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Infiltrating Bear, Part 2

"The first thing we have to find is the armband of Keisuke's first Youkai friend," Bearlynyan announced.

"That's Bourei Banchou, or the Youkai form of Kenji," Aruke noted.

"Who's that, Aruke-san?" Gluesome inquired curiously. He had never heard Keisuke talk about his past that much, so of course this was new to him.

"Kenji was Keisuke's friend who taught him about courage, but he died in a traffic accident," Aruke explained. "They reunited (or were supposed to be) in the first episode of Shadowside."

"Ah..." Gluesome nodded in understanding.

"Anyway, we should go look for him, shouldn't we?" Bearlynyan noted.

"No need," Aruke shook his head. "He's temporarily replacing Jibanyan now that Jibanyan's left as his intersection's protector. I leave him to you two while I go get the rest of the things needed."

"You would do that?" Bearlynyan looked a bit shocked. He knew that Aruke was kind, but he never knew that it was to this extent. "But what if they find out about your true allegiances?"

"They won't," Aruke smiled a bit. "The only one who can read me through and through is Konju, and he's also supporting this phase."

"All right, thanks, Aruke," Bearlynyan thanked him while handing him the list of things needed for Keisuke's Youkai powers.

"Strands of hairs from Jorogumo, Haruya and Douketsu, plus Orochi's ark... Huh, not bad," Aruke grinned. "I'll go get these, so meet me back here in an hour or so. Feel free to roam around as well."

"Yes!" Gluesome cheered.

"Thanks, Aruke," Bearlynyan smiled. "You're really helping us."

"Hey, like I said, it's nothing. Just as long as you give those unappreciated characters a hug and second chances to the villains, I'll be fine," Aruke grinned.

With that, the 2 groups separated.

1. Kenji's Armband

"You sure this is the place?" Gluesome looked around the intersection, unable to believe that this was supposed to be the place where they were to meet Bourei Banchou.

"Very," Bearlynyan nodded.

"Looks less like a place where a justice fighter would hang around and more like a place where a police officer would," Gluesome noted.

"Then again, Bourei Banchou IS just replacing Jibanyan for the while," Bearlynyan reminded.

Just then, they saw a truck stop as a very familiar Youkai punched it, thus saving a little kid who was passing by.

Gluesome's eyes widened, "Is that..."

"That's Bourei Banchou all right," Bearlynyan grinned. "We found him."

"Great, because the faster we do this, the sooner we can get back to Keisuke," Gluesome mumbled.

"Good point," Bearlynyan agreed. "Let's hurry then."

"Oh."

2. Strands of hair from Jorogumo, Haruya and Douketsu

One of the few things Aruke liked about being a Fate Changer was the thrill of doing dangerous stuff. While he had been a bit scared at first, he eventually grew a lot more comfortable with it.

Anyway, another thing he liked about it was that he was given direct access to the Borrowed Actor House, a special space in Chaos where everyone who haven't made an apperarance in the series stayed until their debut.