Yukine was used to people leaving him. He was used to being on his own. But you were different. You refused to leave him. At times you were hard to keep up with, but that's what he loved you for.

Everything was screaming at him to just let you go, that the pain of dealing with you wasn't worth it. He was listening. But that didn't mean he obeyed.

But he feared that he was becoming more and more obedient.

You were like a rambunctious pet that just couldn't be handled anymore.

Yukine could sense it. Its what Yato was thinking. The both of them despised the idea, but.. it seemed pleasing. It would make all the pain go away. You might've been happy somewhere else.

"I'm gonna have to slay (Y/n)."

Yukine had gotten used to you. He had gotten attatched. It wasn't fair. Why was the world so intent on taking whatever he loved?

She was gone. It was too late. Unlike the other times, (Y/n) wasn't coming back. The phantom took her.

Without the knowledge of Yukine, you were crying inside. Everything up to this point seemed useless. You hadn't meant to say all those hurtful things about Yato. You hadn't meant to hurt Hiyori and most of all Yukine.

He was counting on you, and you fwlt as if you'd let him down.

The double blades were gripped tightly in Yato's hands as tears streamed down his face. He gritted his teeth, not able to move his feet.

He'd done it again. He messed up with a regalia. To the point that he had driven things to death. He wasn't a killer, and he wished that in this moment, you weren't either.

Yato couldn't hear your thoughts anymore. He couldn't accept that you were gone.

"D-do you remember what I said, Yato?"

Yukine stuttered.

"Eh?"

"I-I told you to take care of (Y/n). Did you forget that?"

My eyes widened at his words, (Y/n) making incoherent noises just beyond me.

"Do it, sweaty god. I don't care what you can feel. She's still there. I know she is." Yukine ordered.

His passion was umwavering. Unstoppable. It was because he refused to lose another person he could still save.

(Y/n) whipped a tendril in my direction, but I easily dodged it, and regained my guard.

"(Y/n), you're gonna have to do a hell of a lot of chores for me after this is done." Yato said with a smirk.

Her blight ridden face altered, and for the slightest second, you could see her bright (e/c) eyes shine in hope beyond that purple haze.

"Didn't you hear me? She's gone. She isn't coming back, you imbecile god." The phantom returned, a bit of shock on its face.

"Well I would hope she was coming back. She's saving a burrito in the fridge and I kind of want it so she should come back before I eat it." Yato remarked jokingly.

Inside, you were giggling. Neither of them were letting you go. Even after all of this. You were happy. You wanted to be there with them.

The phantom grunted, coming at Yato at full force, making sharp attacks to which he all dodged them.

Admist all of this, you were breaking through. You were only letting this thing through because Medusa had you convinced that this was your true nature. You were finally starting to realize that it wasn't. The phantom wasn't you.

You pushed and edged at the hold it had upon you, attempting to get out.

"Is there a way to get rid of it completely? Kind of like a purification ceremony?" Yukine questioned Yato, sharpening his blades upon impact.

"No because a purification ceremony only comes with committed sins. (Y/n) was cursed with sin. But we can seal it away just as it was before." Yato replied with heavy breath, due to trying to strike the phantom that had kept your body captive.

"Guess that's what we'll have to do then." Yukine stated sternly.

On each side the three of you were trying your best to banish the monster back to the very depths of your soul. There was a strong hint of determination in the air.

Suddenly there was a disturbance overhead, the clouds filing over with a dominant aura.

Yato's eyes widened, and the demon within you stopped to admire the scene.

"Its.. its the heavens.." The words barely slipped out of his mouth, as his chattering teeth grazed his bottom lip.
He looked back to the phantom in fear, knowing fully aware that you were what they were here for.

The clouds began to descend, the high beings rapidly approaching your position.

"Sekki, revert." Yato ordered, and Yukine immediately returned to his human form.

"Are they gonna take her..? Yato what do we do..?' Yukine frantically shook the god, but he seemed almost frozen.

It was unlike the gods of the heavens to come for simply one translucent phantom, but in your case, they wanted your blood on the ground.

Your weapon form had not been damaged, and on top of that, you were a Nora. With that combination, you were the most despised regalia the heavens would ever come across.

Behind the two boys, your body was seething. There was no hiding you.

"We seek the riddance of the tainted Nora called (Y/n)." They spoke with mighty angelic voices that coursed through the body of any being within its range.

"I-I can fix it. I can fix her. Please, she.. she's innocent." Yato shouted, a certain terror crossing the blue in his eyes.

The gods of the heavens did not answer or respond, but rather prepared themselves for what seemed to be a battle.

Yukine and Yato's eyes crossed, before they immediately turned to you, guarding your body with their own.

Blasts of heavenly ammo could be heard colliding all around the three of you, along with the coarse blight that was spreading from your body to theirs.

Inside, you were afraid. You realized what Yukine meant when he said that something should have been done before it was too late.

And here it was. It was too late.

**IMPORTANT (A/N) PLEASE READ**

Ok guys so I need to have a serious talk with all of you. (I sound like a stern parent lol) I feel as if the feedback I'm getting from this story has been lacking lately. I feel that because statistics have shown that many of you have either lost interest in the storyline or stopped reading completely. I can take fault for that for multiple reasons. For one, I don't update as often as I should, some chapters are pure fluff, and the story is getting very repetitive in terms of content and tone. I don't want this story to go on forever because then it really will get stale, but I think I may end it soon. It will have a happy ending as promised,but I want you guys to let me know what you think. Be completely honest, I won't be hurt. After all my job is to appeal to you guys. Anyways I hope this chapter was somewhat interesting. I love you all, and don't forget to tell me what you all think. - Drama Typhoon ♡