After making a few more rounds he stumbled across an old farm house. It wasn't nearly the first time in the centuries he had been alive but this time he could feel a different aura around it. He removed his trench coat allowing it to turn back into fog and float away into the night. He approached the decaying house confidently reaching out mentally to keep track of anything that might be sneaking up on him. He cracked his bones in hungry anticipation to see what had broken through this time. Gathering up a few tendrils of shadows the concentrated on fashioning a Kusarigama out of the shadows. Taking a deep breathe he kicked in the door looking around for the source of the aura. Walking through the rooms he could feel the change with every step he took. Turning around once corner he felt himself being lifted off the ground and thrown into the adjacent wall. He could feel his bones shift around under his clothing as he let out a groan.
Lifting up his head he could see the cause of the pain running through his bones. A Gashadokoro crawled towards him. They started out small once crossing over from the other-side. With every soul they took they would grow larger. Throwing one end of the Kusarigama to its side distracted it enough to be able to roll out of the way. He stood up disintegrating the Kusarigama and replacing it with a shot gun. He cocked the gun and fired into the spirit shattering one side of the rib cage and causing the creature to screech in pain. He threw up the gun turning it into a thrashing tendriled mash and hurling it into the skeleton. It latched onto the spirit and bound it together in a mass of crushing bones. Hallows back popped as he shifted his bones below his shirt. All at once they sliced through the material into long bone wings. He started raising into the air having more of the shadows wrap around the bone wings turning them more solid. Controlling the shadows that held the Gashadokoro together he flew up above the clouds.
After reaching up high enough the holes in his skull started to glow brighter until his entire skull lit in in the blood red glow. With his free hand he reached out and felt around until he grabbed the small rope of clear glimmer that was linked to the earth. before mortals walked the Earth all of the spirits created a set of lines that held energy currents throughout the Earth. The humans called them Ley lines. The small openings in the veil were also linked to these lines and could be accessed with them as well. By pulling the ropes spirits could be sent back through them but only if they were first off completely immobilized. They would not go through if they could fight it.
Hallow held onto the ball of bones and shadow tightly as he started to push the mass through slowly. He was about halfway through when a weight was smashed into him. He was thrown off and lost control of the mass causing the shadows to dissipate releasing the screeching Gashadokoro back towards the Earth. He went to chase after it when the same weight slammed into him again. Arms wrapped around him making him fall towards the Earth away from the Skeleton. "Who the hell do you think you are attacking me?!" He screamed only to hear an all too familiar laugh in his ear.
"I told you baby bro. You cant be messing with my plans."
Rage flowed through him as he kicked back to what he was pretty sure was Mid's knee effectively shattering it. He heard him scream and let the younger go to clutch at his broken bone. With his wings free and his mind alert Hallow turned in the air punching his elder brother across the jaw hard enough to have his head snap to the side painfully. He grabbed the grubby shirt and dive bombed the ground using Mid to break his own fall.
"I've had it with you! First you try to hurt kids and now you get in the way of me trying to do my job. At least in the shadows you weren't being a nuisance like you are now. How would Mother react to seeing you huh? How would she like to know you are going against her wishes?!" He punctuated each sentence with a punch to the others face. His black tattoos started to turn red with blood as the younger kept on hitting him. "Why cant you just be helpful or..." He slowed down punching him, "Or just... Be my brother again." He deflated looking down at his brothers unconscious body. He didnt have the fear of killing him. They had both been through far worse and had lived. It took a lot to kill them.
Picking the taller one up Hallow opened up a portal leading them towards his own personal made domain. As much as Mid annoyed him he still loved his brother. Hallow refused to leave him alone to whatever he had let out. The Gashadokoro was one thing to leave him alone with. More could be around the premises.