"Damn it,I can't move" Yoshi whimpered in his thoughts.
"Come to think of it,the black flames that burning my arms is gone...
What did he do?and...what the hell is this place?" Yoshi whimpered in deep thoughts, unable to move.
"What's wrong?..I thought you wanted to see it" Kasumi spoked arrogantly.
"Bastard,what did you do?" Yoshi questioned.
"Wha-..." He reacted after realizing that he's body can still move.
"Confused?huh" Kasumi said, annoying him with a grin.
"You bastard! In the name of the Arcane priest I shall kill you!" Yoshi suddenly started screaming.
Kasumi was shocked after hearing the words, "Arcane priest?"Kasumi reacted in confusion,giving him chills just by pronouncing the words.
"What do you mean by that?" Kasumi added.
"Your too young to know about it, adults should keep their secrets..Yaa know" Yoshi responded with a sigh,calming himself.
"Hmm,I see...then,how about this"Kasumi said, started to wonder.
If I manage to kill you... you'll confess everything,if you can manage to kill me then...you can have your life back and you can escape this domain..of course"Kasumi explained.
"Confess after I'm dead... having my life back!" Yoshi responded before bursting into laugh.
"Don't make it sound like,my life in your hands...damn kid" Yoshi arrogantly replied.
"Exactly!" Kasumi responded with a bright smile.
"Why the sudden change of atmosphere?...it's creeping me out" He whimpered.
"Looks like you're misunderstanding the situation you're in right now
It's because your life is really in my hands..." Kasumi spoked in serious tone,changing the atmosphere again.
"Now..he has a serious look..." Yoshi mumbled.
"Remember the undying black flames that's burning your arms earlier?
They turned into small black particles and now floating inside your body,mixing with your blood" Kasumi explained.
"Those are black flame that decreased to molecular size...and I can control the size,shape,and temperature of those black particles
I can either turn your whole body into ice...or turn you to ashes...you choose" Kasumi explained with another victory smile.
"So that how you fooled me earlier.." Yoshi suddenly bringing up another argument.
"I let my guard down, because I thought you just weak...that's why you flames has no temperature at all
But I was wrong,I never thought that you can manipulate the temperature of those black flames,and you used it to match the temperature of the surroundings...I'm too naive" Yoshi spoked with regretful face.
"Yeah I agree,I never knew you'll fall for it...Even though you know it's not hot,you can't just let your self get hit by your enemy's attack...what an idiot
I was actually expecting my death by that time, luckily my opponent is not that smart" Kasumi murmured, annoying him.
"Hey, bastard...what are you mumbling for?" Yoshi reacted.
"Ehh? I mean...you know... Intelligence people should pity the stupid ones!" Kasumi responded,giving an annoying grin.
"HuuUUUH? are you calling me stupid?" Yoshi replied in pissed off tone.
"Now!..are you ready to answer my questions?" Kasumi suddenly bringing up the previous argument.
"Hmmm? Let's see....." Yoshi mumbled.
"I guess I'll just have to fight...even though my life is in your hands..I know you can't afford to kill me because you need informations from me" Yoshi responded.
Kasumi simply smiled in response before pointing his index finger at him.
Yoshi felt like,his body is being shutdown and his senses is slowly fading.
He can't think of anything nor do anything,it was just for a moment but he felt like he's waiting for eternity,loosing his consciousness slowly.
When suddenly,he snapped back to reality and started panting, wondering what happened.
"Wh-what was that...just now?..an illusion?..NO...it feels real to me" Yoshi questioned between pants.
"What's wrong?...that's the first one!" Kasumi spoked,glaring at him.
"What did you do?" Yoshi asked.
Kasumi didn't reply and simply smiled,before pointing his fingers at Yoshi once again.This time Yoshi was about to find out the answer to his questions.
In a blink of an eye,the black flames from the burning ground enveloped him.He experienced different sensation from earlier,he felt like his body is slowly tearing into pieces little by little and slowly loosing his senses.
And suddenly,once again,he's snapped back into reality as if he just woke up from a bad dream.
"Again?...what the hell?" Yoshi whimpered in his thoughts.
"Heeeh? curious now?.man... didn't expect you to be this weak" Kasumi started provoking him.
"What are you talking about?" Yoshi asked him.
"Didn't I told you?...that you'll tell me everything you know after killing you." Kasumi responded,pointing his finger at him.
"Huh?...what are y-..." Yoshi couldn't finish his words when suddenly he experienced that strange sensation once again.
Once again he snapped back to reality,panting and exhausted and now on his knees.
"Bastard...what the hell are you doing?" Yoshi suddenly screamed after regaining his senses.
"Hahahaha"Kasumi looking down at him and laughed,a long,loud evil laugh.
Meanwhile Amano
Amano decided to stop and rest at the rocky part of the dark forest.Feeling exhausted from carrying two people and probably because he's transformation form has been up for too long.
"Kasumi,...." He whimpered in his thoughts, displaying a worried expression on his face.
"A-Amano!" A familiar voice caught his attention,making him turn his head in that direction.
"Anna?...and" Amano reacted,after seeing Anna and a woman that matches Kasumi's description.
"What are you doing here...Amano?" Anna questioned in surprise.
"Kasumi...Kasumi told me to take this two" pointing at Jiro and Mei "and run away in this direction" He added.
"Kasumi did?" Itsuki asked,looking surprised.
"Yeah,he told me to run...why?" Amano asked.
"Nothing.... normally that idiot would just charge in,without worrying about anything...that surprised me" Itsuki explained.
"Ehh,for real?..."Anna reacted.
"Wait... who's this woman Anna?" He whimpered at Anna's ear.
"Actually,I only know her by name..." She whimpered back.
"Ummm,Itsukiiii!...who are you exactly?" Anna asked her.
"eh,you know my name but not my real identity?... we've been running in this forest for quite awhile!" Itsuki asked,teasing Anna.
"Well, You're the one who recruited me for the agency..I know...but other than that,I don't have any idea about your identity" Anna explained.
"Hmmm fine...I'm Itsuki Kagisaki,I'm Jiro's current partner detective...and Kasumi's former mentor" Itsuki explained, clearing her throat.
"Ehhhh, your K-Kasumi's master? " Anna reacted while Amano is in deep thoughts.
"To think that hard headed sadist was your student....that must be though for you.." Amano commented.
"Yeah,so quit making it sounds like your pitying me!" Itsuki replied with angry expression on her face.
"Hey,old man!" Itsuki suddenly mentioned, catching Amano's attention.
"Come on,lead us the way!" Itsuki spoked.
"Oldman?...The way?" Amano reacted in confusion.
"To Kasumi's location of course!...the hell,are you even listening?" Itsuki responded.
"Again?...you wanted me to go there again?" Amano complained.
"That idiot is fighting a AA rank supernatural entity,if he's using his full power that idiot will definitely pass out afterwards" Itsuki explained.
"Ahh,I see!..then..."Amano was about to take a step when suddenly a person in a whit coat appeared in front of him,bumping at him.
"What the!..." Anna reacted,before looking around her and find out that they were surrounded by persons in white coat."
"I didn't even sensed them!...are they always been there?." Itsuki whimpered in her thought.
"Who's among you...is Kuragari Kasumi?" One of the persons asked,who's appeared to be in man's voice.
"Kasumi!...why?.." Anna whimpered in her thoughts.
"six...seven... eight... eight of them...and all of them are swordsman" Itsuki whimpering herself.
"No answer...I see...then" the man in front of then was quite pissed off and was about to draw his sword.
When suddenly,Itsuki vanished from his sight and appeared behind him.Before he can even react his head was already chopped off and vanished again,appearing behind Anna.
"Don't move,and stay calm" she whispered in her ears before vanishing again.
The men around them started going down,one by one.They can't hear anything but a swift blade moving as fast as the wind and their groan from the pain of dying,while Itsuki killing each and everyone of them.
"Amazing, she's fast..." Anna reacted,who's watching from a distance and being amazed.
"Amano!..we must hurry...looks like they're after Kasumi after all" Itsuki stated after finishing off the last enemy.
"Looks like this is gonna be a long night!" Amano responded before they run together to Kasumi's direction carrying Mei,and Itsuki carrying Jiro.
Meanwhile in Kasumi's Domain
"What....the...hell..." Yoshi said while panting heavily after the thirty sixth time of experience the terrifying sensation that he has no idea of.
"Whats wrong?...Are you ready to talk?" Kasumi responded.
Yoshi replied with angry expression,wanting Kasumi to drop dead.
"Maybe I should tell what's going on..."Kasumi spoked,
Yoshi slowly sand up from the ground,still panting heavily.
"This realm is not a spirit realm,nor an illusion..."Kasumi explained.
"This is a...demonic realm or what so called a demon's domain. I call this limitless abyss because,once your inside there's no way you to escape,not even by death
As you can see,you already died thirty-six times,and still breathing.As long as your inside this place,you will continue to resurrect everytime I kill you" Kasumi explained.
"What...the.." Yoshi reacted in surprised, trembling in fear,pain was shown in his face.
"This is one of those torture type of realm...that you don't want to enter."Kasumi said.
"Look behind you!..."Kasumi spoked, pointing his eyes in that direction.
Yoshi turned his head behind him,he saw a giant cross...similar to those he saw behind Kasumi earlier when he entered the domain.
"What's that?...a cross..." Yoshi whimpered, unable to understand anything.
"Thats..your cross.." Kasumi answered.
"My...crooosss?" Yoshi replied,taking a good look at the cross he saw number at the right side of the cross.
"What are those numbers for?" He asked.
"That's the number of times you died..." Kasumi answered.
"Thirty-six.! Times" he read the number before turning his head to see what number is in the other cross.His eyes widened from what number is written on the cross.
The first digit was nine followed zeros that he's too lazy to read"What...nine billion?...no.. trillion?"
"Ohhh,that was the cross of someone tortured here six years ago...I killed him for real, afterwards though" Kasumi spoked.
Yoshi unable to speak anymore, started trembling from fear.
"So that sensation I experienced earlier....was my death?" He whimpered in his thoughts.
"Well then...let's continue,shall we?" Kasumi said, before summoning his crow and transformed into a black scythe,with blades covered in flames.