STOMP* STOMP*
Yuji continues to run faster and faster, as the sound of the arch demons footsteps did not seem to get farther from him.
"It's not fading..." Yuji said as he starts gasping.
"And please let me be wrong... but the sound seems like..."
Yuji looked behind him.
His eyes suddenly shrunk, as shivers went down his spine, giving him more pressure than what he had before, as he notices the massive creature which was running like a gorilla, getting closer and closer to him.
Yuji looks back in front with a terrified expression on his face, as his chest tightens up making it harder to breath.
"It's... gonna kill me..."
"I'm... going to die..."
As he kept running and running, his vision starts to darken slowly.
Filled with despair and fear, Yuji looked at Elizabeths face, as he was barely able to breath.
Suddenly, he was reminded of multiple times his life could have been in danger, he remembers how it was like living an everyday life full danger.
Suddenly, a memory flashes from Yuji's eyes.
Sob* sob*
A coffin in the middle end of the area.
People in black everywhere.
And Yuji, in a corner, looking down on the floor, trying to stop his tears from coming out of his eyes.
Erina approaches Yuji, wearing an all black dress.
"Yuji..." Erina said.
"I'm... ok..." Yuji replied.
Erina leaned against the wall beside Yuji, and stayed beside him.
"Mr. Yuji, I presume?" a what seemed to be a soldier stood in front of them, with an all black suit and a black beret on top of his head.
Yuji looks up and looked at the person, as he stayed silent.
"Ms. Akane... was great person..." the soldier said, "She was a great comrade, a great friend... and possibly... a great mother...".
"The best..." Yuji said, with a teary voice as he struggles not to cry.
The soldier smiled.
"There's a message for you that Ms. Akane wanted to give you... if ever this situation happened..." The soldier said.
"What is it?" Yuji said.
"Always look up and Live" the soldier said.
Yuji and Erina stayed silent.
The soldier continued, "In order to live you must survive, and to survive you must have a strong desire to live! because living and surviving are two different things that need one another..."
Yuji chuckles after hearing the whole speech.
Erina's eyes enlarged as she saw Yuji smiling after hearing the speech that put her to confusion.
"That woman... always got something to say.." Yuji said in a laughing tone.
"To live is to survive... and to survive... you must desire to live..." Yuji whispered.
"I don't quite get it... but it totally feels like it shouldn't come from a dead person you know..." Yuji thought, as he stared at the picture above the coffin.
Suddenly, Yuji goes back to reality, as he inhaled a huge amount of air.
Yuji shook his head as he tries to focus.
"Dang it... my life is flashing before my eyes..."
"But... somehow I feel calmer..."
As he stared at Elizabeths face he remembered.
"I still have a promise to grant... and you told me to live too..."
"Living and surviving are two different things..."
Yuji remembers the people he has been with so far.
"I... want to apologize to your sister... and thank her..."
"I... want to see... if they all made it back ok..."
Suddenly regaining composure, Yuji looked in front of him with a focused expressionless face.
"I... don't want to die..."
"I'm... not gonna die!"
Yuji's eyes glew bright red, as he looks carefully at his situation.
"I can't loose the Akuma by just running... I have to shake things up!".
Yuji looks around and saw a tall building that seemed to be an apartment building.
"It's tall... but most importantly it's thick!"
Yuji dashed to the building door and barges through.
Yuji ran quickly to the very far end of the building and stopped right beside a large window.
Yuji then quickly inhaled a massive amount of air, as if he was suffocating.
He began panting as he kept standing straight looking up.
"Damn... it feels like... I'm slowly drowning as I force myself, ".
CRASH*
The front of the building began to collapse as a massive hand crushed the entrance.
"Heh... I knew it..." Yuji said as he continues to pant.
"This place atleast gave me time to breath, " Yuji tought as he looked at Elizabeth's purse.
Yuji was suddenly curious and opened the purse.
"This is... the syringes,"
"So she put two of those in here..."
CRASH*
The middle part of the building started to collapse, being followed by the rest of the building.
Yuji closed the purse and went back to being focused, as he jumped out the building window.
Right after he jumped out, a tall Akuma with a bat like hand stood in front of them.
"YOU GOT TO BE..."
SMACK*
The Akumas swing sends Yuji flying across the area, as he held Elizabeth tightly.
"He he..."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Thanks for the boost!"
Yuji shouted as he picked up Elizabeth and continued to run the direction where the akuma sent them.
"D*mn that hurts... but this is a chance!"
"I might be able to get away from that arch demon from this distance!"
The arch demon stood still, as it looked directly at Yuji, running away from a far distance.
"The ground isn't shaking... it's not following me?"
The Akuma opened its mouth, slowly getting wider and wider.
Yuji looked behind him to see what was going on.
"What the...?"
Yuji thought, as he continues to run with the intense feeling of anxiety.
"What's... this..."
"I'm this distant from it... but..."
"Why do I... feel like this is bad,"
Suddenly a large sharp needle like object came out of the akumas mouth, and like a bullet, made it's way to Yuji as fast as lighting.
STAB*
The needle pierced his back shoulder but dit not pierce through his body.
Yuji looses balance, falling down on the ground and rolling forward as he let go of Elizabeth.
Yuji stoped rolling and from a distance he could see Elizabeths body, laying in front of him.
"What... the hell!?"
Yuji kneeled as he tried to stand up, then suddenly.
His heart began to pound hard, his whole body shivered, as his heart rate was going faster and faster, as if his body was warning him about something dangerous.
Yuji looked at the large needle like object stuck in his back, he felt that the danger his body is signaling was that malicious object which stabbed him.
Yuji quickly removed the needle like object from his back, then suddenly.
"AAAAAAHHHHH"
Yuji shouted from the intense pain.
The arch demon stood still from a distance not going after him, as if it was waiting for something.
The akumas around the area started to slowly walk over to Yuji.
"AAGHH" Yuji groaned, bowing to the ground.
His chest tightened as his heart began to beat very slowly, yet every beat was a heavy pound vibrating all over his body, as if his heart was about to explode.
Yujis eyes began to glew a fading light, as Yuji tries endure his situation.
"Have I... been injected by that thing?" Yuji thought.
"Is that needle... something to transform people?"
" If that isn't the case... then I don't know... what the hell is this feeling!"
Yuji looks at Elizabeth as he was starting to gasp.
Instinctively, Yuji struggled to crawl over to Elizabeth, with one shivering hand as his other hand was holding his chest tightly.
"It's... painful to move..."
"But... why am I..."
Yuji notices the purse on top of Elizabeth.
"Huh?"
Yuji recalls what Elizabeth said.
"If you plan on being bitten... then please inject yourself right after... for safety"
Yuji started to gasp harder, as he was struggling to breath, his vision started fading as everything seemed to get darker and darker.
Then, he made it to Elizabeth.
Yuji quickly grabbed the purse and grabbed the syringe inside, as if he was a man thirsting for water after a walk in the dessert.
Yuji held the syringe and injected himself at the opposite shoulder of where the needle like object came from.
Suddenly flashes of unknown memory appeared in Yuji's head.
"Aw" a deep voice groaned, as the person gets injected by something.
"That... wasn't my voice..." Yuji thought as he looks from the perspective of the said person.
A white area, people in lab coats all over, walking around.
A person in a lab coat with a note, sitting in front of him.
"Is this all doc?" the man with the deep voice said, "I'm gonna be able to help my family right?"
"Yes," the doctor replied, .
"We just have to inject this to you every day, and you'll see the effects," the doctor said as he picked up an odd looking syringe from the table beside him and showed it to the person.
Suddenly Yuji went back to reality, as he breaths a massive amount of air.
"Once again... I felt like drowning!" Yuji thought as he gasp.
"What... did I just see...".
Yuji stood up and sees numerous akumas walking towards him, as the Arch demon made a deep growl from a far distance, and slowly walked over to him.
"I'm... feeling fine again... then!"
Yuji looks behind him and notices that there aren't anymore roads.
"There's only a large building behind me..."
"And from the looks of it... I don't know if it will have an exit behind it..."
Yuji assessed his situation thoroughly and looks for the best way to get out of the situation.
"Now that the pain is gone, I can totally be calm even in this situation..."
"Not just that... somehow.... I think my body is lighter..."
After looking around the area, Yuji reached a conclusion.
"Even after that..."
"I'm F*cked..."
"The building around are too narrow, and if there is atleast one Akuma inside..."
Suddenly numerous akumas came out of the buildings around him from all directions.
"Well... that just made it worse..."
"Am I... really going to have to fight my way through...?"
Yuji took a deep breath, preparing for the worst possible situation.
"IN THAT CASE!"
SLASH*
Suddenly a long metal spear ran around the area near Yuji, piercing every head of the akumas near him.
"HUH!?"
Crash*
Suddenly, a girl with long silky hair came falling down from the sky and grabbed the floating spear that was flying around the area.
"Let's get out of here" said Yukina as she looked at Yuji.