Suddenly the loud banging started again.
"Brat, give me your sister's ashes in exchange for your safety," the animal outside spoke to him.
Kaede's heart started to beat fast because of fear, but he didn't say anything back.
"Brat!"
It shouted outside before banging the door louder than before. Kaede still admired the door for holding it up, whoever was on the outside.
"GIVE ME THE ASHES, BRAT!"
That was the cue that Kaede's adrenaline rush kicked in. Kaede grabs the jar and runs towards the back door. He remembered his sister's key and held it before he opened the back door and hopped inside the car. He doesn't know how to drive properly, but he knows the basics. He would rather choose to drive than stay in the house with unknown creatures outside.
The car's sound is activated, and leaving catches the creature's attention outside his door. Kaede saw in his side mirror that the beast was a huge dog that started to sprint toward the car. Kaede speeds up the car by stepping on the gasoline to avoid the dog that is now approaching him.
"Damn it!" he frustratedly shouted.
If the dog catches him, he'll die. He knows it
Suddenly, the huge dog leaped on the roof of the car.
"I TOLD YOU TO GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, BRAT!" it shouted before it started to step on the roof. Kaede could tell that the dog is like punching the car's roof, and one of its paws would puncture it at any moment.
Three more steps and one of its front paws with sharp claws hit Kaede's right shoulder. The wound started to bleed, but Kaede continued driving.
The dog must have been hyped when he smelled the blood, and it didn't stop from puncturing the roof. Kaede grabbed the jar and put it in between his legs. The attack will never end until one of them dies. And he is determined to be not the one to die even though he knew it would be futile.
Kaede ensured that the lid of the jar was tight before he jumped out of the car. When he was sure, he opened the driver's door and jumped after accelerating the car with a jar in his arms.
Injured and in pain, Kaede runs away while the dog hasn't realized that he is gone. He was probably half a kilometer away when he heard feet running towards him.
"GIVE IT TO ME, BOY!" said the dog, pouncing on him, making him stumble on the ground with the jar on his arms. When he saw a bush and the dog wasn't looking. He slowly threw the jar in there secretly.
"I will not give it to you!" he said.
The dog kicked him, sending him a few meters away from the jar.
"Where is it!? Give it to me before I eat you!" it insisted on him.
"No! The ash is my sister, and it will remain hers until my last breath!" he shouted back at the dog as it got bigger.
The dog, that Kaede is seeing now is Goryo, who has been attracted to Minami's scent. For Yurie of any kind, shamans' or Exorcists' bodies after death are the most delicious. The Celestial Axis' power will evaporate from them, attracting enemies who want to consume it.
"Give it to me?" the dog shouted as it began to show its true appearance. The scent of Celestial Dust is driving him crazy, and it makes him hungry.
Kaede slowly picks himself up. His muscles are screaming at him because of the pain he felt upon colliding with a hard tree before dropping to the ground. Kaede is used to pain because of the sport he plays, but the pain of being kicked by this dog is a hundred times more than the pain he can tolerate.
Kaede looks at the bush secretly. He can make a quick run, grab the jar and run while the dog is busy showing his power. He is confident when it comes to running. He is fast, but he wishes to outrun the dog, which he knows would be impossible. But he will take his chance. His sister's cremains needed to be safe away from it.
He took a deep breath, bolted towards the bush, and picked up the jar.
The dog saw it, and he interrupted his transformation and followed Kaede.
"Damn it!" Kaede cursed, pushing his body to its limit to run faster.
"You cannot run away from me, brat!" the dog said while aftering him.
Kaede didn't mind him. All in his mind was to keep the jar safe no matter what. The bald guy never told him that Yurei would come after her sister's remains. And he hated him for that.
But everything he hoped to escape the mutated dog was gone when he met a dead end.
"N-no way!" he almost screamed when he was face to face with a wall higher than he could climb.
He then heard a laugh.
"I told you, you can never run away from me, brat. Give me the jar, and maybe I'll spare your life," the dog said, snickering at him.
Kaede turned his face at the dog and bit his lower lips.
He cannot give the jar no matter what. The dog will have to face him first.
"No!"
"Oh? No? Well then, I have to kill you and devour your useless soul. You will be my appetizer before I eat that main course in the jar," the dog said, smirking and running to where he was.
Kaede silently hopes that he will treasure it all his life if a miracle happens.
Please ..
He silently begged whoever could hear him.
Save us.
Kaede closes his eyes and embraces the jar.
Please! Please help us!
Kaede's left arm suddenly lights up when the dog is about to pounce on him and open its huge mouth.
Kaede's eyes widened from what he saw, especially when something came out of it. In front of him, a huge hooded figure came out and met the huge dog mid-air. Kaede watches them as they fight. The hooded figure grabbed the dog's head and threw it down a couple of meters away from us. The collision created a hole in the ground due to the impact and strength the figure used on the dog.
"Who are you!?"
The dog questioned the figure, but instead of answering it, the figure suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of the dog and punched it in the face, sending it another meter away from the figure.
"Enough!" the dog screamed. "You are pissing me off!" the dog shouted and began to change.
The dog's fur suddenly becomes long; its head enlarges, and the dog"s size doubles. The dog's appearance scared Kaede, but the figure in front of it didn't even fret. The figure stood there as if there was nothing to be afraid of.
The dog ran towards the figure with its mouth open wide, but the figure just shut it back using both hands and pinned it on the ground using its left hand. The figure lifts its other hand above its head, and suddenly, five spears appear. Each tip of the spear faces the huge dog, and then unexpectedly, the figure closes its fingers in a fist, and the spears fall on the huge dog, piercing its body.
The figure walks away from the dig as the dog struggles to set itself from the spears that nailed the dog to the ground. Within a second, the spears lit up and exploded.
It was the last scene Kaede had seen before the poor boy collapsed due to shock and tiredness with his arms around his sister's cremains.