Ranna just watches as the entity melts away to nothingness. The red aura vanishing from the air. The shrine returned to a calm, peaceful state, as if nothing had happened. As if the battle that had tooken place was just an illusion. However, the strange transformations some of them had underwent, and the weapons they had summoned, remained in existence. The battle was a reality, their torn clothes, their ripped flesh, and the pain they felt were all real. A strange atmosphere hung over everyone, except maybe Reimu who seemed unfazed by the chain of events that had transpired right before their eyes. She had awoken in time to see the final moments of the hideous creature. So why was she not panicked? Ranna only gave the thought a moment's notice.
As Reimu began to depart into the shrine Ranna spoke to her, making her stop before going into hiding.
"Reimu..." She said, no emotion in her voice. "You should send out a warning to all of Gensokyo."
Reimu didn't say anything, or even bother to turn around. After she was sure Ranna had finished speaking, she continued on her way into the shrine.
Ranna continued to stand there, just staring forward silently. A few moments after Reimu had vanished, the group resumed activity, as if they were all waiting for her to leave.
Newan acted first, letting out a sigh of relief over Nanaya being safe, seemingly trying his best to ignore the status they were all in. With some hesitation, he picked up Nanaya's naked and unconscious body, and trekked back into the shrine.
Next to follow was Gale, who carried the same expression on his face despite all that happened, made his early retreat into the shrine, leaving a slightly beaten Rin to carry the unconscious Koishi indoors.
After Gale had vanished from sight and Rin had, with a little difficulty, taken Koishi and made her way into the shrine, Rhiseza and Youmu began to carry Nazrin into the shrine. The many black arms that extended from Rhiseza's body began to tend to Nazrin's wounds as they walked. As they reached the shrine, Newan came out and thanked them for the help, the sounds of their somewhat forced discussion fading to only mumbles as they disappeared into the shrine. After the sounds of their voices had faded, Aesera had picked up Kanako and started making her way back to their own room.
Ranna closed her eyes for a moment, resting them. As she opened them, the violet color which had taken over her eyes, began to swirl in them, shrinking until it took up residence in the lower half of her eyes. Almost everyone had gone inside by now, making a certain amount of silence take over the outside of the shrine, and with the silence came some other feeling. Emptiness? Sadness? Worry?
As the Green returned to her eyes, a certain amount of the sharp coldness left her as well. She looked at Mokou.
Mokou was still lying on the ground, gasping for air as she tried to endure the pain. Ranna walked over to her.
"....Mokou..." She spoke softly, almost as if it had been a whisper.
Mokou looked up at her, her eyes nearly closed due to the extreme pain that racked her body. In between breaths she managed to speak, "...What..."
Ranna was speechless for a moment, emotion returning to her face. Sadness and pain shone in her now multicolored eyes.
"...hah...Don't bother...with your...sym..pathy......I don't need...it" She retorted, the words coming out with each exhale.
Ranna closed her mouth for a moment and looked to the ground, the light fluctuate in her eyes for a moment.
"...Well... are you gonna....just...stand there... like that...?" Mokou asked clenching her teeth in an attempt to lessen the pain.
Ranna's mouth opened slightly, but no words came out. She lowered to her knees and held out her hand to Mokou.
Mokou looked at the girl's hand, then back to her face. It looked mournful, and sad.
"...Didn't I...." Mokou didn't finish, instead she just sighed and struggled to raise her body from the ground. Ranna lowered farther, placing Mokou's arm over her shoulder. Mokou grimaced in pain as she managed to bring herself up from the ground. She held her stomach with her other arm. Ranna gazed at it.
There was nothing there. No wound, no blood, no scar. Ranna was amazed. She stopped her thoughts from slipping through her lips, deciding to save them for a better time.
Making sure they wouldn't fall back to the ground, the two slowly rose from the ground. Mokou's expression filled with pain as she stood, her empty hand grasped her stomach. Ranna watched as her partner endured the pain. Watching was the only thing she could do for now. She wasn't strong enough to carry Mokou by herself, and it seemed as though Mokou would have protested to being carried like the others were.
"...Well? Are we gonna move....or what...?" Mokou spoke.
Ranna blinked, coming out of her daze. She turned her head to face the shrine, and the two of them, slowly, carefully, and sloppily, made their way towards the shrine.
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