The area outside the walled off concert was crowded with students. Everyone without a date was dancing to what little music could be heard, while everyone lucky enough was inside. Oddly enough, there were more people outside.

Maira could only guess it was because of the food stands. Her class in particular had the most customers, thanks to Rin's cooking and the fact that he had talked her into a frilly skirt to serve them. Izumo was supposed to swing by and help out, but so far they'd seen no hair or hide.

"How come you came anyway?" Rin asked at some point, while he was frying a fish.

"It was either that or staying home watching chick flicks with my sis." Maira shrugged.

"Your sister's here?" He asked absent-mindedly.

"Uhuh. The blond one." She jabbed her pen towards the bench Felix had claimed. Felix was the kind of college student who was acting like neither a student or a twenty year old. And she had decided to take time off college to visit her family in Japan.

Rin looked over his shoulder. "I thought you were going to the concert with Shima."

Maira involuntarily cringed. After they got back from Paku's summer home, he hadn't so much as uttered a single word to her. Not that in between confessing her and returning to school they had talked much. She was embarrassed to say the least. Renzo was nothing like Nathan, yet they did have one thing in common. And, of course, Maira just had to say something conceited and stupid like 'sorry'. She kept telling herself that it was going to be alright, that she would find an opportunity to explain herself to him.

But that didn't seem to be coming anytime soon.

"Uh, Mai?" Rin snapped her back to reality.

"Sorry...I'm not feeling very well..." From the look on his face, he knew. Of course he did. Despite Maira's wishes, it was pretty damn obvious that there a rift between her and Renzo, and everyone around had noticed.

Before he said anything else, Godaiin entered the kitchen-like area, unknowingly saving Maira from a very uncomfortable situation.

"Okay, go find Moriyama." He said- no, demanded. He sounded like he had had enough of Rin for one night.

"What?"

"C'mon you've been mopping all day. Besides, she didn't find a date either, did she?" Godaiin explained.

Was he? Mopping all day, that is. Maira hadn't noticed. Actually, she was pretty sure she hadn't noticed anything during this week alone, what with her sister added to the ever-long list of problems.

"But, don't you ne-"

"No. Now get out."

That was all it took for Rin to almost fly out of the food stand, shoving his apron and spatula into Maira as he went. When he was out of earshot, Godaiin sighed in relief.

"Good God, he was killing me."

The concert was still going two hours later. By that time, most of the people outside had dispersed, and so the clientele of their food stand had been restricted to a few people going from point A to point B.

For better or worse, Felix had wandered off as well, completely forgetting to tip off Maira. So now she was wasting time looking for her blond idiot of a sister and utterly failing. She was a blond, European, twenty year old for crying out loud! You'd think that finding her would be easy, but nooo; Maira had to spent three hours worrying for her first, and then she'd probably turn up at a bar or something.

"Hey." Bon nodded to her when she almost bulldozed over him, already reciting the angry speech Felix would be getting later.

"Hi..." Momentarily, she braced herself for the inevitable; Renzo. Only he wasn't there.

"Wh-where is everyone?"

Bon shrugged. "Koneko somehow got a date to the concert and Shima's..." He stopped and looked at her for a second. "He decided not to come."

Unfortunately for him, Maira had years of training in read people's movements and body language, and his lie wasn't lost on her.

On the other hand, she didn't exactly have time to feel bad about Shima going to the concert with someone else.

"Right...What about you? I'm guessing that ear-piece isn't for sweet talking." She pointed out, trying to evade the whole Renzo thing.

To her vast relief, Bon smirked obviously aware of her intentions and eager to oblige. "I'm just helping Okumura and Kirigakure out. They think something's going down tonight and want to keep everyone safe."

"'Something'..."

"Don't know what, but-" The ear-piece came alive, the only sound Maira could hear being a soft buzz. Bon's brows knitted together as he turned away to speak. Well, more like listen.

"Ok- Right. Yeah she's here. No, I- Okay. Yes."

"Maira, do you have your guns with you?" He asked.

"No...Should I run back home and get them?"

"No time for that. Something happened to Izumo."

Her heart dropped. Actually, it was beating like crazy and Maira was pretty sure she was gonna have a heart attack soon, but that was the last thing she cared about. She watched, completely helpless, as Renzo climbed into a helicopter with Izumo thrown over his shoulder. She was unconscious, as far as she could see. Inside the helicopter was a woman she would recognize anywhere.

Logan's...

Before she could even remember her name, a burst of light blinded her. Her eyes well already brimming with tears, even more so now that she was trying to adjust to the bright light. All she could make out was shapes; Bon standing next to her, holding his breath, an eagle.

No. Not an eagle. A Seraphim. It looked like a giant bird with golden feathers, and eyes littering it's body here and there. Just what the Hell was going on?

"Greetings, everyone." The Seraphim spoke.

"Please forgive me for delivering my message in such a forceful manner." Another beam of light struck down the area below the demon and as it faded, it revealed a man in an owl mask.

"I am the leader of the Illuminati, the King of Light Lucifer." He announced with a flourish.

Maira realized two things. One, he was standing between the Exwires and the helicopter, which hadn't taken off yet. And two, Mephisto had appeared with a poof in front of her.

"Don't tell me this is the big event they've been preparing for..." He grumbled, walking towards Lucifer casually.

"The mask looks good on you, older brother." Mephisto did a flourish of his own.

"Samael, you're as lively as ever, I see." Lucifer acknowledged him. Then, he turned to where Shura stood, but he didn't seem to be looking at her.

"We, the Illuminati, have come to declare war on the True Cross Order! In one year, we will revive the god of demons, Satan!" He declared.

The air around Maira seemed thicker than usual, and she was starting to have trouble breathing normally. Sentinel was keeping strangely still, as if she were afraid.

"We will then unify Assiah and Gehenna, and the world will return to it's original state. In doing so, the world will truly be peaceful."

He turned to Mephisto again. "We will still welcome you, brother."

Maira could only see his back, but something told her he was seething with anger.

"That's impossible."

As he said those words, the air got heavier and thicker, until Maira couldn't breathe at all. The world around her got darker and darker until all she could see was Mephisto's coat. And yet, something beckoned her to look further, into the helicopter. Shima was watching the exchange with a wide grin, while she was standing over him, looking right at her with a smirk of her own.

Eva...

*Sigh*...Okay, I'm completely underwhelmed by how this turned out. And to think I've been working on it for a week.

Okay, this all completely from Maira's P.O.V (obviously), and her failed attempts at justifying her reaction in the previous chapter. I don't know about you guys, but my finals are literally next week, and I'm stressed to hell. Writing about Maira's issues does not help as much as I thought.

But hey, next chapter's gonna be...well, better, hope. Answers will be given, questions like 'Wtf is wrong with this author' will be created and generally, DRAMA.

Er...just a side note, the lady with the dark hair and the stripe is NOT in this story. Instead she is replaced by Eva. Um...you'll see why...and probably want to hit me...oh well.