Its nighttime, the ghosts are dashing, leaping, and flipping from building to building, soaring through the skies over the bustling neon-lit streets of Tokyo, cheering and laughing at the top of their lungs.
"HEY, GUYS, CHECK THIS OUT! ¡ALREDEDOR DEL MUNDO!" Miko
Miko springs her arms at a pole, grabs it, yanks herself over, spins around the pole, leaps into the air, stretches out her leg while spinning around in the air, tumbles down to the ground, and continues running.
"IMPRESSIVE, SISTER. HOWEVER….!" Shiro
Shiro manifests his energy blades, thrusts them into the ground, launching himself into the air, fuses them into a double-edged sword, and begins spinning them around his neck, and he flies through the air.
"…MY BALLE OF WONDERS MAKES ME BELIEVE OTHERWISE!" Shiro
Shiro cartwheels down to the ground and continues running.
"ALL MAYONNAISE, NO KETCHUP! WATCH AND LEARN, MEN!" Hiro
Hiro pulls out an egg and smashes it across the ground. It explodes, launching Hiro into the air like a rocket. Hiro places his fists on his waist, somersaulting through the air consecutively.
"CONSECUTIVE FLEX FORMATION!" Hiro
Hiro dives down, tumbles onto the ground, leaps onto his feet, and continues running.
"NOT BAD, NOT BAD, FOR ROOKIES! LET THE BIGGEST SHOW YOU WHERE THE REAL SKILL IS AT!" Tadano
Tadano rolls up into a ball, bolts off ahead of them, and zooms off a ramp, launching himself into the air. He unfolds, spreading out his arms, in the moonlight like a bird.
"I CALL THIS ONE BELLY BO….!" Tadano
A pigeon crashes into Tadano's face.
"AHHH!!!" Tadano
Tadano falls from the air, smashes his across the edge of a building, and begins crashing and bouncing back and forth between the buildings before crashing into a dumpster in an alleyway. The others walk up to the edge of the building, looking down on him with smirks on their faces.
"WOW, SOLDIER! YOU REALLY SHOWED US!" Hiro
"HOW TRASH YOU ARE THAT IS!" Miko
"I LEARNED SO MUCH" Shiro
The three of them begin laughing at him. Tadano drags his head out from the dumpster with low brows.
"OH, HA, HA! VERY FUNNY! ANYONE WANNA HELP A BROTHER OUT?!" Tadano
The others dive down into the alley and drag him out from the dumpster. Tadano begins dusting his body.
"By the way, it was the pigeons' fault; Tadano could have won." Tadano
"Sure…" Hiro
Hiro pats Tadano's shell.
"I'm serious!" Tadano
"Seguro, Hermano, and the guards at that museum over there are totally smart for leaving their doors wide open late at night." Miko
They all look towards the massive Tokyo National Museum across the street with its doors wide open.
"Though I do believe they aren't as smart as I am, they are at least smart enough tsays in in in in in inow that's not safe." Shiro
"Yeah…let's move in!" Hiro
The ghosts run out of the alley into the museum. They stop at the entrance with widened eyes as they stand before a small army of guards lying out across the floor, unconscious.
"Jeez…." Tadano
"I know…. an open-door slumber party on the Job?! Aye, yai, yai! Why didn't we think of that?! Miko
"…You've completely missed the point," Tadano
"Let's get a little intimate with the mission, shall we?" Hiro
The ghosts begin to walk deeper into the museum, glancing at every single artifact and piece of art in the building.
"Man, there's so much stuff here. Where do they even come from?" Tadano
"According to Father, a lot of these are the remains of all the yokais from his and Grandfather's days." Shiro
"So, this museum is like what? The tomb of all the bad beans grandpa and dad had to put down in their day?" Hiro
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"That is one way to word it. I really wonder what another yokai would look like or what it would be like to fight one. It's unfortunate they probably don't exist anymore," Shiro
"Huh…. y'know, nothing seems to be missing around here so far." Tadano
"Then WHOM could have done such a thing to those guards?" Shiro
"Or WHAT could've done such a thing to those guards?" Hiro
"Or WHEN could've done such a thing to those guards?" Mik?o
Hiro, Shiro, and Tadano look at Miko with a raised brows. Miko sighs.
"Lo se, lo se, I lost, no need to rub it in, let's go again, best dos out of tres" Miko
"WOW! I WASN'T EXPECTING A FAMILIAR CROWD!" A voice
The ghosts look up only to find an orange and black fox of average height on its two feet on top of a beam in a white tuxedo, wearing a white top hat and an all-black eye mask with a gold moon and star symbol for eyes. The fox is looking down on them with a massive grin, with his jacket flowing in the wind.
"What the hell…?" Tadano
"SALUTATIONS, FRIENDS! FEEL FREE TO FEAST YOUR EYES ON THE SHINING STAR, THE MASTER OF AWE, THE GOLDEN MAGICIAN… RAZZLE DAZZLE! FRIENDS AND ENEMIES CAN CALL ME RAZZLE!" The fox
"No way…" Miko
"Is that…?" Hiro
"A YOKAI?!" Shiro
"Yokais that have never met other yokais? That's a first," Razzle
Razzle leaps down from where he stands and lands before them. He adjusts his jacket.
"Speaking of friends and enemies…. which are you?" Razzle
The ghosts look at each other, then back at him.
"Depends… How do you like your breast milk?" Hiro
"Heh…. EXTRA HOT" Razzle
"Hm…. Touche…" Hiro
Tadano looks at Hiro with a disgusted look.
"What?! NO!" Tadano
Tadano slaps Hiro's head.
"OW!" Hiro
Tadano grunts as he strokes his forehead.
"Look, why did you break in here, man?" Tadano
"Ah, well, you see that artifact behind me…" Razzle
The ghost looked behind him, laying their eyes on a blood-red coin within a casing.
"It's something that belonged to my great, great, great, great grandfather, and I've simply come here to retrieve it." Razzle
"But you didn't have to harm those officers for it…" Shi,ro
"Yeah, man. What gives!" Tadano
"Oh, my deepest apologies. Unfortunately, I tend to get carried away in giving out more force than needed…ESPECIALLY when they get in the way of MY SPOTLIGHT…" Razzle with a deep voice
The ghosts eyes widen. Razzle clears his throat.
"Anyways, I'd love to continue to chit-chat… but I'm on a tight schedule; therefore, I'll be grabbing what's mine and getting out of your furs, feathers, and scales." Razzle
Razzle turns around.
"Hold on, buddy! We ain't done talking," Tadano
"Yes, we have…" Razzle
"No, we haven't…" Tadano
Hiro pulls out two eggs, Miko goes on all fours like a beast, Shiro manifests his dual energy blades, and Tadano cracks his knuckles. Razzle faces them and chuckles.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but I did inform you of my bad habits…. DIDN'T I?" Razzle with a deep voice
"Este Chico is giving me the heeby geebies," Miko whispers
"This may be bad…" Shiro whispers
"How so?" Hiro whispers
"We've never fought a yokai, not to mention beat one before, yakuza and corrupt organizations, of course…but yokai…" Shiro whispers
"Yokai, yakuza…. whatever, they're all bullies, and TADANO DOESN'T TOLERATE BULLIES," Tadano whispers
Razzle pulls out a gold coin and begins flipping and catching it over and over with a devious smile on his face.
"So… which one of you wants to volunteer for a MAGIC TRICK?" Razzle
"Alright, soldiers, here's the plan. Miko, you…." Hiro
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" Tadano
Tadano dashes into action.
"Why do I even bother?" Hiro
Tadano leaps at Razzle and begins swinging punches left and right as Razzle weaves through every swing, still flipping his coin. Razzle then flips over him into the air.
"I guess I'll start with YOU!" Razzle
Razzle flicks the coin at Tadano. It explodes into gold flames and sparks, sending Tadano flying across the room, crashing through multiple cases and bones before crashing into a wall face-first with his shell smoking. Tadano detaches from the wall and collapses to the ground with white eyes.
,"TADANO!!!" The others
Razzle pulls out another coin and looks at the others with a devious grin.
"Any OTHER volunteers" Razzle
The others growl with narrowed eyes and immediately begin running towards Razzle. Razzle laughs.
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT! COME ON! COME ALL!!" Razzle
Razzle hurls several glowing coins at them. Hiro flings an egg at them, causing them to explode into flames. Razzle leaps out of the flames and smashes a coin across the ground. It bursts into gold dust, consuming every single one of them. In the cloud, Hiro is coughing non-stop
"SWEET BABY'S BEHIND…!" Hiro
Suddenly, Razzle appears before him. Hiro's eyes widen. He swings a punch. Razzle catches him and pokes both of his eyes.
"MOTHER KISSER!!!" Hiro
Razzle grabs Hiro by the tails of his bandana, swings him around, smashing him across multiple glass cases, then flings him away, sending him flying, crashing through two pillars, then crashing into the third. Hiro detaches from the pillar and collapses on his face. The gold dust finally. clears.! Miko and Shiro's eyes widen on sighting Hiro.
"HIRO!!" Both of them.
"HOPE YOU GRABBED AN UMBRELLA, FOLKS!" Voice
Miko and Shiro quickly look up, only to find Razzle looking down on them.
"BECAUSE FOR HIS NEXT TRICK, THE GREAT RAZZLE DAZZLE SHALL NOW MAKE IT…!" Razzle
Razzle throws out a bunch of coins into the air with him. Immediately, the coins stretch ,and twist, turning into gold spikes. Miko and Shiro's eyes widen.
"RAIN!" Razzle with a deep voice.
Razzle waves his hand, sending the spikes raining down towards them. Shiro quickly forms his double-edged sword and begins spinning it above his head, deflecting and slicing the spikes raining down on him and Miko. Shiro chuckles.
"Fear not, sister! I have everything under control" Shiro
"Do you?" Voice
Suddenly, Razzle spawns beside Shiro. Shiro's eyes widen as he glances at him. Razzle flips a coin and catches it. The coin melts onto his arm, turning it into a massive gold fist. Razzle then stretches his fist back and punches Shiro in the side, snapping some ribs and sending him flying across the room and crashing into a wall, arm-first. Shiro detaches from the wall and collapses to the ground. Miko's eyes widen.
"SHIRO!" Miko
Miko growls, springs her arms at Razzle, catching him, yanks herself over, swings a kick, gets dodged, lands on all four limbs and swings her tail, whipping Razzle's legs and causing him to collapse. Miko then springs an arm into the air and drags herself into the air, launches her arms into th,e ground, and drags herself down towards Razzle like a missile. Razzle smirks.
"Gotcha!" Razzle
Miko's eyes widen. Razzle pulls out a coin and flicks it at her; it explodes, sending Miko crashing into the ceiling. Miko detaches from the ceiling and begins falling towards Razzle. Razzle hops back onto his feet, drops a coin on the floor, and stomps on it, turning his foot into solid gold. Razzle then spins around and kicks Miko away, sending her flying and crashing into a dinosaur skeleton statue. The entire statue comes down, crashing on her. The gold on Razzle's foot melt off.
"And with that…" Razzle
Razzle bows.
"…. The show ends. Now for my reward," Razzle
Razzle walks up to the casing of the blood-red coin and smashes it. He grabs the blood-red coin and looks at it with a devious grin.
"Soon, this city…no, the WORLD will know the name of RAZZLE DAZZLE. Be it in happiness, be it in sadness, or be it in DEATH! You'll see…" Razzle
Razzle shoves the coin in his jacket.
"Well, TALIHO!!" Razzle
Razzle pulls out a coin and smashes it across the ground, it explodes into gold dust. The dust fades away along with Razzle. The Ghosts finally begin getting back on their feet, groaning.
"T-The hell…was that?" Tadano
"It was yokai…...true to form" Shiro
"And with that red coin…" Miko
"Yap, things might just get oily and not the corn dog kind," Hiro
An hour later, at a worn-out-looking bar, big, rugged-looking men are all chattering, laughing, drinking, and playing all manner of games with each other, all at the top of their voices.
"GOOD EVENING, GENTS!" A voice
Everyone in the bar goes silent and looks towards the door, only to find Razzle with his hands behind his back. The men begin murmuring amongst themselves.
"Is that fox?! Talking?!" One muttered
"Maybe it's a guy in cosplay?" Another muttered
"Really?" Another muttered
"I mean, it is Tokyo," Another muttered
The man at the counter walks out of his area and comes face to face with Razzle, looking down at him with narrow eyes. Razzle whistles.
"You're a big one…" Razzle
"We don't take freaks in this bar…so why don't you do yourself a favor and scram before I throw you out." Man
"I understand, but you see…" Razzle
"I don't wanna hear it," Man
"I get that but…" Razzle
"But nothing GET OUT" Man
"If you would just…" Razzle
"You got cotton in your ears, freak?! I said GET…" Man
Razzle pierces through the man's throat with his bare hand, sending blood splattering across the table and the men behind him. Everybody in the bar jolts to their feet with widened eyes.
"GUSH, talk about a BLOW HORN! The universe be giving anyone a vocal cord these days" Razzle
Razzle drags out his hand and begins wiping it with a handkerchief as the man drops to his knees, trying to hold back all the blood flooding out from his neck. The man at last collapses in a pool of his blood. Razzle claps with a smile on his face.
"Anyways, I believe I've wasted too much of your time. So let's just skip the introductions and get down to business, shall we?" Razzle
Razzle pulls out the blood-red coin, flicks it into his mouth, and swallows it. His eyes widen, and his body begins to twitch and shake as his veins begin to glow red all around his skin. His veins finally stop glowing, and his body stops twitching. Razzle lets out a sigh.
"There, now that that's done…" Razzle
Razzle tosses out a bunch of coins across the floor, the coins burst into gold tendrils, catching and holding down everyone in the building as they begin squirming and grunting to escape. Razzle then uses one of his claws to tear open his finger. The blood from his finger rises, twists, and molds itself into a small glowing red orb. Razzle looks at the men with a devious smile as the men look back at him in terror.
"OPEN WIDE" Razzle
TO BE CONTINUED….