『 I Won't Run Anymore』

Part 24 - Remorse

Demon with a human heart... I suppose that makes as much sense as much as it doesn't make sense. My demon powers were returning, but I was still a human? I don't... fully understand. And nothing about this had been in any of the books I had read on demonology. I had to understand more, so I went to the one place I knew I could get information and comfort at the same time. No sooner had my knuckles rapped on the door twice it swung open with a great force, the door slamming aggressively against the wall as I was rugby tackled to the floor; back hitting the pavement in a painful jolt.

"Vendetta bitch!"

I watched with wide confused and pain filled eyes as the brunette above me howled with laughter. I fidgeted under him to ease the pain I was now starting to feel in my coccyx and shoulder blades, eyes narrowing at the hyperactive male in an angry scowl.

"Daiki, you bastard!"

I pushed hard onto his shoulders, the male barely moving as he looked down at me with superior emerald eyes.

"You ran out on our argument and broke my mirror. This is waaaaaay overdue."

The male laughed again and pushed himself up, gripping my arm in between his long fingers before hurling me up with him as I stood on shaky feet from the sudden shock I had just received. Daiki laughed heartily once more as he walked around my dumbstruck form to lean on the gate I had just passed through.

"It's a nice day; let's do something outside for a change."

I rubbed the lower part of my throbbing back before following after the male with a small smile, being outside did sound nice. And it was just impossible to stay mad at him, not with that shit eating grin he always wore. His hyper personality just added one more reason to why he was my best friend. I followed beside him as we wandered the streets to anywhere and nowhere, just catching up on everything that had happened lately and idle chit chat.

"She looked like a monster Alice, I swear! The amount of make up on that face was unreal and she kept grunting like a pig!"

Daiki pushed his nose up with his index finger as I watched the small; perfect patch of skin crumple up to stare into his nostrils. He started to snort in which a long laugh left my lungs, tears pricking the corners of my eyes. I rubbed the salty liquid away, taking a look at foliage that surrounded us. We were in a forest. I stopped, Daiki also taking notice of my wandering eyes and looked around him for a second before scratching the back of his brunette locks.

"Dammit, how'd we get here?"

"I blame you and your pig story."

Daiki grinned before patting my back gently, twisting me around as he linked his arm through mine.

"Let's go back. We're outside of the barrier here and it isn't safe."

He tugged me along as I moved in step with him, listening as he chattered on about the new video game he bought.

"It's insanely brutal! And soooo cooool! But the cinematic are a little long, which is a complete buzz kill. But it's still good either way; we should play it together sometime!"

"Why? So I can kick your ass at another game?"

Daiki flared his nostrils at me and I smirked up at him with a soft laugh, watching as his eyes fell into a peaceful state along with his mouth.

"You make everything so difficult, ya know?"

A blinding light entered my peripheral vision; my body forced backwards as I hit the ground in a rough manner, feeling the scrapes along my elbows I instinctively moved one to examine it. A small graze, nothing to be worried over. A flash of brown and white entered my vision as I turned my head to see Daiki punching a demon... it looked like a bird. That's what the white light was... I've seen this demon in a book before, what were they called again? The thought soon left my head as my jaw clenched tight, nails digging into the dirt; watching the large bird peck at Daiki's head as it flew over him, an unhappy screech leaving its throat as it circled around.