C9

—I was looking for you, my chosen one, but I can't find you alone, these other vermin will also die.— the malevolent spirit had arrived. 

—But how scary you are—I looked at him from head to toe, he was a monster with two heads, one was bigger than the other, he had a human body, his feet were similar to the claws of a falcon and his arms were covered with hair like the fur of a wolf. 

"It's the spirit of fraud," Katsuro pointed out , "he remains invisible and disguises himself in the shadows, he transforms his body into that of a child , making himself look vulnerable, just at that moment he waits for someone to fall for his dirty tricks and then devours his soul. He is one of the most disgusting spirits in the underworld, just seeing him makes me nauseous. 

—Impressive—he mocked—I didn't know he had such fame in the underworld, but your friend is right, I love devouring the souls of the unprotected, especially children, it's so sweet and so easy to convince. 

—You're a cursed— Katsuro got angry. 

"That's the most pathetic spirit I've seen in a long time." Baxter crossed his arms. 

My hatred was so much at that moment from just hearing that that damned spirit took advantage of the children that I took my sword, I jumped on top of it at a considerable height, I picked up speed for the fall, my sword broke the wind with its edge, but He was able to dodge my attack. 

"Don't take such a risk, James." Katsuro ran to my direction. 

Immediately, the spirit pulled a kind of rope from his back and tied my whole body, pretending to be a puppet. 

—Now I'll have fun with you, we'll see the resistance of your bones—he began to move against my will—my legs moved to his rhythm as well as my arms. 

—Hidden Summoning— Katsuro placed his hands in a strange position, coming from him a purple Aura that made a thread that tied me break. 

—Damn, don't interfere—he pulled out more of his strings, trapping Katsuro .— it 's time to break your whole body—he began to tighten his strings tightly, I heard how my bones creaked upwards, intensifying my pain. 

"No ...!" I yelled in desperation.

Immediately I saw how the threads broke in front of me . Baxter had cut them. 

—Another idiot who interferes in my dinner—many more strings came out of his back, which at the beginning with great speed headed towards me , this time they were not common threads, they had a kind of spear at their ends. 

I closed my eyes waiting for his attack, but I heard someone else's flesh being ripped apart. It was Baxter, he had gotten in to save me, his body was pierced by all the threads of that spirit. 

"Why did you do it ?" I picked up his body, "you didn't have to sacrifice yourself. " 

-What do you think? What am I someone bad? Well no, as Katsuro I am also a vigilante and I don't like evil—his voice sounded tired.— That is our mission, to put an end to evil and I think he is right—his body weakened—you are the chosen one and you are the hope of all of us—he collapsed to the ground. 

" Katsuro , take care of him," I ordered.

"What are you going to do?" He looked at me. 

"I'll face him alone and stay out of it." I took my sword and walked towards the direction of the spirit. 

"Are you crazy, James?" Just look how he left Baxter and he is very strong, he will rip you to shreds in seconds.

"Take care of him, I told you!" Do not interfere, this fight is between him and me. 

"Come on, chosen one, you've already talked a lot and you've acted little," he mocked . 

—Here I go—I took my sword with force, the strange thing is that this monster became larger than normal, its threads crossed the entire forest. 

I started to dodge each of its threads, but there were too many, I cut and cut as much as I could with my sword until I reached one of its heads, I tried to cut one, but it disappeared. 

—You're too slow—he appeared behind me piercing my leg with one of his threads.— I'll be generous with you, I promise to kill you instantly just for the gesture you had to tell your partner that you would fight alone with me without knowing how powerful I am. 

—Shut your mouth, stupid , or I'll cut it off—my leg was bleeding and that took away my mobility, but I couldn't let myself be defeated by it , I just thought about how many children it had devoured without anyone ending its existence and I had to do it , otherwise he would continue doing his thing—I launched myself with my sword in hand, but once again he disappeared. 

—The same attack as always and the same slowness of your movements —appeared again behind me —I think you'll have to learn the lesson the hard way— another thread was approaching, but this time I saw it coming, cutting it. 

"That's a lucky break, but do you think you can dodge all of my attacks?" More threads came piercing my chest, arms and legs. 

I fell to my knees, my body was bleeding everywhere, I could only hold myself with my sword. 

—I told you it would be quick, I'm ashamed of you, you just haven't been able to touch a single hair on my body, I thought you'd at least put up a fight, but you're a fraud.

"James!" Katsuro was coming to the rescue. 

"I told you not to interfere!" he stopped. 

-But...

—No buts, Katsuro , I will defeat this son of a bitch, even if it costs me my life. 

—How stubborn you are, after my threads have pierced your body, do you think you will have a chance to beat me? Your body is practically useless, but if what you want is to die now, I will fulfill your wish. 

"Come on, James, let's just join forces," he insisted. 

"Don't do it, Katsuro . " I got up and took my sword. 

KASTSURO

Seeing this battle of James made me remember something an old teacher had told me: 

In life there are two types of battles, one is for those we love, for justice and there is another one that is for our honor, that honor that makes us stand up every day, that honor that makes us get the best there is within us, that honor that makes us stronger. 

It was thus that I understood that this battle was James' battle of honour. He couldn't interfere with her. Only then would he discover his true self. Making it even stronger. 

JAMES

—I'll kill you, damn—I launched my attack with all my power—it disappeared—oh, no! Damn, now where will the attack come from? 

It appeared to the side piercing my chest, this time the threads had joined to make a thicker one. 

—I think I've already played too much with your life—he had me cornered—this time yes , I'll kill you—he was preparing more threads to pierce my head.

His attack was imminent, but certain thoughts of those children suffering, those children who fell for his lies came to my head, it made me furious ...

—Enough ! —my body began to change, some sorts of electrifying rays came out of it and my sword was lighting up—Take this...!—I furiously attacked him without caring about anything, managing to pierce my sword through his chest. 

—No ...!— he writhed in pain—Baxter stood up and prepared his katanas to attack—I know this was a stroke of luck, but we will see each other again and this time I will find you alone cursed—he vanished. 

Immediately my body was badly injured and bleeding, I passed out. 

KATSURO

—How stubborn you are, James, you almost died and our hope was over—I picked him up from the ground, he must have healed his wounds. 

—This boy is special, his power is really impressive, just could you see how he changed in his last attack? Now I see why you're with him , so don't worry I won't do anything about it, just finish training him so he can master that special transformation he has and you know which transformation I mean, Katsuro —Baxter trailed off. 

"What happened?" James widened his eyes. 

—It's good that you woke up—I was at his side. 

—My wounds! —he touched his body.—I have nothing—he looked at me again.—What happened to the spirit with whom he was fighting?—he rejoined—And Baxter? What the hell is going on, Katsuro ?— he grabbed my neck. 

"Hey, calm down!" Everything has passed, apparently that spirit fled when he saw that his opponents were several and in the same way Baxter left. Rather we have to go, I don't know how it was that you appeared here and you owe me an explanation for that. 

Heavens !" he was surprised. 

"What 's wrong?" I frowned .

—My sisters, I left them at the supermarket, use your teleportation—he ordered me. 

JAMES

Thanks to Katsuro 's skill, he had reached the supermarket. 

Where have you been all this time, James?" They were both with the bags waiting for me at the place we had agreed on. "We were looking for you all over the supermarket and we couldn't find you. How come you wanted to come back early?"

—Excuse me, girls, but apparently I had dropped my wallet and I had to go back for it, but come on, we won't waste any more time—we headed to the checkout.