01x07 - Belly of the Beast

[bunniefuu]

[gentle music playing]

[sniffing]

[Spot chirps excitedly]

[chuckles]

Hmm? [chirps excitedly]

Oh, come on.
My face isn't gonna feed itself.

[chuckles]

[sarcastically] Yes, ma'am.

I didn't order a side of sarcasm.

Hey, guys! I kicked Chizu's butt
at the Ki-Cycle game,

so she had to make me
all my favorite foods.

You hungry?

[gulps] I guess I could be
talked into a bite or two.

Usagi? You want anything?

Chizu made
those little okonomiyaki you like.

I don't have much of an appetite.

Listen, about me spying
for the Neko Ninja Crew.

I'm sorry.

I guess, in the end,
you did the right thing,

so that's something.

Yes, but the Neko Ninja
will be coming for us.

And they are vicious.

You have no idea what they're like.
Cruel and pitiless.

They stole me from an orphanage
before I was even a year old.

No expression of true feeling
is tolerated.

Any disobedience is punished savagely.

By the time a ninja's grown,
she has no will of her own.

All ninja are raised to be nothing
but tools of their master, Lady Fuwa.

They show no mercy.

-They feel… nothing.
-[eagle cries]

[tape rewinds]

What? I was paying attention.

These are really fantastic.

But I'm still mad at you.

We all are, right?

Mm!

[sighs]

[scoffs] Usagi, if Lady Fuwa commands
the ninja to k*ll us all, they will.

We need to be alert.

Stay inside as much as possible.
Keep a low profile.

Yeah, I'm not gonna hide.

Once I get Karasu-Tengu to train me,
I'll be a true samurai.

A ninja won't be able to touch me.

I just need to find
the last of those three Urban Yokai.

Giman, the deception Yokai.

Wait, the last time
I was at the Hidden Dojo,

something strange happened.

I saw something.

It looked like a child,
but it was also kind of a shadow.

-And then it just flew away.
-Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!

That totally sounds like a Yokai!
It must be Giman!

Do you think so?

Or any one of a hundred other Yokai.
But probably Giman.

Maybe! Or maybe not.
It must be! It's the only lead I have.

-I gotta check that place out.
-What?

The Hidden Dojo is literally the most
dangerous place in the world for you now!

So it's the last place the ninja
will be looking for us. It's perfect!

That makes no sense.

If you wanna do something for me,
take me to this Hidden Dojo.

And if you don't, that's fine.
But I'm going either way.

I'll take you.

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!
You guys, I found it!

I found the Ashibasha!

[spits] What? The Ashibasha!
Guys, she found the Ashibasha.

The Ashibasha!

You don't know what that is.

Aren't Ashibasha kind of like,
uh, private trolleys?

It was our family vehicle
when we were kids. Oh, it's so awesome.

I know, right? Come see it!

Well, looks like I'm with you two today.

We're going to sneak
into the Ninja Crew's Hidden Dojo.

Hmm? Well, looks
like I'm with those two today.

[theme music playing]

[bold music playing]

[gasps]

It's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen!

[Kitsune] Really?

[Spot] Hmm? [sniffs and yelps]

You need to see more things.

-I'm gonna fix it up like new!
-You don't know how to fix stuff.

No, but I have determination!

Ooh, this is hard. I'm gonna get cake.

Oh, no. You are not walking away again!

What are you talking about?

Every time there's trouble,
you run off and I have to clean up.

-Like when--
-When we got run out of town?

[shushing] I don't want
everyone to know our family stuff.

[object clatters]

[yells and groans]

Can you take this battery to the temple
and get Tetsujin to charge it up?

[sighs] But he's always telling
long stories

about way back before things got good.

Okay, you could stay here
for our heated, emotional argument.

Yeah, I'd rather hear
about gross, old-timey foot diseases.

[gentle music playing]

[grunts]

I can't handle you leaving again. [groans]

I have a stomachache.
I have to go to the hospital.

No, you don't.
Come on, let's fix the Ashibasha together.

-[Gen] Okay.
-[Toshiko] Good.

-[powering up]
-[exclaims]

-There's the entrance, but--
-Ikuzo! [grunts]

Whoa!

We're not going in that way!

You two fell asleep again?
No more hot cocoa for you!

[grunting]

[Usagi grunting]

Are you sure that-- Whoa!

-[both grunt]
-This service corridor isn't used much.

I'll take you
to where I saw that, uh, thing.

[suspenseful music playing]

[grunts]

Ninja.

[both gasp]

[Gen] Wow. This is seriously messed up.

Mm-hmm.

Can I put it down now?

Listen, um,

I don't think I can do this.

Fix the Ashibasha?

No, stay here.

You always do this!

I need you to help me with stuff.
Can't you just take responsibility for--

-[honks]
-[groans]

Okay, then.

Gen, what's happening?

-[Ashibasha retches]
-[groans]

[both groaning]

-Huh?
-It's possessed by a Yokai!

-Ow!
-[groans]

[gentle music playing]

-That should take an hour or so.
-[battery hums]

Now, how about a long story
about way back before things got bad?

[insincerely] Great.

Or… Hmm.

Come. You might be interested in this.

What? It's just a bunch of old junk.

You have obviously never heard
a taiko played properly.

Whoa…

[booms]

[groans]

Kitsune!

Are you okay?

[chuckles] Again. Again!

[breathing heavily]

I warn you, ninja.

I have the heart of a warrior,
the skills of a master, and the…

Okay, you're a kid.

Follow me.

[suspenseful music playing]

[both gasp]

[gasps] What are you doing here?

Um, you told us to follow you.

I didn't… Wait!

You're Chizu!

Yes. I've seen you before.

I'm Hana.

It's nice to meet you, Hana. I'm Usagi.

Oh. Like the guy
who's on all the dartboards?

Chizu, we talk about you all the time.

But only in secret,
so Lady Fuwa doesn't hear us.

You talk about… me?

Mm. Most of the ninja are so mean,

but some of us, like me,
we don't want to hurt anyone.

We just don't have anywhere else to go.

I know what that's like.

[Hana] But everyone's heard
about how you stood up

to Lady Fuwa at the Ki-Stone Temple.

Even though she raised you,
you stood up for what was right.

If you can be good, maybe I can too.

I know you can, Hana.

That's why I hide here
when we're supposed to do fight training.

It's awful. They make us
chop the heads off dummies.

Why would they want to do that?

[sighs]

-[booming]
-[Kitsune laughs]

[continues laughing]

[groans]

-[thudding]
-[gasps]

[laughing] Oh my gosh, oh my gosh,
oh my gosh! You know what we should do?

-What?
-[laughs]

Set up targets!

Yes!

[suspenseful music playing]

Okay. Uh, this is where I saw
that shadow creature fly away.

Shadow creature? [gasps]

-That sounds like--
-[woman] Who's here?

[Usagi groans]

Oh. It's you, Hana.

I have to admit,
I thought you were a total washout.

But in training today, you were amazing.
The other children are terrified of you.

[chuckles] I always say

anyone who frightens children
is okay in my book.

Thank you, Lady Fuwa.

Keep up the good work
and before you know it,

I'll have you on the Assassin Squad. Mm?

Oh. That was close.

Um, okay. You told us you've been
hiding out and not going to practice?

Well, it wasn't me.

-It was Kana.
-Who?

I wasn't going to tell you about her.

My friend Kana looks exactly like me,

and she does all the stuff
I don't want to do.

-Okay, half a sec.
-[record scratches]

I think she has,
like, an imaginary friend,

who does the bad things
she can't handle, but it's really her.

Like in that one story?

What story?

The story about the girl
who has an imaginary friend

who does the bad things she can't handle,
but it's really her!

[Hana] Kana is real.

I'm not imagining her.

-I didn't mean anything.
-It's okay.

But you believe me, don't you, Chizu?

I… believe

that we have to get you out of here.

This is no place for a kid.

[dramatic music plays]

Chizu! You obviously weren't
paying attention in whispering class.

You are, like, the loudest ninja ever.

[clattering]

Ow!

-That's enough!
-[honks]

[dramatic music plays]

You know how to use those?

Yes. I know how to hit things
with other things.

[both yell]

-[both groan]
-[Ashibasha chuckles]

Ooh!

[chirps mechanically]

[growls and grunts]

[yelps]

[grunts]

[horn honks cheerfully]

It's not even fighting.
It's just toying with us.

You are a relentless beast.

[groans softly]

[chirps mechanically]

Okay.

What?

[whirring and creaking]

Uh-oh.

Did you really think you could come
into my house without me knowing?

Run!

[dramatic music plays]

This is suboptimal.

Whew! I think we lost 'em.

Nope!

Ikuzo!

[grunting]

[grunting]

It's time to teach my star pupil a lesson.

-[laughs]
-You've taught me enough.

[grunting]

[grunting]

-[whimpers]
-[gasps]

-[grunts]
-[yelps]

[gasps softly]

[grunting]

Whoa! Oh!

[exclaims]

[grunting]

[yells]

[grunts]

You're 30 seconds
from being a stain on the floor, Chizu.

And probably the ceiling
and a couple of walls.

But if you want to save your friends,
all you have to do is come back.

I'll leave them alone.
And I will forgive you.

Once.

Never!

[chuckles]

Then you are about to have
just the absolute worst day.

[snaps fingers]

[creature growls softly]

Uh-oh.

She's going to be here soon,
and she is mad.

-Who?
-Kana.

Kana is coming.

If Kana's your other personality that's
good at fighting, now would be great!

What the heck is that?

You are not going to like Kana.

Let's play a game.

I call it "sleepy time."

Hmm.

Huh?

I told you you wouldn't like her.

[whistles sharply]

[dramatic music plays]

[chuckles]

Mistake.

Stay away from them!

Okay, she might be real.

[chanting in Japanese]

Oh!

-[booms]
-[laughs]

[groans and laughs] Yes!

Bull's-eye!

-We're getting good at this.
-[speaks Japanese]

[Ashibasha wheezing]

It's okay, it's okay.

I'm sorry I hurt you.
We want to be friends.

-[chirps mechanically]
-Yeah.

Have, um…
Do you have something a kid would like?

Ooh.

Look, friendship candy.

[sighs]

Oh.

I don't know anything
about taking care of kids!

What if I break it?

Does it need diapers?
How do you burp a baby Yokai?

I want Mom and Dad!

It's okay, Gen. I know you haven't talked
about Mom and Dad to your friends,

but you can talk to me.

[Ashibasha grunting softly]

[melancholic music playing]

[grunts] That was close.

-I was so worried about you.
-I'm okay.

You are…

Wait. Are you, like,
you, or the other one?

I-- I-- I'm very confused.

She's her. I'm me.

Weirdly, I know what you mean.
And you, you're Giman, aren't you?

None other.

-[groans]
-What are you doing?

Karasu-Tengu sent me to defeat her.
She's one of the three Urban Yokai!

Don't hurt her! She's my friend!

No, it's okay, I won't hurt her.

But I have to trap her.
She's a deception Yokai.

It's true. I was a Yokai of deception.

But now I've found
a purpose in life. A friend.

Usagi.

No, I can't just let her go.

Everything I've worked for
is riding on this.

The true Sensei will make me a samurai.
It all depends on trapping Giman.

My ancestor wouldn't have hesitated.
He was strong.

[sobbing]

I can't.

[energy pulses]

You made the right choice.

I know.

My ancestor trapped all the Yokai,

but maybe that was the wrong thing to do.

Most of them seem… pretty okay.

Thank you.

[chuckles] You're welcome, Hana.

Usagi, what are you going to do?

Maybe Tetsujin will have some ideas.
I'll go to the Ki-Stone Temple.

Ooh, can we come?
I've always wanted to see the Ki-Stone.

Sure. Chizu, I'll catch up
with you and the others later.

Okay. Be careful.

[dramatic music playing]

Okay, how am I gonna get
you guys down from here?

[Usagi exclaims]

Oh, right. Ninja.

[Spot whimpers and exclaims]

[Ashibasha groans]

-What am I even looking at here?
-It seems pretty straightforward.

That Ashibasha is a baby Yokai
who doesn't like yogurt.

Nailed it.

[honking and chirping excitedly]

Oh, of course. That's what it eats.

[honks happily]

-[Gen] This isn't so hard, right?
-[honks happily]

Oh no!

-[honking]
-Oh!

[Gen yells]

[laughing]

[creature chittering]

Faster!

[energy blasting]

Faster!

Faster!

We broke through!

-Yeah!
-We broke through!

-We're gonna be powerful, man!
-[laughs] All right!

[seething]

I must inspect the discovery!

The hatch is nearly exposed.

After more than a thousand years,
I will finally fulfill my soul oath.

You must be jazzed.

So you gotta get your thingy out of there.

The Clavis.

Yeah, the Clavis, the Clavis.

And then after that,

you promise we'll be
the most powerful crew?

So how's that gonna work?

You gonna give us some kinda weapon,
or, uh… Ooh!

You're gonna make us giant?

[laughs] I've always wanted to be a giant!

Chikabuma!

[screeches]

[mimics roaring]

[laughs]

That's me as a giant.

You'll be the most powerful crew

because all the others will be dead.

Uh… chikabuma?

Uh?

[theme music playing]