"Riku! Slice the In!" Kogenta said to his partner. Riku Tachibana did just that, maneuvering his Drive in a certain way, constructing the Seal that did one of Kogenta's basic attacks.
"Hissatsu! Crescent Moon Dancing Fists!!" Kogenta said as he leaped forward, his claws swiping through the air, destroying the horde of Youkai(demons) before them.
The youkai were shredded by the Shikigami's incredible power, dissapearing. But then, an orb of swirling red and black energy ball appeared in the sky where the youkai were previously. A crimson lightning bolt shot down, striking the ground and leaving a small crater in it. Just barely, Riku and Kogenta could see a shadow within it as the smoke cleared. Two blood red eyes could be seen gazing at them through the smoke.
"Heh heh heh, excellent work, Kogenta of the Byakko..." the figure said.
"Who the hell are you? How do you know my name?" Kogenta said in anger. He always had a tendency to get angry at the stupidest things.
"Heh, an attitude, just as I was told that you would have..." the figure said stepping into the open, revealing it's body.
He was a tiger! He looked very similar to Kogenta, except his fur was black where Kogenta's was white, his stripes were red, a contrast to Kogenta's blue ones. His hair was no different, black and red. His eyes were blood red, his claws also had a crimson color to them. His tail, instead of having a bell strapped to it like Kogenta's, had a blood red crystal strapped to it. A necklace lay around his neck, having several blood red crystals on it, the largest towards the middle. He wore armor, red, with gold and black outlines. He wore red gauntlets. He wore a martial arts belt, a sheathed sword in it. Oddly, he had no armor on his lower body, simply dark red pants with sandals. He had a bulge in his crotch area, indicating he was a male.
"I am Kansama. I am from another world. You see, I was chasing a counterpart of mine known as Kansani. He looks just like me, except he's blue and white mostly. He and his partner, Hikaru, dissapeared. I mistook you for him, so me and my partner developed a portal here. I've done some research, and I know you, the legendary Shikigami of Trust, can help me get back to my home world..."
"Like I'd help you! I can sense you're evil!" Kogenta said, growling. "Riku! Call out Sokkaido Kotetsu so I can finish this creep!"
Riku began to move his Drive in another specific pattern, forming the symbol that would bring out Kogenta's powerful sword, the Sokkaido Kotetsu. Kogenta grabbed it by the hilt the moment it emerged from the depths of the portal.
"Time to finish you!" Kogenta leaped up, sword prepared to strike, and aimed right for Kansama. Kansama chuckled, drawing his own sword from it's sheath. Oddly, Kansama's sword was black, the hilt red and black, and blood red designs running along the metal blade.
"Feel the fury of the Yinblade! Yin Slash!" Kansama swung the blade towards Kogenta, their blades colliding, a struggle between the two emerging. Kansama then charged his strength, quickly, knocking Kogenta's blade away with a strike, then slicing into Kogenta's flesh. Some blood sprinkled on the Yinblade, and Kogenta yelled in pain as he hit the dirt.
"I apoligize, Kogenta, but I have a rival to hunt. Goodbye..." Kansama sheathed his sword, and dissapeared as a flash of lightning hit the ground where he stood.
"KOGENTA!" Riku said running out to Kogenta's injured body, holding Kogenta in his arms. "Are you okay?" Riku was in tears.
"Yeah, just..argh...fine.." Kogenta said, covering the slash, which was embedded in his abdomen, right over where his stomach would be on the inside.
"You need to rest." Riku said, calling Kogenta back into the Drive. He walked home, worried about his Shikigami.
A few days later, Kogenta seemed fine. He was playing a game with Souma, a young boy who lived with Riku, probably barely ten, but who had a college degree, making him the boy genius. Kogenta usually only fought, as he claimed that's what he was meant to do, but he wanted to prove he was fine. The wound had basically dissapeared, amazingly.
As they played ball, Kogenta suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound, very close.
"Huh, what was that?" Kogenta said in confusion. He then noticed, it seemed to be coming from inside of him.
After a brief inspection by Souma, Kogenta learned the shocking truth...what he heard was his stomach growling, and what he felt was it rumbling.
"My..stomach? Odd...Shikigami don't have stomachs, from what I've noticed..." Kogenta said. He was right, Shikigami did not have to consume in order to live; they were spirits, only needing rest and battle to live.
"You're gonna have to eat, I guess..." Souma said.
Kogenta thought. He had been offered food before by some friend of Riku's, who happened to be obsessed with him, despite being unable to see him mostly. She called him 'Tora-san', and once latched onto his leg when he appeared physically before her. (Shikigami can appear in Spiritual form outside battle, when they are only visible to Toujinshi, humans who can bind with Shikigami, but are visible to everyone when called out physically.) She offered him food several times, but his response was always- "Who the hell would eat that?!?" Kogenta then sniffed something. His mouth began to water, his belly growling as well. It was...
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