St. Hashiro

Stop the Evil

 Asami, Satoshi, Sister Oana, and Carrie quickly moved through the dense woods. The ground was shaking more and more as they kept moving. The woods had a deep red glow, and the trees seemed wrapped in black, devoid of any color. Ghostly whispers were heard, and screeches coming from demons could be heard. The path was leading close to the forest clearing, Asami could feel it.  They all remained silent, unsure of what was ahead of them. As they approached the clearing, laughter from Yuto could be heard. Terrie was seen screaming, as she then closed her eyes and floated upward. She floated over a huge crack in the ground, which had a red glow. Yuto smiling, faced them.

  "What have you done!?" growled Carrie.

  "Oh, nothing! Just releasing demons with my perfect vessel!" laughed Yuto.  Satoshi growled as a bright red flame appeared in his paw. 

  "Let her go!" growled Satoshi. 

  "Oh, be quiet you human sized, hind-leg walking KITTEN!" said Yuto smugly. Satoshi fixed his red eyes on Yuto, glaring.

  "I'm not a cat, I'M A FUCKING BAKENEKO!" screamed Satoshi. He charges at Yuto, who isn't fast enough to respond as he's tackled to the ground, on fire. Yuto screamed as Satoshi's red flame engulfed him. Satoshi backed away, standing by Asami, Carrie, and Oana's side. Yuto managed to laugh in maniacal tone. 

  "YOU'LL ALL BURN, JUST LIKE ME!" laughed Yuto loudly, as he was burning. "YOU'LL ALL GO TO HELL!" And like that, Yuto collapsed, his body becoming a pile of ash. The crack Terrie was silently levitating on, grew into a big hole, the earth shaking as it did. Asami screamed as the quake made her fall. Oana tried to help her up, but the quake made her fall too, leaving Satoshi and Carrie barely standing. The ashes of Yuto blew away into the red glowing hole, gone for good. Once Asami and Sister Oana got up, everything was seemingly silent. It was almost too silent, too eerie. The four walk up to the big hole and look down into it. Nothing but red. They all look up at Terrie, who's eyes are now open, staring back at them. Her eyes were different though, they didn't have the pretty blue color, rather a demonic red and black color. Terrie smiled, as she turned her head to the side.

  "Welcome to the show," said Terrie in a demonic voice. 

  "T-T-Terrie, are you still in there?" asked Sister Oana nervously. Terrie shook her head no slowly, still showing her creepy smile. Sister Oana began muttering a prayer, as she clutched her cross necklace and went on her knees. Terrie laughed.

  "Really? Do you think that will get rid of us?" asked Terrie. Asami looked at Terrie nervously.

  "U-us?" stuttered Asami. Suddenly, demons all around them appeared, coming out of the red hole. They all had awful appearances, some all black with horns and red eyes. Satoshi, who was a demon himself, appeared to be afraid. Carrie looked at Asami, who looked at Satoshi and then they all looked at Sister Oana. Her prayers were loud, but she spoke so fast, they couldn't understand her. Terrie just floated there, smiling.

  "Welcome to the show, where you're the leading actors while I WATCH!" said Terrie, as the demons grew closer towards the four. 

  "Satoshi, what do we do!?" asked Asami. 

  "I don't know!" said Satoshi nervously. Carrie looked nervously at the demons, all of them smiling with their sharp teeth. Suddenly, Carrie's hair began to have brown streaks in it, and her blue eyes began to glow. Asami noticed right away.

  "Look, it's happening to her again!" exclaimed Asami. She pointed to Carrie, and Satoshi craned his neck in that direction.

  "Miyuki," said Satoshi. Carrie looks at Satoshi.

  "Yes, my Bakeneko, it is me," said Carrie with Miyuki's voice. "We need to release the ultimate demon from his control over Terrie's body."

  "How do we do that? An exorcism?!" joked Asami. 

  "No," said Carrie. "It's too dangerous. Here's what we do, we must have Oana continue her prayers while protecting her at the same time since she's very exposed." Asami and Satoshi nod. "Satoshi, keep the demons at bay. I will help force the demon out."

  "What do I do?" asked Asami.

  "You need to talk to Terrie," said Carrie. 

  "Are you insane?!" exclaimed Asami.

  "I mean through the mind," said Carrie. Asami looked confused.

  "I can't just do that...can I?" asked Asami. Carrie nodded.

  "Now, let's do this!" said Satoshi. He began to fight the other demons. Some attempted to bite him, and some tried to claw at him. He threw his red flames at them. Sister Oana kept praying loudly and quickly. Carrie was now floating like her sister, Miyuki's spirit allowing Carrie to do so. They fought each other as Asami stood near the hole where the fight happened. She gulped and closed her eyes, trying to speak to Terrie.

  "Please stop this,Terrie. This isn't you. You need to fight off the demon," thought Asami. Terrie who was in the air, paused, but only for a second before fighting with Carrie again. Asami thought more.

  "Terrie, I know you're in there. We can stop this fighting if you get rid of the demon! We need your help out here too. Sister Oana is praying for you, Satoshi is fighting away demons, and Carrie is trying to attack you, all while being controlled by Miyuki. Please, I'm begging you, please stop!" Asami began to feel tears run down her face as she squeezed her eyes tighter shut.

  "Please! PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU! STOP THIS NOW! YOU'RE HURTING US!" Asami thought as she wept. Terrie stopped midway in the air, as Sister Oana yelled the last part of her prayer. A demonic screech came from Terrie as her body was thrown down next to Asami. Carrie floated down next to her, her hair now normal blonde and her eyes no longer glowing. The demons seemed to have disappeared. However, the red hole remained there. Suddenly, Terrie vomited a black cloud. It began to manifest into a tall lengthy black demon, eyes red and black horns visible. It smiled with its sharp white teeth. Everyone including Terrie was staring up at the terrifying demon who floated over the red hole.

  "What is that?" asked Asami nervously.

  "Azriel, the king of shadows, who was once a human...until converted into a demon," said Satoshi nervously.