Fearless

Chapter 23

Kiara ran through the forest, trying to figure out where Rin and Amaymon had gone. She relied on Amaymon's waves of energy to lead her to him— that along with Rin's anger spiking and his demonic energy was starting to rise within him helped Kiara find her way through the forest. After a while of running on the given path, Kiara broke off, going into the thick of the trees, and despite the change of ground she was running on, Kiara didn't slow down.

That ended up to be her downfall— literally. Her foot hooked under a stray tree root and she reached her arms forwards as she started falling forwards. She landed on the ground, only to push herself up and continue running— realizing suddenly that she wasn't in the forest anymore. All around her a dark void surrounded her, dark smoke swirling at her feet.

Slowing to a stop, Kiara looked around the void, lifting up her sword as she readied herself to attack. When Irajah didn't appear, Kiara slowly started walking forwards, her footsteps echoing all around her. She stayed alert and kept her eyes peeled for any possible movement within the fog. The void seemed to go on for ages, and Kiara felt like she had been walking for hours, and she was starting to get antsy. While she was in here, there was a possibility of everyone fighting against Amaymon and risking their lives.

She was suddenly brought out of her thoughts when her foot ran into something. Looking down, Kiara's eyes widened at what she had accidentally kicked, and her heart seemed to skip a beat.

A corpse laid in front of her, crimson blood pooling around it. Though the familiar two toned hair and piercings made her tense up and her eyes start to water.

"Bon?" She chocked out. She looked up from his corpse and looked ahead, more bodies scattered around. All of them being the bodies of her classmates. She took a step back and covered her mouth, her eyes starting to water. She gritted her teeth and held back the tears that threatened to fall. "No. This isn't real. That damned demon is trying to trick me."

The corpse in front of her wavered and Kiara watched it dissolve into black smoke.

"What are you?" A voice asked, and Kiara suddenly stopped in her tracks, turning around to see an image of Bon staring at her in horror.

"What do you mean?" Kiara asked, turning and taking a step towards him.

"Stay back, monster!" Bon shouted, a look of terror on his face and fear rolled off of him in waves, causing Kiara to take a step back from the sheer intensity.

"Monster?" Kiara whispered, looking down to see her face reflected back at her— pure red eyes staring back at her. She looked from her reflection to see Bon running away into the fog, and she moved to follow after him, only to stop and ball her hands into fists, blood welling up where her nails dug into her palms. "I don't have time for this. My classmates are risking their lives out there while I'm stuck in here." She reached up and slapped her face, "Wake the fuck up!"

"I'm afraid that won't help you, dear." A voice said, and Kiara spun around to see Irajah walking up to her. "Only I can take you in and out of this realm."

Kiara didn't waste any time and ran up to him, outstretching her sword out in front of her. She screamed as the sword went through his side. She looked up at him, rage burning in her eyes, "You know, you seem to call me at the absolute worst times."

Irajah scowled, "Insolent girl." He took a step back, blood dripping from Kiara's sword. "Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"Yeah, I've given you what you deserve. Now you'd better take me out of this place before I decide to aim for your head." She seethed.

"How inconsiderate. I brought you here and gave you a gift. And what do I get in return? A sword in my side." Irajah sighed as his eyes glinted red, a look of anger on his face. "Fine. Go back and save your friends. They are only a temporary after all."