Under The Fox's Tail ⁷

The Visit of a Rival

The voices of people screaming still echoed in your ears as they fleed away scared from the thunders that had started roaming the ground, striking at an unnatural pace and as you kept staring at the floating man dressed in all black, you couldn't help but assume that this was his doing.

You didn't know who he was, but he sure emitted fear, power, and superiority that had you and Yukio unable to dare look him straight in the eyes.

You took hold of her hand and whispered to her to run with you just like any other was doing even though you were almost sure that no one else but you two were able to see this man right that instant.

Your feet sped up towards a random direction without even daring to look back, Yukio's hand having tightened itself around yours as she was running by your side, with a facial expression that resembled your worried and scared one.

A strange feeling had engulfed your insides, something more than fear and agony and that was the feeling of knowledge. The assumption that your gut feeling had brought you to make which you disliked highly at that instant. 

He had come for you. That feeling screamed inside your head. No matter who he was he had come for you and that thought didn't fail to make you feel desperate at that moment, bringing Hoseok to mind as the only one you could ask help from. 

You yelled his name in your head as you both kept running aimlessly around the busy streets of the night, your breaths becoming messier and messier with each minute that passed by. You and Yukio were about to enter a random shop you found open and thought instantly of taking cover there but a thunderstruck right before your eyes, making you scream for an instant out of startlement before you felt Yuiko pulling you in another direction.

She was aiming to get you to another close-by shop that fell to her notice but another thunder halted your way, obligating you to change your direction again towards some alleys that you rarely walked by.

Your heart felt as if it was ready to jump out of your chest as you kept running until Yukio halted by the end of that alley, her hand reaching to her throat as she tried to take an inhale that seemed way too desperate. 

"You okay?" You asked her as you gazed at her with worry, finding her abrupt breath too strange as she was not someone known for low stamina or someone that would run out of breath to this degree so quickly. If someone was to be considered physically out of form stamina-wise from the two that surely would have been you since exercising was not your cup of tea even though you usually do enough daily activities.

To your horror, however, she did not reply nor did you hear her take another breath till she let go of your hand and placed her hand on her neck along with her other one that somehow struggled to open her throat as if it was a jacket. An action that of course was to no avail and soon brought Yukio to fall to her knees and brought you to panic as you took hold of her face and locked eyes with her.

"Yukio, breathe, breathe, What's wrong? Why can't you?" You started rumbling words as you lightly slapped her cheeks for a moment then tried to loosen the collar of her shirt but all you could see before you was the light of life slowly fading from your friend's eyes.

"Hoseok! Hoseok! Help me! " Your voice cracked at the thought only that something was taking her life away as you screamed his name in the most desperate way you had in your life.

Thankfully he appeared immediately, slipping right by the wall that was at your right and he didn't hesitate to attend to the matter, taking hold of Yukio's shoulders and gazing at her.

"What-What is happening to her? Please- please do something. Help her please." Your hands started trembling lightly as you kept looking at her that had started changing colour, her eyes still looking at you with a gaze that seemed pleading.