Strena Animéga Part Fourteen

 The Oni Guard Pt 4

Bash’s Oni 

They all walked down to the next floor where they saw an Oni with blue skin and four horns.

“Right. Time for me to take this one down!”

“Hmmm!”

“Shut it and calm down!”

He shrugged whimsically.

“Didn’t say anything!”

“You didn’t need to.”

“I’m so looking forward to seeing yours too!” He purred, licking his lips. “I’m looking forward to it very much!”

Chashathrophogh smiled with a chuckle.

“What?”

“I’m looking forward to killing you.”

“Oooh! Don’t tease me like that! Especially with my own line!”

He let out a groan as Bash walked into the ring. Quickly she pulled out her bow and aimed at the stomach and fired two arrows. He caught them both. She raised her bow and aimed for the left eye. She fired two in rapid succession. He went to catch them both but was only able to catch one. He let out a roar as he charged at her. She ran to the left and fired a row of arrows at him. He dived out of the way. Then landed and continued the charge. She ran on and he jumped and landed in front of her. She fired at his feet and, as he jumped out of the way, she fired up, hitting under his shin. He caught the rest of the arrows. She fired another one at his heart. He caught that one too. She fired into his calf and the inner thigh as fast as she could.

Then she was yanked up. She used her magic to set the arrows alight. He roared in pain yet he did not let go. She fired at the other one. He caught the arrow. Then she fired at the middle finger and set it alight. Yet he still did not let go. So she fired down and hit his big toe. She was about to fire at the other when she was hit.

She gripped her bow as hard as she could as he hit her again and again and again making her feel dizzy. Yet she knew that she had to get used to the pain, yet she could feel that each and every hit was getting harder and harder. She heard a crack and she knew that she had to do something now. 

She closed her eyes to will the fire to increase, yet this did nothing. She thrust her leg as hard as she could but, even though she got his fist out of the way, she heard a crack and pain shot down her leg.

“Ahhhh!” She screamed.

She bit her lip as she could not think but for the pain. She gripped her bow as all she could do was scream. She felt tears fall from her eyes. She tried to force herself to become calm but she could not.

“Get a grip! Get a grip! Get a grip!” She repeated.

She looked up as she saw the fist coming. Quickly, with all her will she pushed her fist away. Soon she heard a crack. She found herself falling. She looked up at the fist in the throat of the Oni as it fell. She hit the ground with a thud.

The rest ran up to her. Quickly Chashathrophogh, which had become so pale that he looked like the living dead, placed a shaky finger on the side of her neck. His eyes darted from left to right.

“It’s alright. She’s not dead.” Cerpheres purred.

He placed his hand on her leg and moved the bones in place and soon healed it. He went into the next set of wounds as he saw Chashathrophogh was crying! Soon he had to hide his wicked smile and forced himself to relax as he finished healing her.

“There, all done!” He sang as he picked her up.

“That was fast!”

“Didn’t want to waste any time!”

He let out a low growl and they took the time to take a break and waited for Bash to wake up before they walked down the next set of stairs.