Chapter 120: The Angel (4)

Chapter 120: The Angel (4)

My fist was already in motion, inches away from hitting the back of the Angel. But my hand wasn’t connecting with him whatsoever, almost like it was impossible to reach him.

"Have you realized it? I just barely made it in time." The Angel says while slightly tilting his head to look back.

My hand was right up against a wall of white light that I didn’t even realize was there until he mentioned it. Why couldn’t I see it?

I try to back up as quick as I possibly can but it was already too late... The flash of his white sword was all I could see coming down towards me.

Would the pain from the sword slashing across me be worst than anything else I’ve felt? Or maybe it would be an underwhelming feeling... Something that doesn’t actually hurt that bad.

Slash!!!!!! After a moment I realize that there is no pain in my chest or anything at all. I open my eyes to the sight of Ghost standing in front of me.

Her synthetic blood spilling onto the floor as the Angel still stares down at us smiling.

G-Ghost... She can be fixed though so everything will be fine, even if she takes this kind of damage... Right?

I lunge forward to catch her as she falls back, gunfire attracted his attention once again so I had a moment to deal with Ghost. The sword cut right down her chest and left a pretty big opening...

After catching her I dropped down to the ground while holding her.

Even if this wasn’t something permanent... It doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. She can still feel these things and it will still be something that she always remembers.

"Rokuro, I think that it was worth it to protect you. You are always protecting us without any care about what happens to you." Ghost responds with a soft hum coming from her chest.

"I’m grateful for that, really... I am. You’ll be okay though." I assure her while holding her close.

The battle was still raging on behind us but this wasn’t easy for me to just let go. Minami died right in front of me... I can’t just watch someone die like this again so I won’t just let this happen.

You might be able to use some of your power to seal her wound at the very least.

Will that really be enough to keep her alive?

I can’t guarantee anything. It will be entirely based on her will to stay alive.

Damnit! I’ll just do it anyway since it means that she’ll have a chance to survive this whole thing. I don’t want her to lose any memories if she has to be worked on all over again.

She won’t permanently die with me around but I still can’t handle the thought of that whole thing happening.

I place one of my hands on her wound while beginning to focus, slowly feeling my power starting to shift towards my hand. It flows throughout my entire body but it was evenly distributed until now.

A bit of a red glow started to form from my right hand as her wound begins to close slowly. It only took a few seconds but the wound was finally closed and there was no more blood coming out.

"Just hang in there until the fight is over Ghost." I say before putting her down gently.

She definitely passed out from the loss of her synthetic blood but that’s fine. For now I know that she is okay with the wound closed.

Looking down at my hands I could see her blood all over them, it was starting to give me flashbacks from back then. Visions of Minami were playing over and over again in my head.

"Everyone dies around you." Someone says while passing by.

"Why is he even still here?" A man asks.

"People will only die if he is here." Another man speaks with a bit of disgust.

None of that is true. People won’t keep dying with me around... I’ve been protecting people ever since this power awakened. Those words aren’t true!

"He got a taste of power and he still can’t protect the people closest to him." A woman says while standing before me.

Shut the fuck up already! What do any of you know about me? The shit I’ve been through... The people I’ve lost... Everything has happened for a reason.

Everyone wants to look down on me but none of you are any damn better than me. Talking down on someone who wants to protect your sorry asses.

My body felt like it was getting even hotter than before, my heart was beating so loud that the noise felt like it was starting to disappear around me.

The hatred that still lives within my heart is forcing its way out.

I begin to grit my teeth as I clench my fists. It was time to get back into the fight, time to put an end to pieces of shit like him. So I finally stood up and within an instant I pushed off the ground.

Pieces of the floor broke around where I pushed off of, but it didn’t take me long to reach him once again. This time I wouldn’t be stopped by some stupid barrier of white light.

Bam!!!!!!! My fist immediately connected with the same white barrier of light as before... Except I could feel my fist starting to break through it this time.

More scales consumed my arms as my vision started to distort, making it hard to see what was happening.

The Angel turned around just in time to see the barrier shatter before his eyes. "I wasn’t expecting you to break that at all. Wait a second!" He shouts, even with the smile still there.

"I’m going to kill you." I respond with a serious tone, leaving no room to talk further.