This chapter is quite short. The story is slowy coming to an end...
Chapter 11
He mustn’t panic. How long has he been here ? He tried to call Chiaki again and again - without any success. Apparently the devil (for it’s all he can be) didn’t lie.
He can hear a noise. Devil Tackey is back. He walks toward him.
“Ueda-chan? Are you giving me your eyes?”
The young man keeps silent.
“You do realize it’d be better to hand them out now?”
He’s still not talking. Devil Tackey is getting closer to him? But this time he’s ready to fight back. He thinks hard of the spell Chiaki-chan taught him. He pronounces all the words with all his might. Please let it work… and it works! The devil flies at the other end of the room and crashes on the ground.
“Kuso- ” he lets out in a very angry tone as he stands back on his feet “it seems Sumeragi-sama trained you well. You’ll regret what you’ve just done. I wn’t go easy on you now!”
He snaps his fingers and two evil henchmen appear out of nowhere.
“Ren! Yuya! Take care of Ueda-chan for me, please.”
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When they leave the room, Ueda is barely conscious. He can’t move even move his little finger now and even has difficulty breathing. Devil Tackey reappears and goes near him.
“When I’ll be done with you, you’ll beg me to take your eyes!”
He can see the devil raising a hand on him but something suddenly prevents him from hitting him.
“And I think you are just going to leave him alone” someone says.
Chiaki-chan? Udea opens his eyes wider and he feels his heart starting to beat again.
“Su-Sumeragi-sama?” the devil is shocked, “masaka〜 how-?”
The next part is not very happy to describe and as we want to keep our story light, let’s just say that this devil in particular won’t try anything again. We’ll also add that the relationship between Ueda and the fairy is mainly preserved thanks to the young man passing out and not witnessing the scene.
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“Tat-chan? You ok?”
Chiaki can’t hide how worried she is. He tries to sit up and manages to smile.
“I’ve been better- but don’t worry I’ll survive.”
She takes him in her arms and starts crying.
“I was so scared! Sorry” she whispers “sorry I couldn’t help you faster-”
“Wait” he cuts off “You don’t have to say sorry. I mean, you’ve saved me once again-” Then he adds even more gently “I knew you’d come.”
She shakes her head.
“I would like-” she starts “I would like the words I can’t say to reach your ears…”
What’s happening? What is she trying to say? She looks so sad.
“Chiaki-chan, I’m ok you know-”
“No, it’s just that I’ll protect you by any means I can… I’ve been so selfish up to now… I want you to know I’ve really enjoyed the time we spent together〜”
She plants a tender kiss on his lips and disappears.
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A/N: this chapter is one of my favourite... especially the last part. Only two more chapters to go (and a spin off!!)