32 Pages Issue : January Ribon 98 Translated by : Emiko (http://ribon.toxikon.org) Typed up by : Flipper (http://www.suzaku.nu) HTML-ized by : Flipper (http://www.suzaku.nu) note : text in [] are actions Mamono Hunter Leona [lit. Demon Hunter Leona] by - Yuuki Akira Narration : Earth. There, Demons from the underworld are still wreaking havoc. But on Earth, there is one girl who will fight those demons to protect the world and bring peace.......Supposedly. [Leona sits in her room grinning] [A tissue box talks] Tissue Box : What's the matter Leona? Your idiotic face looks even more idiotic. Leona : Idiot!? You look more idiotic than me!! Tissue Box : Okay, Okay, and whats that piece of paper? Leona : [shows him the paper] It's this! Tissue Box : Y.A company talent audition? Leona : Yup! I passed the first judging! Tissue Box : You still haven't given up your dream to be an idol? Leona : Of course not! My dream is to be a world famous idol!! Tomorrow there'll be a second judging! I'll final debut. You know, someone as pretty as me will win with no mistake! [giggle] Tissue Box : [shouts] What are you saying! What are you going to do about your demon hunting job!? Leona : Shut up, I don't have time for that now!! Leona monologue : I'm Kurihara Leona, sixteen years old. I was a normal bishoujo (pretty girl) who dreamt of being an idol... Until the day, a guy called Couma came from the underworld and scouted for me to be a demon hunter. [flashback] Couma (as an apple) : My name's Couma. Leona : An apple spoke!? [end of flashback] Leona monologue : So Couma has to possess an object when he's in the human world or else he can't stay alive. (Couma : I cna stay normal in the human world for about 2 minutes) [picture of Couma in normal form and he looks quite kakoii *sweatdrop*] Leona : Anyway, getting orders from a tissue box doesn't make me want to do it you know! Couma : [angrily] Shut up!! Demons can only stay in their normal form for 2 minutes in the human world!! Leona : [sparks flying] Well, I'm going to take the audition!! Couma : [sparks flying] An idiot like you wouldn't win anyway!! Leona : [shouts] Oh, mum!! You've got a cold haven't you? Do you want some tissues? [Couma panics] Couma : Aaaah!! Okay, I was wrong!! Leona monologue : Well, my demon hunter job is important I guess, but my dream is to be an idol!! I'm going to try reall hard! Leona : [dressed] Hm, great!! Okay Couma, I'm going. Couma? [The tissue box stays silent] Leona : [thinks] He's rather silent....Well it's better than hearing him growl at me. Leona : Hey Couma, are you angry? [Leona's mother is at the door] Leona's mother : [thinks] Leona....she's talking to the tissue box....Is she lonely? (at the auditioning place) Leona : Wow, it's here!! Hmm...the room is on the 2nd floor... Couma (as Leona's scarf) : Hahaha....how long can you stay that happy? Leona : [thinks] Dud my scarf just speak? [aloud] Maybe....Couma!? Couma : You finally realised. I didn't actually want you to go to the audition, but I've got my reasons.... [Leona starts unravelling the scarf] Couma : [shouts] Hey, oi!! Leona : Oooh, hand knit scarves do unravel. Well! So? Whats your reason? I thought it was strange that you would let me come to the audition just like that. Couma : Do you have to harass me everytime before you ask me things!? Oh well, you'll soon find out my reason. Leona : What? What do you mean.... Voice : [shouting] Entrants for the audition who have not signed in yet please do so now!! Leona : Hey! I've got to go!! Keep quiet okay? Couma : Oh I don't know if I will. [Leona opens the door] Leona : [stares] Wow! There's so many pretty girls here... [thinks] A future super idol is going to be chosen from this many... Leona : [shouts and poses] Oh well, it's going to be me ofcourse!! Couma : Where the hell does her confidence come from... [behind a wall, a weird looking shadow keeps quiet] Man : Okay, first of all we'll have introductions. Please come up in order of your entry numbers. Leona : [thinks] I'm 3rd huh... Girl next to Leona : [stands up] Yes, I'm entrant number one, Takenaka Kanako, 15 years old. Um...and.. Voice : [laughs lightly] You don't have to be so nervous. Kanako : What? [the owner of the voice is a bishounen] Bishounen : Just because I, a super idol, am being a special judge.... I can understand why you're nervous. [cues roses and sparkles ^^;] Couma : Who the hell is he? Leona : He's Fujii Ryouta, an idol who's appearing in dramas and as a singer, recently. (Yuuki's Note : Couma is practically a ball of wool now) [the next girl flirts with Ryouta] Girl : Entrant number 2. Miyagawa Yuka. I'm sixteen and my hobbies are dancing and...I'm a huge fan of Ryouta-san! Ryouta : [drooling] ...you're nice! Lets see your dancing later. Yuka : Yes! Voice : Next, entrant number 3 Leona : [thinks] It's my turn!! Couma : Embarass yourself, eh? Gahh!? [Leona pulls more wool] Leona : Shut up! [Leona stands infront of the judges] Leona : Number 3. Kurihara Leona, 16 years old. Ryouta : Whats that ball of wool? Are you good at knitting or something? Leona : Oh this...uh... [Couma glares at Ryouta] Ryouta : [thinks nervously] Did I just gain eye contact with a ball of wool? Leona : [throws Couma away] Oh this is totally irrelevant! Don't mind it at all! um, my hobby is combat sports and my special skills are combat sports, oh I can break blocks and tiles with my bare hands! Ryouta : What a silly joke! A pretty girl like you wouldn't be able to do that! (Emi's note : Sexist isn't he? ^^;) Ryouta : Well, I'm pretty good at fight despite my looks. Before, I used to be feared by anyone. [girls scream with love hearts] [Leona walks back] Leona : [thinks] I wasn't joking though... Voice : Are you stupid? Leona : [thinks] Wha..t? Yuka : Do you seriously think they would choose you because of that stupid joke? Leona : I don't want to be told that by someone who flirted with the judge. You idiot! [Yuka is irritated] Yuka : [thinks] Who does she think she is!! [a monster creeps over to the audition studio] Monster : I'll be on TV...The humans of Japan will be scared...Hahaha...I'll...rule..Japan! Leona : [thinks] I can sense a demon! [the demon smashes through the wall] [girls scream] [the demon is one big ugly spider like thing] Leona : [holding Couma] Could this be your reason..? Couma : [grins] This morning I got a telepathic message from the underworld and I was instructed....Apparently a demon got into this place from a fault in time and space. Ryouta : Wha! A monster!? Man : It can't be!! [demon attacks and Leona dodges] Demon : Guagau.... Yuka : Ah! Fujii-kun, you're good at fighting aren't you!? Do something!! Ryouta : ...uh...I've got a bit of a stomach ache right now... Couma : Leona, transform! Leona : Ohh...it's ended up as another job! Leona monologue : Oh well, I guess if I don't do it, the situation won't fix itself... Leona : [shouting and posing] Yes! It has to be Leona-sama! Couma : [angrily] Just hurry up!! Leona : Okay, okay....Here we go...Underworld Battle Gear!! [light glows] Leona : [in a battle outfit] Transformation complete! [Yuka and Ryouta are trembling] Demon : First...I'll kill you all....Then I'll ruin this TV station in the worst possible way...Then I'll put your ruined state on air... Leona : I won't let you!! Demon : What!? Leona : If you get put it on air, the ratings will drop! So you've got to show a pretty girl like me! The genius bishoujo idol fighter who carries the world's future. Demon Hunter Leona is here! Ryouta : Demon....hunter....? Whatever you are, please help! Leona : Weren't you feared by anyone before? Ryouta : What? Demon : I don't care what you are! But I'll kill you!! [Leona laughs, then attacks] Demon : What!? Leona : Energy Blast!! (Emi's note : something to that effect ^^;) Demon : Guuaa..... Leona : Leona-chan, also great today! Demon : Damn....I didn't know there was someone like this in the human world.... [Demon glares at Yuka] Demon : Don't move!! If you do, I'll kill this girl! Yuka : Aaah!!!! Leona : Ugh! [thinks] If I don't move, I can't fix this problem...!! But if I do move, that girl's going to die...!! What should I do...!? Voice : What are you going to do kill if I move? [Couma stands there with Yuka] Demon : What....!? Who are you? Couma : Hi Leona : [thinks] Couma... Demon : Are you the demon investigator Couma? Couma : It's real troublesome whe idiots like you come to the human world and wreak havoc. (To Yuka) Now go away Yuka : Yes Leona : [thinks] Ohh...I get so faint when I see Couma's normal form! [Leona has hearts flying around her] Couma : Leona!! Leona : Oh, uh, yes? Couma : What are you doing standing there in a daze!? Finishing it off!! Leona : I...I wasn't in a daze! [Leona and Couma argue] Demon : [thinks] Chance! [the demon attacks them] Leona : Huh? [Leona screams] [Couma blocks the attack] Couma : You're so troublesome!! Leona : Th...anks [thinks] I got saved by Couma... Couma : Now Leona!! Leona : I know! [Leona concentrates and energy flows around her] Demon : What!? Leona : Enforced Rebattlication!! (Emi's note : Yes, I know 'rebattlication' isn't a word, but I couldn't think of anything else ^^;) [Leona gets rid of the demon which flew off into nowhere] Leona : I did it... Couma (as a ball of wool) : Hm..you did good. Leona : Aaargh! It's your fault that my greatly moving ending was ruined!! Couma : What!!? What do you mean!! [Ryouta and Yuka look on in awe] (on the way home) Couma : So is it okay? You didn't redo the audition... Leona : Yeah, it's okay? If I did debut then I'd become a top idol straight away and wouldn't have time to be a demon hunter, now would I? Then who's going to protect the world? Couma : Well, even if you did make a debut, you wouldn't sell anyway. [Leona gets annoyed] Leona : Ohhh, what cute cats! [Leona watches as the play with Couma in the form of a ball of wool] Couma : Aaah!! Stop it! Okay, I was wrong!! THE END