Chapter 2

Forbidden feelings…

"Just shut the hell up, both of you" Maemi glared at Makoto and Kiyoshi who were argueing like second graders.

"That's no way to talk to a lieutenant" Kiyoshi hit Maemi on the back of the head.

'What a great way to ruin a day' Maemi thought as she walked on the roof of her squad house

It was a great day, well kind of like any other day. The sky was blue, the wind felt great, there were birds and butterflies flying around here and there, and the best of all; there were no signs of demons appearing. Since Halicity was the boundary between hell and earth, the demons appear in Halicity before they can get to earth and it's rare that they ever do get to earth.

Maemi walked along side Keigo while Makoto and Kiyoshi argued and Mamoru tried to stop them. Although their pity arguments were annoying, Maemi enjoyed the time she spent with them. It's like her past never happened and even though she's only been with them for a month, she felt like she knew them forever. But that's just it. She hated herself for feeling this way, she promised she never would.

Keigo stared far away. He was thinking about what he was doing and why he was doing it. He felt like he lost himself. He jumped to the other side of the room and motioned the others to follow.

There was a big open area and all of squad 1 members were training. There was about 100 people there, all fighting and practicing magic. They were all wearing the exact same thing: black baggy pants and black tank top. Keigo jumped down from the roof and gave instructions. Maemi and the others stayed on the roof.

"Today is so boring!" Makoto grunted as he sat down on the roof

"Why? I think it's a wonderful day" Maemi smiled and stretched to reach the butterfly that was flying

"I want to kick some demon ass! I can't just walk around for hours"

"It's good that demons aren't here," Maemi argued

"Sure it's good but it's fun to kill those bastards" Makoto smiled. He really did love violence. He never uses magic although he can. He prefers to 'kick their ass'

Mamoru put on a face of disgust. He didn't like demons and he didn't' like violence at all. He wanted to protect humans and avoid violence as best as he can

Maemi watched Keigo as he helped the other members how to produce lightning with the snap of your finger. He showed a demonstration. The cloud got dark and lightning came down and hit the roof right next to Makoto. Makoto stood strait up and hid behind Maemi. Everyone laughed.

"What the hell d'you do that for?" Makoto shouted down.

Keigo ignored his question and went back to the other members.

The sky cleared up and it was beautiful again. Maemi laughed so hard that she stepped off the roof. She fell fast to the ground and before she could react Keigo caught her.

"You sure do some reckless things," Keigo smiled and put her down. "Are you ok?"

"Yea, sorry" Maemi blushed "we'll be goin ahead captain Keigo" Maemi turned around to hide her rose-colored cheeks and jumped high on to the roof.

Too many things were going through her mind and she couldn't' understand her feelings… that wasn't true… she knew exactly what it was but it was forbidden. She couldn't feel that way… she shouldn't and she promised she wouldn't.

Maemi and the others headed off to patrol. Keigo stared up at the roof even though he couldn't' see Maemi anymore but he could still feel her presence. He could imagine the smile she as on her face and hear her laughter. He didn't' accept his feelings, he shouldn't but he cant do this for long. How many times has he tried so hard not to embrace her? Not to kiss her? It was forbidden, there was nothing he could do about that.

Some of the girls called his name for the millionth time and Keigo finally snapped out of his gaze. He returned to teaching the others.

The day was going by nicely or so Maemi thought but a demon had appeared. She had killed him with one shot of her ice blast then kicked him into tiny pieces. She didn't have a scratch on her body.

Their patrols were finished now and Maemi was out side of her room in the hallway by the railing looking out side. Keigo was still out.

'Well today was something' Maemi thought as she held out her hand to let a bird land on it. She petted the bird and the bird chirped. She was always good with animals.

"What are you doing?" a familiar voice called from behind.

The bird flew away off of Maemi's hand. She turned around to face captain Keigo who had a mischievous smile on his face. In an instant images of what happened earlier came back to her mind and she blushed. 'He's probably going to tease me' Maemi thought and looked up to face him.

"Did you hurt yourself?" Keigo asked

"No, I'm fine" Maemi answered. 'He's not gonna make fun of me? I was so sure he would'

"How did the patrol go?"

"Oh it was ok… I didn't get a scratch!" Maemi said proudly

"Well that's good. I'm sorry I couldn't go"

"It can't be helped. You're a popular captain, everyone loves you. There's nothing you can do about that"

The smile on Keigo's face disappeared. "Everyone loves me… but the one person I love… can't…" Keigo looked at Maemi with a hurt look. He couldn't do this. He loved her so much… he's only known her for a month but in those months he's come to love her so much.

Maemi blushed at the sight of Keigo's pained expression. She didn't catch the last thing he said. She watched as Keigo slowly stepped closer to her and embraced her. No one was in the hallway except for them but even if there were, they wouldn't have noticed.

"I love you" Keigo whispered in Maemi's ear. There was no turning back now. He's already told her. He's already made the mistake and did the one thing that he shouldn't have done. He can't take it back now. His heart was pounding. Was he going to get rejected? What was going through her mind right now? He was sure that she could feel his heart pounding against hers and her heart was also pounding against his…

'He… he just…' a tear rolled down Maemi's cheek. Something that she wanted to hear so badly was said to her and yet she wasn't happy at all… she was confused… she wanted to say it back, she wanted to embrace him just like he is doing with her but… she can't… she promised…. She clinched her fist and with the last once of power she could find in her body she shoved Keigo back. "I'm sorry…" with tears flowing out of her face she jumped up and disappeared into the sky… 'I'm sorry captain Keigo… I'm so sorry…'

Keigo stared into the dark sky that Maemi went into. There were millions of stars in the sky that was beautiful but it didn't look beautiful to him at all. "Damnit" he clinched his fist and punched the railing.

Things were gonna change….