Chapter 5
I Won't Let You Die ...
--
Third person POV.
No POV.
"Is there anything we two can help, miss?" Araki asked kindly while smiling at the girl in front of him.
Apparently, the figure who previously called Araki and Issei turned out to be a beautiful girl with long dark black hair. Both of the girl's eyes have a dark purple color, as if to add beauty to her face.
"A-ano.. Is there one of you named Hyoudou Issei?" The girl asked softly, fiddling with her fingers.
"It is me!" Issei replied spontaneously, responding to the question from the girl.
Realizing that something good will happen to Issei, in the end Araki decides to leave the two, because his current presence is not too important. By gently patting Issei's right shoulder, Araki hopes that his friend can overcome all the things that are full of surprises later.
--
Third person POV.
Issei POV.
"S-so.." The girl said haltingly, accompanied by a blush formed on her both cheeks.
The atmosphere felt even more awkward, because the girl seemed to want to say something to Issei, but couldn't. Similarly, Issei, he didn't know what to do at all, in front of him was a beautiful girl, he felt very nervous because this was the first time he talked alone with a girl.
"I-Is there any need with me?" Issei asked awkwardly, trying to break the atmosphere that felt very awkward.
"A-ano A-Are you dating someone?" The girl asked with her voice trembling, enduring all the immense shame inside her.
Issei's heart was beating very fast, various strange thoughts began to appear in his mind. Is this girl about to harboring any feelings for him right now? Is this girl going to confess her feelings to him? Just thinking about it made Issei misbehave, he couldn't think of anything else other than that, however, he had to answer the girl's question immediately.
"N-no.." Issei replied with his low voice, looking at the girl with his expectant gaze.
"I see.. Thank goodness!" Said the girl in her melodious voice, the girl seemed to feel very relieved after hearing Issei's words.
Meanwhile, Issei is very surprised at the girl's reaction, making him even more sure that the girl will confess her feelings to him. But all that is still uncertain, he currently has to be patient, waiting for all his hopes to happen.
"U-um ... W-what's the need with me?" Issei asked puzzledly, looking at the girl with a look on her face that looked ridiculous.
Because of his expectant feelings for the girl's declaration of love for him, Issei behaved even more. He couldn't hide the big blush that filled his face anymore, which even made his face look ridiculous.
"I always see you walking through this road, so..." The girl replied while looking at Issei with her face flushed, her wide pair of eyes looking at him with a trembling gaze.
"A-ano.. Will you date me?!" The girl asked her voice that was so low, that it almost made Issei unable to hear her.
Like being struck by lightning, Issei was immediately shocked when he heard what the girl in front of him said to him. After a long wait and hope, finally his wish has come true, having a beautiful girlfriend is Issei's only dream that has never once come true.
"I accept it!!" Issei replied enthusiastically, without thinking, he immediately received a declaration of love from the girl.
"Really?!" The girl asked hesitantly, confirming whether Issei meant accepting her as his girlfriend.
"Yes!!" Issei said once again loudly, which immediately made the black-haired girl unravel a smile full of happiness.
"Thank goodness.. My name is Yuuma Amano. Thank you for accepting me as your girlfriend!!" Yuuma said with enthusiasm, her face looked full of pleasure, because in the end she managed to launch her first strategy to eliminate a "Creature" that had the potential to become her biggest obstacle.
--
(Timeskip)
•{The Next Day}•
Third person POV.
Araki POV.
"So your name is Amano Yuuma?" Araki asked, smiling softly at a black-haired girl who was holding hands with Issei.
"Ye-yes! Absolutely.." Yuuma replied kindly while looking at Araki with a gentle smile on her pretty face.
It turns out that the world doesn't always be unfair to someone in this world, although Issei is a perverted and depraved young man, in the end he finds his love. Amano Yuuma, a beautiful girl with long dark black hair, a very beautiful body, and also an innocent nature, is certainly a dream girl for every man in this world.It is very lucky for Issei, to be able to get an Amano Yuuma as his girlfriend, not only beautiful but the girl has the same beautiful nature as she looks. Araki is also happy, when he sees that his friend finally got what he had been hoping for, although he is not sure that Amano Yuuma is really sincere in loving him.
"Yuuma... Congratulations on your relationship with Issei!" Araki said in his voice that sounded full of joy, congratulating Yuuma on her relationship with Issei.
"Thank you.." Yuuma replied with a flushed face, while continuing to hold Issei's hand tightly, as if the girl didn't want to part with the brown-haired young man at all.
"Thank you, Araki." Issei said while smiling softly at Araki, not only did he feel lucky to get a beautiful girlfriend, he also felt very lucky to be able to make a friend as good as Araki.
The two began to talk to each other about themselves, interspersed with jokes filled with happiness. Araki who saw both could only unravel a gentle smile on his face towards the two lovers in front of him, until finally he realized something strange. Araki's eyes widened, because he was currently seeing an event that was beyond human reason. Not knowing what happened to him, he could suddenly see a lot of small red particles covering Yuuma's body, but apparently, Issei couldn't see the strange phenomenon in his girlfriend at all.
In fact, Araki even rubbed his glasses and also both of his eyes because he didn't believe in the strange phenomenon he had just seen on Yuuma's body, but everything didn't help at all. The small red particles are still visible floating around Yuuma's body while emitting a thick red light that shines faintly.
Sweat began to drench Araki's body, indeed he felt very confused about what had happened to him at this time. Even to the point that his body began to tremble violently, which Issei and Yuuma immediately realized.
"What's the matter, Araki?" Issei asked with concern, when he saw the strange reaction of Araki who seemed to be in fear and confusion.
But Araki did not answer Issei's question at all who was worried about him, the white-haired young man seemed to be standing sculpting while continuing to stare at Yuuma who was also confused about his reaction which seemed very strange.
But then, Araki came back to his senses and immediately stabilized his mental state, which was already very depressed. With a smile that seemed forced, Araki looked back at Issei and Yuuma with his kind smile, as if nothing strange had happened to him.
"No... Nothing! It's better, we go to the Academy immediately, because the learning time is almost starting." Araki said to Issei, pointing to a black watch on his right wrist.
"You're right, Araki." Issei replied with a look on his face that began to panic, the young man had no memory of the strange incident that had previously happened to Araki, his own friend.
"Come on, Yuuma-chan!" Invite Issei to Yuuma, with a big grin on his face, by holding Yuuma's hand, the two begin to leave Araki alone.
"Okay, Issei-kun.." Yuuma replied tenderly, and began to walk along with Issei beside him.
With his gaze filled with question marks, Araki looked at Yuuma's back which seemed to be starting to move away so intensely. For some reason, he felt that there was something hidden in the girl, that, felt like it was not a good thing, but still, he still couldn't confirm it.
Small red particles are also still visible around Yuuma's body which looks increasingly distant with Issei, making Araki feel even more that there is something strange that Yuuma is hiding from Issei and also himself, whatever it is, everything will definitely be exposed in the future.
(Short Timeskip.)
"N-no way!!" Motohama exclaimed with the look on his face that looked very surprised and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Absolutely impossible!!" Matsuda shouted while glaring his eyes very widely, to the point that both eyeballs seemed to almost jump out.
Motohama and Matsuda looked at Issei and Yuuma with their faces full of shock, the two young men seemed to be in disbelief of what they were seeing. Issei, with a beautiful girl beside him, was a sight the two of them never once imagined would happen. Tears filled with pain began to flow freely from both Motohama and Matsuda's eyes, as if the two young men were not at all happy about the luck that befell their own friend. Don't even know what that two perverted young boy thought, obviously, they looked like they were being betrayed by someone they both considered good friends.
"Yuuma-chan, introduce that the two of them are my friends. Motohama and Matsuda." Issei said softly to Yuuma, introducing his two best friends.
"It's nice to get acquainted with you guys." Yuuma said with her face that looked very sweet, smiling with a gentle smile to Motohama and Matsuda.
Motohama and Matsuda couldn't say a word at all, the hearts of the two young men felt like they were being stabbed by thousands of knives, they didn't expect that Issei would betray the two at all. Seeing the reaction of his two friends, Issei showed a big grin on his face. He began walking up to the two of them with a proud smile clearly visible on his face.
"And also Yuuma is my girlfriend." Issei whispered right in both the ears of Motohama and Matsuda, which immediately made the two young men immediately fall to their knees on the ground.
Then, Issei walked back to Yuuma without once looking back at Matsuda and Motohama who were mentally attacked by Issei's words.
"Come on, Yuuma-chan." Issei said as he took Yuuma's hand tightly again.
"Ha'i!!" Yuuma replied with her melodious voice, then, the two slowly stepped slowly and left Matsuda and Motohama behind.
"You two better find a girlfriend too." Araki taunted as he looked at Motohama and Matsuda with a sinister smile that adorned his face.
Truly, seeing Motohama and Matsuda who could not accept the harsh reality that Issei had found a girlfriend was the most amazing sight Araki had ever seen in his life. While continuing to laugh out loud, Araki began to step into Kuoh Academy and left the two perverted young men behind, who were crying with all of his feelings.
"You damn traitor!!" The two of them shouted at the same time.
(Timeskip.)
Araki is now walking home with Issei and Yuuma after the Academy hours end. Actually, he had no intention of going home with the two of them, because he felt that his presence was not needed at all, but he was forced to go along because Issei constantly persuaded him.
"Neee, Issei-kun.. Will you date me tomorrow?" Yuuma asked in her distinctive voice, while hugging Issei's right arm tightly.
"Dating??" Issei asked, stammering, with his face beginning to turn bright red.
"Yes, date.." Yuuma said, looking at Issei expectantly.
While Issei was talking to Yuuma about dating plans, Araki was seen standing sculpted with his face flat, staring at the two with his flat gaze. What a! If he had known that something like this would happen, he would definitely not have participated even if Issei continued to persuade him for thousands of years.
"Sure, Yuuma-chan!!" Issei replies with great enthusiasm, after talking to Yuuma about his dating plans.
Hearing that Issei had agreed, made Yuuma smile from ear to ear with her face flushed like a tomato. Feeling ashamed, in the end Yuuma decided to run away from Issei and Araki. But all of a sudden, the girl's steps suddenly stopped and began to turn around looking at Issei with a mysterious smile on her face.
"I'll look forward to our date tomorrow!" Yuuma said excitedly, looking at Issei with a sweet smile on her face.
"Yes!!" Issei shouted very loudly, as feelings of excitement, joy and impatience blended together within him.
But the same is not true for Araki, who is currently looking at Yuuma's back that is starting to move away with his gaze that looks flat, as well as the look on his face. Every now and then he glanced at Issei who was beside him, and found that his friend was jumping up and down with happiness.
But he also couldn't tell Issei what he thought about Yuuma, because it could lead to misunderstandings between him and Issei. In the end, Araki decided not to say what had been stuck in his mind, and pretended that there was nothing strange he had previously felt in Yuuma.
"Congratulations, Issei." Araki said with a big smile on his face, congratulating Issei on his planned date with Yuuma that would be held tomorrow.
"Thank you, Araki." Issei replied with his voice that sounded very happy, patting Araki's shoulder quite hard.
"Well, let's go home soon. Also prepare yourself for tomorrow." Araki said with a chuckle when he saw the ridiculous reaction shown by Issei when he felt happy.
Third person POV.
Issei POV.
"He's a little late.." Issei said, looking at the watch on his wrist.In a fairly large garden, Issei is standing with his clothes that look pretty cool to him. A black short-sleeved casual outfit, with brown trousers, is the outfit Issei decided to wear when he was dating with Yuuma.
But while he was waiting for Yuuma's arrival, he was surprised by the arrival of a woman aged 25 years and over who handed him a small white paper in the middle of which there was a strange symbol.
"Hello.. Please take this." A woman said as she handed him a strange sheet.
"Thank you.." Issei took the piece of paper, although he did not know what he would do with it.
"We will grant all your wishes?" Issei read the writing on the paper while frowning.
"Looks weird.." Issei said softly without thinking about the writing, he really couldn't believe the writing on the paper.
But all of a sudden, a big smile immediately formed on Issei's face when he heard the voice of a girl he had been waiting for.
"Issei-kun!!" There was a girl's screaming voice from behind him.
Issei also slowly turned his body, which immediately made his heart beat faster because he was looking at something so very beautiful. Namely the figure of Amano Yuuma who was running towards him, her beautiful body looked up and down because she was running, making Issei's face even more flushed with a perverted smile that was seen on his face.
"oh, Yuuma-chan!" Issei said with a smile looking at Yuuma who was running up to him.
By trying his best not to show his perverted face, Issei actually subconsciously stuffed the paper he got from an unknown woman into his trouser pocket.
"Am I late?" Yuuma asked Issei with her breath slightly gasping because she had just run.
"No. I just came." Issei replied curtly, while continuing to look at Yuuma's chest with his eyes highlighted.
Actually, Yuuma also realized that Issei was looking at her chest with his perverted face, but she didn't mind, whatever she would do, so that she could always be with Issei, until the death that separated the two.
"Well, then we start our date!" Yuuma took Issei's hand with a big smile, and immediately dragged Issei to go start the date.
(Timeskip.)
After spending a full day wandering around various entertainment venues on their date, Issei and Yuuma are now seen walking on a path located in a park in the middle of Kuoh City.
The park looks so very quiet, even though it is still afternoon, usually, at this time the park will be filled with various small children who are playing with their friends, but for some reason, this afternoon feels very much different from the afternoon on normal days.
The two continued to step while holding each other's middle, until finally both of them came to a fountain pool that was not too big. Just arriving, Yuuma suddenly let go of her hand on Issei's, and started running towards the fountain pool that was already not far in front of the two.
Issei, who saw her, couldn't help but unravel a gentle smile on his perverted face, which he wouldn't have expected, in fact this was the moment when he shouldn't smile. Not far in front of him, Yuuma was standing with her back to him, making Issei's heart palpitations even more, thinking that Yuuma would give him a surprise. And sure enough, Yuuma had already prepared a surprise for him, a surprise that he would never be able to forget for the rest of his life.
"Hey, Issei-kun. Will you do something for me to remember our first date this time?" Yuuma asked in her voice softly while turning her back to Issei
"Could it be that she asked for that..." Issei's mind with his face that began to turn red was not messy.
"What's that, Yuuma-chan?" Issei asked with a perverted face, thinking of the shadow where Yuuma would give him a beautiful surprise.
"Are you going to obey them?" Yuuma asked again as she began to turn her body towards Issei, revealing him who was smiling with a mysterious smile on her face.
"I will obey all your requests!!" Issei replied quickly, he really couldn't wait for Yuuma's surprise.
"Then will you die for me?" Yuuma asked in her voice that sounded very cold and intimidating.Suddenly, Issei was very surprised when he heard Yuuma's words, even to the point of making him subconsciously walk backwards for several steps.
"Sorry, Yuuma-chan. Can you repeat it again?" Issei said with an awkward smile looking at Yuuma in front of him.As a result, after hearing Issei's words, Yuuma began to walk up to Issei with a big smile displayed on her face that no longer looked innocent and cute, this time her face looked so cold and intimidating, very different from the previous Yuuma.
"Will you die for me?" Yuuma whispered right beside Issei's ear with her voice sounding cold.
Issei's eyes flashed instantly, sweat began to wet his body, as he heard clearly Yuuma's words. At the same time, the clothes worn by Yuuma suddenly tear and reveal her beautiful body.
"I saw it!! I saw it!!" Issei shouted inwardly enthusiastically, accompanied by a stream of blood coming out of his two nostrils.
Yuuma's body was suddenly wrapped in a black cloth that only covered her chest and private parts, with a pair of black wings that also suddenly appeared on her back. Her appearance has changed completely, from what previously looked like an innocent beautiful girl, now turned into a woman with a hideous appearance and look on her face.
"Even if it's a while, playing love with you is quite fun." Yuuma said in a voice that sounded very different from before, while showing Issei a horrifying smile on her face.
Along with the end of the sentence, suddenly, from Yuuma's right palm appeared a purplish spear that shone faintly. Seeing that something strange happened to Yuuma, of course Issei felt very afraid of what would be done to Yuuma, because the woman, seemed to have no love for him at all.
"Yuuma-chan.." Issei looked at Yuuma with his gaze filled with disbelief.
"Die..." Yuuma jumped coldly, while throwing her spear right at Issei's face which looked still very shocked.
Jleb!!
"Ugh.."
Before the spear managed to hit Issei's face, the spear suddenly stopped because it was blocked by a white-haired young man who appeared out of nowhere, Issei was indeed saved, but the white-haired young man would be the replacement.
"Araki?!" Issei said with his voice trembling, when he saw a young man he knew very well in front of him, with a spear pierced through his back.
"Run, Issei! Run!" Araki shouted haltingly, while enduring all the extreme pain in his stomach.
Without being able to refute any more, Issei immediately ran away to the accompaniment of his sobbing which sounded so very heart-wrenching. Not only will he lose his love, he will also lose a friend who is very precious to him, what a fool! He might be fooled by the cunning trick of "Yuuma" who actually had the intention to kill him.
--
Third Person POV.
Araki POV.
"Yuuma.. Why are you doing this to Issei?" Araki asked Yuuma with his voice trembling, the white-haired young man's gaze looked faint.
"Issei? I didn't intended to kill him, but if he was left alive... then he will be a threat to us." Yuuma replied with a cold smile at Araki who was dying.
With just a blink of an eye, Yuuma suddenly pulled out the spear that stuck into Araki's stomach very roughly, which immediately made the white-haired young man scream very loudly because he felt an extreme pain in his stomach.
Brukk!
Araki's body instantly fell to the cold ground, along with blood rushing out of his gaping wound. Meanwhile, Yuuma looked at Araki's face in pain with her eyes looking satisfied, before finally, the woman shot up into the air and disappeared above the darkening sky.
"Ugh!" Araki spit out a mouthful of fresh blood from his mouth, as his breathing felt heavy and getting heavier.
Araki's body lay helpless on the ground in a supine position, the condition of the white-haired young man looked very miserable. Tears began to flow out from under his black glasses, as his fond memories were revived in his mind.
The memories of where he spent his childhood with his parents, the memories of making a promise to a girl who meant so much to him, all these happy memories began to fill Araki's head. He has been born with solitude, and in the end, that solitude will also accompany him as he takes his breath for the last time in this world.
"I won't let you die, comeback to life and be my Peerage..." Just before Araki closed his eyes forever, he could see a red-haired girl standing right beside him.
Vaguely, he could hear that the girl was saying a few words to him, until in the end, Araki had breathed his last breaths as a human being, because basically, fate still held a surprise completely unexpected for him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~