Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 72 – Shikoo

Vann who was sitting on top of the tree was still playing his tab. He recorded the Oniroshi from a distance. Seen on his tab, there was a black creature of his that was quietly walking towards Shikoo.

Vann then pressed another button and the creature immediately jumped, then kicked Asuka in the head. Then he pulled Shikoo's leg to carry it.

"Ah this is easy." Vann murmured in the heart.

"Ugh, I won't let you take him!" Asuka stood up again, then stepped on the earth. The ice crystals follow the invisible creature and trap Shikoo's body so that it cannot carry it.

But it turned out that Mana Asuka was useless. The ice crystals instantly melt rapidly and Shikoo's body is brought back by the creature. From a distance, Vann who saw it immediately said in his heart. "Huh, my element is fire. Fighting ice is easy."

"Hey, stop right there!" Fely pointed his hand forward. Instantly, several red threads came up to Shikoo's body and the creature. When you want to wrap it, it suddenly burns. Fely's attack failed.

"Ck, we have to go after him!" Leaa slightly advanced, then swung her hand forward. The roots of the trees around it also move and approach the invisible creature. Again the roots were burned by the Mana possessed by the creature.

"Ck, where are you useless." Inner Vann once again. The expression remains the same. But the creature inside the Vann tab was seen laughing loudly. The creature moved in position and lifted Shikoo's back body, then carried him flying.

Before being carried away flying high, Shikoo opened his eyes. His eyes were both red this time. He glanced sharply at the creature that carried him even though he himself could not see the creature.

Shikoo takes out a claw, then attacks the creature that attempted to kidnap him. The creature belonging to Vann was of course surprised by the attack and accidentally he dropped Shikoo's body. But luckily for not being too tall, Shikoo managed to land with both his hands and feet.

His ears turned into fox ears and a thick tail appeared. Then her hair turned completely black. His figure had turned even fiercer than before. He moved on all fours like an animal, then with both his legs and hands, he jumped over the tree and managed to get the invisible flying creature.

"Aw! The insolent! Why would he know??" The creature fell. Before he could stand up again, Shikoo was seen emitting a blue flame aura from his body and began to gather Mana. Shortly after, Shikoo throws a fireball at the creature.

Quickly, Vann instantly took out his creature from within the tab to dodge the attack. Fortunately, it still has. The black creature returned safely. "Huh .. I almost died."

"You're stupid." Vann's inner speech. The creature certainly heard the inner voice and immediately replied, "I was just off guard! I don't know why he suddenly changed that. He was unconscious again."

"Hah .. We back off first. The important thing is we know Oniroshi what the princess wants." Vann stood up from his place, then left. Followed by his black creature.

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"Huh, he ran away. You wimps!" Shikoo ruffled his waist, then deactivated his Mana. Soon, his other friends came over.

"You gapapa?" ask Leaa who saw Shikoo's new appearance. Actually he has seen it often. But for the person who just met him, will not know what really happened to the man.

"You beginner Oniroshi are very useless. Protecting my sister just can't!" Shikoo touched the stab wound on his stomach. "Ck, she's suffering from her pain."

"If so, let's go home first." Asuka. Everyone nodded and they returned to Fely's house.

When he got there, Fely immediately treated Shikoo. But the woman is scared because Shikoo keeps yelling and scolding her because the treatment is not right.

"Ah I still feel pain. Are you a healer or not, anyway?!"

"Ma–maaf! I'll be more careful."

Elsewhere, Bell and Irvan looked at Shikoo's attitude in surprise. Soon, Bell asked, "Why can Shikoo be so fierce, huh? Previous pendiem really."

Leaa who was sitting next to him replied, "It's more precisely Kuroo. Not Shikoo."

"Eh, meaning?" Bell. Irvan just listened.

"I've known Shikoo for a long time. Ah more precisely Shiroo and Kuroo."

"So they're two?"

Leaa nodded. "Huum. When Shiroo and Kuroo join forces, they are called Shikoo. So Shikoo's there's actually two people in one body. They have very different personalities."

"What exactly happened until they could join in so?" bell asked, increasingly curious.

"Shiroo and Kuroo are twin brothers. Kuroo was once the leader of the Beast nation. He also became the strongest Oniroshi of his time. But it is different from Shiroo who does not want to train his strength because he is too afraid. That's why he can't fight and his ability is only teleportation.

"Different from Kuroo who had already grown much stronger. But dear, Kuroo died first because he died in the war 10 years ago. But strangely, Kuroo's spirit instead settled on Shiroo's body. Hence when they joined, their appearance became black and white and was called by the name Shikoo." Leaa stopped telling stories. In short, Shikoo's story is like that.

"It seems that Kuroo is fiercer than the others." Bell whispered to Irvan. But suddenly Kuroo from a distance also snapped at him. "Oi! I heard that!!"

"Huweee .. sorry!" Bell became frightened by his appearance, then hid behind Irvan.

"That's it. We'd better get back to the Academy." Asuka came from the kitchen. Then Divan also appears to bring Asuka's belongings. "You all have to come."

"Yes. You want to find your sister, right? I think he's in another world."

"That's because you guys can't take care of my sister!" Kuroo pointed rudely at Asuka. "Next time you have to be more careful!!"

"It's over ..." Lenard pulled Kuroo's back shirt and lifted him up. Kuroo is short and small, certainly easy to lift with one hand. He looks like a kitten.

"Aaaah! Old man, don't treat me like this!" Kuroo rebelled asking to be taken down.

"Alright, silence! We'd better get out of here and while you're there, you guys get some rest."

"Well, Lenard-Dono."

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Dylan frowned, then slowly opened his eyes. The first color I saw was brown. Whole chocolate. He also felt stuffy and his legs felt like they were being pulled by someone. He couldn't move, someone tied his hand.

"Eh what is this?! I'm in the sack?" dylan's mind after fully awakening. His hands hurt from being crushed by his body. He also felt fluid drain from his head and it hurt as well.

He wanted to scream, but a piece of cloth smothered his mouth. Dylan doesn't know where he is and where he is at the moment. All he felt was his legs being pulled by someone with a cold temperature.

Then shortly thereafter, there was a commotion, but Dylan had no idea what it was. He also heard people screaming. When the commotion appeared, he was no longer pulled by the mysterious person. He wondered what was going on out there.

After the commotion was gone, someone tore the sack that wrapped half of Dylan's body. For a moment, his visibility was thinning due to the glare of the light from outside. But in the end, he could see clearly back. It turns out that the surrounding is a forest.

"Oh, Dylan-san! You gapapa?" That's Takana. He took off the cloth that covered his mouth. Then beside him, Dyarn also saw Tanaka who was breaking Zai's bond.

Dylan woke up, then glanced cynically at Takana. "Rather than you asking me that, mending off me!"

"Oh yes!" Takana chuckled, then knelt behind Dylan. He let go of his darling hand. After which, Dylan stroked his wrist and looked at the arm. "Ck, my elbow is hurt. Ah this hurts."

"Geez, I'm lucky I'm alive!" Zai let out a rough sigh, then he stood up and patted his dirty pants and clothes. "Ah can't be lost. Is there a river here?"

"From that, let's find a way out first." Tanaka's proposal then approached three bodies of someone not far from there. He examined the man's body and took the equipment he was carrying, like a bag and there was a knife as well.

Zai examined the bodies of others. He found meat and apples in his bag. He threw the apple at Dylan. "For a while, fill the stomach first."

"Hm." Dylan caught the apple, and he stood up.

"Dylan-san's chat. Please hang down for a minute." Takana said after taking the cloth from inside the sack. Dyarn. Takana cleared the blood on the cheek up to Dylan's forehead. Dylan had grimaced painfully, but Takana tried to be careful.

"Ah exactly what happened–Uwaaa!!" Dylan was surprised to see Tanaka raising the wolf head from the corpse in front of him. When Dylan noticed, the corpse was not a human. Except for animals shaped like humans. "You killed this thing?"

"Yes. They wanted to kidnap us. I don't know what for. So I defended myself and saved all of us." Tanaka stood up and ate the fruit he found. After which, he carried the bag from the corpse, then glanced at the scrapes on the ground. "Let's follow this. Maybe it can show us where we came into this world."

"This is a different world from ours. You better be careful." Zai throws a machete at Dylan. Dylan was shocked and instantly caught the hilt. Fortunately, he did not get his knife eye.

"Let's get out of here before anyone sees." Tanaka go first. Followed by another friend.

"A different world? I think ... This place is like the human world." Said Dylan glancing around. From plants to trees is also the same as the world of origin. But strangely, the place was very quiet. Even Dylan had not seen a single insect-like creature in the forest.

"You know nothing. The world is full of beasts. Hah .. we're not lucky to even move here." Tanaka replied, then accelerated his movements.

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At the place where the bodies were killed Tanaka was visited by several creatures that one race with the bodies. They're werewolves who behave like humans.

One of them sniffed the corpse and also some blood spots. Then they growled and immediately went to look for the origin of the foreign blood they found.

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To be continued –