The Demon Within (Karma x Nagisa)

Chapter 18: The Reaper

TWO WEEKS LATER

"Still no sign of him?" Karasuma asked Karma.

"No." Karma replied, over the phone.

"Don't worry I'm sure he's okay, after all it is Nagisa we're talking about." Karasuma said, with forced hope.

It wasn't that he didn't believe in Nagisa it was just he really thought he would be back by now. It had been two weeks since he went missing. Karma couldn't focus in school, he was constantly getting in trouble for not doing the work. Karasuma had to speak to him to let him know that they can home school him if he needs it. He declined, he didn't like being in the place Nagisa last was. It was just too much stress for a, just turned, seventeen year old.

In the meantime Nagisa was with the reaper, learning how to gain control over his mind.

"Any progress?" The reaper said, as he approached Nagisa.

"No, not really but I do feel like I can relax my body faster compared to when I started two weeks ago." Nagisa replied, as he sat under a tree in the shade.

"Well, one step at a time. You'll get the hang of it soon."

"Yeah, I guess."

Nagisa continued to meditate in the shade... keeping his mind completely free of all thoughts.

Karma had just finished school. Many of his old E-Class friends had gone to other schools once they finished Junior High, only a few remained. There was Kaede Kayano aka Akari Yukimura, she was in different classes to Karma so they weren't as close as they used to be but apparently her and Nagisa still spoke occasionally though she has been focusing a lot more on her drama and no longer hid her identity, so she was quite popular.

Then there was Yuuma Isogai and Hiroto Maehara, they were usually always together and also in different classes to Karma so they didn't speak much with any of their old friends unless they were all meeting up or something. Finally there was Itona Horibe, no one really knows what he's up to. He kind of does his own thing.  The only person in Karma's class he was kind of familiar with was Gakushu Asano, they maintained a 'healthy competition'.

"ASANO MOVE! The teacher said this is a place for the smart people!"

"Shut up Karma! Why are you here then."

Karma and Asano glared at each other. In that minute of arguing Karma actually kind of felt like his normal self again.

LATER THAT DAY

"Nagisa, your training is done for today. Try some more tomorrow."

Nagisa stood up, his legs aching from sitting cross-legged on the ground for almost fifteen hours total that day.

"Hey, Reaper Sensei."

"Yes?" He replied, as he poured hot water into two ramen cups.

"Well, don't you think my friends are worried about me?" Nagisa replied, as he grabbed one of the hot cups of ramen.

"Oh most certainly. Why?"

"Well, it's just... I don't really want them to stress or anything and plus what about school. I get this is really important but so is my life and my friends and family." Nagisa said, slightly stuttering here and there.

"I mean, your strong enough to dispose of your 'friends'. You really shouldn't have any emotional attachments you know. Also, school teaches you the useless things in life, that's why the ask you to get degrees and experience and things when you want a job. Your an assassin. You don't need that stuff." The reaper replied, as he twisted his fork in the ramen cup.

"I know..." Nagisa replied, with no argument to what his teacher said.

Meanwhile...

"Urrgghhhh!" 

Karma let out a sigh of distress as he threw himself on his bed and lay staring at the ceiling. 

"Why Nagisa? Why not me?" He thought to himself,  his head pounding due to the lack of food he had been eating.

He just hoped Nagisa was okay, that's all he cared about. Whoever took him would definitely pay the price. And lord if it was Takaoka, he was going to die by Karma's hands personally.

*ZZZZZZ* *ZZZZ* *ZZZZZZ*

Karma's phone buzzed on the bedside table. He sat up reluctantly to see who it was.

"Hey Mrs Bitch."

"Hi Karma, I just wanted to make sure you was doing alright. Me and Karasuma have been doing everything in our power to look for Nagisa. We will find him... I promise." Irina said, in an attempt to reassure Karma.

"Yeah...If I hear anything I'll let you guys know. I know you're just as worried as I am." Karma replied.

"Thanks Karma."

*BEEP*

The phone hung up.

YES I KNOW THIS CHAPTER WAS SHORTER, I SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE MY SCHEDULE ONE CHAPTER A DAY :/. AT SOME POINT I'LL PUBLISH A FEW AT ONCE TO MAKE UP FOR ANY SHORTER CHAPTERS!! :D ~ Sir