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Chapter 18 - Celina's Deal

Agnes laughs some as Elias shakes with uncertainty and Katelyn leans against a wall watching. Godwine walks up getting in Agnes's face. Agnes smiles, staring Godwine down. "She made the deal so I highly doubt when the time comes she will resist that devilish siren call," her tone is teasing as she glances at Celina. Cherry blossoms slowly begin to form on the wounds on Celina's right side. Elias takes a step back, his hand on the hilt of his sword. "Oh my. It would seem that the deal is already coming forth," Agnes pushes past Godwine who stares motionless at Celina. Katelyn grabs her bow off her back, her face serious.

Celina stands watching the others look down towards her. "What are you guys on about?" no one responds to her words. She looks at Godwine's face that has allowed fear to breach it. "Godwine? What has gotten into you old man, I barely got scratched?" Godwine doesn't answer, still staring seemingly at her legs. Celina's eyes widen as a thought crosses her mind. Slowly she turns around and slowly she looks down. Celina lets out a gasp and takes a step back. She stares at herself passed out leaning against the wall. Quickly her eyes dart around the hallways trying to find anything to explain this, but there is nothing. As Katelyn pulls an arrow back aiming at Celina the world freezes and everyone stops. Elias's face is still filled with fear, his hand on the hilt of his sword. Agnes stays crouched down looking at the cherry blossoms, and Godwine has allowed his face to fill with more fear.

"You wished to have strength like your sister, remember?" a voice fills the empty air around Celina certain words sound far away others sound close. Tails begin to fill Celina's mind as she searches for the source of the voice. "You know I found it so curious that you never tried to negotiate the terms of our agreement," the voice now sounds close as the sound of rippling water fills the hallways. "You allowed me to gain something I wished for because it made me jealous that the higher tails had it," the voice grows closer as cherry blossoms blow into the hallway Celina stands in. 

Celina grits her teeth as she takes a defensive stance. "What the hell did you do to me?" Celina attempts to grab her sword. Her hand slips through the leather grip as if there is nothing there. Celina's breath grows more and more panicked as she starts to look around. "What do you want from me, you demon!?"

Celina's ears fill with laughter as a figure feminine in nature walks from around a corner walking towards the frozen Agnes. "My, my, this one really is a smart one," the six tails, the fangs protruding from her lips, clawed fingers. This tall figure grabs the frozen Agnes's chin closely observing her. "This knowledge she has, my, my, it would be amazing to have it."

Celina attempts to grab her sword again yet to no avail. She takes a defensive stance raising her arms ready to fight. "Get the fuck out of my head you bastard."

The figure laughs as she turns looking at Godwine. "Those prideful horns will forever disgust me," the claws on her fingers extend as she approaches Godwine. Celina's eyes widen as she quickly moves running towards the figure. Right before she reaches the figure she is frozen in place. "Ah, ah, ah," the figure turns, shaking her finger before returning to approach Godwine. "To think that Yon has been kept suppressed for this long," the claws on her left hand seemingly fuse together making a knife-like weapon. "You know I'm doing you a favor right now," Celina desperately attempts to break free as the figure brings her arm back getting ready to stab.

"Don't you fucking hurt him Chiasa!" Celina yells as her left arm begins to move. 

Chiasa smiles as she turns looking at Celina separating her claws. Chiasa leans down her tall frame barely able to fit in the hallways towering over Celina. "Tell me why I should let such a prideful horn live?" Chiasa's breath covers Celina's face as Celina is barely able to move her left arm. 

"We have a deal. That deal is still in effect," Celina's eyes begin to fill with rage.

"And that deal had nothing to do with targeting the horns," Chiasa brings a clawed finger to Celina's chin forcing her to look into Chiasa's eyes. "You made a deal with a demon sweety. And our deal never said I couldn't make an attack aiming to kill a horn," Chiasa's tails begin to wrap around Celina.

An aura begins to surround Celina as Chiasa's tails encroach tighter. "I won't let you fucking do this!"

A bright light begins to expand from Chiasa's chest, swallowing everyone within the hallways. As the light dims Celina stands within the camp they set up seeing Tasha writing things down as Chiasa stares at Celina. Agnes no longer frozen breaths heavy looking around before noticing the tall Chiasa staring Celina down. Godwine's eyes are now filled with fear as he looks at Chiasa standing in front of him. Katelyn's eyes are wide as she sees a true demon in front of her. Elias quickly grabs his sword attempting to steel himself as he stares down the demon in front of him.

"My, my," Chiasa speaks as the sound of cracking bones can be heard as her right arm bends unnaturally. "Seems the family killer may have changed some."

Agnes scoffs as she grabs her curved swords dual wielding. "So demons are able to manifest even when they're in a deal. I must add this to my note after this."

Chiasa's tails sway in the wind behind her as she licks her lips. "Demons aren't just fairytales, that is a development I wasn't expecting," Katelyn's eyes calm down as she quickly fires an arrow at Chiasa. Effortlessly Chiasa pushes the arrow away with one of her tails.

"Demon scum," Elias's voice is shaky as he speaks as he tries to calm himself.

Celina steps in front of Godwine, the aura surrounding her comforting. "Chiasa, the deal we made has not finished yet!" Celina grabs the leather grip of her sword relieved that she can feel the leather for once. "We haven't fulfilled your end of the deal yet!"

Chiasa laughs some as Tasha turns around seeming the commotion. She quickly grabs a bag filled with vials as she runs to Katelyn's side. "You think I care about the deal anymore? I've waited long enough," Chiasa watches Tasha run to Katelyn. "Killing you here will allow me to make a new deal with someone easier to manipulate anyways."

Chiasa doesn't give Celina a chance to respond quickly, rushing towards Godwine. Katelyn fires another arrow as Tasha raises protective vines in front of Godwine. A green scythe forms in Chiasa's hand that strikes down at the vines, cutting through them with ease. Katelyn's arrow is once again deflected by one of Chiasa's tails. Agnes dashes to Chiasa's side swinging her blades gracefully as if she was dancing. Chiasa's tails extend outwards, one going towards Elias. The tail flies towards his chest but luckily he blocks the piercing tail with his shield. As the tail recoils backwards Elias cuts with a horizontal swing. The entire fluffy looking tail seems to be one whole body part as no fur comes off from his cut but it bleeds. Elias's eyes widen as the cut covers in cherry blossoms. Celina dashes to the side as a tail flies towards her impaling the ground dust fling into the air. As she dodges the attack she lands a slash onto the tail. Katelyn fires three arrows in rapid succession. Chiasa holds her scythe up high letting the arrows impale her arms yet she is unfazed. The jade green of the scythe glitters from what light breaks through the trees foliage. Agnes continues her dance slashing at Chiasa as she dances through her tails. Without hesitation Chiasa breaks the scythe down towards Godwine.

Elias rams Godwine, sending him flying out of the way as Elias manages to only get nicked by the scythe. "Godwine stop fucking around!" Celina shouts as she jams her sword into one of Chiasa's tails violently shifting it until the tail retreats, Celina pulling the sword out. Cherry blossoms cover the wound. Tasha throws a vial at Chiasa. As it breaks and spreads the grass beneath their feet begins to wilt and die. As the smoke spreads and reaches the cherry blossoms covering Chiasa's wounds the blossoms wilt and die as well falling from the wounds onto the ground.

Chiasa lets out a pained groan as the blossoms fall from her wounds. Within a second she changes her target, rushing towards Tasha. Katelyn glances at Tasha noticing her dagger at her side. In a moment she grabs the dagger from Tasha's side quickly firing an arrow before running to clash with Chiasa. "You foolish humans!" Chiasa swings her scythe, the jade glimmering as Katelyn slides to dodge the swing. Katelyn jumps, ramming the dagger into Chiasa's right eye as she swings from the dagger onto Chiasa's shoulders. Chiasa's tails attempt to latch onto Katelyn yet Agnes holds two in combat refusing to let them retreat. Elias has one with several cuts as he refuses to give it any chances. Celina holds one down with her blade jammed into it while Tasha has vines wrapped around another with the last one having Tasha's vines digging into it. Katelyn stabs Tasha's dagger into Chiasa's shoulders and her head rapidly.

Then silence as all of their weapons and Tasha's magic are taken. Within a second each of them besides Chiasa are suddenly moved sitting on a fallen tree trunk. "For a tail to attempt to break their deal is truly something I haven't seen yet," one wing spreads out filling everyone's vision blocking their ability to see Chiasa. The wing is white and emits a holy aura, as everyone's wounds begin to close and heal as if they were never there. "A sixth tail surely should've been able to break their deal before the angels arrived," Chiasa brings her left hand up covering her stabbed eye as she attempts to form cherry blossoms on her wounds but to no avail, none form at all. "You know the power of the angels yet you try to use your powers."

"You damn angels always have to ruin our fun!" Chiasa attempts to form her scythe in her hand again but nothing forms. "I'll kill you with my own damn claws!" Chiasa rushes towards the winged woman extending her claws. As Chiasa swings her claws attempting to scratch the winged woman nothing connects. The winged woman stands there as Chiasa's attacks go straight through her.

"We angels are meant to keep you demons in check you know," the winged woman takes out a scroll opening it. "In exchange for guaranteeing that Godwine is always protected and doesn't die in action along with giving Celina the strength of her sister, all Celina had to do was allow you to feast on the dead to give yourself what they had, along with Celina must kill her sister."

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