"There was once a boy, a little boy named Bel. Bel wasn't like all the other kids he knew, who ran and played in the sun. He was a monster."
The pair moved in utter silence, running without rest or concern for who saw them. They said nothing, Bel was too preoccupied by the smell of blood, further, the fact that Makoto was a hunter explained both his peculiar smell and his surprising amount of knowledge. Bel decided it would be ok to trust him, all his questions could wait until later. He was a hunter and a friend of Haruka's meaning he couldn't be that bad. As they got closer, the smell pf blood grew stronger. Bel could tell there wasn't a lot, but the smell of blood was unmistakeable. Bel wanted to take off ahead of Makoto, but he knew they needed to stay together, something was happening, something bad. As they reached the scene, Bel couldn't contain a gasp. He was shocked. His eyes widened at the sight before him. Shards of broken glass lay scattered around the fallen form of the female prefect, Hikari. Normally, funnily enough, Bel was terrified of the girl, she was so strong, so confident, and there was something about her that set Bel's skin crawling, but instead, she lay broken on the floor. Bel couldn't even move, he was too shocked. That Hikari, that strong, capable Hikari was lying, bleeding on the floor. Makoto rushed to her side as the students had gathered around her. Then the smell hit him. Bel's nose was stronger than most, so even though there obviously wasn't much blood, only a few drops here and there, the irony smell assaulted Bel's nose, filling his head with the stench of blood. Bel stepped forward, cautiously, careful not to bump into anyone. He made his way through the crowd, standing behind Makoto, who was quickly taking charge of the situation, however, there seemed to be other things on his mind.
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Hayden, get Hikari to the infirmary," he nearly ordered. "Y-yeah, sure." Bel said, beginning to crouch down and pick up Hikari, but Makoto beat him to it. As she rose through the air, Bel gasped once more, a single hand coming up to cover his mouth. She must have been thrown rather harshly against the wall, there were pieces of glass stuck to her body. Makoto cradled her into his arms before handing her over to Hayden, who took her as carefully as he could, trying not to move the glass, and to grab her in a position that wouldn't disturb the few shards of glass still embedded in her body. "
Everyone else, return to your classes...now." His tone was harsh, almost a feral snarl, as he addressed the group. They immediately dispersed, leaving only Makoto and Bel in the halls. "Where should I meet you once I'm done with her?" Bel made to ask, but Makoto was long gone. Bel lifted his face into the air, his nose working, trying to pick up the scent of Haruka's blood. It trailed all the way back to her room, where Bel had met Makoto earlier. "Still, I need to know what happened." Bel said to himself. "Bel! If she was there when everything happened, she might know what happened to Haruka. We need to get her to the nurse pronto." Kuro exclaimed, nudging Bel on the side of the face. "Hurry, hurry!" Kuro prodded. "You gotta go fast Bel!" Kuro encouraged. "I dunno..." Bel said, worried. "She's wounded, plus there's glass in her. I don't think that kind of speed is a good idea..." Bel said, and unfortunately he was right. "Well then as fast as you think she'll be ok for. We need to get back there and help Makoto." Kuro suggested. "Good enough. Hold on Kuro." Bel warned his familiar, and the three of them were off. "Hold on Miss Hikari," Bel whispered softly to the girl, as if he were cradling a baby. "I'm gonna get you to some help just as fast as I can." Bel whispered to the unconscious Hikari, and at that they took off.
While Bel wanted to tear up the floorboards with his speed, doing so while carrying Hikari would not have been the best idea. Instead, he took off at, what he considered a light jog, that humans would have called a full sprint. As he ran, Bel took the utmost care to move as smoothly as possible, so as not to disturb or damage Hikari. He carried her as if she were the world's most fragile object, as if bumping her, or allowing her to jostle would break her instantly. Finally, after what seemed like ages to Kuro, but was actually pretty decent time, Bel made it to the infirmary. "No time to explain nurse." Bel said, speaking through the nurse's shocked exclamations. "She's really hurt and she needs lots of help. There's glass everywhere." Bel explained. He went on to describe how he thought she'd been thrown into a window, but he didn't say by whom, as he'd not gotten a good look at the attacker's face, though he knew for a fact it was probably Azriel. He explained how he found her injured and carried her here as fast as he could. Once he was finished, however, instead of leaving like he wanted to, the nurse forced him to stay. She told him she'd write a note to his teachers, but he was to stay with Miss Hikari until she woke up, as it was just a bump on the head, and she wouldn't be taking much longer to wake up. That way, when she woke, Bel could get the details about who attacked her. Further, the nurse had to bring the report directly to the school's main office, so she really needed Bel, who begrudgingly agreed, to stay.
Bel sat in the chair next to Hikari's bed in the nurse's office. The nurse had changed her clothes, removed the glass, and patched up her various wounds. She was as good as new, however, Bel was troubled. Not only was he becoming increasingly bored, but Makoto needed his help. "Hey, Kuro, you wanna do me a favor?" Bel asked the cat, who was playing around with a cotton swab. Kuro turned away from the small cotton ball to face Bel. "Sure! Anything for you Belly! Whatcha want?" Kuro asked, being awfully considerate. "Will you go down to the music room and bring me my cello?" Bel asked. "You'll have to turn big for me, but that shouldn't be an issue. Further, I'll play Khalia's song for you and give you a saucer of cream when we get home if you can do it without being seen." Bel taunted the little cat.
Kuro's eyes widened happily. "Wow! You mean it?!" The cat exclaimed, pure joy in his voice. "You're on Bel!" Kuro said before vanishing instantly into his own shadow. A moment later, Kuro was back,
now full sized and carrying Bel's cello inside of it's care as if it were nothing more than a cat toy. After handing his master the cello, Kuro shrunk back down to normal size and jumped up on the end of Hikari's bed and curled into a ball. "That's so tiring Bel, don't ask me to do that again today, ok?" Bel chuckled to himself and nodded. "Of course Kuro, you did really well." Bel said scratching his cat's head. At that, Bel took out his cello and began to play. For some reason, he felt like he needed to play Khalia's song -- it might make him feel better and Hikari might like it. Regardless of the reason, Bel sat back in the chair, which he had moved back to the far side of the room so it wouldn't be so loud in Hikari's ears, and began to
play, softly mind you, as Hikari was still sleeping. Just as Bel was finishing up, he noticed Hikari stir and stopped playing, he put down his bow and spoke. "Hey, you ok?" Bel asked simply