The Beauty Within | Soul of Yokai Prelude

Question, What Sleeping Arrangements Do You Have When There's A Sleepover?

Nami was walking down the path of the hill that goes to the Cave of Time happily humming a tune of a song stuck in her head. She had just said goodbye to her family earlier ago and was hoping to see her friends again.

Nami soon successfully walked up to the Tengu Village and soon greeted the four Yokai talking together.

"Hi, everybody!" Nami waved.

 "Hello!" Everyone replied back.

"What were you talking about?" Nami asked.

"Oh, just politics and stuff." Karasu replied.

"I feel like you guys are always talking about that." Nami commented.

Nami soon felt something wrap around her leg and everyone's eyes widened when they lowered their gazes to see what it was. Nami soon looked down as well to see Akari hugging her leg.

"Akari?!" Nami held her head.

"Wh-What's she doing here?!" Sakuya gawked.

"You know her?" Hayato arched an eyebrow.

"Well, yeah." Sakuya scratched his head, "She's Nami's little sister of sorts."

"So this is your little sister!" Yukio cooed, "Aww, she's so cute!"

"Akari! What are you doing here?" Nami inquired, "I said goodbye to you like an hour or so ago!"

"But I just want to be with you!" Akari pouted.

"No, no. Only big sis can go to this place. Mommy says you're not allowed here." Nami stated.

Akari looked at Nami with big puppy eyes, "Please..."

Nami ran a hand through her hair as she stared into Akari's vulnerable eyes.

"Fine." Nami yielded, "But I only did this because taking you back home would just waste time."

"Yay!" Akari cheered.

Nami picked Akari up, "But you stay close, alright? You don't want to get lost, or worse have that cute face of yours on a pike."

"I'll stay with sis." Akari replied.

"Atta girl." Nami grinned.

"Now, may I be introduced to this sweet little thing?" Yukio asked.

"Oh, right." Nami soon pointed to each respective man, "Akari, this is Yukio, that's Hayato, that's Karasu and this is—"

"Hinata!" Akari exclaimed.

"What?" Karasu, Hayato and Yukio blurted.

"Well, I've been found out." Sakuya groaned.

"What?" The others gaped.

"Oh. This is a bit awkward." Nami commented, "Akari, his name is actually Sakuya."

"But you said his name was Hinata!" Akari responded.

"That was a lie, sweetie." Nami replied.

"Wh-Why did you say Sakuya's name was Hinata?" Karasu queried.

"For an experiment. I dressed him up a human and got him to pretend to be one and see how many people could actually recognise him as Sakuya." Nami lied.

"Okay... Geez, your curiosity knows no limits." Hayato criticised.

Sakuya soon mouthed a "Thank you," to Nami which she soon acknowledged.

"Well, should we get going? Let Akari see everything?" Nami suggested.

"Sure." Sakuya answered.

Soon, the Yokai and Nami took Akari around the town to get her to see everything as Akari was happy to spend time with her sister. Yukio was gleefully indulging Akari as she was asking questions and trying to participate.