Prologue: The birth of a Champion.
Well this sucks...to die this way.
I am on the rooftop of my school. Since I lost the battle, the bones on the left side of my body are crushed, crippling me from moving at all.
As I lay on the floor, a match is thrown in my direction.
"Burn..." says the victor, and the fire on the match ignites brighter than it originally should. The flame slowly spreads across my body, burning me alive.
"Goodbye Kaito. Never appear before me again." and he walks away. The fire has engulfs the left side of my body, slowly making its way to the right side. My remaining right ear hears the sound of my roasting body while my remaining right eye looks at the dark smoke that rises up from my body, dispersing into the dark sky.
I'm being burn alive yet I can't feel any pain. Did he break all the nerves in my body?
I try to lift my right hand...successful. Guess he didn't.
"Oh my...thought you died already. Should I come back later?" a girl speaks somewhere in front of me. I can hear her footsteps getting louder, until she comes into view. However, I can't see that well since I have only one working eye.
The girl looks somewhat my age, 16 years old. She is wearing a black gown that extends until her knee. Her hair is tied up in twin tails and her eyes are hidden behind her hair.
"Since I'm here already, lets speed up the process shall we?" and she smiles as she lifts up her left hand. Suddenly, the fire burns even bigger than before, spreading faster than before. The girl lets out a small squeal as she takes a step away from the fire. I assume that she wasn't expecting the fire to burn this big. Regardless, I am starting to feel the pain from the fire as it eats away my right leg.
"Well, that startled me a bit, that's all. Nothing worth worrying about." and she walks closer to me, until she in within my sight again. She then opens a black umbrella with her right hand, protecting her from the heat from the fire.
"Hey...Kaito, was it?" she speaks, "Can you die faster? I've got more important things to do after this."
I'm not sure who you are...but I will NOT die so fast. I'll keep struggling until my last breath. Sucks to be you girl. Just watch me drag my death longer.
I'm not sure if she can hear me, since I can't open my mouth. She just stare at me and I stare back.
"Is that so?" she opens her mouth, "Now that would be troublesome. If I don't leave soon, Hades is going to be angry for keeping her waiting." The girl walks around me in circle. One round, two round, three round. She finally stops somewhere at my left side, facing away from me.
"If that's the case..." she starts, "Do you want to live again?"
I continue to stare at her black umbrella, trying to comprehend what she just said. She continues, "If you continue to live, then I am not required to collect your soul. With that, I can leave now, and Hades would not be angry with me. What do you say?"
I lift up my right hand towards the girls direction.
I accept that offer. If you can do that...if you can bring me back alive...then please do.
She turns towards me again, revealing a big smile on here face. "I knew that you would accept my offer, Kamiya Kaito. With this, you will now be my Champion. Fight well for me from now on all right?"
She closes her umbrella and points it towards the sky. Her other hand is pointed at me.
"We need to get rid of all this fire. I'll be taking your right eye as payment ok?" and suddenly I can't see anything.
"I'll be going now Kaito." and I can hear her walking away, "I'll see you again tomorrow. Don't lose your life again ya? Since I'm the one who gave it to you."
WAIT! What is your name? Who are you?
There was no reply. For awhile, darkness and silence was my only companion. Then she speaks, "I am Katsumi...Mizuno Katsumi. The Goddess of Time, and your master from here on out."
8 Months Later
"Congrats on passing 10th grade" Katsumi speaks to me, "Now you can proceed to the 11th grade".
"Is that sarcasm? I'm not that dumb you know." I reply her. Right now, I am in Katsumi's dimension. Every goddess has their own dimension, their own 'domain'. Katsumi's dimension is just a throne after some 30 flights of stairs, with a huge clock behind the throne. Her throne is colored red while the steps are painted black. The rest of the room are colored white with columns as high as a three-storey house. Since I am her 'Champion', I am allowed to enter her domain and meet her.
"I have to disagree with you statement, Kaito. You are as dumb as when I decided to revive you." Katsumi pesters on as she walks down her throne towards me, as I am sitting about 20 steps below her. She is wearing a red nightgown, with her black hair let down until it touches the end of her back.
"I'm going to say it again, even though I've been saying it for the past 8 months!" Katsumi raises her voice, like a little child throwing a tantrum.
"Here we go again" I whisper as I roll my eyes, knowing what Katsumi is going to say next.
"Why are you not expanding your powers as my champion?!" Katsumi speaks right in front of my left ear, "Why won't you get any fighters under your command?!"
A 'Champion', is a person who is chosen by a goddess, to fight on behalf of the Goddess in the human world. A Goddess can only have one Champion at a time. She gives her Champion unique powers to be used in battle. Champions are in charge of making sure that any Demons who make it into the human world are dealt with before they can cause any major damages.
A Champion can also expand the Goddess power to other people as well by 'Blessing' them. When a Champion blesses another person, he or she will then be granted the title of a 'King'. The people who received the 'blessing' are known as 'Fighters' for the King.
Now, the reason why Katsumi is mad at me is because for the whole time as her Champion, I didn't fight any demons or try to expand her powers. Basically, I neglected my duties as a Champion.
"Not only are you wasting the powers that I have given you," Kurumi continues, "but you are making me feel inferior to the other goddess!"
Since Goddesses are not allowed to fight with one another, they use the strength and capabilities of their Champion to measure their own position. That is why occasionally, two Champions and their Fighters would fight one another, to prove that their Goddess blessing is better than the other.
"I'm not interested in these internal power struggles." I reply to Katsumi. The moment I said those words, a thought came into my mind, "I should not have said that."
True enough, Katsumi starts to hit my left shoulder with both her hands, speaking gibberish. It is this kind of time that she looks just like a little child. True enough, Katsumi body starts to shrink. From a women looking in her mid twenties, Katsumi body slowly changes into the body of a 10 year old. As she turns into a child, her hair becomes shorter as well and her busty front rack slowly alters into a flat washboard. Surprising though is that her night gown also shrinks with her. By the end of her transformation, she is a 10 year old little girl, with a face all teary, and a mouth that speaks out words that makes no sense.
Well...this is not a surprise. She is the Goddess of Time after all.
I start to smile as I look at little Katsumi, thinking that THIS little girl, is a Goddess. With a quick move I pick Katsumi up by both her armpits, and swing her up into the air, like a father playing with his daughter. After a few times, little Katsumi stops crying and starts to laugh. Successfully cheering her up, I slowly put her down on the stairs.
"I'll be taking my leave now Katsumi." I say as I play with Katsumi hair, "You better revert back to your old self and go rest. Little children need to have their nap time right?" I laugh as I continue down the stairs, towards the door.
Little Katsumi starts to speak in her children language, like a child scolding someone. As she slowly changes back to her older self, I can hear her manner of speaking change. The last words I heard from her before I return back to my word was, "Don't treat me like a child!"
With that, I thought to myself:
That is Mizuno Katsumi, the Goddess of Time.
The Goddess who gave me life when I was at deaths door.
The Goddess who all in all...gave me this power...this opportunity...to get my revenge...on the one person who killed me. The Champion...who controls the purple flames.
Author's Note:
As some may have notice, Katsumi can alter her body. That is why when Kaito met her at first, she looked like a 16 year old. Then in her domain, she was in her mid twenties, and near the end, a 10 year old.
Also, a Champion is the same as a King. However, a Champion can only attain the title of a 'King' only when he or she has blessed an individual with the power of a 'Fighter'.
To make it simple, Kaito is a Champion in the eyes of his Goddess. He is a King in the eyes of his Fighters.
As usual, do provide feedback on my writing style or anything in particular. Improvement is always needed.
~Skyle~