The Goddess's Crow and Oni (Sequel to 'The Crow's Goddess')

Gods Races Across the Netherworld (Part 2)

Melody POV:

We ran quite a distance from Izanami's shrine.

"We should be safe, now that we've come this far." Nanami said as she walked ahead of us. "We need to hurry and return to the surface. I'm starting to have a little more confidence in my divine power, so let's have this white talisman show us the-"

Kirihito started falling and I caught him before his face met the ground.

"Kirihito!" I shouted.

"Kirihito! Hey, what's wrong?!" Nanami asked.

"I just felt dizzy." He said hushly.

"Easy." I said helping him stand. "Maybe, it's best for me to help you."

"Alright..." he said leaning no me for support.

"The air on the Netherworld causes the human body to rot." Nanami explains.

"Then, I have nothing to fear. The posionous nature won't affect me as long as I'm touching a part of a god's body. I notice this went Melody put a lock of her hair around my wrist when we were sleeping." Kirihito said showing his wrist. "I also took a lock of your hair, just in case."

"I see, then I'm glad." Nanami said cheerfully as first. "Wait, my hair!" She yelled as looked at her hair.

"Before this, that little bit of hair saved me from have to touch one of you, but it seems I have little energy to keep up with you two." Kirihito says.

"If you having a hard time, don't push it and let us know.

The air shift, I grab the two and knelt down. "Someone coming." I held Kirihito close and Nanami to my side.

"Ah! Ah! Testing, testing! Lady Melody, human god, and man! I know that you are hiding, meow! If you do not come meout in five minutes, I, Hiou, Lady Izanami's familiar, will smoke you out! And I mean that literally because I burn the place to the ground!" Hiou, the neko, said into a megaphone.

"If she's going to burn us along with the forest, it looks like she hasn't pinpointed our location." Kirihito says.

"Then we have to run quickly." Nanami says. Then she actives the talisman and we follow it quietly.

Then she slips and I drag her as I drag Kirihito.

Smoke filled my nose, Hoiu had set the fire.

We stopped and trun to see the huge flames.

I summoned my wings and used some air blades.

"That will buy us some time." I say and grab the to and flew after the talisman.

Few a bit, I stopped, noticing the talisman landed on the ground. So landed and let the two go.

"Melody, what's wrong?" Nanami asked.

"Your white talisman has stopped here." Kirihito answered.

"No! Where did all my divine power go?!" Nanami screamed at the talisman.

"Wait, we've been here before. We're blow the entrance the Yomotsu Hirasaka." Kirihito explained.

"What? Was it this dark?" Nanami asked.

"No, before there was light shining from the surface." I said.

"Look like someone went and plugged the damn thing up." Kirihito said with an irritated look crossing his face.

Meanwhile, on the surface...