Hey! over 2000 views already! I never thought it would get this far! Thank you, everybody! Also, I was planning a few things in this chapter, so when Kanade and Otonashi head back to the restaurant, it's not boring dialogue, and I didn't want to really do a time skip. Hope you all enjoy! May contain some creepy stuff, btw, thought I'd let you know...

I smiled down at Kanade as we walked out of the hospital, carrying the new medicines. She looked back up and returned it, blushing a bit.

"Kanade," I said, catching her attention. "I-I was really worried about you there, earlier." I said, walking, still looking down at her.

She had seemed at a lack for words, and I could see a light pink dust her cheeks. "Thank you"

That was all she said, a silent thank you. Maybe I had said something I shouldn't have. It was probably because she wasn't used to all this attention. Even in the afterlife, she was silent and humble. She had no real friends, they had all left on a journey to their next lives. I felt a pang of guilt hit my stomach.

I could feel Kanade reach over and squeeze my hand, reassuringly to let me know it was all right. I smiled down at her for a second time, and she had turned her head to simply nod back, except that something was off. This wasn't normal for her, ever since the hospital visit, she seemed a little off.

What on Earth could be causing this?

But then A thought had hit me, more of a memory from the After Life, but it could have something to do with it.

*Thought*

I remember it was me, Yui, and Yurippe, and we were heading down to go help Kanade. She had activated her so-called 'Guard Skill' in means to simply cut up a giant fish that was caught hours earlier and made into a soup, with the help of Matsushita the fifth, who was an excellent cook. I remember all of the clones that we had come across. We lost everyone else, due to the coppies. They acted much faster then the normal Guard Skill that Kanade had, the only real different feature of Kanade they had different were red eyes. But they were also attacking clones, not defending ones. This made them more lethal. However, in the end, we had gotten Kanade back to normal, and the clones had vanished back to wherever they came from.

Maybe this is what was wrong with her, did she have her Guard Skill? Maybe it was acting up because she had gotten sick, causing her to act a bit off. It could be

*Thought End*

I smiled, down at Kanade again, and at this point, we could see the restaurant coming into view.

Kanade had turned her head, smiling back at me except something was different about her. W

When she had turned to face me, her eyes were a bright red- orange color, like the clones. She also had pitch black hair, along with a long scar marring her right cheek under her eye, apparently it had been re-opened, since there was a bright red liquid against her skin. Her skin, which had an unhealthy glow, as if it had never touched the sun, and it was easy to see through to her veins.

I jumped back at the sudden change, frightened by a demon rather than the angel Kanade was.

"What's wrong?" she asked, and I was able to notice her voice wasn't her's but it had a menacing ring to it, rather than the submissive voice of Kanade.

What's going on?! What's wrong with Kanade? I placed my hands over my ears to block the sound out, but I could still hear it ringing in my head.

At this point, I had fallen to my knees with the torment of the voice, the sound like the feel of nails on a chalk board. I could feel those eyed bore into my skin, getting goosebumps as it felt like my skin was tearing apart just by those eyes.

"Yuzuru?" Came a voice, except this time it was different. It was Kanade's voice. She had placed a hand into my hair, in an attempt to calm me down, standing over me.

I had turned my head to look up at Kanade, who was staring back down at me, her skin was normal, her eyes, her hair, and the scar, all the previous features were gone, replaced by the normal Kanade I knew.

Did I just imagine the whole thing?! It seemed so real though...

I rubbed my eyes a couple of times, reaching over hugging Kanade, while she still had her hand in my hair.

"Yuzuru," she said "if you don't feel good, I could carry you back."

I shook my head, knowing that she was dead serious about it. I quickly stood up, her hand now falling onto my shoulder, due to our height difference.

She took her hand away from my shoulder, looking up at me. "Are you sure?"

I nodded again, smiling "Yeah, I'm sure"

It must have been an illusion, after all, Kanade couldn't change into a beast so quickly. However, something told me otherwise, whether it be intuition or not, I could tell something was up.

I grabbed Kanade's hand as we made it the rest of the way back, walking into the restaurant.

"Welcome back!" I heard a voice, turning to where it came from, concluding that it was Hinata

I smiled at him "Hey!"

"Were're just about done eating, you two should join us" He said, smiling.

Looking down at Kanade, she had nodded, walking over to sit at a long table, Hinata, Yui and Ooyama on one side, Yurippe and Noda on the other, and I could see Ooyama sitting on the other side of Hinata. I had stopped and decided to take a seat by Yurippe, who had just finished up, and looked like she was thinking of a plan, her head tipped to the side.

Kanade had taken out the note in the paper bag the nurse gave us. Yurippe had to take three different medicines, one a pain killer, one to help her wounds heal a bit faster, and the third to make it easier to sleep. Kanade had slipped all the bottles out, handing Yurippe the note.

"Oh?" she stated as she read the note "Man, what a pain..." She had taken the assigned medicine after putting some water in her mouth, making it easier to swallow the pills.

"Hey yurippe?" I heard Hinata ask

"Uh, yeah?" she said, waiting for the question.

"Umm, how come you were in the hospital to begin with?" He asked, looking over at her.

Yurippe froze a bit, quieting down, her face hidden in her long hair, her voice taking on a different tone than it usually would. "You see, Hinata, I was shot"

Okay, gonna end it there, hope you all enjoyed, and see you in the next chapter. Thank you for reading!