Phantom Guardians|Episode 2|

Violet stared at her katana as it slowly changed colour from white to normal silver again. Why'd her katana change colour? Where did the voice that inspired her come from? Adding more questions in her mind didn't make matters easier for her to cope with but she knew she had to move on. She put her katana back and continued to walk forward

"Where you goin? It's still too dark to walk around right now," Shiroi said

That's when Violet realised that the illuminated forest had gone back to being dark. She wondered how the forest was so bright just now.

"We have to keep moving. If the so called wandering ghost that I killed was any proof, this forest might really be the forest of the wandering lost soul, and odds are, there might be more of them.."

.:The forest of the wandering lost souls part 2:.


As the two of them continued walking deeper and deeper into the forest, they could hear whispers everywhere and it sent shivers down their spine.

"Why'd you think lost souls wander aimlessly here?" Violet asked

"You really think I have an answer for that? Who knows, lost souls are usually insane since they cant go on to the afterlife. This forest might be the only place that can soothe them." Shiroi replied.

"You know, you never told me about your past before." he continued

"That's something I don't wanna delve deeper into..It's just too..painful to talk about. Maybe next time yeah?" Violet replied.

"Alright alright, sorry for being nosy" Shiroi smiled.


After nearly walking aimlessly for about an hour, the two arrived at a fork road. One path leads left while the other leads right. They both looked at each other and agreed that they would each take a path and find their way out of the forest.

"Just scream if you're in danger alright?" Shiroi grinned

"Shouldn't you be the one who should take that advice?" Violet laughed.

Shiroi scoffed at her and took the left path.

"I was just kidding!!" Violet shouted.

"I know." Shiroi waved without looking behind.


Constantly having fear in her emotions, Violet pushed herself to take the right path.

As they both walked each of their own path, danger lurks as the citizens of the forest are awake by the presence of the two of them.




"I'm alone again. Noone to help me this time. Noone to catch me when I fall. Noone to shoot some crazy soul while they're grasping me. I just hope Shiroi's alright. No! I shouldn't be thinking about this. Shiroi's can handle situations into his own hand. Whatever. I just hope we both get out of this forest alive.." Violet thought to herself.


Violet continued walking without even realising that there were clicking sounds around her.





....

"boo!"



AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!




Shiroi heard the scream and looked around.

"That's Violet!"

He tried to run back but somehow he hit an invisible wall that blocked his path

"You're not going anywhere. You have something that I want and to get it, I'm gonna have to kill you.."

It was a huge soul that stood on 2 legs. It had the body of a man and the face of a bull. It was carrying a huge axe and just like the previous soul, it also glowed in a light blue aura. It was a minotaur!

Shiroi kept his cool and didn't show any signs of nervousness but inside he sure was shocked to see something so huge upclose and personal.

"Someone's gonna die here, and it sure as hell won't be me!"

Shiroi somersaulted backwards and grabbed his handgun.

BA-BANG!

Two bullets flew straight at the minotaur but it passed right through without even damaging him

"Ahahahahaahahaha. I like your enthusiasm to try and live but I'm sorry cause...YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA DIE HERE!!" The minotaur roared loudly.

"Whoa dude, get a breathmint cause your breath stinks worse than when my fart, And I'm known to have one of the stinkiest fart ever." Shiroi laughed but his thoughts weren't,
"My bullets went right through him. How the hell am I gonna kill this bastard?" he thought to himself.

"Give it up kid, just let me kill you and let me eat your dormant phantom guardian. That way you don't have to waste your energy cause either way, you're gonna die anyway"


Shiroi smiled. "You think I'm just gonna give up? My friend's on the other side of this forest and all I know is, I'm not gonna leave her to die there!"

He leaped forward and shot two more bullets and as usual, they went right through the minotaur.

The minotaur rushed onwards to Shiroi and rammed him. Shiroi flew backwards and hit the ground with a loud thump.

"Fuck!..I gotta think up of a plan to kill this guy, and quick or I won't be able to save Violet in the process too.." Shiroi thought to himself.

"Stop your daydreaming and FOCUS! You're never gonna beat me but you can try! Aaaaaha ha haahh ah hahahhahahahahahahahha" The minotaur laughed and jumped in the air, ready to slice downwards with his huge axe.

Shiroi backflipped and dodged the slice right on time as he saw the ground where he was laying on split in two.

"Holy shit, that could've been me."

"You're too naiive! You think you're so good. Without a phantom guardian you're nothing!" The minotaur roared at Shiroi.

"What the hell is a phantom guardian?!" Shiroi kept thinking to himself.

The minotaur rushed forward again and rammed Shiroi, this time throwing him far backwards. Shiroi screeched to a halt and saw himself distanced from the minotaur about 100 metres away.

"Son of a bitch, how'd I fly so far?!"

Shiroi was losing consciousness. Another hit from the minotaur and he's not gonna be able to move.

"What's wrong? Tired already? Ahahahahahah then why not have another ram from me!"

The minotaur glowed brightly this time in a dark blue aura. He gained momentum and rushed straight to Shiroi and rammed him so hard that it knocked him unconscious. Shiroi's body stopped moving and he let go of his grasp on his handgun.

"Damnit...Why can't I move my arm....I can't even stand up or speak...am I...am I gonna die here?...I guess the soul was right, I'm pretty useless without any other help...." and with that Shiroi fell backwards and closed his eyes shut.















Suddenly his eyes glared open and his eyes turned silver. He stood up and a black aura surrounded him. Shiroi was half conscious at this moment and everything was a blur.

A dude with a hoodie stood infront of him carrying a huge ass scythe. The blade was 10 times bigger than a normal scythe and it had red markings on the blade with spikes running along the long handle.

"Don't worry. I'm awake now.."