[h2]Honami Aoi[/h2]

"Um, shouldn't we help somehow though?" Aoi asked, looking up at the boy with her antenna twitching. She couldn't fight, but it didn't seem right to just stay back... she shifted from one foot to another, frowning slightly as she did. What, exactly, had caused the teddy bear to become giant and aggressive? After a few moments, her antenna twitched again. Something else was there too, that fading feeling of terrible corruption...

"... Hiraku-san, help me get up somewhere high!" Aoi declared, waving her hands in the air.

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[h2]Aoyama Makiko[/h2]

The teddy bear reeled. Multiple impacts across its body, one of its arms bound to its side by a snake, its body under attack from multiple angles, its feet secured... swayed from a sudden, sharp impact from the hanyou's fist, too, only unable to fall due to its immobile legs. Needless to say, the enormous stuffed toy was not in a good position to fight back. Still, with its remaining free arm, it attempted to raise up for a strike...

The ofuda attached to Makiko's skirt blazed red, her form blurring as the power in her legs was boosted several times, greatly enhancing her speed. Her scarf fluttered behind her, and as she placed a hand on the hilt of her katana. Red mana leaked from around her hand as she drew the blade in a flash... and lept.

When she landed, she sheathed her katana.

Behind her, the teddy bear's arm fell away at the seam. The light poured up its body, too, intent on driving out the strange force that had entered the toy. Satisfied with how cool her entrance had been, Makiko turned on her heel to look up at the enormous creature... but wait.

Something was wrong.

"Eh? There's something-"

From the severed hole of its arm, an enormous, shadowy from erupted. Twitching legs sprouted from it, flailing. It looked like a centipede.

[i]Kegare[/i].

The purifying spells were driving it out, but it wasn't done yet...!

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Sayuri, meanwhile, was not entirely prepared for the sudden liftoff into the air. For a moment she was surprised, and even a little scared, as she was carried higher and higher, trembling slightly... but as the sensation of weightless, of being so high up, began to get to her, any fear faded into excitement. Even the giant teddy bear was forgotten to now, as the little girl stretched her arms out like a pair of wings.

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