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Their mission had taken an unexpected turn that was the simplest way of explaining it. The excitement from combat had worn off as fatigue seeped through her body. Muscles that she didn't even knew she had began to hurt, yet she kept her mouth shut. It wasn't due to physical movement that was causing the strain, yet the immense expense of chakra from calling upon the tree spirit. A shudder ran through her as the sound of human bones crushed under pressure echoed through her head.

Given the nature of her family's gift, death was something she would have to come to terms with. It was very rarely used as a negotiation tactic when trying to recruit the assistance of an unfamiliar spirits. Some were eager to share their stories, while others who had suffered more tragic deaths would instantly clam up and refuse to hear another word of persuasion. The refusal of a spirit was a blow to the ego more often than not. However, there were darker consequences if less friendly spirits realized that their Handler was literally a gate between the Human World and the Spirit Realm that it could be another chance at life. Possession in even minor cases was extremely unpleasant as allowed the spirit to use your body as a puppet of sorts with only willpower enforcing your own mind.

That was the dark nature of their gift. Anyone deemed incapable of withstanding possession would be shut out of the family's secret vault for the remainder of their lives. A few deemed this practice to merely make potential full body possession an even higher risk. When that occurred it was theorized the human soul was consumed by the spirit and it's body was merely a hallow shell. Execution performed by honored clan members, often family members was considered a way of reuniting the human spirit one last time with its' body.

Shaking her head of melancholy thoughts as she posed a optimistic thought to the rest of the group "Well now that is over. The mission shouldn't be any more difficult right?". The faint feeling of hope dared appear in heart as Shiki knew that her body wouldn't be able to survive another unprepared Spirit calling for quite a few days. A faint smile came on her face as everyone else seemed to be perfectly ready to handle anything that came their way.