"Sorry, those are my fault." Rin says, scratching the back of his head. "His ribs are probably bruised, I did have to kick him pretty hard."

"We need to get him into the waining sunlight, I need to make sure the demon hasn't left a mark." I say.

Soul helps me pull Shade into the hall way and into the sunlight. I open up whats left of his shirt to find a black mark on his chest above his heart.

"What does that mean?" Izumo asks.

"It means that you get to spend a lot more time with him. He's going to need your constant presents to make sure that Czernobog doesn't get back in and until this mark goes away that will be possible." I explain. "Lets get him out of here and off this fucking mountain, the further away he is the better."

Rin's P.O.V.

Soul and Black*Star are helping Shade, he's conscious but barley and can't stand on his own. It's slow going as we make our way back to the meditation hut to meet up with Shiemi. I'm keeping a close eye on Maka who is walking in front of me. We don't take turns this time, since we can walk in our tracks from earlier. The snow had stopped so that was a positive, I guess the fact that we are all walking down this mountain is a positive even those some of us need assistance.

Shiemi pushes open the door as we are approaching. "I've got hot tea waiting."

"That will give us enough time to contact Kid so he can get the plane ready, so that by the time we get off this frozen rock we can hop right onto the plane and go home." Maka says.

"You're starting to sound like me Meister." Soul laughs.

"I just want to sleep in my own bed."

"Such a whiner when your sick." Black*Star says.

"Not half bad as you." Maka replies.

"A God doesn't whine." Black*Star retorts.

"That's not the first time I've heard that lie." Yukine says under his breath.

"I'm just glad you all came back and most of you in one piece." Shiemi says.

"Hey, I'm in one piece." Shade grumbles.

"Yeah well you should let Shiemi look at that shoulder." Izumo says.

"You're probably right." He admits trying to get his jacket off.

"Let me help." Izumo offers.

I watch as a girl who I never thought I would see be nice to anyone, help a fellow half demon take off his jacket and t-shirt so that another girl who was scared to be around me the first couple of weeks after finding out about my lineage, help doctor a wound I had caused because he had gone compleat demon. I have to smile as I take in the scene.

"Once they have Shades shoulder and ribs bandaged we should start moving. I want to be off this mountain before night fall." Yato says.

"Agreed." Maka says as she pulls out her cell phone.

"I'm really sorry about that shoulder." I say to Shade.

"It's fine, you had to do what you had to do."

"Except it didn't work. I thought I could hold him down with my flames and well I couldn't."

"It was worth a try." He says.

"Ok, we are all set." Maka says hanging up with Kid. "Once we get to the bottom there will be a vehicle there to pick us us and take us to the jet."

"Great, how's the shoulder?" Yato asks.

"All done" Shiemi says.

"Let's get our gear back on and get the hell out of Dodge." Soul says.

"We'll take it slow, Black*Star, Soul you guys ok to help Shade?" Yato asks.

"Yep." Black*Star answers.

"OK. Izumo why don't you lead, the three of you go next, Shiemi, then Maka, Rin, Yukine and myself will bring up the rear."

It starts off like everyone couldn't get off the mountain fast enough but soon turns into all of us taking several minute breaks to catch our breaths or the readjust gear. Yato carrys Shades gear telling me that I had to keep an eye on Maka. Her cheeks did look a bit flushed before we left the meditation hut and I was a bit worried when it was taking her longer to catch her breath.

This time when we stopped it was on her request. I walk down to stand in front of her, she has her eyes closed and shes concentrating on breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth.

"You ok?" I ask.

She shakes her head. "No... I thought I could make it but I'm getting more light headed by the minute and my vision is starting to blur."

I pull my hand out of my insulated arctic glove and touch her cheek. "Your fevers back."

She nods and starts to go down, I ease her down into the snow.

"Yukine, you think you can carry an extra pack?" I ask.

"Yeah."

"Good, cause she isn't going to make it any further." I say.

I take Maka's pack off and hand it over to Yukine who take it and starts to make the adjustments for carrying an extra pack. I still have mine on my back but I manage to pick Maka up anyway, carrying her like I would on my back just in front instead. We start to move and although I have the added weight it's not as hard as I thought it was going to be.

Maka's arms are around my neck, her nose is against the side of my neck, and I'm paying attention to any differences in her breathing. We get to the bottom path of the mountain and all we have left is a twenty minute flat walk to the road, from there we have a fifteen minute drive to the jet where there is medical supplies.

"Maka, how you feeling?" I ask trying to get her to talk to me.

"Mmm, not good."

"Hang in there we're almost there."

By the time we reach the car her breathing has picked up and she's no longer responsive. We toss all our gear in the back and hurry to get everyone in the vehicle.

"How long has she been non responsive?" Soul asks.

"Ten minuets?"

He pulls out his cell and dials a number.

"Hey Professor, High temp, non responsive. Yeah since last night, shes broke it twice but it's come back. Ok, yeah we are almost to the plane. Ok hold on." Soul puts the phone down. "We need to take off her gear, we're going to have to cool her off."

Soul and I work on getting her arctic gear off, pulling off layer after layer until she's down to her t-shirt and jeans. He picks up his phone.

"Done. Ok, yeah, um...you might have to walk me through it, it's been a while since we took that class and I've never had to do it before. Yeah, will do." Soul hangs up, handing his phone to Black*Star. "When we get on the plane I need you to call Stein back."

"Ok." Black*Star says.

We turn off the road and I can see the plane, I unbuckle my seat belt and do the same to Maka, Soul follows suit. As soon as the car comes to a compleat stop we are getting out. Soul has Maka, as we rush to the plane, Black*Stars behind us.

Soul lays Maka down on one of the few tiny beds the plane has to offer and then he's gone. I'm paying attention to Maka, watching her chest rise and fall as she breaths rapidly. Soul's back with ice packs, he starts to put them under her arms and behind her knees. He wraps two in a towel and puts one under her neck, the other on her forehead. Then he's gone again.

"Ok hold on Professor." Black*Star says. He pulls the phone away from his cheek and pushes a little button. "Ok, go ahead."

"Are you ready Soul?" Stein asks.

I'm about to let him know that Souls not around...

"Almost. Let me take a few deep breaths." Soul says as he puts down an arm full of medical supplies.

"Ok I'll go over the supplies while you regain your bearings. Tourniquet, a 20 gauge angio catheter, You go any bigger and you'll blow her vein, Maka has tine veins, IV tubing, 30cc syringe filled with normal saline, alcohol wipes, tape, and a bag of fluids."

"Yep got all that." Soul says.

"Ok first things first, tie the tourniquet around the upper part of her arm, since she's probably dehydrated you're going to need to give her body a minute before you find a vein, look at her arm and start looking for one that is close to the surface, let me know when you found one."

Soul is looking, he's using his thumb to run over her arm. "Ok I found one."

"Use the alcohol wipes to clean the area, once that's done I want you to take a deep breath."

I hear Soul do as the Professor has asked.

"Ok I'm going to speak very slowly, gently pull the skin tight with your left hand. Using your right hand you are going to use the catheter to pierce through the skin and into the vein, be careful not to pierce through the vein completely. Once the needle has pierce into the vein, you are going to gently push the plastic catheter further into the vein, push it all the way in. Use your left hand to hold the plastic catheter while you pull the needle out. Once the needle is out, attach the tubing to the catheter. Now remove the tourniquet and secure the whole thing with tape to her arm. You still with me?"

I watch Soul as he does everything the Professor is telling his to do and although he seems nervous, he is keeping up with the Professors instructions.

"Yeah, I'm here." Soul says with a sigh.

"Ok, there should be blood in the tube if you did it right."

"Yeah, ok, I got blood."

"Now flush the IV with the saline and hook her up to the IV fluid bag. And hang it above her head. That's it, your done."

Soul takes a sigh of relief. "Thanks for the crash course."

"Glad to help, now keep an eye on her, once she starts to shiver you've going to want to remove the ice packs."

"Will do." Soul says.

"Anyone else hurt?"

"Shade, got stabbed with Rin's sword, so he may need stitches, and I think his ribs maybe bruised, but he's stable, just needs a good nap."

"Watch for heavy bleeding, if he starts to bleed to much you may get to set a second IV."

"Joyful." Soul says.

"I'll see you kids in a few hours, don't hesitate to call if something happens. I'll get a room prepped for your arrival."

"Thanks again Professor." Soul says as he takes the phone from Black*Star and hangs up. "Talk about pop quizzes." He chuckles.

We make it back to Death City without any more complications, Shades in the next room getting examined even though if he's anything like me, he should almost have that wound healed by now without any medical help. I'd have to ask him about it later. Maka on the other hand, doesn't have that ability and although it is just a fever, she's still out.

"I'm going to say that she has what I like to call soul sickness, it's nothing really bad just, her body was already under distress before she pushed it and now, it's not only her body that has to recover it's her soul as well. She shouldn't have resonated with you while she had a fever." Stein says to Soul.

"We really didn't have a choice Professor."

"Well, she'll be fine after a couple days of rest, I'm going to keep her here over night, longer if she doesn't wake up, but she should come out of it by tomorrow. She'll probably wake up tomorrow morning not knowing anything happened. You two should go home and get some sleep as well."

"Will do." Soul says.

Izumo's P.O.V.

After getting the all clear from Stein, the DWMA's personal doctor, Shade's released to go home. I volunteer to stay with him until not only do his physical wounds heal but his mental ones as well. At first Shade had protested that he needed any help at all but once he heard it was me doing it, not another complaint was made.

Yato and Yukine help me get Shade back to his place. Yato explains to Shade about the mark on his chest and what had fully happened. We are standing in Shades living room when Shade says.

"I'm kinda tired, I think I'm going to go lay down." It was his way of getting rid of them.

I walk Yukine and Yato to the door.

"One, more thing, he will be at his most vulnerable when he's asleep, his subconscious can't keep up the mental blocks when he sleeps so he's going to need you the most then." Yato says to me in a whisper.

I blush a bit before nodding.

Closing the front door and locking it, I turn to look at the apartment before me, there really isn't much to it, in fact it makes my apartment look like a normal sized house. The small living room morphs into an eat in kitchen which has two door, one that goes into the equally small bathroom and the other into the one bedroom.

I walk over to that one door and knock lightly. When there's no answer I open it and slowly walk in. I get about half way across the room when Shade sits up startling me, I jump.

"What are you doing?"

"I was told... I think you sleep better..." I try and tell the truth but can't make it come out, I turn away coming up with something that will allow me to do what I needed to do. "Can I take a nap in here? With you? Please."

"Well since you said please." He says moving over to make room.

I sit down on the edge of the bed and take off my shoes and socks, and slip my jacket off my shoulders, folding it in half and placing it on the back of a chair that was next to his bed. I can't bring myself to look at him as I lay down, not that I don't want to be there, but it was embarrassing for me to want to be there, laying in bed next to him. But I also didn't want him to be repossessed by Czernobog.

Facing away from him I can feel him getting comfortable behind me.

"I'm no good at this but maybe this would be less awkward if, I don't know, we were dating?"

I turn over to face him, a bit angry. "Why would you think that would make this less awkward?"

"Come on, you can't think of any reason how us dating would make this easier?"

I blush deeply, not wanting to think about things like that while laying next to him.

"I'm tired of doing this dance we've had going since we met. I know I like you and if the amount of times you've kissed me portray anything about your feeling for me I think it's safe to say that you feel the same way."

I open my mouth to protest but nothing comes out.

"I hate to put labels on things so if you don't want to call it dating that's fine, but I think our feelings are mutual."

I sit there looking at him, not knowing what to do.

"Think about it, I'm going to take a nap."

He turns his head to look back up at the celling before closing his eyes, now that he's not looking I feel my confidence creep back into my body. I slowly start to move closer to him, laying my head on his left shoulder, my arm across his stomach. Feeling his heat through the t-shirt he's wearing, I close my eyes, falling asleep quickly.

I wake up to the sound of Shade groaning in his sleep. I lift my head off his shoulder and look at his face, he looks as though he's fighting something in his sleep. I place my hand on the side of is face, he pushes into my hand. I lean down and kiss his lips, the second my lips touch his, he relaxes. Before I can pull away I feel his hand at my waist as his begins to kiss back.

I give in to my bodies want, slipping my tongue into his mouth, the sound he makes is the same as a large cat's cuffing sound and for some reason it tightens things inside my body. It scares me how fast things can change and I pull back.

"Is that your answer?" He asks, voice still heavy with sleep.

I hesitate, almost getting off the bed and running, but I choose to stay and face myself, my fears, my insecurities. I lean down and kiss him again, slowly I start to move, pulling him with me, until my back is against the bed and he's above me. His leg rests between mine, his right hand is on my hip. I push my tongue back into his mouth, his grip on my hip tightens as his tongue caresses mine. His grip softens as his thumb starts to move in slow circles, working it's way under my shirt and skirt band. His skin is hotter then I thought it would be, but then again I have only really felt it through clothing.

I want more of his heat, I want to feel it against my skin. My hand moves down to pull my shirt out of the way, feeling his whole hand against my skin. My hand rest on top of his as I try and get him to move it, up, down, didn't matter to me, I just wanted to feel it on my skin.

Shade pulls back. "Hey, take it easy, I didn't say I wanted to be in a relationship just to get in your pants."

"I just, want to feel your heat against my skin." I say not thinking. What was he doing to me?

He starts to move, and at first I think he's going to get up and leave but I see him lift his shirt up over his head, revealing the bandages on his shoulder and around his ribs, as he tosses the t-shirt to the floor, I'm reassured.

"Just skin to skin, thats all thats happening." He says.

I close my eyes and nod.

I'm expecting his lips to come back to mine but as I feel them at my neck I let out a moan. My hands are at his back, feeling all the lean muscles move as his hand starts to move up my side. His shoulders and arms are much more muscular from all the use of his bow. His hand moves further up finding my bra.

I'm about to push him off to take off my shirt so he would have better access to my bra but his hand starts to slide down my side, I did say that I just want to feel his touch.

His tongue licks up to just under my ear before his lips make contact with my ear lobe and I have to bite my lip to stifle a moan. His hand slides around to my lower back and before my brain can make sense of the movement Im sitting upright, my legs on either side of Shades hips.

His lips move lower to lightly bite against my neck, pushing my shirt collar more and more with each movement. My hands move into his hair, lightly running my nails over his scalp. His hands are between us, probably not doing half the amazing things his lips, tongue and teeth are to my neck.

I feel my shirt collar slip off of my shoulder and then I know what he was doing, he had unbuttoned my shirt, he pushed it off my shoulders but didn't try and get it off my arms completely. Instead his thumbs come up to rub my shoulders, kneading into the tense muscle.

I rock my body into his at the pleasure and find a different one letting out a moan.

"You shouldn't do that." Shade says against my shoulder, his voice hot and weak.

"Sorry." I say.

I bring my arms down from his hair and my shirt slides off the rest of the way. I pick it up and toss it to the ground. I can't handle the idea of sleeping in my skirt so I end up unzipping it and pulling it up over my body and head.

"Why'd you take that off?" Shade asks.

"I don't want to try and sleep in it."

He nods.

I lean in and kiss him. His hands drop off my shoulders to find the clasp of my bra and I'm yelling at him in my head to hurry up and unhook it, but he takes his time, not that his fingers are fumbling at unhooking it like I have heard most guys do their first time but then I stop and think, maybe this isn't his first time. That thought has my body rocking into his again, his fingers stop on the last hook and he pulls way.

"I'm trying to be a gentleman here, but your making it really hard, no pun intended."

I blush with my smile. "Sorry, I just thought of something."

"What did you think of that made you move so sinfully?"

I bite my lip. "I was just thinking that you weren't having that hard of a time unhooking my bra."

"And you want to know how may others I have unhooked?"

I shrug.

"To tell the truth... None. The dress robes at the monastery has the same kind of hooks. Don't think that I'm not nervous because I'm nervous as hell."

I reach behind my back and unhook the last hook. "Then we can be nervous together." I say slipping off the straps and discarding my bra on the floor. I cover myself with one arm, looking off to one side, unable to look Shade in the eyes.

I feel his arms behind my back as his lips make contact with my over exposed neck. I relax and let him pull me down on top of him. I have to remove my arm to make things more comfortable, and the feel of his bare chest against mind only feeds the desire thats been growing low inside me.

"Shade?"

"Hmm." He hums against my neck, creating goose bumps along my skin.

"Does it have to just be skin to skin? Or can it be more?"

He pulls away. But not enough so I can see his face, he keeps his expression hidden. "Um, I... I don't want to be the stereotypical teen and rush into something. Hence why I'm trying to take things slow. Besides I am not prepared for this kind of situation, I don't have any protection, and giving into my bodies wants, because I promise you I want to, without doing it responsibly would also fall into the stereotype about teens and sex."

"What if I told you... I had protection?" I ask.

"That would take away that excuse to not move forward."

I sit up, covering myself with my arm yet again, I slide off his lap.

Shade's P.O.V.

Fuck, did I push her to far say something I shouldn't have, I knew even thinking about going all the way would freak her out. Damn it I should have just said that I didn't want to, make up some excuse about not being ready, now she probably thinks that thats all I wanted from her in the first place.

I continue to panic as I watch her curvy, almost completely unclothed form walk out of my bedroom. Where was she going? Her clothes were in here on the floor, she had to come back. That was the only thing keeping me sane as I wait to see what happens. It feels like the seconds are minutes and that there were a lot of them. I almost decide to get up and go after her but then the door opens again.

Izumo walks over to the bed, climbing on one handed to resume her previous position, her legs straddling my hips. She lays the condom on my chest, the foil wrapper is cool against my heated skin.

"Now we can make a protected decision."

I pick up the package. "Why...?"

"Why do I carry one with me? Haven't you ever heard the saying 'It's better to have something and not need it then to not have some thing and desperately need it.'?

I smile. "It was something like that."

"Yeah well I modified it for our situation." She smiles and turns away. The blush clear on her cheeks.

I place the condom on the bed side table and sit up, wrapping my arms around her. I nuzzle her neck with my nose placing my lips next to her ear. "Since you are the smart one and I'm just a stereotypical teenage boy who's ready at any given moment, I'll let you call the shots."

I pull her down with me as I lay back down on the mattress, she kisses me soft and gently, pulling away to soon and laying her head on my chest. I smile, ok with the decision she's made. I hold her body close to mine, closing my eyes and listening to her breathing.

Her heart slows and her breaths become shallow and even indicating she's asleep. I follow her lead, letting myself relax, giving into the tired pull, slipping into unconsciousness.

I thought I would get a break in my dreams and although these were no nightmares, they did make my heart race. Izumo is once again on top of me, her lips are kissing at my neck, breath hot. Her hips slowly and painfully grind against me, my hands move to her hips with the intention of halting her assault, but quickly go rouge, assisting her in her mission. Her lips move to mine and thats when I realize I'm not dreaming.

She pulls back moving her mouth to my ear. "I changed my mind." She whispers as her hips rock forward.

My arms wrap around her flipping her to her back. My mouth locks onto her shoulder gently sucking in the flesh as my hips thrust to make contact with her body. She lets out a moan that only feeds my drive.

Her hands are at my back, at my waist, pulling me in harder. I let out a growl, I feel her tense up, I take it as fear.

"It's never to late to tell me to stop." I whisper in her ear.

"Stop." She says weakly.

I pull my whole body back, stomach clenching, heart skipping a beat, breath sticking in my throat. Had I pushed to far, she was ok being in control, was she scared of me?

Her thumbs hook in the waist band of her underwear and slowly push them down over her hips, and down her legs. I have to swallow, but the lump in my throat doesn't go away. My eyes follow her hand that's holding her underwear as they move to drop them on the floor with the rest of our discarded clothes. Her hand then moves over to the bedside table, delicate fingers picking up the foil package, to hold it in font of me.

"Sorry if I made you think that I wanted you to stop completely." She says with a laugh in her voice.

She sits up kissing my still surprised face and it takes me a second for my brain to process everything. Once it catches up I kiss back. Her hands start to push at the waist band of my boxers. My hands fumble to help her.

She pulls back from the kiss. "You don't have any problems unhooking my bra, but you falter at taking off your own underwear? Are you nervous?" She asks, her lips brushing against mine.

"I wouldn't call it nervous."

"What would you call it?" She asks.

"Scared shitless..." I offer.

Her laugh is quiet.

"How about you, are you nervous?" I ask her.

"Not yet." She says tossing my boxers to the floor.

She kisses me, her tongue invading my mouth again. I feel her hand touch me and I can't help but groan into her mouth. She lightly strokes it once before her hand is gone, the next sensation is the feeling of wetness at my tip before her hand it back, rolling the latex down my length, the feeling makes me shudder. Her hand is gone again only to be felt on my upper arm, the other hand is at my back as she leans back, pulling me down with her. I'm propped up above her, almost to scared to touch her.

I pull away from the kiss. "Nervous now?" I ask against her ear.

"Scared shitless." She whispers.

"Tell me to stop."

Her hands are at my hips, fingers gripping at my skin. I lower my hips, making contact, her hand pulls away from my hip, moving between us. I feel her hand on me again only for a second as I'm being positioned, then her hand's back on my hip.

I slowly start to push, feeling her body for any signs of resistance. Her breath catches as her fingers dig in, pulling me. Her body reacts to the sudden movement, but if the sound she makes is any indication of how it feels, I'll take it as a good feeling.

I'm so scared of hurting her that my mind is conflicted with fear and pleasure. Her hand comes up to the back of my neck and I look at her, she leans up and kisses me, the fear melting away. I pull back a little feeling her body pull at me, I give in and push back a little further then before.

She moans, her hips rocking up pushing me a bit further. I pull back, Izumo's hand pulling at my hair, I groan, pushing back in, feeling her body give way. She pulls away from the kiss, her breathing hard. I pull back slowly before pushing in just as slow.

I rest my forehead against hers. "You ok?" I ask.

She nods her head before kissing me again. Her hands are at my shoulders, her hips are moving slowly to meet mine. I push in and feel her body hit my pelvis, I stop for a second, feeling her tightness clench at the stillness.

Her hips rock up, pushing me deeper then I thought I could go. I break the kiss with a moaned exhaled breath. My hands move, one propping me up so I could have more movement, the other sits on her hip. I move my hips, a fluid movement from base to tip, and back.

Izumo throws her head back against the pillows, hands in my hair. I lean down kissing her neck, lightly scraping my teeth over bump risen flesh. She moans trying to move her hips and realizing she can't. I smile briefly moving my hand, letting her move the way she want's. My hand travels up her side to her perky breast that I have yet to touch. My palm covering it completely. She moans as she bucks her hips up into me. My thumb rubs over her erect nipple, her grip on my hair tightens. I let my tongue leave a trail as I slowly make my way down to her collar bone.

I can feel her pelvis rub against mine causing her to moan louder. I modify my thrust to try and create the same sensation earning me a skipped breath.

"Fu...fuck." She breaths.

I must be doing something right, her back arches, and her moans go up an octave. She pulls my hair hard enough to make me look at her, smashing her lips against mine, pulling away only seconds later. Her lips hover below mine, touching only briefly with each thrust. Her breath is hot against my lips making me want more, she takes in a gasp of air and I feel her body start to tighten.

My instincts are screaming at me to move faster. I have to use both arms to hold myself up, as my hips start to follow my instincts. Izumo's hands are at the back of my neck, her ankles move to wrap around mine.

Her body tightens again and I can feel myself starting to lose control. My bruised ribs are painfully making themselves known. I growl at my body for betraying me, Izumo responds with a moan, her body clenching me tighter.

Without any other warning I feel my orgasm wash over me, growling in frustration. I slow down the next thrust, Izumo's body tightens around me, her moan coming out long and ragged, her hands pulling my hair. When her body loosens I slowly start to pull out, only to push back in, not ready to lose the feeling of being inside her. She moans softly this time, trying to catch her breath.

"You know...for your first time...let me just say...I'm skeptical that that was your first time..." She breaths against my lips.

"Heh." I smile. "Well...it was..."

"I didn't think I could...because most women don't their first time...but...that was the best orgasm I've ever had."

I lean forward and kiss her, feeling her body shiver makes me break the kiss with a chuckle.

"I hope you know how much you helped instruct me." I say.

"I'm glad you could read my subtle hints."

"Me too."

She laughs.

It's my turn to shiver. She kisses me, letting her lips linger for a long time before pulling back.

"I guess this means we're in a relationship..." She says.

"It'd be a shame if we weren't."

"I really hate to break up this amazing after sex conversation we are having, and this is probably the last thing you want to hear, but I have to pee."

I smile, holding back a laugh. I kiss her and move my hips, pulling free, she gives a small whimper.

I pull away from the kiss and move so she has a clear path to the bathroom. She sits up grabbing my t-shirt and slipping it over her head.

"I'm borrowing this, hope that's ok." She smiles over her bitten bruised shoulder, before getting up and exiting the room.

I carefully remove the condom and discard it in the trash next to the bedside table. I lay back on my back and for the first time since I thought I was dreaming, I take a deep breath, reminding me of my bruised ribs. I close my eyes trying to relax, feeling the weight of my body. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I feel is Izumo's warm body against mine, she must have removed the t-shirt, I liked the skin to skin, it felt normal. Her head rested above my dark mark, arm draped over my chest, fingers gripping onto part of the bandage, her leg, bent at the knee is across my pelvis, my sheet covering her with only her back, down to her waist, exposed. I place my hand on her hip, she gives me a sound of sleeping content. I feel sleep pull at me again, and like every time I'm with her, I don't fight it.

Izumo's P.O.V.

I wake up to soft kisses on my neck. I let out a moan reaching up and weaving my fingers in Shades hair, turning to catch his lips with mine. I graze my tongue over his bottom lip wanting to deepen the kiss.

"Hmm." He pulls back. "No, no. Yukio is here and he wants to talk to you."

I sigh, sit up and grab Shades t-shirt that is laying on the floor. I look around and can't find my skirt.

"Here, wear these." He says as he tosses me what I hope is a clean pair of boxers.

I pull them on.

"You look pretty cute in my clothes."

I eye him up and down. He's shirtless in nothing but low hanging black jeans. "You look pretty cute yourself." I smile, walking over to the door and opening it.

I can already tell that Yukio is not happy as I walk into the small living room, I find that it's just Yukio, at least he didn't feel the need to bring everyone to witness his verbal bullshit.

"What is this?" He motions to my clothes and back behind me.

I turn and find Shade in the kitchen, leaning against the counted drinking a glass of water.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"Are you my father?" I ask.

"You were suppose to stay with him, not sleep with him."

"Actually... I remember Yato telling me that he would be at his most vulnerable when sleeping, but if you're referring to the sex..." I hear Shade choke on his water. "...then no I was not told to do that, I choose to do that, on my own."

"So if I ask you to stay with someone else while the recoup from a fight, you going to choose to have sex with them?"

"Hey, not cool." Shade say.

"I don't know why you're all into my business, is it because I know your precious little secret? Heres a hint, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

"So now I'm suppose to be worried about two demon spawns being conceived?"

"Oh give them a break, their spawn, including yours would only be a quarter demon. I don't think that's enough of a reason for half demons to be condemned, Satan's child or other wise. So go get laid already, you might feel better."

There's a beeping sound and Yukio pulls out his cell. "This conversation is not over." He says before turning, opening and the door and walking out.

"Have a nice day!" Shade calls after him before closing the door and locking it. He turns to me. "Damn, she's great in bed, and she can take care of herself all while looking extremely cute in my clothes." Her arms wrap around my waist.

"Yeah, yeah." I blush

Rin's P.O.V.

I didn't sleep well at all and ended up at the DWMA infirmary before the sun was up. I walk over to Maka's bay. She is still sleeping, still has her IV in and all I want to do is hear her voice. I walk over to the side of the bed and take her hand in mine. Her hand grips mine as she hums. I squeeze her hand back and she starts to stir.

I lean in, putting my lips by her ear. "Maka?" I whisper.

"Lay with me." She says, her voice a bit hoarse.

I slowly start to climb onto the bed, she responds by sliding over. Once I get comfortable and lay down she turns to face me.

"Do you know where you are?" I ask her.

"In the infirmary."

"Do you know what happened?"

She snuggles her nose against mine. "Tell me later."

Kid's P.O.V.

I had come down to the infirmary to talk with Stein and to see how Maka was doing, but before I entered I felt something strange. I thought that maybe when I looked in, that I would find Soul sitting in the visitors chair, at least that's the way these two souls felt, so it surprised me to find Rin laying next to Maka. Their souls felt as close if not closer as a meister and weapons souls feel when they are resonating. I had felt this before but never this strongly, except when it had been a meister and weapon pair.

I feel like an idiot for not feeling it before, even Soul could feel it and he wasn't a meister. I look at their souls. Really look at them, not knowing what to expect but as I examine them I see that their souls seem to be accepting of the other, mingling better then the souls of first year weapon, meister pairs.

"Strange isn't it?" Stein says behind me.

I look back at him.

"I thought the same thing you probably did, that their souls would be trying to take over the other, to win a dominance fight, the real good versus evil. Instead they intertwine with each other, She accepts his soul as easily as she does Souls."

"A sign of a good Meister?"

"If he were a weapon maybe, no I think this is something completely different."

"Don't say it Professor."

"No worries, but I wont be mentioning this to Spirit either."

I catch my head in my hand as it looks at the floor. "I hate it when Soul and Liz are right."

"Meaning?" Stein asks.

"Meaning, theres nothing I can do, other then give them my support."