Yuu's eyes opened as he jumps up with a start breathing heavily before looking around him ignoring the hot sun in his eyes to see himself on some sort of dirt road in the middle of an open space and not far along it there was what seemed to be some small buildings. ''Wasn't I just at Nagoya?'' Yuu asks himself as he stands up and brushes some dirt from his hair, Yuu realising something looks to the ground and sighs in relief seeing Ashuramaru laying on the ground prompting him to pick it up and sheath it before placing it on his hip and looking towards the distant dots he could make out that what he assumed was a small village some survivors from the apocalypse virus had set up outside the major cities to avoid vampires and the horseman of john.
Yuu nods to himself before taking off into a steady jog towards the village and taking a glance at the sun to see it was starting to set. ''I guess I have a few hours to reach them before it gets dark…'' Yuu mutters to himself as he jogs along the road looking back to the village. 'It'll take me about an hour to reach them though…' Yuu moans in pity internally seeing the village getting no closer any time soon. 'Maybe I should run?' Yuu asks himself only to almost scream in fright hearing Asurhmaru's voice. ''At this rate Yuu you're going to go insane talking to yourself like this.'' Ashuramaru says in a sing song like voice making Yuu huff before replying. 'Ha-ha, very funny.' Yuu says dryly making Ashuramaru giggle at him. 'Do you need something?' Yuu asks after a few seconds of silence.
'Yuu, we have a problem.' Ashuramaru says making Yuu stop. 'What do you mean?' Yuu asks curiously with a hint of fear in his voice. 'The air here, it's not like in japan, it had less carbon dioxide levels in it, the last time I smelt air like this was around the dark to middle ages.' Ashuramaru says making Yuu freeze. 'Ashuramaru?' Yuu asks prompting the demon to hum at him. 'When did the dark ages and middle ages happen?' Yuu asks dumbly making Ashuramaru face palm and groan. 'This is gonna be a while…at least we have the time...'
After a quick explanation of the time period from Ashuramaru Yuu had realised the severity of the situation. 'But what does that mean for us?' Yuu asks making Ashuramaru sigh before dropping the bomb on him. 'Yuu…you were sent back in time when you accepted the angels power' He says making Yuu stop on the middle of the road with a shocked look on his face. 'But…why? How am I meant to protect them if I'm not there? How am I meant to save Mika?' Yuu says starting to panic and hyperventilate prompting Ashuramaru to pull Yuu into his inner world and making his body flop onto the ground getting a few armoured soldiers turn to see the body dressed in the odd uniform laying on the ground.
'Yuu, you need to calm down.' Ashuramaru says from atop his sword. ''WHAT DO YOU MEAN CALM DOWN?!'' Yuu shouts in panic as he continues to breath faster and faster. ''I'M NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE PAST! I HAV E TO SAVE THEM NOW NOT IN A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW!'' Yuu shouts looking up at the sky seeing the lights making him glare angrily at them. ''STUPI-'' Yuu stops mid-sentence feeling himself being lifted into the air and dropped on his back knocking the air out of his lungs and making him cough painfully. ''You need to calm down, I have a solution to our little problem.'' Ashuramaru says in a stern voice looking down at Yuu who's finally calming down.
''What do we do then?'' Yuu asks making Ashuramaru raise her hand and hold up three fingers. ''You have three options. ''Become a demon.'' He says as he lowers a finger. ''Become a vampire.'' He says lowering a finger and smirking at the suddenly angry look on his face. ''Or you could study magic.'' He says lowering the last finger. ''Personally I'd prefer you became a demon for me.'' Ashuramaru says holding his hands behind his back and moving around slightly. ''Not going to happen.'' Yuu says making Ashuramaru frown and huff. ''Fine…'' He whines out looking at the sky before continuing. ''What's it going to be then?'' Ashuramaru asks making Yuu adapt a thinking pose.
Ashuramaru stood on his sword for what seemed like the longest five minutes of his life looking down at Yuu who hadn't moved from his spot, hell if he wasn't able to hear his breaths he'd have said he stopped living in the time spin they'd been silent. ''I want to study magic.'' Yuu says surprising Ashuramaru. ''Are you sure? it's going to take the longest and you need to be really smart last time I checked.'' Ashuramaru says trying to discourage him only making him smirk. ''If it's for my family I'll wait as long as it takes, as long as I can be human when I see them again and not a monster.'' Yuu says with a determined face making Ashuramaru look away with a disappointed look on his face.
''Fine, we can study magic, I only know some basics so I can't really teach you much about it.'' Ashuramaru says making Yuu frown before a smile comes to his face as he asks. ''You know magic?'' he says excitedly prompting Ashuramaru to nod. ''Only some, I've been around long enough to have seen some and learned a bit of the trade.'' Ashuramaru explains making Yuu nod. ''This will take a while and don't treat this as just a game Yuu, magic is dangerous especially if misused.'' Ashuramaru says as Yuu takes a seat on the ground. ''Shall I begin then?'' Ashuramaru asks prompting Yuu to nod anxiously and making Ashuramaru smirk. ''You humans really are greedy…'' He mumbles out loudly ignoring Yuu's protest to the statement.
For the next few hours Yuu had been sitting listening to Ashuramaru talk about the basics of magic, such as its origin and links to other things such as religions as well as the types of magic before going in to teach Yuu some basic magic that he knew. ''Blood magic?'' Yuu asks tilting his head. ''It's a form of magic that uses the mages blood as a weapon and since it's more complex and needs the user to concentrate more so when you learn it it'll make it easier to learn other simple magic's such as pyromancy.'' Ashuramaru says making Yuu nod understanding where he was coming from.
''Since you haven't learned any magic yet, we have to use chants as well as magic circles to help you, and since you won't have enough blood to make a large circle, I'll be making a small one of your wrist.'' Ashuramaru explains hopping off the sword and walking in front of Yuu. ''Extend your hand and have your palm facing me.'' Ashuramaru says making Yuu do as he says and putting his arm forwards. ''This will hurt but with practise you'll ignore the pain.'' He says before slashing Yuu's wrist making him suck in a painful breath and winch in pain. Ashuramaru watches the blood blow from the cut before using his finger to draw a perfect circle in his palm before drawing a line in the middle. ''It's a simple one so don't expect it to be fancy.'' He says making Yuu nod.
''Wait.'' Yuu says making Ashuramaru look at him. ''I thought you said you knew the basics?'' Yuu asks only to make Ashuramaru smirk playfully. ''I know little for a demon who's lived for over two thousand years.'' He says making Yuu blink. ''Your two thousand years old?!'' He shouts in shock making Ashuramaru laugh openly at him for a few minutes before calming down. ''Right…Yuu to use magic thing of it like a flowing river.'' He says making Yuu nod and close his eyes thinking of a flowing river. ''Now, think of the river flowing into your palm.'' Ashuramaru says making Yuu nod. ''Now think about making a shape in your hand, and make sure it's small so you don't bleed out.'' Ashuramaru explains making Yuu think of a small circle in hand. ''Now open your eyes.'' He says prompting Yuu to open them and see a ball of blood floating in his hand about the size of a golf ball spinning around in his hands.
''Wow…'' Yuu says looking at the small orb of blood spin around in his hand in awe as he moves it around and watches it levitate. ''This at the moment is all you can do, even then it usually takes months to actually use magic, seems you have talent after all Yuu.'' Ashuramaru teases making Yuu look at her with an annoyed look and breaking his concentration causing the blood to fall into his hand in a small puddle. ''LOOK WHAT YOU DID!'' Yuu shouts in anger at Ashuramaru making him laugh at him as he whines like a baby about how he was doing so well.
''Yuu, for now you have to go before the people here think your dead.'' Ashuramaru says getting Yuu's attention making him look at her. ''Wait, people found me?'' Yuu asks confused. ''You weren't paying attention and when you passed out you did it in front of a group of guards.'' Ashuramaru says making Yuu face palms at himself. ''Right…'' He says embarrassed at himself not noticing he had reached the village. ''Mind sending me back…'' Yuu asks embarrassing himself more asking for more help from Ashuramaru. ''No need to be so embarrassed Yuu, you're just a child after all.'' Ashuramaru says in a teasing tone as Yuu starts to fade away. ''Be sure to come around at night so I can teach you…'' Ashuramaru says as his voice fades away slowly as Yuu blacks out.
''He's waking up!'' A female voice shouts as Yuu starts to wake up with a groan as he sits up, only to be pushed back into the bed. ''Please stay still, you need rest.'' The same voice says making Yuu turn his head to the side and open his eyes slowly to see a blond woman sitting beside his bed that he'd seen beforehand. 'Isn't she Crowley's servant?' Yuu says internally looking at a younger version of Horn that looked about thirteen years old looking at him with a worried look in her blue eyes. ''Where am I?'' Yuu asks rubbing his eyes and sitting back up ignoring Horn trying to push him back down on the bed and telling him not to move. ''Please don't stress yourself to much!'' Horn says in a worried voice as Yuu ignores her. ''Seriously where am I?'' Yuu asks again in Japanese making Horn tilt her head in confusion. ''Pardon?'' She asks her English accent very heavy making Yuu realise he was talking in Japanese.
''Sorry, where am I?'' Yuu asks as well as apologizing to her. ''Oh, umm, some of the guards in the village found you passed outside the gate and brought you here since it's the only home with enough rooms to support another person.'' Horn explains timidly. 'She's way more brave in the future…' Yuu says internally to himself looking the younger version of Horn over causing her to blush. ''U-um…could you not look at me li-like that?'' Horn says shyly looking away. ''Oh, sorry.'' Yuu apologises again and decides to look at the room he was in, from the look of the room he was in he could guess she was either born into a middle or high class family or they were lords of some land at least.
''So he's awake then?'' A male voice asks making Yuu look to the rooms door to see a fine dressed man walk into the room before taking a seat near the bed. ''I must say young man you looked like you had been fighting when the guards found you, you had small wounds and your outfit had been damaged as well.'' The man says making Yuu nod. ''Sorry… I had a run in with a group of people trying…to steal my sword.'' Yuu says making up a lie quickly, the man nods seeming to believe him. ''May I ask who you are?'' The man asks prompting Yuu to speak. ''Yūichirō Hyakuya.'' Yuu says making him raise a brow. ''Odd name.'' He comments before telling his own. ''Well, my name's Conan Hamilton, I'm the lord of this small village and this is my eldest daughter, Jessica Hamilton.'' He introduces himself and Horn making her wave shyly prompting him to wave back and for her to look down embarrassed.
''If I may ask, what we're you traveling for anyways in such a troublesome time anyways?'' Conan asks curiously. ''Oh, umm…I'm a traveling swords man from the Japanese empire, I wish to learn different combat styles and master them.'' Yuu explains making up another lie making Horn look at him in awe and Conan looking at him impressed. ''At such a young age too, how old are you? Fifteen, sixteen?'' He asks. ''Sixteen.'' Yuu says making the man nod. ''And you're an able healthy young man correct?'' He asks making Yuu nod. ''I've already mastered the combat style of my homelands sword the Katana.'' Yuu says making the man nod. ''Do you mind if I ask you of something?'' He asks making Yuu nod and prompting Conan to ask his daughter to leave who nods and does a polite bow and leaves the room, not before taking a glance at Yuu again as she walks out and closes the door.
''I'll be frank here young man, a group of bandits has been tormenting the town recently, and we only have sixteen guards to protect our town at the moment, I have asked for help but the recent news of another possible crusade has sent soldiers and worries to assist in the upcoming war.'' Conan explains making Yuu's eyes widen. ''If you help I'll be happy to help you in any way I can, I know this is very sudden but we need as much help as possible.'' He begs Yuu getting on his knees making Yuu blink at him comically. ''Sure.'' Yuu says suddenly making the man look up in surprise. ''Really?'' He asks in surprise prompting Yuu to nod. ''I'll help as long as long as you give me a place to stay.'' Yuu says making Conan nod. ''Yes, I'll secure a house immediately for your use, thank you very so much!'' he says excitedly shaking Yuu's hand extremely fast making it blur and causing him chuckle and rub the back of his head with his free hand feeling embarrassed by the man.
''I'll just get my weapon and be on my way.'' Yuu says as he starts to stand up only to be stopped by Conan. ''Now, now young man, don't rush yourself at least have something to eat first before you leave.'' Conan offers making Yuu think it over before nodding. ''Sure, I'll take some food before I go.'' Yuu accepts prompting to the man to nod and call Horn. ''Jessica, please get our guest some food!'' He shouts knowing she was ease dropping causing her to stumble on the other side of the door and making both Yuu and Conan chuckle at her getting up from the ground. ''R-right!'' She calls in before speed walking away to fetch Yuu something to eat, Yuu didn't have to wait long as Horn came back quickly with a bowl of stew in hand and offering it to Yuu who accepts it before greedily eating the quickly made food down sating his hunger that had been bugging him since he had woken up.
''I-I'll get your clothes ready!'' Horn says with a bow and quickly leaving the room to fetch Yuu's uniform. ''You managed to fix it?'' Yuu asks prompting Conan to nod proudly. ''Jessica's sister, Lexi, is a god send when it comes to sowing.'' Conan says proudly, and Yuu could of swore a tear was in his eye before he blinked it away. ''I'll be going off then, the misses needs me to fetch her something, Jessica will be here with your clothes soon enough, and if you are searching for the bandits, look around the road you came from, they should be around there trying to rob an unsuspecting trader or something….'' He informs Yuu as he walks out the door and closing it leaving Yuu to himself. ''He's really nice…'' Yuu mutters to himself surprised by the man's generosity as he gets up from the bed, only to notice he was almost completely naked if it wasn't for his boxers. ''Now I see why he kept me down.'' Yuu says to himself not noticing the door open.
''U-umm…, here's your outfit sir!'' Horn says in an embarrassed tone seeing him nearly naked as she looked away and held his uniform out to him. ''Oh sorry didn't notice you!'' Yuu shouts taking the outfit and covering himself with the uniforms top. As soon as Horn was there she was gone again leaving Yuu alone to change into his uniform, which he quickly did to avoid any other incidents. ''Time to kill some bandits…sort of sounds like a quest.'' Yuu chuckles to himself as he opens the door to his room, only to stop coming face to face with Horn who was standing awkwardly having been caught ease dropping again. ''We really should stop meeting like this.'' Yuu says with a chuckle as he scratches his cheek and smiles Awkwardly. ''Y-yeah…'' Horn says shyly and fidgeting awkwardly on the spot. ''Oh, since you're here, mind showing me where you put my sword?'' Yuu asks prompting Horn to look up in surprise and nodding a few times before turning around and speed walking and is quickly followed by Yuu. ''My father kept your sword in his room.'' Horn says as they walk trying to start a conversation. ''It's nice of your family to take care of me like this…'' Yuu says stopping as Horn turns around to him.
''Where I came from…I didn't have much family left, so it's nice to have another willing to take care of me.'' Yuu explains to her making her eyes widen in shock realising what he meant. Yuu's eyes widen feeling Horn move forwards and huge him tightly. ''Don't worry, we'll take care of you.'' Horn says making Yuu chuckle and rub her head. ''Last time I checked, it's supposed to be the older one comforting the younger one, not the other way around.'' Yuu says making Horn let him go and take a step back awkwardly. ''O-oh…umm…right!'' She stutters and shouts unintentionally making herself blush and turn around and rush towards the room holding Yuu's weapon as he followed behind. 'Almost a thousand years in the past, learning magic and meeting enemies before their enemies…something I really didn't expect…' Yuu says to himself internally making Ashuramaru chuckle as he walks around the large house behind Horn to receive is weapon to leave to sort out the bandit problem.