100 days with Mr.Devil

Chapter 18: Symbol

"Ow...you...you're hurting my arm!" Akiko shouted.

"Answer me!" Ayato shouted.

"Yes! I had it since birth! Now let me go!" Akiko shouted.

Ayato let go of her wrist.

"Remove your shirt." Ayato said.

"What?" Akiko asked.

"I need to check something." Ayato said.

"What? No!" Akiko protested.

"What is so important that you need me to remove my shirt?" Akiko said.

"If you don't want to die, remove your shirt now. I'm trying to help you." Ayato said, slightly annoyed.

"D-die?" Akiko asked.

"I just need to check your upper back." Ayato said.

Ayato paused.

"Is there a symbol on your upper back?" Ayato asked.

"Symbol?... I don't think so...I never noticed it." Akiko said.

"Just remove the goddamn shirt and let me check it. It's not like I'm going to take advantage of you." Ayato said.

Ayato sighed, "You're really troublesome. You know what? Fine. Just let me tug down the top back of your shirt.

Akiko looked at Ayato cautiously.

"Turn around." Ayato said.

Akiko did as she was told.

She felt Ayato's cold fingers trace around on her right upper back.

She shivered and blush. She felt as if she was going to explode. Her whole face turned bright red and her heart was beating faster and faster.

"I...I was right..." Ayato said.

There was a small symbol on Akiko's right upper back. It was a circle with a crescent inside of it and a dot beside the crescent. One on the right of the crescent and one on the left.

"There's a symbol there? What symbol is it?" Akiko asked.

"You...you're really her." Ayato said.

Ayato got up and stepped back.

"Who...who are you talking about?" Akiko said as she turned around.

Ayato slowly shook his head.

"Can you please explain to me what's going on?!" Akiko shouted, getting impatient.

"I can't say. But you," He pointed to Akiko and paused.

"Be careful in the future." He said.

"When you see anyone with the same pattern of symbol on your back as you on their right hand. Run away immediately, do you understand?" Ayato said.

"A circle with a crescent in it." Ayato said.

"I don't understand...What is this about?" Akiko asked.

"You don't have to understand now. You just have to listen to me." Ayato said.

Akiko furrowed her brows, "If this involves me, I have the right to know, don't I?"

Ayato frowned and walked towards her. She grabbed her chin and looked into her eyes.

His eyes were cold and filled with annoyance, "I told you, I can't tell you yet. If you don't want to die, listen to me. I'm trying to help you for fuck's sake. Do you understand?"

Akiko looked at Ayato. He had that scary look in his eyes. She gulped and nodded her head.

Ayato then stepped back. He took out a jewel and gave it to Akiko.

"Keep it with you at all times. It protects you from magic." Ayato said.

Akiko looked at it. It was a aquamarine crystal in a shape of a crescent. It was beautiful and sparkled under the light.

"Thank you..." Akiko said as he put it in her breast pocket.

Ayato didn't say a word and walked back into the bedroom.

Just as Ayato stepped into the bedroom, a symbol appeared in front of him, in a shape of a skull.

Ayato sighed and pressed the symbol in front of him.

Ayato was teleported in a dark room.

There was a bed in front of him. The cabinets beside it were old and the room was dusty.

"Come out." Ayato said.

Ayato suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.