Chapter 21: Arc 1, - 21: Eyes, Eyes, Eyes
Hearing her name being shouted out one last time gave Jotou the final push to enter the room. The darkness covered behind her, giving Fumeko and Asobi one last view of the gold that stepped in...
"Spark!" her hands glowed, keeping away the velatos. She reached her sword and crouched down to pick it up. The shadows pierced through her head, doing no harm.
"Hotaru!" Jotou tried to fend them off. The shadows grabbed around Jotou's waist, finally getting a hold of her by holding her nightgown around her, squishing her form.
"Get, out, of my way!" Jotou screamed, slashing frantically at her waist being pulled up to the ceiling before the shadows staggered, dropping her.
Jotou fell to the floor. "THUMP!" Only hurting her chest and knees, "Ow! Ugh..."
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" that dulcet voice—Jotou recognized it.
Jotou stabbed the wood and propped herself back up. She swung her sword, grunting, "Hold on Aru! I'm coming!" she staggered forward, beating up the limbs in her path before- "WOOSH!"
...
Jotou entered the shadows, clouding around her like smoke; they no longer tried to attack...
Ruby red eyes came into view; one, then two, then three... varying sizes, from the ceiling, from the walls, into the forms of people who were made of the same black clouds.
Hotaru was crouched down in the middle, but she seemed much... smaller. The people around her looked about the same size; Jotou could hear a mild ringing of a school bell.