The Devil's Deal!

Chapter 4: Secrets!

Sora's P.O.V

My body felt heavy, as I felt like I was surrounded by darkness. I was so tired, I just wanted to sleep, but it felt like there was something I needed to do. Something that kept bothering me. "Sora Shouko huh? You have an interesting last name. A name that's only given to a select few, just who are you." Said a voice in my head, at first I didn't recognize it, then in a split second, It sounded familiar. It was Higetsu's voice, I tried to open my eyes, but they wouldn't open. Images of a forest flashed in my mind, with the pentagram on my neck flashing. "A forest? I see that's where the truth is, very interesting, now just who are you truly?" Higetsu's voice said again, as it felt like something was going through my mind, till it felt like something hit me. "What?" He said, with the same feeling of him hitting something in my mind, my hands moved on their own, making fists and having my nails dig into my skin. "A block, are you blocking this portion of your mind from me?!" Higetsu yelled as he hit it again with even more power, causing my nails to go even deeper in my hand, with blood slowly dripping from my hand. "I see, you are not blocking me from seeing this portion of your mind, you didn't even block it, it's blocked even from you, meaning someone put this in your mind." Higetsu eventually stopped hitting whatever he was trying to force his way through, as I felt my nails leave my skin. Just then I heard a voice in my head, not Higetsu's someone else's. "Sora... Please don't leave me alone..." It was Mia's voice, her voice was soft, it sounded like she was crying. I wanted to move, to hug her, tell her it's all ok, but my body wouldn't move. "Mia... I'm ok... I'm right here..."

I then saw a bright light, as it slowly blew away the darkness around me. "I can't believe I'm helping you, when you have made a contract with his kind." The voice sighed softly. "Well, this will be the only time, because of how much you risked to save her. Keep her safe, and maybe we shall meet in the future, Sora Shouko, of the legendary Shouko family." When the voice quit talking the light got brighter and brighter, till eventually my eyes opened to see a light above me. I slowly moved my hand above my eyes, to block the light. "Ugh... what happened..." I slowly sat up, to notice that my clothing was that of a hospital. I heard someone walk towards me. "Well now, look who's awake." I looked towards the person talking to me, to see a nurse smiling. "Who are you?" I asked in a soft voice, like I haven't talked in days. "My name is Liz." She said smiling a bit, while looking at some paperwork. "You've been sleeping for quite some time." I was confused a bit when she said that. "U-Um miss Liz where am I?" She looked at me. "Oh yeah I forgot you weren't awake when you put in our care." I tilted my head slightly, confused. "You're in the hospital right now, you've been here for about three to four days now. You were in a coma like state." I looked down slightly. "Three or four days... I was asleep for that long?.." Liz sat down in her chair. "You barely lived, you lost so much blood. I'd say that's why you were asleep for that long, risking your life to save one girl huh?" I jumped when she said that. "H-How did you know about that?" She looked back down at her paperwork. "The girl that came with you when you were admitted here, Mia was her name I think. She told me what happened to you, how you risked your life to keep her safe. I'm impressed that you went that far to keep her safe, to put yourself in this state for her." I looked at her slightly, with her just looking through paperwork. "Is Mia ok?" I asked softly with me noticing Liz smiling. "Yes, she's ok. She has visited you a few times, while you were in your coma state. She would talk for hours, about her day, what she learned in class, what she did, and right before she leaves, she would cry, and say sorry to you." I flinched slightly, looking at a mirror in front of me. "Why would she say sorry...?" Liz stood up, and walked to the bed I was on, sitting down on it. "Because she blamed herself for you ending up in here, she thinks you did this for her, and you harmed yourself to save her, only to nearly die. It tore her apart." I looked down, as I felt my eyes swell up, with tears forming. "I caused her this much pain..."