Sora's P.O.V
I slowly turned to face the guy gripping my shoulder as my eyes flashed crimson red. "You touch her, and I'll fucking kill you!" I could feel everyone look at me when I said that. "Then you better show up just outside of the gym after school, or else." For some reason I swung my left fist at him, dropping my tray. I punched him directly in the face, knocking him down. "If I find out that you touched her… I will kill you…" I picked up my tray, and started to walk to Mia, with a small smile. "Sorry about that, just someone bothering me."
"I-it's ok Sora, can we go now, there's a lot of people watching." I nodded turning back to face Cherry who was still in her seat. "Hey, I'll be outside the school building around five! I'll wait there ok?" She nodded, with her looking like she's in shock. "See-Ya!" I said as I walked towards the trash can, throwing my tray away. I noticed Mia was walking to the cafeteria's exit, as I ran to catch up to her. I caught up to her, smiling a bit. "Ready to head to class little one?" I asked with her nodding smiling a bit. "Yeah, let's go before we are late." She replied as we walked towards class.
As the day goes by, the final bell rings letting us go home. I was walking down the hall and I felt my phone in my pocket vibrate. I reached in my pocket and pulled out my phone seeing I had a message from Mia. "Hmm when did she have time to message me?" I thought, opening the message. "If you want her to be safe, go behind the school gym, and come alone, or your 'little one' may end up in the hospital." As I read the message I felt my heart drop, with my body moving. I started to run in the direction of the gym, running into people left and right.
After about three minutes of running, I had arrived at the gym entrance. "They said to go behind the gym. Mia please be safe…" I ran to the back of the gym building, to see about four people. When I stopped, they heard me, turning to face me. I looked at them to see that the one at the back with the bandages had his arm around Mia's neck. "Hey, glad you showed up, we were waiting for you ain't that right?" He said tightening his grip around Mia's neck. She yelps slightly, as I ran towards him. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" I ran towards him, with him pulling out a knife. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." I stopped as he slowly put the knife towards her neck.
I could see how scared she was. "What is it you want?!" I yelled as I saw his friends walking towards me. "If you want her back you will do as I say." I slightly growled. "Now now, all I want you to do is stand there, and not move at all." His friends walked towards me, laughing a bit. "So you want me to willingly take a beating from them?!" They approached me, as I took a step back. "Hey I said no moving!" He yelled as he pushed the knife up to her neck, with her yelping in pain. "Mia! Leave her alone! I'm the one you're after right?! Why bring her into this?!" I yelled with him, smirking. "Get him."
I slightly flinched as one of his friends swung his left fist at me, hitting me in the face, knocking me to the ground. When I slightly stood up, another one of his friends swung his right leg up at me, kicking me in the gut. I coughed up a small amount of blood, as I fell back on the ground. "Heh, you're not so tough if you can't fight back." I could see Mia crying with someone's foot coming towards my face, kicking me. I coughed up a bit of more blood, as I started to stand up. My eyes flashed bright crimson red with me standing up. "He can still stand huh?" I saw a fist going towards me, as I caught it, twisting his wrist. He fell down yelling in pain.
I saw another one of his friends run at me gripping his left fist. When he swung his fist I ducked, upper cutting him in the gut. He fell to the ground holding his stomach, as I glared at the last one standing. "Move… right now…" I could see he was slightly scared, with my eyes flashing bright crimson red again. I looked past him to see the one In bandages pushing the knife into her neck, with blood slowly flowing down her neck. "Don't come any closer or I will kill her!" I stood there, as Mia yelled. "Sora! Get out of here! Forget me!" When she said that I couldn't move. "Forget her… no… I swore I would keep her safe… make sure she would keep her smile." I looked down, no longer moving.
I heard Mia yell. "No! Please get away!" I was shaking as the two I knocked down, started to get up, with one grabbing a metal pipe from the side of the wall. "I need to keep her safe… even…" the next thing I knew Mia yelled. "Sora behind you!" I looked back to see a metal pipe striking me in the face, knocking me down. "NO SORA!" Mia yelled as everything started to become blurry. I felt someone kick me in the gut, as I hit the gym wall. "Even… if it costs me my life." My breathing started to get slowly slightly, with someone swinging their fist down on my head. I coughed up blood, closing my eyes, with everything fading to black. "Are you just going to give up?" A voice said in my head.
"Who… who are you?" I replied as the voice chuckled. "Does that really matter right now?" I felt someone pick me up as they shoved something sharp inside my side, with me coughing up blood. "Leave him, I think he won't be a problem, and once he's dead, she'll be all ours." I heard them laugh, as I fell to the ground. Blood was flowing out of my body, with them walking away. I could hear Mia yelling my name, as I tried to move, but my body wouldn't move. "I… I need to save her… Mia… I… I'll keep you safe…" My blood slowly started to form something around me. "Do you want the power to save her?"
I heard her screaming and crying, as she called out to me. "I… will I be able to save her?" I asked with my blood started to shape into a star. "Yes, I can give you the power to save her, and keep her safe for the rest of your life." As my blood formed a star, a circle of blood formed around the star. "Then… yes…. give me the power…" I heard the voice laugh a bit. "Good choice, now vow to me." Just then the blood circle and star flashed a dark crimson red light causing everyone around to look at it. "Is… that a star?" One of his friends said. "With a circle?..." The blood circle and star was flashing crimson red over and over. "I am thou, thou art I." I struggled to breath with me barely mumbling what the voice said. "I… I am… th… thou… t… thou ar… art I…" the one in bandages said. "That's a pentagram…"
"Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice." As my blood flowed out, the pentagram grew bigger. "T… thou who ar… art willing to perform all sacr… sacrilegious acts for t… thine own justice." I felt my wound slowly close up, as I slowly stood up, inside the pentagram. "Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all thy own, though thou be chained to hell itself!" I slowly breathed in as it seemed a lot of wind was forming around me. "Show the st… strength of thy w… will to ascertain all th… thy own… though thou be chained to hell itself!" It seemed like a huge gust of wind was being exerted from my body as I was in the center of the pentagram. "Now call upon my name and release thy rage!"
"Come… HIGETSU!" Just then the wind stopped, with the air heating up as it seemed like a dark figure slowly formed next to me, while the ones who had Mia looked at me. I slowly opened my eyes looking at the dark figure. "Who are you?" I asked, with the dark figure laughing softly, as his voice sounded a bit distorted. "My name is Higetsu, and it seems like you need my power." I looked at them slowly seeing Mia with a knife to her neck. "Higetsu huh? Why have you come to help me?" I could hear Higetsu chuckle softly. "I didn't come to you, you have summoned me to this world. I have been watching you for quite some time now, waiting for the right time for when we could form a contract." When he said that, I saw the pentagram flash crimson red, like it was calling to me. "Contract? What are you talking about, I only care about saving Mia." I slowly walked towards them glaring, and smirking. "D-Don't just stand there take him down!" They jumped a bit, as they one by one charged at me. "I know you want to save her, but you can't win without my power, and for me to give you my power, we need to form a contract." I saw one of the ones with a knife get in front of me. He gripped his knife swinging it towards my face, with me ducking. Nexting I knew someone had gotten behind me, kicking my back, knocking me down.
"D-Damnit!" Right before I hit the ground, I swung my leg back, kicking his leg, causing him to fall down. Right as I hit the ground, the one with the pipe, swung his left leg towards my face, kicking me, blowing me back a bit. "Now do you see, without my power you cannot hope to win." I was blown towards the pentagram, with it continuing to flash crimson red. I felt drawn to it, it was calling to me. "The pentagram is calling to me…" I slowly crawled towards the pentagram, as I could hear them laughing a bit. "Look at him trying to get away." I slowly wasn't able to hear them, as I crawled towards the pentagram. Right as I touched the pentagram, I felt a surge of power flow through me. I looked forward, seeing the dark figure on the other side of the pentagram. "You know you need to make this contract, you don't stand a chance on your own." The dark figure stook out what looked like an arm, and had somehow cut himself, letting his blood slowly drip into the pentagram, slowly changing it to pitch black. "Now it's your turn, mix your blood with mine, make a contract with me, and save your friend. I struggled to stand, as I put one foot on the ground with it shaking. My body felt heavy, as I managed to stand up. "Good, now cut yourself, and let your blood mix with mine."
I slowly pulled my wrist up to my mouth, as I bit into it, causing blood to slowly drip. I then put my hand above the pentagram, with the blood from my wrist, slowly dripping down into it, slowly mixing with Higetsu's blood. I watched my blood slowly change the color from pitch black to a deep crimson red, with the pentagram calling to me even more. "Now, step into the pentagram." I felt like my body couldn't move, but I forced it to move, as I stepped into the pentagram. The moment I stepped in, I felt a huge gust of wind surround me, like it was keeping me trapped, as the pentagram of blood flowed up my leg, all the way to my neck. The blood that flowed to my neck formed a smaller pentagram that seemed to permanently mark me, with it and my eyes flashing a deep crimson red. I watched as all my wounds slowly vanished, and I was not able to hear the others around me. "W-What the hell! All his wounds, they vanished!" I slowly faced them, as it seemed to get darker around us. I just smirked at them taking one step out of the pentagram. "S-Stop him! Kill him!" I moved at a speed they couldn't react to, ending up behind one of them. One of them slowly turned around, as I quickly twisted around swinging my leg at him, kicking him in the side, blowing him into the gym wall with him coughing up blood.
"Ryan! You bastard!" He swung his fist at me, with me catching it. "T-The hell?!" I tightened my grip on his fist, slowly feeling his hand break in my hand, with him moving back in pain, trying to get away. "L-Let go damnit!" I smirked softly. "Ok, if you say so." I let go of his fist, with him nearly falling back, I quickly grabbed his head, and slammed it on my knee, knocking him out. "This power of mine is yours, so long as you bear this mark you shall never lose." The one with the pipe gripped it, swinging it at me. He hit me in the face, knocking me down, as I looked back at him, as my eyes were now a deep crimson red. "W-What the hell…" I slowly stood up, as blood was flowing down the side of my face. "I barely feel any pain, and this power… it's amazing! I feel like I could take on the whole world!" The one that was called Ryan, slowly stood up, grabbing his knife, as he charged at me. I turned around, with him thrusting his knife towards my face. I grabbed his knife's blade, as it went through my hand. "W-What, doesn't that hurt?!" I slammed my head on his, with full force. Ryan fell to the ground, with him letting go of the knife, as it was still in my hand. "Now do you understand, without me, you couldn't win!" I gripped the knife in my hand, and forced it out, throwing it to the side. "Y-You Bastard, I-I won't let you get away with this!" The last one out of the three yelled, swinging his pipe again with all he had. I put my arm up, causing it to collide with the pipe. "H-heh! How do you like a b… broken arm…" The pipe bent around my arm, from where it hit. "W… what the hell are you…" I smirked as I walked up to him slowly, with him backing up. "Me? I'm one hell of a student." I said, with me swinging my fist at him, blowing him back as he hit a metal fence.
I glared at the one with the knife to Mia's neck. "D-Don't come any closer!! I-I'll kill her! I swear I will!" I froze in my tracks, as the voice spoke. "My power is yours, you can do what I can do." I slowly breathed in. "What can you do?" The voice chuckled a bit as my body slowly heated up. "I can control flames, flames from the pits of hell itself. Just imagine his hand slowly burning." I looked at his hand, imagining it was burning, like it was on fire. To my surprise his hand actually caught on fire for a second and as quickly as he was on fire, the flames disappeared, with him dropping the knife. "Now's your chance! Take him out!" It felt like my body moved on it's own, as I grabbed his head forcing him to let go of Mia. I made him look at me, as I glared at him. "I told you… you touch her, and I'll fucking kill you." I smirked and slightly growled, throwing him into the gym wall, slightly breaking it. Right as he hit the ground, I was right next to him. I grabbed his throat and picked him up, slowly tightening my grip on his throat. "S-Sora… p-please… stop… this has gone too far…" I slowly turned back to face Mia, to see her looking down with tears going down her face. I let him go, quickly swinging my left fist up hitting him in the stomach.
I slowly stood up and faced Mia slowly walking to her. "Mia, are you alright?" I asked in a soft voice stopping in front of her, holding my hand out to help her up. She slowly looked at me, I could still see the fear in her eyes. "Mia, it's ok, you're safe now… let's go home." I said with a warm smile, with her slowly taking my hand. I helped her up, while she looked slightly worried. "Mia, I will do everything in my power to keep you safe." I said with her looking at me, with a weak smile. "O-Ok Sora… let's go home." She said rubbing her throat where she was cut. "Once I get you home, I'll take care of that wound." I said as we started to walk towards the school entrance. The pentagram on my neck flashed a light glow as I heard the voice one last time. "Now the contract is complete, I'll see you soon, master."
We walked for about five minutes, till we arrived at her house. "Well, you're home, want me to take you inside?" I asked as she nodded her head. Mia opened the front door, walking in, with me following her. "Sorry for the intrusion." Mia was covering her neck, as there was blood on my clothing, with a few scratches left on me, a huge wound on the side of my face, and a hole though my hand. "Mia, Sora welco-" Her mom couldn't finish her sentence when she saw her daughter. She ran towards Mia. "Mia! Are you alright?!" I could see tears in her eyes, with me looking down. "If… if I was fast enough… she wouldn't be hurt… even if I was the one who had it worse…" I then heard her say something to me. "Sora! What happened to her?!" I looked at her, as I opened my mouth but nothing came out. Next thing I knew, Rose heard our conversation, running down stairs. "Mia what happened?!" She had run up to Mia, to see her neck had a cut on it along with bruises, due to her being held by the neck. Rose then looked at me, ignoring my wounds. "I thought you were going to protect her?! How could you let her get hurt?!" I flinched slightly looking down. "Mom… Rose… Please don't be mad at Sora… he did everything in his power to keep me safe… once school was over… four people forced me behind the gym… used my phone to text Sora… and he came to save me… but he's hurt more than me…"
"Is this true Sora?" I nodded with blood flowing down from the side of my face. "I tried my best… I barely won… I thought I was going to die… till…" I stopped talking for a second. "Till I heard that voice…" I looked down slightly. "Till what Sora?" I looked away. "I remembered I promised to keep your daughter safe… I pushed my body to the limit…" Images of the pentagram flashed in my head. "You… you risked your life to keep her safe?..." I looked away nodding, as her mother hugged me. "Thank you…" When she hugged me I was shocked, I've never seen her mother like this. I saw Rose glare but looked at me slightly worried as she noticed my wounds. I looked down at Mia's Mom as I could see tears in her eyes. "Look… she still got hurt… because I wasn't fast enough…" Her mother looked up at me with tears still in her eyes, as I backed up a bit. "I should go, mom will be worried if I don't get home soon, but first where's the first aid kit?" I asked softly. "It's in the bathroom." I nodded as I headed towards the bathroom.
Mia's P.O.V
I watched Sora walk towards the bathroom, I looked down. "Was that really Sora then?" I thought as my mom hugged me again. "I'm glad you're ok Mia…" I hugged my mom, rubbing her back. "It's ok mom… I'm right here…" She hugged me for a few minutes, till she eventually stopped. "What's taking him so long to get the first aid kit?" Rose said, a bit frustrated I shook my head. "I don't know." I looked towards the bathroom slightly. "Well, maybe he's tending to his wounds, he was more hurt than me." I said as I could see how Sora looked when he stood up, that smirk, wasn't like his usual one, it felt different. We heard a noise in the bathroom, like something or someone fell. All three of us ran to the bathroom, to see Sora on the ground, with blood around him. "S-Sora!" I yelled, running to him. I tried to shake him awake, but he wouldn't wake up. "S-Sora please wake up!" I kept shaking him, as my mom had run to the kitchen to grab her phone and dialed 9-1-1. I felt tears start to form, seeing his face, with blood running down it. "Sora… Please don't leave me alone…"
I felt someone grab my shoulder gently. "Sis… can you back away a bit… you are getting blood all over you…" I looked at Rose, seeing how she was trying to pull me away. " No!.. I'm not leaving his side!.." I growled with my eyes flashing a deep blue, causing her to back up a bit. "Sis… there's nothing you can do… just leave him there… till the ambulance gets here… please" I don't know why, but when she said that it made me mad. I didn't want to leave him, even if I had to sit here till the ambulance gets here. I saw Rose walk away as mom called her over, with me slowly picking up Sora's body, laying him on my lap, as I laid my head on his chest. "Please don't leave me…" I started to cry with my tears falling down on him, I could hear him breathing slowly. "Sora… Please…" I heard my mom say something, but I just ignored her, as a voice formed in my head. "Do you want me to save him?" I quickly put my head up with tears in my eyes. "W-Who said that!" I yelled, with my mom jumping a bit. "Sweetie what are you talking about…?" I looked at mom, thinking it was her who said it, but the voice wasn't hers, it was someone else's. "They can not hear me, for I am not of this world." I looked at mom, seeing a worried look on her face. "It's nothing mom, I thought I heard something…" I tried my best to smile while holding Sora. "Ok… Well, I called the Ambulance and they said that they would be here in about 5 minutes…"
I nodded slowly, trying my best to smile, eventually, my mom walked away. "Do you want me to save him?" I looked down to Sora as I whispered. "Yes… if you can save him… please do it." I felt tears fall from my face, as the voice said. "Very well, I will save him, only this one time, my kind doesn't really like helping people like him too often." I was slightly confused, but I didn't care at the moment, I just didn't want to lose him. "Please… save him." The voice sighed as Sora slightly glowed, then eventually his wounds healed enough to stop the bleeding, but not fully. He moved slightly, as I jumped a bit. "Mmm…" He made a noise like he was sleeping, as I smiled a bit, but it quickly faded when he didn't open his eyes. "S-Sora! Are you ok!?" I asked, but he didn't respond, it was like he wanted to wake up, because when I asked if he was ok his body moved slightly, like he was trying his best to wake up. "I have done all that's within my power for someone like him. All that's left is for him to rest and recover." I smiled weakly just holding Sora in my arms, crying softly