A secret
That night, after everyone was tucked away in their homes, there was 4 boys younger than Xe who were wandering MT. Wildwood, where they came across a tunnel.
"Come on! You have to do this!" One boy said
"I won't!" another boy replied, his voice being way too scared
"You're seriously afraid of a girl's toy?" A third asked
"Hah! I knew he was too chicken!" The fourth said.
"I'll do it!" The second boy relented. "Just after this, leave me alone."
"We promise." The other three replied. The second boy went into the cave, wanting for this to be all over so he could go home.
"Hello?" He asked as he looked around
"Come play with me!" A high pitched voice said. It must've been a toddler guessing on the voice.
"I'd like to, but I can't see you." The boy replied, hiding the fact he was scared out of his mind. Then, a tiny light came from around the corner. It was from a stuffed animal flashlight carried by a small ragdoll. The ragdoll that was feared by almost every child in Springdale. His one human eye looked really excited to see a human being while his other eye looked dead, as it was just a button.
"Can you see me now?" The ragdoll asked.
"Yep!" The boy replied.
"Let's play! Try to catch me!" Then, the ragdoll ran off.
"Come back!"
As the boy ran deeper into the tunnel, it grew lighter, allowing to see what's ahead of him so that he wouldn't trip. Soon, he caught up to the ragdoll, revealing a giant playroom. It was a kid's dream, as there were many toys scattered about, new and old, high tech and no tech alike.
"You found me!" The ragdoll cheerfully said.
"Could I at least know your name?" The boy asked as he was out of breath.
"Rontao!" the ragdoll replied
"Kamui." The boy replied
"I wanna play some more!"
"What do you want to play?"
"Hide and Seek! I'll hide, and you count!"
"Alright." The boy went over to the nearby wall and started to count.
"Count up to 30!" Rontao said.
"Ok then." Kamui replied. "1...2...3...4...5...6..." Rontao ran off for a hidden room, closing the door behind him.
"Nero! I have another playmate!" He cheerfully said.
"That's great... I need to sleep..." Nero replied as he moved his sky blue hair out of his face.
"But...." The Yokai's face turned disappointed.
"Fine. You know I'm only doing this because I hate seeing you sad..." The other yokai's face lit up back to where it once was. "Just know I get the soul."
"Deal!" The ragdoll yokai ran off to a hiding spot just as Kamui finished counting.
"I'm coming for you!" Kamui shouted as he wandered around, looking for the tiny doll yokai. He had to step over many toys of all types like dolls, action figures, bouncy balls, stuffed animals etc. Soon, Kamui came across a steel door, much bigger than Rontao and almost twice his own size.
This is where he's hiding... Kamui thought to himself. But why does a doll of his height have such a giant door? Is he hiding something? He pushed his white hair out of his face and used all of his strength to yank the door open. It was pitch black... As Kamui entered, the door swung closed behind him. He ran over to the door and tried to pull it open, but to no avail.
"What the hell!?" He said panicked, especially knowing if he'd use that kind of language in front of his mother, he'd get a bar of soap in his mouth. "Let me out of here!" But the door wouldn't budge, as it acted like it was stuck together with magnets and super glue. Damn.... He thought. There's no way out... Guess I have to keep looking. He went forward, blind due to the fact it was pitch black inside until, he saw a light and it was a bright light too. It was hanging over a comfy bed. That was really weird, unless Rontao was hiding something more sinister, and this situation was becoming more and more like a horror movie. That American movie "Chucky" that he had overheard some high schoolers talk about a few months ago. What if Rontao was just a demon wanting a vessel? That's not possible. He seemed way too friendly to do that. Kamui decided to press his thoughts to the back of his mind and sat on the bed, trying to figure out what had happened for the last few minutes.
"Rontao? I'd like to continue to play, but my parents are worried sick about me!" Kamui called out, hoping the doll yokai would reply.
"Do you have to?" Rontao asked sorrowfully, as he climbed onto the bed.
"Yeah. I have to see my friends, my family, go to school, all of that." Kamui replied.
"But those bullies! I'll protect you from them!"
"Really?" Kamui asked as his eyes widened. "How do you know about them"
"I overheard you guys. I can give you a special magic that will stop them!"
"Well,I'm interested."
"All you have to do is lay down and relax! You might feel numb at first, but then you'll get the powers of a superhero!"
"Like what?"
"Super strength, being able to run at supersonic speeds, shoot magic bones and spears, being able to throw people into the air, shoot fire, heal wounds, all that good stuff."
"I'm in." Rontao jumped onto the metal surrounding the bed as Kamui spreaded his body out onto the dark blue bed sheets that had white spacemen, moons and rockets. Rontao put a blanket onto the boy with the same print, only a lighter blue. Kamui started to feel sleepy as he got comfortable under the blankets.
"When you wake up, you'll have your powers ok?"
"Ok..." Kamui said as he drifted off to sleep. Once Kamui was out cold, Rontao placed a hand on Kamui's forehead. The boy's body was becoming more and more plastic as each second went by with his soft red eyes becoming glass. His hair turning a purer white with a tiny pull string coming out of his back. Rontao didn't give him powers, but rather turned Kamui into a doll. Nero came into the room when a pale blue spirit like thing came out of Kamui.
"Nero? Could you store this in the back for me?" Rontao asked.
"The doll or the soul?" Nero replied
"The soul." Rontao said quietly, hoping Kamui wouldn't wake up and notice his new transformation.
"Alright, and you will take him to your private area?"
"Of course. That's why I turned him into a doll... So no one could hurt him. He's such a special thing. I've never seen someone with snow white hair and pale red eyes in my life, even as a doll. Maybe that's why he was teased..."
"That's pretty deep Rontao."
"I'll go to bed now and sleep with Kamui..."
"Would you like me to read you a bedtime story?"
"Yes please..." When Nero left, Rontao climbed into bed where the human, now doll lied. Rontao moved the arms so that it was cuddling him, and fell asleep.
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