A week has passed ever since Shido was killed for the second time by his sister. A week has passed since Shido learned that Kotori, his little adopted sister, killed his parents and killed him the first time five years ago. A week has passed since he protected Kurumi from the AST, his little sister, Tohka, Origami and Mana who was his real sister. A week has passed. 7 days. 168 hours. 10,080 minutes. 604800 seconds.

During this week, Shido had moved out of his house that Kotori, Yoshino, Yoshinon and Tohka lived in. The house was still used by the four, but Shido had moved out to an apartment a bit closer to the school. This house was known to everyone, since they had ended up following Shido but he didn't care if they knew. The apartment had one bedroom, one bath, a small kitchen/dining room and a small living room for a TV. He ended up figuring out he had money in his account, due to his work with Ratatoskr. He was actually paid quite well for his work with the spirits, so he ended up having a lot of money, enough to pay for an actual HOUSE for a good two years, utility's and all.

He did attend school during the week, but the school life changed a bit. He ended up ignoring Origami and Tohka who tried to get him to talk to them, but nothing worked. They tried eating lunch with him, which they did, but he never spoke to them so it was essentially like he wasn't there. They knew they weren't at fault for his cold demeanor, but they were still treated coldly. Origami and Tohka did attack Kurumi, but they knew this wasn't about her at all. This was about Kotori and the past.

Origami and Mana had questioned Kotori about his attitude a few days after the incident and she explained everything. Well, Mana asked. Origami did not like Kotori, as Kotori had killed her parents, at least according to her memory of the past, but Origami did wanna know what was wrong with Shido. Origami and Mana were knocked out after the fight or occupied in the fight that they never learned Shido's past with Kotori.

When Mana learned about this, she swiftly slapped Kotori extremely hard, sending her to the floor from her chair. Mana then told her that Kotori was at fault and that it was her responsibility to fix it. She told Kotori she hated her. Origami drew out a light sword, but Mana stopped her and told her that Shido would not want this. With that, they both left.

So Mana hated Kotori, but she wasn't the only one. Once they heard, Tohka and Yoshino/Yoshinon both ended up hating Kotori. Everyone around Kotori, minus the Fraxinus, ignoring Kotori… making her invisible to them. She was treated like the enemy, though no one attacked her.

Kotori had tried to get to talk to Shido, but the calls… the texts from all the girls were ignored. Shido had them arrive at his door but he would never answer after looking who it was. Even Yoshino, was treated with a cold sholder. It wasn't out of anger or hatred, but pain. They all knew he was in pain from learning the truth, so none of their spirit powers went out of control… but they were all pretty upset for him.

After the fight, Kurumi had disappeared off the radar. Neither Ratatoskr nor the AST could find her. No one knew where she was. After the fight, the AST had went offline for the entire week, unable to act due to the injuries sustained from the fight with Zephyr. Only Mana and Origami were operational and functional, but Mana was barely able to fight. It seemed she was able to repair herself quickly. The AST actually had a meeting with the entire board, in which after reviewing the fight, everyone agreed to leave Princess, Hermit, Kotori, and the Shido residence alone. They learned that Tohka and Yoshino are the spirits in question, but due to the entrance of Zephyr, they decided it was best not to provoke such a monster. This monster wasn't even trying his hardest and bested the entire AST forces. They also decided, after much deliberation, that if Kurumi was to return and did not cause any trouble with killing citizens, she would be left alone from the AST, not that they really ever had much of a grasp on her anyway.

So, it was a Sunday, a week after the fight. Well a Sunday night. It was about midnight. Shido, or to be more precise, Zephyr, was sitting on the roof of his small apartment building, looking up at the stars and the moon. His expression was very much depressed, and considering this was Zephyr, it had due to something different from Shido's own predicament.

"I wish I could go home…" Zephyr said sadly and softly, sighing afterwards. "If you are going to hide from me, you should do a better job at it." Zephyr said loudly.

"I suppose I will never be able to sneak up on Shido again ufufufu." Said a familiar psychotic voice.

It was then the female sat down next to him. Kurumi Tokisaki, in her normal school outfit.

"Kurumi Tokisaki I believe right? What do I owe the pleasure?"

"I dunno." She said with a smirk. "I think you should try and figure that out."

"I'm going to guess it's for Shido hmm?"

"Mostly. I heard he has been quite the recluse."

"No, not a recluse… at least not with his body. His emotions and his mind have been reclusive, but that would be expected. So what is the other reason?"

"I would like to thank you for what you did for me."

"I did it as an apology for threatening to kill you. I still don't know what your intentions are to Shido, but I'm going to guess you aren't planning on eating him in the literal sense."

"No. I do plan on eating him, but it is your power I'm after… and I don't plan on eating him in the literal sense though."

"My power? Hmm. You mean the energy aura? I don't think you can really take my power without killing the boy, unless you plan on siphoning the extra power. I suppose you figured out that not all my power can be held within the boy… and that you want the extra."

"Yes, I can detect the extra energy that is being used as an aura around him. At least, I thought it was extra power."

"Well, it is. There is no way for a human to be able to have all my power, though he has enough so I can use my full abilities and power in battle… but in order for me to not destroy his body I have to use more energy and keep it out of his body. Though for a human, I am surprised he can keep this much power in. I suppose I underestimate humans… anyways… What do you mean by eating him yet not by the literal sense?"

Kurumi giggled. "Now, I think I'll keep that my little secret."

"So be it. I can tell you don't plan on hurting him… too much." Zephyr laughed. "I see you have feelings for the boy. While I don't know much about this romance or love thing you humans have, I hear it's a good thing. Good luck Kurumi."

"So, why are you out here?" Kurumi asked, looking up at the moon.

"To look up at my home."

"Your home?"

"I'm not a human Kurumi. Nor am I a spirit. I'm not even from a different planet, a moon or a sun. I was born in the nothingness of space. I was born within the middle of a black hole, a place where the gravity is so strong not even light escapes. There is nothing on the other side of a black hole. There is just nothing. Anyone who dares into a black hole dies, for good. They become nothing. In fact, all they do is feed the black hole and increase its size. Anyways, since I was born within that nothingness, I gained enormous and immense power, that you could not even comprehend."

"I can feel your power."

"Do you now?"

"Yes. I could not even hope to defeat you."

"Haha. Alright. Well, I have lived for over 5 million years. If I have to take a guess, if I had my original body, I would be living for at least 70 million years more. But now… ever since she brought me down and killed me… I… I don't know if I can ever return home."

"Who is this girl? Also how did she bring you down and kill you? Why haven't you used Shido's body and went back home? Why did you choose Shido?"

"Woah, slow down there. Haha. Alright, who is this girl? Well, her name is Phantom and she is a spirit… the first spirit. The one who holds the most power out of all the spirits. She is an evil bitch who has planned for my death for a long long time. She brought me down to Earth because she knew about what I did in space. I would actually go to planet to planet, checking out the view of the planet. She knew that I was a big fan of water. Yes, its true. I was a sightseer. Fuck you." Zephyr said.

"Well, she found a way to send a message into space and told me about this planet that was 71%. Out of all the planets I've seen, this is the only planet where water covers up most of the planet. I've seen planets of pure water, but I like to see it from land… and this is just amazing to me. This planet was so beautiful. Well, I met up with this phantom girl and she showed me around the planet. Well she took me to this one location, I believe it's called Cape… Leeuwin in Australia. Well it was gorgeous… well I didn't have my guard up and out of nowhere, I was stabbed multiple times with a spear of light… an energy. Well, I was able to stand up and summon Nihilum… but my power was already depleting from my body… and it was hard to move with the spears still in me. She eventually killed me by decapitation. Yea, it's so funny being killed while being so super powerful. Sigh… Well this was one year before I found Shido."

"I choose Shido because I felt sorry for him. Having been killed by his little sister… well adopted little sister… and then I learned by searching through his memories that she had killed his parents as well five years before. Then in another five years, he was killed again by the same girl. I felt pity for him… plus I could tell how much of a great and nice guy he was, and what kind of man he would become. As you can tell, he is the type of man any girl could use."

"Yes…. Shido… Is a man of so much kindness and gentleness… he's not like when I first came to Earth. I was hated and treated poorly."

"Well, this boy doesn't care what you look like or how different you are. He would still treat you with kindness and gentleness. To answer your question about why I didn't use him to return home… well there are a few reasons. For one his body could not live long enough for me. Two… I couldn't do that to him. He didn't deserve to leave his friends behind." Zephyr said before letting out a loud yawn, stretching his body.

"I understand."

"Well, Kurumi, I'm quite tired. It's time for me to sleep. I have to sleep quite a bit. Would you like to take Shido to his room?"

Kurumi smirked. "Are you giving me permission?"

"You don't need my permission. I don't give a shit what you do, as long as you don't harm Shido… well harm him too much. So do what you will… night night." Zephyr said, instantly passing out and falling into Kurumi's waiting arms. It was like a light switch. Instantly on or off.

Kurumi giggled and picked up Shido, carrying him over to the window.

"Oh Shido, tasty Shido. I can't wait." Kurumi giggled out before climbing into his window and taking him to bed.