December 21th

Yukio had to tell her who she was. He couldn't let the fear of her disappearance keep him from telling her that she was the angel they had been searching for. He came to that conclusion when he woke up early in the morning to a brother who was barely breathing. Rin was curled up in a fetal position, lips blue from the lack of oxygen and face completely colorless. Yukio rushed over to check his vitals, a sigh of relief upon finding a pulse. The nasal tube had fallen out during his sleep, leaving him barely able to breathe. Once it was replaced, his breathing became better, yet the wheezing didn't improve. His condition was worsening, and there had been no signs of improvement.

Yukio was standing outside his dorm room, waiting for the girl. Shōjo usually arrived at around this time, and once she did, he would have to tell her the truth. He wasn't sure how she would react, but hopefully, she wouldn't have a hard time understanding. If she knew, then maybe she could heal him.

"Hey, Yukio! Are we going down there again today?" The girl asked as she came running towards him. Once she noticed his expression, her smile turned into a tight frown. "What is it? Did something happen?"

"Yeah, something did happen." He turned to face her. "The reason we didn't find the angel, is because it's already here."

"Here? Where?" She started looking around, not fully understanding him. "I don't see it."

"It's you. You're the angel."

She blinked and stared at him. "I don't understand. Why are you calling me an angel when I'm not?"

"Because you are. Back in the dungeon, I saw you. Your shadow grew wings. Can't you feel it?"

"Feel what? What am I supposed to feel? Why didn't you tell me this yesterday?"

There was a moment of silence, both looking at each other before Yukio finally answered. "I was afraid you would leave if you knew the truth."

"…But, if I'm the angel, then I'm supposed to heal Rin."

Yukio simply nodded before turning to face the door to their dorm. When both entered, Rin was laying in bed, half asleep. He woke up upon hearing the door open and looked up. They walked over and sat down near the bed. Once Rin knew that Yukio had told her, he couldn't help but speak up.

"I can't believe it. You've been searching for yourself this whole time… Do you think you can do it?"

"I can try. Though I'm not sure I know how." The girl answered and placed a hand on Rin's heart before closing her eyes. As time ticked by, nothing happened. When she removed her hand, Yukio asked him whether he felt better, but he didn't.

"It's not working." The girl stated, and Yukio rubbed at his face.

"But you don't have any wings either. Where are they?" Rin asked as he tried to hold back a cough. She simply shrugged. "Maybe you're supposed to have some training." He continued before sitting up with a now full-blown cough. "Maybe… Train your flight…" he spoke in between breaths before carefully standing up. He gathered all his pillows and blankets and placed them near his desk, before reaching for his glass of water to try and stop the coughing. Once the glass was empty, he turned his focus back to Shōjo. "Try and see if you can fly by jumping from the desk."

Yukio just glared at his brother, not sure whether he had gone mad, but before he could decline that idea, the girl was already standing on top of the desk. She took off her jacket and her blouse, leaving her back exposed as she pulled up her undershirt. She closed her eyes and jumped, only to land on the soft underlay. Not that anyone had expected that to work.

They had to try a different approach. As Rin went back to sit on his bed, Yukio and Shōjo left the room to try and ask Daishi and Hatsuo for help. Short after they left, Shura appeared to keep watch.

Hatsuo still had the climbing gear, which they could use to hoist the girl up towards the ceiling. They would have to go somewhere else to do it, somewhere with a higher ceiling. Yukio decided to lead them to one of the exorcist training areas. Once they got the gear and she was in a securely tightened climbing harness, Hatsuo pulled at the rope, and soon she was in the air.

"I'm the worst angel ever." She groaned as she dangled back and forth.

"What are you talking about?" Daishi questioned upon hearing her statement.

"I'm the angel. But I'm not a good one it seems." She informed him as if it was no big deal, and the man had to lean against a wall to not fall butt first onto the floor.

"You can't be serious. You don't look or act like one. You shouldn't make things up that aren't true."

"Don't joke about that." Hatsuo agreed as he stopped pulling the rope. The girl soon sat on the floor, looking up at them.

"It's true," Yukio replied. "I saw it. Her shadow had wings and she was glowing."

"Come on, that's insane. This is all going to your heads." Daishi claimed as he sat on the floor as well, staring at her. "If this is true, then I guess you won't be living with us for much longer."

"Why?" She crawled towards him.

"Angels are said to come to earth to solve a task, and once it's solved, they'll head home."

"Home?" She now sat mere centimeters away from him, noticing the faint sniffing.

"Guess it's for the best. The sooner the better… What are you even doing with that rope?" He changed the topic as soon as he realized he was getting emotional.

"Trying to train her," Yukio answered. "It was my brothers' idea, which explains why it's not working."

"I'm sorry for breaking into a kiosk, I was under a lot of pressure." Hatsuo suddenly started apologizing for all his crimes and asking for forgiveness, fearing that the higher-ups would look down upon him now that an angel knew about his wrongdoings.

While all this was going on, Lewin was tracking the girl's whereabouts with a Sylph bell he had managed to attach to her the last time he was near her. This way he would know how to get to her, and preferably when she was alone and somewhere dark. If she fell asleep and didn't wake up thanks to being sensitive to darkness, then it would make it that much easier to kidnap her. As far as Lewin could tell, the angel had been in a coma for a long time, only waking up when she was met with an ethereal light. And yet, she looked so very familiar, like a young version of Yuri. This was a fact that he couldn't quite grasp. If she was the angel that was captured hundreds of years ago, then how could she have the body of a former exorcist? Unless…

This wasn't a hundred years old angel. This could very well be one sent to earth to finish what the other one couldn't. And despite her losing her memory, she still felt the urge to fulfill an unknown task. That he knew from hearing their conversation back in the dungeon. But what was that task? And furthermore, she seemed to have gained a task of her own as well, to cure the son of Satan. What made an angel wish to help a demon? Could angels simply be a sort of demon themselves? Lewin had too many unanswered questions, and the urge to get his hands on her only grew stronger. He wanted to question her, examine her, perform tests on her, he wanted to know so much more, but in order to do so, she needed to be at full power.

As they continued to try and make her fly, the girl suddenly asked to be put down, and once she was back on the ground, she turned to face Yukio. "Something's wrong with Rin. You have to go home, Shura is waiting for you."

"What are you talking about? Is this angel talk or something?" Yukio was confused, and worry started to build up as she kept a dead serious glare. "Alright, I'll be going ahead. Stay out of trouble on your way back to the dorm." He advised before running off.

Once he got back to the dormitory, he sprinted upstairs to reach their room. When he opened the door, he was greeted by Shura and the same doctor that had been there before. "Hey, Yukio…" Rin tiredly greeted, and as Yukio walked closer, he noticed a small machine near Rin's pillow. It was a monitor used to measure blood pressure.

"What's going on?"

"His blood pressure is below normal standards and it's still falling." The doctor informed as Yukio went to sit by the edge of his brother's bed. The wheezing was far worse, and he looked like it hurt to breathe. Rin didn't have much time left, and if he went critical, then he would have to be moved to a special facility. If that happened, then they wouldn't be able to visit and the angel wouldn't get the chance to cure him.