Fearless

Chapter 33

"You're cornered!"

I really don't want to do this tonight. Kiara thought, though apparently that's what was happening. She was doing this tonight and she had to figure out a way out of this. She took a deep breath and placed her hands together, placing them in front of her mouth before pointing them towards the two men. "Alright, look. I have no clue why you're doing this, but know that you're not catching me this easily, so, uh, see ya fuckers." With that she sprinted at full speed towards the two, forcing herself past them, and once again they were on a chase.

As she ran, she noticed Shima and Konekomaru step out of one of the doorway,     — if Kiara remembered right it was the kitchen. "Sorry. Love to talk but I'm currently running from two madmen." She shouted before passing the door— though she didn't get far due to a sudden pull on her tail.

A tingling feeling ran up her back and her cheeks flushed as she fell to her knees. She looked over her shoulder to see Bon holding onto her tail, his other hand holding a rag of ice up to his cheek.

"What the hell is this?" He asked.

"The young master got her!" One of the men called, finally catching up to her, the both of them out of breath. "Thank goodness."

"You didn't answer my question. What the hell is this?" Bon asked, a pissed expression on his face.

"Oh, uh, we were chasing her because we thought it'd be better if she was in a cell like the son of Satan."

Bon narrowed his eyes and his fist tightened around Kiara's tail— most likely on reflex— though it still made a chill craw up her back. Holy shit can he let go? She thought.

"And who told you to do that?" Bon asked.

The two men glanced at each other, "Uh, nobody, we just thought—"

"You dumbasses. You two could be much more useful helping the others look for Mamushi and the eye!" He snapped, causing the two men to break out into a sweat and back away.

"Sorry, Master Ryuji." One of them said. And with that they both ran off.

"I appreciate the help— not like I needed it— but, uh, can you... let go of my tail? It's kinda sensitive to touch." Kiara asked, glancing up at Bon, her cheeks boiling hot.

Bon looked down and noticed her expression, he immediately let go of her tail and covered his mouth, his cheeks turning pink. "Sorry." He muttered.

"Oh hoho." Shima chuckled as he saw the two of them, backing off in what looked to be a cold sweat as the both of them glared.

"Touch it and you're gonna see stars until next month." She threatened as She stood up and made sure to keep her tail close to her body, the red on her cheeks slowly dissapearing. "Alright, well, that's over with. Glad I found everyone." She hoisted herself up on one of the counters and let out a sigh. "Man this has been a long day." Just then there was some commotion outside and Kiara looked towards the door, "looks like it's going to be even longer than I thought. Damn."

"Wonder what's going on out there." Shima said, peeking out into the hallway.

"It sounds like something serious." Konekomaru said.

Everyone in the room fell quiet, and Kiara was able to make out some of what the people in the halls were saying.

"You sure they caught Mamushi?"

"Yeah, Juzo found her. He's burning her back."

Bon looked up, a shocked look on his face, not even a second later he was up and running out into the hallway. Kiara sighed, jumping down from the counter and followed after him— who knows, whatever happens next might be fun.

Kiara ran after Bon— soon hearing footsteps behind her as the others followed suite. Eventually they all reached the entrance to the in, where a small crowd had already started to gather, glancing through the doorway, Kiara's eyes landed on Mamushi who— to put it bluntly— looked absolutely awful.

"As most of you already know, Todo Saburota and I stole the right and left eyes. A little while ago we used them to revive the impure king!"

The gathered crowd started to talk, fear emitting from every single one of them.

"But that's impossible! The Impure King was defeated way back in the Edo period!"

"It's body has been kept in a state of suspended animation beneath Konoshingzan. Right now, it's on the loose and growing. Master Tatsuma's up there too. He's taking that demon on all by himself." She bent forwards into a kowtow, "I beg you. Please send help. He can't fight the impure King on his own!"

"You got some nerve!" Someone shouted.

"You brought the thing back to life so you deal with it."

Kiara gritted her teeth as people started to chatter, most of them refusing to go up and fight the impure King. Just as she was about to step forwards and say something, she felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked to the side to see Bon shaking his head slightly, his eyes on Juzo.

"This is not the time to be arguing amongst ourselves. Every exorcist, including security teams one and two, and those from the keep, will deploy to assist the master!" Juzo announced. "The Impure King is related to the King of Rot, so to counter the miasma, you'll need to get vaccinated."

With that, everyone started running off— most likely to get prepared for the battle.