[h2]Honami Aoi[/h2]

"G-giant teddy bear?!"

Everything had felt so wrong, and it still felt wrong coming from that enormous teddy bear, but Aoi couldn't help but stare at the giant stuffed toy in mute shock. It wasn't as if weird things didn't happen in the Imaginary District all the time, but an enormous animate teddy bear was a bit of a stunning site to say the least. For a few moments, the satori was a bit distracted to realize that Hiraku had said anything, but she eventually managed to snap herself out of that state and refocus on the task at hand. Aoi had to help out in any way she could! Even if she couldn't fight...

Concentrating, Aoi's antenna twitched several times as she tried to detect anything unusual. Aside from the strange corruption in the teddy bear and the neigh-unreadable noise coming from the townsfolk, she couldn't discern anything else.

The yokai shook her head.

"I can't find anything else. That's our only target!"

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[h2]Aoyama Makiko[/h2]

Sayuri smiled up at Suzuka brightly, but that was all interrupted when the huge teddy bear rose out of the midst of the stalls.

For a few moments, Makiko's eyes were wide with surprise, but she quickly placed one hand on the hilt of her katana and glanced back over her shoulder at the tennin and the little girl.

"Suzuka-san, try and get Sayuri-chan to the lost child's station as quickly as you can, and then come back!" Makiko declared, as she noticed the huge teddy bear stumble briefly. She could already see some people were attacking it, good! "We're going to stop it before it can do any serious damage!"

She gave the tennin and the frightened little girl a bright smile, before her attention returned to the enormous stuffed toy rather quickly. The ofuda pinned to the inside of her skirt let out a faint reddish glow, and she felt power flow into her legs. With that, she was off like a rocket, heading right for the massive and strange monster.

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The teddy bear quickly rebounded from the kick to its soft and fuzzy head. The kick had done... basically nothing aside from slightly delay its move forward, as it took a step to begin advancing. No sooner then it had, however, then did golden flames erupt up its leg, scorching the artificial fuzz. Wordlessly, it raised one soft arm and swung it downwards in a bid to disrupt its attackers. And then... chains up its other leg? The teddy tugged, the chains already straining, but they managed to hold for now.

Expressionless, as would be expected from a stuffed toy, the teddy kept attempting to move as the oni suddenly grasped one of its legs,  forcing it to steady itself as it was shifted. While no serious damage had been done yet, the advancing threat was for now rendered immobile.

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