#yokai corporation AU

[techn0tony]

Matching PFPs for my sweetie @flockofcrowsinaturtleshell

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MASTERLIST

Please DM me if I am missing any! Will continue to update as more fics are posted!

DAY ONE: Alternate Universe

Kenpachi in x-men @xreaderdumpster

Grimmjow in Historical AU @villainsrtasty

Dr. Feel Good @soprawrites

Piercer! Bazz-B @whatshernameis

KenMayu Modern Gang AU @r473n

Aizen x Reader x Shinji Corporate AU @darthwhorecrux

Aizen Travel AU @aizen-no-kodoku

Steampunk AU Szayelaporro @kryptoniteforsale

Researcher Aizen @my-my-my

Shunsui Office AU @byakuyacoochie

Captain Szayelaporro Reverse AU @villainsrtasty

RoZuru-centric Vampire!AU @whitefoxfiction

Incubus Shunsui @kenpachissluut

Yokai Mayuri @toxictaicho

Fantasy au Jushiro @sexintheseireitei

Modern day KenMayu @srtruth

[nyaagolor]

Ooooh, I love this Yokai AU! We need MOAR pls!

(Also, while probably isn't the correct idea, I can bet that Maya is a Zashiki Warashi or similar...)

Imma be honest I didn’t think thru the yokai AU much. I’m playing investigations 2 so I may add or edit things, but the gist of what I have now is that Edgeworth is a demon Hunter— and by Hunter I mean he goes around trying to catch yokai criminals instead of using a sword like a normal person. He’s not about to cut someone down with his blade but he WILL cut down their testimony in the court of law

Anyway, when Kay says she’s the Yatagarasu she’s being extremely literal, her and her dad are crow yokai. Byrne is able to sneak into corporations because he can turn into a crow and just fly in there to look around but otherwise appears human. Kay can do the same, but she’s worse at transforming and in times of emotional distress like her dad’s trial will just kinda get stuck halfway between. Idk whether I’ll extend it beyond this or the investigations games but it’s a start

[lazycrow12]

Only one person asked for this but imma do it anyway. So @ahsokatanofan13 here you go

Without giving too much away the Murasaki Ghost au is about Donnie learning about the terrible way the poor yokai live and taking it upon himself to improved their quality of life. He does that by stealing necessities and money from the wealthy corporations and eventually is given the name Ghost. I am writing this it's just a slow progress but I am definitely writing it. It's gonna have 6 arcs to it and I'm excited to write them.

[sfznyxio]

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ᯤ BLUE LOCK

𝄞༉‧₊˚. FLOW

racer au. various x f!reader. with your auto workshop at risk of closing down, your best friend kira ryosuke offers to introduce you to people who are definitely in need of your high quality services: underground street racers of blue lock, whose obsessions are winning the races. however, your arrival at the track makes them think otherwise.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. !STEAL

streamer au. various x gn!reader. !steal: a command set by your significant other who accidentally walks in during one of your streams. response: chat already forgot about their favorite strimmer (streamer). he has stolen the show.

ᯤ GENSHIN IMPACT

𝄞༉‧₊˚. GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

pokemon au. various x gn!reader. do you have what it takes to be a pokemon master? step right up! start your adventure to become the greatest pokemon master of all time!

𝄞༉‧₊˚. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

canon-compliant. various x gn!reader. celebrate your very special day with your significant other!

𝄞༉‧₊˚. REMEDY

canon-compliant. various x gn!reader. you help patch up your significant other’s injuries.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. REQUIESCAT IN PACE

afterlife au. various x gn!reader. the dead deserve their happy endings.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. THROUGH THICK AND THIN

immortal au. various x gn!reader. with your kin swept away by the cataclysm, you have no one to rely on other than your wits. the curse of being immortal has you start fresh in the modern world as a citizen of inazuma, living alongside humans and yokai. throughout your life in the moral realm, you’ve met many interesting people. out of all of them, one becomes your rock and a shoulder to cry on. out of the blue, you say whatever is in your heart. they’ll reach out for your hand to let you know they're listening.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. WITHIN THESE CASTLE WALLS

royal au. various x gn!reader. you are a mercenary who saved twin siblings from getting killed, who turn out to be rulers of the kingdom of celestia. as gratitude, they instate you as a member of the royal guard. now with the alarming increase of assassinations, you’re wary of everyone in the castle. who is your ally or enemy, or who will be the one to capture your heart?

ᯤ HAIKYUU

𝄞༉‧₊˚. WILDEST FANTASIES (M)

post-timeskip (2021). seijoh 4 x f!reader. you are irresistible and a source of temptation, especially in his imagination.

ᯤ HONKAI: STAR RAIL

𝄞༉‧₊˚. CHEMISTRY

celebrity au. various x gn!reader. fans are raving about the chemistry between you and their favorite actors who play as the love interest in your recent music video. they missed the message behind it: the two of you are actually together. now that the word’s out, the whole world won’t shut up.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. CIPHER

spy au + assassin au. ipc trio x gn!reader. codename “cipher”, you’re an enigmatic assassin who has a perfect track record of leaving no trace behind. until your current target is actually bait to lure you in by jade of the ten stonehearts, elite spies of the international peace corporation. now they can’t let you go, not when they’ve finally caught the inconvenience of their missions. and so you’re forced to cooperate to prevent the destruction of the nation.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON

modern au. various x gn!reader. everything happens for a reason. sometimes, in a way that is unexpected.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. HEADLINES

celebrity au. various x gn!reader. following the success of the recruitment process and their first concert, this odd combination of a band becomes busy these days. thus, they hired a manager to keep track of their schedules. and to an extent, deal with their shenanigans that may or may not feature on the news.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. I, THE SOVEREIGN

royal au + time travel au. various x f!reader. everyone says you’re the curse of your own legacy. dubbed “the worst ruler ever in history”, power is all you cared about. your selfishness leads to the downfall of your own kingdom, with you murdered at the hands of people you thought could be trusted. somehow the next day, you regress to the day you become the sole successor to the throne after the previous sovereign passed. can you prove your worth and show them you have what it takes to be the sovereign in this timeline?

𝄞༉‧₊˚. VIP (M)

casino au + modern au. various x f!reader. welcome to club reverie, where vips around the world seek adrenaline rush from entertainment. you’re a popular host among some of the most influential vips you served. this particular night will be the most pleasurable to ever date.

ᯤ WIND BREAKER

𝄞༉‧₊˚. I CHOOSE YOU!

pokemon au. various x gn!reader. new year, new you, new school. you’re determined to be the greatest trainer in history, and it starts at a pokemon academy. you hope to finish your studies free of drama, if you can ignore the noise of many battles within the student body to see who will come on top.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. LET’S GET THIS BREAD!

canon-compliant. various x gn!reader. you’re a new employee at saboten bakery. your regulars are quite interesting, a bunch of delinquent high school boys who fight with good intentions. this time, they didn’t come just for the bread; they came in hopes to impress the cute newbie at the counter.

𝄞༉‧₊˚. REBIRTH OF AEGIS

bodyguard au + rich kid au. various x f!reader. cracks on shields leave the protected vulnerable. the shield of the business world named aegis shatters when a certain scandal rises after the death of the family behind the company. you as their child and witness of their goodwill take the initiative of attesting their innocence. this case has a huge toll on your mental health, so your household staff hires bodyguards as safety measures, much to your annoyance. but who knew that they are the most helpful assistants to your mission?

[reptilereveler]

TMNT: Symbiotic Synthesis

aka the silly au that is the entire reason i made this blog

the basic premise is that there are two realms: the Reflection Realm (aka the human realm) and the Refraction Realm (aka the yokai realm). the turtles live in the Reflection Realm, but have inexplicable ties to the Refraction, which is only exacerbated once they activate their latent powers; the idea behind their powers is that it allows them to physically manifest their 'spirit' onto the world, which looks different for each of them.

The Institute of Mystic Research and Development, a leading corporate power in the Refraction Realm, wants the turtles dead, as it considers them a liability. The Earth Protection Force, the main antagonist from the Reflection Realm, wants the turtles captured and contained, as it is interested in their peculiar DNA mutations and the possible uses thereof. The IMRD and EPF also want each other's realms eradicated, and both think that the Ooze is the key to this.

Raph (he/him) is a Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle. Leo (she/they) is a Spotted Pond Turtle. Mikey (she/he) is an Ornate Box Turtle. Donnie (he/they) is an Asiatic Softshell Turtle. They don't wear the trademark masks because, at the start of the story, they're not a team of ninja yet- they're just a bunch of siblings who happen to be fairly skilled in martial arts. But when April has an unfortunate run-in with the EPF, and a bunch of armed soldiers keep trying to kill them, they start shaping up into a fighting force.

[tumblunni]

Randomly thinking about a yokai watch and lobotomy corporation crossover au because honestly both games have an equal mix of scary and silly monsters and the difference is just in the tone. I could easily imagine a lot of Yokai making sense as Abnormalities and some of them already kinda have minigames of doing weird overspecific stuff to keep youself safe from them. And thr whole Infinate Tunnel/Moody Mary questline is so effing surreal its like an Abnormality! Plus there's lots of Abnormalities that are sympathetic and itd be cool to reimagine a version of them that can be befriended and helped.

Tho i dunno, maybe this concept is just too similar to Shadowside? But also with like..un-shadowsiding the Abnormalities. A two way horror and cuteness swap~!

Random place to start: Dr Maddiman! As an abnormality he'd be similar to Nothing There, a mimic type. But instead of trying to mimic people on purpose to escape, he seems to genuibely believe he is an ordinary employee and has to get back to his very important science work. And in this au he'd probably look lots more terrifying and inhuman and such, so his delusion is very clearly false. Theres no chance of anyone actually falling for his mimicry, he never stops looking like a horrifying monstrosity squeezed into a labcoat no matter how much he begs for you to believe he's human.

Containment procedures for him involve validating his delusion so he doesnt attack you- treating him like a valued employee and pretending to involve him in important work even if you're just having him staple together blank papers all day. Whenever he breaches containment he just goes around doing paperwork like that and copying other stuff he sees humans doing. Or he latches onto an employee and annoys them by following them around and babbling cute anecdotes about his beloved wife and kids. Research has been able to track down the locations he describes as his childhood home and where he got married, but can find no proof that he was ever human or that his family ever existed.

Despite his sympathetic nature and good instentions, the doctor is still a very dangerous Abnormality. He's usually harmless when breaching and even protects employees from other abnormalities but his desire to protect others can be also his biggest danger. You cant under any circumstances let him know if you're sick or injured, his well-intentioned attempts to help often end in completely remodelling the human body into a more efficient form. Several abnormalities around the facility were once people who encountered this one and found their wishes answered in the worst of ways. The doctor speaks fondly of his past patients and seems convinced they must be much happier now. If he's ever placed close to their cell and they breach containment at the same time, the patient will ignore all humans and attack the doctor constantly. And the doctor usually stops attacking at all and just stares into space as he's torn apart. Every time his twisted body reforms and he finds he's been denied death again, he seems to quickly forget what happened as a form of coping mechanism.

He cant stand the thought of knowing he's been hurting people, and even when he briefly remembers sometimes he still cant stop himself from doing it. His chance of breaching increases the longer he goes without 'helping' someone, and a third eye opens on his forehead and dominates more and more of his face. His potential positive effects are the same as his negative ones, his 'helpful' surgery is a random roulette so sometimes it genuinely is helpful. No matter what youre gonna end up mutated, but if youre lucky you'll just be twisted up inside into a stronger faster creature and still look outwardly human. Effects can include simple level ups in skills, increased elememtal resistance, growing a random abnormality's E.G.O gift from your flesh, randomizing an appearance trait like face or hair colour, and various temporary buffs. A negative result will turn the employee into an -02 type abnormality of the same genus, a massive tumourous blob of multiple arms that seems to leak sunlight out of its eyes and mouth. The doctor expresses fondness towards these creatures and will seem to mistake them for the children he believes he once had, whispering gently that he missed them so much even as they try and take their revenge by tearing him limb from limb. Once placed into a separate containment unit (for the sake of the doctor's safety as much as the employees), these creatures will settle into a hibernating state and eventually emerge from their coccoon of terrifying limbs as a random Abnormality you havent already seen yet. Once the process is completed they seem to have no memory left of being human, and will replace their previous AI with that of the resulting Abnormality. If they meet the doctor in future breaches they seem to not recognise him, but he always calls them his child no matter how different they look. He seems to see their abandoned aggression as a sign that the surgery was successful and he saved them from the tragedy of being human. Energy output increases for the rest of the day due to happiness!

The rarest result of the random surgery is a small chance that the employee will seem otherwise unchanged but suddenly start seeing the doctor as their father figure. They'll know details about his false fantasy of a normal human life, even if he never told them. And their personality begins to change to that of once of the nonexistant children, remembering dear moments with their dad that really never existed. Aside from loss of self and being distracted from productive work, there are no dangerous effects from this. They will just perform better at work with the doctor and have a small chance of experiencing family actions at the end of each work session. Varying from tea parties to stereotypical 'its not a phase dad, punk rock is my life!' conversations. It seems the 'children' have very different personalities...? The possessed employee will receive a glowing heart on their chest (in various colours depending on the "child") and its possible to free them by shattering this heart, however theyre insanely protective of it. A possible theory is that the doctor was indeed a human once, and is merely the conduit for a cluster of otherworldly forces that he perceives as 'cute children', who are using him to help find new host bodies. The higher ups are currently considering passing a bill to allow sacrifices to see what happens if the possession is ever completed. (Doctor is very hsppy about this!! He loves his kids!!)

[wtf-a-psychoanalysis]

Au idea, Leosagi x2 Au or Get your Cake and Eat it AU

Say Future Leo, refered to as Sensei or Leonardo-san was sent back with Casey but was put into a coma waking up a week after the Krang invasion. To celebrate Present Leo, refered to as Leo or Leo-kun, takes them all to Run of the Mill Pizza. Leo mentioneds since the Krangs gone he can finally make his move on this cute waiter he saw the week before the invasion. Sensei recalls that memory and adds " I never saw him after that."

Usagi Yuichi just started his new job at the Pizza Place after Lord Kogane banished him for "not being of anymore use" after the resolution of the Yokai and Alien threat. So he moved to the hidden city a week before the invasion. During the "mystic blackout" Miyamoto Usagi was released, revealing that afters sealing the Yokai, Miyamoto was sealed away in the mystic yoyo since he "stabbed" the Ki stone. Now free and readjusted to corporeal life he is invited by Yuichi to find work at Run Up the Mill, Miyamoto interpreting it as find a bodyguard job while hanging out at the restaurant.

"Hueso-san, I.. uh got back in contact with my estranged dad. And I want him to work here so we can... Father/son bond at work." While Yuichi gives his cringe explanation to Señor Hueso, Someone catched Miyamoto's eye.

Sensei, upon seeing his younger self trying to flirt with Yuichi, starts to resign to the fact He and his younger self are now different people, leading different lives as he sees Leo do things he gave up on years ago. In that moment is when he sees Miyamoto walking to his table.

Tldr it's a Future!Leo x Miyamoto and a Present!Leo x Yuichi.

In this au Miyamoto and Sensei Leo are around the same age* (I'm seeing Miyamoto "I regret not spending as much as the fleeting time i had with my son, Jotaro" Usagi and Hamato "my timeline is erased and I'm a single father" Leonardo angst.)

*Miyamoto can be older, if he had exp as a samurai he's definitely older than 30.

And Leo and Yuichi are the same age and are going to deal with the fact they is technically their own grandpa. I'm kidding but there is angst on them feeling at fault for their own Alien invasions and not living up to expectations.

[jadethest0ne]

When the Moon meets the Morning, Chapter 1 - Fire under the Blood Moon

Summary:  Raphael is going on missions with Captain Jupiter as he always does when he meets an orange-wearing turtle yokai who feels oddly familiar.

Word Count: 2154

Ratings/Warnings: General Audiences; some minor harrowing moments, but mostly fluff, emotional overload, emotional manipulation, self-deprecation

Notes: A longer chapter this time! This was the first thing I wrote for this story. I do enjoy starting out with some action! Big thanks to @undercoverwizardninjaturtle, @fraymotiif, and @frasierverse for helping me workshop this.

Read on AO3 For the RotTMNT Fantasy AU

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The thing about the Unforgiving North was that despite its reputation for being an icy snowscape it wasn't always cold and unforgiving. Sure the summers were maybe only a few weeks long and their spring was just an extended period of slush and snowmelt, but there was a time in the fall where the temperature was okay and not everything was covered in snow. Unfortunately, it was also a time where there was barely any rain either, and all the dry, dead leaves made all too good kindling for causing forest fires, much like the one that Raph had found himself in the middle of combating at the moment.

James Jupiter, the famed heroic bounty hunter, had gotten the call that the nearby forest had caught on fire due to some folks using mushroom fires irresponsibly. It was threatening the neighboring town of Bedu, as well as a group of small woodcutter huts and cabins that were within the forest's borders. As usual it was up to Captain Jupiter, his trusty sidekick Red Fox, and his protege, Raphael the “Red Angel of Preventing Harm” to save the day. Or the night rather.

Raph can feel his power swelling with the rise of the moon as he forms large red projections of his arms down a path among the trees blocking the flames to allow a family from one of the huts to pass through. Raph hears some screams behind him. He sees the Captain at the edge of the forest patiently directing everyone to safety with a confident smirk. The entire night he had been there greeting everyone that Raphael and Red Fox had brought out of the flames and giving them a strong guiding hand, letting them know that everything is going to be okay. Raph thinks wistfully for a moment what it must be like to have that confidence. He could use some of that right about now. He waits until he sees the family make it past the flames to dispel his corporeal magic into a smaller shield around himself. The heat is strong and he wishes he doesn't have his heavy cloak on him, but his shielding spell is at least enough to keep the fire at bay.

He turns towards where he heard the screams. He sees a child in a clearing wreathed with flames looking scared, with desperate eyes scanning the canopies. They look to be like some sort of squirrel yokai. He rushes over, batting away the flames with his magical aura formed into large hands as he goes.

When he reaches the child he imagines how the Captain would act in this situation and he puts on his most heroic face and states in his most heroic voice, "Don't worry, the Red Angel of Preventing Harm is here to save you!" The child stops crying momentarily and gives him a look of confusion. Raph falters. "Er, along with Captain James Jupiter..." That last part seems to make the child perk up and they manage a weak, tear-stained smile. They point a shaky finger up to the trees and say "My family is still up there!"

Raph looks up to see a literal treehouse, mostly in flames with at least half a dozen scared faces of squirrel yokai poking out. That's a lot of people, Raph thinks. It'll be hard to carry them all. But they're small, so Raph can handle it. Probably. With resolve and in a voice more confident than he feels, he calls to the family shouting above the flames, "Jump down! I will catch you!"

The yokai look at each other worriedly, so Raph lifts up his hands allowing his arm projections to expand and cupping his transparent red hands in a makeshift cushion for the family to land on. The family of, five, six, seven, Raph counts, leaps down into his waiting arms. As he lowers them to safety, he hears a cracking sound and sees the tree that the family just leapt from wobble dangerously. There's no time to wait for the family to get their bearings, so he just lifts them all up onto his broad shoulders, and grabs the child around the waist, and flings himself and the family out of the way of the collapsing tree; the rush of flames from the falling branches licking at his heels and tail as he runs. With him focusing on trying to carry the panicky family, it does not allow him much room to maneuver through the fiery forest, and his concentration on trying to avoid the flames prevents him from accessing his magic effectively. Still he does the best he can to move around the burning trees. He thinks he sees a path out, but then he hears a moan. Raph scans the forest and sees another young yokai - some sort of lizard - on the ground and looking very out of it. A nearby fallen tree branch tells him that maybe they got hit in the head. If Raph gets the family out of the forest, he may not be able to make it back to the lizard. But if he grabs the lizard, then both he and the folks he's carrying may not make it out. Raph doesn’t hesitate in his decision.

Raph rushes over to the lizard yokai, and, having no hands left to carry him, bends down and grasps a fold of his clothing in his teeth. Sometimes it's handy to have the strong jaws of a snapping turtle. There’s some more creaking from above and several large limbs from the trees fall down towards Raph and the people he’s carrying. There’s no time to dodge out of the way, and with so many people, he doesn’t think he can. So Raph stands his ground. His eyes darken over, and where his iris and pupil would normally be the shape of a blood-red moon appears, glowing even brighter than the fire surrounding him. He takes a deep breath, and wills his magic form around him. A red projection, mimicking his body’s shape and features, grows from him and surrounds both himself and the yokai he is protecting. Raph grunts as he forces the magic to hold as the blazing branches glance off of it. When the barrage of burning wood stops, Raph shakes off any errant cinders and dissipates his large red form.

He whirls around to try to get back to the path to safety but he can no longer see it. Everything is in flames now and the heat is really starting to get to him. The smoke is stinging his eyes, and he takes some heavy breaths through his nose, trying not to choke on the hot air or on his own rising anxiety. What would the Captain do in this situation? Would someone like him let a stupid fire stop him? Would he be disappointed at Raph for the tears threatening to spill over right now? They're from the smoke, not fear, Raph tells himself, of course, but his mind still conjures that disappointed look of the Captain in his brain. Raph has to remind himself to not bite down hard on the fabric that is in his mouth keeping the lizard yokai in place.

That's when he sees a flash of green through the blaze.

There's a section within the maelstrom of fire that contains no flames. A pocket of darker coolness that is inhabited by a freckle-faced yokai. He looks to be about Raph's age, maybe a little younger, and definitely much smaller. But he's wearing this brilliant smile and seems to be completely unfazed by the situation he's in. The boy cups a hand over his mouth and flames seem to come from it. Anger fills Raph’s gut and he's about to shout at the yokai as he momentarily thinks that the guy is adding to his troubles. However, Raph stops when he realizes that the kid is not breathing out fire, but sucking it in.

The yokai's already round face puffs out and becomes rounder as if storing the fire in his cheeks. The yellow freckles on his face stand out on his green skin, even among the yellow flames. The boy pulls in a deep breath, extinguishing enough of the fire to allow for a path out of the forest and to safety. Raph looks at the boy in wonder for just a second as he looks over cheerfully at him and winks. A sense of familiarity comes over Raph as he looks at the yokai. He's not sure why, but Raph is sure that he's a turtle yokai despite his orange clothes covering up where his shell would be. The smaller turtle yokai gives an "after you" gesture at Raph which snaps him out of his thoughts, and he quickly barrels through the burnt, but no longer flaming, woods.

He makes it out to where Captain Jupiter is still directing folks to safety. Once in the clear, Raph heaves a huge sigh of relief and lowers his load to the ground. The family of squirrel yokai scramble off of him and quickly go over to the Captain, excited to meet the famed hero. Captain Jupiter soaks in the praise and pats the heads of the younger yokai as he sends them on their way. Man, the Captain is so cool, just remaining calm this whole time, Raph thinks. He doesn’t even look like he’s got a burn on him - not even singed clothing! That’s in direct contrast to Raph’s soot stained clothes, and dirty face and claws, which he now feels somewhat self-conscious about as the Captain looks over to him.

The Captain gives Raph a toothy grin. "What have you got there, my boy," he says, smile fading into a grimace, "...in your teeth?”

Raph raises his brow realizing he’s still carrying the lizard yokai. He opens his mouth and gently places the young yokai in his arms, taking care to cradle his injured head. "Oh, um," Raph starts nervously. The Captain didn't like it when he used his more turtle-y features. "I, uh, ran out of arms to carry people with," he explains.

The Captain gives a discouraging look. “Remember, lad, ‘act like a beast, become a beast,’” he says tapping at his own teeth where Raph’s snaggletooth would be. He waves over his sidekick that Raph only just noticed was there, "Better let Red Fox take him then. Don't want you injuring him further, after all."

"Ah yeah," Raph says, wilting a bit as he lowers the lizard guy down to the sweet-faced red panda yokai in question. She’s also covered in no small amount of soot, and he can see some of her normally tidy auburn fur is lightly singed.

Red Fox looks up to him in concern and asks in her usual motherly tone, "Are you hurt?" She sniffs the air around him as if trying to discern his state by smell, causing the pink scar above her nose to crinkle and stand out behind the soot dusting her face.

Raph gives what he hopes is an encouraging smile and says, "Yeah, I'm fine." He gestures behind him to where he last saw the turtle yokai, saying, "It was really thanks to--" but he cuts himself off when he sees that no one is there. "Where did he go?" Raph asks himself.

There was a turtle yokai there, wasn't there? The smoke and fire hadn’t messed with his brain that much, had they? His thoughts are interrupted when he hears the Captain give his usual rundown of the situation. "Well that seems to be everybody, and it even seems as though the fire is dying down now, so that is some luck. All families are accounted for thanks to my steady guidance. Red Fox did well to listen to my commands, too. But kid, please do not rush off into the woods recklessly again, it may be too much to handle for a protege like yourself."

Raph’s shoulders sag under the Captain’s criticisms, but gives a "Yessir" all the same.

The Captain turns away to gather the victims of the fire to him, gaining statements and directing them to the necessary healing houses if need be. Raph watches on, and not for the first time tries to imagine what it's like to have such a leaderly tone that folks automatically respect.

He feels a warm hand placed on his own and he looks down to see Red Fox giving him a proud grin, "You did great out there, Raphael."

A smile spreads on Raph's face at her words and she gives a wink as she walks away with the lizard yokai in her arms.

Raph looks back at the once blazing forest, now mellowed out to a light flicker, and wonders what happened to the yokai that gave him a similarly kind wink and why he felt like he'd met the guy before…

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[flockofcrowsinaturtleshell]

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