Darkness
That's all she could see, that's all she had ever seen for the past few minutes, the panic her mind had been set into faded away, the inner beast that mingled with her soul had quietened; this place she had been pulled into, it was powerful, ancient and dangerous. It actually seemed…alive?
This wasn't a place, this was a being.
Now terrified of what she had called upon, the monstrous woman now felt the pressure of this being start to suffocate her, as if she were drowning yet..
"What is it that you want, above all else, precious little pet?"
Her brain felt like it was on fire, a screech of pain and panic filling the darkness as she grasped her head while covering her ears, tears pricked her ears. That was just it talking and it felt like someone took her head through metal barb wire…
But..it asked what she wanted…and called her a pet…
What did she want above all else? Freedom, Power, Ranking, to never be told what to do again! Though, there was more than just one supernatural force involved with this, and the second finally spoke up. Her ethereal voice so gentle that it calmed the woman massively, "You do this, and we won't come back out the same, we will be different..and not in a good way." It seems the Inugami knew what this being was, and for her not to say made Natsumi nervous.
But…greed was a horrible thing, and she didn't want to go back out there and die. "I want…"
"I want power! I desire to be the strongest being, I don't want to die! Give me this and..I'll serve you for eternity!"
Then..nothing but pain, every fiber of her being, both spiritual and physical, felt as if it was being torn asunder. Unable to do nothing but scream in pure agony, her cries went silent as she felt something travel down her throat to pool into her veins, boiling her blood. She was being crushed, ripped, torn, shredded then put back together again, only to have another torturing process begin. Time flew by, she didn't know how much, all she knew was agony and death, it broke her mind and spirit, it broke..everything.
So it was quite odd to feel nothing, it was so sudden that her brain couldn't comprehend it. Frozen, Natsumi tried to get her senses to work but they only felt warmth. It was actually..kind of nice, until the warm built up to a pressure of heat that felt like a roaring fire eating her away. She would turn to coal, then come to life yet again, how much more? How much more would she suffer, how much more could she take?
"You are…complete. Do not disappoint me, my darling pet, your strength will grow with time."
Her voice didn't hurt anymore, the fact that Natsumi could distinguish the tone of voice alone was impressive. Staring into the black, she felt her lips twitch upwards into a wide smile, it had been done? She now had power?
"Thank you.."