"Yo, everyone!"I grinned at my friends as I stood on top of Gogenzu Ryuu in his Shadowside form, with Netaballerina, Daidarabocchi and the last 2 Nature Youkai, Harmony for Balance and Hyakki-hime for Darkness, on each side, facing Mister Movien.
Yame-chan, Jorogumo, Mitsue-san, Akino, Choiseung and Uncle Chenhua's eyes were wide as they looked over all the Youkai I had summoned, especially Gogen.
In his Shadowside form, Gogen, called Heppigenzu, is a huge king cobra (which kind of makes sense, since snakes look similar to dragons) with 5 colours, brightening up the dark room with his scales. His now light green eyes looked at Mister Movien with a deep frown.
Harmony's colour had gone from light green to dark green, emphasizing her onyx black eyes. They still looked the same, though.
However, Hyakki-hime had gone through changes throughout the years, because she now looked like how Jorogumo's Shadowside does, only without the spidery stuff.
Natsume looked completely stunned, "R-Rau-san?!"
"How are you still alive?!" Akinori demanded. Touma's mouth was going up and down like a guppy, while Keisuke was rubbing his eyes in confusion.
I shrugged as I landed on the ground, "Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not the kind to give up."
A few minutes earlier
Everyone....
I closed my eyes, feeling my tears begin to fall from my cheeks. But they weren't tears of sadness.
No.
They were tears of happiness.
Despite everything, everyone still cared for me.
They are truly my best friends. I grinned to myself.
The boulder's shadow then made itself visible, making me freeze, before I reacted.
I was about to summon a Nature Youkai when I felt something vibrate from inside my pocket. I blinked as my right hand went to take out what was vibrating, and I looked at it.
It was an Ark.
I felt a bit confused at first, but then I saw whose Ark it was.
My eyes widened in shock. W-What the?!
A light green mist suddenly engulfed me.
Time slowed down. I tried to move, but I couldn't.
Then, a faded figure appeared in front of me. I stared at that Youkai.
Rau Maui. A voice echoed in my head as the figure's lips moved, but no words came out. You are truly the user of the Nature Mirror.
"Y-You are-" I tried to speak, but that person shook his head.
That was my previous name. What I was when I was alive. He told me.
"What should I call you then?"
No need to call me by my name. However, I am contacting you under these dire circumstances because I need you to know something, Rau.
"What is it?" I looked a bit confused.
Mister Movien is not thinking straight for a reason.
"What are you talking about?"
... Have you heard of the term Fate Changer before?
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Help from the Shadows (Open Novella Contest)
Fanfiction(Fanfic Prompt 10: Their World Needs You) Kin Akino (金あきの), Kam Choiseung (감초승), Rau Maui, and Ren ChenHua (仁陈花, Rén chén huā) have always thought that what was fiction couldn't be real, until one day, Himeno Ayame arrived at Akino's doorstep, heavi...
