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::• Mitsuko L. Toshi •::

Regret chuckled when Sakura said 'Regret and Syous'. "Well, cat's out of the bag now isn't it?" He said, turning to Allistar. "You remember the weakling right? How he was hiding something under that bandage? Well, you're looking at what was hidden." Regret then laughed at Sakura's request for a split payment. "No can do chika. A mix of two different energies could blow me like a firework, including your pathetic little friend. No, I only collect from one person...and that's the one who ordered the service." He said, turning once more to Allistar. "He's watching us right now, Syous is. He's trying to tell me that I should just leave you all be. Leave this place and never return, even if that means he has to go too. Almost sickening that he worries so much about you and the others." He grinned again as he could almost feel Syous shouting at him. "So, you have a little backbone after all, too bad it won't do you any good." He thought. He turned back to Cherry, begging to be helped. Regret simply smiled as he looked back to the others. "Looks like this one still needs help...does someone have enough to pay for a full repulsion of the demon, or do you think you can handle an exorcism on your own?" Regret could sense the demon from the very beginning, but did nothing. This was how he played. Let the situation go from bad to worse, then offer whatever service needed in return for more and more energy. Most people never had enough as the situation grew worse and died from the energy loss, which is exactly how Regret liked it.

Regret gave another twisted smile as he did a mock bow to Allistar. "A deal's a deal. Stand back, wouldn't want to damage that pretty little face of yours." He said mockingly as he stood before Cherry. "Watch carefully Syous. See what power a weakling like you could never achieve." Closing his eyes, he held his hands in front of him, the thumbs and index fingers making a triangle. Regret's wings spread out as far as they could, his shadow now covering Cherry completely. "Demon that hides in plain sight, you should fear me not. Reveal yourself to me, as I shall take you to salvation." A dark energy pulsed out of Regret's body, making the air in the area feel heavier. Suddenly, the demon that was attacking Cherry revealed itself, staring up at Regret. Standing up slowly, it towered over him, but Regret didn't flinch, he simply opened his eyes and grinned. Striking quickly, Regret plunged his bare hand into the demon's chest, ripping through to the other side. "Salvation lies in death...and I have bestowed this upon thee...rest in piece." He whispered as he removed his hand, now covered in a black, oozing blood. As the demon fell to the ground, Regret slowly licked the blood off of his index finger, almost a pleasured expression on his face. "Excellent, it's been a while since I've had blood that tasted so purely corrupted." Satisfied with his work, he turned to the others. "Now then, who's paying for what?"

Regret simply grinned, he was hoping for that answer. "Let's start off with payment number one and see how much you have left. Normally when it comes to girls paying, I take the energy through the form of a kiss, however..." He took a slight glance at Sakura and smirked, remembering her threat about not hurting Bella in any way. "Unfortunately for the female population, I'm currently spoken for, so that'll be out of the question for now." Vanishing and reappearing in front of Allistar, he ran a cold, almost dead-like finger along her cheek and studied the rest of her face. "Heh, no wonder Syous has a major crush on you." He said as he placed the hand on her shoulder. Slowly, he began sapping a substantial amount of power from Allistar, not moving an inch as he did. A feeling of utter disbelief and shock ran through the back of his head. "What? You think I wasn't going to tell her that? All just part of the fun." He thought with an amused tone.

Regret just kept on grinning as he felt Allistar's energy flow within him. After a minute or so of this, the single black feather that he had ripped off his wing earlier materialised in the exact same place. "Well, that wasn't so bad now, was it?" He said, removing his hand and retracting it to his side. Regret looked at the newly grown feather and smirked. "It's a little smaller than my last one, but it'll have to do...now then, payment number two." Regret grinned, he knew there'd be no way she could survive the next one. He began to reach out his hand a second time, but this time was stopped. An enormous surge of pain ran through his body, causing him to tremble involuntarily. Clasping the sides of his head, Regret doubled over, clentching his teeth. "No! It can't be....time already...so...close...." Dropping to his knees, Regret began to change, starting with his hair turning a pale white, much like Syous's. All of a sudden, Regret began to quietly laugh to himself. "Looks like my time's up....but don't worry, I'll be back to play later...and collect my fee..." He burst out into a much louder and much more insane sounding laughter before they turned into almost silent sobs. The wings on his back faded to nothing...the rest of his body changed as well. Once all of it was over, Syous was back, eyes shut tightly as the bandage that once covered his eye fell to the floor. "Allistar I'm....I'm so sorry..." He choked out, small tears dropping to the ground.