A little light in the shadows

I was extremely worried, even so, I couldn't leave the classroom, the most sensible thing to do was to stay and watch Colmillos, for the safety of everyone, Asuna and the rest, although I was dying to leave the room. 

Don't think too much, Akari is fine, don't let anxiety win you over, I repeated myself a lot of times, I didn't even pay any attention to what the teacher was saying... calm from your discussion until Colmillos entered the classroom only a short time passed, he couldn't have hurt her, right? 

Wait a minute, he's not a vampire, how can he be in the sunlight then, I'm getting off topic, Akari, by God and the other Gods I beg you, may she be alright. 

The bell for the end of classes. 

-Well, that's all for today I leave you with homework.... 

-I immediately left the classroom, I heard teacher Matsuo reprimanding me, but I didn't stay to listen to him. 

I ran as fast as I could, the pain was annoying, but I needed to find her, I went straight to the club, she wasn't there, then I went to the library, but she wasn't there either... Shit where are you Akari... the rooftop was the only place I had yet to see that Akari liked to be. 

I ran up the stairs. 

Shit, hold on a little longer. 

The pain was insufferable, but I needed to find her, I pushed open the door leading to the rooftop, as soon as I did Akari's dead face came into my head. 

Luckily she was sitting on the railing. 

-Akari, are you okay? Yes, you are, you are. You don't know how worried I was, I'm glad you're alright, I was an idiot, I didn't have to answer you.... 

While I was running towards her, my body couldn't take it anymore, I bent down from the pain and fell to the ground. 

-Hikaru, you idiot, calm down. 

She came closer to me, I crawled towards her. 

-Stop it Hikaru, you're hurting yourself, I'm really mad at you, but I'm fine, what's wrong with you? 

-I was scared, I thought he did something to you. 

Hikaru stop moving, I need you to calm down first, who would hurt me? 

I was going to answer, but he cut me off, through the door walked Colmillos very calmly. 

-I think he means me, Wraith? 

Akari was scared, but this time she put herself between him and me. 

-I won't let you hurt Hikaru, nor my wraith. 

-Akari please get to safety, run away from here,' I said worried. 

-I'd like to see how you do it wraith, but I'm not here to hurt you, I'm just here to talk. 

Colmillos approached me and I held out my hand. 

-Come on grab it midget, I don't bite... much. 

-Get away from him handsome boy. 

Asuna came running with Marcus, she threw water on Colmillos face. 

-Little girl tell me what that was. 

Colmillos began to wipe his face. 

-Why don't you burn yourself, is it holy water? 

-You know I better ignore that, calm down I'm not here to kick your asses, but I was saying you were feeling pretty good midget after taking one of my kicks with almost all my strength... oh big guy I see they put a neck brace on you, seriously you two are tough. 

Marcus was ready to fight, still, when we defeated Colmillos we were healthy, now both Marcus and I were wounded, and now he doesn't look down on us like before, which will make it harder to catch him by surprise. 

-Now calm down, calm down, you can tell me what happened to the wraith. 

-My name is Akari, by the way, rude. 

-Yes I know, but I need answers, according to me I'm sure that your friend is an experiment, but you say that you killed her, tell me what happened, and I'll leave you alone. 

Colmillos took out a transparent bag that contained a thick red liquid inside, he took out a straw from his trousers and dipped the bag in it, he began to drink as if it was a game in a plastic bag. 

-My girlfriend was killed at school, after that she appeared as a ghost. 

-I see, do you know who killed her? 

-No, I can't remember, Hikaru didn't see it either, he just found my lifeless body, unfortunately seeing me like that horrified him and he ran away, I followed him, but when I went back to where I was killed my body was gone and it was as if nothing had happened. 

-Dwarf, did you see the body, was it cut or stabbed? 

-Yes, but how do you know? 

-The experiment that was also a wraith that I knew, they separated it like this, they used a kind of dagger that separates the soul from the host, the problem is that the soul becomes corrupted when it spends too much time outside the body that is alive, then the soul becomes dangerous. 

I managed to stand up as best I could, Asuna came and helped me to stand up, I approached Colmillos, I put a hand on his shoulder, mostly for support. 

-Colmillos, it's true what you're saying, I'm serious about the dagger, you're telling me it's real. 

-I've never seen it, but Modoruvite experiment 13, sorry Felman as he was called said that they separated his soul that way, he initially worked for that company, but they wouldn't let him go back to his body, so he sought help, I found him, but after a week he couldn't control himself and attacked everything he could, I had to finish him off for good. 

Colmillos went back to drinking his 'juice'. 

-Now that I know her case, Aerosol said I should apologise, as she is right. 

Colmillos got down on his knees, then bowed towards us. 

-A thousand apologies, I didn't mean to hurt anyone, I thought that thing... I mean Akari was an experiment of those bastards, well I still think so, but she doesn't work for them, forgive me for the misunderstanding. 

Basically we were all shocked, and really wanted to hit him between all of us. 

-What? 

Part 2 - Doubts 

We were all gathered in the club, except for the twins who never had lunch here fortunately, everyone looked at each other seriously without saying anything, Akari was still annoyed with me, but her concern for me was bigger, so she tried to be nice, even so, if I wasn't the first one to talk to her, she didn't say anything to me, so we all continued, we were sure we all wanted to ask the same question, until to everyone's surprise the one who broke the silence was Marcus with his whistling voice. 

-So... do you think he's telling the truth mon à mies? 

-I don't know, Marcus, look we both ended up in the hospital because of him, me with cracked ribs and you with your neck injury, what do you girls think? 

-The handsome guy looked like he was sorry, but I don't think I can say that, in the end it's Akari he tried to attack and you two were the ones who got hurt. 

-I think we should talk to him and ask him everything he knows, besides he knows more about my condition than I do, it infuriates me, but I don't think I can forgive him for what he did to my idiot boyfriend. 

At least he still calls me boyfriend, that's good. 

-Akari we have a pending conversation the two of us, even so, I apologize that I behaved badly, that being said I think Akari is right, he knows things, I think it would at least be in our best interest to listen to him, and the only way I can forgive that creep is if Akari is able to forgive him and let me hit him. 

-I honestly don't think I'll let you hit him Hikaru, but you still won't tell me why the two of you argued. 

-It's a private thing Asuna,' answered both me and Akari at the same time. 

I couldn't help but laugh which made my side hurt. 

-How unfair, but well, by the way, I found out something, I don't think it's of much importance, but do you know what your last name means, Akari? 

-Mmm, no, I never really wondered about it, Asuna. 

-Curiously your surname Gōsutohāto means ghost heart, although I don't think it has much to do with your problem, it's just a coincidence. 

-You know at this point I wouldn't rule out even a silly thing like that Asuna,' I said somewhat distractedly. 

-What nonsense, do you want to fight, I'm not going to hold back because of your injury. 

I got up from my seat, took out the paper that they had put up to keep the light out of the room, I stood looking at the landscape, the houses in front of the school had their roofs covered with snow. 

-Don't be silly bunny, I don't want to fight with anyone else, only with the one who did this to Akari, but today I'm happy. 

I was so excited that I didn't even notice that I said the old nickname Asuna used to call her. 

-Bunny, it's been a long time since you called me that since the incident.... I don't understand you Hikaru, why would you be happy, you argued with Akari and Colmillos is now in our class I don't think that's a reason to celebrate. 

-I think the same thing Hikaru, I don't think the situation is something to celebrate. Akari said confused. 

But Marcus was the only one who understood. 

-It was because of what petit Colmillos said,' Marcus said embarrassed. 

I took out my mobile phone to send a message. 

-Exactly, Marcus. Akari, he mentioned what Asuna told us, the dagger, which means there's a way to reverse your situation. 

-You really think we should believe him, Hikaru,' Akari said emotionlessly. 

- Why not, he can't know what we talked about, the only time we talked about it was here with Asuna and in the private chat that the three of us have. 

-So yes Akari, we finally took a step to be able to sort things out, I want to focus now on finding your body, and I think it might be at the school, so on Thursday when they take out the rubbish I want to sneak in at night, for that I want to ask for your help. 

-I don't know why you think Akari's body might be here, but count me in as the leader of the paranormal club. 

Asuna made a pose where she wiggled her hips and made a peace sign with her hand while sticking out her tongue. 

This girl will never change. 

Marcus gave her a thumbs up in approval. 

-I don't think Emi will give you permission Hikaru,' Akari said annoyed at him for saying her name. 

-It hurts Akari, I'm serious, but we'll talk about it. 

Akari looked at me seriously, but in the end she gave in. 

-Excuse me, but Akari is right, I don't think your sister will give you permission. 

-Yes, normally I wouldn't give her permission, but this time I'll go with you, to keep you from getting into trouble. 

Emi's voice came through the speaker of my phone. 

-Hikaru, that's high treason, you're leaking information from the club. 

I hit Asuna gently on the head. 

-Don't talk nonsense.