Lucy gets some help to find Kyle

"No!" Lucy screamed as she fell to her knees while Satie helped Buddy and Hailey up. With tears in her eyes, Lucy pounded her fist against the pavement. "No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! NOOOOOOOOO!"

"What happened out here?!" Satie asked in concern.

"I don't know!" Hailey exclaimed. "One second Buddy and I are talking with Kyle, and the next I feel a sharp pain in my ass and we're waking up naked on the curb!"

A second later, the former demon hunters immediately covered themselves, going crimson. "Oh, crap. We're naked again."

"Wait just a bronco buckin' second..." Buddy said as he looked down at his left arm, using his right to pull the dart out and look it over. "This here is one of them tranquilizer darts! Roxie and Ah used these when we was takin' out that pack of Chupa- Chewca-... Them goat suckers down at the border!"

"You don't think...?" Hailey asked, uncovering her breasts to remove the dart from her ass cheek.

"Oh, Ah know those sidewinders are behind this!" Buddy snapped. "They knocked us out and kidnapped Kyle to use as bait!"

"But that doesn't make any sense!" Hailey said, shaking her head. "Grant is a by the book kind of guy, he knows that putting the life of a civilian in danger is against the rules of The Organization!"

"Wait... You guys are demon hunters too?!" Satie asked in surprise.

"Well, were." Hailey replied. "After tonight, we're done with this gig and -"

"This is my fault..." Lucy whispered loudly enough for the other three to hear. A second later, she began wailing loudly as her body shook violently, racked with sobs as hot tears streamed down her face. "This is all my fucking fault!"

Satie raced over to Lucy and kneeled down next to her, hugging her tightly. "Lucy, this isn't -"

"Yes it is!" Lucy yelled through her sobs. "I never should've even tried dating! If I hadn't, Kyle wouldn't be in this mess right now! All I wanted was someone to love, someone to love me in return! And I got him taken to be tortured... Or worse! I..." She whimpered as she hung her head, "I should've known better than to try to look for a companion."

"Well, can't ya'll just use your all seeing vision to track them down?" Buddy asked.

"We're not omnipotent!" Lucy replied in annoyance before sighing. "I guess I was always fated to be alone..."

"'Fated'?" Hailey asked herself in thought, tapping her foot. "'Fated'. 'Fate-' Hold on!"

"What now?" Lucy asked somberly as she looked over her shoulder.

"You said earlier that Santa was real, and all through tonight we have came across gods, goddess, and demons that were hiding right under our noses, right?" Hailey asked, getting a nod from Lucy in response. "Well, are they real too?"

It took Lucy a few seconds to process just what Hailey was asking, but once she connected the dots, her eyes lit up as she turned to Satie. "Satie! I know I might be asking a lot right now, but we need a lift as well as your amulet!"

---

"Ugh! That fat Hee-Haw reject!" Roxie groaned as the fuel light turned on and the van began to slow down. "I told him to put more than ten bucks in, but did he listen? No, why would he?!"

"And just what are we going to do now?" Grant argued, "If any cops see us dragging a bounded naked guy down the street, we lose every last advantage we have over The Devil!"

"Like you and your girlfriend ever had any advantage over Lucy in the first place." Kyle muttered.

"First of all, this bitch isn't my girlfriend!" Grant snapped, looking back over his shoulder as he gestured to Roxie. "She slept with my sister and three of my exes at the same time. You think I'm gonna date her?! Second, shut the hell up!"

"Three exes?"

"One ex-girlfriend and two ex-wives."

"Okay... And why did she do that?"

"Because she hated my guts ever since we joined The Or- WHY THE HELL AM I EXPLAINING ANYTHING TO YOU?! JUST SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!"

"Look, we're getting nowhere." Roxie groaned. Looking around, she noticed a large brick wall with a chain link gate, a sign next to it that read 'Crystal Park Zoo South Entrance'. With a smirk, she said, "Looks like we're cutting through the zoo to get to the park and wait for The Devil to come to us."

"I'll grab the bolt cutters." Grant said.

"... When did this place get a south entrance?" Kyle asked himself as Grant and Roxie stepped out of the car, the former grabbing the bolt cutters from the back before grabbing Kyle by his restraints.

---

"He dies in the end."

"Oh for the love of - REALLY?! AGAIN?!" A woman in her mid forties barked to the the older woman in her late eighties, the latter giving a sly smirk and a shrug as they sat in front of the TV. "Can I please go through one TV series or movie without you spoiling the ending? ONE?!"

"I didn't spoil Citizen Kane." The eighty-seven year old woman replied in response.

"Everyone knows that Rosebud was his sled, Atropos." The forty-five year old woman argued, rolling her eyes. "You can't spoil what everyone and their grandmother knows by now!"

"And which one are you again?" A twenty-one year old woman teased as she entered the living room, getting an annoyed glare from the middle aged woman in response. "Anyway, Lachesis, have you two seen my new leather jacket? I got a hot date tonight with -"

"We know, Baby Sister. We know." Atropos interrupted with a wave of her hand. "You got a date with that Donkey Kong guy. Or was it Son Goku?"

"Ugh! His name is Sun Wukong!"

"I don't trust that guy, Clotho." Lachesis said, shaking her head. "He seems too wild and unpredictable."

"Gee, thanks, Mom!" Clotho spat in a mixture of annoyance and sarcasm. "Glad I got your approval. Not like I can think for myself or we have the same powers, right?"

"Excuse me, ladies, but -"

"We know, Atropos!" Clotho and Lachesis said simultaneously as the latter got up and walked over to the door, opening it to reveal Lucy, Satie, Hailey, and Buddy standing outside their home.

"Told you we wouldn't need to knock." Lucy said to Satie. Turning to Lachesis, she cleared her throat as the four stepped inside the house. "Lachesis, Atropos, Clotho! I desperately -"

"We know!" The three sisters called out simultaneously. "You need our help finding Kyle Greene."

"Ah think Ah saw this in a movie somewhere..." Buddy commented.

"Let's see here..." Clotho said pulling out her phone. Looking over to Hailey, she said, "We made some upgrades over the eons. The glass eye became obsolete centuries ago."

"I didn't -"

"I know!" Clotho said with a sigh. Clearing her throat, she read off her phone, "Kyle Greene, age 23 -"

"Dies at age ninety-four from -" Atropos spoke up from her seat.

"Thank you, Big Sister!" Lachesis interrupted as she took the phone from Clotho. "Let's see here... Yada yada, told Hailey Georgina Fields and Buddy Eugene Samuels that he was afraid of disappointing Lucy during the ritual after his ex dumped him for not lasting fifteen seconds inside her..."

"I didn't know that..." Lucy said, narrowing her eyes. "That bitch! No wonder he was nervous about it."

"Your middle name is 'Georgina'?" Buddy asked Hailey.

"Yeah... After my great-aunt. She was a war hero." Hailey replied.

"Well, it's just as pretty as you are."

"Was taken by demon hunters Roxie and Grant in Buddy's van," Lachesis continued, "which ran out of gas in front of the south entrance to The Crystal Park Zoo. The three are now breaking in to cut through the zoo as we speak."

"Oh, thank Dad he's okay." Lucy said with a relieved sigh. "He's just at the zoooo..." Her eyes widened in horror, "...ooooOh my Dad! The South Entrance?! WE GOTTA GET THERE NOW!"

"Well, what's wrong with being at a zoo?" Buddy asked, "Other than Security, Ah mean?"

"Oh, Security is going to be the last thing they need to worry about!" Lucy replied, "The zoo itself is ran by Aranyani, and she's a really sweet goddess, but the main entrance is what you guys are thinking of with all the normal animals like lions, tigers, and bears. The South Entrance, however, is the part where gods, goddesses, and demons come in to view the half of the zoo that's off limits to mortals!"

"Is that bad?" Hailey asked.

"Get back in the car, we'll explain everything!" Satie said as the four left the house.

---

"Why did you sleep with my sister and exes at the same time?" Grant asked as he continued to cut into the gate with the bolt cutters, Roxie holding tight to Kyle's bounds.

"Oh, don't you start with that!" Roxie spat. "Let's just get going!"

"Fine! But I'm asking again after I mount The Devil's head on my wall!"

"Over my dead body!" Kyle shouted.

"Oh, don't think I haven't entertained the idea after what you and that devil woman have put us through tonight!" Roxie threatened. "I still think you're one of those crazy devil cultist members."

"Hey! I only found out that gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters existed tonight!" Kyle argued, growling. "But if you two hurt one hair on her, so help me God, I'll -"

"Got it!" Grant said as he finally finished cutting a hole in the gate as he snuck into the zoo, allowing the other two to sneak inside as well.

The three walked down the path until they came to a map next to a corral with a large stable inside. "Alright. Where we heading to get out of here?" Roxie asked with a bored expression.

"Let's see..." Grant began as he looked over the map. A second later, he raised an eyebrow. "What the...? What the hell kind of zoo is this?!"

"Let me see!" Roxie spat in annoyance, marching up to the map. Also raising an eyebrow, she said, "Okay, that doesn't make sense. I mean, we know these things exist, but how is this place not -"

The sound of grunting and a thud cut Roxie off as she and Grant turned around to see Kyle getting to his feet inside the corral, turning to let out a sheepish chuckle. "Oops."

"Hey! Get back here!" Roxie yelled as she and Grant ran towards the corral and jumped the fence, chasing Kyle through the yard. "You're going to - WHOA!"

Roxie yelped as she tripped over an exposed tree root, grabbing a hold of the baggy overalls and briefs that Grant was wearing and accidentally yanking them down as she pantsed and tripped Grant to the ground in the process.

Kyle used this moment to jump the other side of the corral, the last sight both Roxie and Grant saw being his ass running off deeper into the zoo.

"Get off me!" Grant snapped as he pushed Roxie off him and pulled Buddy's underwear and overalls back up. "He's getting away!"

"He's handcuffed and naked in a zoo. Where the hell is he gonna go?!" Roxie argued as she straightened her robe and got to her feet. "I think we should be more concerned with what exhibit he dragged us -"

*Snort!*

Roxie and Grant turned to see a pure white horse with a goat-like beard, goat hooves, and a lion-like tail. However, apart from the anger in it's eyes, the first thing the two noticed was the four foot horn jutting out from it's forehead.

"A unicorn?" Roxie asked before smirking at Grant. "Sucks to be you, Pal. Unicorns are aggressive to everyone who's not a beautiful young maiden."

"Yeah. 'A beautiful, young, virgin maiden'. As in, hasn't slept with anyone!" Grant challenged.

"... ... Crap." Roxie muttered, her smirk disappearing completely as she remembered that detail.

---

"I gotta find a way out of here and get back to Lucy!" Kyle said as he ran down the path of the zoo. Looking down at his wrists, he muttered, "But first I gotta get these cuffs off and - Whoa!"

Kyle yelped as he tripped, rolling down a side path towards what looked like a Japanese garden with a small hot springs that was fed by a small waterfall, two small minkas on each side. Kyle stopped rolling as he splashed into the hot springs, the man groaning as he sat up. Looking around, Kyle noticed a red fox sitting on a bench next to the springs, staring at him with a confused and intrigued look on it's face.

"Oh, uh, sorry for startling you little guy." Kyle said, "I just need to find something that can break these cuffs and I'll be out of your fur. You know if any keepers are around to help?"

The Fox tilted it's head before jumping down from the bench and walking past Kyle, stepping into the water and submerging itself...

Before reemerging from the water as a stunningly attractive, nude Japanese woman with long black hair that came down to mid-back, a pair of fox ears on her head, and three fox tails above her ass. The kitsune turned around with a playful smirk as she folded her arms over her large breasts. "Well firstly, Sir, I would like you to apologize for that 'Little Guy' comment."

"... Y'know, I have no idea why I'm surprised right now." Kyle said, feeling his manhood twitch.

"And second..." The Kitsune said as she stuck out a finger, the nail transforming into a dagger-like claw that made Kyle gulp nervously as she reached out... Before sighing in relief as the fox woman grabbed the cuffs. "Allow me."

"T-thank you." Kyle said as The Kitsune began to pick the lock of the cuffs.

"You have a name?"

"Uh, Kyle."

"I'm Mushi Yuri." The Kitsune introduced herself, looking away briefly as she looked Kyle up and down before returning to her work. "You are quite attractive for a human, I must say. Are you seeing anyone by any chance?"

"Uh, I'm actually kinda on a date with Lucy Morningstar and -"

"Ms. Morningstar? The Devil herself?!" Yuri asked, raising an eyebrow in intrigue. She then gave a sly smirk as she muttered, "Lucky devil."

"So, uh, I've been to this zoo several times growing up," Kyle said awkwardly as Yuri finally unlocked the cuffs, "but I don't think I recognize this part of the zoo."

"Oh, that's most likely because Aranyani keeps this half off limits to mortals..."

---

"A zoo of monsters?!" Hailey asked in shock as Satie drove the four down the road.

"Pretty much." Lucy said nonchalantly, "It's kinda like a private thing for gods, goddesses, and demons to enjoy away from mortals. It's got a lot of non-deity creatures living there. Chupacabras, yetis, mermaids, mummies, unicorns, drop bears, Claru the Cetus - my personal favorite, jackalopes, vampires; you name it, it's there."

"Now hold on just a minute here!" Buddy said, "Ain't most of what ya'll listed off human-like? Ain't that technically worse than what we were doin'? Lockin' up the human-like critters like that?"

"Uh, not exactly." Lucy replied, "You see..."

---

"... This place is a zoo for the non-sapient creatures like the unicorns and sasquatches." Yuri explained, giving Kyle a respectable distance as they sat in the hot springs. "However, it also serves as a sort of... Gated community, I suppose, for us sapient beings who aren't gods, goddesses, or demons. Aranyani gave us a choice to come here or stay where she found us, just like she gives us a choice to leave whenever we want, hence the lack of a fence around our little garden."

"Really?" Kyle asked, interested.

"Of course, to be perfectly honest, it also serves as a prison for demons who are deemed to dangerous to be around humans." Yuri admitted, "Amarok, Ammit, The Wendigo, Echidna and her children."

"Huh." Kyle said with a nod. "Wait, you said 'our garden'. Is there another Kitsune here?"

"Ha! I wish." Yuri said with a roll of her eyes. "Believe me, I despise speciesism as much as the next person, but when your neighbor and exhibit mate is -"

"BANZAI!"

"Oh no..." Yuri groaned in annoyance, pinching the bridge of her nose.

In confusion, Kyle turned towards the source of the voice. His eyes widened at the sight of a nude chubby Japanese woman with short brown hair and small breasts, raccoon dog ears on her head, a raccoon dog tail swinging behind her, a chubby belly and a necklace with a leaf pendant attached to it running towards the hot springs in excitement before jumping into the air and hugging her legs, cannonballing into the springs with a splash as she soaked both Kyle and Yuri. A second later, the tanuki resurfaced and spat out some water like a fountain. "Ah! This feels soooo good!"

"Yoshi." Yuri said softly, a **** smile on her face. "I do believe that this is the... Oh, four hundred and thirty-sixth time I told you this, but I feel that it bares repeating that the onsen," her eyes and teeth became more fox like as she snarled, "IS NOT A FREAKING SWIMMING POOL! Raiden almighty! You're seven hundred years old. Act like it!"

"Oh, c'mon, Yuri! Live a little before you get that important surgery!" Yoshi said with a chuckle.

"And what surgery is that?"

"The one where you get that stick up your ass removed!" Yoshi said as she laughed loudly, grabbing her chubby belly as she backed up and leaned against the side of the hot springs next to Kyle. She wiped a tear from her eye as she calmed down, letting out a sigh. "Oh, I kill myself sometimes."

"You are making complete asses out of the both of us in front of our guest!" Yuri hissed, taking a deep breath to calm down.

"'Guest'?" Yoshi asked in confusion before turning to her left to see Kyle next to her. The Tanuki grinned widely from ear to ear as she stuck out her hand. "Hi there! I'm Kurosawa Yoshi, the fun one here."

"The annoying and crazy one, is more like it." Yuri said. "And before you even try it, Kyle here is already taken by Ms. Morningstar!"

"Aww, why are the demons and gods the lucky ones?" Yoshi asked, pouting cutely. A thought then popped into her head as she suddenly grabbed Kyle up by his armpits and stood up, the man yelping as the tanuki lifted him up in a shocking feat of strength.

"Hey! W-what are you -"

"Balls are kinda small for my taste, but you're pretty big as humans are concerned." Yoshi said before giggling at Kyle's semi erect manhood. "And you're definitely a winner there! Twit-twoo! Hubba hubba!"

"Uh... Thank you?"

"Please excuse her." Yuri apologized, annoyance in her voice as she slapped the tanuki in the back of the head. Once Yoshi put Kyle down, Yuri said, "She can be a bit..."

"Eccentric and overly friendly?" Kyle asked as he covered his junk.

"I was going to say 'childish and perverted'," Yuri said as Yoshi stuck her tongue out at the kitsune, "but yours is better."

"I'm sorry, but I have to cut this short." Kyle said, exiting the spring. "See, I got to get away from these demon hunters who are using me to get to Lucy, and -"

"'D-d-demon hunters'?!" Yoshi yelped, ducking down into the water. "I came to America to get away from them!"

"Yeah, and these two are complete nut jobs!" Kyle said, "Is there like a back exit I can use to escape and get out of here?"

"I'm afraid not." Yuri said as she stepped out of the spring, walking up to a small table to grab a cup of saki. "The only way out is the way you came in."

"Great!" Kyle said sarcastically. "Which means those two could very well be waiting in ambush at the gate to get me again once they get out of that corral!"

"If they get out." Yuri said, "Unicorns aren't what the fairy tales make them out to be."

"Wait, I think I have an idea..." Yoshi said, a wide grin coming to her face as she toyed with the leaf shaped pendant on her necklace while Kyle and Yuri turned to her. "Here's what we're gonna do."

---

"Get away from us you rabid Hasbro toy!" Roxie shouted as she and Grant made their way to the corral fence. Grant easily jumped the fence, but Roxie let out a yelp as the robe got caught on the unicorn's horn.

"Roxie!" Grant shouted as he ran back and grabbed Roxie's arms, engaging the unicorn in a game of tug of war for a few minutes before...

*SHHHHRRRRRIIIIIPPPP!*

Grant fell onto his back with a naked Roxie on top of him in his arms, the unicorn stumbling back before parading away with the robe attached to it's horn.

"You... You just saved my life." Roxie said softly as she looked into Grant's eyes, a slight blush coming to her face. A few seconds later, she spat sourly, "Let go of me, you perverted idiot! And give me that shirt!"

"Hey!" Grant shouted as he let go of Roxie, the woman standing back up as Grant pulled his shirt off. "Y'know, if it wasn't for me, you'd have been gored by Twilight Sparkle in there!"

"Fine! 'Thank you'. Are you happy?!" Roxie spat sarcastically as she grabbed the shirt and slipped it over her head. "Freakin' unicorns! People think they're so sweet and gentle because of fairy tales, and breakfast cereals, and Saturday morning cartoons about friendship. But, ooh, if they just knew what kind of bloodthirsty beasts they really are!"

"Look, let's just find that guy and get out of this **** trap!" Grant said with a sigh as he and Roxie ventured deeper into the zoo.

---

An Indian woman with flowing green hair sat a desk in a small house next to the South Entrance of the zoo, bopping her head to the loud Desi hip hop from her earbuds as she typed away at her computer...

And made herself a cup of coffee...

And painted her nails...

All at the same time with her six arms.

"Aranyani!"

The goddess in question yelped in surprise as she spun around in her swivel chair to see Lucy, Hailey, Buddy, and Satie standing in the doorway.

"Oh, Ms. Morningstar. Ms. Satie. It is a pleasure." Aranyani said in a thick Indian accent. "However, I must apologize and tell you that zoo is closed for tonight. We open again at five thirty tomorrow mor-" she looked up and saw Hailey and Buddy staring at the four extra arms, "Um... Those aren't mortals, are they?"

"I'll explain it all later, Aranyani." Lucy said, "Right now, did you see three other mortals break into the zoo? One naked, one in a robe, and one in clothes three times larger than he is? Uh... No offense, Buddy."

"None taken, Ms. Lucy."

"Mortals? In this half of the zoo?!" Aranyani asked in shock, putting a hand to her face. "Oh my! We need to get them out before one of the more dangerous creatures gets them!"

"Or Grant gets the idea to treat this like his own hunting grounds." Hailey said.

"Wait... Demon hunters?!" Aranyani asked, turning to Lucy. "Ms. Morningstar! I must politely ask that you please tell me what is going on right now!"

---

"Why did you save me earlier?" Roxie asked as the two continued their trek through the zoo. "You had the perfect motive to let that unicorn kill me, but you saved my life. Why?"

"Why did you refuse to answer my question earlier?" Grant challenged. "When I asked you why you slept with my sister and exes at the same time?"

"Fine! I'll answer yours, but you answer mine first!" Roxie said in annoyance.

"Oh no. I asked you first, you answer first!"

"You first!"

"You!"

"You!"

"You times infinity!"

"What are you?! My five year old nephew?!"

"Excuse me?"

Grant and Roxie turned to see Yuri sitting in the onsen with a towel wrapped around her body and head as she poured herself a cup of saki, the kitsune hiding any of her traits as she looked up at the demon hunters. "I'm sorry, but the zoo is closed."

"'Closed'?! This place should be condemned with that killer unicorn out there!" Roxie snapped.

"A lion is a dangerous animal, but is it a killer when a trespasser invades it's home?" Yuri challenged.

"And just who are you supposed to be?" Grant asked.

"I'm one of the keepers here." Yuri lied, "And I was using the employee onsen before bed."

"An onsen?"

"It's a hot spring used for the purpose of bathing, Sir."

"I know what it is!" Grant yelled.

"And it smells like you two desperately need a bath." Yuri said as she got to her feet and stepped out of the onsen. "Why don't you two get undressed and wash up a bit? I'll get those clothes cleaned up in a jiffy."

"Listen, maybe another time. Right now, we - What the hell?!" Roxie shouted as Grant took the overalls and briefs off. "What are you doing?!"

"Look! I don't wanna go around smelling like a skunk's ass all night!" Grant said, "This zookeeper is offering to help us get cleaned up and to clean our clothes!"

"Soap and hot water aren't gonna work any better than tomato juice did!"

"This place is some kind of... Cryptid zoo, or something!" Grant challenged as he yanked the briefs down his legs. "If they're able to keep these freaks contained, there has to be some kind of magic involved! I'm willing to test it. Are you?!"

"... I cannot believe I'm doing this." Roxie muttered as she slid the shirt off and handed it to Grant. As Grant took the shirt and handed it to Yuri, however...

*SPLASH!*

Kyle's head came out from the water, loudly gasping for breath as he rubbed the water from his eyes. "Ugh! That plan did not work!"

"YOU!"

Kyle looked up to see the naked and enraged Grant and Roxie glaring down at him, yelping in fear as he ran past them out of the hot spring and down the path and deeper into the zoo.

"Get back here!" Roxie shrieked as the two ran off after Kyle, leaving the smelly clothes behind with Yuri...

The Kitsune giving a sly smile as she watched the three naked asses disappear. Looking at the clothes at her feet, Yuri used her Kitsune magic to remove the smell from the clothes...

And the illusion that hid Kyle in plain sight.

"Not that I'm ungrateful or anything," Kyle asked, "but why is she doing this?"

"Honestly? Yoshi adores humans and finds them fascinating. Tanuki nature of being friendly towards humans, really." Yuri explained.

"Is she gonna be alright though?" Kyle asked, "I mean, even unarmed those guys are trouble."

"We have a saying back were we're from: 'The Fox has seven disguises, but The Tanuki has eight'."

---

"Get back here you ass!" Roxie shouted as she and Grant chased the perfectly disguised tanuki through the zoo. "Ugh! Why are we risking our lives for this guy again?!"

"Honestly, I'm starting to wonder that myself right now!" Grant said as he chased after who he thought was Kyle.

"Please! Just leave me and Lucy alone!" Yoshi shouted over her shoulder in a voice exactly identical to Kyle's before looking forward again, chuckling mischievously as she headed towards a large exhibit and began to try and climb the drainpipe to scale the wall.

"Oh no you don't!" Grant snapped as he went to climb up the pipe just as "Kyle" made it over.

"Wait!" Roxie whispered, grabbing Grant by the shoulder and pointing to a side door with keys on a hook next to it. Out loud she cried out, "Oh darn! I guess that that guy was way to smart for us. Right, Grant?"

"Uh... Yeah!" Grant said, connecting the dots as he grabbed a metal pole from the ground and nodded. "We surely soiled and humiliated the term 'Demon hunter' tonight! I mean, if we can't catch a mere human, how are we gonna take out the devil?"

"Let's just get dressed and resign!" Roxie finished before turning to Grant and whispering, "Get ready."

"Ready." Grant whispered as Roxie grabbed the key and unlocked the door. "One..."

"Two..."

"Three!" The two said simultaneously as Roxie threw the door open and they both raced in, closing and slamming the door behind them. Inside the exhibit was what looked like a small forest on the edge of a replica of a Native American village, complete with wigwams and a campfire pit. Attached to one of the walls was a one way mirror.

"You think he's hiding in one of those houses." Grant asked.

"Well, I doubt he'd wanna find out what's in that forest." Roxie replied as the two snuck up to one of the wigwams. Roxie quietly counted down from three as Grant charged into the home...

Finding it completely empty.

"He's not in here!" Grant said, angrily tossing the pipe into the woods.

*Thunk!*

*HISS!*

"... Oh, please let that be a giant cat." Roxie whimpered as something large and angry slowly stormed it's way out of the forest.

Unfortunately for the hunters, what came out of the woods was the fourth giant skunk they had seen tonight. And to make matters worse, whereas the previous three were the size of a killer whale, this one was the size of a Boeing 747.

"No." Grant and Roxie moaned pathetically as the giant skunk turned and raised it's tail.

---

On the opposite side of the glass, Yoshi cringed and chuckled as a tidal wave of yellow liquid struck the mirror, plastering Grant and Roxie against the glass like starfish as they were soaked yet again in skunk musk.

"Help. Us." Roxie wheezed as she and Grant slid down the glass.

"Oh, Aniwye." Yoshi laughed as she transformed back into herself and headed back to the Kitsune/Tanuki exhibit. "Those guys are just lucky they recently found out you're a vegetarian."

---

"And that's the whole story!" Lucy exclaimed as she practically dragged Aranyani out the door. "Now we gotta help Kyle before those two do something terrible to him!"

"I never thought I'd see The Devil so terrified."

The group looked up to see Kyle stepping through the hole in the gate, holding Buddy's clothes and being followed by a kimono clad Yuri and a nude Yoshi.

"KYLE!" Lucy exclaimed as she ran up to the man, embracing him and peppering his face with kisses. "I'm so sorry!"

"It's alright, Lucy. I'm okay." Kyle assured. "I had a little help."

"Good evening, Ms. Morningstar." Yuri greeted.

"Yo!" Yoshi said with a salute.

"Thanks guys." Lucy said gratefully to the kitsune and tanuki.

"Wait, so that means the demon hunters are still in my zoo!" Aranyani said sternly, "I'll find them!"

"You'll smell them first." Yoshi replied with a laugh. "I led them into Aniwye's enclosure. They'll be taking baths until New Year's Eve!"

"Hey, Buddy! Hailey!" Kyle said as he tossed them Buddy's clothes, "Yuri got them cleaned up for you!"

"Ah, thank ya kindly, Ms. Yuri!" Buddy said as he handed Hailey his shirt and went to slide his briefs and overalls on.

---

After a few minutes of the door jiggling, a soaking wet Grant and Roxie slowly marched out of the enclosure and slammed the door behind them.

"Here's a fun idea." Roxie said, turning to Grant. "Once we kill and show everyone that The Devil is real, we use our new found money and fame to order the mass extinction of skunks all throughout The United States. Sound good?"

"Sounds like a plan to me." Grant said with a nod.

"I will not tolerate hunters of any kind in my zoo!"

At the sound of the voice, Grant and Roxie turned to see Aranyani glaring down at Grant and Roxie with her arms over her chest...

And on her hips...

And cracking her knuckles.

---

"AND STAY OUT!" Aranyani shouted as she threw the two demon hunters out of the gates and at the curb.

Grant groaned as he and Roxie staggered to their feet, looking up to see Satie's car driving down the road with Buddy's van being towed behind it.

"Great!" Roxie said sarcastically as the two hunters covered themselves. "Now what?"

"I guess we'll just have to follow them on foot." Grant groaned as he ran after the cars.

"I was afraid you were going to say that." Roxie whimpered, chasing after him. "Wait for me!"

Unbeknownst to the two demon hunters, a woman with slick and greasy black hair, pale skin, blood red lips, and red eyes dressed in a black leather jacket, black jeans, and a black and red crop top smirked as she sat on her motorcycle, having watched everything unfold from across the street from when Lucy and the group arrived to this very moment.

"Well, well, well. Lucy finally found somebody, hmm?" The Woman said with an evil smirk. "Well, Little Lulu, I just hope you realize that if I can't claim you as my property, no one can; mortal or otherwise."

As The Woman started up her motorcycle, she added, "After all, that Eve bitch stole my first husband, I'm not going to let another mortal steal from me again! Or my name isn't Lilith, The Mother of All Demons!"

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"So, you must be Kyle." Satie said as she looked up at Kyle through the rearview mirror. "It's so nice to finally meet you. I'm Satan, Satie to my friends."

"Nice to meet you too." Kyle said, desperately trying to hide his erection as he was sitting next to Lucy in the back while Buddy sat up front with Hailey in his lap.

"You have a very nice cock, too." Satie complimented, only to go red half a second later. "I'm sorry! That was way out of line! You're Lucy's boyfriend, not mine!"

"Satie, calm down." Lucy chuckled as she wrapped an arm around Kyle. "You're not the first of the girls who found him attractive."

"So..." Kyle said, hoping to change the subject. "Ozzie never really explained how you were supposed to find this place that was high in spiritual energy, Lucy. How do you do that?"