Where do we go from here

by optionbutton

Yuya escapes from a massacre with a promise to hunt the criminals down. Unbeknownst to her, Kyo the legendary demon General of the Mibu Clan is on a mission to find the younger sister to Shaman Shiina Nozomu. A story told on the adventurous whims of the blonde and the samurai who live life as they please until duty and obligations call them back. Snippets of 100 word chapters.

161. Chapter 161

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Yuya clung to Kyo desperately, enduring, gasping... and worrying.

Was he disappointed? Scornful of her failings? Pitying? Yuya peeked upwards, anxious.

And connected with a vermillion gaze of unwavering confidence.

"Your chi is an extension of you, you can will it."

The statement, delivered with such incontestable certainty, jumpstarted her resolve. Yuya squeezed her eyes shut and tried picturing a shimmering glow outlining her body; a finely highlighted silhouette.

The image held.

There!

Urging it to build, it cloaked her in a soothing halo of protection.

Gold light bumped against darkness. It wasn't by much, but she felt it.

Resistance.