Sousuke dropped to his feet again, legs bracing as the water swarmed around his ankles. This was his god and he wasn’t going to let any of these damn beasts get close to him! Teeth bared again and abruptly lashed out with a snarling series of barks at the next ayakashi to step into the pool. The water around them spiraled within the pool, though it instinctively stayed serene around Rin’s legs wherever he stepped so as to not disrupt his footing.
He felt the creatures in front of him, their instincts pressing against his own. They weren’t going to be stopped by something as simple as a few water bullets and some god throwing them around the area. Sousuke didn’t know what they wanted. Did they want Rin, his godly abilities? Did they want Sousuke, a shinki’s powerful spirit? Or did they simply want Angel, for whatever reason to torment the little girl who wanted her back home safe and sound? They were hesitating at least… Sousuke continued to slowly stalk closer to the perimeter of the pool, keeping himself between Rin as the pair of them relocated towards the mouth of the alley.
‘Then we’re in trouble.’ Because it didn’t seem like beating them off was getting the message through. And even if they had cut off any attempts at flanking them, they also just cut off their own retreat. Forwards at least. They could still go for Angel behind them and maybe escape up the walls and over the walls or something… ‘I don’t know how to rend them.’ Sousuke glanced back towards Rin, ears flattening. Only to tense up when he saw Angel. She was definitely in the alley behind them, huddled in a little ball in the corner half behind a trash can—
Watch it! The yell snapped him out of his surprise and Sousuke jerked his head back around. Teal eyes widened as teeth and claws flashed into his face. Fast! He shoved backwards, head and shoulders pulling in retreat—
Snap!
A shrill, canine yelp of pain lanced through the alleyway and Sousuke felt the bones in his back leg crunch between a pair of jaws. He slammed on his side, water splashing in a halo around his body. Pain seared up his leg, held between the ayakashi's teeth, and the pool of water around Rin’s legs scattered like the shinki’s concentration, hovering bullets falling to the ground like rain. The other five ayakahi wasted no time and flung themselves towards the pair, charging the mouth of the alley with snarls and raking dirt under their legs.
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He felt the creatures in front of him, their instincts pressing against his own. They weren’t going to be stopped by something as simple as a few water bullets and some god throwing them around the area. Sousuke didn’t know what they wanted. Did they want Rin, his godly abilities? Did they want Sousuke, a shinki’s powerful spirit? Or did they simply want Angel, for whatever reason to torment the little girl who wanted her back home safe and sound? They were hesitating at least… Sousuke continued to slowly stalk closer to the perimeter of the pool, keeping himself between Rin as the pair of them relocated towards the mouth of the alley.
‘Then we’re in trouble.’ Because it didn’t seem like beating them off was getting the message through. And even if they had cut off any attempts at flanking them, they also just cut off their own retreat. Forwards at least. They could still go for Angel behind them and maybe escape up the walls and over the walls or something… ‘I don’t know how to rend them.’ Sousuke glanced back towards Rin, ears flattening. Only to tense up when he saw Angel. She was definitely in the alley behind them, huddled in a little ball in the corner half behind a trash can—
Watch it! The yell snapped him out of his surprise and Sousuke jerked his head back around. Teal eyes widened as teeth and claws flashed into his face. Fast! He shoved backwards, head and shoulders pulling in retreat—
Snap!
A shrill, canine yelp of pain lanced through the alleyway and Sousuke felt the bones in his back leg crunch between a pair of jaws. He slammed on his side, water splashing in a halo around his body. Pain seared up his leg, held between the ayakashi's teeth, and the pool of water around Rin’s legs scattered like the shinki’s concentration, hovering bullets falling to the ground like rain. The other five ayakahi wasted no time and flung themselves towards the pair, charging the mouth of the alley with snarls and raking dirt under their legs.