Okay! I've finally gotten over (some) of my writer's block for this series! I'm thinking about putting everything on hold until I finish demonic host though…I'm so close to the end of it!
Rin: What are we doing this time?
NM: That's a surprise, but I will say that I already have a tear-jerker ending planned!
Rin: :*(
Let's get started!
True Cross Academy…in the cram school…
Shemi walked in the room and sat down in her usual seat next to Rin. She shook her head at the thought of Rin.
That's right…I don't sit next to Rin anymore…
…because he's dead.
She felt a few tears come to her eyes and she silently wept for a few seconds until someone sympathetically tapped her back.
"It's going to be okay." Shura encouraged her and she nodded. In an attempt to distract herself she looked at a nearby clock.
"Isn't Yuki-chan usually here by now?" She asked. Shura looked up at the clock.
"You're right. I know he canceled classes for a few days, but there was supposed to be class today. Time to go find out what the four-eyed chicken is up to…" After that she took the class and they went to go have a chat with their teacher.
The walked over to the abandoned dorms and Shura knocked on the door.
"Hey listen ya four-eyed chicken! We have class today and you're supposed to teach it! Come on out!" She yelled. No response. "If you don't answer then I'm coming in!" She said. No response. She opened the door to a dining room area. It was completely empty except for a lone cat sitting on the table sleeping. The cat stirred and flicked its two tails in annoyance before sitting up.
"That's Rin's familiar." Shemi said. The cat looked at its paws in defeat at the mention of his former master. Shura picked Kuro up.
"Well, this does us nothing since none of us here can speak with him." The cat just blinked at her as she sighed. "Now is one of the few time Rin would come in handy." She said and the cat began crying on her hands.
"Poor little guy, he must really miss him. Anyway Kuro, do you know where Yukio went?" Shemi said. The cat shook its head and Shura put it back on the table.
"I guess that there's only one option left, I'm gonna go ask Mephisto where he went. Maybe the old creep will know something about it."
A quick trip to Mephisto's office later…
Shura opened the door to Mephisto's office without even knocking.
"Oh, and how are you today Miss Shura~?" The demon asked. Shura glared at him.
"Cut the crap out Mephisto, what happened to Yukio?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You always know what's going on, so where is the four-eyed chicken?"
"He's nowhere you can get to. No matter how hard you try, you'll never be able to reach him." Shura began to assume the worst at that.
"Oh my god! He didn't, did he? Did you let him?"
"Let him what?"
"Commit suicide! Did Yukio kill himself?"
"Of course not, I simply sent him to where Rin is."
"So you killed him!?"
"Hell no, he wanted to be where Rin was and so I sent him there. You don't think life ends at death, do you? There just so happens to be a place between death and life called purgatory."
"So that's where Rin and Yukio are?"
"Yes."
"I hope they know what they're doing…" Shura whispered to herself before leaving to tell the exwires.
Earlier in purgatory…
Yukio woke up on the ground in a room that looked like a lobby.
"Good morning, did you sleep well?" Kanade asked him. He stood up.
"Yes, are we ready to go?" Last night they made a plan to stop the pointless war between the SSR and angel. Kanade nodded and they walked out of the dorm building.
She still doesn't know that I'm alive…should I tell her?
He thought. He looked around at the high school world of purgatory. There was another dorm right across from the one they just left. He watched a young girl open the door and step outside before she and her clothes blurred a turned a pale shade of blue. Then she faded away similar to that of a death animation from a video game. The most unsettling thing about it was that she screamed the whole time.
"Is that what getting obliterated is?" Yukio asked Kanade. She seemed stressed.
"No, that was a NPC. They're just here to fill up the school. They aren't supposed to disappear like that. They aren't supposed to leave at all." Yukio looked at the hills that he had fallen onto yesterday and noticed something strange about them. They seemed to be falling apart at the edge the same way the girl did.
"I doubt disappearing NPCs are the least of our problems..!"
I've always wondered what would happen if someone living got into the Angel Beats (us up all the time) world.
Yukio: This is getting intense
NM: Also, if the whole thing involving the NPC was confusing, allow me to clarify, I'm imagining the SAO death animation. It's very hard to describe, so sorry about that.
Kuro: …
NM: Also, Kuro isn't going to talk in this fic…it's a stage of grief thing, DABDA
Otonashi: Um…what?
NM: DABDA!
Everyone: She's crazy…
See you next time, bye!
And sorry for the delayed chapter! I hope it was worth the wait!