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No one's POV
Kazuma was flying over town to look for his beloved Lapis. But he himself wondered if he would be able to see her from this angle. After all, the city was pretty crowded.
"Shit, this won't work. I am not even able to sense her presence..." Wind magic users usually were able to sense almost every presence, but Lapis was a servant whom Bernhardt protected with a barrier, so that no one would be able to sense her. Most servants of Armagest were protected that way. Mainly, to spy on their enemies.
He decided to keep on flying for a while and get down to walk later. If he wouldn't find her on his walking search, he would search the areas he looked over flying again.
It was already midnight and Lapis, who still worked on the doll she wanted to make for Ayumi fell asleep on the cold and dirty road. She didn't care. She was still that kind of being that would think she was unworthy to be treated well and with respect. All this, was of course the fault of the way Bernhardt treated her. Making her believe she was his and having to follow all of his orders, without daring to disobey. She still thought that she had to behave the same way infront of the people who now gave her shelter. She thought that because she hurt Ayano, this had to be her punishment.
Ayano's POV
I was still awake and thought about the events that occured today. Maybe I shouldn't have been so harsh on Lapis...Kazuma must have been the one who forced her into kissing him. After all he is such a pervert. Yet I blamed Lapis for it. No, that was wrong, I of course also blamed him. But it all seemed like he really loves her a lot. Just look at the way he was behaving just because I was the reason for her running away. He was in a rage. I was really scared when his hate-filled eyes met mine. It was an awful feeling. I rarely felt like this when facing him. Even though I knew how strong he was and that he would be able to kill me any time, I always had faith in him that he wouldn't do that, whatever was to happen between us. I really thought he cared for me. But he would most defenitely kill me if I was to harm Lapis. What an idiot. I guess I won't have a chance against Lapis. Kirika was wrong when she said I was as good as Tsui-Ling. I wish I was. I really do. Since Kazuma might actually be in love with me if that was the case. Anyway, I should just forget about him. I don't need that guy. I wondered if I would ever find a good man. A good man in my eyes was a man that would be much better than my father, or maybe similar. Since in my eyes my father was the best man in the world. He was strong, strict yet gentle and intelligent. I looked up to him so much. Kazuma was similar to him, expect that dad wouldn't lose his temper as fast as Kazuma did. That was probably why I came to fall in love with that idiot. On another note I really feel remorse for what happened between me and Lapis, I so wish I could get a hold of her and apologize. I want to tell her that I want her to come back. Ayumi and Ren will probably be upset with my behavoir too. I feel bad, I wish I would have never fallen for him. Or should I rather wish that Lapis never came here?
No one's POV
Two days already passed and Kazuma was still searching for Lapis. He never took any rest and you could see how beat he was. But he didn't care he needed to find her... He was walking around Tokyo's so called "bad" area. He saw a lot of call girls, whom he usually would have paid attention to. But today, he had a more important thing to do.
Lapis POV
I stopped making the doll, which actually seemed like I would never be able to finish. It looked really horrible and I had cut myself several times. I felt thirsty and got up. I didn't have any money anymore, but the last two days passengers would randomly put some food or drinks next to where I sat. I thought that maybe today I could ask some passenger for some water. As I saw a group of young boys, who held bottles of water in their hands, I walked over to them.
"Excuse me, can I drink some water? I am very thirsty." I asked polite.
The boys turned around and looked at me with hungry eyes from head to toe.
"Oh? You want water? But what will you give us in return?" One of the boys asked.
"I am sorry. I don't have any money..." I answered disappointed.
"Hey don't worry. I think something else will do too." The other boy said exited, still looking at my body. I wondered what was wrong, was there something strange about my face or clothes? Maybe it was because my clothes were dirty from sleeping on the road for 2 days.
"Huh?" I innocently asked.
"You really have such a beautiful face and your body is stunning too, how about a ride with all 6 of us for 1 bottle of water?" Another boy asked, holding the bottle of water.
"A ride? What do you mean?"
"Now don't act so innocent. Just come with us to this hotel." The boy continued, pointing at a nearby building.
"Chiaki! Are you for real? Fucking such a beauty! I am lucky today!" Another boy added.
What did he just say? They wanted the same thing Master did to me? No way.
"I am not interested in that kind of thing. I thought you might give me some water out of kindness. But it's okay. " I said as I turned around to walk away. I suddenly felt someone grabbing my shoulder.
"Don't be so rude to us. You were the one who approached us first so now you have to take the consequences."
"Yeah! Don't let her get away!" The boy laughed.
"I said I am not interested!" I yelled ramming my ellbow into the boys stomach. He instantly let go off my shoulders and moaned in pain.
"You bitch!" He shouted as he attempted to punch me. I grabbed his fist and twisted it. Again he moaned in pain.
"Now you've done it!" He muttered.
"Get her!" He commanded the other guys.
As they cornered me and attemted to punch me I felt a sudden tornado approach which sent them flying everywhere. I closed my eyes since the wind was so strong and opened them again when it stopped. Before me was Kazuma, who had a serious expression on his face.
"Lapis! What the hell are you doing in this part of the city! Why did you run away! Do you know how dangerous that is? I was so worried about you!" He yelled, his eyes showing a lot of diffrent emotions.
"I am sorry for making you worry Kazuma." Was all I came up with.
"Let's get back. I heard about the fight you had with Ayano. Just stay at my apartment, I planned to move together with you anyway. I am exhausted, I looked for you all this time."
My eyes widened. Why would he go that far just in order to find me? I felt his love flowing through my body again. Just like when he kissed me so gently...
"But I don't want to cause any more trouble."
"Cause Ayano as much trouble as you want. I don't care. She is just a stupid little girl."
"How can you say that Kazuma! Ayano really cares for you! Don't talk so harsh about her!" I shuckled when I realized how disrespectful I just sounded. But he didn't seem to care. If it was master he would probably have yelled at me.
"I care for her too. But not as much as I care for you. After all I love you from the bottom of my heart. I can't allow anyone to hurt you."
"Kazuma...I can't..."
"Why? Don't you love me? Was what you said the other day a lie? Tell me the truth, Tsui-Ling." He said, wipping some dirt which was probably caused from sleeping on the road off my face with a white cloth he pulled out of his pocket.
"Don't call me Tsui-ling."
"But a part of her is still alive inside of you, so basically you are Tsui-Ling. What about my question? Do you still love me?"
"..."
"You are still angry because I couldn't save you back then right?"
"Kazuma! You are wrong! It's just that...I..."
I didn't finish the sentence because it was too painful and ran off as quick as I could. He was following me and I feared that he would catch up to me soon. Judging by the massive diffrence in strenght he probably would. But I still tried my best in trying to escape him., his questions and my past.
No one's POV
Ayano,Yukari and Nanase were walking back home from school. Her two best friends already realized two days ago that something was wrong with Ayano. They decided to question her about her troubles today.
"Hey Ayano, you have been acting strange lately, what in the world happend?" Yukari started.
"Nothing..."
"Don't joke around Ayano. We can see that you are depressed." Nanase commented.
"That's just your imagination. I am fine..."
"You are not Ayano!" The actually always so calm Yukari burst out.
Ayano's eyes widened at her best friends sudden raised voice.
Nanase put a hand on Yukari's shoulder to calm her down.
"Ayano, don't act like everything is fine. We have been best friends for a long time now. We notice if something is bothering you. Please tell us what happened!" Nanase insisted.
"We are worried about you Ayano, we don't want you to feel down. You know that you can always rely on us, just tell us what your problem is and we will solve it for you!" Yukari promised with shining eyes.
Ayano once again realized that she was blessed with great friends. They would always be there for her no matter what. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell them about what happened , it was rather, that she just didn't want to talk about it. But she gave it a second thought and realized that it might help to talk about it to someone.
"Well...Kazuma is in love with Lapis..."
The eyes of the two widened in disbelief.
"It's true. I even saw them kiss."
"What a jerk! Just forget about this guy!" Nanase spat.
"First he acts all caring towards you to make you love him and then he falls in love with your cousin?" Yukari said angered.
Oh right. Ayano didn't tell them about who Lapis really is. This would make things even more complicated. But maybe, it was about time that she should tell them the truth. After all she was certain, that these two could keep the sectret to themselves.
She looked at her two best friends with serious eyes and told them the truth about Lapis. The two weren't angry at all, just a bit disappointed. But that feeling soon disappeard after Ayano told them that she wanted to hide that fact from of them, so that they wouldn't recall their memories at pandemonium.
"Don't worry Ayano, we aren't that weak. I always had strange dreams about being held captive by a blonde man with a strange mask and a tiny brunette, I am glad that the reason why I had that kind of dreams was told now. It really became a bother, I hate nightmares." Yukari admitted.
"It's the same for me, I always felt like I have seen her before. She was the one who killed Utsumi then, huh?" Nanase stated.
"Yeah it was her. But she did do that only because Bernhardt told her it would give her pleasure. Back then she smiled, but in truth she never felt any pleasure out of hurting others."
"Hmmm. I think Utsumi got what he deserved. After all he has killed many people from our school with his fake magic and he was a pervert too." Nanase said.
"Ehhh he was disgusting, I am glad that he's gone. Though dead maybe was a little too harsh..." Yukari said.
"Anyways Ayano, back to the problem. You should just forget that guy. I know it's hard but you can't help it. If he loves somone else you will just have to accept it."
Nanase said.
"Yeah I know." Ayano sadly replied.
"Ayano cheer up! We are with you!" Yukari said while hugging the depressed Ayano.
"You know. I don't think the main reason why I am so depressed is because he doesn't love me. It is more because it's my fault that Lapis ran away. If something was to happen to her...I really liked her too..."
"Kazuma-san is looking for her now right?" Nanase asked.
"Yeah...I hope...he...I hope...he finds her..."
Nanase and Yukari looked at each other.
"Let's go and eat some cake Ayano!" Yukari offered, pulling her friend.
"Right now? I don't think that's a good idea. Dad will get mad at me...I have training!"
"Come on Ayano! Have fun once in a while!" Nanase giggled, pushing her friend.
Kazuma's POV
Crap! Why the hell does she run now! I have to catch up to her...I can't just let her be alone. Otherwise something like that will happen again. Those perverts will always try and take advantage of her. How stupid can she be? Why doesn't she just come with me? I even told her that no one would be mad! What a stupid girl!
I was close behind her, but still couldn't catch up to her.
Dammit dammit dammit!
Lapis POV
Please leave me alone! Don't follow me anymore! I won't be able to run any further. I didn't have any strength left. I hadn't eaten for 2 days and never drank much. It was no surpirse that I was physically this weak. But I still needed to escape. I felt how I got weaker.
"I can't let him caught up..." I muttered to myself.
As I saw a corner I turned into it, luckily there was a crossroad in which I turned left. I opened the door to a storage room and hid in there.
"Please don't find me..." I silently begged.
Kazuma's POV
Dammit you will collapse if you overdo it idiot! I never knew that she could be this stubborn. I turned into the corner she turned into. Then there was a road, I looked left and right. Normally I should have seen her since she wouldn't have gotten that far. Though, if she had turned to the right side she would have been able to quickly turn right again and hide in a storage room he knew about. But when he looked inside she was nowhere to be found.
"What the hell? So she turned left after all? But as far as I know there is no place where she could hide. And she wouldn't have been that fast to get out of my sight so quick." I said to myself thinking of a way how to find her. I was trembling, because I was afraid that something happened to her.
Lapis POV
As I realized that he was not following me any further I took the opportunity to sneak out of the storage room and continue running. I looked back several times, luckily Kazuma was nowhere to be seen.
"I did it...I really did it..." I praised myself, feeling relieved about being able to escape.
I continued running until I believed that I was far enough away from him. I hoped that he won't be able to find me here. The road was dirty but I didn't mind. I had no other choice anyway and sat down on the cold floor again. I took out the doll and started working on it again. I was wary and ready to run anytime if Kazuma was to appear again. Right now it felt just as if I was running away from a strong enemy.
Kazuma's POV
Shit shit shit! This just can't be happening! I flew over the area Lapis could most likely be and searched for her again. But she was nowhere to be found. How the hell could she have gotten that far? The only logical answer to this question could be that she found somewhere to stay. This was a pain, I couldn't just check out all rooms or apartments over here. Actually I could. After all it was in order to find Lapis. I didn't think about it again since I already made up my mind and started to search the first apartment. If they wouldn't let me in, I would just force myself inside. After all it was to protect her. She was in danger. Wherever she was I could almost swear that she was in danger.
No one's POV
And so the day passed with Kazuma still searching the nearby apartments for her. Without any luck so far.
Lapis POV
"It's getting dark again..:" I said to myself. Freezing and hungry I put the unfinished doll into my pocket and closed my eyes in an attempt to sleep.
"I can't go on like this...I will need to work somewhere soon. Otherwise I won't be able to survive. But where should I work? After all I am so clumsy...I have never done any genuine work in my life..." I thought hopeless. Would I die here one of these days? It actually didn't matter. It was what I deserved. But wait, if I would die now, I would never be able to give that doll to Ayumi. I also wouldn't ever be able to see the faces of those kind people again. The faces of Jugo-sama, Ren-kun, Kirika, Yukari-chan, Nanase-chan and Catherine came to my mind. And I remembered all the fun we had together. I suddenly smiled thinking of those things. Then the faces of Ayano-chan and Kazuma came to my mind. These two, I loved them so much. Ayano as a sister and Kazuma as a man. But I have hurt both of them, I shouldn't be at their side, I don't deserve it. I should just rot and atone for my sins. Even though I wanted to see them so much...
"I don't want to die...:" I said to myself over and over again. It was true. I didn't want to die. Back then I was never afraid of death, because there was nothing I would lose. But now I had people who cared for me...I was happy now. I didn't want to give up all this. If possible I would like to return to the Kannagi. But after all I hurt those two so much...
"It's impossible..." I muttered, covering my face from the cold wind. I was freezing, it almost felt as if my arms and legs would come off anytime. I should just pull myself together and look for work over here! There had to be something even I would be able to do! Allright! The first thing I will do tommorow morning is to look for some work...then I will be able to meet them all again...especially you...my precious Ayumi-chan.
"I love you Ayumi..." I said, remembering the sweet scent of her fragile figure and her gentle smile.
Just as I was about to fall asleep a crude light woke me. I opened my eyes and saw a familiar tall man standing infront of me. I shivered looking into his eyes and wanted to run again. But I was too weak. My weakened body wouldn't allow me to run any further.
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