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Hello, Colossal-kun again! This is the second chapter of Save My Poor Heart!Hope you guys keep following this story and enjoy! I'll try to clean up any grammatical errors on my part. Please review!

SAVE MY POOR HEART

Chapter 2: I'm Okay

"Wake up Princess," Yuji says nudging a half-awake Keria. She sits up slowly, rubbing the morning dust out of her eyes with her petite hands. "Hurry up and get ready, we need to go to Mineral Town. We'll be back home by tomorrow morning."

Keria smells a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen, and her eyes shoot open. 'Yuji, ei Yuji,' she calls. Plucking at the end of his sleeve, the Princess asks, 'Ne, are you cooking finest curry?'

"Ya, its the only thing we have ingredients for as of now," he replies in an all-to-calm voice. "Hope you like it because its the only cooked meal we are going to be eating for a while." he says walking up to the kitchen. Pouring the red substance into a tiny bowl, he walks back over to Keria.

'What do you mean 'The only thing we have ingredients for?'' she asks, accepting the bowl with both hands. Gobbling down the curry in a flash, she hands a slightly surprised Yuji the clean bowl. 'Seconds please,' a bright smile appears on her face.

"By 'The only thing we have ingredients for?' I meant that I used the last bit of food and spices for the curry," he says pointing his thumb at an empty pantry behind him.

'WAAA! No more food! How could that be... but, um... Can I have more?' asking sheepishly.

"Fine, one more bowl then we have to leave." adding a hint of strictness to his voice.

'Okay!'

The supposedly-elegant Princess slurps up another bowl, giving some entertainment to the Dark Angel. She hands him the bowl, and he places it in the sink.

'Yuji, your not going to have any?' asks Keria worrying about Yuji's diet. For a grown man, he is really skinny and also as white as a ghost. 'Does he even eat?' she ponders.

"Yes, Princess, I do eat, but I will be fasting for today."

'Is there a religious event today?'

"You could say that. Ei, don't forget your sword, you will need it today."

'Why do I need to bring it? What is happening today?'

"I can't tell you."

'WHY?' she interrogates as she puffs her cheeks and glares at Yuji.

"Don't mind it. Anyway, do you have anything other than a kimono? We will be walking a long distance." Yuji asks as she gets out of bed.

'Now that I think about it... no,' hanging her head in shame. 'Gomen na.'

"Would you mind riding in a cart?"

'What?' her head shooting up in surprise.

"I asked if you would mind riding a cart?" Yuji asks. "You don't want to?" a hint disappointment in his voice.

'No that's not it! I mean, um, you don't have a horse, what will pull it?'

"I am," Yuji responded bluntly. He leads her out the door, "Get on," showing to her an old, overused cart. "I got this from an old ghost town."

Getting on,'What are we going to do in Mineral Town?' Keria inquires. Yuji gets in front to push and starts hauling the ancient cart.

"We are visiting my son. We have to get something from his farm."

'YOU HAVE A SON?'

"Yes."

'Bu..bu..but HOW?'

"I made love. Is there any other way I should know about?"

'You love somebody?' Keria asked, feeling a little sad. The guy that she had to spend eternity with can't fall in love with her. Even though she didn't have any feelings for him, it make her a little bit lonely.

"I loved her," tears starting to fall. "She killed herself when she found out I was immortal, saying that I will forget all about her when she dies, so why not just die now." He stops moving. Yuji looking back at Keria, he reads her mind and explains, "I couldn't stop her, it was her destined time. Fate is not decided by me, its decided by the person." More tears flow down his face. Keria is lost for words, she didn't know that something so cruel happened to him.

She wraps her arms around him, 'I'm so sorry. She must have been very important to you.'

"It's all my fault, I should have never fell in love with a mortal."

"NO! Stop that! Never regret that you loved someone," she starts crying too. "Please. Please don't regret. Just don't."

Wiping away her tears, he ends the conversation, "We should stop talking about this." As they exit the farm, a short, old man wearing blue overalls comes up to them. Pointing his head down, he spits on Yuji's shoes.

"DEMON! Where do you think your bringing that girl? Taking another life I see." the man accuses. He starts to waggle right to left and is carrying a bottle of vodka. Clearly drunk, he comes up close to Yuji and punches him in the stomach. The Angel acts like nothing has happened.

'Yuji, who is this man?' Keria asks, looking worried.

"Getting drunk enough to face Death hu? Well Kassey, I'm sorry to what happened to your twin brother, it was his time. Now can you leave us alone." he states coldly, glaring down the old man.

'You reaped his brother's soul?'

"IT WAS NOT HIS DAMN TIME! YOUR REAPED HIS SOUL, AND NOW HE IS DAMNED FOR ETERNITY, YOU BASTARD!" Kassey shouts flailing his arms all around and spilling the alcoholic drink everywhere. Throwing the bottle into the ground, he walks past him and hops on the cart. "I'll be taking the beauty as a forgiveness from you," he declares as he runs his fingers through her long dark hair. Pushing him away, Keria turns her head in disgust.

"IF YOU JUST PLACED ONE OF YOUR DIRTY FINGERS ON HER, I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE SENT TO HELL. THEN YOU CAN SPEND ETERNITY WITH YOUR RAPIST OF A BROTHER!" Yuji yelling in rage, but not turning an inch around to look at them. His mood changing from bad to worse. Kassey starts to sweat, and fear now evident on his face. He regains his composure, and in spite of Yuji's threat of being damned, Kassey smacks the back of Yuji's head, and wraps his arms around Keria.

Forcing her head towards him, Kassey kisses Keria. She tries to struggle free but he was overpowering her. Crying, she can't think of what she can do.

'Yuji,' she pleads, 'please, help me.'

A black aura surrounds The Angel of Death. His open palm is now directed toward the official damned man. Blasting him away to the near by apple tree, the evil aura starts to eat away at his flesh, but his face is left untouched. Yuji walks down toward him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Kassey screams in pain. Pain that made him want to die right here and now. He starts to cry blood and is scared beyond belief as he notices that he is not passing out. He is just feeling constant hurt.

"Hahahahaha!" Yuji laughs kicking him on his side. "Good, your still awake and now fully sober." Licking his upper lip, like he is hungry and just found some prey, he grabs him by the neck and lifts him up in the air. "PREPARE TO FEEL LIKE THIS TILL YOU DIE!"

'Yuji... It's okay...I'm okay...stop it!' she asks in a scared plea. Yuji ignores her begs.

"I can't kill you, you know that. What I can do though, is torture you till I can reap your filthy, little soul," continuing his torment, he hurls him across the farm.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" the old man hits the ground. The darkness dissipates from Kassey only to reveal what looks like a half eaten man. His flesh completely torn off. There was no bleeding, but from neck to toe, his uncovered muscles and veins were the only thing showing.

'YUUUJIII!' the frightened Princess screams in Yuji's mind. This works, he snaps back to his old self. What it does not do though, is take away the fear that is lingering in Keria.

Yuji drops to the ground kneeling, he looks at his dirty hands. Tears start to flow out. "What have I done?" He looks over to the half eaten man. Walking over to Kassey, he beholds the fate that was given to him. Kassey was to die here and know. Even before doing all this to the sorry man, Yuji knew today was his death day. The lonely twin has chosen it for himself.

"I will not let you suffer any longer," he heralds as his scythe materializes in his hands. The winds grow stronger and the clouds became darker. Raising the cursed item high, he brings it down swiftly, sending the soul to the after-life.

The Angel of Death turns his face toward the scared Princess. His face wet with tears.

"Please... save me." he says in a soft voice.

Keria runs after him. She doesn't care what he just did. She doesn't care why he does this. She doesn't care how much he scares her. All she knows is that he is a good man trapped in a awful cage. She knows that she must save him. Somehow.

Keria holds him tightly. 'It's okay Yuji. I'm here. I will always be here.'

"Thank you," Yuji expressing gratitude from the bottom of his heart. He holds her in his arms, too scared to let go.

Death is a scary thing. Isn't it?

Colossal-kun again! You guys enjoy the chapter? If you did... REVIEW! It drives my writing ability! There was a little Yuji/Keria action in this one. For those of you who loves those two firework guys,(in this fic) please pray for them. Anyway...Next chapter guest stars from MINERAL TOWN!! Starts (cough)with a J(cough...cough) and a K.