"This is not how I'm going to die here." She declared.

The trees around her seemed to help the silver haired female hide from her pursuers. They seemed relentless, almost as if they hadn't run out of any energy as they chased her.

Vali Lucifer scoffed as she noticed no one was behind her,"Glad those bastard gave up." She slid down a tree, nursing her arm, as it bled. Her arm wasn't her only injury, but this one seemed to be bleeding the most.

She had cuts and bruises on her arms, and where her pants had gotten cut, revealing her legs. Panting heavily, ice blue eyes scanned the rest of the trees surrounding her. She hadn't sensed anyone.

Feeling a throb of her ankle. She looked at her dark brown boots. Without even taking the right one off, she could tell it was swollen.

[Vali you shouldn't be pushing yourself this much. Look how injured you are.] A deep voice spoke from within her mind, sounding concerned.

Vali's eyes narrowed,"Don't you think I don't know that?!"

[Just rest for a little bit, besides I'll make sure nothing happens. You just take a quick nap.]

"Tch, whatever," For now she did what her body wanted her to do, her eyes closed, and she slept.

Waking up, she noticed it was already getting dark. Great, just her luck.

Sitting up quickly, which she instantly regretted, Vali took note that her persuers were back once more, although they were a little further away from her thankfully.

Her Grandfather was a very persistent man, which was why Vali was in her current situation. She had run away from his home, after all these years. He didn't make any indication that he was interested in her life, nor that he cared for her well being, so really she was doing him a favor. Yet he still sent hunters after her, and if they brought her back, they'd get good pay. So she fought with them, and at first she had gained the upperhand, but then their numbers were starting to overwhelm her and they managed to get some good, although were cowardly, hits in while her back was turned.

The only reason her Grandfather, no, Rizevim even kept her there was because of two things:

1) The power she got for being Lucifer's descendant, especially since apparently she was most likely more powerful than her father. But dont even get started with that.

2) Her Sacred Gear, Divine Dividing.

She was just there for him to gain something, not because of any familial love that she knew didn't exist.

The silver haired female stood, using the tree she had leaned on earlier as support. Her ankle was throbbing painfully, and she didn't want to see how bad it was. So with her good foot, she slowly, but surely, began to wobble in the direction away from the Hunters.

Okay so the whole wobbling thing didn't work, and the Hunters nearly caught up to her. So Vali was back to a sprint, and she knew her ankle would be in terrible condition after this.

She could feel it hurting with every step she took.

"Dear I don't even know why you're running~" A voice suddenly next to her purred out,"You know we'll catch you~"

She suddenly felt something slam into her side, and she felt herself hitting a wall, oh great, at least she was outside the forest. She was in a kneeling position, holding her now mostly bruised side, damn could that woman pack a punch.

When she looked back up, the woman, unlike the rest of her group of hunters, no longer wore a hood that covered a majority of her face. ("How can she even see?") She saw long green hair, tied up in a ponytail, a spiked choker around her neck, as far as she knew the woman most likely wore that something that only covered what it was supposed too, and noticing a flat area around her chest, it wasn't much. Although despite some of her clothes being ripped, Vali still looked somewhat decent.

But she did see that the Woman wore fingerless gloves.

Blue and Silver wings shielded her as the woman tried to punch her again.

"Thank you." She muttered quietly.

The wings then pushed the woman away, and soon Vali let herself fly, at least she now regained enough power to do that.

She did know that they were following her.

As she lay on the ground bleeding from her side, it wasn't just a bruise like she thought, Vali only thought one thing.

Why?

Why did it have to be her, why couldn't it be someone else(although she wouldn't wish this kind of thing on anybody)? What did she ever do to have this kind of end?

[So this truly is it huh?] The voice sounded disappointed.

"Are you disappointed because I didn't fight a lot of strong people like I said we would?" The girl asked in a hushed voice.

[No] The voice, properly know as the Vanishing Dragon, or Albion, replied. [Because you're one of the few hosts whose well being I actually cared about.]

"Is that supposed to make me feel any better?" She asked, and when she didn't get an answer, she then said,"This isn't how I thought I'd die to be honest. I was thinking I would go out in a cooler way, maybe in battle or something like that."

[I think this is just your injuries talking] Albion said dryly.

Vali let a faint smile cross her features. Her eyes slowly drooped, and she heard those hunters coming near. Oh well, at least she was able to get them to fail their objective. No money for them.

Then a red magic circle appeared next to her, and the last thing Vali saw was a girl wearing a school uniform. Her long crimson hair flowing behind her as the wind blew. That's when a pair of ice blue eyes finally closed.