Kaminari was released from the hospital just in time for the fall semester to start. Before she could return, she had to dye her hair a natural color. Apparently silver was not considered natural. After a great deal of debate on her part, she decided to go platinum blonde white. It was a natural color, after all.

As she walked with Chiho, she wondered who would talk to her. She hadn't seen any of her friends from the last time she had gone to school. When she let them know of her return, no one replied, so she had basically scratched them off her people to depend on list, even debating over whether to delete their numbers from her phone. She ended up keeping them just in case she got stuck with them on a project or some misfortune that would force her to socialize.

"Look who's back," someone said.

Kaminari smirked as she turned to an old friend of hers, Yuzu. The cherry red haired girl with pink eyes had a mischievous smirk on her lips as she sized up Kaminari.

"I heard you were back," she stated. "I also heard you had quite the time at the cemetery with the cute boy from the movie theatre. Tell me, is he single?"

Kaminari simply shrugged with an innocent smile, "Don't know. I know he has standards. He likes a girl that can keep her legs shut."

Yuzu laughed, "Then why does he keep you around?"

"The same reason Jaden still hired him. Everyone knows the rumors from Europe aren't true," Kaminari replied. "I know it's hard for you to remember names and faces, but do you really think you would hire someone your ex recommended, or is there a guy in this city that hasn't seen the new carpet in your room?"

No one spoke at the final insult. For the time being, Kaminari had won. Yuzu could remember just a year ago a time when Kaminari wouldn't keep a conversation like that going. She had changed a lot. She was more than confident, but not cocky. Something had changed her, and Yuzu wanted to know what.

Kaminari almost fell asleep in all of her classes. Whispers became white noise as she walked down the halls.

When school was finally over, she started to leave but stopped when her blood ran cold. She looked around trying to find the source of the feeling and began panicking when the bracelets started to glow. She needed Lucifer immediately.

She ran back into the school, running down the halls until she found an empty classroom and got into its metal supplies closet. Her hands shook as she struggled with her phone and called the fallen angel.

"Hey, Kami," he greeted.

"Someone's here," she whispered, her body trembling as she started to feel as though she was in a horror game. She could sense the evil nearby, or the dark intentions directed toward her.

"Where are you?"

"I'm at school," she replied, her voice strained from threatening tears. "Please, Lucifer."

She immediately hung up when somewhere in her mind she heard footsteps. The was some sort of alternate reality, an invisible world in her world, and there was someone that was trying to become visible in her world. It was coming for her.

She scratched at the bracelets trying to take them off in case the purple was glowing bright enough to be seen from outside. As she slowly slid down, the footsteps were getting closer. If she could sense them, they could sense her.

Her fear intensified when she heard actual footsteps running through the school. The footsteps in her mind began running as well.

They were getting closer. They both ran into the room and everything went silent. The footsteps of her reality moved toward her while the ones in her mind walked away.

The ones walking away stopped as did the ones in front of her.

Silence.

Kaminari had stopped breathing as she waited for the next move.

"Kami?" Someone called.

Footsteps suddenly stopped just outside the room, "Urushihara? Why are you here?"

It was Chiho. Why was Chiho here?

"Kami and I have a date tonight," Lucifer covered. "She said she would wait for me at school, and I haven't found her yet."

Her fear almost disappeared, but she heard the footsteps in her mind get closer again. She covered her mouth with her hands, hoping it would muffle any sort of cry or whimper she could feel bubbling up.

Lucifer chuckled, "I don't know who you think you are, but you have no authority here. Go back to where you came from."

His orders had been said in Ente Islan. The heavy feeling on her mind immediately vanished. As soon as the door scratched open, she launched into Lucifer's arms, shivering as he held her tight, gently rubbing her back to soothe her.

"I've got you," he reassured before kissing her temple. "I'm here."

Chiho stood shocked at her sister's fragility. Her strong attitude had been fading away, but she never thought Kaminari would be genuinely afraid of something. Since her return from Ente Isla, she really hadn't been the same. It was almost like a part of her had been left behind or lost.

"What was here?" Kaminari asked Lucifer, her fingers still tight on his shirt.

"Just an angel," he replied as he gently pushed her back. He tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear, "Now. Let's go on that date, yeah?"

Kaminari looked from his violet eyes to his offered hand. Slowly she took it, getting caught off guard when he gently interlaced their fingers. Her body stiffened at the intimate gesture. She had read in her time in Ente Isla angels could lose their powers, become human or mortal. Falling in love with a human was almost the only way unless the church somehow managed to take it from them. Though she would have been happy with Lucifer, she wasn't willing to take that from him.

Something wouldn't let her let go. This small chance of hope and selfishness.

Kaminari was uncomfortable, that much was obvious to Lucifer. She seemed to be fighting this inner demon, but he didn't know what it was. Her grip on his hand was strange, like she wanted to let go but couldn't.

"What did you learn in Ente Isla?" Lucifer asked her.

"Trust no one," she replied with a sad smile. Her eyes moved to the ground, "I've never felt so alone before." Her grip tightened a bit, "I can still feel them. I can still smell them. Sometimes, the dreams are so real, I'm not really sure I'm back or not."

He frowned, "Kami, why haven't you said anything? We could have been helping."

She shook her head, "There isn't a strong enough magic to get rid of this. I don't want him to come back. I don't want to go back."

"Emi's friends are doing what they can to help us get Lillian. It will take time, though. The church isn't known to give up its secrets."

She nodded, turning her attention to her concerned sister, "Is something wrong?"

Chiho shook her head as she raised her hands, "No, nothing at all!" She smiled, "Have fun on your date."

Date. Right.

Kaminari looked down at her hand still holding onto Lucifer. Her eyes moved back to the fallen angel who had a fond smile on his face, "Ready to go?"

His easiness soothed her causing a smile to form on her lips. "Okay."

The three left the school building, parting ways at the exit. Chiho had work while Kaminari was off for the day.

"You've got quite the fan base," Kaminari told her purple haired friend. "A former friend of mine asked if you were single."

He looked at her, curious as to what her answer had been. It was something that was going to come up at some point, but he still didn't have an answer. "What did you tell her?"

She shrugged, "I don't know."

He blinked at the response, "You told her that you don't know if I'm single or not?"

Kaminari lifted their still intertwined hands, "You tell me." She chewed on her lip, looking at the ground at her sudden attitude, "I'm sorry. I just don't want to regret anything, you know?"

"You...regret this?" He asked with a frown.

She was suddenly bursting with negative emotions, doubt, guilt, sadness. If he hadn't felt that, he definitely would have walked away and never looked back. "I'm not going to regret you, Lucifer," she finally said. "I've never been happier. Things have changed a lot since we first met. You're an angel, I'm just a human. You have the rest of eternity to find someone you can spend that time with, if not others as well. You shouldn't settle for one human and lose who you are."

He let her words sink in as he ran his fingers over the bracelets on her wrists. With time, she would turn. He didn't know what it would be, but she was changing. Giving her the bracelets had saved her life and would continue to save her life. But, consequences came with them. That would depend on her. She would be the deciding factor of her fate. Would she become an angel with no free will or a demon with no control? Would she end up in Heaven before coming back or never see him again?

Then again, she wore the bracelets of an archangel. Perhaps that could get her free will as an angel.

"We can worry about that later," Lucifer finally said. "Let's have some fun."

Kaminari was more than happy to put the topic to rest and just enjoy the rest of the day with Lucifer. As the evening came to an end, she headed to the apartment with him so she could start Maou back on his studies. When it neared midnight, Lucifer walked her home.

Kaminari smiled at her dear friend as they stopped in front of the apartment complex she lived in. "I had fun. We should do it again some time."

He smiled a bit, "We'll see."

She hugged him, smiling against his neck. "You're not so bad for a fallen angel."

He laughed a bit as he pulled her closer to him, holding her tight. "I'll see you tomorrow."

He placed a kiss on her cheek, his magic swirling through her body once more. She grinned as she placed her finger on the spot, "I'm starting to think you're using me as a savings account, just in case you lose your magic, you'll have a place to get more."

He shrugged, "Maybe." He sighed as he ran his fingers through her white hair, "This doesn't match your personality."

"They said natural hair color," she replied. "Silver is natural, but rules are rules."

She turned a bit, getting ready to head inside. Her pale eyes left his as her eyebrows furrowed together, moving to somewhere behind him. "What do you want?"

Kaminari had noticed Yuzu had been following them most of the afternoon, but since they had visited so many shops and just walked around town, she didn't think anything of it. The red head lived on the other side of town, but there she stood waiting for something.

"How rude, Kami. Why don't you introduce me to your friend?" Yuzu smiled, her eyes focused on Lucifer as if he was some sort of trophy.

"I'm going home," Lucifer announced as he looked at Kaminari. "Goodnight, Kami."

The white haired girl gave a small smile, "Goodnight."

Kaminari turned to the apartment complex, yawning as she took a few steps. She half expected Yuzu to attack her, but nothing came. Keeping a laugh to herself, she made her way to the elevator only to find it broken. She groaned as she headed to the stairs regretting to ask Lucifer to take her to her room.

Chiho giggled, "Too bad Urushihara has eyes for only you."

Kaminari had told her the situation from the night before. Yuzu hadn't interrupted anything, but it was still annoying the girl had gone so far out of her way just to bother them. When they arrived at school, students would glance and whisper as the two walked by.

When Chiho and Kaminari stepped into the school, they were immediately greeted with flyers hanging everywhere. Someone had printed out some strange article about an incestuous relationship between Chiho and Kaminari had started when she returned and Kaminari was now pregnant with artificial insemination with their father's sperm.

While Chiho's burned bright red, Kaminari couldn't care less about the article. She was actually impressed. "You know, Chi, this is actually pretty clever." Chiho stared at the paper as it disappeared into purple flame. "But, I think I want to start another rumor. How about we do something with a little more truth to it."

With a snap of her fingers, all the flyers caught with the purple flame disappearing into ash within students' hands. A wicked smile came to the girl's lips as she looked at her sister, "There. That should help Maou and the others to get some magic."

Chiho gave a deadpanned look to her sister as chaos erupted in the halls, "I'm sure there was a better way to do that."

"Oh, yeah, no doubt," Kaminari agreed. "This was more fun."

The rest of the day went on in absolute panic. Teachers and students alike were barely able to focus, believing the purple fire could come back at any moment. As amusing as it was, it was also annoying. She didn't have time to be bothered with people's ridiculous fears. She just wanted to get through school and go home. She was tired from not getting enough sleep.

The moment school ended, Kaminari left. Chiho had archery, and Kaminari wasn't going to sit around and wait for that. As she left the school, she found Yuzu again, her friends standing behind her. "Is it a boy or girl?"

Kaminari stared at her having no idea what Yuzu was talking about. The clear vacant look on her face angered Yuzu, "How do you forget something like that?!"

"Something like what?" Kaminari questioned with a frown. "Is there a group project I didn't hear about?"

Yuzu shoved a flyer that had decorated the school that morning into her hands, "Why don't you give me a little insight?"

Kaminari read over the story again before looking at Yuzu, smiling a bit, "How about I tell you a different story that will make everyone's day."

She shoved the flyer back into Yuzu's hands. "Tell everyone I'm good friends with Satan. That should keep them interested."

Yuzu looked ready to argue but went silent as the flyer burst into purple flame, the ashes disappearing in the wind.

"By the way, I'm adopted." Kaminari started humming as she left the girl behind, too afraid to move or speak.