Washing It Away

Akio Hisashi:

Reaching into one of the pouches around my waist, I pull out a smoke pellet and throw it at Doro Monsuta. A thick cloud of black smoke blinds Doro Monsuta and gives me a chance to get away even further.

"Doooro Monssssuta," Doro Monsuta moans as he covers his face.

Jumping from car to car, I stop when I reach the end of the street and see no more cars.

"Where to now," Nemo asks, still hovering beside me. I see no car but I do see a brick wall right in front of us.

"We go up," I answer, jumping from the roof of the car onto the brick wall. My fingers digging into the clay between the bricks, I pull myself up. Climbing up the wall, I reach the rooftop in a matter of minutes.

"Okay," Nemo says, flying after me. "We're on a rooftop. Away from the slime. Doro Monsuta still looks slightly blind. Now what?"

"I was hoping by now, you would have an idea," I answer.

"Uhh, I still got nothing."

"Nemo," I shout. As I shout, Nemo flies back slightly.

"What," he yells, flying back. "What do you want to say?"

"I want you to give an idea on how to get rid of the slime covering Doro Monsuta so we can get your mask and destroy the dakura tchingu hiding within. Therefore, freeing the little boy of Don' Yokuna Yokubo's dark magic. Come on. Look around! Do you see anything useful?"

"Give me a second," Nemo says, flying over to the ledge. "Give me a second."

As Nemo flies over to the ledge and looks around, I hear a familiar fierce roaring. Looking past Nemo, I see my smoke cloud gone and Doro Monsuta looks around.

"Oh no!"

Looking around myself, I waste no time and hide behind a metal box on the top of the building.

"Nemo," I whisper. "Nemo!"

"What," Nemo asks, flying over to me. "And why are you hiding behind a vent?"

"Doro Monsuta isn't blind anymore. He can see, and he's looking for me and Emica."

I point behind Nemo. Nemo turns around and sees Doro Monsuta as he picks up and looks underneath cars and on rooftops.

"It won't be long before Doro Monsuta looks right. Nemo. If you're going to get an idea, now would be the most ideal time."

"I'm trying! I'm trying! Wait, hold on. I see Emica. She's on a rooftop like us. I think she's trying to signal us."

"How can you be sure?"

"Well, did ninja teacher ever teach you or Emica jumping jacks?

"Jumping what?"

I look out from behind my cover and see Emica on a rooftop across from us. She's waving her arms left and right. When Emica sees me coming out and onto the ledge, she points at something below.

"What is she pointing at?"

I look at the streets below but I see nothing but cars stuck in black slime.

"I get it," Nemo says. "I know what Emica is pointing at."

"You do?"

Nemo and I then watch as Emica starts doing something else. She then bends her knees, holds her hands near her waist, and moves right and left.

"You do get it? Right?"

"Yes! I do! I know what she needs us to do! Wave back at her!"

Still confused with what Emica is trying to tell me, and now also with Nemo, I still wave back at Emica.

"Now nod your head!"

I nod my head. When Emica sees this, she jumps off the roof and back down onto the street!

"What is she doing?"

"It's a part of her plan," Nemo answers. "Now you have to do your part."

"What's my part?"

"Fighting Doro Monsuta."

"What!"

Emica Kana:

Landing on top of a car, I look at, as Noon tells me, the fire truck stuck in the black slime, I jump from car to car toward it. Unfortunately, it's closer to Doro Monsuta than it is to me.

"Hurry," Noon says, appearing beside me. "Hurry! Hurry!"

"Not helping," I say, pulling out my chigiriki. Swinging it around, I throw one end of the chain toward the truck. However, before it can reach the truck, Doro Monsuta catches it in his massive black arm.

Doro Monsuta:

"Doro Monsuta," my master says, appearing before my eyes. Hovering in my head, looking like a ghost in a hood and with a glowing staff, he raises his head and looks at me with glowing purple eyes. "Get it for me. Now! The ruby rose!" Or I will take the mask."

"No," I shout, slamming my hands against the ground. "No! The mask is mine! I will give you what you want!"

Pulling on the chain, I lift the red ninja high into the air.

Nemo Farid:

"Doro Monsuta," Doro Monsuta moans as he reaches toward Emica.

"Akio," I shout, looking back at Akio as he winds up his arm like a baseball player. Throwing the pellets, they explode all over the side of Doro Monsuta's head. Doro Monsuta cries out and covers his head with his arms, accidentally dropping Emica.

Growling as he slams his hands down again, Doro Monsuta pulls his way toward us. In only a few minutes, Akio and I are face-to-face with Doro Monsuta. Switching the pellets in his hands for bokkens, Akio holds them up while in Doro Monsuta's shadow.

"I hate my part of this plan," Akio says.

"So do I," I say.

"Doooorrro Monsutttoo," Doro Monsuto moans as he throws up more black slime.

Noon Encarnacion:

Watching as Emica uses her chain again to pull herself onto the fire truck, she lands with a loud thud.

"Okay," Emica says, pocketing her weapon. "I'm here. Now what do I do again?"

While Emica stands on top of the fire truck, I fly around it, looking for the fire hose.

"Here," I say, finding the long white fire hose rolled up on the side. "This is it! Grab it!"

Emica going to where I am, sees the fire hose and reaches down to grab it. Thankfully, the hose isn't completely in the slime. It takes a few pulls but Emica finally has the hose in her hands.

"What is this," she asks, holding up the hose.

"That's called a fire hose," I answer with a smile. "As you said before, we're going to wash the slime away. Right off Doro Monsuta."

"With this? How? I don't see any water inside."

Emica peeks inside the hose before looking back at me.

"The hose doesn't have water," I quickly answer. "The hose is for range and pressure. The water is coming from there."

I float over the side and point at a bright red fire hydrant half-buried in the black slime.

"Hold onto the hose," I say. Emica nodding her head, wraps the hose around her waist. Once it's tightly wrapped, she jumps from the fire truck onto another car and onto the hydrant. It's a tough landing, given how small the hydrant is, but Emica still manages to catch herself.

"I suppose the water is inside this," Emica asks, examining the fire hydrant. "But how do I open it?"

"Here," I say, tapping the side. "Use your chain to take off the value."

Despite Emica's tilting head, she still does what I tell her. Pulling her out chain again, Emica wraps it around the value and starts pulling. Despite how hard Emica is pulling, the value still won't come off. As Emica keeps pulling, I hear screaming and turn around.

"Akio," I scream, seeing Akio stuck in Doro Monsuta's hand again. Doro Monsuta is raising Akio, bringing him closer and closer to his mouth. "Emica! Hurry!"

Emica turning around and seeing what I see, raises her foot. While still pulling with her chain, Emica also starts stomping on the value. With one last stomp and pull, the value spins, coming right off in a few seconds. As the hydrant opens, sparkling water pours out and washes away all the black slime surrounding us.

"Quickly! Screw the hose in!"

Jumping off the hydrant and into the water, Emica unties the hose from around her waist and places it on the hydrant.

"Now. Place your feet firmly on the ground, push the trigger on the top of the hose, and wash away all this disgusting black slime!"

Now Emica, armed with a fire hose, smiles as she places her feet firmly on the street and grabs the nozzle on top. Pulling the nozzle, Emica unleashes a powerful steam of water that hits Doro Monsuta.

"Doro Monsuta," Doro Monsuta says as he quickly shrinks. Dropping Akio, Doro Monsuta turns to Emica. He pulls his way toward her and reaches out his arm but Emica doesn't stop shooting. She turns the water against Doro Monsuta's hand and in only a few minutes, his whole hand melts away.

"Yay," I shout, raising my invisible hands.

It doesn't take long for Emica to wash away the rest of the slime making up Doro Monsuta. The water carries away all the slime, and even when Doro Monsuta tries to grab it, it slips right out of his hands.

He moans the whole time as Emica washes him. Eventually, Doro Monsuta's moaning turns into crying, and after all the slime is gone, there, sitting in front of us is a little boy wearing a black monster mask.

The little boy, who is also soaking wet, starts throwing a tantrum.

"No," the boys shouts. "The mask is mine! Mine!"

He turns and starts running but Akio stops him.