[Center][B]Sotoki, Airi[/B][/Center] --- A snapping sound reverbrated in the air "What was that?" Sotoki looked into the sky and caught glimpse of a human "... Who...?" he was surprised. What was that person doing? Why isn't he helping them? But before he could even think it over, the monsters moved. "FUJISAKI-KUN!!!" Airi started to panick once more "W-Wait! Stop panicking!" then he quickly started thinking. Earlier Airi chanted some words and a barrier appeared afterwards "Mega.. Me... Megami.. Hogo.. Megami no Hogo!" Airi heard him and somehow, she felt the need to say it. "Megami no Hogo!" she screamed with her staff raised and the light started forming something. The monsters kept rushing in a horde "Please work...!" Sotoki prayed, and he was heard. Airi braced herself "Kyah!" the monsters attacked, but they were blocked by a giant shield "Come on Airi!" Sotoki said. His plan is to use the shield to block them off as they run. Sotoki grabbed Airi's hand to make them stay together. One getting lost in the crowd of monsters isn't good after all. They charged themselves to the spirits, Sotoki did what he could with his weapon as they did so. "Keep chanting the spell!" he commanded Airi "A-Alright...!" she did what she was told, and the barrier recovered again and again when it neared its limit. She kept saying the spell as they ran, holding off the monsters. However, Airi could feel the strain of using the spell continuously, Sotoki had noticed it as well. "Please hold on for a little bit longer!" he cheered to Airi. They were getting close to the gates of a certain district "I can see it!" it will be easy to lose them once they get to the end of the monster crowd. Airi though, had finally reached her limit "Kazumi-san! Kazumi-san!" the barrier had started to crack already "Ah..!" Sotoki carried Airi and started to run. He hoped the barrier won't break just yet. Closer, he's getting closer. "Almost... there...!" then he leaped into the district gates. The shield flickered and broke soon after. Then suddenly, "Hurry! Run to the shrine!" he heard a different voice and looked above the stairs "Who...?" The girl had a furious face "JUST RUN ALREADY!" she was carrying a huge javelin "Get ready to die you monsters." She said then threw the javelin at the gate. Once the javelin hit the ground, an explosion occurred, making plenty of the pursuers vanish "Hah! Filthy wraiths and shades!" she mocked the creatures. Sotoki, still carrying Airi, gave the girl a glare while he said "Thanks." though it came out harshly. He continued to run towards the shrine. --- [Center][B]Nikko[/B][/Center] --- When the others spoke, Nikko looked like he only realized now that there were other people around him as he was quite startled "Ah... I'm not exactly sure why it did that though..." but the truth is he has a hunch that he almost completely believes to be true, just a few more push and he'd come to a definite conclusion. Then he noticed that Harashi looked very tired. Looking at the roof, then at the floor, they were already fixed. Quickly he went to return to his spot earlier then sat and said "Sorry for the trouble." he apologized. He felt quite responsible as the naginata belonged to them, though technically, he wasn't in fault. Just then, Hideki returned with a couple of refreshments, making a joke about it being spiked isn't anything to worry about. Nikko took his share after everyone said it was actually good "Oh. You're right! This is amazing." he complimented. Knock, knock, knock. All of a sudden, someone started knocking on the door. Everyone quickly put up their guard, Nikko as well as he already grabbed his naginata. "...Nii-chan?! Onii-chan!" a voice of a little girl was heard outside "Onii-chan...?" he looked at Hideki as he was the one to react first, it seems that the girl was referring to him. The girl outside was panicking, scared of the ent that stood guard outside. As soon as she mentioned that, Nikko thought that maybe he should make sure that those weren't monsters mimicking Hideki's little sister. Luckily, only one presence was outside, he breathed a sigh of relief. Hideki quickly went to talk with her sister at the kitchen. "Good thing her sister wasn't attacked by the wraiths." said Nikko who waited patiently on the floor after they were told to stay for Hideki was going to take her little sister in. Harashi made a pun about him being a siscon and Nikko just chuckled "That couldn't possibly it..." Soon enough, Hideki returned with a little girl who he introduced as her sister Yuriko. "... A little girl version of Hideki?" the little sister of his really looked identical to him, the others noticed that as well and made jokes about it. Yuriko was shaking though, and his brother already knew of the reason, the atmosphere got heavy but was lighten up by Hideki soon enough. He headed to the kitchen to get a drink, and Yoshimi suddenly went to the little girl to cheer her up. "That's right. You'll be safe here with us." added Nikko after Yoshimi gave encouraging words. Hideki returned again with a drink for Yuriko and said that he would look outside frequently "I guess I will do that as well." then he closed his eyes "With the ent I could feel like I'm outside as well." then something suddenly became off about the ent, but it disappeared soon enough. "Well, I will do that everytime." then he sat back and drank his drink while thinking of things about his 'power'.