Ayano's POV

I slashed Enraiha (AN- if someone knows the correct spelling of this, send me a message, because I'm not sure if I'm spelling this right) through the black skin of the yoma in front of me. As it dissolved, I looked behind me to where Kazuma was sitting on a bench watching. He really doesn't do anything on these missions, unless I'm really in over my head. I walked over to him, putting Enraiha up as I did.

"So, that one was pretty easy, huh?" I asked as he stood up. We were at the soccer field, where the yoma had been discovered by a couple of kids who were just hanging out and had the scare of their lives.

"Well, you got your ass kicked a little at the beginning, but you came back and killed it. So long as the job's done and you're alive at the end of it, I get paid." He said as we turned in the direction of the Kannagi estate. We talked about the recent increase of yoma recently. They've been all over the place for the past few weeks. We had gotten closer after kicking the demon Bernhardt and Lapis had tried to summon back where it came from.

As we walked through an alleyway between two buildings, we saw a man who looked like one of the leftovers from pandemonium. He had a body that was three times bigger than normal, and was shuffling about from side to side in the alleyway. Kazuma looked down at me at the same time I looked up at him. Then we looked backed at the creature. We both assumed it was a yoma, meaning it needed to die, and soon. It looked kind of pitiful, though, despite the giant body. And it looked more solid than most yoma we usually fight. It was wrapped in scarves except for its hands and feet. On the scarves on its head, there were three red eyes painted vertically.

I summoned Enraiha as quietly as I could. With as large as it was, it could easily swat me a couple of miles. If I could take down without it noticing me, this would be so much easier. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

Once I got within twenty feet of the creature it snapped towards me as if it could see through the scarves covering its head. It rasped out a single sentence.

"Need more power!"

"Ayano, get back!" Kazuma yelled from behind me. He actually sounded scared, something I had never heard from him before. I ignored him and lunged at the yoma, igniting Enraiha as I did. The yoma watched me until I got within ten feet, then it backhanded me with a hand that was at least a foot and a half long. I hit the wall headfirst with a crunch. Instantly everything started fading, and as it did, I heard Kazuma yell my name and heard him running over to me before I lost consciousness.