"Are we there yet?" Iyamoru asked in a gruff tone. His arms were crossed and his back slouched slightly as if he was getting tired.

"I'm bored" Tyler, who was walking next to Iyamoru with his body positioned in exactly the same way, said as he heaved an overdramatic sigh. The human and the three demons had been walking in the woods for only about an hour, but it didn't take long for the two men in the group to fall behind. They had spent a few minutes comparing muscles, then seeing whose teeth were sharper, then seeing who could run faster. Both girls hoped that neither one of them would suddenly attempt whipping out a weapon and seeing who could decapitate the other one fast enough.

"So, if we are in your mind then how come we have free will?" Christina asked over Tyler and Iyamoru's grumbling.

"I don't really know." Jenn answered with a shrug of her shoulders, "I think it is because the characters and plot sometimes takes turns where the writer doesn't necessarily prescribe that movement. I also think that because you and Tyler aren't figments of my imagination the two of you have a lot more agency because you are not the outcome of the creative process but take a part in it"

"That makes sense. And it makes Iyamoru's lack of attention and knowledge more understandable." Christina said and Jenn nodded at the statement. The group walked on for a few more minutes until the grumbling began again.

"I'm tired; can we stop for a little bit?" Tyler questioned as he ran up to the girls, forcing himself between them, nearly knocking the still human writer over with his newfound demon strength.

"Are we there yet?!" Iyamoru repeated as he sidled up next to Jenn and poked her on the shoulder, knocking her back into Tyler who, in turn, poked Christina.

"I'd like to sit down and relax a little bit; this club is heavy."

"I think that I am getting hungry. We should stop somewhere that we can get nourishment"

"Are we there yet?"

"Where are we going again"

"Shut-up!" Jenn screamed and suddenly there was silence. She breathed in slowly and then exhaled, trying to relax herself until outrageous laughter began to come from Christina. She began snorting and soon was being pulled up by Tyler in order to keep her from falling into the ground. "What the hell?" Jenn asked when Christina, through her snorts pointed from Tyler to Iyamoru and back to Tyler.

"Mmmm Mm Mmm Mmmmm" Iyamoru mumbled.

"Mmmm Mm Mm Mmmmmmmm" Tyler joined in the chorus of mumbles and Jenn began to laugh so hard that Christina and the Writer needed to cling to one another in order to keep from falling to the ground and looking up at Tyler and the dog demon whose mouths has mysteriously disappeared.

"What did you say?" Jenn asked in spite of herself, sending herself and Christina into even more fits of laughter.

"If I can translate, I think Iyamoru said 'This is not funny" and Tyler said 'This is so gangster.'" Christina said through her chuckles. Tyler's eyes were laughing as he poked the place where his mouth should be, but Iyamoru walked over to a rock and sat down next to it, folding together his arms and legs, pouting.

"I hope you both learned your lesson." Jenn said as she sat next to Iyamoru who was staring her down with his amber eyes. Christina and Tyler moved over and sat down hand in hand, completing the circle.

"Yeah, don't act like children" Christina chuckled as she ran a hand through Tyler's hair.

"Yeah, Yeah, we won't act like that anymore" Tyler said, his mouth back to normal.

"Speak for yourself feline" Iyamoru stuck his nose up into the air before getting up and walking away from the group and disappearing through a thick glade of trees.

"Feline?" Tyler asked as he reached up and touched his ears, realizing for the first time that they were pointed.

"We're cheetah demons now, remember" Christina said softly as she answered, though her mind was more linked to her eyes which were locked onto where Iyamoru disappeared into the forest.

"I thought we decided we were dog demons?" Tyler countered as he rubbed his chin.

"Jenn said we couldn't be dog demons because Iyamoru is a dog demon." Christina fixed her eyes on Tyler in a very vexed yet exhausted manner.

"I think that I look like an elf. My stubble disappeared and my ears are pointy."

"You're still as white as always." Tyler blew up his cheeks with air and nodded his head. Christina, in one move, brought her hands forward and smacked the sides of Tyler's cheeks, a squelch-like noise escaping through his lips. Both of them began laughing hysterically as they repeated the motion.

"You two are so immature" Jenn grumbled as she stood and followed after Iyamoru.

"And proud of it!" Tyler and Christina yelled after her at the same time as Christina began to snuggle with Tyler and they both lay back against the grass, looking up at the clouds. Jenn continued walking, leaving the couple alone so that they could be alone together. She knew that, now they were demons, they could take care of themselves. It also didn't hurt that they still had most of their free will and could exist outside of her mind; that was a comforting thought.

"Iyamoru, why the hell did you just leave like that?!" Jenn yelled as she saw the dog demons white hair. He was lying down on the grass, his head propped up with one of his hands. He had a piece of long grass between his teeth which he spat out as Jenn came closer.

"You tell me, you're the one running my life…literally."

Jenn sat down next to Iyamoru and brought her legs to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, his words slightly biting into her, "Look, I can't help it that I created you. You still have some agency considering I didn't tell you to say that."

"No you didn't but you made me contemptible, sardonic, and arrogant. So, really, my responses are tailored to what you created me as, even if the words are my own."

"If you wanted to change, even with the little amount of free will you have, you could."

"Well…yes, I suppose that that is true." Iyamoru conceded as he sat up, a slight smile twisting onto his lips. "So what are we doing here?"

"I assume we are just waiting for something to happen. I won't know until it pops into my head and since we are in my head, the idea will be right in front of us before I can warn anyone or do anything about it."

"So we are all screwed"

"Basically."

"RUN! Get the hell out of here!" Christina screamed as her and Tyler came running through the trees, followed by a huge wolf.

"See, what I tell you, something would happen sooner or later." Jenn waved her hand in a demonstrative manner towards the large wolf demon who was growling at her friend, its large teeth dripping with foam and saliva. "Tyler!" Jenn yelled catching the man's attention, "Now's your time to test your weapons."

Tyler grinned really wide and then let out a war cry as he took his club and jumped in the air, swinging down at the wolf's head. The wolf dodged and swiped at Tyler who flew in the air, hitting a tree.

"Tyler, are you okay?" Christina yelled as she ran towards the tree, worry all over her face.

"That was totally gangster!" Tyler stood up and brushed off the bark that attached to his clothes as he had fallen down the trunk of the tree. There was a little bit of dust that had accumulated on his cheek, but other than that there was nothing else wrong with him.

"Look, you made them immortal, happy?" Iyamoru asked as he leaned back onto his hands, propping himself up enough so that he could watch the two new demons fight.

"I am happy and now they will get experience fighting which is more than you can say. Weakling." Jenn poked Iyamoru's shoulder, sneaking one of his daggers out of his kimono with her other hand and flipping it in the air.

"Would you guys help us? We have no idea what we are doing!" Christina yelled as she and Tyler dodged a large bite from the wolf.

"Are you going to help them?" Jenn asked Iyamoru who shrugged and grabbed his dagger back from Jenn and put it back in his clothing, "I guess that is a no"

"Jenn, what are we supposed to do!" Tyler yelled as he jumped from tree to tree, the wolf following his every move.

"Wait, I know what to do!" Christina yelled as she ran and slid in front of the wolf without the demon noticing. She wiggled her fingers until she noticed shiny pieces of thread. Quickly she threw out the threads which wrapped themselves around the wolf's legs without the wolf noticing, the demons eyes too fixed on Tyler running from treetop to treetop. Christina pulled and slammed the wolf down upon the ground, knocking it out. She released the threads from her fingers and whistled. Tyler joined her on the ground and they high fived.

"Jenn did you see that? It was so totally…" Tyler began before Jenn interrupted.

"Gangster?" Jenn finished his sentence as she smiled and ran up to her two friends, hugging her roommate and slapping Tyler on the shoulder. The three friends turned and began to walk back to where Jenn and Iyamoru were sitting. Iyamoru, who they thought would be enjoying their victory, was standing up, his hand in front of him and his nails jutting out.

"What the hell?" Jenn whispered to herself before she heard a large growl. Christina, Jenn, and Tyler turned slowly as the wolf bit through the threads and leapt up in the air. The girls screamed as the wolf's teeth came closer to them. In one second Iyamoru flew gracefully above them and slashed through the wolf. Pieces of fur and muscle fell to the ground before disintegrating into smoke and disappearing.

"Always kill the demon. Always, always, always!" Iyamoru yelled as he shook the wolf demon blood from his fingernails and walked through the three friends, pushing them aside.

Christina and Jenn cocked their heads at Iyamoru while Tyler shrugged.

"Hey writer, I'm hungry. Be useful and conjure up something to eat." Iyamoru snorted as he looked back over his shoulder and smirked.

Jenn balled up her fists and grinned her teeth at the dog demon, "I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it!" Something resembling a fish flew through the air from in front of Iyamoru and smacked him in the face, knocking him forcefully to the ground.

"Thanks Jenn" Tyler said as he pulled the fish off of Iyamoru's face and took out a bite with his sharp fangs. Iyamoru gave a death glare at both Tyler and Jenn before getting up and leaping forward, fighting with Tyler for the fish while Jenn and Christina rolled their eyes and chuckled, watching the two men go at it.