Interlude 3 - Ash, the Bounty Hunter, Part 3

Looking back, this might not have been the smartest decision.

This was what went through Ash's mind as she and Keiko got off her horse, and the half-demon looked around and saw magical tendrils flowing through the air like lines of multi-colored light, swirling around everything. The trees, their bodies, everything around them was covered in these things. 

It was around this point that Ash realized the gravity of what she did. The Mist Realm was feared and avoided for one very simple reason:

No one knew what the hell was in here, really. Some could guess, some had seen monsters in the distance, but no one had a concrete idea of what to expect. 

"Okay," Ash turned around to face the girl she'd, for all intents and purposes, re-kidnapped, "again, sorry."