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I've lost the dawn

Sunlight's gone

Left this dismal grave


Everything was back to normal, except for the presence of Samael into 201 Villa Rosa.

Three days ago, after the fight between Maou, Ashiya, Emi and Samael and the intervention of Urushihara, everything went back to the way it was before the red-haired arrived in Tokyo. It was like the entire world except the five of them had gone back in time. Urushihara kept saying it was one of Samael's power, but the others wouldn't really believe him and Samael wasn't in the state of confirming it, anyway.

Since they had brought her with them after the mysterious time-travel, she had been sitting in a corner, arms hugging her knees and had been staring soullessly into space. She hadn't spoken, eaten, drunk, moved nor slept.

They had tried to get a reaction out of her, they had even brought Suzuno over –which had turned out to be a very bad idea because she tried to kill Samael–, but nothing they could do seemed to wake her up.

The demons were patient, but the humans and especially Emi quickly reached their limits.

"Okay, that's enough."

At the end of the fourth day, the Hero snapped. She stood in front of Samael, hands on her hips and an angry sparkle in her eyes.

"You think I'm going to buy that, huh ? You think playing guilty will work ?"

"Hey Emi, I don't think it's the right way to-"

"Oh shut it, Devil King ! I've had enough of her bullshit ! She doesn't feel the slightest bit of guilt, I know it ! Even back in Ente Isla she already loved destroying lives, why would it be any different now ! She's just a miserable mons-"

"Enough !"

Urushihara stood behind them, hands clenched in fists and eyes throwing daggers.

"Don't speak of her like that, like she's not even here."

He stood tall despite his small height, his voice low and dangerous a glimpse of the Demon General he used to be. Emi, however, didn't back down.

"I speak to a murderer the way I want to. And in case you haven't noticed, she's not here !"

She pointed Samael, who still hadn't moved, angrily.

"Look at her, Lucifer ! She's long gone ! She doesn't respond to anything, she has been staring into space for four days ! She's no dumb, she perfectly knows what happens to a human if they don't eat, drink or sleep ! What do you think she's trying to do ?! She's too coward to face her mistakes ! Like I said, she's just a miserable monster !"

"Shut up."

These two simple words softly spoken stopped Emi dead in her tracks. Anger was no longer shining in Urushihara's eyes, and his now sad gaze was fixed on Samael.

A single and lonely tear rolled down her cheek and fell on the floor.

Maou and Ashiya, mere spectators to the scene, exchanged a look. Urushihara turned his gaze back on Emi and moved in front of Samael, like he wanted to protect her from the Hero's harsh words.

" Just because she doesn't respond doesn't mean she can't hear you. She's trying to cope with everything and you insulting her won't be of any help."

"And you think I ca-"

" Emilia."

Ashiya spoke up calmly, but his tone let no room for protestation.

"Samael used to be a trusted and respected Lieutenant of our army, and therefore is under our responsibility. I know that we involved you in this, but Samael's state and whereabouts no longer concern you."

"What ?! How does it not concern me ? Even if it's somehow all gone now, she killed those people willingly ! She destroyed Shinjuku on purpose ! She was trying to kill us and enjoyed it ! She always did !"

Urushihara looked at Samael, still unresponsive.

"She thought you killed me." he said softly.

"What ?"

Emi shot the fallen angel a death glare. He turned back toward her, more confident.

"She came here and tried to kill you because she thought you killed me, that's what the monody was about four days ago it was a tribute for me. She also tried to kill Maou because he sent me in the west to die and tried to kill Ashiya probably just for the sake of it."

"And that's supposed to make me feel better ?!"

" No."

Urushihara Hanzo, who looked and acted like a teenager and who never seemed to care about anything couldn't look more mature and caring. A wisdom no one would suspect he had reflected in his purple eyes.

" But you're supposed to understand how it feels to lose the person you love and care about most."

This sentence alone was enough to silence Emi.

"You're supposed to know the crushing sorrow you feel at first that quickly turn into burning hatred and a yearning for revenge."

He sighed, and within nanoseconds, he was back to his old self.

"Dude, too much feels and serious stuff. Just leave her alone, okay ?"

He sat in front of his laptop, leaving Emi borderline surprised and borderline angry with Urushihara's lecture. Ashiya stood there confused as can be, and Maou, who had witnessed the entire scene without a word, expressed his confusion out loud :

"What in Hell just happened ?"


And that's all for chapter 8, thank you for reading ! Samael isn't doing so good, but at least she stopped killing everyone ; I guess that's an improvement. Again, feel free to leave a review !

Until next time, take care guys and see you next week !