??????? ?? ?????: The Next Generation. {BOOK 1/2.}

The woods darkness spread all around it. The moon was the only source of light that came from it. Two figures ran through them like shadows.

They ran in almost a sort of pattern as they went from one place to the next. Their feet were moving in union as one was not slower than the other.

They were both quiet until one decided to speak.

"So, when are you going to tell them?" figure 1 asked, looking at figure 2. "I don't know, it depends whether they find out." figure 2 replied. "I guess that counts for both of us." figure 1 said.

"So how long until we get to this village?" figure 1 asked. "Not long. We just need to make our way through here." figure 2 said, as they made a sharp turn. Figure 2 was surely in the lead as figure 1 followed slightly behind him.

They were like silent, almost like they weren't there. "I just hope they're OK..." figure 2 said.

"So, do they know about there being two demons and not one?" figure 1 asked. Figure 2 shook his head. "They've only encountered one." figure 2 said.

They carry on this way in slience. Then figure 2 spoke up. "I feel bad. Their comerade left them." figure 2 said, as they took another sharp turn to the right.

"Wait, but-" figure 1 stopped mid sentence. "Yes?" figure 2 asked. Figure 1 just kept silent. "He didn't even regenerate his head to show that he's still alive and help them. I bet he feels the biggest guilt and regret." figure 2 said.

"Yeah, why didn't you?" figure 1 asked him. Yushiro glared at figure 1. Figure 1 stared at Yushiro.

"Silence isn't an answer you know." figure 1 said matter-of-factly as they made another turn. "And why didn't you tell them that you were coming to help them?" Yushiro asked.

"I want to make it a cool surprise." figure 1 said. Yushiro rolled his eyes.

"Sure you do." Yushiro said. "So how long will the numbing last?" Yushiro asked. "At least until this fight is over. Hopefully." figure 1 said.

"I'm just glad I can come after what happened to me." figure 1 said...

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ᗩ/ᑎ: IT TOOK ᗩ ᒪOᑎᘜ TIᗰᗴ ᗷᑌT ᗯᗴ ᗩᖇᗴ ᖴIᑎᗩᒪᒪY ᗪOᑎᗴ ᗯITᕼ TᕼIՏ ᗰOᑎՏTᗴᖇ ᖇᑌᗷᗷIՏᕼ! I ᒍᑌՏT ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗯᖇITᗴ Tᕼᗴ ᒍᑌIᑕY ᑭᗩᖇTՏ. ᑭᒪᑌՏ, I ᑕᗩᑎ'T ᑕOᗰᗴ ᑌᑭ ᗯITᕼ ᑎᗴᗯ ᗰᗩTᗴᖇIᗩᒪ ᖴOᖇ ᗯᕼᗩT Tᕼᗴ ᗰOᑎՏTᗴᖇՏ ᗪO TO TᖇY ᗩᑎᗪ ՏTOᑭ ᕼOՏᕼIKO ᗩᑎᗪ YᑌᗰI.

I ᖇᗴᗩᒪᒪY TᕼIᑎK IT'Տ TIᗰᗴ ᗯᗴ ᗯᖇᗩᑭ TᕼIՏ ᑌᑭ ᗷᗴᑕᗩᑌՏᗴ YOᑌ'ᒪᒪ ᑭᖇOᗷᗩᗷᒪY ᗯᗩᑎT IT ᗪOᑎᗴ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗪᑌՏTᗴᗪ.

Hoshiko finally slashed its leg as the cure shot into the neck. It fell to the floor with dust rising. Hoshiko was panting a lot and so was Yumi. "Wow, that was really hard." Hoshiko said.

"Yeah, the way it was throwing those rocks like the last one." Yumi said, dusting herself as she jumped off the building.

They stared in silence until they both realized thst the monsters were all gone and everyone was a child again.

Hoshiko had that twinkling in her eyes again and Yumi knew that she was happy and calm. So was she. Everyone's child was OK and they all happily reunited.

But then...

Hoshiko and Yumi heard noises all around them. They were suspisious. "What's going on?" Hoshiko whispered. "I don't know..." Yumi replied. Hoshiko held on to her blade, Yumi drawed an arrow and waited.