Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Hope in Chaos

Irys pov:"You've gotten stronger," Mama Mori said to me. I looked at her and smiled at her.

"I think I'm ready to meet up with the others" I stated

"Wait Irys I don't think so!" Bae yelled

"You are so annoying... I sighed under my breath.

"What was that?" Bae asked

"Nothing babe" I replied

"That's what I thought," Bae said.

I rolled my eyes. I decided I'm not going to listen to her complaints I have places to go and people to see also I have an odd feeling something bad happened

"Let's go, bae," I told her, but she paused.

"Wait...are you coming Mama Mori?" She asked

"Maybe," she said.

"We might stay here" Sister Reap said

"Why?" Bae asked

The two of them just shrugged.

"Well, it is nice here, and besides, we'd have to rework the gate here," Kanata said.

"Mom, it doesn't matter what they want to do," I said.

"That's kind of rude..." Towa said

I don't really care right now because I'm kind of worried.

"Mom, where are my swords?" I asked

Both of them grabbed my angelic and demon blades and handed them to me.

"We'll meet up with you in a bit. Don't push yourself; your wound will reopen." Kanata and Towa told me

I was glad they both show so much concern for me despite the fact that I'm an illegal child

Bae and I walked over to the gate, and Mama Mori turned it on. I gazed at them and motioned for them to look at me. I went behind Bae and kicked her into the gate.

"Iryssssssssss!" She screamed in fear

I waited a few seconds and then took a running start jumping in after her and I ce out on the other side she was orienting her body again them she saw me

"No no no!" She yelled as I landed on her "ughhh..." She groaned

"Next stop the mystical forest..." I sighed

"You bastard!" She yelled while trying to get up.

"Look I didn't crush your head by sitting on it so you're lucky" I said

"Sit on my head," Bae said.

I looked at her and tilted my head to the side "did we swap bodies?" I asked

"No why?" Bae asked

"You know why..." I told her

She shook her head rapidly "Nope!" She replied calmly

"You said you wanted me to sit on your head?" I said

"Yeah, specifically my fa-." I slapped her across the face

"Sorry, I'm not actually ready to play Monopoly with you!" I told her

"Eh?" She stated "You are the one always pushing for it!" Bae said

"Well, I'm not playing it with you in the middle of nowhere." I told her

She looked around and nodded; "Fair point," she told me.

"Yeah, I'm the smart one here." I said to her:

"What do you mean!?" Bae yelled

"You don't know anything Bae it's as if you were birthed yesterday your lack of world knowledge actually is a skill..." I commented

"Let's just go to the mystical forest." Bae sighed

"I know a shortcut!" I told her

I took her to a crawlspace; she could just turn into a rat, but I had to crawl by myself, so she decided to go in after me. I slowly slid the tip of my head into the hole.

"Bae, it's so tight!" I cried out, "I don't think I'll fit!"

"Push harder!" Bae told me

"I need something to make it easier to slide in!" I quickly told her

"I don't think we have anything that could help," Bae said.

"I got it!" I told her I crawked in a little deeper "Uhm..." I suddenly said.

"What is it?" Bae asked

"I'm stuck," I told Bae.

"Can you see the exit?" Bae yelled

"Yeah, the mystical forest is right here; I just can't get out on the other side!" I told her

Bae turned into her rat form and crawled in my pant leg and there she crawled up my shirt until she came out the other side

"I'll pull you out" Bae said

She reached out and grabbed both my arms, saying, "Three, two, one, pull!" She said as she yanked on my arms

"Uhn-You're so tight in there!" Bae hissed

"Bae, don't be so rough!" I cried

"It's hard to do this gently; how did you get this stuck?" Bae asked

"I blame you!" I said

"This is your hole!" Bae said

"What the fuck?" Calli said "You are doing this in public" She said

"Calli... wait, Calli, this is a misunderstanding!" Bae yelled

She gazed at her sister, who walked over to Kiara with a disgusted look on her face. Kiara then walked over to us and laughed.

"You are pretty stuck, huh?" She asked

"Of course!" I said

"I'll be gentle with you," Kiara said.

"Wawa, I only want you to say that to me," Calli said.

"You are so fucking cute" Kiara said

Calli and Kiara grabbed my arms and yanked as hard as they could, making me fly out. I rammed into Bae, and the two looked at us in shock.

"Sorry..." Calli sighed

"I-it's okay, Calli," Bae said. "She sounded like she was dizzy. I hope she doesn't have a concussion."

"So let me inform you two," Kiara said.

"On what?" I asked.

"So Mumei's body is possessed by her friend because she's an empty vessel," Kiara said.

I looked around and saw Reine and Subaru-senpai in horrific states

"We're going to fix that" Calli said

"Like right now!" Kiara said

"I'll help," I sighed.

It's not like I have much better things to do, and my body feels a bit stiff; I may need a fight to warm my body up. I looked at Bae, and she hissed at me.

"I'm going too!" She yelled

She was trying to prove a point, but I didn't say anything, so that was whatever.

I need to get ready since we are about to go.