~Chapter 35: Angel or Devil~

After like five minutes which seemed like forever, Yuki finally finished taking the necessary stuff she needs for the future. They tried sneaking out using the passage they came from, but however, there was a sudden explosion, and blocked the whole passage. They couldn't escape, and looked for some other way to get out, however, metal cages blocked their ways and cover the whole room, including the other separate rooms. Suddenly, there was a voice that can be heard throughout the whole mansion.

At the cells of the lowest floor, Kai's expression hardened, and his eyes grew cold as soon as he heard the voice. Kaoru and the others had finally knocked out all of the guards, looked up to the ceiling. Lavi's gaze grew annoyed and cold as he stares at the ceiling.

'We could have gotten out of here with my hammer if only this place doesn't let us use Innocence... Ugh, this is getting on my nerves. Now, i'm gonna find some way to get everyone out of here.'

"Welcome.. Spies from the Black Order.. Looks like you've come here to rescue Yamato K-"

'Yeah.. Thanks for noticing. Can't wait to see what you have in hand, you douchebag... Great, now we need to find a way out of here and find Yul and Lenalee. I'm glad that they stayed low and still didn't do anything. Most likely, they stayed low and quiet because Yul was the one who suggested it. For someone who is reckless, he sure is a good strategist.'

Yuki smashed the speakers in the room and began looked around the room and notices that the windows are the only ones that aren't covered with those metal cages blocking their way. She smirked lightly before tapping Allen and Kanda's shoulders and pointing at those windows. They nodded their heads and each broke down a window and jumped down from the room which seemed to be around five-story or more and out of the enemies' territory.

At that time, Yul and Lenalee came out with normal clothes, and both caught them with their Innocence. Yul sighed in relief as he caught Yuki and Allen while Lenalee caught Kanda and they all landed on the ground safely.

"You guys are lucky we stayed low and secretly knocked out the rest of those butlers and maids and not in the enemies' territory. If we were in the enemies' territory, we wouldn't have been able to use our Innocence to save you guys from a free-fall from one of the rooms that is around five-stories.."

"Yeah. Thanks. Oh yeah, Yul, here's your file, and Lenalee, there's also yours. Burn them up if you want. Most of the information these guys gathered are true."

Yuki began to take out the files that held both Yul and Lenalee's information. They both took it into their hands and looked at them. Yul stared at it before crushing it and teared them up into pieces and threw them in the air. Lenalee stared at Yul before smiling and does the same as the latter.

"Now that, that's out of the way. Xue, what's the next plan?"

"Next will be, blowing up the place.."

"But what about the others? They're at the bottom of the cells with Yamato Kai. Who knows, what if the explosion reaches them? I don't think we can risk this and put bombs all over this place."

"Yul, don't underestimate me. The others are in the most safest area in the mansion, the cells. The lowest floor is underground and is not really connected to the mansion. So even if we blow up this whole area, they would still be safe. In fact, they have the highest chance to survive, while we're in more of a danger than them."

Yul sighed and nodded his head to Yuki as Yuki threw a bag full of explosives. He began to set out and set all of the explosives. Yuki soon took out a golem, and talked in it, trying to get a signal from Lavi and the others.

"Kaoru.. Lavi.. Fai.. Annchi.. And Yamato Kai.. Can you hear me?"

"Yeah. This is Lavi... We can hear you. What's wrong?"

"Lavi, no matter what sounds you hear... Do not try to go outside of the cell. You're safer there. We'll be blowing this whole mansion up into pieces. So it's best if you stay in there."

"Alright... This is Kaoru. We also have Yamato Kai with us. Fai, here... After you guys blow this place up, how will we escape? I hope you do have a plan for that.."

"Don't worry. I researched a little when we entered this place. The cells have a secret passage that you guys can go through and escape from the underground. It's located near Yamato Kai's cell."

"Great. Just when we opened the stupid gates. Then let's just go back inside and lock the gates and stay in there."

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Go now. Yul will be setting the explosives now."

With that being said, Yul had set off the explosives by throwing a lighter, while Yuki and the others had backed away and hid behind some trees or a huge rock. Yuki stared at the mountain section faraway before turning away and looking at the now-destroyed mansion.

'Security, anti-Innocence systems.. Blowing this place up will require more than just ordinary explosives. So i made special explosives that not only destroy and blow up, but it also destroy systems in certain areas.. However... Something is not right... This is way too easy. No matter how much it seems, it's obviously way too easy. There could be a trap laid out for us, and we're currently stepping on it..'

"Xue, what's wrong?"

"Huh? Uh.. No.. It's nothing. I'm probably just worrying too much. It's just that i have a bad feeling about this. This is way too easy no matter how you see it..."

An explosion could be heard from a distance, and four figures jumped out of the smoke, coughing and trying to breathe. Lavi could be seen trying to take out his hammer and wanted to use it to stretch around. Kaoru also had out her kusarigama, holding it in her hands, pointing it at Fai who had his usual smirk and his arms behind his head. Next to Annchi is Kai, who was staring ahead.

"So this is Yamato Kai..."

"Nice to meet you. I assume you're Zhao Xue. I think you also have the ability to see the 'truth'.. Right?"

"None of your business."

"Right.."

'As i thought, Zhao Xue also have the ability to see the 'truth'. Lavi, Xue, and who else..? Lavi covers it up with an eye-patch, Xue occasionally covers her eye with white bandages.. Two people in this Black Order has the ability to see the 'truth'... I wonder who else, and what better way to crush one's hopes and to get more information..'

"Since you guys rescued me, i owe a debt to you guys. My life belongs to you. For saving me, i'll join the Order, and my ability of reading someone's mind will come in pretty handy."

"Sounds sus-"

Yuki paused in her sentence and abruptly turning her body around and pushed both Allen and Kaoru out of the way, and out of nowhere, a blade appeared and stabbed straight into Yuki's stomach. Her eyes were closed and her hands are bloody from grabbing the blade to prevent it from going any deeper.

"Xue!"

"Yuki!"

Behind Lenalee and Kanda were two masked people, and they body-slammed into them and pierced them with their bare hands. The sky began to be full of dark clouds and only lightning. Kai's eyes grew cold and emotionless, and he stopped a blade coming towards his neck by just flicking it and punched the person in the face.

Allen tried to get closer to Yuki, but however, he had to deal with five of those masked people with Kaoru. While Lavi is trying to block off the enemies' multiple attacks. Fai and the others dodged each attacks and tried fight back, but however, there was something weird. Their bodies seemed slightrly numb and it was getting harder and harder to breathe as time pass.

Yuki forcefully pulled out the blade and grabbed the person's neck and added pressure on her grip and threw them in the air. She used a tree as support to jump higher, and kicked down the person, creating a crater as they land.

However, more and more masked people appeared, and soon, they found themselves surrounded by thousands of masked people, ready to kill them. Yuki's body began to feel weaker and weaker, and soon her arms began to feel numb. Her vision blurred slightly as she tried to land a kick at one of them who dodged. While the others began to feel the same exact weakening and numbness.

Soon, they began using their Innocence excluding Kai, trying their best to not injure any of them, but however, the masked people are not normal humans. Rather than normal humans, they're more like monsters. Monsters that can destroy them.

"If this continues on, we won't be able to hold out a-any longer... Not to mention.. What's with us? Our attacks are growing weaker and weaker. Also, my body is growing numb now.. I probably won't be able to hold out longer than five minutes..."

"This is poison.. It enters our body without us having to drink it. It's in the air... It's going to make our body grow weaker and weaker, and making our bodies all numb. Within two through four days, we'll probably lose our five senses and die.."

"Is there an antidote for this poison?"

"Y-yeah.. But i didn't bring it with me since i didn't expect us getting poisoned. Xue also have the antidote.. Xue, where did you leave your bag of medicine and antidotes for various poison?"

"It should be over in the other side of the forest, but by the time i get there, i'll be unconscious.. By the way, Yul.. Will you be mad if i use that ability?"

"Of course.. Wait, Xue... Are you planning on? No! Stop! It's way too dangerous!"

"So what? Even if it's dangerous for me, i'll use it.. To protect everyone.."

Yuki began to close her eyes and crossed her blades together. The sky began to split in half, and a strong current of wind surrounded them, blowing the poison away. Lightning appeared more often and two of them struck her blades. A silver white lightning struck her black blade, and a black lightning struck the white blade. Soon, a flash of light blinded everyone's vision, and soon in front of them, was Yuki, but there was something about her.

Yuki's blood red eyes glowed for a moment, and the bandage on her right eye was replaced by a black blindfold, covering both of her eyes. She had shackles and chains all over her. A collar chained shackle at her neck and a low, white, thin flowing scarf, two shackles that are broken on her arms and legs. Her outfit consisted only the colors black and white. A silver white flowing top with black shorts and thigh-length boots that are tied and a small hint of thigh-length socks under the boots. Finger-less gloves that reaches above her elbow.

Thin ribbons flow from her top, and the left side of her arm. But what really catch everyone's attention was the double-dual wings that is both black and white.

Yuki reached behind her back and touched her wings, and those dual wings disappeared. Within seconds, she disappeared and appeared in front of the masked people and slashed them up with her blades, but with just a single slash, multiple people were knocked out.

This continued on, while Yul and Fai and Annchi explain to the others about her sudden form.

"Xue had obtained this form when she was still young. This form is called the 'Angel's Sins'. Sins stands for all of the killings Yuki had made in her entire life. Angel stands for Yuki's kindness and the side of her that wants to protect those around her. 'Angel's Sins' means that Yuki's killings for those around her, no matter what the reason is, it's still a sin. The sin of killing someone.."

"Killing someone is something forbidden for angels, and if you think about it, Yuki is an an angel that has repeatedly committed the sin of killing, and this made her a fallen angel, but because of her hidden kindness and protectiveness, she's in between an angel and a fallen angel.."

"However, this form makes her lose a small part of her life depending on how much time she uses. It's not a big deal much if it's only five or ten minutes, but whenever she goes over that, her life disappears, and who knows how long she can live. Not only that, she'll also lose one of her senses, and one day.. She'll die.."

As the word "die" appeared, there was nothing, but silence. Allen's fists were clenched, while others were shocked by the information they just heard from Yul and them.

"The only good thing is that if she's poisoned, the poison will be gone by itself, like she's never been poisoned. And there's one huge problem.. She can't control herself while in that form.."

Before they knew it, all of the masked people were assassinated, and Yuki is walking towards them with blood all over her and swords covered in blood. Yuki raises her blades and was just about to slash them, but then an ice-like sword appeared and block the attack.

Jet-black hair flowed slightly, and ocean-blue eyes sparkled. The figure in front of them threw a black bag at Lenalee whose eyes were wide with surprise, along with Kanda's.

"Long time no see, Yu, Lenalee~"

"Natsumi... Why?"

I finished my mission early.. And i found this bag in the forest, and it has a bunch of medicine and antidote. I figure you need it to chase the poison away, right?"

"Thanks Natsumi!"

Lenalee gave the bag to Yul and Fai, and both began taking out bottles of the antidote and began sharing it with everyone. Natsumi turned to Yuki and raised her ice-blade and entered a battle with Yuki. She began fighting on equal terms with Yuki, and managed to graze Yuki's arm. The sight of Yuki's blood is starting to get to Allen. Allen wanted to rush out there and hug her, but however, Yul and Fai held him back.

"So i assume this is Zhao Xue, also known as Kuro Yuki."

"Yeah..."

"I see. She's pretty good!"

Natsumi smiled brightly and tried to cheer everyone up some way or another. She continued on fighting Yuki with all of her strength, trying her best not to harm Yuki too much, and to dodge her attacks.

Allen's eyes closed before he got out of both Yul and Fai's grip, and finally, he appeared between Yuki and Natsumi. Natsumi immediately held back and crushed up her ice sword and jumped away from Allen. While Yuki pointed her blade and slightly grazed Allen's neck which he didn't mind nor did he care about that. Allen stepped towards Yuki and grabbed both of her hands, making her drop her swords and pulled her towards him by the waist.

Yuki's 'Angel's Sins' form disappeared and she lost consciousness. Allen hugged her tightly and sighed in relief as he knows that Yuki is safe and is currently in his arms. Natsumi's eyes blinked and she sighed in relief along with the others.

"I guess this is mission successful~ Let's go back~ Back to our home~"

"Natsumi.."

"Yu, long time no see~ I have a lot to tell you right now, but i'll tell you later. Plus, i have some souvenirs for everyone, and some random stuff that you can keep or i can keep~"

Natsumi's personality and her smile made the atmosphere more cheerful and less gloomy. Allen's lips slowly curled up to a small smile, and he looked at Yuki and kissed her on the forehead.

'Sorry Xue... I couldn't protect you, but.. I'll definitely protect you after this. I'll always protect you.'

~Author's Note~

Sorry for the late update! _ I didn't have enough time to update the story, but today is my birthday, and my family finally gave me some peace after like two full hours of noise and partying, which was a bit annoying..

But like i said, i'll be updating within 5-6 days since i started school... _

xXYuseiXAkikoXx, thanks for reviewing~ Btw, love your username! =D Another YuseiXAki fan~ I watch the japanese version, so i call Akiko "Aki"..

MysticalNyla, thanks for the compliment~ ^_^ Thanks for reading as well~ Hope you continue reading this story~

DarkFlame Alchemist, oh welcome back~ Thanks for taking your time to review all of the chapters~ ^_^ I've been also busy with school, but i tried to get on as much as i can, if only i didn't have english and math homework. Anyways, the reason you don't know this mysterious girl, is because this is a new OC that another author create to join the story.

Thanks for reading and reviewing~

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(=^o^=) Here's some info on Natsumi~

Name: Natsumi Kuroshina/Lee

Age: 16 years old

Personality: She's a happy and very cheerful girl. She likes to help people, and always look out for others before herself. She's childish and very playful, but she can be mature as well when it comes to serious matters. She can always be seen with a smile. She's smart, yet at the same time, she's also slow on many things. She hated to be judgmental and like to get to know people better before she judge them. She is caring and can be clumsy at times. She hates to see people sad, and always try to make them feel better or just be there for them when they needed someone to talk or listen to. She's very organized, a clean-freak, hates messiness and always cleans her room. She's very shy and quiet when there's new people, but with her family and friends, it's the complete opposite. She is also a patient type of person and is very careful when checking over her work.

She is also independent, likes to do things by herself. She doesn't mind if anyone asks if they can help her, but she usually does things on her own, due to the fact that she doesn't want to be a burden to others. She's not very picky and will probably accept everything, especially edible food. Natsumi keeps all of her negative thoughts and feelings to herself, always covering them with either a smile or a laugh, but even if she does that, it seems fake. Nobody asks her about it, even her friends because they know she doesn't want to talk about it. She's quite insecure about herself, but she learns to appreciate that she's unique and everyone like her for who she is.

Rival: Allen Walker

Innocence's Power: She can grow wings on her back like angel/devil and specialize in using ice and water attacks.

Innocence's type: Parasite

Innocence's Location: Japan

Black Order or Noah?: Black Order

Likes: Food, music, books, fun things, and pranking people.

Dislikes: Bugs, rat/mouse, thunder, dark place, carrot, and being by herself.

History: Natsumi was an orphan that Komui adopted, she lost her parent when she was 5 years old. Being such a young girl witness her parent's death, traumatize her, but she grew keeping a happy face even though she is sad. She was afraid to use her Innocence since it was the cause of her parent's death., but after an encounter with an Akuma trying to kill her and a little boy, she activated her Innocence and killed the Akuma. From then on, she promise to train hard to protect innocent people and joined the Black Order when she was 8 years old. She is very close to Lenalee, and looks up to her. She met and became friends with many people in the Order, then she met Kanda Yu. He made her feel the happiness again and since then, she developed a crush on Yu, but she was afraid to show her feelings, fearing that it might ruin their friendship. Natsumi was assigned on a mission for 8 months, but she just came back in this chapter.