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Chapter 59: Parasite I quickly went to tell the others where we thought Saevio was. "Why Victoria anyway? Weren't we there a few weeks ago?" Sevin asked. "Exactly." I winked at him and left him dumbfounded. Kagome and Timmias accepted without a question, but Jakito was ecstatic when I told him. "I can't believe you got so smart now!" He roared in happiness and slapped me on my back. Hard. I fell onto the ground. "Ouch......" I groaned. Jakito quickly helped me up, apologizing all the way. Suddenly, I felt something sting me on my buttocks and I clamped my hand to my buttock. Something splattered against my panties. I really had to start wearing pants instead of skirts indoors. When I put my hand to the front of my face to see what stung me, I saw a mangled mosquito the size of my fingernails. Strangely, it was red coloured. Probably because of my blood. However, upon closer inspection, I could see small red objects crawling out of the mosquito's abdomen. I nearly freaked out and quickly went to ask Kagome for help after casting a freezing spell on the bug. Something was definitely wrong here. Kagome seemed to have a vast knowledge of herbs and plants, judging by the look in her eyes. Sure enough, she shrieked when she saw the frozen mosquito in my hand. "I thought those Posquitoes were stamped out!" She quickly took the ice cube in her hands and turned it around, looking for something. "Posquitoes?" I inquired. "Parasitic mosquitoes...... Oh no...... Did you..." She gasped. She had noticed the green worm thingies. "It stung my buttock!" I complained, rubbing my buttock. Her face turned white. "Those Posquitoes inject their own larvae into their victims, complete with a weak poison that enables the injected part of the body to sustain the larvae. That poison is powerful enough to kill after a few months if not remedied. If the poison doesn't get you, the larvae will eat you from the inside. You may have demon hide, but it can't protect against attacks from the inside." Kagome explained grimly, tapping my shoulder. I put a finger to my buttock gingerly. Now that she mentioned it, I could feel something squirming around inside...... I felt like vomiting. Later that night, the six of us gathered in me and Alexis's room for a small meeting. First topic, the Posquito attack. Jakito explained that white demons were able to absorb any kind of curse or poison inflicted on them, but they could not get rid of parasites. Kagome turned up a book of antidotes from out of nowhere and started flipping through it. All this time, my buttocks were slowly swelling up. I winced as I sat down on my bed. Right now, the swell had gotten as big as my head. "That's unusual. Posquitoes normally don't cause such big swells." Kagome noted. "Like I said earlier, white demons absorb curses and poisons as if they are nothing. When Artemis got bitten by a vampire a few months ago, she turned into one for a short while before the curse was completely assimilated. That time, the armour she was wearing qualified her as a white demon." Jakito explained. "So that means I'm gonna turn into a mosquito for a while? Great." I groaned. "Not really. At most, your buttocks will just swell up more, then turn back to normal." Jakito said thoughtfully. I looked at my poow swollen buttocks and winced again. They were as big as a computer monitor now, and were slightly pointed. I groaned again. "They're heavy!" I complained, lying on the bed face down. The size of my buttocks did not permit me to sleep face up. Kagome was in me and Alexis's room again, studying her antidote book. "There's an antidote here dealing with Posquito poison, but there's nothing about the larvae!" She threw her book up into the air, and I deflected it with my swollen buttocks before it hit the ceiling fan. "Ouch." I mumbled, massaging the point of impact. My buttocks chose that moment to shrink. "That's better." I smiled. "Okay, buttock problem solved. How about we try heating your buttocks to kill the larvae?" Alexis suggested. She stopped when she saw the look on my face. "It'd be like dropping a stone on my own foot." I mumbled. |
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