Ghosts and Grudges_a Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy by Jasmine Walt & J. A. Cipriano

Author:Jasmine Walt & J. A. Cipriano [Walt, Jasmine & Cipriano, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dynamo Press
Published: 2017-12-03T18:30:00+00:00

13

As it turned out, the kyuubi wasn’t just good for setting things on fire or tearing into things with her claws and fangs. She was also good at creating illusions, and she used her magic to turn Raiden, me, and several of the crabs into monkeys dressed as kabuki dancers.

Wow, I thought, looking Raiden up and down. He was dressed in a red and gold checkered kimono, and I had to choke back my laughter at the sight of his hairy monkey face all painted up with red, black, and white kabuki makeup. There was absolutely nothing of Raiden’s features in that monkey’s face. Even his long black hair was gone, though the kyuubi had taken the fur on top of his head and styled it into a topknot.

“I don’t know what you’re laughing about,” Raiden said, then jumped at the sound of his own voice. His words had come out sounding more like a screechy monkey’s than his own baritone. “You look like Chewbacca’s long-lost wife. If she decided to take up a career as a geisha.”

“I do not know who this ‘Chewbacca’ is, but I hope you are not complaining about my disguise,” the kyuubi said archly. She flicked her tails, sending dust motes flying about the room. “I followed the crab’s directions exactly.”

“No, of course not,” I assured her, trying not to flinch at the sound of my own strange voice. For the first time, I started to realize just how powerful a yokai the kyuubi was—this level of illusion magic couldn’t be easy. “We look great.” I looked toward the crabs, who looked very similar to Raiden. “This is what we should look like, right?” I asked anxiously. I really didn’t want to have to go through all this again. We’d already lost way too much time.

“Yes,” one of the crabs said, talking in the same screechy voice. “We are ready to go. But before we leave, I have a gift to give you.”

The crab stepped forward, pulling something from his robes. “This is an osuzumebachi charm,” he said, holding out a charm that was shaped like a tiny bee. I shivered—the osuzumebachi were giant Japanese hornets so big that they were sometimes called “sparrow bees.” “You can use this charm to summon a nest of them, and use them to attack the monkey king at the right time. The monkey king is allergic, and if he is stung by even one bee, it will kill him.”

“And what about if I’m stung by one of these?” I asked, taking the charm gingerly. I felt like I was literally picking up a hornet’s nest, and the last thing I wanted to do was drop it. “Aren’t the osuzumebachi poisonous?”

“Yes, but these are bound to the charm, so you will be able to control them,” the crab said. He paused, then added, “If you are able to control the kyuubi, you should have no trouble with the osuzumebachi.”

I glanced at Raiden. “But these aren’t even yokai, are they?”

Raiden shuddered.

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