DISCLAIMER: I'm Watashixx, a pure-pledge shipper and I own nothing


Listen. I will lose myself if it means I can find you – Alaska Gold


Chapter V

"Confusions, Confessions and Realizations"

Everything was so sudden

All she could see was some white feathers falling and white graceful wings that belongs to her crimson haired contractor

-tainted with red liquid

'Blood'

Fear brought her down on knees and the raven haired girl was on ground. She was astonished, mouth slightly agape on what's happening in front of her

Her crimson haired contractor was hugging her like her life was dependent on it. The raven haired girl couldn't even hear Eli and other's shouting Maki's nor her name and she can't even feel how tight her contractor's hug on her

"H-hey"

Finally Nico felt Maki release her hug, leaned back a little and face her with a worried expression. She invade Nico's personal space yet Nico didn't mind it.

"Nico-chan"

Then she put both of her hands on Nico's cheeks to caress it

"Are you hurt?"

The crimson haired girl asked with a gentle voice. She doesn't care about her surrounding even what just happened on her

What she care about right now if Nico was hurt or not

Nico was too dumbfounded to reply and was dumbfounded when she learned how gentle Maki's voice was

"W-what..."

She trailed off, the raven haired girl was still at lost and this further deepened the furrowed eyebrow of the crimson haired girl

"What do you think you are doing?!" Nico finally manage to shout "Are you an Idiot?"

By her voice it was quite obvious that she's angry but the gentle caressing on her cheeks didn't stop

"Just answer me please"

There she is again, tugging Nico's heartstrings. Nico knows, she is angry on her contractor not because of the usual reason of being prideful but she's angry on Maki of what she did for her sake. The raven haired girl held tightly on her contractor's sleeves.

"I am unhurt. I thank you for that but you don't have to do that! You don't have to barge in just to protect me!"

And Nico knows that she's angry because someone was about to die again just because of her.

Maki wasn't shaken on how angry Nico is, instead she put her forehead into Nico's and look her directly on the eyes. The small distance between them didn't bother the two.

Also the intimacy of Maki towards her didn't bother her

"Finally" Maki replied with a relieved tired voice "I manage to save you on time"

Somehow Maki's voice contradict her expressions. Nico could see that her contractor was on the verge of tears.

Was it because of happiness?

"Or it is 'Finally I can say farewell to a Yazawa in time'"

The luscious voice came behind them and it belongs to the Hellion behind this, she was still here and was standing proudly with a sword on her hand.

A sword covered with her contractor's blood

Maki flinch when she heard the hellion's voice and tried to make Nico only look at her and focus on her

"Nico-chan listen"

Nico was about to look at the hellion but somehow Maki was successful on gaining Nico's attention, but her wavering voice didn't let Nico felt relieved

"No matter what happens, please…"

Maki was still trying to reassure the other girl by caressing Nico's cheek. And Nico could still see her contractor's face in such close distance, her eyes closed while saying something that she couldn't understand

"Don't hate me"

Her voice was still wavering and Nico noticed something

"I did everything I could yet I can't save them"

The raven haired girl saw some tears running on her contractor's cheeks and she was trying her best not to let those remaining tears to run down.

"I am the reason why your siblings died Nico"

Maki was now trembling, because of preventing herself not to cry and the thought that Nico might actually hate her

"And I am also the reason why that hellion is after your life"

There was a minute of silence as her contractor's tearful eyes opened and met the raven's crimson. Nico was flabbergasted while she process the sudden information that she learned. There's so many question running on her head but Maki got her first before she could start asking the crimson haired girl

"It's because I fell in love with a human"

Maki's next word made Nico's mouth left agape

"And that human is you Nico"

There's too much information to take in, not to mention in this kind of situation, but she got the gist of it.

That Maki fell in love with her and because of that someone's after her life and her sibling's life

But why?

Nico was about to question Maki but she saw the hellion towering on them now, the view of Kuroki holding a slim sword and eyes thirsty for blood drained Nico's blood on her body.

Maki didn't fail to notice that Nico suddenly leaned away and look up, she was looking at something behind her and her face tells everything. Add the shadow of someone behind her that looks like a person raising a sword.

Maki knows what will happens next and she's prepared on what's going to happened.

"Nico-chan"

She wanted to reassure the girl, she wanted to make the girl calm down.

"Everything will be all right"

Maki hugged again Nico, letting raven haired girl's head rest on her chest. She doesn't want Nico to see what's going happened and just waiting for the sword that's going kill them from behind

-and waiting for a miracle to happened

"Because our Deity is still with us"

A sinister laugh was heard

"Yes, your Deity was with you all throughout the tag game and he's just watching you. I'll guess that he's having fun watching his useless and bastard evicted being killed"

Kuroki was giggling now with the thought

"Add the fact that you- contractors are still hoping for your Deity's forgiveness"

Kuroki's words didn't help Nico to feel relieved. The raven haired girl was slowly dying inside, hoping that she won't say the words that she doesn't want to hear

"I'm sure that he'll even give me a reward for killing the two of you"

The raised sword was swung and blood was all they could ever see


"Would you like to know how it is feels to die for the second time?" Kuroki look at Nico with a black intent on her eyes then said the following words with her sweet voice "Nico-chan?"

Maki didn't wait for she knows something will definitely happen, she click her tongue out of irritation and run towards the surprised raven haired girl. She didn't stop as she grab Nico behind her collar then run straight toward the glass window inside the music room

Kuroki's arms were folded in front of her as she gracefully gave way and open the path for Maki

"No matter what you do Maki, I'll find you"

Kuroki said and Maki didn't fail to hear what she said

When Maki reach the windows she run towards it and didn't mind the pain that she felt. She tightened her grasp on Nico's collar as she jump from the second floor then throw her chosen in front of her.

"Whaa-"

Everything was too sudden for Nico, at first she was standing on the ground with Maki behind her and Kuroki in front her and now what she was seeing was-

-the endless cloudy sky

And what she could heard after the sound of broken glasses of windows was-

-Air that was hitting her whole body

Her feet couldn't even reach the ground right now or to say it properly her feet needs a minute to reach the ground from who knows how many feet it is from the second floor

And then Nico finally realize, she was thrown by Maki first

"S-someone! Help me!"

Nico shouted and left no air on her lungs. She closed eyes let her heartbeat pounds from nervousness until she heard something.

-Something that was being flapped

This made Nico opened her eyes and saw the cloudy sky again with the same white feathers that day

The raven haired girl was entranced, that graceful white feather falling with her never cease to bring her in such state.

And it also remind her of her trauma

-especially the feeling of hopelessness of dying

But she was caught on air on such speed and saw her contractor before more negative thoughts enter her.

That's right someone was with her now unlike that day.

Nico remembered the event during their 100m dash, when she saw Maki behind her when she is expecting her killer

Yes, someone is with her and with just that, this somewhat reassured her just a little.

"N-nishikino?"

Graceful white wings was widely open and was used for maneuvering on air.

Maki didn't reply and tightened her hold on Nico to secure her, her chosen felt this and return the gesture.

Out of her nervousness when she realize the height that they are in

"I'm sorry for throwing you"

Seriousness can be heard and Maki wouldn't deny that she's trying her best not to let Nico see that she dying inside because of her fear.

While Nico felt nostalgic, the sinister smile, the winter's cold, Maki's white feathers and the feeling of being chase for her life yet Nico can calm down.

The chosen can calm down while watching her contractor fine details of her face and her wings

'She looks cooler with her wings'

But that thought immediately snapped her out on her entranced state and suddenly realized how close she is with her contractor. The idea made her mentally slapped her face and tried to remove the worthless thought

And then Nico didn't know how but she suddenly knew and can feel what kind of emotion Maki is having right know

"D-don't mind it"

Nico trailed off as she watch again her contractor.

Despite of having such wild emotions, Maki is trying to give a neutral expression.

"Where are we going?"

"Can you give Eli and Umi a call? Tell them that they are here and chasing us"

Maki sound authoritative and Nico immediately obliged


Maki and Nico flew in such speed until her contractor saw a possible place to hide

It was a narrow back alley with some garbage cans

A second after they reached the ground Nico immediately bark the red haired girl who was barely leaning on the wall with some questions

"Where are we? Is she a hellion? Why is she after my life?"

Is she really the mysterious pianist?

Nico still can't believe it. Her mysterious pianist is a hellion and the worst is-

Her mysterious pianist is after her life

"W-w need to hide and yes Kuroki is a hellion a-and the reason is I-I can't tell you yet"

"Why! its me that she is running after, I think I deserve-" The raven haired girl's voice is starting to rise

"N-nico-chan"

Nico immediately calm down when she heard Maki having a ragged voice. Her contractor suddenly held her chest at her heart and clasp it as if she's in pain.

I became her contractor but my abilities are weakening

Maki furrowed her eyebrows further

Can I really save her this time?

It immediately alerted Nico

"H-hey are you fine?"

Maki looked up again to Nico and tried to gave a neutral expression "I'm fine d-don't mind me"

But to Nico it failed

"You think I am a fool?!"

Nico shouted and Maki supposed to be used to it but there's something added on it

"We are together in this! Why wont you just open up to me? I am always waiting for you to open up but…."

Maki was surprised she never thought what Nico felt.

"I thought everything was getting fine between us, but after Anju came you got worst. Even though you're near I just can't reach you, you're getting far away more than before I met you."

The contractor's mouth left agape and cant avert her eyes from her chosen. She saw Nico like this once, when she was getting worried on her siblings

Is she getting worried because of me?

She carefully observe the angry feature of Nico's face

Nico's face when she's angry is really something. When was the last time I saw her like this?

Nico realized that Maki is staring intensely on her and she raised her eyebrows.

"What?"

But Maki was still deep with her thought

If my memory serves me right it's when Cotarou almost swallow a Lego piece because Cocoa went outside and left him to play outside. She sure love her siblings.

'Love her siblings'

This thought made her-

"Hey are you okay? Are you really fine" Nico questioned when she saw the changed on Maki's face

Yes the thought made her face fully flushed

'No it's impossible'

Maki tried to calm down and shake the thoughts out of her mind

"Oi Nishikino!" The chosen finally shouted again, when she noticed that Maki were spacing out

"Do you remember the consequences of being a contractor? My abilities started to weakened and flying like that result now a lot of effort for me." Maki monotonously said trying to hide her emotion

"I-is that so"

"It's just that….."

"Just that?"

"Never mind. Just shut up"

Nico eye twitch from irritation "The hell Nishikino?! I thought were getting good here!"

"No were not"

"It seems that you're fine now because you're retaliating now at me"

"Yazawa just shut up, I need you to shut up or they might find us faster"

"What if I don't like?!" Nico retorted smugly, provoking Maki "What would you do?"

"Yazawa, do you really want to die?"

"Ah you're using my surname again"

"Stop this already"

"La la la I can't hear anything"

"I just don't want to make you worry" Maki said irritatedly with a full blush on her face. She really don't want to voice out what she feel but both of them are in danger if Nico continue.

Nico was flabbergasted, Maki suddenly open up with her and to tell honestly she didn't expect it, the raven haired girl just wanted to tease her contractor.

"I-is that so" Nico managed to say as she avert her eyes from the crimson haired girl.

Silence fell over them while Maki is still concentrating on her breath and building her composure again.

"Uuhhmmmm"

Nico was getting uncomfortable with silence so she decided to think of a conversation

"Are you fine-"

But it was immediately cutted when Maki jump over her and both of them fell on the ground Maki on top of Nico

Maki raised her head and body a little and eyed their surroundings

"They already found us" her contractor said with a serious voice. This also made Nico look around on what happened

And there she saw an arrow beside them. Nico was shocked that that arrow almost hit her without her knowledge.

But before the raven haired girl can recover from her shock, Maki roll towards her side and lift Nico's body together with her. The contractor reversed their position and reflexively tightened her hug on her chosen.

Nico was flabbergasted again, first on their intimate position and second on the sight that another arrow that they just doge.

Third, that it was only a millimeter apart from Maki's head, and that it hit where Nico was lying earlier

And fourth that she could feel that the hellions are really aiming for her life

Yet Maki didn't have time to care about their intimate position and stood up immediately with a mild difficulty because of lifting Nico with her.

"Come on, we need to run!" The crimson haired girl held her chosen's hand and started to run towards the unfamiliar alley

"E-eh? W-wait" Nico was drag at first but caught Maki's speed.

They maintain that speed until she felt Maki sped up a little, Nico adjust her speed again and heard something behind them.

Nico turn her head and saw number of arrows that hit the ground. She's getting more nervous than before.

It's a serious matter than she taught.

"Don't look back"

Her contractor said as they continue to run in the endless maze of the alley. Maki tightened her hand to reassure Nico and Nico return the gesture, indicating that she trust Maki.

Maki tried to dodge everything and it continue all throughout the tag, she needed to conserve energy as much as possible for the worst case scenario and she couldn't see how many of them siding with Kuroki but she knows that they are out numbered right now

And that they are out powered

She's getting irritated, she never experience being run after, not until she made contract with the raven haired girl.

She has the opportunity now to save Nico unlike back then, but she can't do with such a weakened abilities.

Its ironic for Maki , when she have her full abilities she can't save any Yazawa because she always appears late because of others Hellion's hindrance.

Maki stopped running and further furrowed her eyebrows, she gesture Nico to take a small step backwards

There are two hellions now that roughly landed in front of them.

Nico noticed the alluring dark color of their wings as they flapped it once and withdraws, it's the same as Eri's

But Nishikino's wing are pure white. Why?

Nico's thoughts were cutted when she heared the two Hellions converse.

"I had enough of this game Nishikino-san"

"Quit running, where's your usual pride now?"

One of the hellion are giving now an irritated face while the other one is provoking the red haired.

But Maki didn't show any expression, or to say properly trying to give a neutral expression. She stayed silent while Nico is giving her contractor's a worried look.

"We are running back Yazawa" Maki finally said a word in a low voice without leaving her gazed on the two. Nico mentally prepared after what Maki had said.

The hellions noticed the silence and their little conversation, it raised their eyebrows and gave a smug expression when they saw the pair run towards the direction opposite from them.

But another two hellion flew down in front Maki and Nico to block their way. Maki clicked her tongue as she survey their surrounding and paled when she saw that there are more hellions that surrounds them.

Two on their back two in front and another 2 on their both sides that was standing above the buildings and aiming an arrows on them

A total of 8 hellions over a pair. Yet Kuroki can't be found.

The weapons of the other four were materialized and Nico's gaze can't leave the demonic weapon that was made.

A sword.

And its blade was thirsty for their blood.

"N-nishikino…"

The raven haired girl's voice was now wavering and now starting to lose her composure yet it was completely opposite of her contractor who is giving her best to think of way how to get out on this situation. She shouldn't be wavered because her chosen put her trust on her.

'Umi and others are still not here.'

Maki's eyebrows further furrowed then became more guarded when she saw the 4 hellions in front and at their back gesturing towards them.

She clicks her tongue out of annoyance

'What should I do?'

4 hellions finally launch now and it alerted Maki. "Stay on my back" she said to her chosen and Nico nervously complied. Maki was about to materialized her weapon but she was stopped when she saw that the hellions in front of them stop running towards them and got their mouth agape while watching something behind the pair.

Maki and Nico got curious and look behind them

The hellions behind them are now down with an arrow struck on them and became ashes while the remaining hellions are now scanning the surrounding to find the perpetuator.

But they can't.

"It's Sonoda!"

"Just of focus on Nishikino and her Chosen. That's what Kuroki ordered us!"

Hellions now launch again towards them and the hellions above the building prepared to aim their arrows.

"W-whats going on?" Nico asked and held on Maki's shirt

"They are here now" Maki smiled "Just watch"

The 4 hellions now release their arrows but didn't reach its target. It was accurately deflected by a kunai and it made the hellions groan

"Hoshizora is also here! Ayase might be here too!"

Just hearing 'Ayase' cause the archers to petrify on their places. Not to mention that they can't find where the three contractor is.

"Bastards! What are you doing?" The leader of the hordes of hellion who are holding a blade in front of Nico and Maki is getting irritated "They are contractors now! We are powerful than they are now! Why are you getting midget by just hearing-"

Another Arrow hit the other hellion who was holding the blade and it saw by everyone on how the hellion became an ashes.

"Fuck!" the leader cried out an irritation "Find them and kill them"

"Maki"

This made Maki ,Nico and others turn towards the source of the voice and there she saw Umi holding a bow. She finally decided to show herself now and she was also above the other buildings together with Kotori and Nozomi.

"What's going on?" The blue haired girl calmly questioned her co-contractor and the other hellions

"Well isn't it Sonoda?" The leader greeted and the other archers pointed their bows towards Umi and the chosen's "Long time no see" the hellion gave a Cheshire cat grin "But too bad we need to kill Nishikino, would you please allow it?"

But the blue haired girl remained silent as she scanned and study everything on her surroundings

"Can I take your silence as yes?" The leader waited for Umi again to speak again and lost his patience "Well, as if you could do something, Hellions are more powerful than Contractors"

"I don't want to resort in a bloody battle" Umi relaxed herself and retreated her weapon on her back "If my friend did something I could apologize for that" she said nobly with a neutral expression "Another thing, don't belittle us contractors, these contractors that you belittled can kill all of you"

"I can see that you are declaring a war towards us" The leader now shot a glance towards her co-hellions and tilted his head indicating that it's okay to shot "If you won't permit me to have Nishikino and Yazawa then I guess I need to take down all of you now"

The hellion waited again for another reply but Umi said nothing and stare at the hellion intently. This enrage the leader.

"Don't act high and mighty now! We're not already in our world!" He pointed his blade towards Umi "Shot her! Kill them!"

The prepared archer finally released the arrows that has been pointed on Umi. Yet Umi remained on her position without doing anything

"Umi-chan!"

"Umi!"

Kotori and Nozomi called Umi with fear as they saw the arrow approaching but it was accurately deflected again by the kunai for the second time

"Your accuracy haven't change Rin" Umi proudly said while she draw again her bow and some arrows

Then Hanayo and Rin's figure finally resurface at the roof of the opposite building.

Nico noticed how Rin nobly stands like Umi and the change on her face's feature, the orange haired contractor was giving this kind fearful aura that Nico never saw and her eyes are constricting like it can see every motions of the people on her eye field.

The raven haired girl can't see the usual hyper and dumb looking cat-like girl.

But Rin quickly return into Nico's description when she recognized Umi's praise.

"Of course nya!" Rin gave a wide grin and hug Kayo-chin from behind "My accuracy and speed is all I've got now nya" The fearful aura is gone now.

Umi raised the bow and aim at the hellions who dared to shot at her, they took a step backward and Umi release her strings.

They became ashes again just like the other hellions.

This isn't the end, the 2 hellion archers at the same building with Rin, took the opportunity and aim for Rin and Hanayo, it nearly gave Nico a heart attack when she saw the arrows coming over the pair. Umi and Rin are too calm about this and Nico learned why immediately.

The Arrows miss and Hellions turn around when they saw a shadow overlapping theirs. They paled when they finally saw the owner

"I-it's A-ayase"

"Yes It's me is something wrong about it?" The blonde gave a troubled smiled and her gentle voice made them flinched, took a step back and lost their balance.

Fear visible on their eyes.

Nico could not apprehend what's with the expression that they are giving. She's lost at the new things that she learned from her friends.

Yet Umi didn't waste time as she shot an arrow towards the hellions and turn into ashes.

"Eri-chan! You're awesome as always nya!"

"Rin, I didn't use it, they missed because they felt my presence" Eri humbly said and pick Umi's arrows.

"That's what makes you awesome nya"

"No I'm not Rin" Then blonde gave her another troubled smile

"Tsk."

A groan and a click of a tongue was heard by the contractors and it interrupted them from their little conversation.

The leader of the hellion was left alone and didn't mind what's going to happened now as she charge towards Maki.

"Rin" Eri called and the catlike girl immediately respond.

"I'll leave Kayo-chin to you Eri-chan" Rin said as she let her body fall from the building and softly landed in front of the charging hellion

Rin also charge towards the hellion with nothing on her hands. The Hellion smirk and swing her blade towards Rin but she miss without the orange haired girl changing direction and velocity and both of them knows why.

It's because of the blonde who's standing nobly at the top of a building. She may look like she just watching but she's silently aiding Rin.

Rin finally hit her target with such speed on stomach but the hellion felt nothing, well Rin strongest feature isn't her strength but her agility and accuracy.

Noticing that the hellion didn't budge she quickly went behind and gave a blow on the other girls wrist which made the sword fall from the grip then Rin caught the hellions arm and gave all her strength to throw the hellion on the ground and lock her arms behind her.

Being with Rin for a long a time the blue haired girl knows when she will strike, when she saw that Rin gave her the perfect opportunity to release her string, she wasted no time and the hellion under the catlike girl turned into ashes when her arrow strike its head.

Nico beside Maki saw all of these and she could finally see her friends as a contractor now.

Rin dusted her uniform while she jump with such height towards Hanayo, Eri did the same towards Nozomi as Umi carried Kotori in a bride style and gently let her body fall down on the building and they together walk towards Maki.

"Maki" Umi called and Maki flinched from the fearful voice that Umi gave "What's the meaning of these" Maki never felt so small under Umi's gaze

"T-this is ummm.."

"Umi-chan you're arrows" Nozomi interrupted as she was courted by Eri, this temporarily remove Umi's glare at Maki and accept the arrows that Eri and Nozomi picked up

"Thank you, I need to save and treasure this because it's all I ever have to protect us"

"Ericchi said that it was given by your Deity right?"

The blue haired girl hummed and return her arrows from where it belong. "Yes, I can't materialize my Bow and arrows now, so I can only use the arrows that our Deity gave to me back then and a normal bow, its only limited so I need to re-use them" She face Nozomi "My accuracy also weakened and I can't Strike a moving object unlike back then so I need Rin as a distraction and Eri's ability to improve my accuracy and Distract Rin's enemy when she's fighting head on head. Eri can play everything on someone's brain"

Umi explained not only for Nozomi but for all the chosen's

"You're asking me Nozomi back then how we survived, I guess I already answered you" Umi's gaze linger on Kotori's "Back then everything is easy because of Maki's full ability and strength, but right now we need to adjust" then Umi finally glared again at Maki "We need to cooperate together to save everyone not only ourselves, we can't tolerate your pride now Maki"

Maki flinched again because of what Umi said.

"C-calm down Umi-chan nya.." Rin tried to Calm Umi's nerves "Let's be glad that Maki-chan and Nico-chan is fine nya"

"Umi, Rin is right. There is a reasonable explanation behind this right Maki?" The blonde gently said

"Y-yes but…" Maki trailed off, she wanted to explain everything to them, she wanted to tell them everything that she was doing and was happening behind her co-contractors but she doesn't have enough time right now "I-it's a long story" she meekly said and unconsciously find Nico's hand to intertwine hers

Umi saw the unusual gesture of Maki and she might not look like it but Umi relaxed upon seeing this

"Can I trust you Maki?"

Maki simply nod and became lost when she saw that everyone was staring at their hands, she didn't let go of Nico's and fought her embarrassment, yet her fully reddened face betrayed her. She doesn't want to let go of Nico's hand, not until everything is already fine

"W-what?"

"Quiet bold of you Maki-chan~" Nozomi's playful voice was heard

"I-I don't know what you're talking about" Maki's tsundere mode turned on

"Maki" Umi was the one who interrupted "What are you planning to do right now?"

"I don't want to gamble but I need right now, I can't think of any plans"

"Let us hear it"

"Sure"


Furious footsteps, missed arrows that hits the ground, shrieking, groaning and blood was all could ever heard and see above and below of the high and tall building.

The tag game runs in a circle like this : Maki and Nico became a bait and tried to lure all of the hiding hellions that sided with Kuroki's plans, they run all throughout the alley and could only trust others behind her back and those were Umi and others, they were following the pair silently so the hellions wont found out their presence and will sneak into those who will appear whether in front or behind Maki with Umi making those hellions turn into ashes with the help of Eri's ability and Rin's agility and accuracy.

Yes they decided to play this tag game run in this manner until Kuroki shows herself and let Maki deal with her.

-And also hope that Maki's current ability didn't weakened yet immediately

Maki cannot deal with this girl back then even if she can for it will start a war between contractors and Hellions but right now, she could and she will for she cannot let a Yazawa die again, not to mention her precious raven haired human.

A single snap of fingers resonated and it was enough to turn the tables completely from the contractors.

Maki and Nico couldn't find the source and continue their role, but something isn't right. The hellions behind them are not cleared and they increased.

This made Maki nervous from her suspicion, first from the thought that Kuroki might be here already and second that she don't know what happened to her co-contractors and their chosen's.

And her theory was proven when they run towards the open field and was surrounded by the hellions who was running after them. The pair was outnumbered now and got their guards on.

The redhead contractor finally materialized her weapon without a second thought. This is their last resort, and this is the reason why they won't let Maki handle some hellions and save her energy.

Nico's saw everything in a slow motion.

As her contractor made her step back, extend her right hand, snaps her fingers, let some sort of energy gather on her hand and form a figure of Nagitana

It's been a long time since Maki materialized her weapon and she's feeling it with her hand. They were perfect like it was an extension of her body. She kissed the blade seductively and whispered some words

"Let's go and save Nico-chan"

Then it was swung towards the charging hellions and they were blew off with the strength of the air that Maki's swing produce, but Maki is hoping more than that

"Seems like my ability really weakened now" Maki unconsciously commented and Nico heard this

"You blew off the hellions by just swinging that and yet you could say that your abilities weakened?! How strong are you?!"

"I'm expecting them to die"

"You can't kill them by just doing that, at least kill them with the blade!"

"Well I thought I could because that's how I fight and kill back then" Maki was reflexively answering Nico's question with her guard still on "My blade never touched anyone before" Maki added while studying the hellions that she blew off " But I think it will right now"

The raven haired girl finally realized how strong her contractor is, and realized how weak Eri and others become. Maki just recently made a contract with her that's why her abilities is weakened a little but how about after a year or another year? It never crossed her mind what will happen to her friends

Nico was ejected on her thoughts when she saw and heard Maki walking towards the hellions and gracefully manuevering her weapon.

Screams and Blood

'Maki could do this' Nico thought as she saw Maki in such a distance hitting and killing a number of hellions in such a speed and such a graceful manner

But as time goes by Nico noted.

Maki's swings are getting slower and her breathing became ragged. She's also starting to miss some attack.

'This is getting bad' Maki thought for she also know that her ability is not the only one that weakened, but also her stamina.

"Stop"

All Hellions are halted from charging and Maki didn't know if she would feel glad or not. She steady her breathing while watching Kuroki with horror as she descend from the sky with her pure black wings

"I told you to capture Yazawa not kill Maki" Kuroki said menacingly and gesture her head towards Nico "Yazawa is right there, how dumb are you guys?!"

Kuroki finally planted her feet on the floor and Maki noticed another thing behind them there were another 6 hellions who were carrying Eri and others and their weapons are pointed towards them.

"What are you doing with Umi and Others?!" Maki shouted with an irritated voice

"Don't worry my sweet Maki-chan" Kuroki' voice shifted into a sweet one and Maki furrowed her eyebrows upon hearing this "I won't kill your friends, what I only want is Yazawa's head"

"Damn you Kuroki! Quit this already!"

"Maki-chan~ Watch your language, your Deity might get mad at you if he hear you curse"

Maki was completely silent when she heard this, she still respect their Deity but now she is doubting. Where is their Deity at times like this? Is this what Humans always felt?

"Go and get her" Kuroki sound authoritative and this ejected Maki from her thoughts.

Maki prepared to strike everyone but she loses her strength and watch Kuroki in horror when she walk towards Nico with a sinister smile.

But before she could run, all of the hellion charging towards her tackle her on the ground and she couldn't get out between the Pile of hellions

"Maki-chan!"

Maki managed to turn her head towards the source of the voice and there she saw Nozomi and other shouting her name indicating something that she couldn't comprehend until she felt that she was slowly getting eaten by the ground.

"Get off from me!" Maki shouted giving all of her strength just to remove herself from the pile of hellions

"No, you're going to the underworld together with us" A hellion said

Black oily like liquid was under them and it was swallowing all of them. Hellions above Maki was restraining all of her actions.

And before Maki could do anything she was swallowed by the ground and her world became black


Her friends was captured, their plan didn't succeed and her contractor was nowhere to be found

Raven haired girl was lost on everything that was happening, and she was deep in thoughts while still staring at the location where her contractor was swallowed.

Until she felt a single painful pound at her chest and it made her clutch it, after the pain reside she felt something new. Nico look at her two palms and stares at it for a while, she felt incomplete, half-empty her body was like finding something and she's trying to find out what she just lost.

"Oh it seems that your bond with My Maki was finally cutted"

Nico heard Kuroki and she turn to face her, for a few seconds her surrounding became blurred and somehow losing her balance, the raven haired girl tried to steady herself and when she succeeded she finally look at the Hellion behind all of these.

And was flabbergasted on what she saw.

The space behind Kuroki who was wearing a sinister smile was full of black shadows with a figure of persons and they look like they were lost and didn't know where to go.

Kuroki noticed Nico's surprised expression and become delighted

"You can finally see the wanderers?" the hellion laugh "Then that's good the bond is really broken now"

Nico twitch upon hearing what Kuroki had said and watch in horror as the wanderers noticed Nico and walk towards her. The raven haired girl took a step backward and lost her balance.

They are more frightening than she thought

Negative thoughts started to come again but she'd rather die by wanderers devouring all over her soul than being killed by this Hellion who is claiming Maki as hers.

She prepared herself, swallowed the lump on her throat and wait for a wanderer to take over her body

But Kuroki turned to face the upcoming wanderers and let out a black atmosphere on their surroundings, the wanderers knows their levels and started to keep distance between Kuroki and Nico.

Nico realize that Kuroki was powerful enough to keep those wanderer off from them

The hellion didn't remove the sly smile that she's having and slowly look again towards the raven haired girl

"Sorry but I can't let you have this girl's body because I want her to be dead using my own hands"

Every single words that Kuroki said brought a shiver to her spine.

Nico's supposed to feel happy that her mysterious pianist was already in front of her but she cant feel anything like that.

"A-are you the p-pianist on the music r-room?" she asked what she's been dying to know since she saw the hellion coming out from the music room

Kuroki become more delighted when she saw Nico's face "Yes its me." The hellion lied

The girl that always lift her spirit up and she adore so much was here to take her life.

She felt betrayed.

Nico tried to stand up but she her legs wont do what she wanted. Kuroki is getting entertained on the trembling Raven haired girl in front of her.

"Can't stand because of fear? Why won't you try to crawl?" Kuroki let a heartful laugh again

"W-what did you t-to Nishikino?!"Nico was stammering but she's dying to find out what happened to her contractor.

"Maki was currently in the underworld and she won't be able to return here without an aid of another Hellion because she's a contractor"

"What are you going to do to her?!"

"Seriously? You're getting worried on her instead on your current situation?! You're an Idiot" Kuroki finally took a step towards Nico "I don't know why Maki took an interest on you"

"W-what do you want?" Nico tried to keep a courageous façade "Why are you doing this?"

"Oh" the hellion let out a surprised voice "Maki didn't tell you yet?"

A silence came and Kuroki continued

"Then I'll do a story telling. You asked what I want" she made a wicked smile "I wanted to torture you emotionally" Kuroki walked toward Nico and lessen their distance "If you're going to asked, I've accomplished them already" Kuroki finally towered the raven haired girl on the ground "By killing all of your siblings and betraying you by playing those music for you"

Nico was rather surprise on the sudden confession, after all of these year she never thought that this hellion was the reason why her siblings died, that this hellion was the culprit on her siblings dead

She was enrage upon hearing this, she remembers her siblings face during their burial and the pain on her chest that day resurfaced. Tears are running down and she's biting her lower lips as it tremble from her hatred towards the certain hellion.

"And now what I want is your life" Kuroki's voice was gradually becoming venomous "I want your existence to be erased in this world"

"What did I do to you?!" Nico finally broke into tears and her shouts her hatred "What did my siblings have done to deserve all of those things?!"

"Nothing, you're siblings have done nothing"

"Then why did you kill them?!" Nico's voice was broken from crying but she paid no mind "If you want my life then you could take it without taking my siblings life!"

"I think you forgot what I said" The stare of Kuroki sharpen "I want to emotionally torture you before I kill you because you took my Maki away from me"

Nico fell silent and blood was staring to be seen on her lips

"So boring, I don't want to waste saliva by explaining everything to you" The certain Hellion extends her arms on her side preparing something "You're going to die anyway"

"I never took Nishikino away from you"

"Yes you did Yazawa" Kuroki finally materialized her weapon, it was a sword and its slim blade was different from the other hellions, it looks like it was hungrier for blood than the others "Now tell me Nico-chan" she swung its sharp blade and pointed it into Nico "What's the feeling of being about to be killed for the second time?"

Nico cant verbalized it because of her current situation but on her mind she already cursing her day. Her legs finally listen to her now and stood up from her current position to run but after taking a few step she felt that her foot was binded on the ground and she fell again

"That hurts" She groaned from pain and turn her head to see her feet. Shadows with a figure of hand were holding on her foot

She felt hopeless again, she's just a mere human and her contractor who's always at her side making her calm and reassured was nowhere to be found. Did she got too depended on Maki?

G-gods. P-please… Help me

"You can't escape from me" Kuroki gracefully walk were Nico have fallen "Resistance is futile"

N-nishikino…

Her blade emitted a black aura and it was raised, Nico stand up again but can't do anything but to stare at the Hellion who was about to hit her and wait for the blade of the sword to kill her.

Maki!

Nico closed her eyes shut when she saw Kuroki swing her blade towards her. She waited for the pain but it didn't come.

Instead a heartwarming feeling came and a familiar scent and heat envelope her, it made the raven haired girl open her eyes.

What she saw made her dumbfounded

All she could see was some white feathers falling and white graceful wings that belongs to her crimson haired girl contractor

-tainted with red liquid

'Blood'

Fear brought her down on knees and the raven haired girl was on ground. She was astonished, mouth slightly agape on what's happening in front of her

Her crimson haired girl contractor was hugging her like her life was dependent on it. The raven haired girl couldn't even hear Eli and other's shouting Maki's nor her name and she can't even feel how tight her contractor's hug on her

"H-hey"

Finally Nico felt Maki release her hug, leaned back a little and face her with a worried expression. She invade Nico's personal space yet Nico didn't mind it.

"Nico-chan"

Then she put both of her hands on Nico's cheeks to caress it and swipe Nico's tears

"Are you hurt?"

The crimson haired girl asked with a gentle voice. She doesn't care about her surrounding even what just happened on her

What she care about right now if Nico was hurt or not

Nico was too dumbfounded to reply and was dumbfounded when she learned how gentle Maki's voice was

"W-what..."

She trailed off, the raven haired girl was still at lost and this further deepened the furrowed eyebrow of the crimson haired girl

"What do you think you are doing?!" Nico finally manage to shout "Are you an Idiot?"

By her voice it was quite obvious that she's angry but the gentle caressing on her cheeks didn't stop

"Just answer me please"

There she is again, tugging Nico's heartstrings. Nico knows, she is angry on her contractor not because of the usual reason of being prideful but she's angry on Maki of what she did for her sake. The raven haired girl held tightly on her contractor's sleeves.

"I am unhurt. I thank you for that but you don't have to do that! You don't have to barge in just to protect me!"

And Nico knows that she's angry because someone was about to die again just because of her.

Maki wasn't shaken on how angry Nico is, instead she put her forehead into Nico's and look her directly on the eyes. The small distance between them didn't bother the two.

Also the intimacy of Maki towards her didn't bother her

"Finally" Maki replied with a relieved tired voice "I manage to save you on time"

Somehow Maki's voice contradict her expressions. Nico could see that her contractor was on the verge of tears.

Was it because of happiness?

"Or it is 'Finally I can say farewell to a Yazawa in time'"

The luscious voice came behind them and it belongs to the Hellion behind this, She didn't know how Maki got out from underworld but she didn't care anymore, she can't get Maki like this, might as well kill the two of them. She was still here and was standing proudly with a sword on her hand

A sword covered with her contractor's blood

Maki flinch when she heard the hellion's voice and tried to make Nico only look at her and focus on her

"Nico-chan listen"

Nico was about to look at the hellion but somehow Maki was successful on gaining Nico's attention, but her wavering voice didn't let Nico felt relieved

"No matter what happens, please…"

Maki was still trying to reassure the other girl by caressing Nico's cheek. And Nico could still see her contractors face in such close distance, her eyes close while saying something that she couldn't understand

"Don't hate me"

Her voice was still wavering and Nico noticed something

"I am the reason why your siblings died Nico"

The raven haired girl saw some tears running on her contractors cheeks and she was trying her best not to let those remaining tears to run down.

"I did everything I could yet I can't save them"

Maki was now trembling, because of preventing herself not to cry and the thought that Nico might actually hate her

"And I am also the reason why that hellion is after your life"

There was a minute of silence as her contractor's tearful eyes opened and met the raven's crimson. Nico was flabbergasted while she process another sudden information that she learned. There's so many question running on her head but Maki got her first before she could start asking the crimson haired girl

"It's because I fell in love with a human"

Maki's next word made Nico's mouth left agape

"And that human is you Nico"

There's too much information to take in, not to mention in this kind of situation, but she got the gist of it.

That Maki fell in love with her and because of that someone's after her life and her sibling's life

But why? Is that what Kuroki has been indicating?

Nico was about to question Maki but she saw the hellion towering on them now, the view of Kuroki holding a slim sword and eyes thirsty for blood drained Nico's blood on her body.

Maki didn't fail to notice that Nico suddenly leaned away and look up, she was looking at something behind her and her face tells everything. Add the shadow of someone behind her that looks like a person raising a sword.

Maki knows what will happens next and she's prepared on what's going to happened.

"Nico-chan"

She wanted to reassure the girl, she wanted to make the girl calm down.

"Everything will be all right"

Maki hugged again Nico, letting raven haired girl's head rest on her chest. She doesn't want Nico to see what's going happened and just waiting for the sword that's going kill them from behind

-and waiting for a miracle to happened

"Because our Deity is still with us"

A sinister laugh was heard

"Yes, your Deity was with you all throughout the tag game and he's just watching you. I'll guess that he's having fun watching his useless and bastard evicted being killed"

Kuroki was giggling now with the thought

"Add the fact that you- contractors are still hoping for your Deity's forgiveness"

Kuroki's words didn't help Nico to feel relieved. The raven haired girl was slowly dying inside, hoping that she won't say the words that she doesn't want to hear

"I'm sure that he'll even give me a reward for killing the two of you"

Then the raised sword was swung and blood filled the surrounding

Silence came over.

But something is different from what everyone expected to happened

"Hey guys are you fine?" Cheerful voice killed the silence and the spectator from afar who was captured by Kuroki's ally turn to face the source

It was an orange haired girl. A familiar friend of them. And she was standing beside them without fear

-with a number of beheaded head. She was holding them from its hair like it was nothing and she's wearing a smile that suits her personality.

The Hellions who were pointing their weapons towards Umi and other were already dumbfounded on what just happened and the image of the said orange haired girl brought fear to them

"K-Kousaka-sama!" They shriek and their weapon fell down from fear of seeing Honoka carrying a number of their co-hellions head.

"Yes?" Honoka questioned innocently

The hellions are not dumb, these hellions still treasure their lives. If Honoka is standing in front of them then it means that-

The Hellion loosen their hold on the contractors and their chosen then slowly took a step back to run away but what stop them was the figure of another hellions.

She's playing with the ends of her hair with a bored expression and the other one was giving her usual expressionless face. They were casually chatting as if there are no one in front of them

"Anju, hold some of these for me" Erena asked, she was gesturing the number of head that she's also holding towards the said girl

"I don't want to, they are disgusting" Anju insisted

"Tsubasa will get mad, you made Honoka carry the heads that you're supposed to be carrying"

"Honoka's stomach is strong, she can manage" Anju replied nonchalantly

"You'll regret it later" Erena sighed "If you don't want to hold these head could you just do those hellions? My hand are full "she tilted her head towards the afraid hellions and Anju face them with a fake surprised expression

"Oh, the lost kittens are here" Anju finally smiled, she rather kill than hold the disgusting heads "still getting ordered around by Kuroki?"

The Hellion finally run toward the opposite direction to escape but is was futile. Anju take a step forward and the ground shaken making the hellion lose their balance and kneel on the ground. It was perfect for Anju as she slice through the air using her hand and the six hellions was suddenly beheaded. Anju snap a finger and the body immediately burn leaving only ashes and their head.

"Uhhhmmmm… Don't tell me Anju-san, I'm going to carry those heads again?" Honoka asked and she was making a troubled face right now

"I'm done with my job so do yours"

Erena internally face-palmed

Eri and others saw everything and let out a surprised but relieved voice

"Honoka!"

"Honoka-chan!"

Orange Haired girl turned to face them and glee from seeing them fine. Kotori tackle hug her and the other surrounded Honoka. While Umi and Eri face Anju and Erena to give their gratitude

"Honoka-chan" Kotori called with her chirpy voice "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here because Tsubasa brought me here" Everyone noticed how cheerful Honoka is when they talked about Tsubasa.

They find the said contractor and there she was on the open field together with Maki, Nico and specially Kuroki.

The blood that filled the surroundings wasn't from Maki but from Kuroki.

The Mediator was standing behind Kuroki as she hold the hellion's head, she was only standing there while blood was coming all over Kuroki's body.

Kuroki can almost feel her heart and pulse all over her body pounding. Her raised sword fell on the ground and the pair heard this. Maki and Nico got curious and turned.

Kuroki's Nose, Eyes, Ears, mouth, Skin

Blood were coming out on every place where it can come out. The hellions look likes she's bathing with her own blood. Maki was starting to lose her consciousness and can't see Tsubasa's expression yet upon hearing Tsubasa's next words, she knows that the mediator and her co-contractor was enrage

"Time to end this Kuroki" Tsubasa said with a murderous voice "We had enough of you"

"T-tsubasa…" Kuroki's voice immediately shifted into honest tone, fear was visible on her face and voice "Can't we talk about th-"

Tsubasa didn't let Kuroki finish what she's about to say, Her eyes constricted as she concentrated on what she's about to do. Kuroki's body finally exploded and started to rain with blood. The flesh of Kuroki was set ablaze by Tsubasa with her blue flames and Honoka's contractor turned to face the pair, her face shifted into a gentle one

What Maki saw and heard gave her a wave of relief.

"Everything is fine now"

Then she lose her consciousness.


Hiya guythsss, it's been how many months now and I missed writing.

I'm really thankful on those who reviewed, fav'ed and followed this story. It never cease to make me happy

I want to sincerely apologize that it took 5 months? Am I right? To finished this chapter. To be honest I'm not good at writing this kind of chapter, I'm talking about the action scenes. (Did it look like an action to you guys? Haha) and I also wanted to apologize on some mistake that hurts your eyes, I'm forgot how I used to write and I'm trying to remember it.

Sad to say that this will be the last chapter of this Story that's why I make this too long, Intern's responsibilities are haunting me and I hope you understand.

For all of the Filipino Love Liver during the concert I really had a blast of fun! I'm sitting at K16 on Day 1 and K17 on Day2 at Megamall, Yes I'm at the Last Live and Fan screaming during Jolks moments.

So that's it, did you guys miss my blabbering? Haha Don't worry It will be my last.

I'll stop now and present to you the 'Epilogue' *Cheshire Grins


White Ceiling and it was different from the ceiling of her chosen's room, it's the first thing that she saw after waking up, unfamiliar ceiling with a familiar scent. She knows, she was at the hospital.

She tiredly scanned her surroundings, she's alone on the room and noticed that she's at the same room where Nico was confined.

Nico-chan

She conjure up everything that happened, that someone help her to get out from underworld yet Maki couldn't decipher its face.

"I-is…"Maki voice were hoarse "Is that Tsubasa?"

By mentioning the mediators name she remembered that Kuroki was gone now and she saw it with her own two eyes.

She saw how Tsubasa killed brutally the Hellion.

She felt relieved now, Nico was safe now but something is still bothering her.

She stared again on the ceiling as she tried to find out what she forgot.

And what she lost.

Maki felt that something was missing, she felt incomplete, Half-empty and then it finally came to her.

Her bond with Nico was broken when she was taken in the underworld. The thought of her raven haired girl chosen being devoured by the wanderers gave her an adrenaline rush.

She quickly stand from her bed using her stiffened muscles that she haven't used for days and felt pain all throughout her body. Especially on her back where Kuroki had slashed her when she protected Nico.

The red headed contractor fell on the ground with her knee first and groan when her pain aggravated. She slowly and cautiously raised her body up into a quadruped position and stare at the cold tiles beneath her as she tried to steady her breathing and calm down to at least lessen the pain.

Maki is getting frustrated and it made her bite her lower lips, her body won't do what she wanted. She never felt so weak before

She needed to see her raven haired girl human, she needed to see her chosen. Nico's going to be alright now, and she won't allow that a mere wanderer will be the reason of her losing Nico.

The red head doesn't care if Nico will loathe her after what just happened and what she learned but she need to see Nico's grumpy face again, she needed Nico's retorts, she needed Nico's cheerful voice, she needed Nico's cooking, she needed Nico's smile.

She needed everything about her chosen

Wrong.

She needed Nico.

"Nishikino?"

Maki twitched and ejected on her thoughts when she heard a familiar voice, she slowly tilted her head to face the owner and a wave of relief came to her.

"What are you doing?!"

The girl on the floor saw her chosen, she was at the bathroom's door, just got off from the bath, and her hair was untied and still damped. Maki could vividly see the worried expression of Nico

"You could just call me, someone or wait for someone to arrive"

She was too surprised that everything becomes so slow at her. She can't hear what Nico was saying but she can see that Nico was hurrying over her side.

She scanned Nico's body. There's not even a single scratched on her body

She can't believe that Nico is really safe now.

"Hey are you okay? Are you Hurt?"

Nico kneeled beside Maki, she wanted to assist the crimson haired girl but she's afraid that she could touch something that might aggravate Maki's pain.

And Maki could only stare at the nervous and worried raven haired chosen.

Maki will surely treasure this moment. If Maki could stare at Nico forever.

"N-Nishikino! Speak up. You're making me worried here"

Her surrounding now are starting to get blurred.

-Get blurred from the tears that's forming on her eyes

And before Nico could stand up and call a nurse. Nico saw Maki tiredly hanged her head and her face still giving a shocked expression.

"Nishikino?"

Tears now started to flood on her eyes and Maki let them fall on the tiles.

"Thank…"

She cant form any sentence, her shoulders are trembling and she was too overwhelm on Nico being safe.

"Thank you"

Nico saw this and it pulled her heartstrings again. Nico knows, Maki is being grateful at their Deity.

Maki was trying not to let the remaining tears run down at her face and Nico couldn't stand doing nothing when her contractor let her show her vulnerable state.

She leaned forward and made Maki sit up, then she slowly hug the crimson haired gently.

She rest Maki's head on her chest while hugging her, she wanted to reassure her.

Just like what Maki have done that day.

"Nishikino, everything's fine now, everything's gonna be fine now"

Nico whispered affectionately.

"Cause our Deity have heard your tears from years that passed"

Nico started caressing Maki's hair while giving a smile.

"Don't worry I wont hate you"

Maki stiffened and Nico felt this, she tightened her hug on Maki

"Because knowing you, I know you've tried your best to save my siblings and I trust you"

She further burrowed her head into Nico's chest and cling behind her chosen's shirt to hug her.

Maki's stiff and trembling shoulders finally relaxed. The feelings that was bottled up and the happiness that she having right now, overpowered her.

She burst out into tears and she was sobbing now

While Nico affectionately kissed her temple.

Maki never felt so grateful from their Deity before.


Belated April's Fools!

Did you guys almost got disappointed on this story? Forgive me Haha

If you guys really got disappointed on this chapter feel free to leave some reviews. it will be appreciated.

So see you shippers on next chapter. Don't worry it won't take another 5 mos.

The following chapter will focused on the character's development specially NicoMaki and of course there will be NozoEli, one of my favorite pair.

Ciao~


OMAKE:

"Tsubasa!"

The mediator heard a cheerful voice and was surprise to see Honoka running towards them

Tsubasa became cheerful upon seeing her chosen but when she saw Honoka carrying some heads, it made her eyebrows twitched, she face Anju and Erena who was walking behind Honoka.

"Anju" Tsubasa's murderous voice and aura from earlier returned "Why is Honoka the one who is carrying the heads"

Anju stopped from walking and became tensed. Tsubasa continued

"If my memory serves me right, I told you and Erena to hold those head for me and don't let my chosen carry even a single head"

Erena was giving her neutral expression while watching her two friends' converse, Anju was trembling now out of fear and Tsubasa the mediator was getting overly protective again with her chosen.

She internally face palmed again, how come she became friends with these two, who would thought that Tsubasa will change into a different person when she fell in love.

"There's some reason behind these Tsubasa!" Anju tried to lie

"I've known you for years Anju, I told you not to mess with my chos-"

"Tsubasa" Honoka interrupted and she hug her contractor "its okay"

"No" Tsubasa insisted, she's mad "Anju will take her punishment"

Anju was taken aback and trembled. Honoka saw Anju and sighed, her contractor is getting protective again.

If hugging Tsubasa can't calm her nerves down then she need do her last resort

"Tsubasa" Honoka called happily but the mediator was busy glaring at Anju. She can't help herself to see her lover cute when she's getting over-protective " .sa." Honoka called again childishly

"Is something wrong?" Finally her lover responded not leaving her gaze on Anju

Honoka took this opportunity. She leaned forward and kissed Tsubasa on her cheek.

And then whispered

"Tsubasa I love you"

The mediator was flabbergasted on what Honoka just did. She face her lover and she's wearing a giddy smile

It was contagious

"Hmmm.." Tsubasa hummed, it was a sound of contentment "I love you too"

Kousaka Honoka was successful on calming the storm