The Temple in the Forest

Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:48 pm

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Hanako's Story
"Chaotic Arrival"

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After the battle that has taken place at Ketsu's Mansion, Hanako recovered from her sprained ankle and was given her gears back by the Iramasha Guards commanded by her love interest, Koichi Iramasha. The latest news was the appearance of one piece of the Iramasha Island being found on Earth. No doubt that more than just herself and Koichi will be there. So Hanako dressed up in her flexible bounty hunter attire as she collected her gears and an empty burlap bag that she used to collect relics with. She checked her clips and Crack Shot and left her quarter. She also have her denim jacket hung behind her with the burlap bag in case that the island is colder than she thought. Her intention was strictly going straight to Esverelda, where she can make a portal to the island directly. With some hope, Hanako will not encounter much opposition, considering that she is marked by K-World as a fugitive prisoner.

It took two hours to reach the mansion of Halo Iramasha, but luckily, Esverelda is always at the mansion. "Relda. Heard about the island?" Hanako asked Esverelda as she went into the throne room, where Esverelda is waiting for her. "Yes. You know there are relics down there and they must be brought back here. Tina is also missing, so if you find her, bring her back. Alright?" Esverelda quickly briefed Hanako. Hanako nodded before looking around. "Where's Koichi?" Hanako asked. "I don't know, but if I could guess, he is getting his men ready. I'll let Koichi know that I'm sending you to the island and use your spiritual signature to lock onto your coordinates." Esverelda answered before turning to a wall. She held out her hand and with a crack of energy, a portal opened similar to Vohlis's portal magic. "Be sure the Tina is returned to us in good health, it will be hard to lose such a dedicated assistant for all three sections of the clan." Esverelda spoke to Hanako. Hanako is determined to do what she could to get Tina back...besides, she owe her that much for getting her and Koichi together.

Hanako jumped into the portal as Esverelda makes the call. At the other end. A portal cracks open and let out a pressurized blast of spiritual energy. After that, Hanako flew out of the portal and landed on her feet before crouching down to soften the impact force of her landing. She stood up and noticed that she is in the middle of a snowy plain. She checked her hands and found snow on them. Thanks to her fighting gloves, she is protected from the cold. Speaking of the cold... "Damn it! It's cold here!" Hanako cussed as she puts the burlap bag on the ground before putting her denim jacket on and recollecting the bag. That is better for her as she was in the middle frozen plain. Unlike cotton, stonewashed denim do not shrink as much, so they can be worn in snowy climate. She sat down and waited for Koichi and his buddies to come around to back her up. While she was waiting, she noticed that they are not alone as three more people are coming.

Hanako tried hard to identify the three newcomers, but they are too...far...Hanako's eyes must be playing tricks on her as she saw fifteen additional newcomers behind them from the distance. These fifteen are wearing white and have bony mask fragments on them...dead giveaway for Arrancars. She give the first three another glance and noticed that one of them is an Arrancar as well. She held up her cellphone and tried to look through the databases. "Nada...Frack!" Hanako cussed as she realized that she is facing the Primera Espada. She sent a message to call one of Koichi's men to tell Koichi, "We're humped! We're humped! Primera heading my way and with two unidentified humans! Wait two minutes before coming upon me." After the message is sent, she ran towards the snow covered forest nearby from her, but if she guessed right, two minutes is what it takes for her to be at a suitable spot in the forest, where she and Koichi can have a field advantage for ambushes.

In the forest, she ran and ran before spotting a crafted ruined cave entrance. At least she can warm up a bit in there without the cold breezes pummeling her face. As strange as it sounds, Hanako heard a cat in there and it made her blinked twice with curiosity. Why would a cat be down there of all places? Hanako ran into the cave and began sneaking. Knowing her location, the Primera would not find her in there, so there will be enough time for Koichi and the others to get ready. But the cat noises bothered her and would bother Koichi.
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Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:41 pm

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Hanako's Story
"Into the Chamber"

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Hanako was waiting for the guards to arrive, but so far, two minutes passed and no sign of Koichi or the others' arrival. As the three are getting closer to where she is, she will have no choice, but to delve deeper into the ruin. She walked deeper into the cave and noticed an entrance that was clearly made of handcrafted stones and two torches are perched on either sides of the entrance. "This feels like one of these dungeons in a game that I played as a child." Hanako commented to herself, knowing that she is her own companion now. She takes the left torch and the entrance closed off from above. Hanako blinked twice before putting the torch back in, reopening the entrance. She tried the right torch and the entrance closed from the bottom. "Oh come on!" Hanako cursed at the entrance in bitter disbelief of its possible engineering issues. Hanako irritatingly puts the torch back and entered the dark ruin. Much to her new found disbelief, the torches in the ruins magically lit up as she entered. "Who's the joker who came up with this annoying contraption!?" Hanako scorned in frustration before walking deeper into the ruin, grumbling to herself.

With an annoyed leer, Hanako walked deeper into the ruin and noticed something moving within the darkness. Her leer loosened up to awareness as Hanako lowered herself to start sneaking. She pulled out her pistol and sets it to semi-automatic, but kept its safety on. Without warning, Hanako's extended right foot missed a step and Hanako nearly fell down the stair, but instead she did a split as she landed on her side. "Ow!" Hanako yelped before hissing in pain. She straightened herself to sit down and caressed her leg joints that are in pain. "Dang...I think the only traps here are my clumsiness...been a while since I went into a ruin...since China..." Hanako quietly commented to herself. Suddenly, she heard the entrance's stones moving and banging, which means that the three are in the cave now and experiencing her mistakes. Hanako walked down the stairway, trying her best to be careful while staying ahead of the three.

In truth, Hanako has a set of traps in her pack, but she cannot use them because they may compromise her escape plans if the ruin only has one entrance. She entered the next room which is pretty much a square that has four ways, including the way Hanako came from. Hanako thought about the cat noise and listened carefully for that meowing noise. She heard once and it is from the left path. She went down that path and continued her way to the end of the dungeon. A loud boom echoed through the hallways as Hanako assumed they are annoyed with the torch puzzle at the entrance and blasted their way in. Knowing that they are getting closer, she does not want them to know where she is so she sat down and took off her shoes. Now in her socks, she ran deeper into the corridor without the clapping noise of her shoes that are stored in her pack. She looked side to side and ahead to see if there are additional passages that she has to take. She heard the meowing again and took the side passage off to the right.

At the end of the corridor, Hanako entered what it seemed to be an underground chapel as there is a great fireplace at the back of it. Hanako walked to a bench and puts her shoes back on, knowing that if the three did follow her in, she'll might as well grab the relic and get out before they have a chance to grab her. She walked to the altar of the chapel and noticed that something is in the fireplace. "Hello?" Hanako beckoned as she gets a meow in return. "So you're the cat that was trapped here?" Hanako looked at it closely. "Wait...a cat cannot survive here for that long unless they are associated with the Iramasha..." Hanako thought about it before she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and noticed the three already caught up with her. "Well, bitch. So yer the one who fucking called back up." Caveman shouted as he entered in his usual attire. A woman followed him in and Hanako took a while to realize that she is Tina that went missing. The last one in was Nada.

"Nada. Guard the entrance to the cave. You are not needed here anymore now." Tina spoke to Nada before Nada nodded and left. One problem down, two to go. "Nothing damn personal, Hanako. I was hired to hunt ye down like a whore that you are." Caveman threatened. "Indeed. I am sorry that we're once friends at my pub." Hanako replied as she puts her pack and bag off to the side before tightening her fighting gloves and walking away from the altar. Caveman approached as well with his sword in hand. As for Tina, she stood by and observe, never intending to get in the way. "Caveman, how did you get hired by Vohlis?" Hanako asked as she stopped thirty feet from Caveman. "Since I was a wee lad and on a verge of death by the bus accident. Though I owe Vohlis, I still have a mind of my own." Caveman responded.
"I'll give ye time to talk to your friends before we get down and dirty."
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Fight is reserved between Caveman and Hanako with Tina observing and Nada standing at the entrance as the only obstacle for anyone wishing to enter the temple.

Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:30 pm

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Hanako's Story
"The Bounty Hunter and the Terrorist"
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Hanako pulled out her cell phone and used the Yuudeshi Network to contact a good friend of her named Shadin Yuudeshi. “Shadin, I’m currently trapped with sixteen arrancars guarding the cave entrance. Be wary as one of them is a Primera named, Nada. Tina is with us as she has to be checked for afflictions and returned to the Iramasha Island. We’re located in the cave’s ruin. Just follow the path until you get to the four way and turn left from where you came out and follow the passage until you notice a passage breaking to the right. Take it and you’ll find me and Tina. Prime priority is to get Tina out of here and safe at the Island. I hope to see you there with Koichi. Bye.” Hanako talked into the cell phone, giving Shadin what he needed to know before shutting off her cell phone and stashed it into her pack. By the looks of Tina, she looks ill. “What happened to her?” Hanako asked Caveman. “She is afflicted with demon maggot blood. I managed to make her rational again, but I don’t know how long that will last.” Caveman answered. “I guessed only one of us will come out of here alive.” Hanako replied in minor dismay. “I’m pretty sure you can handle your fucking self. I’m just doing you a damn favor.” Caveman spoke as he flourished his sword. Hanako raised her fists as she posed herself in a battle stance.

Flame surrounded Hanako like a ring as a fireball grew in her hands. Caveman charged at her, picking up momentum while his sword was following him. By the time that Hanako threw the fireball at Caveman, Caveman swung his sword to the left, slicing through the fireball and forcing Hanako to dive to the left. Hanako rolled onto her feet and whipped out her pistol and fired three times at Caveman. However, Caveman was prepared as he blocked the silver bullets with his massive sword like a tower shield. Hanako took the opportunity to rush and leap at Caveman, thus landed feet first against his shielding sword. Caveman budged by one step backward as Hanako sprang off Caveman’s sword and onto a nearby pillar with a back flip. Hanako jumped off the pillar and began firing her pistol while “flying” over Caveman with a twisted front flip. Caveman lifted his sword over himself, blocking the barrage of bullets before he swung it at the spot where Hanako would land with a slash. Hanako landed feet first only to toss her gun away and caught the massive blade with her titanium meshed gloves. Hanako could not prepare herself for the immense force as she flew backward onto the benches a couple of feet away. Caveman swung the sword back into his control as he leaped to bring down a mighty forceful chop upon where Hanako landed.

However, Hanako was not there as she came virtually out of nowhere at Caveman’s left flank, catching him off guard with a drop kick. Standing upon the splinters of the broken benches, Hanako watched Caveman rolled back onto his feet. Hanako charged at Caveman as Caveman prepared to counter attack with a wide slash. Hanako ducked under the blade and slid the rest of the way before sweeping with her left leg. Caveman jumped to the side and planned to chop upon Hanako while she is down. Hanako rolled towards Caveman and grabbed his legs, forcing him to fall backwards. Caveman fell backwards as Hanako was already on her knees and hopped onto Caveman’s stomach before hopping off, but she was caught by her left ankle. Caveman quickly jumped back onto his feet and dragged Hanako before sending her into a hammer spin. Twice she collided against opposing benches before she curled up to reduce the chance of hitting more objects. Caveman tossed her away towards a pillar as Hanako rolled in the air and landed against the pillar with her feet before landing onto her feet with a front flip to the floor. By the time she could recover, Caveman’s sword was coming at her like a train. The sword broke through the pillar as Hanako flew with the impact. However, a change in her appearance was evident the moment she flew out of the dust.

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In her new appearance, Hanako stood back up with her swords ready. Caveman merely smirked as he prepared to block what Hanako would do. Tina left the chapel, knowing that things will get worse. Hanako leaped far as she brought down her cleaver sword upon Caveman. Caveman pushed his sword against the incoming cleaver and managed to deflect it. Hanako spun to use her off-handed sword upon Caveman’s opening. But Caveman glided his sword from the cleaver and caught the other sword. Gritting his teeth, Caveman lifted his foot and kicked Hanako away from himself. Hanako took a few steps back before a pair of red smoke came out of her eye sockets. Caveman charged at Hanako with his sword swung from the hip to the left as Hanako quickly switched from proper to reversed handling of her off-handed sword before forcing the sword to go up off target. Hanako then spun around to slash to the right with her cleaver. Caveman jumped back to evade the slash and while during the spin, Hanako switched the handling of her off-handed sword again. This time, Caveman was the one who flew as he was forced to block and did not expect such high strength from Hanako’s new form. Honestly, Hanako’s new form surprised Caveman a bit.

Caveman rolled backwards as he made a clumsy landing while his sword bounced by his side. Caveman slowly gets up as he picked up his sword once again. The next thing he knew, he was faced with a wall of fire coming at him. Caveman held out his sword and concentrated his spiritual energy upon it. The flame was sucked into the blade as the sword glowed orange from the flame it contained. Caveman raised his sword and brought it down, making a large stream of compressed flame rushing at Hanako. Caveman ran with the blast to catch Hanako off guard while she deflects the blast. Hanako emitted a very strong spiritual aura that literally separated the flame attack away from her. Hanako perceived Caveman’s charge and swung her cleaver to counter attack. The two swords met in a lock as two people of powerful caliber are trying to force each other to submit. Caveman purposefully twisted his sword around the cleaver and lifted it, causing Hanako to step back a bit from the force. Hanako kicked Caveman’s sword upward, returning the force back at him. Caveman rushed at Hanako and Hanako lowered herself a bit before leaping over Caveman as he passed by with a slash at nothing but air. Hanako performed a roundhouse kick at Caveman’s vulnerable back and sent him tumbling forward and disarmed yet again.

Unarmed, Caveman performed a windmill recovery as he noticed Hanako charging at him again. With a roar of his battle cry, Caveman lunged and grabbed onto both of Hanako’s swords’ handle. Eye to eye, Caveman furiously looked at Hanako like he looking at Death itself as he with all his might thrown Hanako to the side and acquired her swords. However, the swords are awkward for him to use, so he tossed them to the side and prepared himself for unarmed combat. They both charged as Caveman aimed for a punch to the stomach due to the size difference between eight feet and almost six feet. However, Hanako kicked the punch away before going for a second kick to Caveman’s head. Caveman held up his left arm and blocked the kick, only to skid a bit from the sheer force. Caveman wrapped his arm around the extended leg and spun around to toss Hanako like a tossing hammer. Hanako flipped backward once before landing flat on the ground. Hanako pushed herself back up as Caveman ran to retrieve his sword again. Hanako rushed at Caveman and by the time Caveman has a good grasp of his sword, he received an uppercut to the gut, sending him flying into the air. Hanako caught him and crouched, preparing for the Leviathan’s Charge, a virtually unstoppable attack where she plows through everything, including steel. With a loud crash, Hanako smashed Caveman and herself through the thick ground over the chapel, taking the battle to the surface.

After fifty yards, Hanako broke through the surface with Caveman still shielding her fist. Caveman fell off the fist and landed onto the snow below him. Normally, any human would not survive a punch like that, but Caveman is a glutton for punishment as he still stands up against Hanako’s imposing transformation. Badly busted up, Caveman flourished his sword and was ready for more. Around them was the forest about more than two hundred yards away from the cave. Caveman raised his sword above his head and Hanako ran at him. As Caveman brought down his sword upon Hanako, Hanako used her prepared right fist to punch the sword away from her and used the gathered momentum to try that counterclockwise roundhouse kick once more. It connected as Caveman was knocked off balance by his sword being punched away and kicked to his exposed left ribs, sending him flying into a tree. Caveman rose from the impact, only to find that he is cornered to a tree as Hanako would inevitably connect with a powerful charge attack. A dark aura surrounded Caveman as Hanako rammed her fist upon his chest, breaking the tree behind him. Hanako stepped back to wait for the snow fog to clear as she noticed a silhouette of something...human, but was not. “Fucking ow...Asshole...”

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The newly transformed Caveman rushed out of the fog with his sword clutched in his right hand alone as his left hand is reeled back. That took Hanako by surprise as Caveman punched Hanako in the face, sending her smashing through two trees. Hanako rolled back on her feet as Caveman is already at her face when he head-butted her, dazing her. Caveman then grabbed Hanako by the neck and tossed her off to the side. Hanako hit a tree and struggled to get back on her feet. Instinctively, Hanako raised her left arm and a loud clash echoed as the sword collided with Hanako’s left forearm, creating sparks. Hanako countered with a right-handed uppercut, stunning Caveman before Hanako bashed him with her right elbow. Caveman stumbled to the side as Hanako back-fisted Caveman in the face and followed up with a right hook to the gut. Caveman stumbled back further before he regained his senses. Hanako faked a left hook at Caveman’s head and Caveman stopped the right fist by catching it with his left hand. Hanako pulled herself to fly at Caveman with a knee strike to the face. Caveman stepped to the side and used her momentum to push her further off target. Hanako rolled and spun around to face Caveman once again, but this time with more ferocity into her combat techniques.

Caveman charged at her with a prepared right slash and Hanako charged as well. As Caveman swung his blade, Hanako hopped and used the sword as a stair step to perch upon Caveman’s shoulder. Hanako performed a flip kick at Caveman’s back head and watch Caveman stumbled forward. Hanako took the chance of striking him from behind, but Caveman blocked her with his sword which is more nimble in his current state than his normal form. Hanako sprang off the sword and charged her elemental blast while in mid air. She spread out her arms quickly and launched a wall of water upon Caveman, hoping that it will freeze him. Caveman ran to the nearest tree and literally ran up the tree, evading the water wall. Caveman turned on heel and launched himself off the tree and barreling straight towards Hanako. Hanako dived to the right as Caveman flew by at impressive speed before rolling back on his feet during the landing. Caveman fluently turned to Hanako and charged at her while Hanako quickly rolled onto her feet after the dive. Caveman leaped and tried to dropkick Hanako, but Hanako stepped aside and grabbed his extended leg with her left arm and his body with her right arm. Hanako slammed Caveman down and was about to mount him for a ground and pound, but Caveman slapped her with the broadside of his sword.

Hanako fell off of Caveman and Caveman rolled back on his feet and prepared himself to execute Hanako while she is down. Hanako was on her back as she saw the blade coming down at her. Everything seems to have slowed down as the blade gets closer and closer. However, Hanako double punched the blade away from her and she jumped back on her feet. She back-fisted Caveman with her left fist and repositioned herself to press on the attack. Caveman slashed to the left from the ground upon Hanako, but Hanako jumped up and kicked to the side of Caveman’s head, making him stumbled into a tree before recovering. At the moment that Hanako was going to punch Caveman in the face, Caveman stumbled away and Hanako hit a tree instead, causing it to crumble and fall in between them, causing snow dust to rise and create a mist. Hanako rushed forward, hopped over the fallen tree, only to receive a fist to the face by Caveman, making her fall back to her side of the tree. Hanako rolled backwards as Caveman jumped over the fallen tree to chop Hanako. Caveman began his relentless flurry of slashes as Hanako could not find an opening, so she is forced to dodge again and again. Upon the sixth attack, Hanako found an obvious opening, so she took it after dodging the sixth attack.

Hanako double punched Caveman at his exposed chest and sent him falling onto his back. Hanako leaped into the air, attempting to finish it with a bone crushing double knee slam. Caveman rolled to the side and punched Hanako in the gut after she landed. Hanako quickly stood up as Caveman pushed himself back up on his feet as well. Hanako started kicking with her left leg as Caveman blocked the kicks with his sword. However, Hanako inserted her left foot into the arch of the sword’s hilt and forced it down into the ground, making it hard for Caveman to pull it out without his much needed momentum. Caveman was forced to abandon his sword and attack Hanako by hands and feet. Luckily, Caveman caught Hanako’s left hook with his left hand and tugged her so she cannot block his left hook, which impacted against her head. Now dazed, Hanako punched Caveman on the belt and it forced him to let her go and exhaled rapidly. Hanako stepped back as Caveman ran to the side to get a more opened space for the fight. Hanako snapped out of her stun as she immediately blocked Caveman’s taunting snowball. Hanako charged at Caveman and was going to punch him, but Caveman countered her with a roundhouse kick, knocking her back. They realized that they are at a stalemate at this rate.

Both sides intending to finish each other off and they knew that they have to set it to the max this time. They grew more furious at each other and began focusing on one factor to make things easier. Their spiritual aura grew moderately, but they want more as they see that they are still tied for dominance. “One of us should fucking fall! I fucking hate it when this is prolonged!” Caveman shouted at Hanako. “I do agree with you! How about man before lady?!” Hanako retorted, also frustrated that this prolonged for so long. Both are more furious than before, their spiritual aura spiked to a high level as the wind echoed of their immense aura.

The snow dust started to pick up by the aura radiating between the two combatants as Caveman and Hanako are trying to figure out each other’s next moves. Caveman thought that Hanako will charge at him with all she has and he planned to keep Hanako from grabbing his head for the neck breaker. Hanako thought that Caveman would go ahead for the neck breaker and she has to outmaneuver him somehow. Hanako rushed at Caveman and leaped for a drop kick, but Caveman grabbed both her feet and swung her around like a tossing hammer. Hanako charged her flame blast and blasted Caveman during the swinging, forcing Caveman to drop her before he has the momentum to throw her. Hanako reeled back her feet and thrust them against Caveman’s gut, sending him flying and rolling backwards back on his feet a few feet away. Caveman rushed and leaped upon Hanako with a double stomp. However, Hanako rolled aside, evading the stomp before getting back on her feet. Hanako punched for the chest as Caveman intended the same as both fists collided, causing an explosion of spiritual power to be felt from fifty yards and then two hundred yards later on. Hanako was the first to grabbed Caveman’s wrist as she tugged him into a spin and tried to get a grip of his chin, but Caveman bumped Hanako back with his left shoulder.

Caveman reversed the tugging and punched Hanako in the right rib not only once, but twice before trying to get her into a headlock. On reflex, Hanako kicked forward and high and kicked Caveman in the face from the front. Caveman stumbled back while his right hand is over his face. Hanako took the opportunity to do a right hook on Caveman’s face, and then punched stunned Caveman in the gut with her right fist before tossing him away with her waiting left hand. Hanako rushed at kneeling Caveman and Caveman attempted to counter Hanako with a straight punch, but Hanako flip-vaulted over Caveman. Now at the face of defeat, Caveman smiled as Hanako has her left hand at the back of his head and her right around his chin. “Guessed I’m free at last for the last twenty years.” Caveman thought before Hanako snapped his neck. Caveman fell forward against the snow as he slowly shifted back to his normal self. Hanako stood back up and watched Caveman fall for the last time and walked to his side. She fell backwards to sit down and rest after such a hard fight. To her, this is the first time she ever killed someone and also the first time she killed a human being in her whole life. There must be a lot to sort out now, but a bit of honoring the dead will do no harm at this moment.

Hanako felt a change within her as her current form reverted back to her normal self as well. The chill that she constantly felt around her right eye faded away as she felt warm instead. She even felt less paranoid now that things are over for now. She looked upon Caveman’s motionless body, only to frown. She realized that what Caveman did was to free her of a curse that Vohlis put on her nearly eight years ago. He even freed himself from Vohlis’s clutches now. It is rare to find a minion of Vohlis with a mind of his own, considering that they are usually so obedient because of Vohlis’s powers overwhelming them easily. She began to wonder what made Caveman this way to begin with, but it saddened her that she was unable to save him this time. It is remorse that a murderer bears upon the first kill, but was Hanako really a murderer for killing a man helping her all this time? Maybe he wanted to be killed because it is worse to have a mind when serving a person who is sick and twisted since the dawn of man? Caveman did not clear anything up and he is dead, so Hanako can only assumed answers from the smile on his face. It would frustrate Hanako that she is left with no answers, but the sight of Caveman’s smile told her to smile as well because Caveman can finally rest in peace as sought for by many.

Hanako reposed herself so she can sit on her knees for a prayer. Though she is not religious, she could at least let his spirit know that she respected him for what he done for her. However, she has not learned of his true name, so she looked in his pockets and found an old wallet. She looked through the wallet and found an identification card in Japan. Malcolm Stone was Caveman’s real name and Hanako can start praying for him at this point. “Thank you, Malcolm Stone. I am free from the demon’s watch and clutches because of you. Though you are watching, I am hoping that one day, you’ll get to see the day that your sacrifice was not in vain as Vohlis will fall. May the soul reapers take you to the Soul Society; there you dwell as you are meant to be...as a true demon slayer.” Hanako prayed over the body of Caveman before noticing a change in Caveman’s sword. It is no longer broad and no longer long; as if it chose a different master and readjusted itself to outfit the style...Hanako’s style. The demon sword that long has been Caveman’s, now belongs to Hanako as a reward for defeating its past master. Hanako has to take Caveman’s body and take him back to the others so he can get a proper service, so Hanako picked him up with surprising strength and walked to the sword.

Closer and closer to the sword, she felt a nostalgia that she could not recognized like it is something that Hanako missed out for all these eight years of her painful life. The sword is now within her reach and when Hanako touched the sword; her body glowed brightly before a dark aura rose from underneath her, creating a black and pink aura around her. She stood there as she pulled the sword out of the ground. When the aura calmed down, she found herself changed yet again, but not the way that she was worried about. She found herself in a blue rich ball gown and her hair was black and dressed like a piece of royalty. She felt more powerful than she is before while she looked like a princess. Coming to consider it, she was a half-demon and the daughter of a demon lord; Hanako presumed that she is considered a princess in the manner of royalty or nobility. Her conclusion, the new form was her demon form, which resembles little like Vohlis. Suddenly, Hanako felt a pain her chest as she collapsed onto her knees. With a glow, a stone surfaced out of her bosom slowly and eventually fell onto the snow. It radiates with a demonic aura as if it was bound to a demon. Hanako became curious and examined it while recovering.

While Hanako is examining, Hanako spotted a very big cat with flaming paws and twin tails. It was coming out of the hole she made as her alter-self fighting Caveman and it has her pack and burlap bag in its jaw. Hanako did not want to fight anymore as it appeared the cat was not looking for a fight either. Hanako stopped as the cat flew and stopped in front of her. It dropped the pack and burlap back before resting behind them. Hanako flipped her sword into reversed handling as she crawled to her pack. She examined the pack and found her food supply was missing. “So you are hungry and looked through my pack? And you also found my pistol too. Thank you...” Hanako spoke to the cat, knowing it is pointless to have a coherent conversation to something she cannot understand herself. The cat looked at her like it was listening to everything. Hanako gets a hunch that the cat is now her companion. “You want to come with me? Well...shake your head if you’re a boy?” Hanako asked the cat and the cat chose to nod, indicating that it’s a girl. “Well. At least I don’t have to worry about a peeping tom cat. Can you help me with carrying?” Hanako commented. The cat nodded again and lets Hanako load Caveman onto her back along with the other stuff. The sword and the stone were stashed in the burlap bag as Hanako sat on the cat’s back with both her legs off to the side like an elegant woman. Off they go to the cave’s entrance, victorious in more than one way.

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