It's nighttime. On a building, Miko is sitting in front of a stack of cards, looking at the Uno card in her hands with a smile on her face. She slams the card on the stack.
"UNO! In your face, SENIORITA!" Miko
Miko is talking to a cat, with a bunch of cards lined up in front of it. Miko picks the cat up.
" No, come back, chica ?" What's wrong, lizard got your tongue?" Miko
The cat scratches Miko across the face. Miko drops the cat and grabs her face.
"AYE YAI YAI!" Miko
The cat runs away.
"YOU'RE SUCH A SOUR LOSER!" Miko
Miko gets up and packs up her cards.
"Anyways, time to get back home. I think I've played enough Uno with cats; maybe I should try frogs, OH, or a ZEBRA, or OH, or maybe a...." Miko
"AHHHH!" A girl's voice
"An AHHHH?! I've never heard of that animal before, but it sounds like FUN!" Miko
Miko pauses.
"Wait a minuto...." Miko
Miko looks over the edge of the building only to find a bruised young girl with ponytail-styled hair wearing grey jeans, a blue T-shirt that says 'T.K.O', red shoes, bandages around her hands, and a white bandana with a hand symbol around her head, cornered in an alley by three young boys wearing the same bandages and bandanas as her.
"Uh oh" Miko
"Guys, come on! You guys know what you're doing is wrong! So why not fight back against!" Young girl
"We're sorry, Mai, but we can't. He's just too strong; doing what he says is much easier. We're so sorry!" Young boy
Mai grits her teeth while pressing her back against the wall. The young boys begin approaching.
"Darn it." Mai
Suddenly, two arms spring down and snatch up two of the boys. The last one looks back
"WHA?!" Young boy
Miko lands in front of him, with a bowed head. The young boy begins to tremble uncontrollably.
"W-What.....t-t-the..." Young boy
Miko screeches at him like a mindless beast.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Young boy
The boy turns around, drops to the floor, jolts back up, and dashes off. Miko laughs.
"I have to do that more often!" Miko
"What in the....." Mai
"Oh!" Miko
Miko turns around, facing Mai, who is with widened eyes.
"Oh, Padre won't like this.....uh...hola? I'm definitely not here; I'm...uh....a creation of....your IMAGINATION." Miko
"You're a...giant, talking, lizard." Mai
"I know, right? Your imagination is so weird." Miko
"I was saved by a giant, talking, lizard....that is SO COOL!" Mai
"Uh....What?" Miko
Mai grabs Miko's hand.
"Thank you for saving my life!" Mai
"Oh, it was no problema" Miko
"Good, so who are you, what are you?" Mai
"My name is Miko, I'm a yokai." Miko
"YOKAI?! As in ABNORMAL SPIRITS YOKAI?! YOKAI EXISTS?! Was a yokai the reason people were suddenly turning into monsters a month ago?" Mai
" Si" Miko
"I can't believe this..... is my life finally about to be changed for the cooler?!" Mai
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"Um....maybe?" Miko
"Are there more like you?! Are they lizards too?! Can you take me to them?!" Mai
Mai pauses, shakes her head, and lets go of Miko's hand.
"NO, MAI! You gotta focus; you need to stop him." Mai
"Stop who?" Miko
"Kenji" Mai
"What did he do? Maybe I can lend a claw," Miko
"Kenji is my classmate in the karate chops technique dojo. He was the very first student of our master and the closest student to him as well. Before our master... left us with the dojo, he chose me to be his successor in training other students, seeing as I was the most skilled student he had." Mai
"Esperar, why would your master just leave you guys out of nowhere? Where did he go?" Miko
Mai frowns.
"He's.....in a better place." Mai
Miko frowns.
"Oh....I'm sorry." Miko
"Thanks" Mai
"But hey, try not to blame him too hard. I mean, who wouldn't go to Hawaii?" Miko
"...What?" Mai
"You know...the better place, Hawaii?" Miko
"...Sure, sure. Anyways, because of his decision, Kenji got mad and got the help of this weird green, gooey creature that's attached to his arm to terrorise the other students and put them all against me, making himself the master of the dojo." Mai
"A weird, green, gooey creature, huh? That could be one of two things: a new flavour of ice cream engineered in a area fifty-one with all sorts of radioactive basura, or it's a yokai." Miko
"Oh, okay. So it's...." Mai
"A radioactive ice...." Miko
".....a yokai" Mai
".....a yokai. Totally on the same page, chica" Miko
"Anyways....I can't afford to continue wasting time; I need to stop Kenji before he tarnishes our dojo's good name." Mai
"Make that I an II cause I'm with you" Miko
Mai smiles. Miko chuckles.
"Comprende? Cause II is like Roman for two, and I is one....." Miko
"Yeah, yeah. Now c'mon! Let's go!" Mai
Mai and Miko run out of the alley. Moments later, Miko and Mai are on a rooftop, looking down at a poorly lit dojo with a skylight roof as their bandanas flow with the wind.
"That's the dojo; it should barely have any students around since Kenji ordered most of them to hunt me down. For the element of surprise, I think we should go through the skylight but quietly..." Mai
"Fear not, Amigo..." Miko
Miko pulls out a balloon.
".....I've got just the thing for the job" Miko
A minute later, Miko and Mai crash through the skylight, shattering it and crashing down to the floor of the dojo. They groan.
"I thought you said the balloon could carry us?" Mai
"Lo lamento, I lied, I was REALLY hoping it would work." Miko
"Well, well, well....what do we have here?" A boy's voice
Miko and Mai get on their feet only to find a black-haired boy on a throne wearing the same bandage and bandana as Mai, with a black sleeveless jacket, white T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes with a green arm that has bone spikes sticking out from its joints and a giant yellow eye for a left eye. The boy is being fanned by two other boys as another two stand ahead guarding him.
"Kenji...." Mai
"Mai..... thank you for saving me the stress of sending out more incompetent fools to get you here. I really appreciate it." Kenji
"Darn it, Kenji, this has to stop! You're going too far! This isn't what master would have wanted!" Mai
"You think I care about what that stupid old geezer would have wanted?! When he didn't care about what I wanted?!" Kenji
"C'mon, Kenji, just listen!" Mai
"No! You listen, I am to be the master of the karate chop technique dojo, and you are standing in my WAY!" Kenji
Kenji launches off of his throne and punches Mai away, sending her flying, crashing through the front doors and crashing to the floor outside.
"MAI!" Miko
The four other boys surround Miko as Kenji walks towards Mai.
"Get rid of that freak. I'll take care of Mai." Kenji
"Y-yes, Master" Boy #1
Mai sits up only to find Kenji pointing a large bone blade from his green arm at her throat.
"Oh, I can only imagine the look on the old man's face when he sees his so-called worthy successor right beside him in the afterlife!" Kenji
Mai grits her teeth. As the other boys begin closing in on Miko.
"What the heck is this thing? Where did it even come from?" Boy #2
"It's like a giant lizard. Maybe it's from Australia." Boy #3
"Australia has some weird as heck reptiles, but not THIS weird" Boy #4
"What it is and where it's from doesn't matter, darn it! What matters is that we do what Kenji says before he brutalizes us again." Boy #1
"Yeah....that's right" Boy #2
Miko smiles and raises her fists.
" Alright, mocosos, I came here to kick butt and take names...and I'm all out of peanut butter" Miko
The boys look at each other with raised brows.
"That....that doesn't even make any sense...." Boy #1
A blanket of blue scales crash into his eyes.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!! IS THIS YOUR SKIN???!!! I think I'm gonna be sick...." Boy #1
Boy #1 collapses. Miko then flips over another boy, kicks him into another, dropping both of them, then sweep kicks the last Boy off his feet, dropping him. Miko runs towards Kenji and Mai.
"Kenji, Master loved you like you were his own blood! How could you betray him like this?!" Mai
"If he really loved me, he would have chosen me to be his successor, me to spread our great martial art to the WORLD! Instead, he chose a random person like you, because you were 'more skilled'. Well, guess what, MASTER?! I'm the more skilled one now, and I'm going to take our dojo and martial art to NEW HEIGHTS for their well-deserved PRAISE!" Kenji
"That thing on your arm isn't strength, Kenji!" Mai
"DON'T CALL US A THING!" Kenji
Lightning and thunder crash behind Kenji as Mai's eyes widen.
"US?" Mai
"Yes, US! There is no weak little kid; there is no disgusting-looking creature, WE ARE ONE!" Kenji
Kenji raises his bone blade as Miko rushes in with a ladder and bashes him in the back, sending him flying and crashing into a fountain. The fountain crumbles down on him.
"Well, mister ONE your gonna have to STEP UP your game if you wanna beat us," Miko
Miko chuckles.
"Comprende? Because of the ladder and...." Miko
"MIKO!" Mai
"Right! Kicking butt time!" Miko
Miko dashes towards One as One bursts out of the rubble and lunges at Miko. Miko spins the ladder like a propeller, blocking a barrage of punches. One hooks his arm in between the ladder. Miko spins the ladder, spinning him, dropping him to the ground, scoops him up with the ladder, tosses him into the air, leaps above him, spins around and smashes him away with the ladder, sending him flying and crashing into a wall, cracking it. The wall crumbles down, crushing him.
Miko lands with a smile.
"Sorry, One, but I'm just a STEP ahead of you." Miko
Miko chuckles.
"Really?" Mai
"What? I find a frio ladder, and you expect me not to make some frio puns? That's how I cope, Amigo." Miko
Miko throws away the ladder as One bursts from the rubble.
"YOU DARN PESTS! You think you can defeat ME!? I'll show you whose boss!" One
A line of massive bone spikes bursts out from One's; his one yellow eye widens and spawns another eye beneath; bone claws eject from his toes and fingers; and finally his green arm gigantifies instantly, becoming bigger than his body and revealing more bone spikes. Miko and Mai's eyes widen.
"Caray....." Miko
"Kenji...." Mai
One's cheeks rip apart, revealing a long row of razor-sharp teeth and making his mouth as wide as an alligator's. One lets out an ear-piercing screech.
"Mai, stay back!" Miko
One lunges at Miko. Miko cartwheels out of the way, weaves a punch, then gets slapped away. Miko flies and crashes into a wall. One stretches out his arm; several bone spikes eject from his arm. He begins firing them out like bullets at Miko. Miko weaves a few spikes and begins running around as the barrage of spikes follows her. Miko scoops up a bunch of rocks, spins around, and hurls them at him. One ejects a bone whip in the form of a spinal cord and swings it around, smashing the rocks to pieces as Miko swoops in and kicks him away.
One flies back, lands on his feet, and swings his whip at Miko. Miko flips over, weaves another swing, springs her arms forward, launches at One, barrages his face with kicks, spins around and kicks him aside.
One tumbles, gets onto his feet, morphs his arm into bone claws, springs at Miko, clutches her with the claws, and slams her into the ground, pinning her down.
"Oh, no" Miko
One screeches at Miko and raises his claws. A rock bonks his head. One's eyes snap back towards Mai.
"Kenji! I don't want to hurt you, but you're not giving me any more options! Stop this bull crud NOW!!!" Mai
"You don't know how it feels to be inferior, do you?" One
One picks Miko up, tosses her aside, and faces Mai as Mai narrows her eyes on him.
"Here....let me SHOW YOU!!!" One
One lunges at Mai.
"MAI, NO!" Miko
Mai straightens out her hand and stretches it back. Suddenly, blue, red, and green energy begins swirling around her hand. One's eyes widen.
"NO....." One
Mai swings her arm and karate chops One in the throat, causing a massive burst of blue, red, and green energy and sending One flying off like a rocket and crashing through multiple buildings. Miko's mouth is wide open as Mai remains in her chopping position, looking in the direction One went.
"I'm sorry, Kenji" Mai
Miko swoops in and hugs Mai.
"MAI, THAT WAS AMAZING! WHAT WAS THAT!?" Miko
"A super powerful technique our master taught me. A last resort in case I ever faced an unstoppable danger to the dojo....I just wish it wasn't Kenji." Mai
"NICE! That move can totally help us in like EVERY YOKAI we go up against!" Miko
"Yeah.....no...." Mai
"No? What do you mean no?" Miko
"You see, the thing is I have to build up like a year's worth of Qi to be able to do that move." Mai
Miko frowns.
"Oh....well, it is what it is, I guess" Miko
"Yeah, and by the way, thank you, Miko, for helping me save the dojo and its future. It really means a lot." Mai
"Hey, what are Amigos for?" Miko
"I could think of one thing..." Mai
".....what?" Miko
Moments later, Miko and Mai are at the Ghosts Dojo, standing before Tadano, Hiro, Shiro, and their father as they look at Miko with folded arms and low brows. Miko is smiling nervously while sweating, as Mai smiles with stars in her eyes.
"Now I know this looks.....not good but....." Miko
"You're grounded." Father
Miko whimpers.
THE END.