Yo! I'm back! Well, this is probably the last normal chapter this story is ever going to have! But then again, since my mind is constantly changing, I really don't know... oh well!

Hey, hey... this story is gonna have its 1st month anniversary! I remember the first anniversary of Facing Your Fears I ever celebrated. It was roughly 5 months ago. So that means I published my very first story 6 months ago! Oh what the heck... I'm starting to get frustrated for nothing...

Let's get it on!

Chapter 10 (WAAAHHH! It's already chapter 10!)

"...I...I'm going to England..."

Touma answered, taking a deep breath before putting the keychain in his pocket. Seconds have passed and Kuroko still hasn't said anything.

"Uhm...Shirai-san?"

"You..." Kuroko started. Touma could practically feel her murderous intent from the other side of the phone.

"YOU BARBARIC APE! WHAT THE HELL HAS GOTTEN INTO THAT ROTTEN BRAIN OF YOURS! HAVE YOU GOTTEN COMPLETELY INSANE?! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LEAVING JUST LIKE THAT!" She shouted. She was currently situated in the streets of district 7. She could care less about the people staring at her right now. Someone needed to knock some sense into him!

"Maa...maa Shirai-san... please take pity on this poor Kamijou!"

"Take pity?! Over my dead body you jerk! You have caused my dearest Onee-sama so much pain already! Do you intend on the doing it again?!"

"Shirai-san, you know that I never wanted her to feel that way. It's not like I can control everything that happens around us."

"And so?! Are you just gonna let Onee-sama be here, all by herself, while she is in impeccable danger?!"

"But you're with her, and I know that you'll protect her."

He answered shortly. Though they were thousands of miles away, Kuroko could feel the honesty and warmth of his words. After hearing this, Kuroko took deep breaths and calmed down.

"Very well then, why are you going to England, Kamijou-senpai? Who are you with and how about school?"

"Tsuchimikado and I managed to pull some strings. In documents, we're going to England for some study group, though it is all fake, we managed to make it believable."

"Very well then, as for your reason for going there?"

"We both know very well why I'm going there, Shirai-san."

Touma said grimly as he tightened the grip on his phone. Tsuchimikado could only look at his friend who was now contorted in anger; there was nothing much he could do anyways.

"To find the people behind Onee-sama's predicament?"

Kuroko answered, putting a hand to her waist as she teleported her way to the university clinic where Mikoto lay.

"Damn right I will. I'm gonna drag them out of the hellhole they're hiding in and bring them to Academy City and fix everything. I can't forgive them for making Mikoto suffer like that."

"Yes, I understand completely Kamijou-senpai. Though it is not my style to say this, please be careful and take care of yourself. Onee-sama wouldn't be too happy if you came back all bruised and broken, to the point that you are holding on to life by a mere thread."

"You know Shirai-san, they way you said it, it sounds like you want me to return home in that state..." Touma sweat dropped.

"Ara, ara? Were my intentions that translucent to you?"

"Well...yes...pretty much..."

'Flight 2965 heading to England will be talking off in 20 minutes. Passengers, please make your way to the entrance...'

The intercom announced. Touma looked at Tsuchimikado, who just nodded at him. He grabbed his bag and made his way to the entrance. Touma did the same, while holding the phone in his hands.

"Guess I'll see you when I come back, Shirai-san."

"In retrospect, when will you be back Kamijou-senpai? Onee-sama will pry into this once she hears about it."

"Oh...yeah...Just tell her that I'll be back as soon as I can. Please take care of her, alright Shirai-san?"

Touma pleaded with a worried face. Kuroko inwardly smiled, 'You must really care for Onee-sama huh, you idiotic ape...' she thought.

"You need not remind me again and again Kamijou-senpai. I shall take care of Onee-sama with the most utter tender-loving-care she would ever need. The kind that you have yet to give her." Kuroko answered with a sly smile, creeping up her face. Touma felt a chill run up his spine, as his blood rushed to his face, he understood what Kuroko meant, and it wasn't something suitable for all ages.

"Please don't sexually harass her. She told you this, she's not interested!" Touma said, shaking his head while blushing madly.

"Humph, don't get too conceited Kamijou-senpai! Just because Onee-sama chose you once doesn't mean she'll choose you again! I'll be sure to drown her in love, affection and aphrodisiacs... kekekeke..."

"THE LAST ONE WAS WAY OUT OF TOPIC!"

"I'll touch parts of her, which you've never seen before! Make her feel loved in a way that you've never done before! Have s-"

"OH GOD! PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP SHIRAI-SAN! I don't want to hear it! Just don't do anything like that to her, you hear me?!"

Touma shouted, flipping his phone furiously as he shoved it in his pocket. He shook his head as he tried to regulate his breathing and remove the red hue on his cheeks.

"Whew..." Tsuchimikado whistled. "You sure got one hell of a love rival Kami-yan!"

"Shut up Tsuchimikado! Man, that girl is really difficult to handle... I wonder if I should really leave Mikoto in her hands...Oh great! Now I don't want to leave Academy City!"

He said as they passed the security clearance and boarded the plane.

"Heh, serves him right! It's only right to give him mental torture, seeing as he will be causing Onee-sama more pain! I'm not that desperate to do those things to Onee-sama! Not unless she gives me a sign though...kekeke..."

Kuroko said teleporting from the roof of a building to another. The sun was beginning to set, signalling that it was almost time for curfew.

"Well, at least now...I won't have any doubts... Kamijou Touma... you really do love my Onee-sama huh..."

"CIELO-SAN!" Mikoto shouted, as she floated right towards where Cielo had passed out. But she wasn't able to touch her, or anyone for that matter.

"It is useless. We are not from this time, we cannot interfere with events from the past."

Cielo's battle mode said, as she drifted next to Mikoto. Ave carried Cielo, while Mil brought the dresses Ave bought for her. They ran as fast as they could, dashing through various citizens on the street.

"Where are they taking Cielo-san?" Mikoto asked.

"She will be brought to a clinic. Would you wish to see?"

"Take me to them." She demanded. The angle raised her right arm and they were blinded by light. The next thing Mikoto knew, she was inside an old...store? Clinic maybe? Medical diplomas were pinned to the walls. Several pictures of two men holding trophies could be seen lining the tables.

"Where are we?" Mikoto asked again as she looked around.

"The Ander-Gurbent clinic. This is where we were taken."

"We? I told you, I'm different. My name is Misaka Mikoto, and her name is Cielo Elizel Y'l Vlad. We are not the same!"

"No matter how much you deny the truth, it will remain the truth."

"Ugh! This is pointless!" Mikoto grunted as she looked around. She then saw a room, whose door was open. She went through it and saw Cielo lying on the clinical bed, with Ave and Mil standing beside her, holding papers.

"Well, you seem to be doing fine, Cielo. Though I don't know why you fainted though."

Ave said as he looked through the papers once more.

"No matter how much you study, you cannot understand me, Avey. Science will never be able to help me."

"Eh? Why is that? Are you doubting science?" Mil asked. Cielo shook her head.

"No. But science and magic can never co-exist. Two different worlds can never meet. I can never be part of your world."

"What? So, are you an alien of sorts then?" Ave asked. Mil face palmed while Cielo stifled a laugh.

"Eh? Did I say something wrong?" Ave asked cluelessly. Cielo wiped away the tears in her eyes before smiling.

"No, you are interesting Avey. For a grown man to believe in things such as aliens."

"Hey! I'm just 20 okay? I'm not that grown up! Mil over here is 19, turning 20 in a few months, he's been my best friend ever since we were kids! How about you Cielo?"

"I...I do not know of such information... How old am I? 400 years...I think..."

Cielo answered as she put a finger to her chin. Ave's mouth dropped to the floor.

"F-f-f-f-our h-h-h-h-undreed? 400 YEARS! MIL!"

Ave said, turning to face his best friend, but he was spacing out, looking oddly at Cielo.

"Hey? Mil? Is everything fine my pal?" He asked. Mil snapped his head as he smiled.

"Uh...oh...yeah...I'm fine... I just didn't know Cielo could be such a prankster."

"A prank! So that's what it is! Cielo you little-! You almost got me there." Ave laughed. Cielo was about to correct him, but Mil stopped her. Later that night, while Ave was cooking dinner, Cielo and Mil were chatting on the balcony of the second floor of the clinic.

"Tell me, you're an angel aren't you?" Mil asked.

"How did you know?"

"This afternoon, when you passed out, I released a fair amount of negative emotions, something in which only angels can react to. You fainted, that just proves it."

"Very impressive, you managed to bring out my true colours. And you? Are you not a magician?"

"Yes, yes I am. I am Miliahelm Von Gurbent; my sorcery name is Condilemus240, which means bringer of the condemned. "

"Your sorcery name is quite... ominous..."

"Well, that's because of what my ability can do. But, back to topic, why are you, an angel, here on earth?"

"I am a Prophetic Angel and I was tasked to bring destruction to the human race." She asked in a downcast voice. Mil looked over to her and sighed.

"You don't like the task given to you?"

"No, no I don't. Humanity is a wonderful race! Yes, there are people who are rude and do wrong things, but there are humans like Avey and Milly! Not all humans are bad. You all deserve to live."

"Angels aren't allowed to disobey orders. What are you gonna do?"

"I do not know. I had planned on returning to heaven and plead for your mercy, but...after spending an afternoon with Avey and you, I...I don't want to go back... I also do not know how to go back..."

"Well, do you need help?" Mil asked, facing Cielo. "In what way can you help?"

"As long as an Angel has their powers, even if they don't want to do a mission, they will fall into what I would like to call, their battle mode. Evil accumulates inside of them and releases huge amounts of manna, which is enough to destroy an entire race."

"What are you implying? And how did you know about this?"

"I have a theory I've been trying to complete. I call it the Angelamistic Theory or Angelism for short. I mean, if we can put a switch to your battle mode, then we can control it. You won't run mad, and you can stay here for as long as you want to!"

"I do not understand... why...why would you be willing to do this for me? You cannot gain anything from this..."

"Actually, you're mistaken. I can gain two things. First, I'll be able to complete my theory. I can put as much data as I need to and have you try them. Second, I can make Ave happy."

"Avey?"

"Well, Ave is an orphan. He's like a brother to me. Our parents were very close, so when his parents died, we decided to adopt him. But ever since then, he's been called a plague, unlucky, a bad omen. He's had it far too much already. But this afternoon, he was very happy, with you. So if keeping you can make him happy, then I'll do anything I can." Mil explained as e looked up the stars, remembering every single detail of their childhood. Cielo smiled.

"You are a true friend. I am glad that despite the misfortune in his life, he had a dependable friend by his side. And that is you, Milly."

"Oh, let's just stop this drama talk. This is getting embarrassing..." Mil blushed, Cielo giggled a bit, before they heard Ave calling out to them, saying dinner was ready. Cielo and Mil went down, a smile greeting them as they sat down for dinner. Mikoto and the other girl watched as the three happily ate their dinner.

"Seeing as it would take us too long, if you were to watch everything, allow me to speed up the pace."

The girl said raising her arm again. Mikoto found herself and the girl in a white room, with boxes all over the place.

"Where are we now?"

"This place is our essence scape. It is similar to a human's memory, but since we are three entities, our memories range much farther than a normal human's. I will now present to you, our 1st generations memories, from 6 centuries ago. We must hurry, we do not have enough time."

"Enough time? Why?" Mikoto asked, but the girl brushed her off. Several films containing the three of them flew past the two of them, seemingly flowing in a rush.

"As you can see, they managed to live happily for almost a month. In that time, Aviaries had fallen in love with us, and proposed, to which we readily agreed."

"W-W-W-AIT! P-P-PROPOSE?!"

"Yes, please do not interfere with my explanation. As I said, we agreed. But on the day of the wedding, guards came and imprisoned us. They found out our true identity and deemed us worthy of death. We were locked in a tower, waiting for our death sentence, until Aviaries came and brought us out."

"He didn't mind that Cielo-san didn't tell him anything about being an angel?"

"No, he said that he doesn't care, 'Cielo is Cielo. You are not a monster. I love you for you, so I promise, we'll be together forever.' He said. A foolish human indeed. They got away, with the help of Miliahelm, but after 4 yours, they were found, Aviaries was killed, and we were taken once again. But this time, they succeeded, in killing us that is."

"What the-"

"The day you first had your premonition of your true identity, that was the scene wherein we died. We were tortured with stakes, before being stoned to near death, before being burned alive."

The girl said straightforwardly, without even batting an eye. The scene where they were killed, drifted by, and it paused. Showing Mikoto an extremely gruesome scene of Cielo...of her being killed.

Cielo was in her white tattered dress, blood smearing all over it. Holes in her sides were excruciatingly apparent, showing off her organs, something which a normal person would have already died of. But she was an angel, mere wounds could not and could never kill her. Next, the stones were thrown, and were aimed right at her vital wounds. Knives, stones, hammers and anvils. All of these were thrown at her, in hopes of killing her. Nobles, police officers, soldiers, normal farmers and their wives, they all had one intention in mind, to KILL Cielo. Mikoto couldn't help but feel awful as her stomach churned and twisted, making her want to hurl. But she put a hand over her mouth, while her other arm held her stomach.

'These humans...they...they aren't all bad... right, Avey? Even...even if they did kill you...and they're doing the same to me... they...they aren't bad... they still haven't done...anything to *coughs blood* Milly... Maybe...just maybe...Milly can be saved...'

Cielo managed to think, despite her pain. Even though she was being tortured, she was still smiling, though it was obvious that it was pained.

A tear fell from her eye.

'Ah? A tear? Avey...look...I...I'm crying... I...can f-finally cry...like you do...' she smiled genuinely 'I...really hoped that Milly could see this...Avey...'

She mused. She felt rough hands grip her sides and carry her without any form of relent. She knew where this was going. She was about to be burned. She felt the flames engulf her body, as her consciousness slowly faded away.

'Maybe...in the next life...we can be together...Avey... Avey, Milly and me...h-happily...t...t...oge...ther...'

She breathed, as the last string of life pulling her together finally gave up and broke. She closed her eyes, and waited, as the light came and took her life.

"Do you understand now?"

A voice asked. Mikoto finally looked up and saw that they were no longer in that gruesome death site. The films that contained the deaths were no longer visible. They were in a normal, endless, white, void space.

"What you saw was real, there is no point denying it." The girl said again. Mikoto's hands were still shaking, but she tried her best to stand straight.

"Cielo-san...she...despite what happened to her, she still didn't hate humans."

"Yes, that is because she has been tainted by the foolishness of them."

"No! You're wrong! It's called compassion! Cielo-san truly loved that Aviaries guy, she accepted humans despite their flaws!"

"All angels have fallen victim to the illusion of love. Your reasoning-"

'All...angels?' Mikoto thought, but she shrugged it off.

"I don't give a damn about reasoning! Before, I was...stuck in a situation...when I thought that all was lost, someone...came to my rescue. I asked him what his reason was, and he told me that he didn't need one... That person...he was the one who taught me how to base my acts on what I believed was right, on what I knew is right. He was the one who...brought a new meaning to my life."

Mikoto said, lowering her head, a blush slightly appearing on her cheeks. She gripped her skirt and looked at the other girl standing before her.

"He was the one who taught me to by myself, that it was alright to show my emotions. That I didn't have to keep it all to myself. Because of him, I valued my friends and everyone else in my life, even more than I did before! He was just a human. He's not an angel, he's not an esper, heck, he's not even that smart!" she mused, a small smile playing on her face.

"But even so, he taught me, an angel, how to live my life in the best possible way, without having to hurt anyone. Are you still convinced that humans need to be erased?"

"Humans are inferior to us, that is the truth. Th-"

"It's not! All that you think is the truth, is just what you believe in is real. It's probably not even yours. Maybe...someone is implanting all those in your brain. So tell me, what do you believe in?"

"I...all matters are irrelevant. I have no obligation to answer them."

"See? Why can't you just see it?"

"Time is up. Our first generation's angelic power has been used up. It is time for you to leave, my master bids you farewell and safety."

"Master? Who are you talking about?"

"My master is my master, I will serve him to the very extent of my abilities, until the day I die."

"Your...master huh?" Mikoto said, 'So that's why she said 'All Angels...'. She fell in love too...' she said in her mind. The girl kept quiet for a second before speaking up.

"My master says that it is time for you to go. It is about to begin."

"What? What is?"

"You shall find out soon enough."

"Ugh, I won't even try arguing with you. But...what is your name?"

"I have told you, I am you, we are Cielo-"

"No, that's not what I meant, Cielo-san is Cielo-san, and I'm Misaka Mikoto. Surely you have your own name right?"

"..."

"Please tell me?"

"It's...Zeniax... Yvette Vedlore..."

"Zeniax? Very well then, Zeniax-san, will we meet each other again?"

"We are one. Do not question the inevitable."

"Ha-ha, I guess you're right." Mikoto said with a smile as she began fading away, returning to the real world, leaving Zeniax all alone.

"Tch." She muttered in irritation, "My emotions have gotten the best of me yet again. That girl...she is my enemy..."

"Cielo-san..."

Mikoto said as her eyes opened. She sat up and noticed that she was back in the infirmary.

"Cielo-san, Zeniax-san and me... we're all angels that fell victim to the illusion of love?"

She asked herself, as she stared at her hands. The hands that, according to Zeniax, has killed and destroyed lives.

"Onee-sama?"

A voice asked. Mikoto snapped her head and saw Kuroko teleporting beside her.

"Ah, Kuroko, what're you doing here? And where's that idiot gone off to?"

"Eh...about that, you see Onee-sama..."

Kuroko muttered, as she played with her fingers, making Mikoto suspicious. She narrowed her eyes on the younger girl, giving her a stern look.

"Kuroko..."

"Y-yes? Onee-sama?"

"WHERE. IS. THAT. IDIOT."

"Onee-sama..you should probably rest more... Kamijou-senpai did ask me to make sure you sleep enough so-"

"Quit the damn excuses Kuroko. Where is he?"

"Ugh...Kamijou-senpai is...currently on his way out of the country Onee-sama..."

Kuroko answered dropping her shoulders. Mikoto's eyes grew wide as she stared at her kouhai.

"What? Where?"

"Uuu...he has gone to England, to Worcestershire, if you want to be more specific... "

Kuroko obediently answered, glancing at her senior's reaction. Just as she expected. Small sparks erupted from her bangs, the look of anger and seriousness written all over her face.

"What the hell..."

-chapter end-

Oh my gosh, I can't believe how stupid I can get. Worcestershire is actually a type of sauce, I just thought it would seem cool, but now that I read it, it's pretty weird...

Nyaa~ I'm posted this today, June 25, which is 2 days earlier than expected, I wanted to post the 10th chapter on the 1st month anniversary, but hey, I might forget... oh my god, it's been a month already people! Can you believe it! I seriously thought that no one would read this story, but i was proven wrong... i want to thank (yes, please allow me to be sentimental, again) everyone who supported this from the very start. trust me, i want to type in all your names, if only i wasnt so lazy. but i'll type those who are saved in my phone, Namikaze Nara, mikotochan.5, iaroz, werewolf2005, a whole lot of Guests, armoredcorenineball, shadrala, cross faded, bekron the great. yeah, these were the people who pm'ed be before. some of them were saved in my phone and i dunno why...

well, once again, I'm sorry if I neglected some errors by accident. well, please leave a review. I hope you enjoyed. thanks! till next time! ja-ne!

HAPPY FIRST MONTHSARY TO FYF:AGAIN! ... I guess that means that... on July 3, FYF will be celebrating it's 6th month!