Out from the shadows of the gate rose the crimson creature. It paused for a moment, seemingly taking a moment to inspect every one. There were kids and adults all around the streets communing with each other, but they all seemed to suddenly stop when they heard the cry of Kagami.
They looked over to see the creature that he had run away from. All four of its yellow eyes darted around at everyone, choosing his victims. Everyone rose into a panic, they had never seen anything like this creature. People screamed and ran as the demon let out a growl and began to run on all fours towards the crowd.
Kagami looked to see the demon target his eyes at a kid near it. It charged up as it lunged towards the kid. Right before it hit the kid, Kagami managed to shoulder bash the demon to the ground.
"Run kid!" He yelled at the confused kid, who quickly ran away. Kagami got up to see the demon on two legs, looking straight at him. It let out a demonic roar as it lunged at Kagami. He looked it in the eyes thinking to himself, 'Oh... so this is where I die. I look after myself my whole life and when I finally look after another it leads to my doom. Ironic.'
He stood still as he accepted his fate, thinking to himself this was the end. When suddenly the demon seemed to be blown away by what seemed to be a gust of wind. It fell down and stumbled across the tiled path of the village.
Kagami turned his head towards where the blast came from. The cloth and plates on the tables were all tattered up and smashed. Standing in the back was Asukai. In his hand was a wooden katana, pulled out from a sheath on his belt. The demon pulled itself back up, spitting out blood, with a deep red color. Two of its eyes looked up at Asukai, quickly pouncing towards his direction.
"Move Kagami!" Asukai yelled. Kagami quickly dashed to the side and into a house. Asukai took a breath. He pulled his sword back as he closed his eyes. Before the demon even got close to him, Asukai swung his sword. A giant burst of wind appeared and blasted from his sword, rattling the lanterns and tables as it traveled through the street. Once the wind finally hit its target, the demon was launched backward even more now. The force of the wind threw it at the arch of the entrance, breaking its back.
Kagami Peeked his head out from the house, he watched as Asukai threw himself in the air with a gust of wind and landed past the tables. He pulled his katana up in a defensive stance and watched the demons struggle to get back up, "You can't be what I think you are..." Kagami heard him say quietly. Asukai walked up towards the demon on the ground and crouched down towards him.
"What are you?" He asked. In response, the demon made a sort of demented yell at him, blood dripping from Its mouth. It quickly scratched Asukai on the cheek in anger, Asakui stumbling back in response. He rubbed his wound as he stood back up. He sighed and looked back at the demon, "That scream. It's as I thought."
Asukai thought to himself until his face quickly turned into a worried expression. A sudden rustling is suddenly heard from the field as he jumped backward with a defensive stance.
Out from the field lunged a giant creature. It landed in front of the demon as if it was aiming for Asukai. The creature looked the same as the demon, it's four yellow eyes matching its blood-red skin. It carried a metal club with spikes on it. It held the club on its back, scraping against the metal plating on his back. Metal and fur went across its torso and legs. Its hair the same black, and the horns coming from its head seemed much larger and longer. The demon's tall body went with his rough skin, and those sharp claws and teeth. It is almost twice as tall as the previous demon, it looked down at it on the floor in disgust.
As the lesser demon on the ground screeched in pain, the newer and taller demon looked down and growled. It raised its leg up in the air. It slammed it down to the ground, smashing the lessers head into the ground. After the lessers head was completely smashed open, a faint sizzling of smoke rose from its splattered skull.
'What the hell is happening right now?!' Kagami panicked to himself. He had never seen anything like this. To him the world was a cycle of work and farming, to see a demon of some sorts appear in front of him is the last thing he would ever expect to happen.
The greater demon perked its head back up toward Asuka. He had been in his defensive pose this whole time, only speaking now, "What are you?" He said in a calm tone. A low chuckle could be heard from the demon.
"You know exactly what I am, and I know exactly what you are." The demon spoke in a low and disturbing tone. "But you wouldn't want to mess with me, would you?" It pointed towards the back of the village. Kagami and Asukai turned around to see that people still hadn't left the village. If they hadn't already left then they were stuck at the exit in the back. Kagami looked up at the rooftops, glowing yellow eyes were staring the villagers down.
"What do you want?" Asukai asked as he turned back towards the demon.
"Your sheep, all of them." Kagami jumped, 'Is this why that other demon appeared down there? Are they going for our food?' Asukai took a moment and thought things over to himself.
Asukai's eyes peered over to Kagami in the house, seeing the fear in his eyes. He stood up straight as he sheathed his katana.
"It's a deal, oni." The oni gave a devilish smile as he left, flipping a coin to Asukai.
"You made the right choice!"
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