Me, a lizard guy, gets paired with a tall, dark skinned badass that's a time senshi apparently and another cute girl that apparently is the senshi of death and rebirth. Sailors Pluto and Saturn, respectively. How friggin metal are we, eh? This demon general is gonna be cake.
The location however, is what kills what vibes i do have and makes my blood run cold.
Aokigahara Forest, otherwise known as "The Seas of Trees" and "Suicide Forest". It's popular grounds for, well, suicide, for some odd reason. Hence why the demon general decided to set up shop there and feed off the negative emotions and energies that reside there. To put it in perspective, normal people see an eerie forest, i see an eerie forest that has a ton of dark energy swirling about.
"I hate this place...." said Pluto, as we entered.
"I don't blame you. However, the demon that's here is abusing the spirits here for negative energy. That wrong on a new level." I stated.
"Perhaps we can cleanse it after we deal with the demon. So many poor souls that have ended their lives prematurely......i want to help them move on." Saturn said solemnly.
"You can do that?" I asked.
"Yes. With Rei teaching me the art of exorcism on the side, to help with my cultural club i used to be a part of back in high-school, i can, indeed, help spirits to the afterlife. After all, i am the senshi of death, aren't i?" She said with a wink.
Said wink, gave me chills, like there was a beast behind that cute smile and complexion.....like the grim friggin reaper just winked at me.
When we entered, i could feel the souls of the depressed and woeful peering at us from the trees. Most were up in the trees, while the rest were on the ground, reaching out to us while we walked on the trail.
"This is....awful...." i said, shivering.
Saturn looked at the sight with great sadness, as well as Pluto.
Further up the trail, there was a greater eeriness that could only be described as seeing the den of a beast. I seen the air up ahead as a dark purple aura, that blanketed the area that was a tad more dense with trees.
Without saying words, we knew what was up ahead, so we immediately put our guards up and prepared for whatever is there.
We would then enter the area and would immediately feel dread, with fear slowly creeping in.
"Don't let it get to you! We're of the crystal royal family!" Cried pluto, as she readied her staff.
"That's right!" Said saturn.
I nodded and lit one of my whisper wood sticks, as confidence would begin to take over.
TEKETEKETEKETEKE
"What on earth-" i said, before i immediately ducked, as a scythe whizzed above me.
As soon as the scythe lodged itself in a tree, the upper torso of, what appears to be a school girl, zipped to the scythe and looked at us with a psychotic grin and giggle, as she yanked the scythe out of the tree with one hand, and held onto the tree with her other hand, fingers imbedded in the trees itself as if she effortlessly jammed them in it.
"Wait, i know you.....you're teke teke! An onryō of a girl that was killed via train!" I shouted.
"Keheheh....yes....this is i...." she said with a creepy tone.
"But, you're normally in urban areas and train stations.....why are you here??" I asked.
She snarled, before sporting a crooked grin again.
"You see, i was bound to those areas, due to my previous life. Once i was reborn by lady nether, i was given absolute freedom and was suggested to come here to reap its benefits!" She said as she rose her scythe.
As she rose her scythe, the wailing spirits of the woods would manifest and start teeming around the blade of the scythe, as if stuck in a vacuum's pull. After a moment, the scythe glowed a eerie purple fire, before she thrusting her scythe in the air. Suddenly, her whole body was covered in the same flame.
"All of the negative energies here, fuel beings such as i....that goes for demons, yokai, what have you! The more we draw and have to draw, the more stronger we become! It works just like the fear factor for us urban legend dieties. We can draw from the negative energies from the fear we gain from our notoriety automatically, and we draw additional power from the negative energies in areas, objects, and so on, manually!" She said as she cackled.
I immediately created a smokey veil to conceal ourselves, grabbed the two girls and hid.
"What are you doing?!" Pluto whispered.
"He can see the true power she has...." Saturn said, calmly.
"What??"
"He's a demon, he can see spiritual energies. Which mean, we only see the surface level of the threat, he sees the whole threat in depth."
Pluto would become a bit nervous.
"One hit from that scythe and you're done! We need a plan...." i whispered.
"I lack in long ranged attacks. However, i make up for it with my glaive attacks and my barrier magic. One or two direct blows is all i need to defeat this demon! I have been training, ever since i was little!" Saturn said, confidently.
She looked fairly young to me, but the way she spoke, it came off as someone that was older and mature than a little girl. I mean, she's probably eighteen, maybe twenty-ish? However, she talked like a mature young woman.
"Just how old are you senshi??" I asked out of curiosity.
"I would have been offended by that question if i were a typical girl....however, the truth is, we don't age anymore, thanks to our queen. Since you have sworn to the family as well, you don't age either." Pluto said.
"Wow...."
"Yeah..."
The smoke would be blown away by the swipe of teke's scythe. This demonstrated her strength in spades. We were, however, hidden in the brush nearby.
We kept quiet and still, however, next thing we knew, the spirits of the forest started swirling around our location.
"Crap! They ratted us out!" I cried.
Suddenly, teke was right on us and brought her scythe down. Pluto and Saturn rose their staff and glaive to block the attack. They would grunt and struggled against teke's strength. This was two battle ready girls, they were struggling against a torso of a schoolgirl, teeming with demonic power.
I would inhale and blasted teke at point blank with a smokey fist, right in her ugly face. This caused her to recoil in pain a bit. The two would use this opportunity to get a combined blow in and sent her flying, deeper into the woods.
"We were very fortunate with that one...." said pluto, panting.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." I said, keeping an eye on the distance.
"Such immense power....it was like i was fighting a bull..." saturn said, looking at her glaive.
"We have an advantage with Sven though." Pluto said.
"Me?" I said, looking at her.
"Her heightened power must have either dampened her perception and spiritual senses or she couldn't sense our spirits from the get go. With your smoke techniques, we can blind her and gain the upper hand." She said with confidence.
"Its the former, she sacrificed her senses on the spiritual spectrum for power. However, those friggin souls will keep ratting us out if we hide!" I said with a growl.
"I have a few long ranged attacks. If me and you can pin her down with long ranged attacks, Saturn can get a solid hit in!" She said, summoning an green jeweled orb.
"Whats that?" I asked.
"My garnet orb. Its an artifact of mine, i can create a shield and launch a wind attack from it. Its very powerful, but has a slow cast time." She explained.
TEKETEKETEKETEKETEKE
As soon as i heard that god awful sound, i immediately swung my tail in the direction of it. Teke would instantly leap with supernatural agility and land on a branch.
"Enjoy your small achievement.....because i won't let you get another hit in like that again!" Teke said with a furious tone.
(Note from the author: this is not a parody or making a mockery of the location in this chapter. Suicide is a serious issue and should be taken seriously. If you or anyone you know might be thinking, talking, or even joking about committing this act, please seek help immediately, for not only for yourself, but your loved ones as well. )