To Protect the Ghalies

The Spookscale Woods were alive with the newest spirits Tem had seen while on the hunt for the fake Yumiko. She came across a mystery building created inside the woods in the deepest part of the forest, known as the "Ghast Interface," which was a very dubious structure.

"All of this makes like no sense. Was I led here by these puppets or was there a reason to why I ended up here? Maybe I should go look inside, and hopefully remember to keep my real name hidden, now that I'm a-"

After glancing at her own chest, her cheeks flushed, and she swiftly got displeased. She carefully made her way closer to the construction's entrance, where she knocked on the door, only to discover that no one had answered.

"Hello, is anyone in here? I'm sorry if I'm bothering you, but I'd only like to get out of this area! You're not some kind of an abductor are you, if so, please tell me!"

Tem hastily grabbed the doorknob when no one answered. She halted in a suspicious glance as she cautiously opened the door and prepared to enter, feeling a little inattentive to the surroundings. A group of individuals was hiding behind the bushes, holding some sort of sucking machine, softly laughing and watching the spirits dance as they prepared their cake.

"Hehehe... Look at these foolish Ghalies, they don't even know what's about to hit them. They think they can just populate this forest to their likings, well, it's time to capture every single one of them and make Muro proud. I don't mind getting dirty for Muro's request. Let's get them, Dimmy and Laura, this should be an easy task!"

The Ghalies continued their one-way decoration of the prepared cake when the three hunters leaped out from behind the bush and shouted aggressively and loudly, then pressed the buttons on the machines they were carrying and immediately started creating strong gusts that began pulling the Ghalies inside the pipe, with them struggling to keep their balance.. "Gho-Ghooo!" Each of them shouted out for rescue, and several of the Ghalies were sucked inside.

"Yeah, c'mon get inside you dumb ghosts! It's time to cleanse this forest of your dumbfound existence!"

The Ghalies tried to flee, cried out for aid, but none of them succeeded until the same Ghalie Tem had met floated toward the people and attempted to fight them off. "What the hell?! Hey, get out of my way, get inside the sucker, shoo!"

The man and his accomplices pointed their suckers towards the Ghalie, who called out for aid and fought to float away, but were unsuccessful due to its light body, and the three individuals smiled.

"That one really tried to escape! What a stupid toy!" Called Laura, and she pressed the button harder, sucking in the remaining Ghalies, who were no match for the wind, until their plans were thwarted by someone moving behind their backs, maintaining a firm, harsh, and stern position.

"Hey, you guys! What do you think you're doing? Leave those ghosts alone, they didn't do anything to you!"

The trio turned around with fascinated faces and quickly paused in their tracks while looking back at the person who interfered their test. "Huh? Who the hell are-?" In an instant their faces became sloppy and their eyes bulged out from the sockets the moment they noticed a beautiful young girl standing behind them, looking at them with a serious expression, with their leaders quickly becoming excited.

"Holy to the 'Sun's Order', what a beauty have we got here? Have you come here to ask me out? I'd be delighted to accept your wonderful physique. A very firm body, and must I say, a very lovely face!"

One of Tem's eyebrows was raised and in the seconds later, she scratched the back of her head, and quickly crossed her arms and looked around. "What? Uh, I don't see anyone... Who are you talking about?"

Laura and Dimmy both expressed their displeasure with their boss in a matter of seconds. "He's talking about you, if it wasn't obvious." Tem took a few moments to comprehend the scenario and swiftly stared at herself again, nearly exploding on the spot, before making a sick grimace with her purple forehead and choking on the spot, with every one of them rapidly getting rather perplexed.

("He was talking about me?! This is not what I expected to encounter the very first moment I became a girl.")

Tem continued to exchange views with the trio while maintaining a bored and unhappy expression on his face, and when he spotted the man turn the machine off, he moved closer to her.

"Whatever you mean with that. Let go of those ghosts! I'm here to fight you, if necessary!

The trio immediately looked at Tem, and became serious and prepared to battle in a possible necessity, while Tem prepared a front-leg fighting stance, returning them a serious stare that made the trio laugh in response to her statement.

"Are you kidding?" They covered their mouths and tried to keep their laughter to themselves, but when they saw a female stand up to them, the three of them chuckled, causing Laura to fall down her bottom and cry while Tem kept a serious expression on his face.

"Who? You? Haha! That is by far the *funniest* thing I've ever heard! Is it truly true that a young adolescent girl like you believes she can defeat us? Oh my gosh, this needs to be shared all over Castlemania! Consider yourself holding a newspaper that reads, "A young girl attempted to fend against a group of professionals, but failed due to her eccentricity!" It's the funniest trash I've ever seen!"

Tem's eyes became rather pale to their irritating conversation and felt a warm drop of sweat dripping down her face, while listening to their loud laughs, seeing them screw around on the floor, making fun of her.

"What the hell's wrong with them...? They seriously need help, geez..."

With a readied finger on top of the button, the trio turned their suckers and pointed them at Tem. They were grinning ear to ear as they prepared to reignite the Gust Blower. "So there you have it, beauty! We'll likely share some action with you, but don't weep to your mommy when we spank your bottom to the ground! Let's get ready; we're about to begin! Activate the Gust Blower 2098 and suck this girl within!"

They activated the Gust Blowers, which unleashed a massive wind that swept over the forest like a tornado, tossing the remaining Ghalies around and shredding the wood from some of the trees. Tem strengthened her posture and drew her right arm in closer to embrace the wind's intensity, and she needed to shield a portion of her face as her clothes and hair flew at breakneck speed.

"How do you like that, beauty?! You wanted to fight us, then taste the power of our Gust Blowers, or just suckers for short if you'd like! Just like you're one of those "Suckers", hah, loser!!!"

"This gust is actually insane! I guess I should hurry up and get rid of those machines, whatever they're supposed to be, but I can't use fire, or the gust will just blow it away. I suppose we're going the old-fashioned way!"

Tem made her first step forward, and then ran close to the trio who quickly became surprised and pulled the wire in fear. Their Gust Blowers ramped up the wind power and started to blow a powerful wind at Tem, who crossed her arms and sturdy her stance. She was getting pushed back by the wind's pressure and kept a sweating expression out, seeing her opponents laughing and keeping their distance.

"We told you, beauty! There's nothing that can stop our Gust Blowers 2098! You're way out of our time zone, so give up and let us take you somewhere private! We promise we'll took good care of you, oh yes, very good care."

The man in the middle formed a suspicious and perverted face, while Tem quickly grew serious and began to press her feet harder against the floor and drive her body forward, capable of overpowering the wind, which stunned the trio.

"Tony, hurry up and increase the wind power! She'll get near us!"

"That's the max power the Gust Blower can go! What the hell, just stay back and don't come near!"

Despite knowing that they were approaching the capacity limit of the Gust Blower, they pulled the wire one more time, but the wind pressure was too much for the blower, and it began to wobble in their arms and then drop from their arms, when Tem felt her body becoming increasingly mushy.

Without further ado, she dashed forward and spread both arms before erupting in orange flames from each of her fists, terrifying the trio who grabbed their cheeks and immediately realized their faith, whirling around and fleeing with their arms high in the air and screaming, while Tem drew back and looked at them puzzled.

"I didn't even touch them, yet. Man, they are a bunch of cowards, but I won't let them get away after disturbing these ghosts' peace!"

Tem shouted and thrust her right palm forward, releasing a long burst of orange flames that swirled through the forest and swiftly caught up to the group. Their bodies were engulfed in flames, their shadows wavering on the floor, and they shouted one final time.

The orange flames caught up to them and exploded behind their butts, launching them into the air like a rocket and causing them to scream. "We're gonna get blown up to the 'Northern Crisis'! We're never coming back, you hear me, beauty!"

Tem swiftly stepped together and smiled, her arms crossed, as they vanished in a flare in the sky. "Well, would you look at that. I guess some people decide to never come back. What a rare occurrence, hah!"

Tem turned around and stepped on the dropping Gust Blowers, shattering them in seconds. This freed all of the captive Ghalies, who were now free to float about the sky, with one Ghalie, whom Tem had met previously, flying around her with a smile on its face. It was joyful, and it floated up in front of Tem's face, smiling and holding a pretty flower, which Tem gazed at, perplexed.

"Aw, is this for me? You're actually pretty darn cute! Tell you what, join my crew!" When Tem accepted the flower, the little Ghalie gave her a sidelong look, but cheered her up by singing, before quickly going under Tem's blouse, between her breasts, and falling asleep without trying to be perverse.

"Huh, you really like that spot, huh? I guess you can be there." Tem grabbed Ghalie against her chest even more, forgetting that she was a girl, and nearly choked Ghalie, who needed to get some fresh air. The Ghalie flushed with shame before hearing Tem's comments.

"I'm gonna call you, Toffy!"

Someone strolled out of the bush and gazed at Tem as the young Ghalie, now named Toffy, crept out from between her breasts. They had blue hair, red eyes, and typically wore blue attire, with the hair covering one half of their faces.

"Huh?"

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Meanwhile, Tony, Laura, and Dimmy waited in the middle of the ocean, bent over the one floating plank, for someone to arrive and save them, with Tony already moaning.

"We were just about to get those Ghalies, and then this beauty just had to show up and ruin everything! Oh, I promise that I will hunt her down and make sure that I will kick her ass, but maybe I should just slap it and make her my wife. What do you guys think?"

Laura and Dimmy exchanged glances when Laura got dissatisfied with Tony's performance. "I suppose decisions shall be made in the future! That girl deserves a beating of her own for ruining my new clothes! Just wait, when I find you beauty, I will make sure to cover you with loads of new clothes, only to steal them from you!"

"But stealing is bad, you two. I think we should just visit her and see if she'll give us some clothes! I need to dress new ones too, after this problem!"

"How about you two shut up about stealing her clothes and prioritize beating her ass, or slapping, whatever you want!"

"Oh, come on! Don't be mean! We need clothes!"

"We can just buy them, Laura! Don't be so careless, let's find her the moment we can! But first... We need to be rescued."

They gazed about them, seeing the vast ocean with no land in the distance, and swiftly expelled the depressed breath, then shouted in unison in the air.

"Somebody help us! We're stuck here, anyone! Help us!"

To be continued...