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[h3][b][color=f49ac2]The Tori Gate Stands, Yokai Overwhelming, Brave hearts stems the tide[/color][/b][/h3][hr]

Explosions rocked the ice, shifting them, cracking, destroying, but the seawater froze over almost as quickly. Even the undying flames of the witch themed fighter found itself soon encased in a dome of ice where the heat didn't reach as far to effectively fight against the chill from the Tori Gate, though the seawater it was boiling was letting off scalding hot steam in its vicinity. 

So far the youkais were dispatched with ease, but the gate was still standing.

Indeed it was vibrating softly now, the thrumming could be faintly heard over the din of fighting. The chill from it now feels more pronounced, as if it was slowly expanding its reach. Even the number of the youkai didn't seem to dwindle, throwing out more mundane youkai like reanimated konbu, plates and some long haired ghosts, as well as more modern ones like the aforementioned motorbiking grannies. A few were truly dangerous on their own; large onis, daitengus, as well as a large flaming skeleton dragging itself out of the gate. Was it slowly gaining power from the territory it was claiming?

The few that was fighting them, the few in the boat, and those in the field hospital set up beyond the shore; the youkais finally seemed to start gravitating towards them.

Tsukumogamis and various other small youkais had started to stack on themselves like a true parade float, inching higher and higher towards the boat. At the very top a menacing looking almost cartoonish pot cannon appeared, before launching an entire multicolored ball at the boat. 

The other ones on the ground were getting swarmed as well, especially for those solo, like Atheni. 

As Zen had mentioned, Ryofu was the currently the only one able to keep up with the motorcycle grannies, but that also mean the motorcycle grannies were able to keep up with her. Trampling down lesser youkai under their wheels, Ryofu was forcibly led away from the gate, by the sheer tenacity of what seemed to be an entire granny biker gang. 

The glint of metal caught her eye, held by one of the granny bikers. its length pointed straight at her. [color=ed1c24]"Huh, when did-"[/color]

A noticable shot rang out, one made by a firearm instead of a spell or magic bullet. A second later, Ryofu's bike crashed into youkais near the gate, temporarily opening a gap in the horde of youkais pouring out.