You, Hoodie, and Jeff The Killer were pacing around the outside of the Crucible Town MACM. You had been waiting for way more than an hour now for Laughing Jack to be fully healed, and you weren't sure if he was even okay at this point.

"I'm bored," Jeff stated after a while, sulking and leaning with his hands behind his head beside the walls of the building. "We can't do anything until we're sure Jacks' okay," you reply in a solemn tone. "We all already know he's not gonna die or anything, so why worry?" Jeff grumbled. "Because he was my first Creepymon and how do you think I felt to see him beat like that?" You shout, suddenly grasping your head.

The image of Laughing Jack getting destroyed in the battle with Splendorman and Falcon kept repeating in your mind, making you feel helpless. "It's my fault Laughing Jack got hurt this way. I should've listened when Hoodie said it would be harder than I thought. We should've trained or something before facing Falcon," you murmured, sliding to the ground. Hoodie and Jeff looked at each other and slowly walked over to you. "It's not your fault {y/n}, we all got to learn from this experience," Hoodie assures you, patting your back. "Yeah don't worry about it {y/n}, we'll kick their asses next time!" Jeff exclaimed, shaking his fist. "And I'll be the one to do it!"

You sigh feeling the warmth of them trying to comfort you, but the pain you felt for Laughing Jack still burned inside you. "I really hope we can beat them next time," you whisper, rubbing your arm. "With me on your team, there's no doubt we'll win," Jeff assured, shaking your shoulders, "that's why you're gonna let me fight next time, right?"

You smirked a little and nodded your head, smiling at Jeff, "Sure Jeff, sure."

"You better keep your word!" Jeff warned and let go of you. "I don't want anything like what happened to Jack to happen to you," You murmured, narrowing your eyes at Jeff.  "Then while LJ is getting healed, why don't we practice some of our moves? We could train like you stated," Hoodie suggested, pointing to the big wood before the entrance of the town, the same one your team went through to get here. "Sure, why not I guess," you reply and the three of you head towards the same wall you guys climbed over to get into the city. The three of you help each other get over the wall, and once you were on the other side, you and your team headed towards the woods.

~

"So let's see, what are some moves that you guys already know?" You ask, standing a little bit away opposite of where Hoodie and Jeff stood, facing each other. You and your Creepymon had built a makeshift arena of your own using sticks and branches as placements. "I know many moves! There's stabbing and then there's slicing and there's also gorging and—" Hoodie slammed his hand over Jeff's mouth before he could continue on. "That's enough, Jeffrey," he muttered.

"What about you Hoodie? What could you pull off?" You ask, tilting your head. "Well I have my gun, I'm an okay shooter I guess so  I can wound the opponent that way," he said, flipping out his gun and pointing it at Jeff's head. Jeff glared at Hoodie and pushed the nozzle away. "My basic attacks are called 'Shoot-out', 'Assault', and 'Flare'."

Seeing Hoodie's gun made you think in confusion for a moment. "Hey Hoodie, I know you've used your gun ever since our first encounter with Jeff, but how come you didn't have it when you first attacked me and LJ? I remember you had used a knife instead."

Hoodie suddenly froze and dropped his weapon on the floor when you pointed that out. "I uh...I'm not even sure..." he mumbled lowly, his hand shaking a bit as he reached to pick up his gun. "What the hell? Why do you sound so suspicious?" Jeff sneered, staring into his hidden face. "What? There's nothing to be suspicious about. Who cares if I used a knife instead of a gun that time!?" Hoodie suddenly snapped back, nearly whacking Jeff with his gun.

You and Jeff stared at Hoodie in silence as he looked down, his gun held tightly in his grasp.

"It doesn't matter what weapon I used, it's none of your business."

The three of you stand there a while in complete silence before Jeff quietly whispers to you, "Let's go somewhere else and let Mr. Anger Issues cool off." You nod and look towards Hoodie who was now muttering things to himself as he clutched his gun tightly in his hand.

You and Jeff venture off deeper into the woods, searching for another clearing where the both of you could build another play arena. "Alright Jeff, tell me your actual moves this time. What are they?"

"I literally already told you, {y/n}. 'Stab', 'Slice', and 'Gorge'."

You give an amused sound and glance at him, "I thought you were just going off about things you like doing in general when you mentioned those." "I do like doing those in general! Who says stabbing needs to be confined to Creepymon battles!?"

You begin to laugh and were enjoying the little moment you were having with Jeff. As you two were walking through the leaves and rocks,  you took a step somewhere and suddenly felt a tight strain grab around your ankle. Next thing you knew, you were being rapidly lifted up into the air. "AHH!! JEFFFFF!!!" You scream out as you zip up to the top and then dangle from the branch of a tall brittle-looking tree.

You see at the bottom that Jeff was waving and yelling your name, but then he suddenly tripped over just like you did and was launched into the tree right next to you.

"What the heck was that!?" You hiss, trying to focus on him even though you were hanging upside down from a rope. "Relax, I'll get us down from here," Jeff growled, reaching for his knife in his pocket, but he ended up dropping the knife and it dived into the leafy terrain below.

"FUCK!"

"WHAT THE HELL JEFF!?"

You stretched over to flick Jeff in the forehead and he gave an aggravated snarl.

You both looked down to the new sound of high pitched laughing coming from the bottom and see someone stalking over to where Jeff's knife lay on the ground. The being wore a black and white mask with a half sided expression and a long black and white scarf. The rest of the persons clothes were all black, and they had long claw-like hands like Laughing Jack. Picking the knife up, the being looked up and laughed again, pointing the knife tauntingly at you two. "HEY YOU!" Jeff shouted, "Get yer fucking hands off my knife!"

"Watashi wa anata ni mimiwokatamukeru ka no yo ni!(As if I'd listen to you!)" the person shouted back.

You and Jeff stared at each other in confusion and then back at the being. "Um...excuse me, but could you please let us down from here and give Jeff back his knife?" You ask politely with a small smile.

"Re dekimasen, gomen'nasai!(I can't do that, sorry!)" the person replied, shaking its head and waving the knife at Jeff.

Jeff growled and started struggling with the rope, trying to break free. "I have no idea what he said, but I'm sure he just said no," You mutter, letting your head and arms hang lazily. "I'm not taking no for an answer," Jeff sneered, madly twisting and turning. Just then, you both hear a large snap in the branches above and you feel your leg go loose. "JEFF YOU AS—!!!" You scream as you and Jeff suddenly barrel down towards the ground, the masked being at the bottom laughing his head off.

You close your eyes for impact with the ground until you feel a rapid rush of air and something soft rather than hard get your back. You open your eyes and see—

"Hoodie!" You exclaimed, wrapping your arms around your saviors neck tightly. "That was a close one back there," Hoodie muttered, slowly coming to a stop and lowering you to the ground on your feet. "Oh my god, thanks a lot Hood...wait...what happened to Jeff??"

As soon as your words passed your lips, a large crash came from behind and you both turned to see Jeff's head poke out of a bush, twigs, leafs and medium sized branches sticking out of his wild hair. "Thanks you bastard. You're my fucking hero," he spat, glaring at Hoodie.

Hoodie shrugged and walked over to help Jeff out of the mess.

"Where did that guy who took my knife run off to?" Jeff asked once he was free of the bush. "What guy?" Hoodie asked. "There was this guy—I think he was a Creepymon—but he had this weird black and white mask with a matching scarf and long claws," you explained. "He must have made off with Jeff's knife."

Hoodie shook his head and sighed, "That's Kagekao you're talking about. He's known as the Japanese Trickster Creepymon, no wonder you guys easily fell for his trap."

Jeff shakes his head, and clenches his fists. "I'm gonna make that Ka-Gay-Cow pay for what he's done!" He declared. "That is, if we find him first," Hoodie remarked, crossing his arms. "What do you say, should we go look for him {y/n}?" You nod rapidly, "Of course! We have to get Jeff his knife back, even if it means we have to track down the guy."

Jeff chuckled and grabbed onto your arm. "Come on, let's go get him now then!" He yelled, pulling you and Hoodie along behind him. "Alright!" You snickered at Jeff's enthusiasm and then chanted aloud, "Let's go catch that Kagekao!"

~

The three of you come to a stop when you hear the sound of small giggling coming from behind one of the shrubbery. "Shh, quiet, you here that?" Hoodie whispered, lowering himself to the ground. You and Jeff follow Hoodie's move and lower yourselves to the ground as well. Inching up the the brush, you heard the sound of what sounded like a little girl laughing and the cutting of wood. "What's going on in there?" Jeff hissed and you slapped your hand over his mouth.

Hoodie slowly eased his way into the bush enough so that he could see through it. You and Jeff quietly slide beside him and peak in. There, you see the thief Kagekao and sitting next to him was a cute little girl with pretty long brown hair and green eyes. She wore a matted pink nightgown and cuts and scratches were visible all over her arms, legs, and face.

"Who's she?" You whisper, looking to Hoodie.

"That...that's Sally. Sally Williams..." Jeff replied before Hoodie could open his mouth. The girl named Sally began giggling again and three of you saw that Kagekao was using Jeff's knife to cut out wooden animals from a dead log that was in front of them. "That animal looks funny!" Sally chuckled, pointing at the weird shape Kagekao formed in his hands. "Wh-what? How could you not tell this is an elephant!?" Kagekao exclaimed, crossing his arms.

"So he can speak English!" You growl, shaking your fist in annoyance. "What? That little bitc—"Jeff snarled, but Hoodie covered his mouth before he could continue.

Sally looked up at the branches you guys were hiding in and uncomfortably moved closer to Kagekao. "I think I heard someone over there Kage..." she whimpered, grasping his arm and pointing at the bush. "Kekekekeke...that must mean we have visitors..." Kagehow darkly snickered, twirling Jeff's knife in his hand and slowly beginning to approach the bush. "Crap, he's coming!" You sneer and Hoodie roughly pushes you and Jeff back. "Let's go!" He hissed.

Instead, Jeff tosses Hoodie's arm back and dived back through the bush, springing at Kagekao. "YAHHHH! GIVE ME BACK MY KNIFE!" He roared, knocking the Creepymon over. You and Hoosie dashed back to the bush, to see Jeff and Kagekao struggling on the ground and Sally screaming with fright.

"Jeff, stop it!" Hoodie growled, running over to them and pulling Jeff apart from Kagekao. Kagekao's face turned from the optimistic smile to a demonic scowl and he lunged at Hoodie, knife in hand. The knife sliced into Hoodie's shoulder and blood erupted from the wound. Hoodie stumbled back and fell over from shock and you ran over to him in a panic, "No Hoodie! Jeff, help me out here!"

Sally gasped and ran over to where Kagekao stood, looking at Jeff with wide eyes. "Jeff...?" She murmured softly, her eyes slightly watering. "...Sally!" Jeff exclaimed, starting to run over to her. Before he could reach the girl, the furious Kagekao jumped between them, jabbing the knife into Jeff's side. "JEFF!!" Sally screamed, bursting into tears and you look away from Hoodie in shock.

"Damn y-you!" Jeff shrieked, clutching his side and falling to the ground. "Watashitachi ha iku hitsuyo ga arimasu(We need to go...)," Kagekao hissed, grabbing Sally's hand and running off with her into the bushes.

"Get back here! He still has the damn knife!" Jeff yelled, shakily standing up. You rush to Jeff and help hold him up while shuttering at the same time. "J-Jeff...your both hurt and I...I-I need to get you back to the town but...I don't want us to get attacked again..."

"Don't worry about me dammit, just go and get yourself and Hoodie back to safety! I'm going to get back my knife...and Sally."

You wanted to ask him why he was intent on getting to the little girl and what was his history with her since he knew her, but now wasn't the time for that.

Looking towards the brush Kagekao and Sally had escaped through, you shake your head and reply, "We're going to stick together, we're a team right? We don't separate nor do we leave each other's side. Ever."

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Back in Crucible Town, Laughing Jack sighs sadly in the recovery room of MACM.

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Jeff nods his head and looks at you. "So I guess that means you and Hoodie are coming with?" You nod and smile, "Definitely. Now let's help Hoodie up and go catch Kagekao!"

KageKao & Sally's P.O.V

Kagekao races through the forest with young Sally Williams under his arm, swiftly dodging and bolting large branches and logs. Sally whined helplessly as the wind flew past her face, her eyes shut tightly. "P-Please slow down Kage!" She shuttered, trying to drop free from his hold. "I won't let those people hurt you," Kagekao hissed in reply, refraining to slow down. "But they weren't going to hurt me!...I saw Jeff there..." she replied, her voice trailing off.

Kagekao suddenly squeaked as he ripped past a log which twisted his leg and sent him and Sally flying into the air. "WAHHH!" They both screamed and landed headfirst into a puddle of mud.

"Ah! Sally! Are you okay?" Kagekao cried, looking around in the muddy hole for the little girl. Sally's head popped up from the dirt and she was covered in mucky brown, but Kagekao could still make out the unamused look on her face.

"That really hurt, Kage!" She whined, crawling out of the mud and hurling herself on the ground. Kagekao sighed in relief and crawled next to her, flinging the dirt off of his face. "Gomen'nasai Sari-chan..." he slightly chuckled, patting her head. He then began to work on removing the dirt from the little girl's face.

"Kagekao, I want to see Jeff again," Sally said, resting her head on Kagekao's arm once he had finished cleaning her face. "How could you not see Sally? He's not a free killer anymore, he was with a conformist trainer girl and...the hooded man...you know we're to avoid him," Kagekao replied sternly. Sally lowered her head and muttered silently, "but Jeff was like my big brother...and you're not 100% free either, Kage!"

Suddenly, they heard the sound of distant running and rustling leaves. "Let's go, they're coming," Kagekao hissed and grabbed Sally's arm but Sally let out a shrill scream and he let go. "What? What's wrong Sally??" Kagekao gasped, frantically turning to look at her. "I don't want to run from him again!" She replied confidently, crossing her arms. "I'm not going!"

"Sally!"

"No Kage! I want to see Jeffy again!"

"You're not going to like it when I report this to Falcon-sama, Sally!"

Sally's face turned to an upset expression and she shook her head. "No...please don't tell him...I don't want him to be m-mad with me..."

"Then lets go Sally!"

"...Wait! Kage! I need to tell you something"

Sally moved closer to KageKao and stands on her her tip-toes and she whispers to Kagekao, who's masked expression slowly turned sick neutral.

"No Sally, I don't want to do that!"

"Kagekao—"

"I don't want to be near the hooded one, you know why!?"

"Please Kagekao! This may be my only chance. Please, if you're really my friend..." Sally looks up at him with puppy-dog eyes.

"Agghhhh......kawaiiiii.....hai hai..." Kagekao finally gave in, his shoulders slumping. "Sayonara to my freedom...and possibly my life."

Sally gave a gleeful squeak and hugged Kagekao tightly before turning to run and leave through one of the clumped bushes. "You'll see me again real soon, I promise! And don't forget to give Jeff back his knife!" She shouted, waving her hand, then disappearing into the growth.

Kagekao watched gloomily as she left and jumped when he heard the sounding of angry yelling behind him.

Back to {Y/N} & Friends

"THERE YOU ARE!!" Jeff shouted, bursting through a pile of leaves and springing straight at Kagekao's face. You and Hoodie came quickly behind Jeff, jumping through the leaves and landing on the other side.

"Sore o yamete! Oriru!(Stop this, get off!)" the Creepymon yelled, clawing at Jeff and fighting him off. "Cut the whole Japanese shit out, we know you speak English!" Jeff sneered, twisting Kagekao's arm. "YAHHHH! Stop it and I'll give you back your knife," Kage retorted and Jeff quickly let go.

"My knife? Give it back!" He demanded, holding out his hand. Kagekao grumbled annoyed and shoved the blade into Jeff's reach. "My knife! I missed you so much!" Jeff cried, hugging the weapon to his face.

"Okay you've got your stupid knife, now let's go," Hoodie growled, clutching his stab wound. "No wait...where's Sally, what did you do with her?" Jeff asked in a dark serious tone, glaring at Kagekao. "Shes not here," Kagekao simply replied, crossing his arms. "What do you me—WHERE THE HELL SHE!? IF YOU HURT HER I FUCKING SWEAR!" Jeff panicked, holding up his knife at the Creepymon with a shaking hand. Kagekao looked nervously at Hoodie whose arms were crossed and deeply sighed.

"Fine, I'll tell you where she is if you casghfhhjkk...." he mumbled lowly. "Ca-wha..?" Jeff muttered, crooking his head to the side. "Just....cafhvghfhjh...me..." Kagekao mumbled again, pointing to you. "Me? What...what do you want?" You ask, tilting your head like Jeff. "Oh for crying out lou—JUST CATCH ME! USE THE THROWY THINGY AND CATCH ME!" Kage screamed, waving his hands wildly.

You don't know whether to be shocked with happiness or utterly confused. "You...want me to catch you? Why...? This is kinda unexpected..." you murmured, your voice trailing off. Kagekao crossed his arms and turned away. "Whatever, just don't ask questions and do it already..."

You reach into your backpack to take out an empty Killersphere but suddenly Jeff and Hoodie grabs ahold of both your arms. "Uh? What's up you guy—"

"Are you sure about this? You want HIM with US?" Jeff whispered, staring you in the eye. "I really don't think you should {y/n}," Hoodie murmured sternly. "But he said if I catch him, he'll tell us where Sally is," You whisper back,  shaking their hands away. "Well....you're right on that part...okay fine, take him. We need to find Sally," Jeff finally agreed, nodding his head. Hoodie looked as if he was about to protest but he instead looked at you for a bit before just turning and walking aside facing elsewhere.

You ignore Hoodie's behavior and pull out a black and white capsule. Turning to Kagekao, you give a small smile and raise the capture device, "Are you ready Kage?"

Kagekao squeezed his own arms and gave a loud sigh. "Yeah yeah whatever hurry up."

You quickly toss the Killersphere at the Creepymon's head and watch as he gets sucked into the small sphere. It shook for only two seconds and then clicked with Kagekao's capture.

"Alright trickster Creepymon, you're mine!" You cheer, walking over and picking up the sphere. You quickly re-summon Kagekao and he appears, his arms still crossed and an annoyed expression on his mask.

"Hey, welcome to the team Kagekao," you say to him politely, trying to cheer him up, but he simply scowled at you. You waited a moment before tilting your head and asking, "Now may you please show us where Sally is..?"

"At the Crucible City Creepypasta gym."

"Wait what"

"You heard me!"

You shake your head in disbelief and look towards Jeff and Hoodie. "How could she be there? She was just with you!" Jeff snapped. "She was, but now she's there. I'm telling the truth!" Kagekao replied. Hoodie shook his head and muttered, "You can never trust a trickster."

Kagekao scowled loudly and pointed at Hoodie, "And you could never trust a lying helper of—!"

Quicker than a flash, Hoodie turned and ran over to Kagekao pinning him down. To your utter shock and horror, he had whipped out his gun and shot the trickster Creepymon in chest. "HOODIE!!?" You yelled, running over to him and pushing him off of Kagekao, who was crying out in agony. "What the hell man!?" Jeff shouted, running over to Kagekao and staring at Hoodie with even wider eyes.

"I....I had to..." Hoodie muttered faintly, the gun shaking in his hand. "Hoodie, why are you acting so damn strange!?" You scream at him, squeezing his arm shakily. "There's no time for questions, we've gotta take Kagekao to MACM quickly!" Jeff said, lifting up the frantically gasping Creepymon.

You let go of Hoodie and quickly grab Kagekao's Killersphere, summoning him back into it. "Let's go now," you growl, putting Kage's sphere back in your backpack and you dash off into the bushes towards Crucible City. Jeff swiftly darted behind you to follow, but only Hoodie stayed behind.

Hoodie's whole body began to shake, and he dropped his gun to the ground, falling to his knees. "He knows..." He sneered, digging his fingers into the ground. "I have to hurry and get {y/n} there before she and the others find out..."

Suddenly, Hoodie heard the sound of loud static crackling in his head and he yelled out in pain, bending to the ground. "N-No...no...please! I-I won't...I won't fail!!" He struggled in agony for a few terrorizing seconds before passing out into complete blackness.