Human World

"See you later Tae-chan!" The raven-haired girl said as she waved goodbye. Otae waved back, putting an triumphant smile on his face.
'Sometimes these girls just make it too easy' He thought to himself as he chuckled and began leaving the school grounds. Otae looked up into the sky and noticed that it was already getting kind of dark. "Huh. Maybe I should have brought her home. Mizu is on a 3-day schooltrip afterall, and mom is out of town." He said aloud to himself, casting a sinister grin. "Bring who home exactly?" Otae heard a familiar voice ask him. He turned and looked upon the class rep with the same sinister gaze.
"Well if it isn't the class rep. How about it? Would you prefer I take you home instead?" He asked nonchalantly.
"As if. I'm not one of those stupid girls you're always picking up, Takamiya. I'm here to keep you in line." She stated before grabbing Otae's shirt collar and balling her free hand into a fist. "My, my. Is this any way for a class rep to act? Violence is never the answer Shizuka-chan~" Otae commented, mocking her.
"Don't you call me by my first name, you trash!" Shizuka yelled out before sending her punch towards Otae's face, which he easily blocked since he knew it was coming. When she was going to punch him, Shizuka let go of his collar, once again giving him mobility. He quickly spun around Shizuka and grabbed her wrists, resting his chin on her neck. "Come on. You know you can't resist me for long. Even a girl as sheltered as you." He mocked. Shizuka blushed before rearing her leg up and sending it backward, hitting Otae where the sun don't shine. He doubled over holding his vital regions in pain. "F-...Fuck..." He managed.
"Hmph. That should teach you a lesson." Shizuka said before walking off, and leaving Otae there. After a few minutes, he managed to recover.
"That bitch... I'll definately make her regret this later." Otae said, panting a little.

As Otae started home, he still couldn't help but notice that it was really too dark for it to be just 3:30. "What the hell is going on? Is it daylight savings?" He said to himself before a heavy object ran into him, toppling him over. "Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" He exclaimed pushing the person who had knocked him down off of him. His face went a little pale as he saw a woman about the age of 19 bleeding from several wounds, and panting heavily. "What the f-"
"Hehehehe. It looks like you've finally reached the limit that body can withstand, Enenra. Why not just stay still so I can finish you off? I'll make it quick and painless. Well... Maybe. Hehehehehe" Otae was cut off by a deep, intimidating voice. Slowly he shifted his head to the side and laid eyes upon a horrific monster. It was some type of humanoid, but Otae could definately feel some kind of demonic presence coming from it. He shook a little, but made sure that his voice wouldn't shake with it.
"What are you exactly?" He asked the creature. "Whats this? This human can see me?" The tedlar began walking towards Otae and the bleeding woman slowly.
Otae could feel his heartbeat pulse at every step. "Listen human. For I will now reveal the name of your killer. My name is Unis, and I am a mid-level tedlar."
The monster said to Otae. "Tedlar? Just what in the hell is th-... Ugh." Otae began before darting his eyes down to see that the monster had stabbed him through the chest with it's fingers. "W-... Why?" He uttered before falling to the ground, blood pertruding from his mouth. As Otae's vision began to blur, he noticed the woman next to him had stopped breathing. Probably dead from the blood less. Otae soon noticed that it had become hard to breath. His lungs had been punctured and blood was filling them up.
'Damn it... I don't want to die like this...' Otae thought before he began to drift into unconsiousness.

'If that is the case, then would you like to make a contract with me?' Otae heard a voice say to him in the depths of his mind. 'Please... I just want to live...' Otae pleaded to the voice in his head. 'Very well. I shall begin the contract. I'm sorry to say that I've mislead you. Once I have completed the contract, your body shall not completely be your own. You will only have control of it, when I permit you to. Because of my situation, I shall need to steal it in order to meet my goals.' Otae couldn't even process enough thought to respond, before the last bit of life drained from his eyes.
"Damn. Looks like I took to long playing with that human. Enenra went and died on his own. Unis complained, after checking the woman's corpse. The tedlar turned to leave before it noticed an aura immiating behind it. "What the...? Enenra? You're still alive?! Wait a minute... No Inferno Hell appeared after Enenra died... That means he must have moved to the body of the human I just killed!" The tedlar exclaimed as it turned to see Otae's body standing, with a dark aura surrounding him. His hair turned a darker gray and his left eye turned pure yellow. His right eye however appeared to be a small black abyss with a single blue jem resting in the middle. "You bastard... This time I'll make sure to kill you before you have a chance to switch to a different corpse." Unis stated before charging foward at incredible speed, shooting his arm foward and piercing Otae in the stomach. Otae spit up blood, as he soon came into consiousness. "W-what the hell?! My chest stopped hurting, but my stomach feels like shit..." He stated before realising that the tedlar from before was impaling him. He cried out in pain as the tedlar threw him into a telephone pole. "W-w-w-w-what the hell is going on?!" Otae panicked.

'Calm yourself, human! I need you to calm down!... This is strange. How is it that you are able to maintain your own consiousness? Nevermind that. For now, we must rid ourselves of this eyeswore. Such a truly disgusting being. Listen carefully human. With our combined power, we may stand a chance against this enemy. You just have to do what I tell you. You were just killed, and my power is what is keeping you alive at the moment. But if you don't listen to what I have to say, then we're both dead. First, take a look at your chest. Its already begun healing, see? Because of me, your body can heal at a high acceleration. Next I need you to perform a simple fist spell. That should at the very least buy us some time.' The voice began explaining. 'Wait... Who are you? What are you talking about? What do you mean I'm dead?!' Otae yelled at the voice in his head, too frightened to say it out loud. 'We don't have time for that. I'll explain later. 1st I need you to get up.' Otae did as he was told, as the tedlar known as Unis was only a few yards away from him. 'That Tedlar's name is Unis. He specializes in mid-ranged attacks that involve his fingers. If we can hit him from long range or melee range, we should be victorious. Unfortunantly I don't have enough Invento Hell to cast any energy spells, so our best bet is melee range. The problem is getting past his mid-ranged attacks...'
'I-...I got it! I just need to avoid his fingers when he shoots them at me, and I can land a hit on him. But just how do I use this Iveeta Hall thing?' Otae asked.
'Its called Invento He-... Nevermind. Just concentrate on your hand. Focus and imagine energy building into it.' Otae did as he was told, and felt power building in his fist. 'Woah! What was that?!' He remarked, astonished at the power building in his hand. 'That is the power of Invento Hell being utilized. Next time, don't charge another fist until we've reached him. It will only waste more Invento Hell. Look sharp! You're within range of his fingers now.'
'Got it...' Otae responded, starring the deadly tedlar right in the eyes.
"Lets finish this, Enenra." Unis said before aiming his hand in Otae's direction and shooting his fingers foward. Otae saw where the first one was coming and moved to dodge it. This was successful, but he didn't see another one coming right from behind. "Shit!" Surprisingly, Otae managed to avoid not only that finger but several more in a second.
'M-my body avoided them on it's own!' Otae exclaimed in his head.
'You're welcome human. Now hurry up and get to him!' The voice shouted, obviously annoyed. Otae rushed foward, noticing that Unis still hadn't shot the fingers from his other hand. Unis cackled, before unleashing his other fingers. With the voice's help, Otae was able to successfully avoid all of them. "What?!" The tedlar exclaimed, now nervous. 'Now! Charge the fist spell!'
Otae concentrated on his fist, and brought it up to the tedlar face.
"No way! Even at this weakened state..." Unis said, before the fist went through his face and continued through the rest of his head. What was left of Unis's body fell to the ground and then dispersed, leaving behind what appeared to be a floating soul. Otae panted, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

'Congradulations human. You've just killed your first tedlar. Do you see that floating object there? Touch it. That is a condensed form of the Invento Hell that tedlar has gathered.' Otae hesitated at first, but then took a deep breath before walking toward the Invento Hell and touching it. The soul soon dissapeared and entered Otae's body.
"What exactly did that do?" Otae asked as if it was something completely normal.
'Strange. I thought that would surprise you more. You are definatly not a normal human.'The voice answered.
"So... You told me that you're whats keeping me alive, right? Is there a way to get my life back?" Otae asked.
'Right to the point I see. As for a way to revive yourself... There is a way, but I'm not exactly sure how accurate it is. I've never performed the ressurection spell before.'
"Ressurection spell? Whats that?" Otae asked, interested in hearing this. 'The ressurection spell is the only known power that is said to be able to revive a living being. However, it requires over 1,000 Invento Hell to perform. Even with that, it isn't 100% that the spell will work.' The voice explained. Otae thought for a second. "So basically I need to gather over 1,000 Invento Hell to "POSSIBELY" get my life back... Just what kind of sick joke is this?"
'I'm afraid that it is far from a joke, human. However, I do believe that we have somewhat of a common goal. I need to recover Invento Hell in order to fend off my pursuers, and you need Invento Hell to revive yourself. Surely you wouldn't mind working together?' The voice proposed.
"I guess not... Shit... This is just too much to take... By the way. My name is Takamiya Otae. Whats your's?" He asked.
'I see that you at least have manors. My name is Enenra Baku'

Daisetsu let out a soft sight as he stepped out of his old banged up car and walked up to the house he had parked in front of. His house, of course. Normally he wouldn't be home so early with so much work to be done, especially with the body of an unidentified woman found right in the middle of the street, but the chief had ordered it. Setsu had to admit it was a good idea. The second he stepped out of the station, his legs nearly fell out from beneath him as he realized he didn't know the last time he'd taken a break. He'd gone home every other night for a short nap but usually ended up spending it all with Alisa, falling sleep right on the spot as they sat there and talked. 'Things have been getting serious between us over the last few weeks,' he thought quietly to himself as he pulled out his house key and unlocked the front door, pushing it open and quickly tossing his hat on the coat rack. 'She's here so often, she lives here just about as much as I do with schedule. Maybe I should..." He suddenly lifted a hand and gave his forehead a good slap as he cut off his own thought. 'What am I doing? I got at least three different cases to review, I can't get distracted at a time like this,' he thought sternly as he peeled off his jacket and hung it up as well. 'I can think about our relationship once I've made sure we live in a safer city. For her sake.'

Daisetsu made his way to the living room, kicking his shoes off and loosening his tie before sitting down on one of the big comfty chairs and closing his eyes. Despite his own scorning however, Alisa was on his mind in a second. He wanted to call her up and invite her over, have someone to talk to for the next for precious hours as she worried about how he was running himself ragged. She was honestly the kind of woman most men only dreamed were real. She was smart, beautiful, caring and always worrying about him. He couldn't blame her. He remembered the nights when his mother sat in quiet tension by the phone, waiting to hear if her husband would be coming back after he was pulled into yet another hostage negotiation or bank robbery. It tore her to pieces the night she finally got the new she'd always feared. He never wanted to put Alisa through that situation. Especially if...

His thought was cut short again, not by his own stubborn determination but by the sound of his door being slammed open and hurried footsteps entered his house. His heart skipped a beat or two until he recognized the voice that rang through the air. The panic in her voice sped up his pulse again as he pushed himself up out of the chair, stretching for a second as he hurried over to the commotion. He was about to call out to her in return when she suddenly came hurtling around a corner and spotted him.

"Daisetsu!"

The next few seconds became a blur of golden locks and entangled limbs as he rushed over to him and hung to him tightly, nearly knocking him right off his feet with the sudden yet affectionate tackle. Once he managed to regain the breathe that had been knocked out of him, he began to laugh. She was worried for him, much more so than he'd seen before but it wasn't important. He was fine and she sure seemed happy to see it. "Hehe. If I knew you were so worried, I would have called you before I left the station." A few seconds ticked by as the embrace held and eventually the realization of how deep this moment felt sank in. She seemed downright panicked and was holding on to him like his life depended on it. She really cared. As with many of his epiphanies that dealt with Alisa, it ended with him going slightly red faced. "S-Sorry if I worried you," he stuttered out, still not sure what had her so frantic.

[wee, terrible post is terrible xD see what I mean by quality over quantity? i try and write a lot and it sucks. balls.]

Otae opened his eyes the next morning, feeling somewhat empty. Like he was merely an shell of a body without a soul. Then suddenly all the memories came back to him in a flash, and he started hyperventilating. "T-theres no way that was real, right? Theres so such things as tedlars, right? Yeah. It was just a weird dream. Ahahaha!" He started speaking hysterically after his breathing had calmed, before breaking into a laugh.
'No such thing as tedlars? Don't be such a fool. Besides, its impossible for you to dream while I am around.' Otae stopped laughing immediatly after the oh-so-familiar voice spoke.
"No way... It wasn't a dream after all?" Otae sighed, seeming more dissapointed than he did surprised.
'Don't tell me you forgot about our deal, Otae. We need to gather over 1,000 Invento Hell to bring you back to life, remember?'
"I get it already. Just give me some time to process everything,... Er... What was your name again?" Otae asked.

'You are truly hopeless... My name in Enenra. Remember this time!' Enenra exclaimed, annoyed. "Ah, right. Enenra. So who exactly are these guys who are after you, anyway?" Otae asked. 'Those who are after me happen to be 3 of the 4 tedlar lords. Calla Tor of the East, Masae Tamura from the South, and Rukimu Crossfire of the West. She is by far the most dangerous of the three. They all have hundreds of servant under them who will also be attacking us. The one you killed last night was one of Masae's tedlars. She will most likely be the first tedlar lord we face, since we tedlar lords can sense when out servants die and who is responsible for their death.' Enenra explained. "3? What about the tedlar lord of the North?" Otae questione. 'Ah... Well. You see. The tedlar lord of the North is...' Enenra began, obviously hesitant to answer this question. "Well? Who is this North? Out with it already." Otae ordered, getting a little impatient. 'The the tedlar of the North is... me.' Enenra finished, awaiting Otae's response. "Oh? Is that it? To be truthful, I kind of guessed that was the case." Otae stated bluntly as he began putting on his informal-ware.
"Man. Weekends are the best!" He exclaimed. 'Does anything ever surprise you that doesn't involve mortal wounds?' Enenra asked.

"Hm? Not really. I just figured if I have to live with you living in my head for a while, I'll have to start getting used to unnatural things." Otae responded, heading into the bathroom and looking into the mirror, while readjusting his bedhead. 'Tedlars ussually don't reveal themselves in broad daylight, so I suppose we are safe for the time being. We should try and search for low-ranked tedlars or the weaker mid-level tedlars like Unis.' Enenma stated.
"Too troublesome. I don't have time to go around hunting your kind." Otae replied, grabbing his toothbrush and toothpaste. 'Is that so? Then what exactly do you plan on doing today? I wouldn't mind seeing how humans spend their everyday lives. I came her to experience it for myself afterall'
"Isn't that obvious?" Otae began before spitting out the tooth paste residue in the sink, then rinsing his mouth out with water. "I'm gonna pick up some chicks!" He exclaimed proudly. 'Pick up some chicks you say? What possible amusement could you derive from picking up prepubescent egglaying, fowls? They are quite loud, and irritating.' Enenra responded. Otae shook his head. Before grabbing his housekeys and walking out the front door. "You have absolutely no idea, Enenra."

Otae eyed ever girl he could lay his eyes on, wearing a serious expression as he sat upon the park bench.
'This atmosphere is so serious. Its as if you're stalking prey, rather than searching for a mate.' Enenra replied. 'Who said I was looking for a mate? Do you know how hard it is to find a girl who will sleep with you on a first date at my age? There are no decent girls around at the moment anyway.' Otae responded, making sure not to speak to Enenra out loud while he is in public. 'A date? What is that?' Last I heard it was some type of fruit. Why would you bed your female counterpart on top of a fruit? Enenra asked, innocently. 'Quit making humans seem so complicated... Hey Enenra. Earlier this morning you said that its impossible for me to dream. Is that the case with all humans who have tedlars inside them?' Otae asked. 'Well... Seeing as most humans who are inhabited by tedlars are unable to control their own bodies unless the tedlar permits them to, yes. But you can't dream because of me for a different reason.'
'Oh? What exactly would this reason be?' Otae asked, slightly interested.

'I possess an ability that no other tedlar has. I can consume dreams, nightmares, and anything involving spiritual energy in general.' Enenra explained.
'Seriously? How come no other tedlar can do that? What makes you so special?'
'I do not know that answer myself. I have been able to consume dreams ever since I can remember. They serve as somewhat of an replacement for Invento Hell for me. You see, Invento Hell is more than just the power we tedlars use to fight. It is our very essence. Our life source. To run out of Invento Hell means to die. Of course even with my dream eating ability, I will still die if I run out of Invento Hell. That is why I pressed you not to waste it when we were fighting Unis.'
'So that basically means that overusing your Invento Hell will kill you, and if you die then I die?' Otae asked.
'That is correct. This is also the reason I want you to kill weak tedlars so that we can get more Inveno Hell. We are not yet at a level to where we can take on the tedlar lords or even their high tedlar... Hey Otae. Are you listening?' Enenra asked, noticing that Otae had stopped paying attention.

"Shes got a nice body." Otae said aloud, while starring at a beautiful brunette who had just wandered into a small resteraunt. After a little bit a man also entered the resteraunt and approached her, appearing to be quite familiar with the woman. "Damn. Looks like shes already take." Otae commented, kind of dissapointed.
'Do you even realize how dire our situation is? How can you remain so calm?'
'Weren't you the one who told me to calm down earlier? Let me at least enjoy myself a little before you go on about killing tedlars and collecting Invento whatever.' Otae replied, arrogantly. 'They're called Invento Hell! And that was only because we would have been killed then if you had kept panicking!' Enenra yelled, feeling quite frusterated with Otae. Otae let out a laugh, before getting up off of the bench. 'Very well. Then why don't we start searching for these so-called weak tedlar?'

Masae knew it was time to find a body that she must inhabit. In her true from she hated; it never looked good enough for her taste so to say. Even though things were going well after the death of Mord she knew the others were not so well. She let out a sigh on her throne while Croe passed in front of her. He stopped and looked at her "My lady is it no time that you went and found a body for you?" He asked. She simply looked at him. "I suppose that you would be right." She got up and started to drag her feet and Croe just looked at her like she was dumb. She stopped and glanced at him from the side. She then began to glare at the poor soul who just looked at her. Croe realizing what he did start to walk in a hurried fashion to get out of the door. She then grabbed the back of his neck. "Is there a problem with the way I walk around my own palace?" She asked in a very stern voice. "N-n-no there is nothing wrong with it." Croe had said. She then lessened her grip and let him loose. "Good." she stated. "Now I am off to get me a body."

Once she had gotten to what she called the "Humans Domain" she had to cloak herself. She was not happy about being hidden from this world but for her own good it was the best choice. She was wondering around for a good long while before she had finally found a girl she thought was worthy to be her carrier. "Now then this could be fun." She said in a hushed tone. He chuckled and then touched the girl. The girl whipped around terrified "Wh- what do you want?" she asked. Masae chuckled "That would be simple. I what you." Her hand then jutted out and grabbed the girl by the face and let her own process begin to take her as a host. Masae shut her eyes and then opened them again just to she the rags that she was in fall to the ground. "This girl is a good one." she said in the girls voice. "Cute voice too." she then giggled. She now had lots of memories. "Well its a shame that I had to kill her but I guess that is how this works." She looked around to find out what was going on. Which turned out to be a fat lot of nothing. "Well I can stick around town for a bit and explore I guess I don't see the problem. I need a test run anyways."

Daisetsu stood there watching Alisa as she sat down and began to speak, trying to hide his obvious shock. The first words out of her mouth were hardly what he had expected but it was not the first time she had said it nor was it a one sided feeling. He thought she was the most amazing woman in the world if not a bit mysterious at time and he couldn't ask for anything more even if he wanted to. What bothered him was the way she said it, like she'd been worried that something horrible had happened. With any luck, this latest case of the woman in the middle of the street had been caught by the public and her hearing of it caused her to panic. Of course she might have more to fear than she first thought. From the sound of the victim and an overall lack of witnesses or evidence so far, it may turn out to be one of -those- cases...

When she offered to let himself out, something in Setsu's heart yanked painfully at the thought of her leaving. As she turned to exit the room, he nearly jumped her as he grabbed hold of one of her hands as he shouted, "No!" A second went by before he realized how ridiculous his reaction was, his facing going red as he cleared his throat. "Sorry. I-I meant to say that... you don't have to go." He placed his other hand on top of hers as he gave her a meek smile. "The chief gave me - well, ordered me - a half a day to get some rest. I don't have to be back into the office until tomorrow afternoon. So you can stay... if you want to." Setsu didn't see her nearly as often as he wanted to with work and the last thing he needed was her to leave when he had so much free time. "I think spending some time with you would be very nice," he said before he reached around and planted one quick on her lips. He needed her right now and even if he wasn't so stressed, he'd simply want her to be there. It was greedy and stupid but he found it hard to care. She was one of the few things in the entire world he had left to truly cherish and he wasn't going to let go of it any time soon.

And just when everything was about to settle down, the phone rang. Daisetsu sighed as he let go of Alisa's hand, his fingers brushing her as he let go. "One second," he said, flashing her a bright smile before he turned and walked over to the end table by the couch and picked up the phone. "Lieutenant Koudou's residence, this is him speaking." The voice that came from the end was that of Patrolman Sai Hyogo. "We got another victim," the younger officer said, the sound of papers being flipped through being heard over the line. Setsu let out another irritable sigh, all joy ripped form his expression. 'Great, I'll probably have to head in again right away,' he thought bitterly before asking aloud,"Do we have any details?" "Um. Ya, hold on," Sai said as the sound of ruffling paper came through over the line. "One doctor... give me a second. Here it is. Dr. Kurt Lane. Twenty nine, employed at the Ruhana Hospital." This shocked Setsu. Kurt had been his own doctor, a good man if not something of a flirt. He promised time to grieve for him later as he shake his head and spoke clearly into the phone again. "Alright. I'll be at the station right away," he said in a steady, serious tone. Before he could hang up, Sai spoke up. "Oh, and lieutenant? It's another mysterious case. I'll let you see the body yourself, but..." The rookie went quiet for a moment before saying, "The chief thinks it and the other recent case may be... special cases. He wants to speak to you when you get here." Setsu was silent before he answered with a quiet, "Alright," before hanging up the phone. He began to straighten up his tie as he turned to Alisa, trying to keep a blank look on his face as he spoke to her. "Something has come up. I need to head back to the station right away."

'So... How exactly were we supposed to find these tedlars again, Enenra?' Otae asked after having had wandered around for about 5 minutes.
'You really don't listen, do you? Tedlar ussually don't reveal themselves in broad daylight. If we're going to catch one during the daytime, then we'll need to do it in a secluded area. At least somewhere where we won't be spotted. But then again, it also leaves us wide up for stronger tedlar to attack.' Enenra replied.
'Seriously? This really is more trouble than its worth.' Otae remarked. 'Is it worth more than your life? I would imagine so. Wouldn't you, Otae?'
'...Shut up. I don't wanna be outsmarted by some stu-'

"Yo, Takamiya!" Otae began before he was cut off by a male voice. It had come from Kitomaru, a fellow classmate of his. Kitomaru was with a few of Otae's other classmates, for some reason hanging around a candy shop. 'Some what now?' Enenra asked.
'Great. Just what do these guys want?' Otae sighed before walking towards the group. 'Hey! Don't ignore me! What were you about to say?!'
"So, Takamiya. Did you get Takizawa's digits? How far did you get with her?" One of the other classmates asked him chuckling.
"Ah, Takizawa. I got her mail, but I haven't really planed anything yet." Otae responded. "Huh? I figured a playboy like you would have already gotten in-"
"Please don't talk about me as if you actually know me. I assure you, I have a much more complex character than that." Otae responded, starring the boy right in the eye. "Now if you'll excuse me. I don't have time to waste on the likes of you." Otae said, walking past the group. He could have sworn he heard a couple of them cursing him behind his back.

'That was kind of cool, Otae.' Enenra complimented him, somewhat impressed. 'You think so? Try not to fall for me.' Otae replied with a chuckle.
'Why would I fall down for no good reason? Do you think I'm a cluts?' Enenra asked. '...You really need to update your knowledge of presentday termonology.' Otae stated, before he noticed someone starring at him. He turned to see the same woman from before was now standing not too far away, giving him the most seductive glare. 'Oh? Maybe she just dumped that guy from earlier. Lucky.' Otae thought to himself, forgetting that Enenra could read his thoughts.
'Although I'm not really sure what dumping someone means, I can tell that you are thinking of something unpure. Seriously, Otae.' Enenra lectured.
'Keep your opinions to yourself. I don't need you interfering with my love life.' Otae replied, beginning to make his way over to the woman.
Wait, Otae! I don't trust that woman... Something seems off about her. Enenra stated, noticing that the woman gave off an almost inhuman aura. He couldn't distinguish it very well, but just had a feeling. 'Why is that? You sure you're not just jealous?' Otae replied. 'Otae...'
'Fine, fine. If it makes you feel so uncomfortable, I'll let her go 'this' time.' Otae said, turning around and heading to wherever his legs took him.

After a little while Otae noticed another girl with long, black hair. The woman didn't seem much older than Otae, yet still had an air about her that made her seem dignified and mature. She was also quite the looker, and caught Otae's interest. 'What do you think, Enenra. She a tedlar?' Otae joked, while walking up to her.
'I don't know. But if you are going to approach her, then be careful.' Enenra responded, not noticing that Otae was being sarcastic.
"Hey there, miss. My named is Takamiya Otae. If I may ask, what would your name happen to be?" Otae asked the woman, before bowing liesurely in greeting. However, there was one thing that both Otae and Enenra failed to notice. This woman had a little bit of blood on her clothes.

Masae was just thinking to herself how she could try out her new body with out running up a reputation. "Hmmm what to start with." She said out loud and tapped her chin and looking up in the air. She smiled and looked up and took in a deep breath. She was just starting to think about what to do when she heard a voice confront her. "Hey there, miss. My named is Takamiya Otae. If I may ask, what would your name happen to be?" She turned to look at the man who had talked to her. When she turned to him she had this displeased look about her. She then changed her look after just a few second to that of a cute girl who was blushing from being talked to. She giggled. "Me." She pointed at herself. "I'm Tamura." She said and then put a finger on her lips. "If you are lucky you might learn my given name." After that she put her hands behind her back and thought. Well I guess this could be one way to test this out to see if I have these things down; Plus this guy is not half bad looking. She chuckled after that thought wondering what would be happening next on her little adventure.

Daisetsu felt the usual weight in chest that decided to burden him when he had to leave Alisa. He'd barely even had a minute with her and he was already having to go and most likely spend another all-nighter or two. It was never easy to leave, especially when she gave him that face but he had no choice. The only thing that stopped him from grabbing her and holding her tight as he promised to stay with her is that he wanted to keep her safe and he was no good keeping the streets clean if he spent all of his time lounging about, especially with what he knew could be out there at the very moment. He had to leave for her sake, no if, ands or buts. Or at least that is what he thought.

Setsu answered her question as they reached the front door, speaking with a blank expression as he pulled his jacket on. "You know I can't stay, Alisa. The chief called me back in himself and if he's going back on his order to send me home then something big is going down." He pulled his hat off the hook and slipped it on his head as he continued. "If you can, please stay here. Right now there's a good chance that we have a killer on the street and it may not even be safe getting around by car. I want you to lock the door, check the windows and if anything happens, I have a spare revolver locked up in the pantry, key is under the kitchen mat." He placed his hands on her shoulders as he looked straight into her two shining golden eyes that he loved so much.

"Don't worry about me," he said as he gave her what he could only hope was a comforting smile as he tried to wipe the gloom that was clouding his mind. "I'll be fine, just like I always am. And I'll be back before you even know it." He then leaned in and planted one long kiss on her lips, pulling back as a few seconds ticked by before he whispered to her, "I'll always come back as long as I have something to return to." With one last kiss on her cheek, he bid farewell as he went out the door, raindrops falling atop his hat as droplets quickly poured over the brim. Setsu sighed sadly as he got to his car. "Ah, great," he mumbled as he got into the driver seat and started up the engine. "Bad weather. And it looks like it's only going to get worse." He adjusted his hat as he squinted through the windshield at the darkening clouds that began to gather. "Look's like a storm is coming..." With that one last morbid thought, he shifted into drive and headed off towards the station.

The girl was obviously deep in thought before Otae had confronted her. Once she took notice of him, he had already repositioned himself, probably meaning she missed his bow. Minor setback in showing off his gentleman qualities. Otae was surprised with the complete and utter look of disgust she gave him, and almost wondered if he should just let this one go as well. Then the girl spontaneously reverted back to a cute girl almost instantly. She even began giggling.
'That was a little strange...' Otae thought.
"Me. I'm Tamura. If you are lucky you might learn my given name." The girl said as she pointed to herself. The mature, adult-like vibe she gave of earlier had completely deminished. Now she was acting like a cute, flirtatious highschool girl.
'What do you mean? She seems fairly normal to me, Otae. Although her last name does trouble me a little...' Enenra replied, even though Otae having not really been listening, didn't know why her last name worried Enenra.

Otae quickly looked back to see if the seductive woman from earlier was behind him. 'Huh. Guess she wasn't following me afterall. I could have sworn...' Otae thought.
He then quickly turned back to Tamura and smiled. "Well, Tamura-chan. I do hope that I get the luxury of learning your first name. I'm sure that it is a beautiful one at that." Otae responded, suavely. Just before Otae was about to ask Tamura if she wanted to go on a date with him, he was interupted by Enenra.
'Otae... Something doesn't feel right all of a sudden...'
'Oh please. Are you sure you're not just getting jealous?' Otae replied, not taking Enenra seriously.

All of a sudden an immense hostile energy surged through Otae's body. "W-what the hell? Enenra. Are you doing this?" Otae asked outloud in a panick.
'Fool! Don't say my name out loud! Anyway, we have to run now. A powerful tedlar has sensed us and isn't bothering to hide their power... I think it may be a tedlar lord.' Enenra replied. 'Sorry... S-seriously?! Shit!' Otae exclaimed in his head before grabbing Tamura's hand and rushing foward at top speed. He didn't care where he was going, as long as he was getting away from whatever was chasing him. 'Why are you taking her with us?! You're only endangering this girl's life by doing that!'
Enenra exclaimed. Otae looked back at her with his eyes while he was still running. He hadn't even noticed that he had snagged her. 'Damn it. Well its too late now...'
"S-sorry. But I need you to come with me real quick. Theres a dangerous person after me at the moment." Otae explained to her, as his breath began to grow heavy.

After a little while longer Otae stopped to catch his breath. 'Just give me a few seconds Enenra. I just need to rest a little.' Otae said.
'Its ok Otae. I think that the hostile figure is gone for now. We should be safe for the moment. But... What is a tedlar lord doing here? Its been forever since I've last met the other tedlar lords. Has their power really grown that much since then? Enenra replied, adding in his own thoughts.
'Wait. So you're telling me that the tedlar lords have gotten stronger than when you last saw them? When was that exactly?' Otae asked.
'Around... 280 years ago. We ussually keep to ourselves for the most part. It is on rare occasions that we ever meet up.' Enenra replied.
Otae stopped catching his breath and turned to see how Tamura was doing. He didn't exactly recall her gasping for air like he did, but then again he wasn't paying attention to her at the time either. "Um... Everything is ok now. We're safe." Otae told her.
'What do you mean we? What motive did you have to bring this girl along anyway? Enenra asked. Otae decided to ignore that question.
"Again. Sorry about all of that. I guess there isn't much hope on you going on a date with me now, huh?" Otae asked while trying to play the embarrassed, insecure, shy boy act while scratching his cheek nervously.

Masae was having fun with the boy when something odd started to happen. She felt some power rise and the name "Enenra" was stated. She felt like that name should have triggered something. But she then let it go and tried to find out where the power was coming from but that could mean exposing herself to find it but she would keep it hidden. The boy then grabbed her hand and started to run. When he has explained that someone dangerous was after him. 'So that could be the power i felt then.' she thought to herself. "Okay." she said a little quietly. After cutting a few corners they had finally come to a stop. He let go and started to breath heavily. The boy then apologized again and mentioned something about a date.

Masae then remembering that she was suppose to be a human doubled over and started to breath heavily. She stood up straight after a minute or so and said. "Well I think you might have a chance. That was the first time I have ever been whisked away before and it was kinda fun." She then smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "But the next time you wish to go on a run you should let me know so I can wear the right clothing." She then laughed. "Well now where to?"