Seraph of the End - Demons Lulluby

Nagoya - part 5

Claire POV

I pulled Waylon up, and for a moment we both just stood there. His blue eyes stared into mine, and I felt my chest twist in a weird way.

Suddenly, I heard a snap beside me; turning to see Mika looking annoyed that we weren't moving along before Allan woke up. I blush a bit, but to cover it up I quickly let go of Waylon's hand and run up the stairs to the inside.

"Thanks for the save, but my squad is back there." Waylon said, lagging behind on purpose, he seemed to want to go and help them.

Mika turned to him, stopping in his tracks. "Is Yu over there?" He asked quickly.

"Yu? Yuichiro? Yeah-" Waylon had started to talk, but as soon as the confirmation went out, Mika sprinted back down the stairs and into the dust cloud.

Inside I could not see much, every now and then a silhouette of someone would appear, or an explosion would ring out. Other than those it was impossible to see inside.

"Why did you save me anyway?" Waylon wondered aloud, looking up at me; I was up the stairs farther than him.

I bit my lip. "Because... your my friend." I said hesitantly, I didn't know if he even took me as a friend. I mean, we only met once, and the other times we saw each other we didn't even talk.

At my statement, Waylon stared at me for a moment, and for a moment, I thought he was going to frown. But instead a smile went to his face. "I see." He mumbled.

That smile sent some sort of shock to my chest, because my heart stopped for a moment. I took a deep breath, were in a battlefield, I need to focus.

"First things first though, we'll find your squad. But we need a way to clear the dust." I said, looking around. Waylon scratched his head, then looked into the dust cloud.

"If we get to a higher vantage point we should be able to see in a bit better." Waylon said, running up to me and grabbing my hand, pulling me along with him. "Meaning we need to head to the roof!"

I keep his pace, running through the halls. An intersection came, and Waylon stopped, and got into cover, pulling me along with him. He covered my mouth, and kept still. At first I thought he was being a pervert, but as other vampires passed, I froze up and didn't struggle.

After a long moment of staying still, I noticed one of Waylon's arms was around my waist, the other over my mouth, he was pulling me close. I was about to squirm when he suddenly got up and beckoned for me to follow.

Jeez, he doesn't think it's weird yet I do!? Get a grip, Claire, he's just a friend... just a friend. I feel flustered as we run up the first flight of stairs. The second floor was a blur of human soldiers and vampires fighting. All around people were falling or turning to dust.

"Don't focus on fighting." Waylon said, and ran through some of them, pushing people aside and going straight for the next stairs. I follow close behind, ducking under a blade that I didn't quite know if it was a vampire or humans.

We made it to the stairs and the roofs door, which Waylon tried opening, but found that it was locked. I grit my teeth and tell him to move, kicking it open. Being strong as a vampire has its perks, I suppose.

We stopped at the edge railing on the roof, staring off down in the courtyard. "Damn. It's better but still not clear." I mumbled.

Waylon pointed across the yard at a certain point. "Over there, I see one of them. Mitsuba." He said.

"Should we look for the others and then go, or now?" I asked, feeling anxious and nervous about heading into that cloud of war.

Waylon grinned over at me. "Can you keep up?" He asked.

I cross my arms and avoid eye contact. "Of course! I'm a noble." I said with a confident tone.

At this, I did not expect Waylon to suddenly grow a grim expression, as if something flashed in his mind for a second. "Yeah... a noble." He mumbled.

Another explosion rips out of the cloud, and the force is so great it pushes a wave of wind into our face. The smell of napalm hit my nose. Did the humans bring fire hoses or something? I glance over at Waylon, but he looked just as confused as I do.

Through the explosion, some of the dust and smoke was blown away, making a large open and clear area. In that clear area was the one that Mika had called Yu, and a vampire fighting.

"Did Yu do that? Or..." Waylon mumbled, then suddenly jumped over the ledge, I panicked at first, but when I looked down at the ground, he landed perfectly, and quietly like a cat. He looked up at me and nodded his head, telling me to follow again.

Does he never stay somewhere for more than a minute? I jump over too, a short sound of wind blowing by my ears and I landed soon after. Waylon had already ran into the cloud, so I couldn't see him anymore. I can't lose sight of him now.

I run in after him, the dust and smoke blocking a lot of my sight. I run into a few people, but ultimately there's so much confusion that barely anyone is attacking each other, probably because they can't tell if it's friendly or not.

I then make it into the clearing, where Yu is just finishing off some vampires. He makes eye contact with me, and raises his sword. I'm about to defend myself, but behind me a figure stands in the way.

"She's with me. We're getting out of here." Waylon said, standing in front of me, making Yu look confused.

"He's right." Mika said, coming out of the smoke and rubbing his eyes from the dust. Yu froze up a bit from Mika being there, looking conflicted.

Waylon pointed east of the cloud. "Shinoa and Mitsuba are that way, we'll grab them and get out of here." He said, not waiting for the others or me to push another comment or argument, he rushed back into the cloud, towards the east.

Mika walked to my side, as Yu gave us both a confused glance, then ran through the cloud after Waylon. Mika raised an eye brow at me.

"He's... interesting." He said, must've been mentioning towards Waylon. I give him a nervous smile and run through with him, hoping I don't run into anyone I don't want to see.

(Took me awhile to get this out, because mostly this chapter was a giant clusterfuck of bubbly moments with Waylon x Claire and running... lots of running. Next chapter Shit is going to go down again, that's all I'm telling you. Nonetheless I hope you enjoyed and have a wonderful day!) - MnMs171

PS - Looks like Claire x Waylon is what I'm going with, though there will be some... rivalry between some people. Hehehe.