This was pathetic. They might not have trained much and yes, it was stupid for them to have taken things so lightly. But to find themselves reduced to this mess already? Sousuke growled in his mind as the pain continued to lance in rhythm through his body. Blood pouring down his leg, his skin scraping over a broken bone, struggling to stand, while his own god was holding his shoulder to try and keep those bleeding gashes beneath the water doing its best to soothe them. And a pack of five beasts circling around them, hunting them. They were nothing but injured prey to these damn things! Angry at himself for being so weak and defenseless, angry at these creatures for not having anything better to do than pick on fluffy white dogs.
‘How will that help,’ the shinki snarled back in return, pushing himself up onto his three good legs. He left the four one to dangle behind him, doing his best not to put any weight on it. Stay down. Yeah right. Rin was out an arm it looked like; if he could still fight with that limitation then like hell was Sousuke going to accept lying like dog in the gutter (no offense meant). So he let his frustration and his anger fuel his thoughts and feelings, let it swell into his power and create a literally maelstrom around Rin. Offense and defense in one, a threat and a shield. Something to keep them protected while they figured out their next step
It was a fueled response and Sousuke felt Rin’s power leaking through his own. Flecks of light within the dark waters, splitting between the frothy crests and curls. The pool seemed to swell outward, tendrils snapping and cracking among the surf as it drove the five creatures backwards. Sousuke’s eyes narrowed and something seemed to flex inside him, like a muscle he didn’t know he had pulling taut and bulging. He lashed out without knowing how it really happened, but the water caught hold and rewarded the god and shinki with one of those beast’s yelp of surprise. Catching them and holding them down. Initially his intention had been to block them and give Rin and himself time to retreat… but seeing them on the defensive, knowing they would only attack more people if he let these monsters go… No, he wanted them done for. Finished.
The water kept itself pressed to Rin’s wound, a gentle current lapping over the injury and soothing it with its coolness. As Rin straightened as best he could, Sousuke also rose to his full height on his legs, glaring through the waters towards the ayakashi. No, they wouldn’t have another chance. Shoving the pain aside, he braced himself and focused entirely on their goal. Fueling the water so Rin could use it alongside him. Tendrils swarmed and jerked, tying themselves in twines around the wolves and pulling them into the water. They struggled, but the onslaught was simply too much too intensely. Lifting them off the ground was their final end and the moment they were separated, they were theirs. With a splash, the five were pulled straight into the maelstrom about them, vanishing under the water. Call him cruel or vengeful, but Sousuke let them take a few scrambling “laps” around the pool before Rin finally pried them out into five dense bubbles of dark water.
‘Aa.’ There was no gentleness in his voice. They’d end these monsters. Just like the first one.
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‘How will that help,’ the shinki snarled back in return, pushing himself up onto his three good legs. He left the four one to dangle behind him, doing his best not to put any weight on it. Stay down. Yeah right. Rin was out an arm it looked like; if he could still fight with that limitation then like hell was Sousuke going to accept lying like dog in the gutter (no offense meant). So he let his frustration and his anger fuel his thoughts and feelings, let it swell into his power and create a literally maelstrom around Rin. Offense and defense in one, a threat and a shield. Something to keep them protected while they figured out their next step
It was a fueled response and Sousuke felt Rin’s power leaking through his own. Flecks of light within the dark waters, splitting between the frothy crests and curls. The pool seemed to swell outward, tendrils snapping and cracking among the surf as it drove the five creatures backwards. Sousuke’s eyes narrowed and something seemed to flex inside him, like a muscle he didn’t know he had pulling taut and bulging. He lashed out without knowing how it really happened, but the water caught hold and rewarded the god and shinki with one of those beast’s yelp of surprise. Catching them and holding them down. Initially his intention had been to block them and give Rin and himself time to retreat… but seeing them on the defensive, knowing they would only attack more people if he let these monsters go… No, he wanted them done for. Finished.
The water kept itself pressed to Rin’s wound, a gentle current lapping over the injury and soothing it with its coolness. As Rin straightened as best he could, Sousuke also rose to his full height on his legs, glaring through the waters towards the ayakashi. No, they wouldn’t have another chance. Shoving the pain aside, he braced himself and focused entirely on their goal. Fueling the water so Rin could use it alongside him. Tendrils swarmed and jerked, tying themselves in twines around the wolves and pulling them into the water. They struggled, but the onslaught was simply too much too intensely. Lifting them off the ground was their final end and the moment they were separated, they were theirs. With a splash, the five were pulled straight into the maelstrom about them, vanishing under the water. Call him cruel or vengeful, but Sousuke let them take a few scrambling “laps” around the pool before Rin finally pried them out into five dense bubbles of dark water.
‘Aa.’ There was no gentleness in his voice. They’d end these monsters. Just like the first one.