"Not a single Ten Shadows user has ever been able to exorcise this one..." An exhausted and bloodied Megumi spoke as he held his arms forward, his fists clenched and tilted at an upward angle. The air seemed to go still as the silence became deafening.

"With this treasure, I-" The raven-haired boy cut himself off. Before him stood Haruta, whom he had been preparing to summon his strongest shikigami on before a secondary presence caught his attention. The shift in atmosphere caught both boys off guard, causing Megumi and Haruta to both turned their head in the direction you were approaching from.

They spotted your encroaching form emerge from the darkness down the street, and Megumi began to lower his arms. At the sight of this, the blonde Haruta took this opportunity to get out of Dodge and run in the opposite direction.