Heey! How are you, beauty people? Not wanting to kill me, I hope, specially knowing that I've dove this chapter something like 3 days ago hehe. But here it is, aaand, I guess this is the chapter that start what I really wanted to do. Yes, until now, nothing of this was part of my original idea (which changed a bit, by the way), I was just... Getting to the point. And, we still don't have much action yet, but next chapter will be different.
[Shiemi's POV]
How could that happen?
All happened so fast... I can't believe it is really true. That is just so bad! Everyone is so sad... Rin might be the one most affected, but he's always really emotive... Well, but in some way, Ryuji-kun also reacted really bad about the latest events.
What a shame... How could something so good became so dark? I feel like everything had turned upside down. The festival...
The festival was amazing, even though I had double work to do(in the haunted house and delivering flowers), I had such a good time! So many stalls with games, food, that beautiful and magic illumination and decoration... And so many people! Some students were working as shopkeepers, participating of attractions or simple walking around among many other people, but all of them were clearly so happy.
Just that made me feel good, but something unexpected happen, and it turned everything even better. While delivering some flowers, I heard someone calling me. Was Rin. We wasn't really talking with each other lately, but that time we did, and this made me so happy! And then, caching me by surprise, he asked: "Shiemi, dance with me". My eyes widened and I felt my cheeks heat. What is that all of sudden? I thought he was mad at me, and it's great that he isn't anymore, but why this fast change of behaviour?
And then, he took my hand and ran. We ran through the people, who stared at us as we passed, but that didn't bother me, because it was really true, Rin really wanted to invite me... He took me to somewhere less crowded, and at that moment, I wasn't astonished anymore, I was smiling. "Rin..". His soft expression lightened even more, and his face got pink as he awkwardly took my hand, just before we dance.
I was filled with joy. Lately, I was completely confused, but now, it couldn't feel righter. That moment really could least forever.
But sadly it had to end...
... In... Such a terrible way.
• • •
2 DAYS BEFORE – ONE DAY FOR THE FESTIVAL
[Shura's POV]
"Uh..." What was I supposed to say? Damn, I'm too tired. Stupid clown making me wake up early... Oh, yeah, "During the festival, a huge crowd of tourists will rush in, so, from today until the school festival ends, we have increased the number of patrolling staff!"
"Um..." An elder man in the group of exorcists right in front of me raised his hand, "While we're on that subject, have we investigated the cause?"
"Not yet. We're still investigating it!". Some in the group got quiet, but most of them started to argue. I can't blame them, I'm also not very comfortable with the situation... But I also can't let them be too concerned about it right now... "HEY. I guess there are also things for us to understand, but now, shut up and get to work! Thats all. Break into your groups!"
"Huh?! How is it? Have you accomplished much in being like a female ninja?". Oh, great. And to top it off, I still have to listen to that bald head.
"Mephisto personally appointed me as the 'captain of the special patrol squad' during the school festival! I'm too busy to even hide myself!", after this, I stopped yelling at him and, after recalling yesterday's events, added "Besides, we don't even have more concrete evidence, so we can't make a move. Seriously, I'll get killed..."
I have already been suspecting of Takara Nemu, and yesterday I got the confirmation that he is a spy. Mephisto's spy, to be more precise. And to make this better, Mephisto also threatened me, now, I better get away from Takara, or he'd kill me himself... I can't picture yet how someone dressed in such a way could do it, but I'm not dumb, I'm very aware of how dangerous he is...
"Then I have good news for you", Angel's annoying voice took me off my thoughts, and what he said next panicked me, "We've tracked down a spy"
"What?"
"We're going to question him from now on. I'll give you more instructions as soon as I find anything. Until then, be the captain"
And the call ended.
Bastards, when we need results they find nothing, when my life depends on their incompetence they do something? You've gotta be kidding me!
Ok, calm down. There are more spies, maybe it's an other one. Yes... I don't think Takara had been caught, he's just a boy, they wouldn't suspect of him so easily, especially without interacting with him... Right, I'm might not be dead, yet.
• • •
[Mitsuko's POV]
I was laying in my bed looking at the ceiling extremely bored. No, actually I was just too lazy to go and do my homework. And I was like this for something like 20 minutes already when Sumiko called me. "Seriously? You're going to waste your time in such a way?". It took me some seconds to lazily turn my head to her direction and simply stare at her expressionless. She rolled her eyes and threw the book that was reading away as she sank her head in the pillow.
"What do you want to do?", I reluctantly asked.
"Dunno. Let's figure something out"
I rolled over till fall from the bed over my knees. I got up and walked towards the window while Sumiko mumbled something like 'what the hell are you doing?'.
"Why there are so many people out there?"
She rose her head from the pillow and stared at me with narrowed eyes. "Really? In what world do you live? They started this morning to organize the stuff for the festival"
"Oh", I remember we talking about that. Actually, everyone was talking about that. How could I forget? "I didn't leave the dorm today yet"
"You didn't leave the bed today"
"Shut up and come here. Let's do something (By the way, I just left the bed)"
"Going"
Some minutes later, after getting dressed and fighting my hair, we left the dorm and wandered through the students. I felt a lazy idiot after seeing them working.
"Hey, Mitsuko-san!"
"Uhm?". I looked a bit confused at the direction that I heard someone calling me. "Oh, hi Moriyama-san"
"(You can call me Shiemi) Look, we are working on a haunted house"
"Yeah, and I'm seeing you will be the..."
"Mountain witch"
"Yes... Oh, by the way, this is Sumiko. Shiemi, Sumiko. Sumiko, Shiemi. And over there...", I said pointing the girl painting a poster, "Is Paku", they greeted each other.
"So... What are you going to do?", asked Shiemi, shyly.
"Well, my class is in charge of light foods, so I guess I will work there, I don't have a proper excuse to pass it..."
"It might be fun!"
"Maybe...", I said, not really excited.
"Hey, look there, it's Izumo!". I spotted the purple haired girl talking to Paku as Shiemi walked toward them, appearing behind Paku. Izumo was startled in the moment she saw the 'mountain witch', while the other girl just got a bit surprised as the blond yelled "The planetarium's great". They had a short talk and Izumo left pissed of with Shiemi. As usual.
"I feel sorry for her. She is so innocent that doesn't realizes that her kindness enrages Izumo"
"What's up with her?", Sumiku asks me with a sign of annoyance in her voice.
"I feel like she tries to push everyone away(Paku may be an exception), I mean, sometimes she is really smug, but that can also be just a facade..."
"Well, I don't think so, there is no excuse to be mean with her"
"Yes...". We walked towards Shiemi and Paku, reaching in time to hear Paku almost yelling at the blond girl, which is pretty unusual, at least.
"Didn't Okumura-kun invite you?!"
"Uhm? No. But that time at lunch, we talked about Yuki-chan, that he's so tired lately that inviting him might be a good idea. Rin acted pretty weirdly though..."
"Maybe he wanted to invite you but couldn't say?", Paku pointed.
"Really? I had thought that if he invited someone it would be Mitsuko"
My eyes widen. What? Why would she think... Wait... My face turns red with realisation. "Well, actually he did invite me...", and then I quickly added, chuckling, "But it was pure despair, the only one that he really wanted to invite was you, Shiemi, and when you said that you started to have regular classes, he saw his chance... By the way, what we have is more like a... siblings relationship". Shiemi didn't really paid attention in the last part, amazed with the fact that Rin actually wanted to invite her. "I think me and Sumiko are going now... See you later"
• • •
"I've gotten rid of all my regrets about the dance party, and I shall pour all my strength into the class' plan!"
"Yeah, really looks like you're into this", I said, noticing the headband that Rin was wearing, in which was written 'rice ball'. "How do you feel being a shopkeeper?"
"Aren't you going to help?", he annoyed asked, I shrugged.
"Okumura-kun, you're giving up already?!", asked an unbelieved Shima.
"You too, just give it up already...", said Bon, not caring much.
"I'll go, even if I have to make Konekomaru-san wear female clothes!(Even though it might be a bit scary)"
"... No. How do I say this, actually, I... I've joined the sutra-transcribing club, and I'll be going to the party with the club's president...". I looked above the book that I was reading with an eyebrow raised, seeing that Konekomaru's face was red while he was awkwardly speaking, and also that Shima and Rin were...
"YOU'VE GOT BE KIDDING ME!"
... Quite surprised... And maybe a bit indignant.
And then, without any warn, an enraged Bon yelled at them "HEY! You noisy bunch, you've only studied a bit of exorcism, haven't you?! ESPECIALLY OKUMURA! Just because the test and execution are postponed, it doesn't mean they don't exist!"
And then Rin answered him, and they kept arguing, but I was no longer paying attention. Now, one only word is spinning in my head, without ever going away... Execution...
...
"SHUT UP!", They all looked stunned at me, astonished. "What do you mean by execution?", contrasting with the yell, I asked the last part in quite the same way a scared child'd do.
Bon and Konekomaru took some time to process the situation before answering, while Rin, the only one with potential to understand my fear, didn't.
"Some months ago, when the Vatican found out about Okumura-kun's hereditariness, they had decided to execute him, but Mephisto convinced them to rethink, so they postponed to 6 months later, when we will attempt for the first time the exorcism test"
I shift my look between Rin and Konekomaru, who answered me. "So... If he fails..."
"He dies", said Bon some seconds later, cautiously.
I take a deep breath and mumble "Ok...". I deviate my look to the book, trying to read, not managing to do it, my head is spinning. And then, I feel a hand in my shoulder. I look up, seeing Rin.
"Are you ok?". Maybe he finally realised.
"Yes"
"I don't think so". I don't reply. He looks around and, after looking at something for a second and narrow his eyes, he looks away, changing his expression back, as if the last action had never happened. I look in the same direction he had and spot Shiemi, who was immersed in thoughts, maybe confused.
"I'm fine, I can think about it later. But now... I want you to stop being idiot with Shiemi"
"What?! Yukio is the only idiot here..."
"Shh!"
"But..."
"I said shh, now listen", thwarted, he remained silent, "You've got to have in mind how delicate she is... And the weird ways she can get upset", I said recalling all the times that Izumo rudely talked to her, without affecting the girl, "She acts in her way, and you know that she didn't mean to hurt you, she never does. Just wait Shiemi take her time, she is pretty confused with all that love stuff"
"What do you mean by lov-"
"Shh, you like her. Now go back to your friends"
He groaned, but did as I told. I followed him with my eyes as he walked away, and I kept watching the boys in an attempt to push away some depressive thoughts. And that was when something occurs me. I know Rin for less than a month, but it feels like ages... But then I realise that still there are so many things that I don't know about them... And it hurts. It seems almost superficial, I mean, I just discovered that he might be executed! And that is because he is a son of Satan... Something that I am, by the way. And then, there is Yukio. I badly know him... Crap, I badly talk to him, I... I am sucks in pushing depressive thoughts away.
• • •
After cram school, me and Rin went to train, as it's been since last week. Today, Shura divided her time between training sword's combat with Rin and sitting in front of me in the floor with three candles between us. Apparently, I'm having some kind of blockage. Sometimes the candles burst in flames and sometimes simply nothing happens. She says that I'm afraid of using my powers. Ha, where did she take it from?
Anyway, hopefully no attempt is a complete lost of time... But still, why are they trying to train me when I have to remain a secret? Why did I even agree with it when I had the urge to hide?
Why do I keep going?
Because I don't know what to think.
…
Or maybe... Maybe it's all my imagination - the need to keep the truth from everyone including me. Maybe I know that it's all fake, that I'm not human, even though I'm also not a demon. I'm Just something in the middle.
So, if I have, in the back of my conscience, the will to assume what I truly am, why does the major part of me says "Hide"?
Is that because it would mean that my entire life was some kind of lie?
Or...
Something else?
…
Maybe, just maybe, it's a pre-
"Oi! Are you even listening?". I blink. For a brief moment a light appeared in my head, but it's gone, just like a dream that you forget when wake up. Now, Shura is staring at me with irritation.
"Sorry"
"Fine, let me explain again...". And that time I payed attention and remained quiet, as an unnoticed tear rolled down my face.
Yeah, that's really not my day.
It's been almost a week since my last depressive crisis... You know, all that trauma that I lived - my whole life crumbling and twisting in a single day and Asako 's death. I could stay awake for entire nights sobbing and trying to hide my cry in the pillow, and forget everything by the morning, as if was all perfectly fine.
But despite all this crap, I was having a happy week... Till today.
I don't know what happened, I don't know why I'm acting like that again - depressive, I just know that today everything started to get worse... And it's not going to be fine very soon, not at all.
• • •
1 DAY BEFORE – FIRST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
[Rin's POV]
We were waiting for already something like twenty minutes when someone announced "Headmaster, Johann Faust, if you would please raise the curtain". Unless you were expecting him to fall from the sky instead of came and make a boring speech, you may have been quite surprised. One minute later without anything happen, I heard some students around commenting 'Look, above!', 'Isn't that the headmaster?!' and other things. Looking up, I saw Mephisto falling with parachutes.
While showing off, he said "Lengthy speeches are dumb... So I'll make it short! This festival is undoubtedly a festival all of you students!", and after landing, he added "Eat! Drink! Dance! While barely defending the student norms, you should enjoy yourselves to the fullest. Here, I announce that true cross academy festival is officially open!". He still a stupid clown, but I have to admit that it was badass.
After that, me and Mitsuko headed to our stall, where we passed most of the day. Godaiin and the other guys were also there, so I think it was really cool. Everyone liked our food, even Mephisto. Some time he passed by jumping as a child and wearing a ridiculous bow with fluffy ears.
"Oh, Me-... Headmaster! Come and eat! Ah, line up properly, though?"
"Okumura-kun?! Just what are you selling out here?!". When he approached the stall, I gave him a bowl with Onijiri. "Let's see..". And then... Well I don't know exactly how to describe his reaction, but I think he liked it. "Hmph... I've taken quite a liking to it...! Set up your food stall inside the cross festival's meeting place tomorrow. I have the budget for all the equipment and so forth"
"Huh?"
"However, place a few more female workers. It's filthy", he snapped his fingers and a pile of female uniforms appeared in my hands, and then, with a different tone, he approached Mitsuko and continued, "Just little sister here isn't enough to suppress all this boys"
Her eyes widened in indignation and she pushed him while saying "Perv!". It caught the other's attention, but once Mephisto used a lower tone in that last part, I was the only one else able to hear, so they just stared at them with confused faces.
Mephisto left and I looked at the others, shrugging. "Anyway, at least our persistence has been paid!"
Despite Mitsuko, who groaned, them all ignored the last incident, and Godaiin said "That's right. It's mainly thanks to Okumura-kun for spending a lot of effort cooking. But...", he paused for a while before continuing, I could notice that he was a bit apprehensive, "On the day itself, majority of our classmates are participating in the dance party... So I wonder if we'll have enough workers..."
And that's why I'm now running to reach Izumo, who I had been looking for for almost a hour already. "Izumo!". Mephisto told us to place more female workers. Not that I give a fuck about it, but we do need more workers anyway.
"What?", said turning to me, as I reached her.
"I finally found you! Are you going back from cram school?"
"That's right. What is it?"
"No, that's...", I kneeled and held a uniform above my head and quickly said "I'm counting on you, Izumo! Wear this and help me being the cashier!"
"NO! How about asking Moriyama Shiemi?"
"Ah... I'm kinda of awkward with her right now", my cheeks heat.
"There are plenty of girls out there, aren't there?"
With that, I stop acting awkwardly because of the mention of Shiemi and look serious at her, a bit indignant. "YOU IDIOT! This is work, so I have to ask someone who I trust". She stopped and looked wide eyed at me, probably astonished. "It's not just anybody!"
"What...", she started, but I cut her off, now practically begging her.
"That's why, I'm counting on you! I'll treat you to some Gori-Gori-kun!"
"Ah, geez... Ok, I got it! I'll help you! I'm going there!"
"Seriously? Alright, I'm saved!"
"There's no way I'm helping you idiot", she said that, but I just didn't hear.
"... You're always helping me out! I'll return you this favour someday!"
"You... Moriyama Shiemi also... If you would just learn to look at the other side of people!", I stopped being cheery, now she looked pretty annoyed. "Besides... I don't trust anyone". She looked at me one last time and then went away. I looked expressionless at her, and then, after a moment, I wondered out loud:
"Did I say something to annoy her?"
• • •
THE DAY - SECOND DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
[Third person's POV (focus on Angel and Lighting)]
While the festival was going on, in somewhere else there was an interrogatory. Well, not exactly, unless torturing someone to death without receiving a single word would be considered an interrogatory. Because that's exactly what Angel was doing.
"Geez. Can't just cleave his mouth off already?!", he yell, completely annoyed with the lack of answers the captured spy provided them.
"It's about time you tell me, Arthur. Before he dies as a sandbag for your stress", stepping out of the shadows, there was Lighting, clearly smarter than the Paladin, but still in a lower position. Even though position wasn't something really necessary for him to have some control over Arthur...
"The reason that he doesn't respond to all sorts of dealings and physical suffering... Is this! Besides, there's probably an other spy out there. Killing him is no big deal", next to them, two exorcists were having trouble to open the door, which caught Angel's attention. "What's it?"
"The doors don't open!"
"What?"
Being the only one completely calm, lightning simply said "We've been trapped in. Could this be work of the other spy...?"
"What?!"
"Our task was to...", curiously, the middle aged man, the spy, started talking, even with visible pain. "Confine you people int his place"
"Really... I see. So there's going to be a major event that they don't want us to disturb", Lighting concluded.
"You people aren't invited... You shouldn't be able to communicate with the outside world from down here. You shall stay put here till 'it' ends smoothly"
Unaffected, Lighting said "Gee. I'd gladly oblige... But this boys have a thing with events, so I don't know"
Coming down the stairs, several exorcist came, bringing two salamanders. With them, also were a woman and a boy, spy's wife and son. It's a dirty game, but efficient. Afraid of Lighting's words, about harming his family, the man gave them the Illuminati's intentions. Kidnap a girls in the japanese division.
"And her name is?". Having nothing more to lose, the spy gave them her name.
• • •
[Izumo's POV]
"Waah!~ Where did you get your gold necklace done? I'm late!". Running from one side to another, Paku desperately tried to get ready for the music festival. It was already annoying me.
"Hurry up and go. I can't concentrate"
"Were you invited as well, Izumo-chan?"
"Nope. The one I was invited to, was to be a shopkeeper. I'm not going though"
Paku quietly stood before the door for a moment, before say "Then I'm going"
"See you". I then concentrated again in my reading, but she called me again.
"Izumo-chan, be honest with your feelings"
I wouldn't show, but I wasn't as indifferent about what she said as I wished. So, as soon as she left I put my phones and started to listen to some music while I tried to read, but without much success. After some minutes, it got harder to ignore the annoying thoughts in my head: 'I'm counting on you, Izumo', 'It's not just anybody!'... Oh, ENOUGH! I jump out of the chair. "N-NO! I'm not moved by that guy's words!"
I sit again, still affected, but after some moment to calm down, Paku's last words echoes in my head. 'Be honest with your feelings'.
Fine, I go... Apparently, my thoughts - or feelings - got the best of me.
• • •
I can't believe that I'm actually doing it! This uniform... It's too embarrassing, and is almost making me regret, forget Rin's request and go back to the dormitory. Think of something... Right! If I break a promise like this, I'll feel awful! Yes...
Thinking of that, I almost didn't listen. "Oi, you. Come here at one". Behind a pillar, There was someone... Takara Nemu...?!
"Huh? Why? I'm busy"
"Come". I was already going away, but what he said next made me turn to him in fear. "Kamiki. Tsukumo's precious mascot".
With a puff, a little and ruined plush fox appeared in the puppet's mouth.
"Why... Why do you have that... Answer me!", I stare at him, without understanding. The lucky charm that I gave to Tsukumo... How does he have it? The last time that I saw her we were in the- "Oh, no. Are you from the Illuminati?". He didn't reply immediately, and until he did so, I couldn't help but think why so early...
"You'll be spotted right away here. Come along if you want to know. Quickly!", and then, he jump from the wall.
"... Tch". Apparently, I have no alternative but to follow him. I climb the wall and look down. A sweat drop cross my face. And I jump.
He take me to the highest level of the academy, a open area with a helipad. "Here should be good"
"Ha... Ha...". I look at the puppet, still holding the plush fox. "Why do you have that doll...?". I wait for him to give me an answer, which didn't come. That guy... "DID YOU DO SOMETHING TO TSUKUMO?!"
"No". With that, he throws the fox to me, and I catch, a bit surprised. "Tsukumo left it to me. Take good care of it"
I blink. "She left it to you...?!". If it's true, it means that he saw her after the last time that I did. But... No, it can't be, this fox is too special for her to give to some strange. "No way! I gave this to her as a charm to keep on her at all times! There's no way that she'd leave it to you! What is it? Answer me!"
"I'm the coordinator". I loose the grip that I had on the plush.
"The coordinator...?"
"I've been monitoring you guys, and coordinating things to make sure it is transferred properly"
"Then what is it now? What are you coordinating now?"
"In order to have you transferred to the Illuminati, I'm watching over you"
My eyes widen. It's really this. Crap. It's always at times like these that I'm not ready to fight! I only have one set of summoning papers left... How am I supposed to use it against a strong opponent?
And, as if he was reading my thoughts, he said "Don't do it. My master told me to avoid unnecessary injuries". That doesn't matter, I have to settle this!
"Then, why don't we fight so don't injure ourselves? That's just what I wanted!". I take my summoning papers. "Please, hear my humble plea. When my righteous request is fulfilled, I will be in peace". Uke and Mike appear, ready to attack.
They are going towards the blond boy. But sharply stop as a huge toy robot appear in a puff right in front of them.
"What... What in the world is this thing?!"
"Plastic doesn't make it look any better"
Both foxes are shocked, but I can't stop now. "Don't turn back! 'Shake, shake, trembling, tremble and shake'! Purify...". I desperately chant, but I didn't do it fast enough, before I could finish, the robot launched both fists, striking the two foxes, which made them disappear. I cross my arms in front of my head to avoid the burst.
"You shouldn't bother the grown-ups...", he start saying but stop when notices, as soon as the smoke was gone, that I was jumping the wall.
"Fire!"
While falling, I saw a huge fist coming after me. "No way. Weren't we going to have no injuries?". I thought it was going to strike me, the same way as it did with my familiars. It could have hit me, if Shima hadn't appeared and hit it first with his khakkhara.
"Hey, you there. Could you guys stop bullying my Izumo-chan?"
"Pink head... ", I look at him, quite surprised.
"I got to you first. It has to be the work of fate~ Oh yeah, I was supposed to contact them as soon as possible"
"As if I would let you, brat". And then, not just a fist, but the whole robot appeared of nowhere to hit us, but Shima took me and jumped out of his range. And as he did it, he casually said "I guess I can't. Oh, well..."
And then he started to chant something. I looked amazed at him as black flames appeared, forming a demon as big as the robot toy... Actually, even bigger. And darker.
"Can you help me out a little, Yamantaka-kun?"
"Finally, about time... I was itching for an outburst", the demon said.
Yamantaka... It's a high level wisdom-king class demon...! "When did you start using such a high-tier familiar?!"
"Hum... Since I was a kid, maybe? But it really uses up strength, so I rarely use it... But to protect Izumo-chan, that's different!~ ", saying this, he attempt to kiss me.
"You sly fox! Put me down!". He stop, and I look above, seeing the demons fighting. The black flames involved the robot, but didn't left any injuries. "What's up with those black flames?"
"They are different from physical red flames. They are more like flames from Gehena. The physical red flames get rid of demon, but they only do so by destroying the physical body. The demons inside can enter a different body and be resurrect. But these black flames do the opposite. They leave the body unharmed and destroy the demons inside". And, as to demonstrate it, a perfect robot fell lifelessly on the floor.
"Aren't they like Satan's flames?"
"No. Satan's flames are more unique. They can burn whatever they want"
Then, Takara summoned a mass of plush bunnies, but Yamantaka easily got rid of them. Shima chanted again and, before the blond could scape, he hit him with his staff., making Takara fall on the floor. "When these black flames are used on humans, the body won't be harmed. Instead, only the soul will burn..."
He chanted once again, maybe in an attempt to take of the flames from Takara's body, but as he did that, the boy opened his eyes.
My eyes widen. Thinking about it, I don't remember seeing h-. In the next instant I find myself being thrown backwards by some kind of force. "Wha-What was that...?!". Shima, also thrown, was looking at where we were just a second ago. There, the puppet was talking with the boy.
"Calm down, Nemu. Sleep...". What the...?
"So that's your true nature...! As I thought, you're sir Pheles' pawn, right?", And turning back to me Shima said "Izumo-chan! Come back here...". He start saying, but stop as I slap him.
"I can walk. I'm going to get help. Until then, I'll leave things to you and Yamantaka". That's it, I can't stay here any longer as someone useless... And even less needing protection. No, I'm going to help somehow. "I'll definitely come back to save you! Just hold on!"
"Izumo-chan!". I had already turned my back to him, going toward the stairs, when I felt a sharp pain cross my chest, but even though such a small part of me hurt, it hurt so badly... "That's not nice".
Shima's voice echoed in my head, and it made realise. He hit me.
That was the last thing that I could think before my world become darkness, just like the flames that burned me from inside.
I think it's more than clear, but just to make official: I'm not updating weekly :P It's more like bi-monthly, but ok.
corJ6172, thanks for the review! Happy that you're liking, and sorry for not making much clear who is speaking, it's just that for me, as author, things are easier to understand (REALLY? DON'T TELL ME) than for the readers.
And the way I see the things is different from the way the readers see, that's why I so want reviews!
Well, I think that's it. And please wait patiently for the next chapter, 'cause I have no fucking idea of how to write it hahahaha bye. :P (But I will)