As odd as the team up of the rather quiet and passive Lucas with the loud, over the top energetic "Yokai Summoner" Kiara Noha in her yokai world alias of Pegasus Shine, it was rather productive when it came to stopping trouble. They were quite the duo indeed, even if Lord Enma was nowhere to be found at the moment.
"Well, as my boss said, I need to get going to help them fight crime." Pegasus Shine said to Lucas and his party. "Though, I don't think they'd mind if you tagged along, so long as you keep your distance."
"If it's really important you should be going then." Lucas responded, as Celestnyan floated over and put her paw on his shoulder.
"Don't you mean we?" Celestnyan responded. "As in me, the summoner, you, and your yokai?"
"Oh yeah." Lucas shyly answered to the feline's correction. "Don't you think it might be a bit overkill?"
"In the world of fighting crime in cool costumes, there's no such thing as "overkill" in my book." Pegasus Shine responded. "We don't know what kind of dangers may be ahead, so it's best we come prepared. Now let's go, justice is like fast food, you gotta serve it quick or else people are gonna complain."
Without much delay or questions, the group was out and about once more, as the summoner needed to be swift to catch up with her teammates downtown. As expected, there was an intense stare down between both sides, but not much damage has happened. At least yet.
"I made it one piece, and I'm here to help all ya'll out!" Pegasus Shine yelled, running over to catch up with her teammates. "Apologies I took so long, had unexpected errands."
"Good timing, we have ran into quite the problem." Skyshariman greeted the sixth ranger. Shortly after the summoner's arrival onto the scene, everyone quickly huddled into a circle of six, whispering to each other their secret battle plans.
"That would be...?" Pegasus Shine asked, sounding quite concerned.
"We all forgot our lines for our roll call." D-Rex whispered nervously to Pegasus Shine, who only thought for a moment in absolute silence before even thinking about speaking up.
"...Did you guys seriously forget your lines? It's a vital step in being a hero! Not only that, but we rehearsed this!" Pegasus Shine questioned her yokai teammates, being less than enthralled. The summoner quickly got out a few index cards she had been carrying with her and handed them to everyone on her team. "Remember your lines, and don't forget to pose either! We gotta make this work!"
"...What are you guys doing?" The smallest of Tempest Pride's members, Bad Boya, questioned the other side. Everyone on Super Seed quickly got into their positions to begin the long awaited roll call.
"Protecting the innocent with the might of the entire horizon and the might of the ocean! The Great Hero, Skyshariman!" Skyshariman started things off, trying to not notice the explosives behind him.
"Shrouded by complete mystery, with strange power justice shall be served! The Strong Hero, Origin!" Origin followed in suit with, only being slightly startled by the unannounced explosives
"Lurking in the shadows without making a sound, scoundrels never see me coming and you better believe it! The Dark Night Hero, Hanzo!" Hanzo shouted, refusing to admit he flinched at the explosive going off behind him.
"Able to spy through even the densest security systems, all in the name of right while still looking good! The Cute Hero, Bunny Mint!" Bunny Mint followed up with, quite a startling explosion going off after her role had been called.
"Immense power with millions of hours in the making, crushing evil to nothing but dust! The Rookie Hero, D-Rex!" D-Rex added in, not even noticing an explosion went off dangerously close behind him.
"Shining above, radiating with the never ending light of justice even in the darkest of times! The Sparkling Hero, Pegasus Shine!" Pegasus Shine yelled with all her soul doing a spiffy pose to set off an explosive. However, she didn't flinch at it like the others. She was used to all these explosives.
"Serving justice for all that is right, stronger than the scent of the rawest fish, faster than chefs putting sushi on a rotating platter, we are the Yokai Hero Squadron, Super Seed!" All six of the members finished off, ending things with one last pose and well, yet another round of explosives. It left the other side simply stunned.
"Where did they get all those pyrotechnics?" The Shark commented. "We need to invest in some of those."
"I do have to give them points for choreography." Professor Zero remarked.
"Well bad news guys...I didn't set up those explosions!" Pegasus Shine interrupted her team, as another one went off without any warning. "Just like that one!"
"That's odd, I thought you were the only one who used such an array of explosives." Celestnyan commented, before picking up some of the leftovers from the explosive. "Though I don't quite recall you using spider silk in your explosives, summoner."
"Are we just going to stand here, or are we going to do something?" Skyshariman asked, as Pegasus Shine thought deeply.
"Yes we are going to do something, and I feel the presence of where these troubling explosives may be!" Pegasus Shine stated, heading in a particular direction. "Now follow me you guys, I think I'm on a hot trail!"
The members of Super Seed had left in the direction of the energized, jumpsuit wearing summoner, leaving Tempest Pride without much to do. Lucas and his yokai finally came out of hiding.
"...Do you guys need help?" Lucas asked the rather daunting anti-hero team.
"With what?" Speedy W questioned. "The other team left pretty quickly, and that's saying something coming from me."
Just as the question was raised, it was answered by a rather large rock from a nearby park being throw, nearly bludgeoning somebody.
"Whatever is causing that...The only thing scarier than their rock throwing is their good timing...!" Lucas warned, shaken by the sudden rock throwing.
Soon, both sides had split off, the "yokai summoner" with her aforementioned team, and Lucas teaming up with the rowdy anti-heroes.
"I'm not usually one to question your instincts, but are you sure this...explosive causing yokai is in this warehouse?" Origin asked, as Pegasus Shine nodded.
"Of course, if something is throwing dangerous explosives, their hideout is either a rock quarry or an abandoned warehouse." Pegasus Shine informed. "It always happens on TV, and art mimics reality after all."
The group of heroes had made their way into a large, old warehouse on the outskirts of town. It looked old, really old, to the point some of the ground was cracked and it was rather dusty.
"For a warehouse that's probably not been touched in over half a century, I wasn't expecting cobwebs this size." Kirakoma noted, standing by his summoner's side. He did have a point, there were massive spider webs and they were everywhere.
Before another word could be uttered, the ground shook.
"What was that?!" Bunny Mint asked, her ears twitching a bit.
"I didn't feel anything, but I do certainly feel a presence of a yokai in here..." Origin commented.
The heroes soon found their answer as the stomping presence made themselves clear.
That being the form of a giant spider yokai, with the head of a tiger. Well, mostly a tiger, as the head still retained the six eyes and frightening mandibles and fangs spiders are known for. Also tigers were not very well known for having red marking around their eyes and sporting a mostly dark purple and yellow palette, complete with an eerie dark aura.
"What on earth is that thing!?" D-Rex questioned before destroying something to dust for once.
"That is the classic yokai Arachnus, well known for being a fearsome yokai from the mountains, as well as the general of the Bony Spirits faction in the great yokai war! However, it's extremely rare he ever looks like this, he looks quite different most of the time." Hanzo analyzed, informing everyone of the massive yokai. Pegasus Shine stepped back just a little bit, startled by the massive spider.
"You know how I said I had one fear?" Pegasus Shine pointed out to her teammates, handing Celestnyan the Celest Dream Wand and her Dream Watch core. "Spiders are that one fear, and that one is big and nasty and I am out!"
The costumed summoner could be heard yelling variants of "no" and "nope" as she attempted to run out of the warehouse. Such a shame that there was a sink hole covered in spider webbing she fell down in.
"Summoner!" Celestnyan yelled, holding the heroic summoner's main components in her paws.
"Listen, you help the others fend off that spider, I'll figure out a way to get out of this hole!" Pegasus Shine yelled from down below the hole. As to why there was a hole in the warehouse was unknown, guess poor flooring or was dug by Arachnus himself.
"I wasn't expecting to see someone fall down here, and to have the hero's presence." A voice said, catching Pegasus Shine's attention instantly. To one of the walls in the dungeon hole, there was a cell hastily made from spider webbing. Behind the bars was a yokai the energized summoner had never seen before. She was a fine young lady, very well dressed with the faintest pastel pink hair and bright pink eyes. She wore a simple yet elegant white gown adorned with golden highlights, but was mostly covered by a large shawl resembling the night sky. To top it off, she wore a small tiara lined with pearls and what loosely resembled rabbit ears. While this yokai wasn't known to the summoner, something felt eerily familiar somehow.
"Who are you?" Pegasus Shine asked the yokai. "And how do you know about my hero's presence or whatever you just said?"
"My name is Princess Kaga, I hail from the Heartful tribe." The princess yokai, Princess Kaga answered the energized summoner's question. "Your costume is like the one me and Kirakoma forged together for the hero who wields the Silver Crystal Star."
"Well, I don't wield the Silver Crystal Star myself, my feline in serving justice Celestnyan does." Pegasus Shine filled in for the princess yokai. "But how do you know about the Silver Crystal Star given how all the parts of it were in St. Peanutsburg?"
"Simple, I used to possess it. I feared something suspicious was going on, as more dangerous yokai activity ensued that lead up to my eventual capture since I let word out to the head councilman, I had to split off the star into five pieces and scatter them, and coincidentally they all landed in St. Peanutsburg." Princess Kaga explained. "Yet somehow, you still feel familiar to me, great hero of the Silver Crystal Star."
"Same here, you feel eerily familiar." Pegasus Shine remarked. "But, I'll do two birds with one stone by introducing myself and letting you out."
The white clad summoner set up a few of her trademark explosives near the spider webbed prison, making a hand gesture to Princess Kaga to stand back.
"Well your highness, I am a sparkling hero, shining like a star, and while without a pegasus meteor punch, I do consider myself a heroic saint in the making, and that's no fantasy. I am none other than Pegasus Shine!" Pegasus Shine finally introduced herself properly to the yokai princess, with her dramatic posing causing quite the explosion powerful enough to reduce the spider webbing of prison bars to mere ashes.
"I see, so Pegasus Shine is your name, correct?" Princess Kaga asked.
"Well, I do have a true alias, but I'll reveal it after we not only get out of this hole but that spider is put under control." Pegasus Shine answered, trying to find a way out of the hole.
As the two were trying to figure a way out, being flung into the hole was the pegasus themed heroine's most trusted partner in crime, Celestnyan, still holding onto the Celest Dream Wand in her little paws.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, I wasn't expecting eight legs to be so strong at flinging me." Celestnyan remarked, slowly getting up.
"Celestnyan, you're here!" Pegasus Shine said, running up to help her partner in serving raw justice. "Good timing since I just mentioned you in passing and I think we could use your help!"
"Yeah no kidding, I was flung in here but I think I at least got a hit on the giant spider." Celestnyan remarked, noticing the princess by the side of Pegasus Shine. "And who is this exactly?"
"Alright Celestnyan, this is Princess Kaga, the original possessor of the Silver Crystal Star and a really cool gal. Princess Kaga this is Celestnyan, my partner in serving justice. She used to be two separate cat yokai but fused into Celestnyan after I did some crazy wild stuff in St. Peanutsburg." Pegasus Shine introduced the both sides, complete with a handshake.
"Excellent, do you know a way out?" Princess Kaga asked.
"Celestnyan, can you lift us both out like you did in our first fight?" Pegasus Shine asked her feline partner, who in turn gave a shrug.
"Well the thing is, I can float just fine, but I only have enough strength to carry one person, and that time was mostly to make a really flashy entrance back into the fight." Celestnyan answered, leaving the party of three absolutely darned.
"Hmm?" Princess Kaga noted, catching the attention of the other two. "That's odd, I never saw an emergency underground exit here. Must have been unveiled through the explosions."
"Do you have a plan in mind?" Celestnyan asked.
"Yes actually. I believe if we climb to a high structure in the middle of the city and use the power of the Silver Crystal Star through the Celest Dream Wand alongside my own powers, we might be able to reverse the disastrous effects on Arachnus and Toadal Dude..." Princess Kaga explained. "Now we must hurry, we don't have much time left to sit around!"
Meanwhile on Lucas' end of things the child was trying to avoid some serious calamity in a nearby park.
"To be fair I'm not sure what to do, since this seems like a total mess." Lucas said to two of his yokai, Venoct and Kyryn.
Indeed Lucas' observation was correct, as in the park there was a large toad, quite the warty behemoth indeed. He didn't seem too pleased by several anti-heroes batting around at him, alongside what seemed like really buff versions of a blue dog and a yellow tabby cat. Yokai could do some strange things.
"Or should you rather say a toadal mess." Kyryn added in, Venoct groaning in response to the classic yokai's pun.
"Well, We should at least to try and do something..." Venoct stated, before noticing the Tempest Pride leader, Saki-chan. "Hey, do you got this under control or not?"
Saki-chan noted the serpentine yokai's question. However, what came first to her mind was something unexpected.
"I don't know why, but I really feel like punching Skyshariman right now." Saki-chan said a loud, sounding quite casual about it. "Actually, that doesn't sound like half of a bad idea."
As the tempura loving heroine flew off, the dog and cat duo were quickly flung by the large toad, reverting to a smaller, less shirtless form. Recovering, they had a bit of banter with each other.
"Ow, I can't believe that happened, Inumaro." The cat said to presumably Inumaro.
"I wasn't sure that this toad would be such a rough fight either, Nekokiyo." Inumaro responded to the feline, Nekokiyo.
"Should we at least try again?" Nekokiyo asked. "I mean we aren't ones to let some big nasty yokai lock up our so-"
"I don't think we have the strength to transform again...That took a lot out of us..." Inumaro quickly answered to his cat in crime.
"You know, I think there might be one option left for us..." Lucas said.
"And that would be?" Venoct asked, quite curious.
"Running away!" Lucas hastily answered, making a run for it from this entire nasty situation.
Meanwhile, Pegasus Shine, Celestnyan, and Princess Kaga where running through the raged filled streets, trying to race to find a high standing point.
"Arachnus has already gotten out of the warehouse, if he gets in a really bad fight with Toadal Dude, New Yoma City will be seriously leveled!" Pegasus Shine quickly huffed, running around with the other two trailing behind her. Despite all the carnage, the three made it into a medium sized building right outside the park and on the route of the big angry spider.
"Alright, I think I got this..." Pegasus Shine analyzed, standing on top of the roof' building. Quickly she got out Celestnyan's medal, inserting it into one of the side slots. "I think that should do it for slot one, now to find a medal for slot two, then ask the princess for her m-"
The process was interrupted by the massive demon spider appearing dangerously close. Oh how the summoner forgot that spiders could climb up walls and do it very well, so perhaps it was natural for a giant one to scale up an entire building.
"How did you get up here?!" Pegasus Shine screamed, and quite loudly, followed by incomprehensible noises that would be like that of random keys being pressed in all capital letters if to be written down. It was so much of a shock, the pegasus ranger dropped the Celest Dream Wand, having it land on the floor of the rooftop.
As the summoner panicked at the sight of the giant spider, Princess Kaga got an idea. First, she swiftly retrieved the Celest Dream Wand, before observing to the park below. From the level in which she could see, she could see someone trying to avoid the rather destructive toad down bellow. They had to have had some kind of yokai...they were probably their only shot at trying to fix this problem.
"Quickly, I don't have time to explain, but catch this!" Princess Kaga yelled, throwing down the Celest Dream Wand alongside her medal. Her yelling had caught the attention of Lucas who proceeded to do as instructed, even the catching part.
"I think I know how Ki-I mean Pegasus Shine used this..." Lucas muttered, trying to remember how the pegasus summoner used this device. Digging around in his pockets he pulled out the medal for Kyryn, inserting it into the other open side. Followed by that, he gave a look at the medal he was handed.
"...Princess Kaga?" Lucas thought a loud, looking at the green framed dream medal. What an odd medal and a yokai he had never seen before.
Either way, time was on the line and Lucas had no choice but to insert the princess' medal into the center.
"Charming Sun! Heartful Moon! Unify now to the stars and beyond!" The voice from the wand announced, just about startling Lucas out of his skin.
"Umm..What should I do!?" Lucas asked, feeling quite a bit of tension. He could notice that Toadal Dude and Arachnus were already locking eyes, ready to fight without a care for anyone's lives in the process.
"I don't know, make something up that sounds powerful and shout it I guess?" Kyryn suggested, flat out of ideas on what to do. Yet in the end, something clicked for Lucas.
"M-magical Divine Healing Intervention!" Lucas shouted as loud as he could, the power from the wand radiating into a massive wave of powerful, yet calming light.
Once the light had finally died down, the more calm, humanoid versions of Toadal Dude and Arachnus stared at each other quite awkwardly.
"I have to ask, just what was I doing just now?" Arachnus asked, as Pegasus Shine and her squad climbed down the building.
"To politely inform you of your actions, you hid out in a warehouse, kidnapped me, and were quite the destructive yokai." Princess Kaga informed to the spider. "Despite all that, are you feeling any better?"
"A little bit yes." Arachnus replied to the princess. "My head hurts slightly but I think I can deal with it."
"How about you, Toadal Dude was it?" Lucas asked, as the aforementioned toad yokai groaned a little.
"My head hurts and I have no idea why Nurarihyon is stuck in a tree." Toadal Dude responded to the kid's question, being far less formal than Arachnus.
"I'd assume it's because you kidnapped him when you were all big and angry. Arachnus got Kaga, you got Noooo...ri...ro...Ah forget it, noodle man." Pegasus Shine filled in for the toad yokai.
"Would it be best to let him out now, Toadal Dude?" Princes Kaga asked, as Toadal Dude rubbed the back of his head slightly.
"Well exuuuuuuuse me, princess." Toadal Dude responded, quickly knocking the chairman out of the tree he was keeping him in. "I couldn't exactly control the fact I was an angry toad and had no idea what I was doing."
"Apologies your highness that our meeting was...interrupted by unexpected circumstances." Nurarihyon apologized, approaching Princess Kaga after being freed.
"Don't worry, we can still have our meeting even if we have a lot of...guests." Princess Kaga answered, accepting the chairman's apology.
"It might be best to discuss all these matters not in the middle of a park but rather somewhere a bit more quiet and civil?" Pegasus Shine popped in. "I mean I have matters I don't want to make public either."
Quickly, the group all found themselves in the yokai royal family's private villa, right where Lucas' part of this entire situation started.
"I'd never think I'd be in such a nice place." Pegasus Shine remarked. "Say Lucas how can you enter such a place of prestige so...casually without being questioned?"
"Y-You're friends with him!?" Celestnyan asked in quite the shocked tone.
"Well, I'd say more related? We're more like brothers than simply just friends."
"I take it back, you're freakin' related to him!?" "Also woah you're here now!? You're...a lot shorter and less intimidating than I recall you being described."
Much like the introduction she had with Lucas earlier in the day, the costumed summoner removed her helmet, reverting the suit into simply being back into a medal and the summoner back to her regular old self.
"My apologies your majesty, your highness, and your chairmanness for not giving my introduction proper. I'm none other than the one and only yokai Summoner, Kiara Noha! Juuuust don't let any other yokai know of this, alright?" Kiara introduced herself a whole lot more proper, shocking Kaga most of all.
"Kiara Noha?" Princess Kaga gasped aloud. "I...I remember you, ten years ago we rose against McKraken to save humans and yokai alike...I looked differently and was called something else, Serena was it?"
"Yo, Serena, it's you!?" Kiara responded just as shocked. "I mean, dang, ten years can go by really fast. I'll admit, your yokai form is pretty dang cool even if I never got to see it initially."
Like any good reunion it was capped off with a good proper hug between the two.
"Anyways, did you have any concerns or...?" Lord Enma asked, as Princess Kaga remembered and quickly got to filling the situation out.
"Yes I do have quite the amount of concerns, though I think someone was behind making the two generals act rather ermm...chaotic. They could also be linked with Tempest Pride's less than civilized anti-hero antics." Princess Kaga explained. "Several incidents have been happening and I believe they're all connected somehow..."
"Not to butt in, but it has been ten years ago since the whole saga I did. You know, all the fighting giants in a construction lot because it was keeping the Forester's baby up at night, fighting pigs in the bathhouse, a strange fox constantly following me, having to go into a spooky old hospital and nearly had forced upon heart surgery, finding out one of my classmates is a yokai princess and having to stop the uprising of a giant squid, you know typical things an elementary kid in my day did." Kiara explained. "Maybe some people with McKraken are feeling really bitter about us fighting for good and justice and just decided the ten year mark was a good time to rise up again?"
"That's quite the observation...Though I don't think the two suspects I know are affiliated with McKraken." Princess Kaga explained.
"And who would those suspects be?" Lucas asked.
"I believe the two behind these incidents is Yagyo and Snee." Princess Kaga stated. "I know Yagyo was a member of the council but hasn't exactly been attending meetings lately, and Snee is shall we say quite the troubled yokai.
"Yagyo, I remember encountering them as well." Lord Enma responded to Kaga's statement. "They were on Oni island, and they even went as far to hurt Lucas before trailing them down. Either way they're pretty shady if they did something like that."
"You were out unattended again?" Nurarihyon asked, as the young lord quickly got quiet.
"Well I can say your observation is right on my end, I'm pretty certain with my gut Snee has had something to do with Tempest Pride's informal than usual behavior." Kiara pitched in, breaking the awkward silence. "After all, he and Saki-chan tried to get me and my Silver Crystal Star, nor would they really take no for an answer."
"So it seems you've encountered those yokai beforehand, correct?" Princess Kaga asked.
"Yes we have." Kiara answered. "Though I have trouble admitting it, something feels oddly familiar about Snee."
"You've said that like three times today about just about everything." Celestnyan responded with a bit of deadpan snark.
Before the conversation could go on any further, the sound of a fight breaking out could be heard. Kiara regonized the voices from outside.
"...I'll go take care of it." Kiara sighed, getting out her medal to become Pegasus Shine. "Darn Sushi and Tempura lovers always intense about each other. I'm sorry to cut out reunion meeting a bit short, Kaga."
"It's alright, we can meet again tomorrow yes?" Princess Kaga asked.
"Hopefully yeah, here's hoping I can sort out this mess with the hero yokai before I go to sleep." Kiara answered, heading out strongly. "Let's go Celestnyan, before the property damage gets any higher!"
And with that, Kiara and her feline partner ran out into the city to hopefully calm things down.
"Now that Kiara mentioned it, it's gotten pretty late fairly quickly." Princess Kaga observed. "Shouldn't you be headed home now to get some rest?"
"That is a good point, yet I have one thing to ask about." Lucas asked, catching the princess' attention.
"Yes what would that be?" Princess Kaga answered, ready to hear the question she was about to be given.
"You said something about awakening to your yokai form, right?" Lucas asked. "Given how I'm of yokai royalty as well, when should I awaken to mine, if at all?"
The princess thought for a moment, curious about the question she was given.
"Hopefully one day. While your powers are still dormant right now, there is great potential within you." Princess Kaga responded, ruffling the child's hair slightly. "I can feel it, so hopefully in a time of great need you will awaken."
"I see, thank you very much for answering!" Lucas thanked, shaking hands with Kaga.
"Best be careful now, it's rather late and you probably need plenty of rest." Princess Kaga said. "You look awfully tired and today has certainly been eventful for the both of us."
Both parties headed their ways, Lucas thankfully making it home without a single scratch. To be fair, he was quite tired from all that happened today, pretty much crashing as soon as he arrived home.
What time was it that this was happening? The fifth? Who knows, but it seems dreaming being replaced with flashbacks was going to be a common thing from here on out.
Like the other ones, it was a peaceful scene in the same garden, though this time it was a meeting between solely just Yami and Blizzaria.
"That's odd, you didn't seem to bring Sheen with you today. Is there any reason for that?" Yami asked her right hand lady curiously.
"Well, he ended up giving his medal to an energized watch user." Blizzaria answered. "So he's been training with them recently."
"Ah I see, I wouldn't think someone would obtain the medal I know directly thanks to you." Yami answered, giving a light laugh at the end of her statement. "While progress is slowly being made, I'm glad the bond between humans and yokai hasn't been lost and is slowly becoming stronger."
"I'm curious, why do you care so much about the bonds between humans and yokai?" Blizzaria asked curiously. "I mean, isn't your father kinda mistrusting of them?"
"That is true, however I've heard stories about human's lives who then became yokai, and they were quite interesting and exciting to hear. Even I visit there on a very rare occasion, I wish to go back some day." Yami answered. "Maybe one day I can give my medal to somebody truly worthy, and then maybe the bonds between humans and yokai can be something even stronger."
"So if you could, you'd take the throne and hopefully put all your father's anxieties to rest?" Blizzaria concluded, as Yami nodded firmly.
"Precisely that. Even if I couldn't fully inherit the power of the Enma line, I can at least do what I can to be sure the ties aren't lost or completely broken." Yami stated, looking off distantly. "Maybe if that watch user Sheen befriended, maybe they'll approach you, and then maybe me eventually."
"I hope that happens one day, even if I'm not much of the fighting type." Blizzaria responded a bit embarrassed. "But maybe if that happens, I can finally really hone my fighting skills just in case of an emergency."
"Perhaps one day, I hope for that day." Yami finished.
Things skipped around a bit, revealing a scene that contrasted that of the one seen earlier. Dark smoke filled the air, as fires began to break out in a fit compared to absolute madness
"I should have known everything was going to get horrid once King Enma passed on..." Blizzaria muttered to herself, trying to avoid several falling objects and the increase of flames. Sure she could cool any flame down with a bit of ice, but it was still quite the tricky bit of navigation.
"Yami! Yami where are you!?" Blizarria kept yelling, coughing a bit from the thick smoke from the flames. She had to stay strong, she had to find the lady she served and get her out just fine.
The ice princess yokai kept navigating through the palace halls, trying to find Yami no matter the costs. She was already a bit on the scorched side already with her kimono covered in some soot and her face face feeling much warmer, the air was getting heavier and harder to breathe. But she didn't want to stop right now. If she was going to die here, it was going to be for a good cause.
Finally, through much trial and tribulation, Blizzaria had finally found Yami after searching far and wide for her.
But, was it truly worth the risk?
After all...to the ice yokai's surprise, her lady was there, but not in the way expected.
And not in a good way either.
Yami was there, yes, but on the floor, something having stabbed the regal yokai through the chest, and quite hard. Blizzaria slowly approached the lady with a concerned look.
"...Yami? Lady Yami can you hear me?" Blizzaria asked, trying to hold Yami's hand. It was cold, ice cold, and she knew well it wasn't just her and her usual icy nature.
It took a while to notice, but Yami was motionless, not even twitching at a single word Blizzaria yelled. She couldn't come to terms with what had happened...
...Something...someone had just taken away someone who was always there to support her, always loyal to repay for her own loyalty. Someone who raised her under a caring and watchful eye, giving kindness to those who came across her.
Why did fate decide to take someone so benevolent, so kind and graceful away from not only Blizzaria, but everyone she had met?
"...Lady Yami...I'm...I'm sorry I couldn't save you..." Blizzaria weakly said, trying to preserve her energy and not cry. But, it was hard not to shed a tear or two.
Blizzaria ended up falling over, the flames having creeped up behind her, combined with all the exhaustion of running and breathing in the thick waves of smoke. "...Please...I don't want to feel this sadness...I want to be smiling for you...Please forgive me...Lady Yami..."