henlo! will be putting the author’s not here bc ya might murder me after reading this chapter!

so i’ve realized that i should be lessening the amount of words that i put in chapters. i usually have 3.5k-6k words for every chapter but i think i’ll be doing 2k words so i can cut a whole chap into smaller parts!

also! #1 in woosang! y’all! wOOSANG NATION, ARE Y’ALL ALIVE? 😨 thank ya for this!

and apparently, an october comeback for ateez and please provide me the ‘more lines for wooyoung and yeosang’ that i deserve, KQ-

and yes, that is me. on our hypnosis mic summer photoshoot mv. and idk what am i even doing bc i look like i'm summoning satan around 12nn-3pm. this is also the time when i was playing ateez' promise on repeat bc it was released a few days before our shoot and i decided to become an active ATINY leading me to this hell. anyway, try listening to hypnosis mic! it’s a japanese cd series (that has a manga and will have a game next year or around nov-dec 2019) with characters that raps. and honestly, japanese voice actors rapping is such an eargasm ;; i really recommend this-

•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•

“We’re here.”

They’ve arrived in the same place where they’ve entered the realm, behind them was the torii gates yet instead of the stairs made from stone, it's nothing but a dead end. Wooyoung’s eyes turned into a different shade of various colors as he sensed the undead roaming around the woods.

“Be careful, everyone. They’re literally everwhere,” Wooyoung warned his friends as his eyes brightened, “Someone please prepare a force field so they wouldn’t be able to get near us.”

“Your eyes.” Yeosang suddenly stated which made Wooyoung look at him.

“What’s with my eyes?” Wooyoung asks as Yeosang kept on staring at him.

Yeosang smiled a bit as his eyes crinkled, “They’re so beautiful.”

“Wha—” Before Wooyoung was even able to say something, he immediately covered his face with both of his hands and looked away from his bestfriend, “Am n-not!”

“But you are,” Yeosang calmly stated as he smiled wider.

“Can you stop it?” Wooyoung groaned.

“Let the whipped boy live, Yeosang-hyung.” Jongho immediately came to the black-haired male’s rescue before he does anything reckless.

“I’ll activate the force field but someone has to attack from long range for me. Probably using magic because using guns is quite a disadvantage knowing that trees are everywhere and the path isn’t narrow at all.” Yunho suggested as he looked at Seonghwa, “How about you, Seonghwa-hyung?”

“I can do that but I think Jongho is good at this,” Seonghwa said, looking at the youngest which was eager to do something, “He’s at his best mode so let’s make him do it.”

“Sure!” The youngest chimed as Seonghwa ruffled his hair.

“Our baby’s so cute!” Seonghwa coo-ed.

“In a count of three, we’ll run as the force field activates.” Hongjoong announced as everyone nodded, “Three.”

“Two.” Yeosang and Wooyoung held their hands once again as San, finally wearing normal clothes instead of the temple clothes, groaned at the sight.

“One.” Yunho immediately made a force field as light seems to appear in Jongho’s palms, smirking as his excitement on showing his hyungs what he’s capable of activated his sin.

“Run!” Hongjoong screamed as everyone ran behind him, following their leader.

Hongjoong’s scream seems to attract some of the blackened ones’ attention as some were already heading to their direction and that’s when Jongho decided to throw energy spheres to them, making them explode in a blink of an eye as they kept on running. Yunho’s green eyes glowed as he looked at some of the blackened ones trying to ruin the force field by scratching it with claws or biting it with those sharp teeth. Some were even trying to stab it or shoot it with a gun.

Jongho got rid of them quickly, getting irritated when a blackened one manages to get near them or whenever some of them manages to dodge the energy sphere. They kept on running until they can see the town infrastructures and when they managed to get out of the woods, everyone gasped for air as they halted and catches their breath as Mingi immediately sighed.

“We’re finally out of there.” Mingi was grinning at Yunho which is still catching his breath, “You’re so cool, Yunho-hyung!”

“Don’t call me hyung in all of the sudden. It gives me the creeps when you’re being formal,” Yunho hissed.

“I just felt like calling you hyung in all of the sudden!” Mingi said, winking at the tallest male as he stuck his tongue out.

“Don’t say something like that as if you’re about to die or something,” Yunho stated as he rolled his eyes in annoyance.

“Guys. Some of them are about to get out of the woods, we better run again.” Wooyoung warns them once again.

They immediately ran towards the town again despite the fog that they can see through, seeing that there’s a bunch of blackened ones roaming in the place too. Arriving at the town’s central in which a huge statue behind them stands, the others became alert as some of the undead are coming in their way while Wooyoung is still with his bestfriend— not even letting go of his hand as he glared at their enemies.

“You should let Yeosang use his ability again,” Hongjoong said.

“B-But how?” Yeosang’s eyes widened in worry, “I don’t know how.”

“It’s actually simple~” San stated in a singsong way as he approached the brunette, grinning as his fangs appeared.

“Ow!” Yeosang yelped as San bit his hand, making the blood flow out of the bite mark.

“Dude, what the hell?” Jongho raised an eyebrow as he stared at his blond hyung in a judging way.

“You can control your blood, Sangie. You can make it into any forms, may it be a weapon or a creature that can protect you. You just have to imagine, Sangie.” San chanted as he looked at the brunette which was staring at his blood with such a horrified expression, “It’s been a while since I’ve seen you act so alive. Your expressions are so nice to look at.”

“If Wooyoung is whipped then you’re a creep,” Jongho scoffed as he crossed his arms, “They’re about to arrive so we have no choice but to fight.”

“Don’t waste your powers and just fight with our ordinary weapons, okay?” Hongjoong reminded them as he summoned a spear, “In my case, using this is better than those cutlasses. I look like a pirate with that one, a pirate king.. that is.”

“Of course, you’ll think of yourself as a king. You’re too prideful to think of yourself being the ruler or the leader most of the time,” Seonghwa stated, chuckling at his bestfriend before a grimoire appeared in his hands, “Sorry but don’t waste your energy my ass. I want to see those rotten bastards cry in pain.”

“Oh come on! We’re supposed to use normal weapons!” Wooyoung whined.

“Being flashy as usual, eh?” Yunho mused before looking at Yeosang which was shivering as his eyes turned into a pair of blue and yellow as the blood from San’s bite mark suddenly turned into a vulture.

“That..” Jongho gasped before looking at Yeosang, “So it was your power that saved us during that time!”

“I can do it..” Yeosang couldn’t even believe as the vulture which was coated with his blood is flapping its wings and the noises coming from it resembles a real-life vulture.

“In that way, we can attract them because they can sense your powers.” San was grinning too much before he leaned down and licked on the bite mark, making it disappear in a blink of an eye “I don't want you to get sick because of any infection.”

“Creep.” Jongho repeated.

A lot of blackened ones have appeared, heading towards them as everyone stayed close to each other. Jongho was gripping on the metal pole on his hand too tight as Yunho was holding a double pistol on both of his hands, smiling slightly as he saw some of the blackened ones holding weapons.

The mint-haired male smirked as he can already imagine how he can bore holes on their pathetic bodies until they wouldn’t be able to be recognized because of the bullets. Seonghwa was still as calm as he is, looking towards the enemy with a glint of hatred in his eyes. The memories of his past selves creeping at the back of his mind, empowering his wrath towards the souls that corrupted this town’s citizens. Hongjoong’s confident vibes can be sensed by everyone, knowing that Hongjoong isn’t even thinking about them fucking up this plan.

“Attack!” Hongjoong announced and Jongho leapt towards the blackened ones.

“Scream and cry for your salvation, wrenched ones!” As if a switch was turned on, Seonghwa’s personality seems to change as he casted a huge fire on the ground that burned a lot of blackened ones. Hearing them cry in pain is a melody to the eldest male as he widened his eyes in excitement, an eerie smile plastered on his face.

Yunho immediately started firing at the blackened ones, aiming for their heads and necks in order to stop their movements as San slashed their necks with a katana but immediately dodged when a bullet was about to hit his chest and the mint-haired male smiled, “Oops. I mistook a shot.”

“You better be,” San growled, eyes turning into a faint purple and willing to turn into his fox spirit form if it wasn’t for the blackened ones that is heading towards his direction.

The blood-coated vulture kept on flying upwards as the males attacked the blackened ones, some using their gifted abilities while some are using their human strength against them. Mingi and Wooyoung was beside Yeosang, watching over their friend in case that someone might be able to slip in and take their friend.

Black and blue blood splattered towards the ground as they kept on attacking them yet lots of blackened ones seems to head on their direction, never depleting in numbers. Attacking them is starting to take a toll on their strength and even Jongho evaded some attacks instead of attacking to take a short break. Yunho is about to run out of bullets while San is starting to gasp for air.

“Hongjoong-hyung, what are we even waiting for? Aren’t we supposed to run now?!” Wooyoung whines.

“As much as I wanted to, we couldn’t get a pathway ready for us. We should start distracting them now.” Hongjoong looked at Mingi and San, “I’m leaving it to you guys.”

“It’s about time!” Mingi exclaimed.

“Seonghwa, cast an another fire on the other side!” Hongjoong ordered and Seonghwa nods politely as a large amount of flames appeared in the ground where a lot of blackened ones have been standing.

“Okay then!” Mingi began to chant something as a summoning circle appeared on the ground in front of them, “Cupcakes! I need your help!”

The huge Cerberus howled as Mingi immediately climbed on her, patting her heads before looking at the blackened ones below them. San immediately bared his fangs as his fox ears and tailed appeared, the white and red temple clothes visible in Yeosang’s eyes once again.

“I think it’s about time to get serious, right?” San asks, dashing towards a bunch of blackened ones as his katana slashed their necks swiftly, making their heads fly away along with the disgusting black-blue blood in it, staining his clothes “I would like to make you all compensate for my attire but maybe you’ll suffer enough when you arrive in hell.”

“Holy shit.” Mingi mutters as San’s eyes brightened a mixture of red and purple and the corpse seems to disappear in their eyes like dust.

“Off to hell you go, pathetic human souls.” San grinned before looking at an another wave of blackened ones.

“We should leave now!” Hongjoong announced as Seonghwa made a clear path for them.

“Let’s go, Youngie.” Yeosang held Wooyoung’s hand as he started running yet was stopped when the one that he’s holding didn’t even moved an inch.

Yet Wooyoung didn’t moved at all, he was just staring at one of their friends with widened eyes. Yeosang tilted his head in confusion and the others stopped to look at them. Yeosang wondered why Wooyoung’s rainbow-colored eye was shining so brightly that it looks beautiful yet there's a sense of fear in it.

“Wooyoung! Let’s go!” Seonghwa shouted.

“Youngie?” Yeosang shook his friend’s shoulder and the black-haired male gasped before looking at Mingi.

“Mingi!” Wooyoung exclaims.

Mingi was on top of his Cerberus as Cupcakes was stomping and slashing the blackened ones with her sharp claws. Mingi was focusing too much on the enemies below that he wasn’t expecting something to hit him. As he heard Wooyoung calling his name, he immediately looked at the black-haired male before a gasp was heard from him. He doesn’t know why but he suddenly felt weak and when he below, his hands started to shake in fear on the sight that welcomed him.

He looked at the ground and saw Yunho. His dear hyung that made an oath to protect him no matter what, the friend that is there to save him. He doesn’t even know what makes him feel pain, if it is the despaired expression in Yunho’s face or the arrow that pierced to his chest. He immediately lost the ability to do anything and his legs failed him, making him fall from the mythical creature’s back to the ground as a loud thud was heard and the blood splattering around him.

“Mingi!”