𝗝𝗝𝗞!𝗩𝗔𝗥 𝗫 𝗜.𝗢.! 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥

𝟶𝟶𝟿

[Name] had been sent on a mission the day that Kyoto school would come to Tokyo. It was one set on the outskirts of Shinjuku, across the Kanda River.

She reached there in the morning at near 7 a.m. because she was informed she had to come back early in order to welcome their sister school. Nitta, an assistant manager who was her junior by a few years, dropped her off right at the edge of the river and told her she'd be back to pick her up at 2 p.m. so she had ample time.

[Name] walked along the muddy consistency that was piled up near the river, avoiding getting her boots too dirty as she was quite the germaphobe. The morning air was crisp and burned her nose and all the way down her oesophagus as she inhaled it. The sun was still somewhat bearable as it was so early and was thankfully positioned closer to the city than the river.

She sighed to herself, scratching Kaburamaru's head as he nuzzled into her neck. Re-adjusting her bandages, she worked up her jujutsu, reading the traces of cursed energy. She noticed some residuals tainted onto the ground, leading up to a bridge that passed over the river, a highway for cars. She stalked over to it, immediately noticing a spider-looking curse that was crawling along the walls, thinking she hadn't noticed it.

She summoned one of her Shikigamis, Doku (meaning poison) who was a large snake, around 15 feet tall and 20 inches wide. He had scales the colour of the night sky that glimmered in the partial sunlight. From between its large and sharp fangs, peeked out a ribbon-like tongue, the colour of blood.

"Devour," she commanded him, voice cold and brutal as he nodded his head at her and neared the spider curse. The curse in question started panicking and tried to get away from the serpent that opened his mouth and licked his fangs. Not even giving it the chance to run, the serpent charged at the curse and bit its head off, munching happily on it as he nuzzled against the out-stretched hand of his master.

Once he was done, she released him as he transformed into a bundle of cursed energy that made its way back into her.

'That was easy...... Too easy.' she thought to herself, as she looked around for any more residuals. Out of nowhere, a horde of spiders, smaller versions of the bigger one, charged at her as she took out her sword. One jumped at her, hoping to land on her face but she cut it diagonally in half with one swing of her sword.

There were around two to three hundred spiders there that all flung themselves at her at the same time, trying to overwhelm her but she stayed calm and slashed each and every one of them. Kaburamaru helped as well, by biting any spiders that came too close.

Once most of them were down, she noticed a man at the end of the makeshift tunnel that she was exorcising curses in. Unfortunately enough, the curses noticed him too and charged at him instead, hoping to gain more power by making the man fear them. After all, negative emotions are what create curses.

'Shit!' [Name] cursed in her mind as she ran so fast in front of the man that it looked like she teleported there in a flash of black and white. The man's eyes widened as she took a hold of his hand and pulled him behind her harshly.

"Miss! What are you doing?! AND WHAT ARE THOSE?!!"

The man yelled in surprise, unintentionally squeezing her hand tighter. She scowled at him and let go of it, raising her sword again. Now, she understood that it was his first time seeing a curse, but she just really couldn't care less.

"Don't move!" She yelled back and just went on a rampage, killing and slashing every single curse that came their way. When she had finally exorcised them all, she took a deep breath and glared at the man behind her.

"Didn't I tell you not to move?! Why did you keep trying to get a good look at them?! Did you want to die that quick?!"

Looking at him in the light, he was quite handsome. A tall man, easily 190 cm. He had shoulder-length white hair that was tied back in a manbun. He had maroon eyes that slanted upwards and wore a heavily jewelled headband. He was in a white hoodie that read "Slayer of Demons", which she was sure was some anime reference she wouldn't get. Underneath were a pair of military cargo pants.