Chapter 3: Strolling Through the Mist
"Ugh! Damn it just my luck!" Yato was jumping from side to side as he was fighting off two different Ayakashi at once trying to avoid being capture by them.
"Yato jump to your right!" A voice chime in his head. He did just that and he heard the two Ayakashi that was chasing him collide into one another.
"That was close. Thanks Kinki…" Yato sigh out.
"Yato we're not out of danger yet you know." The Voice, now identified as Kinki, said while observing the current situation.
"On the contrary, this is good…" Yato breath in and said as he observes the two Ayakashi, a giant yellow bird and a blue squid, now fighting each other. Yato raised is hand pointed at the two ayakashi and willing Kinki's mist to surround the two as he began to chant.
"This is the Land of the Rising Sun. Your desecration shall not be allowed! I am the god Yato. I now lay thee to waste with the Kinki, and expel thy vast defilement, Rend!" As Yato finished the Chant, multiple spears began to appear at various angle and impale the two Ayakashi in various spots.
"Ack!" the Bird Ayakashi Roar before disappearing.
The Squid Ayakashi seemed to just wiggle before disappearing.
"Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle…" Yato heard Kinki's comment on the Squid Ayakashi.
"Really, Asane…" Yato sighs, as his face met his palm and he turned to his newest Shinki.
Kinki or rather Asane laughs as he materialises beside him "You have to admit it Yato, that it was funny."
Yato just sighs and look at his Shinki. Really the boy was something, not even a day has passed and he was already accepting of his role as a Shinki already. Asane also seem okay being told he was actually dead and was now in, simple terms, a weapon for him to use. This Shinki honestly baffle him, but Yato was thankful at least that Asane was not disobeying him actively. Well only time will tell how Asane will react to him now.
"How many does those two ayakashi make now? 6 or 7?" Yato heard Asane inquiry "right after we left the forest or was it more than that?"
Yato just sighs at Asane and looks at the Shinki. Asane was fairly normal height teenager and fair skinned, he was for a lack terms pretty for a male teen. He had brown hair and brown eyes, He was wearing a normal Kimono, a Shinishozoku, which was expected of him since he was a newly created Shinki.
Yato just sighs again feeling a headache coming at Asane's Question "If you don't count the smaller ones, 14. If you do count the smaller ones, then about 25."
Asane blinked "Are you sure?"
Yato just groaned "Yes, this town is infested with Ayakashi!"
Asane just hum in thought "Infestation huh? So Yato do you know why this town is infested?"
"there be multitude of reasons for it." Yato answered "Negative Karma, Unproper burial, divine retribution or something else…"
After he finish listing the possibility of why the Town was infested to Asane "what I know for sure is the Local spirit should know why."
"Now Come on, lets get moving Asane." Yato said as began walking toward the bridge that connects the town, the Samegawa Bridge.
"Yes!" the Shinki answered as he began walking beside Yato towards the bridge.
"Oh you got to be joking with me!?" Yato exclaimed, as he and Asane, whom was walking beside him, near the Samegawa Bridge.
"Well…" Asane mutter to himself "you did say the town was infested with ayakashi but this just ridiculous."
"Come Kinki." Yato just sighs and summons Kinki's Mist to hide him.
"Ryo!" Yato Orders Kinki mist to surround the area with a thin layer of mist.
"Kinki, please get the total number of Ayakashi on the bridge and its surrounding" Yato ordered his Shinki.
"Roger that" So Kinki began counting as per order by his god "1, 2, 3, 4,… Yato there are about 7 Ayakashi on the bridge and 3 under bridge but there is one more that I can't pin point where it is but if we eliminate the smaller ones, maybe it'll appear. I think the 10 Ayakashi I sensed are fighting one another, territorial fight I guest."
"Territorial fight huh, Good that means they won't be focusing on us." Yato said "How big are they Kinki"
"Medium Size, the size of a normal car, wait…" Kinki stopped for a moment.
"What is it Kinki?" Yato raised an eyebrow
"The Last Ayakashi, its big Yato, the size of the house. This one not on the bridge or near its area but just enough for me to sense it." Kinki observe the situation "… Its hiding and waiting for the right moment to strike. Be careful Yato."
"We'll just have to destroy all the Ayakashi at once then." Yato glared at the Ayakashi gathered at the Bridge.
"Roger that…" Kinki acknowledge but there was a slight hesitance "…But Yato we have to find a place to rest after this, you can't Keep fighting in that state and for what your planning that will take a lot of energy from you."
Yato blink for a moment, but smile softly at that. He felt warm, but he had to give it to Asane, his newest Shinki was kind in his own way but sometimes that kindness gets him trouble in his previous life but now Asane was his and he was not going to let the kid get hurt. Even if they knew each for only a few hours, Asane was making an effort.
"Okay, after we deal with these Pests." Yato said as he concentrated on the images of him slaying Ayakashi in the past. Some using Western Rapier, some using Knifes, some using Spears and of course some using Katana.
He concentrated on these images in his mind and relays it to his Shinki "Ready Kinki?"
"Ready…" Kinki simply respond.
"Relax, Kinki it will be fine." Yato reassured.
Yato Began by commanding Kinki's Mist to thicken around the bridge "This is the Land of the Rising Sun."
"Your desecration shall not be allowed!" The gathered Ayakashi paid no attention as the mist that began to envelop them, not knowing that figures that began to form around them, waiting to strike the final blow.
"I am the god Yato." The God began to put more power into the spell, to make sure that everything goes as plan.
"I now lay thee to waste with the Kinki, and expel thy vast defilement, Rend!" as he finishes the spell images of yato previous battles with Ayakashi solidifies surround the Ayakashi.
Cutting, Slashing and Piercing all the Ayakashi in multiple ways
As if signalling everything was done all the Ayakashi just exploded.
"See Asane? We won…" Yato said but he noticed that his vision was swaying "…What?"
"Yato!" That was the last thing he heard was Asane screaming his name before everything went dark.