Okay, here is the next chapter. Yes this story is winding down and will probably only be about 13 chapters long. I know that seems short, but all the chapters are going to be longer than normal from now on. Oh, and check out my newest fic, Overwhelming Darkness.

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Episode 9: The Devil Awakens

Sora sat in his last period, anxiously awaiting the end of the day. It had been a very dull day today, but Sora had business to attend to today. He had to follow Kairi and Riku that afternoon when they went on a big date. It was Friday, so Sora didn't have to be home right after school. He had been training extra hard everyday in preparation for this day. He had learned most of the essential powers to stalking. He had learned to fly perfectly, move huge objects with little to no strength and turn invisible. There were some other minor powers, but Sora felt confident in his abilities.

The bell rang soon enough and Sora found himself rushing down the hallway in an effort to get his stuff before Riku and Kairi left. Once he had secured everything he needed for homework that weekend, he darted behind the temporary buildings and brought forth his wings. He turned invisible and leapt into the air. He flapped his wings and swooped back and forth for a moment to get the feeling. Once he was warmed up, Sora headed down towards the football field. Riku and Kairi always meet here before they walked home with each other. Sora swooped down and landed in the middle of the stands. He saw Kairi sitting a few benches down and found himself wanting to tell Kairi that he had returned. But common sense held him back and he began to wait.

Riku arrived about ten minutes later and together he and Kairi began walking home. It was a fairly simple date. First they would drop off his and Kairi's stuff at her house and then they'd go see a movie or something.

Little did Riku know Sora knew all about him being a demon. Sora was fully aware of Riku's plan and wouldn't allow the demon to do anything to harm Kairi. What made things easier for Sora was that Riku didn't know that Sora had reawakened as an angel yet. He still thought Sora was a puny human who had no power to stop him.

But despite the fact that Sora was watching over Kairi, it made no difference. Riku didn't try anything suspicious and Sora found himself to be wasting his time. The demon obviously had something planned or else he would have tried to hurt Kairi by now. Something must have been preventing him from revealing who he was just yet.

Just as Riku and Kairi went into Riku's house, Sora felt himself losing strength.

"Ugh, the disease! What timing!" Sora thought clutching his head as the pain intensified.

Sora was losing control of his angel powers and retreated back to his house. Just as he entered his room the disease awoke in full effect and forced Sora onto the ground. It drank his strength and ate away at his unprotected organs, making Sora cough up blood onto the floor. Sora struggled to reach his bed, but didn't have the strength to move an inch. He sat there, unable to cry out in pain.

When Sora awoke the next day, he felt better than he had the day before.

"Damn virus," Sora said pulling on some clothes.

The virus that infected Sora had the tendency to appear when Sora was using more than one angel power at the same time. Whenever Sora used up too much energy the virus caught him again. It was inconvenient, but Sora had to learn to work with what he had.
"I wonder what happened to Riku and Kairi last night?" Sora thought.

He stretched and looked out his window.

End

Sorry about the Cliffhanger! I just had to leave It there. Yep, that is the last short chapter in this story I think. The next few chapters will be the longest since this story is starting to wind down. Review and please check out my Overwhelming Darkness story.