Nerissa watches as Kuyo flies off into the distance, landing on the ground and hissing in pain at her burns.
Ignoring the pain she conjures mist wings and flies high, eventually spotting a large compound that Kuyo seemed to have entered... However, she doesn't immediately go to storm it, instead flying towards the main school building... Specfically the boarded up hole leading to the headmasters office...
*Crash!*
Nerissa busts through it like an angry flying cool-aid man, looking across the room at the headmaster peacefully sitting at his desk.
Mikogami "Miss Ludvig, a pleasure to have you, but I'd rather you came through the door next time." he says with a polite smile.
The young vampire marches to his desk and glares at him, "My friends." she states, already knowing that this useless Headmaster is aware of most events around the school, having previously heard it from Reima.
Mikogami "Your friends?" he asks, his acting truly something to behold.
Nerissa "I will tell." she states, causing the headmaster to frown.
Mikogami "Wait, wait, wait... I will not intervene-" as soon as he says this Nerissa starts walking away, causing the headmaster to stand and shout after her, "BUT! I can tell you how to easily solve this!"
Nerissa turns to him and watches silently.
...
Mikogami "Simply pull Akashiya-sans Rosario and your problems will be solved."
Nerissa leans her head to the side, eventually squinting at him and leaving, deciding to see if she'd need to call Rei for help later.
Again she leaves through the hole previously made by Reima, causing the headmaster to sigh.
It'd only been a couple minutes since Kuyo had retreated, but Nerissa was still worried about her friends... Now that the Headmaster was proving to be utterly useless it seemed she had to do everything herself...
She flew down towards the fortified compounds double doors, wrapping the mist wings around her as she hits it like a missile. Once the dust clears she notices that three people were buried under the remains of the door and its stone door frame... She doesn't bother checking if they're still alive as she simply didn't care.
She jogged through the long entrance hallway of the compound, hearing groans and shouts from unfamiliar voices. Following them she's led down to some sort of basement complex, the stairs leading into darkness.
This would prove troubling for most humans, but as a vampire, she could easily see in the dark. She covers her feet in black mist to deaden the noise her steps would make as she slowly sneaks through the darkness.
The unpleasant noises get louder and louder until Nerissa finally enters some sort of prison, bars lining the walls with cells behind them... Beaten and bloody Yokai of every kind sitting within.
"H-hey you! Help us please! I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR YEARS!" one lizard monster shouts, his voice echoing down the hallway and causing the rest to repeat something similar.
Nerissa scowls at them, her cover clearly blown as footsteps rapidly make their way towards her, she conjures mist form her hands and fills the hallway. Crouching down low within it while listening carefully for those approaching.
"The fuck is this?" A male voice questions.
"I don't know, but I don't think it's dangerous... Whoever it was is probably escaping now!" A female voice exclaims.
"Right! Let's get 'em then!" shouts, three sets of footsteps making their way through the mist.
Nerissa waits and is about to strike when a hand drops onto her shoulder, the sound of rapid sniffing next to her ear, "Got you." it says, Nerissa pulling the mist around her into her hands, forming a dagger which she uses to plunge into the intruder's chest.
With the mist gone she sees who'd found her... It looks like some sort of short, dog-faced child, she remembers that it might be called a Kobold, but doesn't have the time to confirm it as the other three Public Safety Commission goons surround her.
A large male wielding a club storms over, "Bitch killed Inuka!" he exclaims, his form growing wider, taller and fatter... An ogre.
The woman had already turned into some kind of humanoid crocodile with the head and tail of a beaver.
The last man doesn't turn into any kind of creature, instead growing horns on his head and having a fluffy layer of golden wool grow on his skin and two wings erupt from his back.
Nerissa draws Iaito and drops into a stance, keeping an eye on the Crocabeaver and the Ogre, since she had a hunch they'd be the most dangerous... Through her extensive time spent in her parents library, she'd heard of the "Golden Fleece" before, and assumed all of their advantages would be defensive.
The Crocabeaver leaps at her, it's buckteeth sharper than they appear, Nerissa dodges the attack easily but is momentarily baffled as the beaver tears a chunk out of the stone wall with its teeth.
The Ogre swings down his club to try and intercept her dodge, but she slashes upwards with Iaito, cutting the club in two before stabbing forwards into the Ogre, penetrating deeply into its stomach and causing them to groan in pain.
It appears the Ogre's fat had prevented the strike from being lethal however, it picking up some debris from the wall that the beaver had chewed on and starting to throw it. The large rocks acting like ammo from a catapult due to the monster's strength.
As Nerissa is dodging the golden goat man grabs her from behind, his arms locking and pinning her against his fluffy chest.
She conjures a mist dagger and attempts to cut his arm, but her suspicions were right. Her slice does nothing at all, forcing her to smash the back of her head into his face, breaking his nose and freeing her.
The hardest part about this is finding interesting mythical creatures to add lol... I must've spent an hour browsing the list of them, and even looking through my DND books for the perfect ones... Oh, and I congratulate whoever can guess the Crocabeavers race without looking it up on google!
As always, if I missed anything please let me know.