p class="MsoNormal"emKeep me safe. Danger approaches./em A soft voice sounded in her head and when it faded the trees shook with a roar and she suddenly remembered that oni travel in pairs. The other would be here soon. She couldn't let it get its hands on the magic stone. So she carefully cut the dog's forehead open and dug the jewel out. But the moment it fell into her hands, the second oni arrived. She didn't think she had the time to charge another rock with reiki to save herself so she jumped up and ran away from the dog's corpse./p
p class="MsoNormal"Please review!/p