Sins of Blairwood-16

~The Dentist~

It was a nice sunny day in Blairwood, as Erma, and Senshi, were taken to the Dentist's office by Sam. Diane and Emiko were having their own day with the two of them making it a girl's day, while Erma sat nervously in the office, with Senshi and her father, beside her.

"Now Erma, they're just gonna be cleaning your teeth, so I want you to be on your best behavior." Sam said.

"Yeah, we're not really wanting a repeat of what happened last time." Senshi snickered making Erma blush, as his fairy wings fluttered. "Even if it was kinda funny."

"Erma? Dr. Craven will see you now." The nurse said coming out to greet them.

"Do you need me to come with again?" Sam asked.

"Oh, no need. We've found a special assistant." The nurse said. "Father, it's time." She called.

Out from the dental work room came a pastor with a gentle smile on his face, and looked at Erma.

"Right this way Erma." He said.

Right before Erma walked in, she used her hair to grab Senshi's wrist, and pulled him in.

"C'mon Erma, you can do this yourself can't you?" Senshi asked, only for Erma's grip to get tighter. "That's a no then." He said as they reached Dr. Craven.

"Hello Senshi, I don't believe it's your turn yet." Dr. Craven said.

"It's not, but Erma won't leave me out there. She wants me in here with her as support." Senshi said as Erma hopped up in the chair, before the nurse strapped her into the chair.

"Sorry for the restraints Erma. But we've had to take some precautions since our last appointment." Dr. Craven said, looking to Erma. "Senshi, you're free to stay and watch, so long as you don't get in the way."

"I'll be sure to do that." Senshi said.

"Okay Erma, open wide please." Dr. Craven said.

Erma looked a bit skeptical before she opened her mouth wide, and it showed a lot a plaque and grime build up, not to mention it smelled rancid.

"Good Lord…" The father said, waving the stench away from his face.

"Chelsie, we're gonna need some holy water for the sprayer." Dr. Craven called to his assistant.

Out in the waiting area, Sam was reading a magazine on men's oral health, before his attention was drawn to the news channel on the television up above.

*"Breaking News. Blairwood Women's Penitentiary has suffered a riot. Sources say no one knows how the riot started but the prison security guards were on the scene to put a stop to it. All but one of the inmates were accounted for. Authorities say to be on the lookout and weary as the escapee is Kuroko Liones. A Mercenary known for her efficient and effective killings."* The news anchor said, a hint of fear in her voice.

"Oh no. I hope the television isn't on in there." Sam exclaimed, worried about how Senshi would react.

Back inside the room, another of the nurses had come out to get another client their lollipop but stopped when one of her cohorts had been thrown into the wall.

"Nancy! Can you get over here please?" Dr. Craven asked as Erma was going crazy. "We need more backup." He exclaimed as the Father was holding up a crucifix and reading verses from the bible.

Senshi was just sitting on a stool, before he sighed and held up a finger, and zapped Erma with his memory manipulation magic, causing everything to calm down.

"What just happened?" The Father questioned.

"I have no idea." Dr. Craven said.

"I'd get to cleaning her teeth if I were you." Senshi exclaimed, letting them know he was still there. "That hallucination spell I put on her won't last forever. Now's your chance."

"Right." Dr. Craven said, before he went straight to cleaning Erma's teeth, actually managing to finish on time with her for once.

"An' that about does it for the spell." Senshi said, just as Chelsie removed the straps, Erma blinking in confusion.

"Well done Erma. Thanks to Senshi's help, we got through your cleaning without a problem after he loaned us his aid." Dr. Craven said. "We'll be seeing you again in six months. Alright Senshi, give us a moment to sanitize and we'll be ready for you."

"Oh boy." Senshi said, not liking the Dentist himself.

~Down to Clown~

Erma and Senshi were walking happily enjoying the rain. It was something they enjoyed immensely, feeling the droplets of rain on their skin. Spotting a big puddle near a drain leading to the sewers, Erma and Senshi jumped and splashed in it.

From inside the drain, a set of menacing eyes came out of the dark, and spotted them, before its face became visible, showing it was a red haired, white skinned clown with crooked yellow teeth.

"Hey kiddies, do you want a balloon?" The clown asked, before frowning, seeing Erma and Senshi weren't where they'd been splashing, which confused the clown, while also distracting him from the fact, Erma was to his right. When he finally did notice her, it was too late. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH." He screamed before struggling to get out of the drain. "No, no please no." He cried out as he was halfway out of the drain. As he reached out his hand to pull himself out further, a small kunai like blade pierced the ground, forcing the clown to react, and pull his hand back, before looking up, seeing Senshi floating in the air, with the same, deathly sweet, look he saw Erma have on her face, while surrounded by multiple flying kunai blades as his Spirit Spear was in its fifth form.

With nothing for the clown to grab onto, he was eventually dragged back into the drain, and silenced for good.

Later, a friend of theirs, Georgie was walking along the same path, wearing a rain coat, and holding a paper boat covered in wax, before he spotted Erma and Senshi, smiling as they passed each other, each of them, holding a red balloon.

"Hey Georgie." Senshi smiled.

"Hey Senshi, hey Erma." Georgie smiled.

"Be careful you're not swept away with the water." Senshi said.

~Jumpy Surprise~

Amy was humming a happy tune as she was putting icing on cupcakes. When she was done, she grabbed the tray and turned around, before jumping when she spotted Erma. Quickly as she could, Amy turned away and ran off.

Erma was confused as to why Amy was ignoring her. First it was Senshi now Amy. So, after she went to visit Amy, Erma went to see as many of her other friends as she could, but they all ran from her, even Connor and Felicia, and they were the least scared of her.

Concerned that she might be losing her friends, Erma walked home, and when entering the living room, she flipped the light on, but was not prepared for what came next.

"SURPRISE." Everyone in the room shouted out, scaring Erma. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERMA."

Everyone looked to the ground to see Erma was terrified, and huddled on the ground, before she looked up and saw everyone was there, including Ban, Elaine, King, Diane, and Senshi. Erma began getting up just as Saphira came up and licked her cheek, causing the young ghost girl to giggle, before she smiled, and hugged Saphira, before Emily hugged her. With that, the birthday party for Erma began and everyone was having a blast.

Later as Erma was opening presents, Senshi couldn't help but feel something was amiss, and it wasn't about the party.

"She's tearing through presents fast. We better get the rest of them." Sam told Emiko.

"I can help." Senshi said.

Senshi went with Emiko to the kitchen where the presents were sitting on the counter, and Emiko picked one up that she didn't recognize. When Senshi saw the scared look on Emiko's face, he had a feeling something was up.

"What's the problem?" Senshi asked.

"Oh, sorry Senshi. Why don't you bring the rest of these out to Erma while I take care of something personal." Emiko said.

"Okay." Senshi said, a bit confused.

After Senshi brought Erma the rest of her gifts, he could smell smoke, before Emiko came out with a somewhat stressed look on her face.

'I wonder what's got her so frantic.' Senshi thought.

Later after everyone began digging into the cake, and the party games, Senshi noticed Erma sneaking out, with a plate of cake, and leaving the back gate.

"A shame Sidney couldn't make it to Erma's party." Amy said.

"Yeah, where is she anyways?" Terry questioned.

"Closer than you may think kiddos." Ban said, noticing Erma and Sidney out in the back, trading cake for a gift like it was a drug deal.

~I'm Sorry Senshi~

As the birthday party for Erma was taking place, somewhere in the underworld, another problem was taking place, another problem involving Kuroko Liones and her ex-lover Beo.

"Oh come now Kuroko, I remember you being much stronger than this." Beo taunted, standing across from Kuroko as she held up dual bladed falchions.

"Well maybe if you removed this stupid power erasing choker from my neck, you'd see I'm still as strong as I was back then." Kuroko said, breathing heavily. She was starting to feel light headed and dizzy as she was bleeding out. Not to mention, she'd been fighting for survival for several weeks, non-stop since Beo broke her out of prison with that riot as a distraction. He could have just used his powers to do that without causing the chaos, "But where's the fun in that?' he reasoned when Kuroko brought it up. The choker Ben had put around her neck when he took her in, was meant for blocking all use of each of her powers.

"I'm afraid this is the end of the line for you my dear." Beo said.

"Oh yeah, and why is that?" Kuroko questioned.

"Because you're literally standing in the center of my trap." Beo smiled.

Kuroko's eyes widened when she heard that, but before she could do anything to leave, she was skewered from multiple different directions, causing her to cough and spit up blood, as the world around her began to go dark.

'This is it for me, isn't it?' Kuroko thought. 'Senshi, I'm sorry. Mommy loves you and hopes you'll forgive me one day. Grandma Elaine, Grandpa Ban, Ben, everyone… I'm sorry I let you all down, and made you disappointed in me. I love you all. Please, forgive me.' She apologized as the life drained from her body, and a single tear rolled down her cheek.

~Williams Household~

Senshi's head shot up, as he looked at the stars as they began to appear, feeling like something bad had just happened.

"Time for bed champ."

Senshi turned around to see Felicia smiling at him, but she grew a look of concern, when she saw his face.

"Hey, Senshi are you okay?" Felicia asked. "Why are you crying?"

Senshi was surprised she asked that, and felt his face, finding his cheeks were wet with tears.

"I, I don't know." Senshi said. "I just feel… hollow for some reason."

"Well you shouldn't, we just got done with an amazing birthday party. An' bonus, all the adults went out on a date, leaving me with you and Erma. Isn't that great?" Felicia asked, before her phone rang. "Hold on one sec, it's Mr. Williams." She said, before answering. "Hello?… Oh hey Mrs. Fairy… Yeah everything's fine… Yeah actually now that you mention it, I did walk in to find Senshi crying for some reason, he said he doesn't know why… Okay, yeah sure I can do that… Alright, I'll see you when you get back, okay bye." She hung up. "That was Elaine, she wants me to get you some warm milk, and read you a special story. Would you like it if Erma joined in for the story?"

"Sure." Senshi said, hopping in bed.

~Underworld~

"Oh drat, I was really hoping she'd last longer." Beo said, looking over Kuroko's corpse. "Oh well, I guess it was a miracle she lasted this long without her powers to begin with. But now that she's no longer among the living, she won't be needing these anymore." Beo said, taking her falchions. "Or this either." He exclaimed reaching for her choker.

"Do not remove the choker, Beo."

Beo turned around, and saw a titan of a being standing hundreds of feet above him, with his face overshadowed, and his eyes visible.

"If you remove the collar, she shall return to the world of the living. The flesh must rot and fall from her skeleton before the choker can safely be removed." The Demon King said.

"As you wish, my liege." Beo said with a bow. "But do forgive me for this, but do you not feel any pain or remorse for her death? She is of your bloodline after all, and the mother of your next vessel."

"I feel nothing for her but pity, for being so weak." The Demon King said. "Once I have retained my next vessel, after he has absorbed all the commandments that the witch Merlin has locked away in her vault, I will eradicate my traitorous son, and conquer the world, before moving on, to the rest of the universe."

"Of course your eminence." Beo said, with a final bow.

"Now be gone, and continue to prepare my next vessel, for my arrival."

"As you command My Lord." Beo said, before leaving, returning to the shadow of his anchor. 'That old fool is not worthy to call himself the Demon King. I am far superior to him, his power is nothing compared to mine. Once he has taken over Senshi's body, I will strike, and take my rightful place on the Demon Throne. This, I swear.'