Chapter 3 - Death

"Why did I let him drag me into this?" Walking on a path, Jay checks each of his specialized weapons. "I shouldn't have to use these."

"This was a smart idea. This will surely make us rich. You will be able to do a lot but imagine me. They'll automatically have to rank me to C or even B rank."

"We're just checking out the building." Getting closer to the location, Jay pulls out a talisman.

"This'll let people know our location." Giving it to Ash, "Use this to call for help."

Getting on the porch, Jay asks him if he's ready.

Opening the door, Jay scouts it with his eyes first.

Confirming it was safe, they began to move into the building silently. Making Ash dash to the left side of the stairs, he goes upstairs.

"Stay alert down there." Making his way to the top of the stairs, he notices slight movement in a room. Making a B-Line to that room, he takes his sword out and slashes at the being. Only to see it's a little girl.

Directing his blade to the side of him, he merely misses the girl. "Are you okay?" Still keeping his sword out to respond to an attack from her or something else, he keeps his guard up.

"Yes, I'm fine… Unn... can you help my mo-" Before she can finish her sentence. He takes his sword and slashes her. "What a strong illusion."

"HELP JAY!" Hearing Ash yelling, he gets knocked out of his mind. Maneuvering downstairs, he gets close to Ash.

Noticing the spirit on him, he quickly throws a talisman.

"I didn't want to do this." Pulling away Ash, he uses his momentum to throw himself forward. Aiming his sword at the spirit, something else gets in the way.

Being distracted, he missed his chance to kill it. The spirit knocks the sword out of his hand. Pulling out a talisman, he tries to throw it.

But the moment he does that.

His sword enters his chest, right where his heart is.

"Wh-" Coughing up blood, he looks at the sword in his chest. "Ash, what's this?" Asking Ash why he got stabbed calmly, he ignores the pain in his body.

"Hahaha, Haha- To think you fall for this so easily. The reason why I stabbed you was to kill you. I can take all the merits for this mission." Taking the sword out of his chest, Ash stabs him 10 more times. Each strike hits something vital.

"I already took control of the spirit. My dad already tamed it."

On the ground in his pile of blood, still not dead somehow. "Your family is tamers aren't they?"

Feeling his last moments, he wishes for a brighter future for Kirin.

Feeling his body lose vitality, he thinks about his mistakes. "Finally going to see my mom, going to see my parents."

Smiling from this.

It goes to an endless black of nothingness. Jay is dead.