Isamu's POV
I sighed, watching as Miyu froze up. I gently put my hand on her lower back and led her over to the chairs, helping her into one. She looked really troubled, a small frown on her lips. I sat down on the chair next to her and casually threw my arm over the back of her chair. Miyu looked at me, and a small smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"You ok? We don't have to do this if you don't want too." I said, praying she said no so we could get out of here. I really didn't like seeing her upset.
"I'm...good." She hesitantly replied.
"That's a lie and we both know it." I said, staring her in the eyes.
She turned away and I sighed, wishing it didn't have to be this way. As more and more students filed in the noise level got higher and higher. Kid stomped into the room, followed quietly by Liz and Patti, and fell heavily into a chair, the two girls sitting on either side of him. Hiro walked in next, followed by a girl with blue hair, took one look at Kid, and immediately went to sit on the other side of the room. I nudged Miyu, and she looked up at me.
"What's going on with Hiro and Kid?"
"Disagreement I think, I don't know exactly." She looked as if she was going to say more, but was cut off when Stein wandered into the room.
Stein walked around to his desk, and sat in his chair, backwards as always. Dayna, Sidney, Justin, Spirit holding Maka, and Lord Death walked in at that moment and Stein nodded to them. He rooted through his desk, scratched his head, and then found what he was looking for. He rolled to the middle of the sparring ring.
"Ok kids, today's sparring day. I want to give a warm welcome to our guests..." He waved his hand in the general direction of Lord Death and friends.
"Alright, now then." He held the paper in front of him and began reading off names. "The following sparring groups will be facing off; Kid/Liz/Patti against Hiro/Rio..."
I tuned the next few sparring groups out and watched as Hiro glanced nervously at Kid, who ignored the look. Miyu nudged me and I began paying attention again.
"Miyu/Isamu versus Akane/Ryuu..." Miyu clutched nervously to me, and I held her hands gently, trying to calm her down.
Stein quickly finished the list and Kid and his group went to the ring, and we all sat down in the chairs around the ring, watching Kid's weapon partners turn into guns, and he held them while getting into a battle stance. Rio did a back-flip and turned into a sword, and Hiro caught her, falling into a battle stance, awaiting Stein's word.
"3...2...1...Go." Stein said, sounding bored.
Kid immediately shot at Hiro's feet, and Hiro jumped off the ground like a rocket, managing to propel himself at Kid, sword first. Kid quickly jumped back, Hiro slicing a few inches from his face. Kid took the advantage of Hiro being unbalanced and dove at Hiro's leg, knocking him off his feet. Hiro landed dazed, but quickly recovered. When Kid stood over Hiro, about to finish the sparring match, Hiro kicked Kid's midsection, sending him flying. Kid managed to flip himself around in mid air and landed perfectly balanced on his feet. Hiro used the time for Kid to hit the ground to spring up and launch himself at Kid, who was standing now. Hiro feinted a swipe to Kid's legs, and Kid tried to reset for it, but at the last minute Hiro swung his sword up and caught Kid's left arm. Kid jumped back after the attack, blood dripping from a cut to his forearm. Kid stood proudly, a glint in his eyes, while Hiro looked triumphant at first, and then looked scared as he saw Kid's look.
"LET'S GO, SOUL RESONANCE!" Kid shouted, his two partners voices intertwined with his.
"Oh shit!" Hiro whispered as he watched his enemy turn more powerful.
"Death CANNON!" Kid shouted as his weapons fired a shot each, straight at Hiro.
There was a loud band, a scream of pain, and as the smoke cleared we saw four figures standing, one laying on the ground. One figure dropped to his knees, and when the smoke disappeared, most of the class gasped. Hiro was crouched over an unconscious Rio. Rio's eyes were closed, blood gushing out from many spots, including one of her eyes. Hiro was shaking her shoulders, mumbling incoherently. A loud rolling of wheels was heard, followed by two sets of running feet. Stein, sitting on his chair, followed by Dayna and Justin.
"Hiro..." Stein said, surprisingly gentle. "Can you please let her go?"
"She transformed to block it herself..." Hiro sobbed, and the class gasped, staring at each other.
"We know." Dayna said, laying a hand on his shoulder. "We saw. But you need to let her go so we can bring her to get patched up."
"Don't worry, she will live. Do you want to come?" Stein asked.
"Yes!" Hiro said, leaning down to gently pick up Rio, an arm under her knees and his other arm under her shoulders.
Hiro walked quickly towards the door, followed by Dayna and Justin. Dayna stopped, ran back to Kid and whispered something. Kid nodded, looking ashamed, and Dayna patted his shoulder and ran to catch up with the trio heading to the infirmary.
Kids partners each put an arm around Kid and led him to a chair on the other side of the room, and then sitting beside him.
Stein wheeled himself to the centre of the ring, and sighed.
"That's why you do not piss of Lord Death's children. Now, we are going to ban any soul resonance attacks from the spars, okay?" He looked around, and all of us nodded, still shocked.
"Miyu, Isamu, Akane and Ryuu next..." He said, almost despairingly.
I shuddered at hearing my name, and Isamu helped me up and lead me to the centre of the ring. A pair of boys got up, and came to the ring also. They were a fairly tall pair, one with fiery red hair and the other with white-blonde hair.
"I am Akane." The red haired one spoke, and looked right into my eyes with his green ones.
"And I am his weapon partner, Ryuu." The white-blonde one said, and his violet eyes raised from the floor. "No need to tell us who you are, we already know. Now, shall we get on with it?"
I nodded, and the four of us separated into our designated sides. I felt a pressure on my hold of my mind, but fought it off.
Ryuu transformed himself into a blade staff , and Isamu squeezed my hand and then turned into a scythe. I felt his mind connect with my own, and I swung him around in front of me, blade frontwards. Akane held Ryuu by his side, blade in front. I slowly moved my foot backwards and began leaning my weight into the foot behind me. Akane's eyes flicked around me, watching my movements. As soon as all of my weight was on one foot, I launched myself. I swung Isamu behind me and Akane launched himself to meet me mid-air, but a millisecond too late. I brought Isamu down and sliced Akane's chest with the tip of the scythe. I landed and brought myself around, watching as Akane landed heavily on his side, groaning. I hit him harder than I thought. Akane slowly stood, his face staying towards the ground. His clothes slowly parted along the rip from Isamu, and blood began flowing from the wound. Akane's eyes finally met mine, glowering at me.
The only sound in the room was the blood dripping off Akane, making a small splashing noise on the ground.
'Drip...drip...drip...'Suddenly became all my ears could hear, and my eyes zoned in on the blood slowly gathering on the ground. My mind began to feel pressured, and then I felt something break down and suddenly, I had no control of my body.
"Hello Miyu..." A creepy voice drawled in my head and I almost screamed. "My name is Cupido..."
"What are you?!" I tried to shout but nothing came out.
"Your madness...and a part of you."
"W-what?"
"Your madness. I am you, but the insane part. The part that has slowly grown, quietly, wanting nothing more than to have full control."
"Why are you able to now?"
"Because, see that lovely blood over there? That's what I lust most...blood and gore, the lovely sound of bones breaking and blood gushing to the floor."
I listened stunned, unable to move because of this presence keeping me captive. I pushed, but there was no giving. Suddenly my body began running, and I had no control. I watched in horror as 'Cupido' swung Isamu once again, and sliced Akane more, as he tried to block, but couldn't. Akane got Ryuu half way up to block but was suddenly sliced down the back as Cupido jumped over him, and sliced Isamu right down Akane's back.
Akane screamed in pain, and Cupido moved my body back.
"Nothing like the lovely sound of tearing flesh...mmmm. What shall we cut next? Or shall we tear his heart out? Imagine the beauty of reaching into his chest and pulling the warm beating heart from his chest...feeling each artery snap one by one..."
I was terrified. How was this...thing...a part of me? I pushed desperately against the hold on my mind, and suddenly felt a tiny break in this wall.
"MIYU!" Isamu's voice rang through my head, and I tried to grab hold of his voice and pull myself back into control.
"ISAMU! HELP! PIN ME DOWN, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL!" I shouted quickly.
"Isamu can't help you now love..."
Suddenly I was in a dark, damp cavern. The cavern was long and gloomy, with a creepy feel to it. A girl walked out from the darkness, and I stared at her appearance. She looked exactly like me, except with two fangs poking out from her mouth, blood red eyes and long red streaks in her hair. She smiled, and nothing about it was friendly. I backed away from her and hit the wall, and slid down as my legs gave out.
"There! Now we can talk much more comfortably!" This girls scratchy voice rang out as she swept her arms wide. "Home, sweet home!"
"Where are we?" My voice rang out, trembling and quiet.
"My home in your mind Miyu. This is where I have been hiding all your life. Isn't it lovely?" She walked closer and I shrank against the wall. "Now, how shall I finally kill yuo to gain control of this body?"
I stared back at her, shaking. "W-what?"
"The only way to gain control is to kill you my dear." This girl said, walking closer to me, running one long fingernail down my cheek.
"What...are you?"
The girl sighed, obviously bored and looked at me expectantly. "I told you this already. I am Cupido, your madness. I know everything about you, being a prisoner of your body since you were born. I am the mad half of you, and you can't stop me anymore Miyu..."
"Mad...half?"
"You are the good part of this soul. I am the evil, the mad, the insane, the blood thirsty. Today, or I should say, right now, as you were fighting Akane, I noticed a crack in the chains that held me prisoner for so long. I felt your mind drift to how to hurt him, and realized my chance." She said, looking me right in the eye, grinning.
She reached behind me and forced me to see the broken chains, and I grimaced.
"These could only hold me as long as you were thinking good thoughts, but once your mind began to wander, they began to break. When you focused on the blood on the floor I saw my chance. I broke the chains and won control and now you, the pathetic weak good side, will be trapped here with my misery forever!"
"You can't! I won't let you!"
"What makes you think you can tell me that..." She backed away and grinned, and I felt my wrists be trapped by something cold, and drawn over my head with a snap.
"Now I have control, and can do whatever I want. Which includes killing you so I don't have to worry about you.." She chuckled, and I rattled the shackles, a dull clanging in this empty tunnel.
"Now, once I have killed you, how should I kill Isamu? Nah, lets focus on the now. Let's see...which would be the most fun? Ripping you open and showing you what your own heart looks like? Or slow and painful? Pulling out each individual nerve in your body? Pulling your eyes out?" Her nails grew at that suggestion and tapped near my eye, and I shivered. "We could pull each of your toe nails and finger nails out until your begging for me to kill you. Or your hair."
She gave a little squeal and her smile grew wider. "I know! We will skin you alive, starting with the feet."
Her nails grew longer and sharper, and I screamed.
Suddenly a bang was heard on the side of the cavern, and I looked to see the wall crumbling away. Cupido sprang back, and stood against the other wall of the cavern. The shackle attachments dropped from the wall, and then I could move freely, the chains hanging from my wrists. I helped my unknown saviour, and a small hole developed. A green eye shone through, and I smiled widely, recognizing who it was. The hole grew bigger and bigger, and then someone pulled me through to the safe side. My legs gave out and he easily caught me. I turned to look back through the hole and saw Cupido baring her teeth at us, and I looked back up to see Isamu's handsome face, his features showing concern.
"Are you okay?' His voice sounded husky, like he has been shouting.
"Yea, better now. Why does your voice sound husky?" My quiet voice answered, and he relaxed slightly.
'I felt you loose control. My soul was suddenly snapped loose from our connection and I turned human again. My only concern was you, but I faintly heard running feet. I put my forehead to yours, forcing a way into your mind. I was wandering lost until I came across a crack in this wall. I heard..it's...voice and realized you would be there too. So I broke through the wall." He said, his eyes straying back up to where Cupido was standing.
I Looked to see Cupido put one arm through, groan in pain, and quickly retreat into her cavern. Her arm showed signs of burn marks.
"It appears as though since you are in control..it can't leave it's cavern. Shall we go back to our world now?" Isamu looked back to me, a smirk playing on his lips.
Isamu helped me stand up and started walking off. I pulled him back and he looked confused. I stood at the hole, staring at Cupido. She hissed and I waved my arm towards the wall. Shackles flew out and trapped her arms and legs, pulling her back to the wall with a thud. She groaned in pain, and then stared at me through her eyelashes, hissing, attempting to pull away from the wall. A bar flew out of the wall across her stomach, and I began to build the wall shut with my mind. As the blocks got higher and higher she looked alarmed, and then looked even more angry.
"You won't get away with this. I will come back, and stronger. And I will kill you. Or pretty boy first and then make you watch, your choice..." Her voice rang out, and the last block slid into place.
"Now, let's go..."
Isamu put a gentle arm around my shoulders and led me back the way he ran...
A/N: Sorry guys, heres the next update. I can't seem to keep a proper schedule...I am sorry.
On another note, who wants Isamu/Miyu to become a thing? I am not good at couple names so you guys create it.
Thanks for sticking with me. I love you guys!
Next update, as soon as I can...
~Geneva~