10. Chapter 10 (1/2)

csilla: i actually haven't finished the chapter i'm currently writing, but since work has been crazy... i thought i should just upload this chapter and work twice as hard to type out chapter 12 then 13.

although i had decided to come back to the human world, i kept my distance from everyone i knew. especially yuu. i wasn't sure how i was going to apologize for leaving the way i had. i hope he didn't cry for too long about me…

"he's not home…" i peered through the balcony window of our apartment, all the memory from the time i spent there flooded back that i almost missed the sight of all my stuff i had left behind was still there. in the same spot i left them.

i smiled a little at the thought before i left, the next place i was going to try was the school. if i recalled, he should have a class today. i was outside the school's front door in a matter of seconds, i pulled up my hood as i walked around until i found the room where yuu's class was held. i peered inside, but saw no yuu.

panic was setting in fast that i almost missed the prickle that ran down the back of my neck. i looked around before i felt it again, was there a reaper nearby? did that mean yuu was also near?

my eyes widened and i took off to find out, it wasn't long before i found ferid and crowley cornering someone. my worst fear was immediately realized when i heard yuu's voice coming from the same direction. i charged in with my katana ready, fear of how he would react upon seeing me again, and quickly

ought myself in front of yuu.

i watched their eyes widened as i defended yuu from crowley's sword and ferid's lancer. i hadn't expected both of them to go after him at the same time so it took almost all my strength just to stop their weapons.

"mi…ka…?" his voice nearly

oke me, all the guilt i felt before came rushing back to me.

pushing their weapons back as i spoke: "y-yeah, i'm here… s-sorry i-i l-left…" my voice strained from the effort of fending both of them off.

ferid seemed amused to see me standing in front of yuu while crowley appeared confused, "hey ferid, what is the short stack doing over there?"

"my~ you haven't realized it, crowley? he's protecting that human,"

something seemed to click inside the muscled reaper's mind as a devilish smile spread across his features, "so then he's our enemy,"

i readied myself for any attack they might come at me with. crowley was the first to lunge at me, the sound of metal bouncing off the walls around us. our weapons continued to clash, the sound of metal growing almost deafening, until i caught sight of ferid moving around us to get to yuu and without any hesitation, i grabbed crowley's wrist then yanked hard enough to have him stumble close enough to head-butt him.

i swung around and immediately deflected ferid's attack against yuu, who scrambled out of the way when i did. the slight sound of movement behind me gave me enough warning to swing back around and stop crowley's attack, but upon seeing ferid making another attempt to attack yuu, i had to act fast –we were in closer quarters to one another- and i landed a punch in his face, hard enough to have him stumbling back and cradling what would hopefully be a

oken nose.