DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OWARI NO SERAPH.

Note: Advanced apologies for the OOC's.

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WARNING: Beware of Rated M scenes!

SERAPH: IN THE MIDDLE 4
Yuu was the first person to sneak in and visit Shinoa. According to Mika's plan, only one person from the squad can visit Shinoa because they cannot afford to have Kureto notice. Not until they have perfected their acting and memorized the area so they can run without getting caught.

Guren lent Yuu a guard uniform and a cap to keep his identity and the food that he will serve to Shinoa.

It was the perfect plan. All they have to do is keep this up everyday and Shinoa will never see them coming. But while Yuu was dressing up with Mika, Guren was preparing the way for them, making sure that there are no Hiragi's nearby, especially Aoi Sangu and Kureto Hiragi.

But on his rounds, he was surprised not to find Shinoa in her room. Which troubled him because it wasn't part of the plan. He rushed in search for Shinoa and sees Shinya in the hallway, which was odd. He'd never walk around in these parts. "What are you doing here?"

"Whoa Guren relax!"

"Where is she?" he asked, grabbing Shinya by his jacket.

"I- I tried to stop it! They took her." he spilled the beans and Guren releases him before going to the location where he was sure Shinoa was. "Guren please stop."

"I gave my word to those kids, darn it!" he muttered as he stomped towards the door behind Shinya.

Shinya however couldn't let him go through there. "Guren, think about it. If Kureto does his job then the faster you can get her back."

Since Shinya was being annoying, Guren pushed him towards the wall, making sure that Shinya hits his back on it hard and looked him in the eye with a glare he never usually give him. "You're the one who told me not to kill her. And now you gave her to Kureto for some torture. Which one of us is the good person now?"

"I told you, I tried to stop it." Shinya tells him.

"And walk away after you fail with a face like that?" Guren says. Shinya didn't look troubled after all. "I thought you cared for her."

"I do. But right now Kureto isn't focused on her memories. He wants to awaken the demon inside her."

Guren's grip on Shinya loosened when he heard this. "What?" And the apparition of Mahiru appeared beside Shinya. "What are you talking about?"

"I don't know where he got the idea but he said if he can't get information out of her then he will make use of her demon." Shinya continued to explain until finally Guren releases him.

"But there's only seven possible ways to do that. He doesn't need to do it himself. He could've just told me."

"You wouldn't have done anything." Shinya reminds him and Guren grits his teeth. He'd prefer that he triggers what he needs to than Kureto doing it. He knew Shinoa would've preferred it that way as well.

Guren turns to the invisible Mahiru that only he can see and she smiled at him. Giving him permission to do something about it.

Although he was contemplating whether or not to give the bad news to Yuu.

Yoichi was finished cleaning up his room and taking a bath, seeing that Krul was still there, he was beginning to wonder what to do with her.

"Sooo... do you want me to escort you to Mika?" he offered.

"He's not here."

"I know. I'll take you to-"

"I mean he's not around." Krul clarified and Yoichi nodded hesitantly. "I don't smell his scent nearby. So I'll wait." she said, laying comfortably in Yoichi's bed, tinkering with his notebook where he drew the formations he did with everyone.

"Okay then. I'll just be outside." he said and left the room.

But upon opening the door he sees Kimizuki about to knock and Mitsuba right behind him. He was caught in surprise. Kimizuki and Mitsuba were going to check on him! And he's hiding a third progenitor vampire in his room!

"Hey Yo-"

He quickly closes the door in panic and turns back to Krul. Kimizuki on the other hand was left hanging and surprised of what Yoichi did just now. He turns to Mitsuba with furrowed brows. "You saw what he did right?"

"Maybe he's wearing his boxers?"

"Oh no. That kid slammed that door in my face for no reason!" Kimizuki was sure he saw Yoichi well dressed. He turns back to the door slamming his fists on the wood. "Yoichi open up!"

"You're overreacting, Kimizuki."

"Easy for you to say! You're not the one he slammed the door to!" he shouts and Mitsuba sighed. "You have ten seconds to explain yourself or I will bust this door open for you!" he shouts at Yoichi.

Yoichi on the other hand was in a panic. He was searching for any space where he can hide Krul. Krul on the other hand did not care of him or the voice outside and just kept flipping pages.

"You have a terrible sense of art." she commented.

"The art doesn't matter there, it's all about the formations." Yoichi tells her as he opened and closed his closet to see if Krul were to fit there. "And how can you be so calm?!" he whispered.

"If you leave this room then he wouldn't know a thing. But you had to be obvious and panic." Krul informs him and he grounds his teeth together.

She was right. Kimizuki had no clue or whatsoever. If only he stepped outside instead of lock the door and panic. Now Kimizuki will not back down and will demand to see what he's hiding.

"What if I just introduce you?" Yoichi suggests.

"I'll kill you." Krul threatens and Yoichi gulps. Not a good suggestion then.

"Then help me!"

"Ten seconds is up!" he heard Kimizuki say outside.

Krul rolled her eyes and hopped off the bed, going towards the door. She can hear the first kick being done then on the second kick, she positioned herself behind the door as she opened it and Kimizuki thinking he opened it already, walked inside only to have the door slamming across his face and him falling backwards losing consciousness.

With the impact Krul did, it will leave a lump on his head. Mitsuba on the other hand stared at Yoichi who was standing by the window. So it made her wonder... who closed the door just now?

"I can explain." Yoichi says and Mitsuba took a step back.

"You and the ghost are acquaintances!" she squeals and runs as far as she could from Yoichi's room.

Krul slams the door shut and hops back to the bed to continue reading. "You have such weird friends." she opined.

"That was Mika's girlfriend just now." Yoichi informs her and Krul grips on the notebook.

"What?"

Guren meets up with Yuu and Mika, he saw that Yuu was excited. And he was afraid to bring the bad news to him. Why was he the one to always break the bad news?

"Yuu, we have a problem." he says.

"What's wrong?"

"Kureto took her ahead of time." Guren tells them. And he can see that now the smile was no longer there. Yuu wasn't getting any good news about Shinoa for a while now. And he's starting to get annoyed.

"What do you mean?!"

"I don't know who is pulling the strings but he wants to awaken Shinoa's demon." Guren did not explain further but Mika gave him a look that says 'he already told Yuu'.

"Then tell him you'll do it instead!"

"I did. But he said only if he fails." Guren said and Yuu threw his fist on the wall, angrily growling in silence. "I'm sorry."

"I always thought the world was cruel to me..." he says softly. "But seeing now, even the whole universe is cruel to me." he added as he began to sob. "They never want me to be happy... and they'd hurt someone important to me too."

"Yuu..." Mika wanted to comfort him but what could he do? What would he say?

"Listen kid. The world is cruel to everybody." Guren says. "But we won't give up. Shinoa fought to live when she was with the vampires. Now she's right behind that door and I know she's going to endure whatever they're doing to her because she will see you again. She won't die when she's near the finish line."

"We'll see her again before you know it." Mika finally managed to say.

Yuu ran towards Guren to cry and Guren wrapped his protective arms around him. It was the least he can do while they wait for the results of whatever Kureto was doing.

Speaking of Kureto...

Blood dripped from the side of Shinoa's head as the wound in her ear had opened from the beatings. She couldn't open her left eye anymore because of the pain. Her only eye was looking up at Kureto who leaned towards her to see her closely.

"How angry are you right now?" he asked. "Come on, you're not tied up. Hit me. Hit me 'til you're satisfied." he provoked.

Shinoa was sitting down the metallic chair, her hands no longer tied behind her back. Aoi was right behind her, assisting Kureto with this little operation. She hated him. She hated what he's doing to her. But she couldn't bring herself to hit him.

"So it's not wrath either huh?" he muttered and leans away.

He walked back and forth in front of Shinoa while he wiped the blood off his fists. "It's not It's not greed or envy. I wonder if it's pride..."

"Well it could be lust." Aoi proposed. "After all Mahiru awakened her with lust."

Kureto stopped walking when Aoi said so. She had a point... Mahiru used lust to awaken hers. And for him... he wasn't sure yet because he was afraid of awakening it himself.

"Hmm... call Guren in please. Guren alone."

"H- Him? But he and-" Aoi was confused, she was merely comparing, it doesn't exactly have to be him.

"Mahiru's dead. And this isn't anything about that." Kureto says. "I just need his help."