Notes:

A new short series (and I mean really short) to celebrate Halloween this year!

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

As the chanting grew louder around the young woman, she let out an exasperated sigh. She felt like crying, but what was the point? The smell of the burning straw and make-shift torches hit her nose and she coughed. What the hell are they burning? She peered into the darkness of the thick trees but saw nothing. She strained her ears to hear beyond the chanting. Then she felt it.

Thump….Thump…..Thump….THUMP!

The ground shook beneath her shaky legs. She pulled at the rope that bound her to the thick wood posts. She pulled as hard as she could, not caring that she was tearing her skin off. The burning of her skin peeling meant nothing as the vibration of the ground grew closer. Her dark chocolate eyes tore away from the tree line down to her outfit.

'What the hell am I wearing?!'

Someone redressed her from her hoodie, jeans, and boots to a fur v-neck tube top and a fur skirt that barely came past her vagina. No wonder she was cold. She had goosebumps all over. Her teeth were chattering. As she went back to pulling on the ropes, she muttered to herself.

"Go on vacation they tell you…have fun they tell you…you never go out Rin. Treat yourself. You deserve it."

She looked behind her, seeing people wearing masks and robes. The masks resembled an….Inu? She squinted her eyes in confusion. Were these people….summoning something?! The chanting, what she was wearing. In the woods late at night. How did she even get here?! She remembered going for a walk at lunch time and then everything goes fuzzy. Her heart beat wildly in her chest. The chanting was raising to a crescendo. Someone wearing only a hakama beat wildly on a nagado-daiko.

It was getting too loud. She shook her head, trying to drown out everything around her. She had to do something! Throwing her head back, she mustered everything she had.

"STOP IT!"

Everything stopped. She opened her eyes to see someone now standing in front of her. Their arms raised high. The entire forest grew quiet. She couldn't even hear one insect. There was…nothing. The lone figure before her clapped three times.

"OH GREAT DEMON GOD! WE PRESENT YOU TO OUR TRIBUTE!"

"WHAT?!" She screamed.

The figured pivoted their head towards to her. "SILENCE!" They marched to her, slapping her across the face.

"OH GREAT DEMON GOD! WE LEAVE THIS TRIBUTE TO YOU TO DO AS YOU PLEASE!"

Her ears rang as she shook her head from the slap that stung. She vowed once she got free, she would find that man and beat the shit out of him. As she blinked her eyes into focus, she turned to see everyone walking away.

"HEY! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!"

THUMP…..THUMP…..THUMP…..THUMP!

The ground shook so hard, her legs tingled. Her head whipped back to the forest when she heard trees snapping in half. Her eyes widened in horror to see an ungodly white beast staring at her. Its paws were huge. Acid dripped from its large snout. Its teeth were monstrous and sharp. Thick white-grayish fur covered its body. It let out a growl so deep she felt it in her chest. She shook as her eyes drifted from the thick body to the enormous head to see bright red eyes staring at her. With one enormous paw, it stepped closer.

Another step.

THUMP! THUMP!

The fire lighting the surrounding area suddenly went out as the colossal beast snapped its jaws at her within a few feet.

And in that moment, Rin did the only thing she could think of.

She screamed into the darkness, and then everything went dark.

~oOo~

I have been posting all my new fics on AO3 under Kawaii_girl0905. I decided to post this story here as well this year. Feel free to check out my stories on there!