Kiku had somehow vanished from her bedroom. Ayame searched the room countless times but found nothing. Then, she heard a noise coming from inside Kiku's closet. It didn't sound very human to Ayame, so she pulled out her twin blades and crept up to the door. She quickly flung the door open and saw Kiku sitting up against the wall, shivering like a frightened cat.
"Kiku, what are you doing in here?" questioned Ayame.
"I saw another monster!" Kiku squeaked.
Ayame sighed and pulled Kiku from out of the closet.
"Listen, Kiku these monsters you're seeing are all just apart of your imagination. They can't hurt you."
Kiku looked at Ayame with an annoyed expression.
"I'm telling you the truth! Why would I lie about something like this?"
Ayame shrugged.
"I'm not going to sleep, ever!" Kiku declared.
"Oh yes you are!" replied Ayame as she tossed Kiku over her shoulder and put her back in the bed.
"No! Ayame please I beg you. I don't want to go to sleep!"
"If you quit whining I might give you something good," Ayame teased.
"Ok," Kiku said smiling.
Ayame reached into her pocket and pulled out a rice ball.
"Here, you can have this."
"Thank you, Ayame."
Kiku took several bites and finished the rice ball within seconds.
"Hey that was pretty good," she said rubbing her stomach.
Soon, she began to feel a little drowsy. She could see her room spinning around circles constantly. When she looked up, she could see several Ayame's sitting on her bed.
"What did you do to me?" Kiku said with her head falling back on her pillow and eyes closing slowly.
"Good Night Kiku," Ayame giggled.
At that moment, Kiku was finally asleep. After she put Kiku to sleep, Ayame began to grow tired. She yawned and quickly fell on Kiku's bedside. Ayame closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep as well. Later, Ayame woke up after hearing strange sounds coming from inside the room.
"Kiku, go to bed already!" Ayame moaned.
The whining noise was heard again.
"Kiku go to bed!" Ayame shouted.
The whining noise was heard again.
Ayame angrily sat up from the bedside.
"Kiku I said…….. what the hell!"
When Ayame looked up expecting to see Kiku awake, she instead saw a large demon standing over her with saliva dripping from his fangs. Kiku woke up and saw the demon and began to scream. The demon pulled his fist back and threw it into the bed. Ayame quickly grabbed Kiku and rolled out of the way. The demon smashed the bed into several pieces and began viscously tearing everything apart in Kiku's room.
"He was just in my dream!" Kiku cried.
"Your dream? You mean you dreamt this guy up?" Ayame said.
"Yes, that's the only place I've seen him until now. Now, he's in my room!"
Ayame became suspicious.
"And you dreamt up that other demon you saw too, right?"
"Yes," Kiku nodded.
"Something's not right. How can your nightmares be coming to life?"
"I don't know."
After the demon finished destroying Kiku's room, he set his sights on Ayame and Kiku.
"Kiku, get out of here now!" Ayame commanded.
"What about you?"
"I'm going to take this guy!"
"You're going to fight him?"
"Would you rather let him kill us?"
Kiku shook her head rapidly.
"Then, get out of here!"
Kiku got up from her knees and ran to the door. The moment she got to the end of the room, the door quickly flung open and another demon appeared behind it.
"Damn it! Not another one!" Ayame screeched.
Kiku screamed and ran the other way.
Kiku's scream distracted Ayame and gave the demon an opportunity to attack her with her back turned. The demon pounced onAyame and scratched her with his razor sharp claws. Ayame punched him in the face and kicked his stomach; giving her the chance to escape from his grasp. Rikimaru came in minutes later with his sword drawn.
"What the hell is going on here?" he said.
"Rikimaru! Protect Kiku!" Ayame screamed.
Rikimaru turned to his right and saw the other demon getting ready to make a meal out of Kiku. He quickly dashed up to the beast andslit its back with his sword. The demon took his attention off of Kiku and on to Rikimaru.
"That's right, I cut you. What are you going to do about it?" Rikimaru taunted.
The demon hissed at Rikimaru and took a swipe at his face. Rikimaru caught the monsters hand and drove his sword into the monsters stomach.
"Your not welcome here. Leave!" Rikimaru commanded
The demon dropped to the floor and died.
Rikimaru than went over to give Ayame a hand with the other demon but she did not need his help for she had already killed it.
"Can someone tell me what's going on here?" Rikimaru said wiping the blood of the demon from his sword.
That's it for chapter 3, be sure to review!