Chapter 11

WARNING:

Gore and violence!

Miyuki and Mika had been fighting for a few minutes. Currently, Mika was trying to stab Miyuki in the chest. The Yuki-Onna was dodging. Miyuki tried to use ice to make Mika stop but the brunette simply sliced through the ice. The raven-haired teen had cuts on her arms and legs but it was nothing too serious. Mika seemed to be getting more stronger and persistent while Miyuki's energy was just depleting.

"I know sorry isn't going to cut it, Mika, but I am! I didn't mean to hurt her! I was just-" "I don't give a damn about what you were thinking! You killed Isaki and I will never let you live it down!" Mika retorted. Miyuki hesitated, leaving her open.

"Gotcha," Mika said as she smiled. She plunged her sword into Miyuki's shoulder. The demon howled in pain as she put her hand near her shoulder.

"Suck it up! You can heal, right?" Mika asked as she turned her sword inside Miyuki's body. Miyuki cried.

"Heal yourself! Heal yourself so I can watch you suffer again and again and again!" Mika shouted as she pulled the sword out with force. Miyuki was breathing heavily. She made a large ice wall between her and Mika.

"Your attacks and defenses are useless!" Mika called as she sliced through the wall again. She looked around, noticing that Miyuki was gone. She grinned.

"Hey, demon, over here! Follow the sound of clapping!" She said as she pretended to clap with her sword in hand and tilted her head from right to left.

"Stop this and go home!" Miyuki yelled as she fell from on top of the ice wall she made. She tackled Mika to the ground, pinning her with her hands and feet as best as she could.

"What home? No place is home without Isaki. We did everything together!" Mika shouted. She managed to throw Miyuki off her.

"Mika...!" Miyuki growled as she lunged towards the brunette who grabbed ahold of her sword and held it up.

"Years and years of searching! Do you know what I had to do to find you?!" Mika yelled with wide eyes. She was trying to slice through Miyuki's arms but the Ice Queen had them covered. Mika chipped away at the ice. The ice crystals and snow that was floating around her had now turned into full-on ice shards that dared to cut if too close.

"I joined the True Cross Order, hoping you were drowning in a tank of holy water. After I couldn't find you there, I met up with Stephan. Yeah, he's shady, but he's got ways of knowing where people are. The Order doesn't know but I could give a shit about them," Mika explained as she dodged Miyuki's ice attack and one of her floating ice shards.

"He hooked me up but he always wants something in return. I would have thought he would consider me his worker but this last order was tall," she said.

"And what might that be?" Miyuki asked as she breathed heavily, trying to keep her composure as best she could.

"I asked him for a weapon worthy enough to kill a demon," Mika said as she held her sword up.

"Miyuki, say hello to one of the three Imperial Regalia! This here is Kusanagi! The sword of valor!" she said proudly as she pointed the sword to Miyuki.

"You always were a bit flashy," Miyuki said. She had finally grasped that Mika wasn't going to back down.

"Getting cocky now, eh?" Mika raised an eyebrow as she grinned.

"Great. Then maybe you'll start to actually fight me," she said. Miyuki narrowed her eyes as she released more pressure, using more power.

"I know that after thirteen years, you've been training. Don't tell me you haven't. Now show me what you can do!" Mika roared as she jumped in a zig-zag line towards Miyuki. The Yuki-Onna couldn't tell where she was coming from. Thus, she was cut. Mika had sliced open a large gash in her leg.z

"Agh!" Miyuki yelped as she put her hand over the cut. She fell down to her knees, immobilized by Mika.

"Down on your knees, just like you should be," the brunette grinned sadistically as she walked closer to Miyuki.

"Stop this," Miyuki tried to plead once again.

"I told you that you'd be pleading for your life," Mika chuckled. She was now a foot away from Miyuki. The raven-haired female looked up to her as she took deep breaths. She screamed loudly when Mika sliced at her arm then her torso. She plunged the sword into her stomach and Miyuki felt her energy decrease considerably. The ice crystals were gone along with the pressure she was exerting. She watched as Rin fell from the sky. Miyuki met eyes with the demon for a second.

"Rin..." she said, noticing how he had lost control. She tried to open the telepathic link but couldn't. He was too far gone.

"No..." she felt tears run down her face as he bounded towards her. She used her ice to keep his sword away. She was still on the ground, falling onto her back as Rin jumped on top of her. She used the ice around her arms as a defense. Rin snarled as drool fell from his mouth. He was like a rabid animal.

"I wonder if he means something to you," Mika said, pointing a sword to his back. Miyuki narrowed her eyes.

"You won't touch my friends," she said. Mika scoffed as Miyuki pushed Rin off and away from her, managing to get onto her knees.

"Friends? I wonder how far you'll get with this set," she said. Miyuki growled as she bared her sharp teeth and her scarlet eyes, glowing from the blue flames.

"Shut up," Miyuki spat. Mika had stirred the girl. Miyuki gave Rin a pathetic look.

"I'm sorry," she said before using up most of her energy in a large ice blast, throwing him away from her and into the forest.

"Stricken a nerve have I?" she grinned.

"Maybe I should warn those 'friends' of what you can do. What you did do. Then, maybe they'll learn to fear you as much as I did," she said. Miyuki was shaking. The ice around her was gone, leaving the only trace of her demonic powers to be her horns and tail. Her horn's glow was faint and her tail's fur was messy, filled with leaves and small sticks from the forest brush.

"Shut up!" she yelled.

"How you killed my sister."

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up," Miyuki put her hands over her ears. Mika's words were stabbing her mind.

"You turned her to ice! You shattered her!" she said, causing tears to flow down Miyuki's face.

"Shut up, damn it!" Miyuki dragged herself up and onto her feet.

"Yeah! Kill me too!" Mika shouted as she readied her sword. Miyuki's hair rose into the air as a chilly wind picked up. It whipped her skirt around her body as ice instantaneously grew from her, covering her arms, legs, and around her horns. She snarled, exhaling a frigid air through her teeth.

"You'll smash me into a million little pieces like Isaki. Then, you'll lose control and you'll do the same to those other friends of yours," Mika said. Miyuki looked up to her with her blood-red eyes that were glowing vibrantly along with her horns which had grown.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!" Miyuki roared as she shot a large spear made of ice at Mika. The swordswoman dodged it as she laughed maniacally.

"Yes! That's what I want to see! I want you to unleash all of that energy," she said. She jumped up into the air, rearing Kusanagi for an attack. She was caught off guard by an ice shard. It flew past her face, cutting her cheek. Mika landed on the ground with a cruel smile as she ran her index finger across the cut. She licked the blood off her finger.

"This is gonna be fun, now that you're actually trying," She said as she stood up from her crouched position. Miyuki was snarling. A bunch of large spikes appeared behind Mika. Miyuki charged at her but she dodged.

"You're gonna have to do better than-" she was cut off by Miyuki swiftly jumping off one of the spikes and rebounding towards her. Miyuki grabbed Mika by the waist then slammed her into the side of a pillar of ice that appeared behind her. Mika spat up blood as she smiled.

"Didn't see that one," she admitted as she breathed heavily. Miyuki had taken all the breath out of her with the hit. The girl was trying to hold herself together as she snarled, wrapping her arms around her body.

"Don't...Don't..." she mumbled. Mika laughed.

"Oh, I forgot I had something else to tell you," she said. Miyuki narrowed her eyes in her direction.

"I know who your parents are," Miyuki paused.

"Arai Toshiko and Mitsuo Sayuki," Mika said. Miyuki's heart stopped at the names. She had heard Toshiko when Shura was interrogating her and Rin. Was Mika lying? Maybe. Then again...Maybe not.

"They were both killed by the True Cross Order," the swordswoman said. Miyuki's eyes widened as they filled up with tears.

"Y-You're lying," Miyuki said, voice shaking as she clenched her fists.

"Nope! The Vatican found out your mother, Toshiko, was a demon and they killed her. Your father was also killed for being an accessory," Mika said as she walked closer to Miyuki. Miyuki shook her head.

"I don't believe anything you say!" she said as she got ready to fight.

"Then here," Mika pulled out a paper from her bra and threw it to Miyuki. The Yuki-Onna picked it up and unfolded it.

'Mitsuo Sayaki. Time of death: 1700 hours. Arai Toshiko. Time of death: 1600 hours.'

Miyuki was shaking. Her parents really were killed. The paper had the mark of the True Cross Order on it, so it had to be real. Miyuki fell to her knees, looking up to the sky as tears ran down her face.

"Your not that different than me, I guess. Your parents were killed, as were mine. The only difference there was mine died in a plane crash and yours?" Mika twirled her sword in her hand as she walked closer to Miyuki.

"Execution," she said in a deadly tone as she raised her sword to stab it into Miyuki's chest. Miyuki felt the tip of the sword touch where her hearts was.

"I've waited so long for this. The chance to kill you. Rip your heart out," Mika said as she whipped the blood away from her cut on her cheek.

"Hell, maybe I'll kill your new friends just to spite you," Mika said. Miyuki stopped shaking. Her expressionless face staring at the sky. She felt something roar inside her. Something that overwhelmed her in a second. She howled in pain as she suddenly felt this intense rage.

"DON'T TOUCH THEM!" She yelled. This was not her doing, however. Something else controlled her. She felt a whirlwind of emotions. Sad, confused, helpless...Most of all, angry. Her anger took over her. A large blast went off, sending Mika flying into the forest. Miyuki ran after her, apparently 'rabid' like Rin. She snarled as she cut down many trees that had stood in her way. When she found Mika, she pinned her to the ground, growling as she lay on top of her. Mika managed to grab her sword and pierce it into Miyuki's stomach. The demon roared before she was kicked by Mika, falling onto a tree and getting pinned to it. Mika got up, breathing heavily as she grinned.

"I wish this could have lasted longer but-" Mika was cut off by Rin flying through the forest via a blast of blue flame. Mika noticed how Miyuki was winded and getting tired.

"Oh?" she said as she put her hands on Miyuki's shoulders, pushing her further into the sword. Miyuki howled as Mika had an amused look on her face. She grabbed Miyuki, hoisting her up into a tree near the edge of the forest. She pulled the sword out of her.

"Oh, this gonna be great," she grinned as she threw Miyuki in front of the students and two teachers she had found. Miyuki landed on her back. She saw the group then growled and hissed, ice forming on the ground beneath her but slowly. She was on all fours.

"Miu!" Shiemi noticed the raven-haired girl. Mika watched as Yukio ran over, checking on his brother who had also shown up. Mika began smiling to herself as Miyuki pounced towards her friends. With a quick throw, Miyuki's demon tail was pinned to the ground with a knife.

"Wild animals are always so hard to put down," Mika walked out from the forest. She pushed Miyuki onto the ground as she pierced Miyuki's stomach again. Miyuki burst to life from her stillness, the ground beneath her freezing over faster. She howled in pain. Mika put her foot on Miyuki's stomach, pinning her down.

"Who are you?" Yukio asked.

"An old friend," Mika smirked.

"Ah, so blue," a certain blonde paladin said. Mika's eyes narrowed as she clicked her tongue.

"As blue as it was that night, no?" an angel asked. Mika tightened her grip on the sword in Miyuki's stomach.

"Wouldn't you say so? Shura? Mika?" the blonde man on top of the nearby tower said. Mika groaned.

"Someday, I'll clip those goddamned wings of yours, Angel," the brunette spat. The blonde on the tower laughed.

"Good morning, everyone. Arthur Auguste Angel, at your service. I'm a Senior exorcist. First class from the Vatican headquarters," he said.

"He got promoted a little while ago. He's the new paladin," Shura said. The Cram School class freaked out.

"That's correct. I am your supervisor now, Shura. That goes for you, too, Mika," Arthur said. Mika narrowed her eyes.

"Now, care to explain what's going on? Weren't you assigned to investigate a possible conspiracy? One between the late Shiro Fujimoto and the Japan branch precept, Mephisto Pheles, am I correct?" Arthur asked Shura.

"Yeah, well, I'm not the only spy you got stashed here, am I?" Shura asked.

"Too true. That brings us to the other crucial task you were assigned. If you discovered that the plot had anything to do with Satan, you were to eliminate it at once," Arthur said before turning to Mika.

"Mika, you were told to investigate the trade between Akane Kaiya, Arai Toshiko, and Mephisto Pheles. You were to eliminate the demon spawn when immediately," he added.

"I only helped the Vatican so I could kill this bitch. It took me too long to find her," Mika kicked Miyuki. The demon howled as ice shot up around her, catching Mika's foot. The brunette broke off easily.

"That doesn't seem very dead to me," Arthur said. Mika smirked, flipping her sword around.

"A girl's gotta have her fun, Arthur," she winked

"I have to kill her anyway. I owe someone her demon heart." she said.

"Someone like Stephan the Collector?" Arthur cocked an eyebrow. Mika frowned.

"We both have questionable business partners," she said.

"You two were ordered to kill anything having to do with Satan immediately. Wouldn't you say that this blue-flame spewing beast and this snow woman have something to do with Satan?" Arthur asked. Shura frowned and Mika gritted her teeth.

"You're as perceptive as always, aren't you?"

"Mephisto..."

"Long time no see!" the demon smirked.

"I heard through the grapevine that you've been appointed to the rank of Paladin. You have my congratulations, Good Sir," Mephisto tipped his hat.

"So you've shown your tail. Reports of your treachery have reached the Three Sages, the Grigori, and this is the proof they need to seal your fate," Arthur said.

"Actually, a gentleman never shows his tail. Such accusations are quite rude, you know," Mephisto said. Arthur's smile fell a tiny bit.

"By the order of the Grigori, the advisors of the True Cross, I shall execute the spawn of Satan!" he said, jumping down and grabbing Rin. When the others tried to protect Rin, Arthur had to fall back, dropping the demon. Mika bared her teeth as Arthur grabbed the weakened Miyuki.

"Hey! She's mine!" Mika hissed, attacking Arthur. She barely missed cutting his shoulder when the blonde jumped back, restricting Shura while some men with swords stopped Mika from moving. Miyuki-even though corrupted by her demon half-knew not to interfere at the moment.

"Lemme go! She's gotta pay for killing Isaki!" Mika shouted. Shiemi, who had been watching everything unfold from the sidelines with the rest of the class, moved her worried eyes to Miyuki. Suddenly, Arthur got a message from his earpiece.

"That was the Grigori just now. Mephisto Pheles, you are hereby ordered to report to them immediately for a disciplinary hearing," he said.

"Really? Oh, goody! I can't wait," Mephisto grinned.

"Shura, Mika, you're witnesses, so if you don't mind, you're coming with me," Arthur said.

"Hmph," Mika crossed her arms.

"The spawn of Satan and the Yuki-Onna come, too. They're evidence," Arthur said Mika used the hilt of her sword to knock-out Miyuki. With that, Miyuki, Rin, Shura, Mika, and Mephisto were dragged to the True Cross headquarters and put before the Grigori.

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Sorry for the long wait and the change in writing style. My computer broke so I have to write on my phone. Thanks for reading so far!

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Chaos. Creator Of The Universe

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