•16¦Tempting the forest•

                                    

                                          
LE SSERAFIM's pov 
Hearing Soobin talk not only made the girls more confused but it also made them scared. 
"Why was that dude talking about Taeyong?" Seunghan asked once they resumed their journey. 
"You know Taeyong?" Eunchae asked, looking up at him with curious eyes. 
"How doesn't know him?" his tone was sarcastic, the blonde girl rolled her eyes.
"That's Soobin, leader of TXT, they are the reason for Taeyong to step back from his throne making Yuta the king." Chaewon explained. 
"So what's happening?"
"He is trying to gain control again, if he success then everything will end, on top of that issue, the door of afterlife is opening." Yunjin rolled her eyes, saying.
She don't understand why everything was happening at the same time. Oh, Harley! They need some break. 
"Wait, hey does that concern you?" 
"The door?" the leader of the five questioned and reserved a nod. 
"Well, if the door opens, Taeyong will easily get a hold on the spirit that didn't get to the afterlife, his cousin and father are also there, if they gets out too, then let's say good bye to justice and truth." she pressed her lips into a line. 
"So why are you five here? Why going to the Blue Firefly Island instead of trying to find a way-"
"The Island is the key for our quest." Sakura cut in, "How much longer?" 
Seunghan drove his fingers through his hair before answering, "Just two more minutes away."
Soon they started to feel cold breeze blowing their way, a sign that they are near the sea, sound of waves crashing followed by. 
"Anton, take them to the shore, I'll go get our boat." the elder boy said to his brother before walking to the side. 
Anton gave the girls a smile and lead the way, when they reached the shore, the first thing they felt was Deja Vu. 
The shore and the atmosphere was exactly the same as where the ruined wedding happened. Now that they think, even the forest looked similar. 
"Wasn't what we just went though the Forest Of Temptations?" Yunjin asked looking behind at the trees, the boy gave a small nod. 
"Wasn't we supposed to find resources there?" Sakura asked as she sat the Japanese girl in her arms down on one of the huge rocks. 
"We have found Seunghan, he have enough things to get us to the island but what I'm worried about is something else." all eyes where on her. 
"Is everything alright?" Chaewon asked, walking to the ginger girl. 
"Don't you think it's weird how the whole journey was so calm?"
"I agree." the oldest girl spoke as she stepped closer to the waves, "This feel like the calm before a huge storm, that I'm not sure we will survive." her tone was as if she knew something. 
"Oh, can you stop with the negative tal-"
"Ahh!" 
A loud scream, which belong to Kazuha made them flinch, they shot their heads to the girl to see her tangled in green vines. 
"What are you doing!?" the dark blue haired girl ran to the other Japanese, who was up in the air. 
"Help me!" the ether girl yelled, trying to free herself. 
"What is happening?" the youngest girl stepped back. 
Anton ran to Yunjin and tapped her shoulder to get her attention, when the girl turn her head to him, he did some hand movements. 
"You serious!?" the girl shouted out in shock, she turned her head to get leader, who's pupils were turning purple, showing that she is using her element. 
"Chaewon, no!" the ginger girl jumped on the leader before she could.
Both of them fell on the sand, Yunjin on top of the leader, their eyes met, Chaewon's purple eyes began to glow, the ginger haired girl could say that the elder was experiencing some kind of strong emotion from that. 
The Korean-American's eyes fell on the leader's lips, they looked too soft and pink, just like both of their cheeks now, she wanted to lean in but, she have to help Kazuha first. 
So she lifted herself up and gave a hand for the elder to hold to get up. 
"If- if you use your element, the forest will only get more tempted, not only that but the forest can suck your element away when you use it." she said clearing her throat and more vines started to come from the depths of the forest. 
"Then what are we gonna do!?" the oldest of the team asked, impatiently as she placed back and forth from the girl who was being attacked and the four who was standing there not knowing what to do, but it seemed like one knew something. 
Anton tapped the only girl who can understand him, once more.
"What do you mean by the core?" 
He did some more hand movements. 
"Chaewon, we have to find the core of the plant and destroy it." she announced.
"How are we gonna find that?" Sakura asked, rushing to them as the vines got closer to her.
"It will be shining, we have to stab it or something." 
"I got the stabbing part." the older Japanese girl shut her eyes and opened her hand to the sand, a silver sword formed on her hand. 
"Now we need to find the core, where the fuck is Seunghan when we need him?" the girl gritted her teeth, griping onto the sword tightly.
"Let's take care of this first." Yunjin took out a dagger from her bag and handed it to her leader. 
"Use this to cut any vines that come closer to you." she said and ran to the forest, where the vines originally came from.
Sakura following her, the sword held in both of her hands as he took every step with caution.
"Yunjin?" 
The ginger haired girl hummed as she looked around trying to find the core. 
"Why where you looking at Chaewon like that?" the elder's tone was serious but the ginger haired girl decided to ignore it. 
"What look?" 
"The look of being so in love."
The younger couldn't help but chuckled at the words, "Don't tell me that you are jealous– shit, it's over there!" the younger girl exclaimed, pointing at the far, where a tiny glow was present. 
Both the girls ran through the rough trees, crushing dead leaves and sticks on the way. 
In there they saw a small golden orb of light with vines covering it like snakes, the vines keep getting tangled with each other, the sight was triggering the Japanese. 
"Yu- Yunjin, can you do it? It's tri- triggering my phobia." the Japanese girl said, leading her sword to the younger with shaking hands. 
Letting out a deep breath, the younger took the silver sword as she positioned her self and took a run, cutting off all the vines that came closer to her like she was a professional sword fighter. 
Not wasting another second, she sink the silver into the core, breathing heavily she froze, watching how all the vines, even the one that curled around her, started turning brown, making them dead. 
Golden swirls began to slide up from the tip of the sword as it traveled to the handle, reaching the girl's skin. 
Her eyes widen, she couldn't move, the swirls kept rushing to get skin as if they were meant to be a part of her. 
Seconds passed when she saw the end of the golden swirls, she felt a sudden energy in her, something different. 
This is new....