300+ Anime & Manga Prompt Oneshots/Drabbles

Forest - Natsume Takeshi & Tanuma Kaname

Prompt: Forest
Characters: Natsume Takeshi & Tanuma Kaname
Series: Natsume Yuujinchou
O.C: Abe Akahana
Genre: Supernatural, Comedy
Theme Song: N/A
Warnings: None
Date: 26th November 2012
Author's Note: Snippet from a full length story

"Aka-Chan, take this to the neighbour."

Footsteps thumped irregularly along the hardwood flooring. Seemingly the addressed was dodging boxes as she advanced for the caller. "I've just got chance to sit down and now you want me to brave that wilderness?" A young woman stood defiantly and pointed out of the open door into, well, wilderness that surrounded the back of the old traditional house.

An aged hand ran thoughtfully over facial stubble before pointing upwards as if its owner had just had a great revelation. "It'll be a good chance for you to get to know the locals."

The female glared at who could be no one else but her father. "Yes, I'm sure all the cool kids hand around in the forest behind our house."

Rolling his eyes in dismay, the man wearing a worn green yukata picked up the hefty basket and shuffled over to the fuming apple of his eye. "If you don't take this, you can clean the toilet." A smirk twitched on his thin lips at his daughter's horrified expression.

"Fine, but if they're weirdo's..." Pushing the strands of fiery red hair off her face, the teen begrudgingly took the out-held woven basket. "You're on dinner duty for the rest of the week."

"Take care~" The home owner waved the girl off happily only for her to snap her head around and give a disbelieving look.

"It's too late for you to say that now..." She grumbled as she shuffled off down the dust path towards a small opening amongst the dense trees. "If I die, I'm going to haunt you forever." The girl continued her tangent.

'Aka-Chan' had been walking along for some time now and yet she still hadn't come to an exit. Even for a forest as thick as this, it was unnatural for so little sun light to pass through the canopy above. Oh well, it's not like she was scared or anything...She'd lived in some awful places, after all. Then again, it had never been the places that tested her nerves.

"It's a girl."
"A human child passing through here?"
"Helpless little thing...It must be our lucky day."

If it weren't for the twigs snapping beneath the traveller's feet, then you'd undoubtedly be able to hear her teeth grinding at the ignorance of the group hid behind a bush conversing. "If you think you can do something, come and try it." The redhead spat, not even bothering to turn and see the shocked faces of the low-level yokai.

Some fifteen minutes had passed of Aka stomping through the thicket with the three curious yokai trailing behind her, debating aloud on the best way to eat her. "Carry on and I'll get rid of you all." She grumbled as she watched the crisp leaves crunch beneath her feet with furrowed brows and puffed out cheeks.

Suddenly, the girl verging on nineteen stopped dead in her tracks. Quieting her breath, narrowed peridot eyes shot around to find what was giving her the feeling of anxiety. From nowhere, a black mass thundered for the group of four, it's gargantuan mouth open to reveal acidic like saliva gushing.

"Run!~" One of the yokai screamed as his arms flailed.

Obviously, the group ran. By this point, it didn't matter whether you were a human or yokai, because when you're about to be eaten, even enemies seem to team up in order to save their own skin. Speaking of saving oneself, that nuisance that had burst out of nowhere and disturbed Aka asserting her authority was getting pretty close.