.
“Sir, the chopper team said their ready to move” Guard
“Oh okay, just…give me a minute” The man
The guard nods and walks away.
On the roof above the bar, a group of guards are gathered looking around. The lights on the roof suddenly go off.
“The hell?” Guard #1
“What just happened?” Guard #2
“I think the power went out” Guard #3
“Yeah…I know the power went out, I mean HOW?” Guard #2
“Then why not say HOW?” Guard#3
“Because people will know what I mean” Guard#2
“I didn’t know what you meant” Guard #4
“He didn’t know what you meant” Guard #3
“Are you guys deadass right now?!” Guard #2
“Will you guys shut up and focus! This could be a problem!” Guard #1
A creak echoes around them. They all aim their guns in different directions.
“The hell was that?!” Guard #5
They all begin to thread slowly around the roof taking quick glances in every direction. A guard stands on a spot and continues to look around. Suddenly, green eyes spawn in the shadows behind him. The guard gets dragged into the shadows immediately.
“AHH!!!” Guard #1
The other guards turn in the direction of the scream.
“THE HELL?!!” Guard #2
A giant ball-like silhouette zooms pasts them vanishing with two guards. The two remaining guards quickly turn around.
“SHIT! Quick, call for backup!” Guard #4
“O-Okay!” Guard #5
Two long and slender arms, slithers in from the shadows and begins tickling one of the guards arm pits. The guard bursts out laughing.
“STOP! STOP! THAT TICKLES! HAAAAAAA!!” Guard #5
The arms immediately yank them guard into the shadows. The last guard quickly turns around panting uncontrollably.
“HEY! WHO ARE YOU?! SHOW YOURSELF!” Guard #4
“Done” A voice from behind
The guard quickly turns around. His eyes widen as he stands face to face with creature-shaped silhouettes of different shapes and sizes standing before him. The guard’s legs shake uncontrollably. He drops to the ground.
“W-What…...are y-you?” Guard #4
“We’re aliens…and with want your banana! COMPRENDE!?” The lizard-looking silhouette
“W-WHAT?!!” Guard #4
They all leap at him, smashing him through the roof. They all come crashing into the bar of the building. The man in the bar tumbles off his seat as a group of guards with guns rush into the bar aiming at the cloud of dust. A guard helps up the man.
“Are you okay, sir?” Guard
As the dust clears the man’s eyes begin to widen.
“It’s them…” Man
The dust finally clears, revealing the four creatures standing above a guards body.
A brown hawk with arms, a green bandana around his forehead, a green belt around his waist and green bandages on his fore arms and legs.
A giant white bear with a white shell around his torso, a red bandana around his forehead, red bandages on his hands and feet, red spikes going down his back and a kanji that says FAMILY going down his front belly.
A tall orange cat with no tail, two blue gems in his palms, a yellow bandana around its forehead, a yellow utility belt around its waist, yellow gauntlets and yellow soleless boots.
And finally, a short blue lizard with black spikes going down her back, a pink bandana around its forehead, pink bandages all over its arms and legs and a pink belt tied around her waist.
“IT’S THE GHOSTS!” Man
“You bet your mama’s tushy it’s us!” The Hawk
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“Now turn yourself in or imma hav’ta shove MY FIST up your….” The Bear
“Woah! Hold the sprinkles, beef cake. What are you doing?!” The Hawk
“Uh…. Threatening the bad guy?” The Bear
“Oh yeah? Well, what was I doing?” The Hawk
“What’s the problem here? I thought we were doing it together?” The Bear
“WE?! WHO’S WE?!! You speak French now?!” The Bear
“I speak can speak Spanish!” The Lizard
“That’s beautiful information, who asked?” The Hawk
“Don’t you think you’re being a lil’ too salty for not finishing your sentence, Hiro” The Bear
“I’m the leader of this operation, Tadano! And as the leader of this operation all first threats come from me” Hiro
“Oh yeah?! Well, Tadano’s the older brother, so, HA!” The Bear
“Oh yeah?! Well, I ate the most fish! HA!” The Lizard
“What does that have to do with anything?!” Tadano
“What does what have to do with anything?” The Lizard
Tadano buries his face in his hand and sighs. The cat chuckles while shaking his head
“Oh, ye of brainless arguments” The Cat
“Who you calling brainless?!” Tadano
“Those who cannot see the best option for a threat before them, I’m afraid. A mere gadget pull is all it takes” The Cat
The creatures all continue to argue amongst themselves as the guards look at them with raised brows.
“THE HELL ARE YOU IDIOTS WAITING FOR?! KILL THEM!!” The man
The man dashes off as the guards begin to shoot at them. Tadano quickly shields the others from the bullets with his shell.
“Hey, how about we call a truce and take out all the stress on the bad guys?” Tadano
They all look at each other.
“Sure” Hiro
“Fine, by me” The Cat
“Cuenta conmigo” The Lizard
Hiro immediately leaps into the pulls out an egg and flings at the guards, it explodes into green flames sending some of them flying and stopping the shooting . Hiro then leaps at one of them, knees his head into the wall, catches a punch from another, twists, karate chops his neck tosses him into another guard, catches another punch from a guard, snaps his arm then palm strikes his head into the wall.
“MIKO, CATCH!” Hiro
Hiro spins the guard around flings him into the air.
“GRACIAS!” The Lizard
Miko leaps into the above the flying guard, stretches her arms at him like grappling lines catching him by his leg and arm, yanks herself and smashes her leg across his throat sending diving down and crashing onto another guard. Miko lands on the guards.
“NOODLES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILIA!” Miko
Miko elongates her arms into whips, leaps at a guard, thwacks him in the face with an arm, wraps an arm around another, flings him into the next guard, flips into the lashes guards head into the ground, leaps over a punch and lands on the guards arm.
“NOPE!” Miko
Miko then flips into the air, stretches her arms at the guard, catching him by his shoulders, yanks him into the air, summersaults with him in hand and smashes him into the ground.
“TADANO, AQUI!” Miko
Miko spins the guard around flings him towards Tadano. Tadano turns to the incoming guard, smirks deviously, rolls up into a ball large ball of spikes and launches at him, bashing him away and sending him crashing into the wall. Tadano, souring above some guards, unfolds.
“RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Tadano
Tadano plumets down, crushes a guard with his body, flips onto his feet, slaps a guard away, punches another into the ground, catches one by the face and spins around knocking down some guards.
“SHIRO, GO LONG!” Tadano
Tadano flings the guard towards the cat.
“FINALLY!” Shiro
Shiro springs at the guard, knees him in the face and lands in front of a bunch of guards. With a devious grin he stretches out his opens, the gems in his palms, burst out blue energy, the energy twists and weaves into two energy swords.
“BEHOLD! The result of HIGH-LEVEL INGENUITY!” Shiro
Shiro dashes forward spins around, slashing down some guards, joins his blades into a double-edged sword, spins it side to side deflecting a barrage of bullets, spins around hurtles the staff, sending it flying across the room as a spinning energy saw and slashing down the remaining of the guards. The swords fly back into Shiro’s hand and despawns.
“C’mon, family! We got bigger fish to fry!” Hiro
The Ghosts run off from the scene. Within moments they barge through a door arriving to the roof of the mansion only to find a helicopter fleeing from the scene. The man from earlier sticks out his head from the helicopter and laughs at them.
“Damn it! His getting away!” Tadano
“LATER, FREAKS! OH! AND I LEFT A BOMB DOWNSTAIRS JUST FOR YOU!! HAAAAA!” The man
“A bomb?! What does mean by a bomb?!!” Tadano
“Maybe its ballon with firecrackers in it” Miko
“What?!” Tadano
“Yeah, your right, too predictable. Ballon with BUNCH of fish is more like it and DELICIOSO” Miko
“Shiro, REPORT!” Hiro
Shiro pulls out a blocky yellow phone with an antenna sticking out of it.
“Okay I’ve got good news and bad news. Bad news is the yakuza boss wasn’t lying; there is a bomb on the bottom floor” Shiro
“Sweet mother of daddy’s left testicle. What’s the good news?” Hiro
“My Bomb Detector three thousand is up and ready to win daddy another NOBEL PRIZE!” Shiro
The others look at him with low brows.
“…In a prosperous future for yokais of course” Shiro
Tadano smacks Shiro’s head.
“OW!” Shiro
“We have to defuse that bomb” Hiro
“But we can’t let the calvo get away” Miko
Hiro strokes his chin and grunts. He snaps his finger.
“Listen up, men! Shiro, I need that bomb defused and I need it defused YESTERDAY!” Hiro
“That’s…not scientifically possible…” Shiro
“DON’T GIVE ME THAT! Get a move on! DOUBLE TIME! Miko, follow him, cover his back!” Hiro
Miko salutes
“SI, SENOR!” Miko
Miko shoves Shiro off the roof and leaps after him.
“Tadano, I need you to long at twelve o’clock, ready catch!” Hiro
Tadano looks into his phone.
“But it’s twelve o two….” Tadano
“Make it work” Hiro
“Okay…what are you gonna do?” Tadano
“Me?” Hiro
Hiro looks into the distance with his chest out and his bandana flowing in the wind.
“I’m going flying” Hiro
“…. you…. don’t have wings” Tadano
“No, one likes a soiled boxer, Tadano” Hiro
Meanwhile, in a room, a beeping cylindrical device the size of water hydron is in the center surrounded by three-armed guards. One of the guards itches his head.
“I’m sorry, why are we guarding a ticking time bomb?” Guard #1
“To get paid obviously…” Guard #2
“Oh yeah! Silly me” Guard #1
The door to the room flies off its hinges and crashes into one of the guards, Miko and Shiro spring into the room in combat stances.
“Did anyone order a knuckles sandwich!” Miko
“…. No…I ordered a bowl of miso soup. I thought I was clear over the phone” Guard #1
“Well, lucky for you…” Miko
Miko pulls out a bowl of soup.
“…I do have miso soup” Miko
“Oh, nice, I really thought you…” Guard #1
Miko throws the soup on the guard.
“HOLY SHIT! SHE LIED ITS HOT BROCCOLLI STEW!!!” Guard #1
The guard collapses. Miko then stretches out her arms, grabbing the last guard and yanks herself over drop kicking him into a wall. The guard collapses on his knees then drops to the ground. Miko immediately looks to the entrance.
“Rapido, Shiro! Who more guards may be on their way!” Miko
Shiro walks up to the bomb chuckling.
“Fear not, sister. For in your presence, you have an intellect who was capable of disarming a C-Ten in one minute, forty-two seconds. Just so you know, that’s faster than the individual who is recorded in the world record. I can handle this no…...” Shiro
Shiro sees a big red button on top of the bomb that says DEFUSE. Shiro’s smile slowly fades off of his face.
“Huh?” Shiro
Meanwhile, Hiro is bolting and leaping from building to building only a few miles from the helicopter.
“ALMOST THERE!” Hiro
Hiro leaps off a building, going over street, latches onto a wall with his claws, leaps on to the building and continues sprinting.
“COME ON, SOLDIER! DOUBLE TIME!” Hiro
Hiro pulls out an egg, tosses it ahead onto the ground, leaps into the air and double stomps down on the egg, the egg explodes launching Shiro at the helicopter like a brown missile with green flames bursting from it. Hiro stretches out his hands and catches the helicopter by the railings.
“Who said I can’t fly!” Hiro
Hiro swings back then swings forth into the helicopter. The guards and the man gasp.
“You’re coming with us, bowling ball!” Hiro
Two of the guards aim at Hiro with their guns. Hiro quickly grabs both their guns, yanks it out of their hands and flings them away.
“No, thanks!” Hiro
Hiro punches a guard in the throat and karate chops the other in throat. Both guards slump over, unconscious. Hiro then grabs the man and jacks him off his seat. Hiro pulls out an egg and looks at the pilot.
“Keep the change!” Hiro
Hiro flings the egg his way and leaps out of the helicopter with man. The helicopter explodes into green flames as Hiro and man fall down to the city.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!” The man
Meanwhile, Tadano lands onto a building and looks up to the sky, his ear twitches an echoing scream. He turns around siting Hiro and the man falling to their doom. Tadano’s eyes locks on to them. Tadano then immediately rolls up into ball, launches off the building towards Hiro and the man. Tadano unfolds and hugs both of them.
“Told you can make it work!” Hiro
“HANG ON!!!” Tadano
Tadano rolls up into a ball and plummets down like a meteor, crashing down into a parking lot, exploding into a cloud of dust and sending multiple cars flying in different directions.
The dust slowly clears exposing Tadano in ball form at the center of a wide yet shallow crater. He unfolds releasing Hiro and the man. The man groans softly with his eyes all white.
“Nice work, soldier” Hiro
“No prob!” Tadano
“Now come on! We need to regroup with others, PRONTO!” Hiro
“Right” Tadano
Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Miko is dodging and whipping the guards surrounding sweating intensely and panting.
“Uh…...Hermano, how’s the bomb going” Miko
Shiro is leaning on a wall with folded arms and a sad look on his face.
“We have fifty-two seconds remaining” Shiro
“WHAT??!! DUDE, I CAN’T KEEP GOING I NEED A HAND AND….” Miko
“Miko, can I ask you something?” Shiro
“I DON’T THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR…!” Miko
“Am I really that smart…so smart, the universe and its children don’t even bother to give me a challenge anymore or is that that the human race as devolved to brain deadness on a universal scale?” Shiro
“SHIRO, PLEASE JUST……!” Miko
“I mean, a DEFUSE BUTTON ON A BOMB!!?? Dear Lord, how far have we fallen from grace? How are WE made in your image and likeness” Shiro
“SHIRO, JUST PUSH….!!” Miko
“Yeah, I guess that’s how far we’ve fallen and I need to accept it” Shiro
“SHIRO!!!” Miko
“Yeah, your right. As long as I get praise who cares” Shiro
Shiro taps the button, the bomb stops beeping with only nine seconds left on the clock.
“Thank you, Miko. I really needed that talk” Shiro
Shiro turns around. His eyes widen at the sight of Miko with all sorts of cuts and bruises all over her body standing in the midst of multiple unconscious guards. Shiro lets out a nervous chuckle as Miko looks at him with narrowed eyes.
“…. I’m sorry” Shiro
“Denegado” Miko
Miko walks out of the room. Shiro lets out a sigh.
“That’s understandable” Shiro
Shiro walks out after her.
An hour later, the sound of sirens echoed through the skies as hundreds of police cruisers surround the compound and as hundreds of officers march in and out of the compound with guards and their boss in cuffs. The Ghosts are seated on a nearby building looking at the scene with smiles on their faces.
“Ah…. the bad guys going back to jail where they belong. It’s never not satisfying” Tadano
“Si” Miko
“Agreed” Shiro
“Come on, soldiers. We did well today, I say we’ve earned ourselves some well-deserved fried fish!” Hiro
“YEAH!” Miko
“I’ll say!” Shiro
“I’m starving!” Tadano
“Last person home is dirty robe!” Miko
Miko dashes off. Hiro dashes after her. Shiro dashes off after him.
“HEY, NO FAIR!” Tadano
Tadano rolls up into a ball and bolts after them.
“YOU GUYS ARE SUCH CHEATERS!” Tadano
“WHATEVER DIRTY ROBE!” Miko
All of them laugh in unison as they run and leap into Tokyo. Their responsibility…. their home.
THE END.