Chapter 10: A Date and A Fight

OC's are mine!

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vincent the vizard: Thanks man, and yeah I just keep getting disconnected and I can't get back on until like the next day. Hopefully it won't last long.

Lucarai: So it's not just me. I actually wrote that chapter based in thepretty high voice and all. Well if you loved that chapter you'll love this one.

: I did have the explanation on how he got that time, but I lost all of it and I really didn't wanna write it all again, cause I was totally focused on this chapter, and it seemed like a pain to write it all again. And I felt it was funnier to have the kicking queen hit Mike rather that the hot head.

DONE!

This chapter officially kicks off the OCxMizore relationship so enjoy.

On with the show!

74 days

Today was Sunday, so there were no classes today. That also meant that I could finally be alone with Mizore. I decided not to go with my jacket on today so I just wore my normal black t-shirt. I looked out my window and saw that the weather was perfect, so no rain would fuck this up. For once, Mother Nature was on my side. I decided to get a rose for this situation a few days ago, so I made sure to remember that. Mizore and I decided yesterday that we would meet at the cliff where we looked at the ocean, so I headed there as fast as I could.

Mizore is apparently already there, just waiting for me. She heard my loud footsteps, as I ran towards her, so she turned around to see me. I panted a little bit and asked "Hey, Miz. I didn't keep you waiting too long did I?"

"No. I just got here awhile ago too."

"Whew, that's good. Oh! I got something for ya." I pulled out the rose I had bought and handed it to her.

She saw me hand it to her and she blushed. "Thank you. That was very nice of you." We sat down and we started looking at the ocean, like last time. It was as beautiful as I remembered. I glanced over at Mizore and thought 'Nah, the ocean's not nearly as beautiful as her.' I looked back at the water and remembered what I wanted to ask her.

"Hey, Mizore?" She turned towards me and I continued "Why did you wait until now, to accept my offer? I mean I'm glad you did, I just wanna know why you took so long. But if you don't wanna say, that's fine."

She started blushing again and she sat in silence for a while before she said "Well, at first I was going to say no. But then Wolf attacked the school. When you saved me from his fire breath, I thought I should give you a chance." That actually got me a little down. I started thinking that she only accepted because she had a debt to repay me. But while I thought that something just didn't sit right.

"Is that the ONLY reason you're here with me? Because I saved you?" I asked.

She was silent again before she said "Yes." She was lying.

"Mizore, I know that you're lying. There's more to your decision isn't there?"

She looked down and started explaining. "While I was very happy you saved me, that wasn't what changed my mind. What really changed my mind was, seeing Tsukune use his powers for the first time. Seeing him control fire, for the first time." That's when it hit me.

"I see now. Since you're weak to heat, you realized that you couldn't be with Tsukune without risking him burning you or something. Am I right?" I was a little sad again, but not for myself. I was sad for Mizore. I knew that she lived Tsukune and decided to make him her husband, but now that he was a fire demon, that would be impossible.

"Yes. And it's not just that. Before you got here, whenever we all got in trouble, Tsukune would always try to save Moka. Never the rest of us. Never me. When you rusjed your life to save me, that's when it hit me. Tsukune using fire was even worse. I was happy that he could defend himself, but I was also sad because I knew that we couldn't be together now." Mizore started crying and she buried her face in her knees, so I wouldn't see.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault Tsukune is like this now. It's my fault you can't be with the one you love. I'm so sorry Mizore." I started crying a little bit too.

Mizore took her wet face out of her knees and said "You don't need to apologize. You didn't know that he would become a fire demon. You said it yourself that his demon properties would be random. And if you didn't give him his powers, he'd be dead now. If he was dead, I would be more miserable than I am now." Regardless of what she said, I still felt bad. I still felt like it was my fault she couldn't be truly happy. "And even before the whole Wolf thing, you saved me from Kuyou as well." She reminded me.

"I saved all of you from Kuyou." I said in a depressed tone.

"But Kuyou was specifically about to kill me. Then you jumped in and saved me. If you didn't step in I would have been burned alive."

"I guess that's true." I cheered up a little.

"And since you got here you've been very nice to me. Even in some training sessions you've been nicer to me compared to the others. You're going through all this trouble to train us so we can help you fight Alex. You could have just shoved us away, but you decided to train us."

"You forget, you guys wouldn't take no for an answer." I reminded.

"But do you regret training us?"

"No. Since I got here you guys have treated me like family, even though I almost killed you. I can never repay you guys for your kindness." I said with a small smile, finally looking back at her.

Mizore started blushing again. "Also... ever since you came here... I think I've started to develop feelings for you. Strong feelings." She confessed slowly. 'Is she saying what I think she's saying?' I ask myself. Before she could answer I sensed an attack.

"LOOK OUT!" I grabbed Mizore and moved us to the forest. I got there and saw thpurge wa already there, his back turned to us. He turned around and I got a look at our attacker. His hair looked like Alex's when he was younger but a bit longer and as black as mine. He had a long scar on his left cheek that just barely touched his eye. He had piercing green eyes, a gray muscle shirt that held his body tightly, black sweatpants, and boots that looked similar to my own. I noticed he had a Christian golden cross necklace on, as well as a black spiked wristband on his right wrist. He had two swords, one in each hand, which appeared to be one sword, just cut down the middle. Each half was big alone. I could barely make out the engraving on his swords. The sword in his left hand had "Swift" written on it. The sword in his left had "Soldier" engraved into the blade.. I hadn't noticed it when he first attacked, but now I did. He was a Nephilim. I looked back at Mizore in my arms "You okay?" She simply nodded as I set her down. I turned back to this apparent third Nephilim and shouted angrily "What the hell's your problem!"

He took his sword out of the ground and turned towards us "Are you Michael Williams?" He asked with a blank face and empty deep voice.

"Yeah so what!? Did Alex send you? He must be stepping up his game recruiting you. I didn't even know there were other Nephilim besides me and Alex." I said as I summoned my sword in my hand. He didn't answer my question, he just started attacking again. I pushed Mizore out of the way.

BGM: Reminded by Drowning Pool

The rate of speed at which this guy was attacking was unreadable. I could barely tell when he was going to attack and where he was aiming to hit me. Every other attack he'd stab me. First was the stomach, then my arm, then my hand, and so on and so forth. His speed also gave him great dodging speed and he blocked with ease so I was barely able to hit him. Our swords were locked together and we each struggled and we waited for the other to give in. "If this is the best you have to offer, then maybe I was wrong about you."

"What the fuck are you babbling about!?" I said as I pushed up on my sword causing our swords to separate. I took my shot and stabbed the guy in the thigh, hoping it'd slow him down a little. He lost his balance and I went for another attack. This time I stabbed his left arm so he couldn't block as well. He took a few steps back and we just stared at each other. "How's that... You bastard." I said in between my tired breaths. I tried to keep up my usual act to show that I wasn't badly hurt.

"It's nothing compared to your injuries." He said with a small bit of pain in his voice. I looked at all my injuries and the pain REALLY hit me. I was bleeding a pretty good amount of blood.

"Just who the hell are you!?"

"The name's Dax." Before I could ask for his last name he attacked again. But after three or four swings at me we both noticed the temperature change. It sufdenly got a lot colder. Dax looked over and saw Mizore shooting ice at him in her true form. Since he didn't see them coming he took a pounding. Once Mizore took a break Dax attacked her next. I just barelit caught his attack. I ditched my sword so I could move quicker, so I caught one sword in my hand, while I caught the other one with my torso. Both my hand and my stomach were bleeding more than my other wounds.

"Leave her out of this! This is between you... and me!" I managed to get out as blood started dripping out of my mouth. I turned back to Mizore "That goes for you too. This is between Nephilim." Dax took his swords back, jumped and spin kicked the right side of my face. I decided that I had enough of this shit. Now I transformed. I summoned my now fully blood red sword and my hair, eyes, and clothes started changing colors. Finally my Blood World activated. I lifted Dax off the ground and started slicing his arms and legs. Then I flipped and kicked him back down to the ground.

When I landed I saw that the others had arrived. "Mike! You okay?" Tsukune said in his true form.

"I'm fine. Just a little scratched up." I replied turning back to Dax.

"Don't worry, we'll help you take this guy down." Kurumu said readying her claws.

"No stay back!" I shout still looking at Dax. "He's a Nephilim. Leave him to me." Before anyone could ask anything Dax started transforming as well. He pressed his two swords and made them one giant sword, about the same size as mine. And my Blood World turned a dark green. His eyes turned completely green and both his eyes and hair started glowing green. Now I knew for sure he was a Nephilim. He moved then he just disappeared. I tried to run to go find him but it felt like I was dragging two cement blocks on my legs. "What the hell!? What's going on!? I can barely move!" The one to respond was Dax. He responded by reappearing and rapidly punching me in the face. I tried to attack, but he disappeared again. "Come out here Dax! Fight me like I man!" I demanded.

"Behind you!" Ruby shouted. I turned around and saw that Dax was about to stab me through my back. Thanks to Ruby, I was able to block his attack. I took my right hand off my sword and punched him in the face, causing his world to temporarily get swallowed by mine. I lifted him back into the air and slammed him back down. I did that until his world took over again. He was weaker but I was getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter. Translation: I was getting the shit kicked out of me, while he was barely bleeding.

"How's that... Asshole?" I say trying to keep up my tough guy act. Hard to do when you're bleeding out of a dozen holes in your body.

"Impressive. You every bit as strong as I thought." He complimented. "But you won't win." Dax vanished again. I suddenly knew how he was getting the best of me, he wasn't teleporting or anything, he was running so fast that you can't see him. I knew that it had to do with his Dimensional Shift that's also why I was moving so slow, his speed increases as his enemies speed decreases. I realized that I couldn't see him by looking for Dax specifically. I had to observe my surroundings. If not that, I'd have to use my other senses. I looked around me and saw the grass shifting from left to right. Soon I saw the grass shift in my direction and I slashed the incoming Dax. I managed to deeply cut his left arm. Now he was bleeding almost as much as I was. He tried that strategy again but failed again. This time I cut his chest. "So you found a way to hit me even when my Swift World allows me to run so fast.

"Yeah. Now you can either walk away peacefully and I can forget you ever tried to kill me, or I kill you where you stand." I pant readying myself for an attack.

Dax chuckled and said "While you can hit me while I move so fast, you're still to slow to stop me from doing this." Before I could ask what he meant he disappeared. But when he ran, it wasn't towards me. He was going for the others. I could tell from the way the grass was moving he was specifically going to attack Mizore.

I was enraged when I realized that he was going to attack Mizore. I was suddenly surrounded by a red aura and I started running at speed equal to Dax's, if not faster. With this aura around me it negated the effects of Dax's Swift World.

BGM end

I moved in front of Mizore and thrusted my sword into Dax's stomach, while he thrusted his own sword into my chest, barely hitting my heart. I tried to ignore the pain and tried pulling my sword up hoping to hit his heart, but I was so weak that I could barely move my arms. Dax however was slowly moving his sword further into my heart. 'Dont fall, don't fall, don't fall. I feel no pain. I kicked his ass. I won.' I told myself over and over. But then reality hit me in the face with a sledgehammer. "I... didn't... win." I fell back, pulling my sword out of Dax, and he pulled his sword out of my body. I felt the others catch me as my sword slowly vanished and blood started spurting out of my chest.

BGM: Sad Song from Yu Yu Hakusho

"Michael! Are you okay!?" I heard Kurumu shout in sadness and fear.

"Come on man, say something!" Gin commanded. I tried but all that came out of my mouth was slow, pain filled breaths. That and some blood.

"You've been through worse than this! Stand up dammit!" Moka ordered. She wasn't so much sad as she was pissed as hell. All I could hear from Ruby and Yukari were sob sobs.

"Dont just sit there, get up!" I tried to do what Tsukune and Moka instructed but more blood came out of my wounds, and I coughed up some more blood.

"Don't die. Please don't die." Mizore begged. Her tears and the tears of the others started falling down, hitting my face. They tasted bitter.

"Mizore... Come here." I asked. It still hurt to talk but I had to tell her. If I didn't tell her this, I'd regret it for the rest of my afterlife.

She crouched down and wiped the blood off my face and asked "What is it?" She took my head and held it in her cold hands. They actually felt nice. I could feel her hands shaking in sadness and fear of me dying.

"Mizore... I may not... Have been here long. And I was... And I was unsure... Of many things when I got here. Things like... How I'd find Alex, what I would do when I found him, what I'd do... after I did what I did, I was mostly unsure about... letting you guys help me beat him. Hell... I still am. But in my short time here... In my short time with... Spending time with you guys... With you Mizore, I became sure of one thing." I looked at Mizore's face and she started crying more.

"Stop... Stop talking." She didn't want to hear what I was about to say, cause she didn't want that to be the last thing she heard from me. But she needed to know.

"The one thing... that I am sure of... is that..." I slowly put my hand to her cheek and confessed. "I... I love you." Mizore had experienced what I experienced three years ago with Sabrina. Someone who loved them had just died in their arms.

?

I opened my eyes and saw nothing but white. I was in the clothes I has just died in just... not as bloody. I looked around but there was nothing but emptiness. "Where the hell am I?" I asked hoping for an answer.

"You're dead." I heard a voice say. It somehow seemed familiar. I turned around and saw a man and a woman looking at me.

The man wore a standard black and white tux with a red tie. He kind of looked like an older version of me.

The woman wore a red dress that matched the mans tie. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Who the hell are you two?" I asked in an annoyed tone. The woman walked up to me and lightly punched my head.

"Don't use such foul language in front of your parents!" She ordered.

"I'll use whatever fucking language I want around whoever..." That's when her words hit me. "Did you say, my parents?" They simply nodded.

"Son." The man now revealed as my father said. I just stared in awe. My mom came up to me and wrapped her arms around me in an embrace.

"My baby boy. You're all grown up. And you're taller than me." My mother cried into my chest. My dad put his hand on my shoulder and I started hugging him and my mom.

"...My parents." I cried in happiness. I suddenly remembered what my dad said "Wait! Did you say I'm dead!?" I asked as his words hit me.

"Yes, son. But we're here to give you a second chance at life." My dad said. My face kit up like a Christmas tree.

"Seriously!? What do I have to do!? I'll do anything!" I said with a smile. I may be dead but this was the greatest thing to happen to me today.

"You just need to promise us three things." My mom said with a stern expression.

"I said I'd do anything. What is it?"

"1:promise us that when you fight your friend Alex again, you won't kill him."

"2: Take care if that Mizore girl you're so fond of." I blushed a bit at what my mom told me to promise.

"3:..." There was a long pause before they both said in unison "Be a good boy."

I started crying again, cause I had always wanted to hear my parents tell me something like that. I smiled widely with tears in my eyes and said "I promise!"

My parents looked at each other and held out their hands. "Come here, son." My dad said with a smile. I grabbed both their hands and my parents started chanting words both in demonic and angelic languages that I had never heard before. They released my hands and I started to fade.

Before I completely disappeared. I heard my dad say "We're very proud of you, son."

Then I heard my mom say "We love you, Michael." then I was gone.

Back in the real world

I inhaled a large breath of air as my eyes shot open and my wounds started to heal. The others looked at me, with the most shocked expressions I had ever seen. "Hey guys. What's up? You look like you've seen a ghost." I joked with a smile. Hey what would you have done be professional? Fuck. That.

"MICHAEL!" They all shouted in happiness. They all started poking me and grabbing me to make sure that I was really alive. It did not feel pleasant.

"Ow, easy guys. I'm alive, but I'm still really sore." I said with a laugh. I looked at Dax who was standing in the same place the whole time. "You've got some explaining to do, pal." I then proceeded to punch him in the face. Next I grabbed him by his shirt. "That was for going after my friends. Now talk!" I order.

"Very well. I suppose you've earned it. First of all, my name is Dax Williams. I'm your brother." I nearly shit myself when I heard that. I have a brother? Wait a minute...

I punched him in the face again "You've got a weird way expressing brotherly love. I mean you fucking killed me!"

"I'm sorry for that. I merely wanted to see if my brother was as strong as I had heard. And the rumors were wrong, you're stronger." My apparent brother complimented.

"How did you find out that I was your brother anyway?" I asked as I released him from my grip.

"You donated blood two years ago remember? I donated not too long ago and I was told that my DNA was similar to yours and asked if I was related to you. That's when I started looking for you. I had found the head of the orphanage you were placed in and she told me about your experience three years ago and that's when I knew that you were my brother. My older brother to be precise." Great my LITTLE brother killed me. "When I heard what happened between you and Alex I decided that I would help you however I could. Which brings us to now."

"You're gonna help me fight Alex?" I questioned. I was finding all of this hard to believe. Why didn't my parents say anything about Dax while I was dead? I repeated what I just thought out-loud. "They probably just assumed that you already knew about me or something. That or our parents are as forgetful as I remember."

"So how long were you with them? Our parents I mean."

"Up until their death, which was a year or two after my birth."

"Wait time out! You told us you never knew your parents!" Gin stated what everyone else was surely thinking.

"Crazy shit happens when you die Gin. Apparently meeting your dead parents is on that long list of crazy shit." I turn back to Dax "So you want to help me kick Alex's ass huh?"

He nodded and said "Yes. I want to be helpful to my older brother. Please big brother let me help!" Apparently he was the kind of brother who wanted to impress his brother at every chance he got.

"Easy there, muchacho. You can help but you need to promise me one thing. You do what I say, when I say it." I said sternly. I wasn't going to be the douchbag brother I was just pissed that my LITTLE brother just killed me back there.

"Of course. Just tell me how I can help and I'll do it." My brother said energetically.

I nodded and said "Good. We'll enroll you as a student later. But for now..." I turned to the others and asked in a stupid tone "Can someone help me to my room. I'm really hurt, and feel nothing but pain in my entire body." Mizore came up to me and put my arm over her shoulder and started helping me back to my room. Before we left I told Dax that he could move into my room tomorrow after school, cause I wanted that all to Mizore alone. I wanted to see what she has to say about me confessing my feelings to her.

When we got to my room I told Mizore to help me get to my bed. I felt much better as I sat on my bed. Dying take a lot out of a guy. Mizore say next to me and we sat in silence for a few minutes before I said "About what happened. Ya know when I died..." She was still silent so I continued "I'm sorry I put you in the same position I was in three years ago." She was still silent and I was getting a little sick of the silence. "Come on Miz..." I put my hand on top of hers and squeezed it tightly "Say something to me. Anything about what I sai-" I was cut off by her crashing her cold lips onto mine. This was something I was not expecting. Nevertheless I greatly enjoyed the kiss. I placed my hands on Mizore's hips and pulled her closer to deepen the kiss. The After what felt like days, but was really thirty seconds or so, we broke apart for air. "What was that for? I mean I'm not complaining but... What was that for?" I asked still in shock.

"Because... I love you too." Those words played in my head over a million times but I still couldn't believe what she just said.

"Mizore... Are you serious?" I asked.

"You tell me." She pulled me in for another kiss. This one was even better than the first one. Mostly because it lasted longer. That and she used tongue. Her lips may be cold but they felt fucking great, that's probably cause I prefer the cold over heat. We kissed for a few minutes before breaking apart again.

"What brought this on?"

"Well, I did tell you that I was developing strong feelings for you."

"But I didn't think you loved me. I thought you just liked me more than normal." I revealed my thoughts, putting emphasis on love and like.

"Yeah but, when you saved me again... I started thinking about the other times you did. Almost every time, you almost died make sure I was safe. It took until now for me to realize how I really feel about you." She placed her head on my chest. I couldn't sit up anymore so I fell back on my bed with her head on my chest. "I love you." Now I was secretly pinching myself to make sure this was actually happening. The pain was to real to be fake.

"I love you too." I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her closer. "One hell of a day, huh?" I ask with a small laugh.

"Well it wasn't all bad."

"I died." I reminded with another laugh.

"You also met your long lost brother, met your parents, and you got a girlfriend." She kissed my cheek when she reminded me that she was my girlfriend.

"I rest my case. Today was one hell of a day." I restate before kissing the top of he head. I then noticed that she fell asleep. I looked at her face and saw that she looked so beautiful when she was asleep. I brushed some of her hair out of her face and laid her flat next to me. "But it was also the best day ever." I said to myself as I fell asleep soon after.

LONGEST chapter have ever fucking written in ANY story! Worth it, totally worth it. All five thousand or so words was worth it. I know I kinda sucked on the romance and the death stuff, but I hope you guys enjoyed it. Leave me a review it helps me out a lot. In the next chapter Mike gets to know his new brother.

Next Time: Brotherly Bonding