Akira’s ears twitched as she noticed a faint sound in the area near her. But whatever it was, it had already vanished. The cat demon then looked back at the goul-like creature in front of her. It was just standing there. It didn’t look like it had been hit by any of her attacks, and it had not attacked her in a fairly long time.

As if on cue, the fiend glared back at Akira and let loose another scream. Akira covered her ears and then noticed something strange. The shadowy creature was letting off a faint glow. As she focused more, the glowing became more vibrant, or rather, the creatures own body was becoming more transparent.

Suddenly the beast lunged forward, claws drawn back to strike at Akira. But this time, Akira was more interested in the glowing form that was still standing where the creature had leapt.

“It is the bunny!” The demon exclaimed as she flapped her wings, slipping right over the top of the shade and tackling the rabbit girl. Wisp tensed at first, closing her eyes tight before noting that Akira didn’t exactly feel like a gooy skeletal wraith.

“I found you!”

“Ah, Akira. I knew it was you” Wisp said with relief. “... Could... you get off me?”

“Ok.” Flapping her wings, the demon girl pulled both of them up to their feet before letting go and turning back around to face the shadowy creature.

“Akira, I think it was just an illusion.”

“Oh.” She replied, still looking around for their assailant.

“A pity it didn’t work.” An eerie, ethereal voice sounded from nowhere. “It’s much less troublesome if you just kill each other off. How did you enter this realm anyway?”

The two girls frantic searching was ceased as a black mist materialized and solidified in the shape of the black fiend that had previously been an illusion.

Red flames flickered up the corners of its skeletal eyes. Pulsing black goo stood in some places where its skin should have been, constantly secreting a black fog that drifted around the creature.

“It doesn’t matter. You will both become our slaves before long.”

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