Larel's eyes twitched as Mera started moving and he slowly opened his eyes before sitting up, he rubbed his eyes and looked around only to see Hotaru move somewhere else, he looked at the fire and put his hands in front of it again as Kaori and Jin started waking up. Larel didn't say anything to them and looked behind him to see Rin lying on her back breathing softly. He shook his head and turned his attention forward missing Rin opening one eye and looking at him before closing it again.
"Good morning," Kaori said rubbing his eye. "It seems like everyone wandered off....and Mary-chan's still asleep though after all that's happened I can't really blame her."
"It's alright we'll just wait for them to come back," Larel said rubbing his hands together. "For the time being let's just keep an eye on her."
"Trying to conquer your fear," Rin said sitting at the end of the fire opposite Mary. "How courageous."
"I can deal with something like this...besides she's asleep," Larel said mumbling near the end.
Rin's body flinched as she swore she felt Zenmaru smile strange as that was to admit, she quickly looked at Larel's shadow only to see it had surrounded the talisman's, Rin's eyes widened before the talisman's were torn apart in one move.
The moment the talisman's went down beady red eyes peered out of the darkness before human shaped Youkai ran at the group from all sides.
"Youkai?!" Larel exclaimed standing up and drawing his sword. "Why are they attacking in broad daylight?!"
Rin stood up and turning slammed her wooden sword into one that leaped at Kaori, she made a motion with her hand seeing more advance.
"Stay down both of you," she said to Kaori and Jin. "This a forest their common in here Larel, you know that."
Larel turned and cut another Youkai only to kick another one away that got close, Rin grit her teeth as they seemed to come out of the shadows of the tree's, they must have been waiting since last night, she muttered to herself as she meant to expel them earlier. She was sure they could hold them off until the others returned, Kaori, Jin and Mary couldn't fight so they needed to be kept safe.
Rin went to move again but she froze as she felt something pierce her chest, she looked down to see Larel's darkness causing her eyes to widen.
"Larel!" Kaori exclaimed as the darkness retracted.
"It wasn't me!" Larel yelled back holding a Youkai off with his sword. 
"Zenmaru..." Rin squeezed out before falling to her knees coughing up blood.
Seeing Rin fall the Youkai advanced all at once causing Kaori to cover his head, Larel tried to summon his darkness to respond to their numbers but he found it wasn't responding to him. He looked at his shadow to yell directly at Zenmaru but he froze when he noticed something fly out of it knocking a demon away from Kaori.
Larel's eyes widened as the figure seemed to continuously move around them knocking the Youkai back just as fast as they advanced, Rin put her hands over her chest and got to healing herself as the Youkai continued forward.
"Larel get down," Rin said. 
Larel glanced back and glared at her but ducked at her request; he turned his attention forward to see a Youkai closing in on him slam into a tree, more Youkai sprinted forward from all directions but the moment they got within a certain range their bodies froze and they stared wide eyed at the group.
Rin removed her glass and folding them hurled them straight ahead, Larel glanced back as she did so only to see a hand catch the glasses in one motion before throwing them open. The figure put the glasses on their face and when they adjusted them the frozen Youkai fell to the ground unable to move their bodies.
Kaori stared at the figure with wide eyes as a wide smile found it's way onto his face.
"Oji-san!" he exclaimed.
Alari stood in the center of the camp a determined expression on his face as he stood feet shoulder width apart staring off into the distance. His clothes and hair fluttered in the wind as his eyes narrowed a little.
His clothing was in complete tatters, his kimono was nearly torn to sheds causing his bare chest to be almost completely exposed along with his back and arms, his Hakama were even torn in certain places. Blood ran down his face and arms though he seemed to be ignoring it and it almost covered his torso and arms completely, looking at it he was still bleeding even now. 
"A...Alari," Larel said. "You-"
Alari held up a finger to Larel and holding his hand out snapped his fingers, as he did five Youkai fell from the tree's and hit the ground hard unable to move, seeing them Alari brought his feet together and relaxed a little.
"Are you alright," he said looking at Larel and Kaori.
"Oh...uh...yeah," Larel said.
"I'm alright too," Kaori said.
"Is everyone else alright?"
"They're okay OJi-san," Kaori said almost beaming.
Alari looked at him before his familiar small smile showed and he let out a relieved sigh.
"Good."
Alari looked over at Rin and he seemed to stare at her for a moment a sad look in his eyes but it vanished as fast as it came.
"Rin...mind retrieving my box," Alari said.
"Of course Alari," Rin said walking over to Larel's shadow
The Youkai looked up at Alari causing him to glance over his shoulder at a few of them, he smiled and they found they were able to move their bodies again.
"You know what'll happen if you stick around," Alari said. "Go on shoo shoo."
The Youkai quickly stood up and ran back into the shadows as Alari walked over and knelt down on his knees in front of the fire.
"It's beautiful outside today," Alari said smiling.
Rin reached into Larel's shadow and pulled out Alari's medicine box, Larel's eye twitched as she walked over to him and set it down before opening it up and digging inside.
Kaori blinked a few times as Rin made a cup of tea for Alari with the chamomile leaves, Alari held the cup over to Jin who blew his fire on it heating it up before yipping.
"Thank you Jin," Alari said as Rin closed the medicine box and took a seat next to him resting her hands on her knees.
"Uh...Oji-san...you're...you're still kinda...kinda bloody," Kaori said.
"I'm fixing it now Kaori, it's just taking a bit of time," Alari said. "I actually feel pretty good, anyway Rin please fill me in on everything that's happened, your form will fade soon,"
"Of course Alari, here's what transpired," Rin said before she started explaining the events of yesterday.
Larel stared at the two incredibly confused as to what just happened, Alari looked like he just came back from a losing war and he was now sipping chamomile tea like he wasn't half-dead which is what he looked like. Larel wanted to say something but no words came out, all he could do was sit down and sigh.