Samurai Oni
THE BABY WHO HAS RISEN

Retsuji's sword exists to annihilate the yokai in a single strike. There was a spiritual power that had accumulated from the old generation until now, and it bore fruit into a great power. Supposedly attacking one yokai was as easy as turning a hand, yet it seemed that Akio was still not strong enough to maximize his strength.

“If you insist like this.”

Akio repeatedly attacked him using the same sword. However the yokai was just busy dodging and did not attack Akio at all.

“Why did you come just to do my job?”

“Because I want to. Or maybe, destiny?”

A gust of wind gathered at one point on the part of Retsuji's sword blade. Both of Akio's hands held it so firmly that the sword would never be released after taking out this one yokai.

“Oh.”

He begins to realize that Akio's powers are gathering at one point. After a while the gust of wind hit everything there, as well as breaking the curtain—the place where Hima and her sons were.

Simultaneously with swinging his sword, the yokai transformed his form back into dozens of butterflies. In the instant that a sizable aura circled around the outside of the room, after he turned around, all of the barrier creator's spell papers had vanished.

“The barrier disappeared?”

A considerable force is dominated by one yokai in the form of a butterfly and a beautiful woman. But not only he is one, there is even one more yokai who has balanced strength, but since then Akio only briefly felt it instead of seeing its existence.

“Master Samurai. Can you tell me about something that just happened?” Hima asked Akio who had already approached her. Hima was about to flick the curtain again, but Akio held it back with a single hand.

As he brandished the sword, passing through the gap of the curtain, Hima and her sons were shocked.

“Tu-wait a minute! What the hell are you doing? Aren't you a samurai? Why point your sword at my sister!?” amuk Higo's. He didn't want his brother to get hurt.

“Higo, he's not our brother. Look carefully.”

“Cannot.”

As soon as Akio brandished the sword, the shadow belonging to the red baby showed another form of oni (devil), was conversing with Akio.

“You know what happens if you constantly brandish that holy sword to me.” Oni pointed a claw at Hima's neck, but it was only in her shadow whereas the physically visible form was just a baby crying loudly.

Oni intends to attack Hima, he makes her a hostage so that Akio does not move a step. That made Akio annoyed, because all the words from the female yokai came true.

“Quick, sheathe your sword back.” It gave him orders.

“Tu-wait a minute. Is this possible?” Hima stammered, she began to come to her senses through the unnatural shadow of being in the curtain. Realizing that the baby is not a baby as usual but an Oni.

“Cannot be!” higo denies the reality, and rips the curtain where the shadow exists.

“Khe khe khe ..they loved this baby very much. Looks like you should get out of here, Samurai Oni.” Oni laughed with satisfaction as if she was winning it.

***

Outside Hatekayama Castle. Kazuki, Uchigoro, and Mizunashi were standing guard outside. They were still restless after being summoned a second time by the women in the castle to overcome something that was still on the verge of reality.

Now, the three of them, began to think more deeply. What they lack, and how they feel. And unknowingly they had missed dozens of butterflies that passed over their heads.

“What strange feeling did I just feel?”

“If you don't know yourself. Then what about us?” kazuki and Uchigoro said simultaneously.

“There is no point in thinking long any longer. Maybe we'd better get inside?”

Everyone was tired just from feeling a not so pleasant feeling. And now, again the first servant came to them to tell them something.

“Gentlemen Samurai!” he called and fell tripping on his own feet.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“From that ..I saw Samurai Oni. Hurry ...come and enter the room. There's a strange situation there. Please!”

All three of them were surprised. They were never aware of Akio passing through their guard. The only answer they had in mind was; akio must have walked on that roof.

“Good. I'll be there soon. You two keep it on the front and back. Make sure also in the window section because we will not know when he will go.”

“Good!” Kazuki and Uchigoro nodded their heads simultaneously.

The Mizunashi Kage will go inside for the third time.

“Mrs!”

Brak!

Mizunashi opened the door violently, quickly circling his gaze around to look for the existence of the Oni Samurai who seemed to have disappeared from this room.

“Wah, he's gone? Since when?” Mizunashi walked quickly to the window. There is no visible presence of Akio on the roof of the house residents around. Then Kazuki and Uchigoro have disappeared from their guard which makes Mizunashi think that they have both been chasing Akio.

“Huh, alright then.”

“Anu ..what is it?”

“No. Looks like he's gone.” Mizunashi moved closer to the curtain and asked, “Mrs, what is listening to me? I'm Mizunashi Kage. Come to inquire about your circumstances.”

“Yes. Samurai Lord. We are fine.”

“But the man pointed his sword at our sister!” sahut Higo's.

“Not. I'm sure this isn't our sister. He's just an oni! Demon!” haru screeched, clashing at his own sister.

“You two, relax. Please,” pinta the mother who has begun to fatigue for whatever reason, but presumably he still feels shocked because of the shadow he previously saw.

“Actually what is this really about? Can you tell me what happened?”

“You're Samurai but don't know anything?! No kidding! Our sister was almost wiped out!”

“No. That's ..not true! That ...,”

It's hard to put it into words, because one problem involves many people at a time. Especially after Hima heard the conversation between Akio and the yokai woman, who claimed that the yokai was not wrong but wanted to help Akio who was about to eliminate the red baby.

However, as Haru said, this red baby “ is a Devil! Samurai Oni just wanted to finish him off!”

Nothing else with the words Higo, “No! Where do I believe it?! Lookie! He was just a baby boy who cried when he was approached by Samurai Oni but once he left, our sister had calmed down!”

“Of course he cried because he was afraid of being finished off as a Devil. All yokai are afraid of Samurai Oni, and not the other way around!” said Haru didn't want to. He desperately defended the Oni Samurai, he could put his trust in Akio.

Seeing that, Mizunashi was very happy. But it is also sad to see the same Higo as it used to be, the day when he began to accuse Akio of killing the Shogun in plain sight.