Kurayami hummed as Chihiro held her mother's scythe-like hand.
"Good day, Senzai!" She said to the now apparent babysitter. Senzai only waved in reply before shifting his gaze to Chihiro. The taller woman kneeled down and patted the girl's head. "Be good for Senzai!" She paused.
"Love you!" Kissing her on the forehead she smiled. Chihiro gave a toothy smile of her own in reply.
The tall black figure stood up as she turned to Senzai. "Lose my daughter and I will castrate you." She spoke in a threatening tone. Her smile returned as she gave her daughter one last hug. She walked off and waved.
Senzai stared awkwardly at the girl. Chihiro waved at the tall slim male cheerfully. He gave a small and soft smile in return. The girl had never seen Senzai smile before. This excited her. The stitches on her face extended revealing her grotesque jaw, her teeth sticking out of her jaw. All the sudden the girl wasn't cute anymore. She looked like an open trash can. Senzai has seen many things. People suffering and crying, even straight up gore. But he has never seen something like this. He fell back out of pure shock, letting out the most deafening scream known to man. Covering his face with his arms he squeezed his eyes shut.
He hesitated before opening his eyes and lowering his arms. He stood up straight, revealing the space in front of him. Chihiro was gone. He mumbled to himself as he frantically searched for the young girl. First, he went to Tsukiya. "Tsukiya, Tsukiya!" He said panicked. "Have you seen Chihiro!?" He asked. "I haven't seen anything, Senzai..." She deadpanned.
"Oh." a sudden realization washing over him. He decided it was best to leave.
Next, he went to Kuishinbo.
"Senzai, my man! Whatcha need?" One of the heads gushed.
"Do you know anything about where Chihiro is?!" He questioned.
"Ohh, Chihiro?" She paused, swallowing the mystery meat she was snacking on.
"Yeah we know her!" She exclaimed.
"Do you know where she is?!" Hope sparkling in his eyes.
"Totally!" The other head chimed in. "Great! Where is she?" He questioned.
"We'll tell you but first you gotta try this shit!" The first head boasted as an inky hand offered a piece of meat. The smell radiating from the mysterious meat was putrid, worse than anything he'd smelt before. Flooding his nostrils like the plague as he gagged. "Come on man! You gotta try it!" She continued.
"Will you tell me where she is if I eat it?" He asked. The two heads nodded enthusiastically. He reluctantly reached out a clawed hand his nose scrunched up as he brought it towards his mouth. Even his breath smelt better than whatever the fuck this is. He forced the rotten meat down his throat as he gagged. The taste was even worse than the smell.
"Will you tell me now...?" He asked weakly, a pleading look in his eyes. "Uh..." the two head looked at each other awkwardly before the inky creature turned around and booked it. "What." He dropped to the floor in defeat. All that for nothing? After a few minutes of sulking in self pity he stood up and went to find the next monster.
Senzai walked down the hallway, unable to hear his own thoughts from the loud chewing around him.
"Jikininki!" No reply.
"Jikiniki?" Nothing.
"Hello? Are you ignoring me?" He waved his hand in front of the demon's face. It went on like this for the next 5 minutes before he placed a clawed hand on the corpse of the deer. The chewing cane to a stop as the monster slowly turned his head towards Senzai. Twitching at the sight of someone touching his food.
Senzai immediately realized his mistake tearing his hand away from the deer before making a run for it.
Senzai dropped to his knees as he gasped for air.
He turned slowly, he could hear his heart beating. There stood a tall figure holding a small girl in a floral patterned kimono.
"Senzai Uchiumi."
The words hit him like a bullet.
Fuck.
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