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Haruyuki P.O.V
After that heartfelt speech Tetsuya gave me before we part ways, I felt different somehow, and I can feel something throbbing inside me… it's a feeling that pushes me forward despite what might happen to me in this wretched hell of an existence, as I grasped hold of the white blade Tetsuya gave me before we part ways. Its power is coursing through me, making my mind restricted to clean and positive thoughts; a truly white blade from the ins and the outside. I sure wonder how Tetsuya manages two of them; won't he succumb to how possessive the blades are? I walked alongside with my Sayaka, maybe this is a chance for me to impress her after all!
"Hey, my Sayaka." I called her that again. Well, I can't really help it! Every simple thing that she does just amazes me, everything she does made me love her even more despite simple, and it drives me to utter bliss thinking of her.
Sayaka looked at me with an extremely disgusted look, as always. But even if you push me away, I'll get close to you even more~ Heheh, I'll never give up despite what she says about me. "You're so annoying, stupid-dog!" She punched my shoulder gently, yet I don't really mind about what she does to me.
"Look at this blade, it's crafting is superb, everything about it just amazes me…" I ran my fingers through the blade as soon as I pulled it out of the sheath, feeling how the blade's holy energy protects me and Sayaka from our surroundings. Where did Tetsuya get such a good blade from? Was he supposed to be an exorcist? Good thing that I've had kendo classes so I can wield this blade accordingly, yet this situation… is more fearful than any training that I had ever taken part in.
We walked through the corridors and I saw a set of stairs, and asked Sayaka whether to proceed and go up the stairs or not. She agreed without calling me stupid dog! Now that's a first- wait, I got my fingers cut— I DIDN'T RESHEATH THE BLADE AND NOW THIS HAPPENED
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*Infirmary*
"Jeez, be more careful next time, stupid dog!" Sayaka said gently yet brashly at the same time while using a bandage found in the cabinet to patch up my finger. I'm sooooooooo glad she would go out of her way to do this for me! I can't hold back my tint of the blush when I first felt her fingers ran through my wound, the wound became nothing after her skin made contact with me like that.
"Eheheh, okay." Sayaka went to take a little nap after bandaging my wound, I guess she's tired already on the way to Kibiki's house already; it wouldn't be strange to see her go to sleep on the infirmary's bed after all that. It's really weird on how the beds are okay despite how badly this place ended up in. How did the school became like this in the first place? I went around, looking for posts that I may take a look at to understand more about this school that was taken down; bingo, there's a newspaper article sticked on the wall. I walked towards it, and gave it a good look, spelling the words quietly so that Sayaka won't wake up.
A/N: Taken from Wikia.
The school was a source of pride for the town, as no elementary school had stood within Tenjin's borders at all prior to its construction in 1952. Primary school students had previously been commuting to neighboring towns for class, and consequently Heavenly Host Elementary became the most desirable school to go into in that area.
-24 Feb_ar_ 1953
"I see… so this school had it's own history after all. But why isn't there any staff around here? I guess I need to find out the causes of what happened to this school, and I sure hope that Tetsuya and Saenoki can find their leads of their own." I turned around, to see Sayaka disappeared from her bed that she was sleeping on a few moments ago.
"What the-!?" I ran to her bed. Empty as it is, there's completely nothing to be found at all! How did this happen— I never heard the door open! The door emits a loud throbbing sound when opened, I knew myself and Sayaka did hear it! Crap, I gotta go look for her— and fast! This isn't funny, she could lose her life!
I went to open the door, yet it isn't possible. Long strands of hair bound the door tight and trying to open it wasn't possible anymore as the door won't bulge no matter how hard I pushed on. I saw a spirit— it appeared in red and was hostile towards me as it flew towards me with the intent of taking my body. I took my blade out, there's no time to lose. The projections were already imagined, the directions of where the blade will be flunked towards is already decided. Here I go—
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" The spirit faded away with a slash from my sword. Destroying its utter existence completely and no longer being a threat towards me, I now turned towards the strands of hair that's been binding the door. With one fell swoop, I slashed the strands of hair and began to open the door, walking outside and seeing someone dragging Sayaka away.
"Sayaka!" I ran towards the figure as the surroundings slowly became clear around me, what the…? I-It's a literal zombie! This isn't funny at all, this is dangerous! Moreover, he has sleighthammer carried around his left arm which was used to carry MY SAYAKA. I won't forgive you, whatever you are!
What's more infuriating me is that he simply fucking threw MY SAYAKA ASIDE FOR A MORE AGILE POSITION TO MOVE IN. YOU—! I ran, bounded by fury, disregarding that Sayaka was in a quite bad situation since she was thrown against the wall. The hammer was swung towards me, and I side-steped aside to avoid getting hit— and cutting the knocking edge of the hammer, and glared at him darkly. I wanted to kill the zombie, but he ran away before I was able to cause further damage towards the animate object. I then thrusted the blade back into the sheath, the 'ka-ping' sound vibrating through me. Deeeeeeemn, this feels good.
I carried Sayaka in a princess hold as she slowly opened her eyes, and saw me carrying her in this position. Did she realize that I saved her? That really doesn't matter as of now, I gotta get her to safety and patch her up. Good thing that I had a bottle of water given by Tetsuya that was kept inside my left side of my pocket.
*RECORD SCRATCH*
Haruyuki: wtf author? When did Tetsuya give me the water bottle
Shuura: derp uhhh maybe he shoved it in your pocket
Tetsuya: SHH SHH THE VISITORS ARE WATCHING
Tetsuya: Hey there c: *flails arms*
Shuura: RESUMING
Haruyuki: You fu-
Ugh, did I have a conversation with someone? It sure feels weird to hear voices vibrating around my ear in this school; it feels like I've been made fun of or something else, but there's no time for any hesitation, now! I need to go to the infirmary and patch Sayaka up.
"Unnngh…" Sayaka began to groan a little as I tended to her wounds that she got when that zombie threw her aside, and started to widen her eyes, seeing me taking care of her. "Baka… inu...?"
"Mhm, lie down. Your wound will be finished attending to shortly." I used the towel that was grabbed from the infirmary cabinet and washed it, wiping her wounds gently. She did flinch, and it was a little heartbreaking to see her sound like that. It can't be helped.
"…Thanks a lot…" Sayaka silently muttered, lowering her head to avoid looking at me. Is she blushing red? I was going to lose my mind at the moment when she did, she was unbearably cute and I wanted to hug her, yet instincts prevented me from doing so.
"No problem! I'll risk my life for you, even if I had to." I smiled, it was a silly grin that went off without even me noticing as I packed up the things that are around me, and I decided to carry the towel with me for further uses. I waited for her to recover from her pain as I carried her to the bed she slept earlier, and she just stared at me blankly.
Awkward silence passed as time went by, the surroundings are strangely cold enough for us to not sweat. "Inu-Inumaru…" I heard Sayaka calling me through my surname; did she not hate me anymore? Or was I just too naïve to realize that she didn't hate me at all?
"Yeah? Is your foot hurting you again?" I turned my head towards her, wondering if she's okay and putting aside my inner thoughts, also putting the blade down beside me. The blade sure helped me a lot, thanks Tetsuya.
"U-Uuuh, yeah. Thanks, Inumaru." She smiled slightly, and blushed a little. That tint of red made mine appeared on my cheeks as well; I couldn't resist how charming she is and smiled back. She went off the bed, and appeared to be okay; she stood up properly and stretched her body. I took the blade that was placed beside me and thrusted it into my belt loop yet again to make the process of carrying it simpler.
"Let's go." We moved outside after that and procceded through the hallway yet again. After going through another pair of stairs, I stopped. What… Just what the hell!? This feeling of dread coursed through me as we arrived at the 1st Floor of the Second Wing, it's as if the surroundings were being able to swallow me! What's worse, there's a corpse on the ground! A dent mark is it… a result of being hammered to death!?
"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Sayaka screamed, crouching down and holding her head with her hands. What the- there's a kind of dark ooze around her! She appears to be going insane as the dark aura became even more intense, I have to save her! I crouched down as well, giving her back on a pat as I hugged her gently. God… Her smooth skin and mine made contact during our hug, me hoping this moment would never end. Her eyes widened, the blade getting to work as the darkening aura around her started to fade away bit by bit.
"Wha-What are you fucking doing!" Sayaka came back to her senses, punching me, making me fall backwards. I DIDN'T GET TO GET HER DOWN WITH ME AAAAAAAAAAAAA cough Anyways, I rubbed my cheeks and ensure that she is her own self and I sighed a little.
"I-I was just saving you. The blade- uhh, requires a close range to get to work." I lied, though I'm not sure about the exact range of its spirit resistance as well. I should get more info from Tetsuya the next time I was able to see him. Though, it's kind of worth it that I lied, I was able to hug her.
"A-Alright…" She slowly muttered as she began to stand up from her place, me instinctively covering her eyes and accompanying her through the hallways and preventing her from seeing the corpse. I started to move a little faster than usual, wanting to check the surroundings for her first.
"W-Wait." She stood still and caught my hand, preventing me from moving further as she blushed a dark shade of red. I can feel my cheeks became red and heating up as well.
"Thank you."
A/N: Finally done! Again, leave a review for your opinions and ideas! Would it be okay to do a Kuudere Naho next? It's up to you guys! Until then, toodles! :DDD