Author's Note- Hey everyone, here's chapter eight. I love you all. I know I know, I've been away…sorry.

Disclaimer- I do not own Kamichama Karin, but ohh man I wish I did.

Chapter 8: Last Chance

X:Up in Heaven:X

Karin woke to find herself in her room. After shaking off the fuzziness in her mind, she remembered she had been running away from the Kazune-Z until she heard Kazune call out her name. She immediately sat up and a pang of pain rushed through her forehead.

"Owww," she whined and rubbed her damaged skin. She glanced over at the mirror-closet door and took note of the big, round purple circle blotted on her face. "Oh just wonderful," she sarcastically muttered in annoyance.

She sighed and looked over to her alarm clock. It was nine in the evening, "It's that late?" she thought.

Remembering her current surroundings, "Kazune, did he carry me here? Most likely…"

"Karin, are you awake?" she heard a familiar soft voice on the other side of the door.

"Yeah, come in." she replied.

The door creaked slowly open and a black-haired girl peeked through the crack with her brown eyes.

"Himeka!" Karin shouted in excitement, immediately getting up a with the intention of running towards her.

"No Karin!," she beckoned, fully entering the room, "I'll go to you, just stay in bed."

Karin sat back down in bed and waited for her beloved childhood friend to sit beside her.

Himeka lives miles and miles away from Karin's home, but to keep up with each other she visits once a every year. There was a time when they lived nearby, since she's Kazune's cousin, but after Karin's parents died, Himeka moved away with one of her relatives.

"That bump must've hurt right?" Himeka assumed, now standing in front of Karin.

Karin covered her bruise in embarrassment, "Yeah, hahaha" she laughed nervously.

"It's okay, you don't have cover it" she assured, "So how have you been?" Himeka asked with the brightest smile she could put on.

"Well…" Karin's expression dropped from smile to frown, "Has Kazune told you about-"

"You two are engaged, right?" she interrupted, "Kazune has told me how you feel, but really, why don't you give him a shot?"

'Of course', Karin thought, 'They're cousins and he probably already told her about it. It's no question that she's going to try and convince me too. And here I thought she'd be a little more on my side.'

"Well Himeka, it's easier said than done," Karin sighed full of fatigue, "I thought about it earlier today but I can't picture myself with him, he's my best friend."

"But Karin," she protested, "You two are already practically together. Why not make it official? He cares about you, he's trustworthy, he won't leave you out of anything, and you two are already getting married anyway. All you have to do is say yes."

"I'm still having trouble even accepting the fact that we're getting married at all. At first, we were both surprised. He told me he thought of me as a sister. All of a sudden he wants to be together. What is this?" she retorted.

"He did that because he's only begun to actually understand his true feelings for you, Karin. He likes you." she said through smiles.

Karin slightly blushed, "Kazune…likes me?" she let out in disbelief.

Himeka caught hold of Karin's hands, "yes Karin!" she shook her hands excitingly, "he likes you!"

Karin snatched her hands back and shook her head, "No no no no no no, that's not possible!" she panicked. Himeka grimaced.

"Kazune can't like me! No, we're just friends!" she denied.

"But you two are engaged. You're supposed to grow closer over time." she gloomily muttered.

"Himeka, growing feelings towards Kazune is my choice. I'm not going to suddenly give in." she fought back and immediately threw herself in bed right after, facing the wall instead of Himeka. And she realized, at this very moment, she was taking Jin's advice.

Karin's best friend stood miserably before her, with a big frown on her face.

"Karin," Himeka let out, "Just please give it some more time and thought." She didn't even wait for a reply. She swiftly stepped out of the room.

As soon as she heard the door shut close, she let out a sigh. She really wanted to see Jin.

'No Karin no!' she shook her head, 'I can't and I won't'

She stared up into the stars above her, remembering that she had wondered if Jin saw the same every night before sleep.

She couldn't stop thinking about him!

'Oh, what if he got real mad that I didn't go today? That's bad! That's real bad!' she panicked. Then she paused in thought, 'I guess….'

She stood up in frustration, 'Ok fine! Maybe one more time isn't so bad.' She convinced herself. She walked over to the door and locked it.

She then turned off her lamp and flew up to her ceiling window. Before she opened it, she shut her eyes tight and prayed, 'God forgive me for this'.

She unlatched and opened her window to fly out of her room, shutting the window behind her once again. The change in temperature hit her like an ice cube. She wasn't used to going out at night, let alone when the winds were currently whooshing through the area.

Before making way for the portal, she stopped by the living room window and peeked to see Kazune and Himeka, presumably talking about what just happened since Kazune wasn't looking too happy.

'Sorry Kazune,' Karin apologized mentally, 'but I'm not gonna give in just because we're engaged' And with that, she flew off.

While flying through the gardens, she thought, 'Maybe I should take Jin something to apologize.' So she swooped down and smiled at the memory of when they first met. Strawberries. She picked a couple and went straight for the portal.

X:Down on Earth:X

As soon as Karin landed, she hid her wings into her back. And then it hit her, 'Ohh man!', she thought, 'Jin might not even be here right now! He might be at home! Oh no!'

She paced back and forth with strawberries at hand. Then she decided to at least check where she'd think he'd be. After all, there's nothing wrong with making sure.

She headed towards the tree, taking careful steps in the darkness. The human world seemed rather scary at night, she could hear the croaking of birds and silent-breaking insects everywhere.

When she arrived at the tree, she was disappointed to find no one there. 'I guess he is at home' she gloomily thought. She leaned back on the tree and slid down into a sitting position to rest for a moment.

'What if he never comes back?' Tears pricked at her eyes wanting to come out but she sucked it up. This was no place to cry, not now.

But what was she to do now? She sighed and thought about their last conversation.

"I'm serious! That's not love at all!"

"then tell me my dear Karin,…What is love?"

"Hmmm... it's like...umm...I don't know...it's complicated..."

"Then how can you tell between love and lust?"

"Because...lust is just something want."

"Ahh, but love is want too."

"I don't know! You're confusing me..."

"If I kissed you right now, would it be considered lust?"

Karin blushed at the memory. She let her hand feel her lips freely.

'What is love?' she thought, 'When I kissed him, I felt something. I felt…

I don't know…

I can't explain it.'

She closed her eyes and let herself replay the whole memory of the kiss. What had she felt back then? It was so passionate, so warm, she can feel the butterflies in her stomach.

But she grimaced, 'None of that matters if I can't see him again,' she thought, 'what if he is mad at me? What if he really doesn't want to see me anymore. Oh, it's all my fault!' She buried her face in her arms over her knees, careful not to squish her strawberries, accepting this defeat of hers.

All of a sudden, she heard a blood-curdling scream through the trees in the distance. It was a woman. Her heart instantly beated faster as she snapped up and ran, frightened, to the only place she knew she could run to, the lake.

Karin dashed through the trees not caring about all the rustling she made, only determined to get to her destination. But as she ran, she began to hear more rustling behind her. She felt her palms were sweaty, with strawberries at hand, as she realized she was being chased. She felt the extra rustling creep up closer so she burst and used all the energy she could to run, so eagerly tempted to fly.

She could see the lake nearby in between the clutter of tree trunks. She felt the noise come closer and closer and closer until finally she reached her target.

"Ahhhh!" She flung herself rashly onto the grass, protecting the strawberries by holding them close. She kept her eyes shut tight and can hear herself gasping loudly. And realized shortly after that it was ear-piercingly quiet, but she didn't dare open her eyes.

Then Karin felt a hand tilt her chin upwards, "Karin?"

Karin opened her eyes and relief flooded through her system, "Jin-kun!" She sat up and caught him in a tight hug.

"I'm sorry!" she immediately apologized, "I'm so sorry I didn't visit earlier today! I'm sorry if you're mad! I'm really really sorry! I should've came! But I'm sorry!"

Jin pushed her off a bit, "it's okay," he forgave her, eyeing her bruise, "But what happened here?" He lightly rubbed the injury on her forehead. 'I guess Aru was right,' he thought, 'maybe something bad did happen.'

"Oh! Umm, I bumped into someone today and I when I woke up, I had this." She explained and pointed at the bruise.

"Woke up? You blacked-out?" Okay, maybe Aru did have a good point.

"Yeah, but…Kazune carried me home."

"Kazune?"

"The one im…engaged to.." Karin muttered lowly.

"Oh." Jin sighed, so that's his name, "Well, anyway, what are you doing here so late? Are you crazy? If I hadn't recognized you, you would've been dead by now."

"Dead?" Karin shuddered at the word, "What do you mean?"

"Hello? Have you forgotten? I'm a demon? I kill people?"

Karin gasped, "So back then, that woman I heard scream….you killed her?"

"Yeah," he responded bluntly.

She pointed at him accusingly, "How could you?" she yelled.

"Karin! I'm a DEMON! It's my job! Are you really going to complain about something like this?" he retorted.

She sighed, 'Okay, Karin, this is not why you came. He is a demon and you have to accept the fact that he destroys the lives of poor innocent people. Just try not to think about it.' She mentally calmed herself.

"I'm sorry," she finally said, "I'm not used to it. And that's not why I'm here right now. I came to explain why I didn't come any earlier. And to say sorry, even though I already said it, I'll say it again, I'm sorry. And I brought something," she pointed at the bundle of strawberries on the grass, "…to make up for it too."

Jin took hold of one of the berries and popped it in his mouth. "Hmm, they're pretty good," he mumbled through the fruit, "Apology accepted. So why didn't you come?" he asked, forgiving her again and forgetting about the mess he made at home.

"It's cause," Karin fumbled with her hands, "Yesterday night when I got home, I decided I wasn't gonna come anymore because I felt guilty from…" she blushed and turned away uncomfortably, "…kissing you."

Jin blushed from the memory as well, "Oh, about that." He put his hand on her cheek and made her face him. He looked her straight in the eye, "I'm really sorry about that. It wasn't me doing it. I was a little buzzed and well-"

"Buzzed?" she interrupted, not understanding the word he just said.

"Yeah, you know, drunk?" he explained.

"Drunk?" she questioned again.

"Karin…don't tell me…Have you ever drank alcohol?" he asked.

"Alcohol? Why would anyone drink that? Isn't that to heal wounds?" she assumed.

Jin let out a laugh, "Man, those Mormons have you under parental patrol, don't they?"

Karin pouted, "What? Explain to me! I have no idea what you're talking about."

Jin finished off his laugh, "Karin, alcohol is a beverage you drink when you're out at parties, or when you're feeling down. It makes your brain let go of any worries, or in other words drunk." he explained to her.

"Ohh," she acknowledged, "but wait, let go of any worries? How does that make you ….kiss anyone?" she asked, saying the last part uneasily.

"Uhh, well, let's just say you're brain also lets go of anything that actually makes sense. You can't think straight." He explained even further.

"Hmm," she mumbled, "I think I could use one of those right now…"

"Why do you say that?" he wondered.

"Well, cause Kazune's cousin Himeka came over for her yearly visit. She's my best friend too, even though we don't see each other that much anymore, but she knows me well. Kazune told her about how he wanted to go steady with me. And since they're cousins, obviously she's going to try and help him out. So she's trying to convince me to go steady, but I took your advice and I said no," she explained.

"Well that's good. Don't let them talk you into something you can't live with," he praised.

"Yeah, but everything's so stressing. The whole class, no, school knows that we're engaged. They always look out for us and cheer for us and I don't like thinking about it to begin with. It's frustrating and stressing. That's why I say I could use this beverage you call alcohol. To forget about it all for just a moment," she admitted.

Jin thought for a moment, "Well," he pulled out his spear from out of thin air, "I did save one," with a wave of the tip of his spear and a flash of red light, a can of beer appeared. He took hold of it and held it out, "Do you want it?"

Karin paused for a moment. He was offering her this alcohol thing. She's never tried it before but he says it'll take away all her worries, something she really needs. But the not-being-able-to-think-straight part makes her think.

"Mmmm….will it make me…" she tried to signal by moving her lips a bit, but he tilted his head confusingly, "…you know…kiss you?" she finished, blushing again.

He giggled, "Don't worry about that. You're so freakin' pure that I doubt you'd try to, even drunk."

She smiled at his reassurance. And there goes that skip of the heart beat Jin gets everytime she smiled like that. Damn, it was annoying, but he liked it when she smiled.

Karin told hold of the can of beer, popped it open, and took the first sip. She cringed, "Blehh! Why is it so bitter? And it burns!" she whined.

"What? You don't like it?" he said, trying not to laugh.

"No! What the hell? Do you seriously drink this?" she asked, almost yelled.

"You get used to it." he explained.

Karin glanced at her drink and scowled. She really wanted to forget for a moment, but this was gonna be harder than she thought. She took another, not sip, but big gulp this time. Assumingly one-fourth of it. It was so disgusting she couldn't even explain.

X:After 30 minutes:X

…of disgust-sounds and complaints, Karin finished the whole can. By this time, she was feeling slightly light-headed and saying random things here and there. She wasn't really too drunk but, well, decent-enough drunk, right? I mean, it was only 1 can…

"Jin?" she mumbled, "why is grass…so…stupid and green?" she asked.

"Uhh…" he hesitated, wanting to laugh so bad, "well Kari-"

"Oh look, my hair is blonde. Hahaha~" she laughed sluggishly, interrupting him.

"Haha, yeah…"

"Mmmm, Kazune's hair is blonde too…" she noted with a drunken-serious face, "and his eyes are bluee~, like …. Like a bluebird." she smiled, "I like birds"

Jin laughed at her last comment, 'Karin's pretty funny when she's drunk' he thought.

"Buuuut~ Jin's eyes are like honey!" she half-yelled with enthusiasm, he smiled at her, "Ahaha! I made Jin smile!" she excitedly said.

Karin laid down in the grass face down, resting her head on her arms, "You know," she started, "I have a secret. But shhh~ ,you can't tell demons." she giggled

Jin perked up, slightly aroused, "What's the secret?" he asked.

"No noo, silly, you're a demon!" she giggled again.

"But I'm Jin." he tried to exclude himself.

"Jin …the demon." she muffled.

"Hmm….you're not gonna tell me are you?" he assumed

"Nope." she proudly stated, glancing at him with a bright smile

"Mmmm…then I guess," he whispered.

"What?" she muttered.

"..I'm gonna have TO TICKLE YOU!" he playfully warned her as he ran over and began his attack.

She laughed hysterically, "Stop it! Stop! Wait!" She squirmed trying to get out of his trap but he wouldn't stop tickling her.

He momentarily paused, "Are you gonna tell me now?" he asked, a big smile on his face.

"No!" she happily yelled back. But before he can continue his tickle fest, she grabbed his wrists, pulled him towards her causing him to collapse, then flipped over so that she was lying atop of him.

"You lose" she sang.

Jin smiled at stared at her admiringly, caught in the moment they were in right now. He took advantage of it, because he knew she probably wouldn't even dare do this while sober. He probably wouldn't of have tickled her either.

He reached for her scrunchie and pulled off her ponytail, letting her natural hair fall into their waves.

He looked into her eyes, "You look beautiful." he said, straight out of his heart.

"If only you knew the secret, you'd probably think I'm UG-lyy~!" she mumbled.

"Then tell me! I'll prove you wrong, beca-"

"Jinn~" she interruptedly whined.

"What?"

She neared her face to his until their forehead touched. He blushed, '..What is she..?'

She stared at him intensely for what seemed like ages to Jin, in reality it had only been a couple of seconds. Then she turned away and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Karin?" he voiced.

"I wanted it to happen again" she whispered.

"Happen, what?"

She raised her head up an pressed her lips against Jin's.

Really, it had only been a day since they kissed, but Jin never thought he'd never feel her lips again!

He blushed, but immediately responded to the kiss. This kiss was much more passionate than before, obviously because Karin was drunk, but mainly because this time around, Karin actually wanted to kiss him and wasn't caught in-between uncertainty.

He slipped his arms around her waist whilst Karin caressed his face.

Karin pulled back, but again Jin tugged her back into it, letting his tongue slip through and they kissed more deeply.

He let his hand slide down her leg until he couldn't reach any further and flipped over so he was on top.

But oh no, Karin wouldn't allow it, she flipped over as well so she was dominating over him. She kissed him softly once more and rested on his shoulder.

"I love you" she whispered against his ear.

He couldn't tell if it was actually her or the beer speaking but he told her, "I love you too"

"Do you really?" she asked

"Yes, I do" he promised.

"Okay," she smiled and rested on his shoulder again.

Eventually, she drifted off into sleep and so did Jin. They both slept soundly beside that lake. Not a single soul or demon crossed their path.

However,

Three hours later Jin woke up, Karin still sleeping atop of him. He smiled inside, still half-asleep, and caressed her hair while she slept. But before reaching the bottom of it, his hand bumped into something. Something very soft.

He traced it until he couldn't stretch his arms out any further, it felt so smooth and feathery, like the inside of a pillow. They almost felt almost like his…

Like his… !

Jin immediately snapped up, waking Karin in the process who instantly put her hand on her head from her hungover-headache.

"Oww," she murmured as she rubbed her temple. She glanced at Jin, who was looking screamingly out of his mind, staring at her with such intensity, Ii looks like he might runaway.

"What's wrong?" Karin asked, frightened by his emotions.

Then she realized…

"You!" Jin pointed accusingly

Her back…

"You're a-!"

Her wings were out.