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"Kotori? What… What are you doing? What… What are you?" Asked a boy of 12. The boy was lying in the debris of his house, surrounded by tall orange flames. Embers flew around the destroyed house, as only the nice tile floor was left and a few remainders of walls, though they quickly fell down as the fire destroyed them.

"It's time to die. Hahahahahaha." Was a maniacal laughter. The laughter of some murdering sadistic woman. The woman in question, was a female that looked about 10, though she had some sort of… horns sticking out of brown ribbons which had a flower on the tips. She was holding a massive gun which was sucking in flames from her own body. Her body was surrounding in orange flames, while she wore a dress which had a pink outside but a white inside. She looked quite… cute. Her eyes were red naturally but currently they were glowing red as well.

The boy looked next to Kotori and noticed another female. Long black hair which was free flowing. They touched the back of her knees and she looked upon the scene with a maniacal grin on her face. She looked absolutely happy that he was about to be burned alive… turned into ashes. Her eyes were a dark grey color... like there was no life in her… like she was soulless. She wore a black dress, just a straight black dress. She carried a large sword on her back. She was currently crossing her arms, looking upon the scene.

"Kill him. Fire." The black haired woman commanded.

Kotori fired a large beam of flame, which headed straight towards the boy.

"Big brother! NOOOOOOOOOO!" Kotori screamed. Her eyes were back to a normal red. She watched as her fire engulfed her brother, who screamed in excruciating pain. The fire didn't incinerate him… it just engulfed him and burnt him alive. Kotori fell to her knees in shock, tears streaming down her face as she saw a hand sticking out of the flame, suddenly blackening like tar before being completely destroyed, leaving only the bone. The fire only was ablaze around the boy for about 15 seconds, but that is all it took. Ten seconds was all it took to silence him and kill him, and the other five seconds was just overkill.

When the fire disappeared all that remained of his body was bones… and some meat. His entire rib cage and spine were down to the bones, his right arm and hand were bones while his left arm was bone. His left hand was actually meaty though it was very very red and burnt. On his skull half of it was bone and the other half was meat. The top half was meat and hair while the bottom was bone. The boy was dead.

The black haired woman walked away, a laugh ringing in the air. "At last, the only threat to my plans to end the pathetic humans is dead."

Kotori was on her knees now, her dress in some ashes, looking over the now dead brother. Unknown to her, something was lurking nearby.

"Shido… I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry… I… I don't know what came over me… Please… forgive me." Kotori cried out, sobbing. Her tears kept falling upon his open chest, falling upon the now black tiles on the floor.

From the shadows, a grey like substance appeared and flew above the boy. It hovered and looked down at him.

"From the ashes, you shall be born anew. I, Zephyr, the once great King of Space, shall bless you with my protections. Receive my soul and let us become one, letting you go back to your dear sister… adopted sister." Said the spirit, though no one could hear it. It then flew right into the boys open mouth, the skull accepting the soul.

"Please come back to me! I love you big brother! Please come back to me!" Kotori cried out.

As if answering her cries, the body of Shido began to rapidly change from its current state… of death. A quick surge of power shockwaved out of his body before a black goo with a red glow to it came from his spine and began to fill up his missing body cavity.

As the power surge shockwaved, the black haired girl quickly turned her head, sensing the humongous energy signature.

Kotori had wide eyes as she watched the transformation take place. The black goo filled out his entire body, before overflowing over the bones, forming a skin like substance. Once the body became full, the goo changed and it became his original skin color. His eyes were closed as he closed his eyes when he died. It was then his stomach and chest began to rise and fall as the sounds of steady breathing entered the air.

"S-Shidou…?" Kotori asked as she watched her big brother breathe again. Her wish was granted! Her big brother had returned!

"I, who is about to awaken," Started Shidou, though his voice was a bit more… cynical. "Am the Great King of Space, Zephyr. I, who has seen countless worlds, shall arise from the ashes. I summon the mighty Nihilum to this world, becoming one with me once again and together, we shall protect the one we have deemed fit to receive our blessing!"

Coming from the ground was a black pool of energy with a gently red glow to it. It was then something appeared from the energy! A large black pole! It had two heads and a center which thinned out. The heads where four times the thickness of the middle and were covered in some sort of spikes on the sides. The tip of the staff was flat but there was some sort of crystal like object in the middle, though it was embedded in the staff. The staff in length was about 8 feet.

Shidou then sat up, eyes closed and his right hand gripped the staff. Upon the contact, Shidou's eyes flew open while the staff spikes and the crystal glew a bloody red. It began to thrum with power as it began to have some sort of electricity crackle around the gem and spikes, red electricity. Shidou let out a roar of anger as his eyes began to change. His pupils turned a blood red while his amber brown Iris's turned black as night. His eyes than began to glow an eerie red as he stood up.

"Ah… So this body isn't ready for my true power… Pity." Shidou said, though his voice was much darker and deeper.

"S-Shidou?" Kotori asked a bit scared.

Shidou looked down upon the female.

"Ah, the little sister of my current host. The one who killed him… interesting."

"You… You live?!" Said a voice in anger. It was females. Shidou turned to look and spotted the black haired girl.

"Ah, you. I've been searching for you Phantom! I've been searching for you for a long time! Now it's payback time you god damn bitch!"

Shidou gripped the staff and flew right up into the air, rocketing straight up. It was then his staff enlongated and enlarged. Shidou than slammed it right down on top of the black haired female, as the female was over 100 feet away! Phantom raised her hand and a shield formed, blocking the weapon though she was sent to her knees as the shield cracked for a moment before repairing.

"How the hell did you survive?! I destroyed you!" Phantom roared firing out several blasts of black energy. Shidou non-chalantly used his normally sized staff again, twirling it, blocking the blasts and sending them back at her feet.

"You did! You destroyed my body but you did not think about my soul. I am not from this world foolish girl. I am from the outer reaches of space. As my weapon is Nihilum, nothing in Latin, I am also born from nothingness. I was born in the middle of a black hole, so you have no idea what kind of power I wield. You made a mistake little girl. You didn't research the person you sought to kill, though I must know. Why did you want me dead? I did nothing to you."

"Easy. You were a very strong entity in the universe and I cannot have you interfering. I know of your deeds on other worlds! I know that you would stop me if you had a chance."

"Fair enough." Shidou said with a laugh.

"But I realized something… You can't fully use your power can you?" The black haired girl smiled.

Shidou narrowed his eyes. "I still have enough strength to destroy you!" Shidou roared, sending his staff in front of him before having it spin round and round like an airplane propeller. Shidou closed his eyes and groaned in pain but he opened his eyes and glared down at the female.

'Damn… this body is not yet ready for the power I yield. Damnit! This hurts so much!'

As the staff twirled round and round the crystals on the end began to grab all the electricity from the staffs spikes and it began to form a large circle in the sky. The staff spun faster and faster and as the circle of electricity completed itself, a ball of red and black energy began to form in the center.

'Damn… This is all I can do… Let's hope this is enough!'

Shidou formed a fist and punched his side of the staff, though he only punched an inch away. As the punch went right to the staff the red energy ball was sent right at the black haired girl, at 100 feet per second or 69 MPH. It was right at her doorstep and she barely had time to form the shield. As the red ball struck the shield, a massive explosion occurred, sending red electric power into the sky, though it didn't expand in width more than 10 feet, enough to cover her shield and a few feet more.

As the dust settled from the blast, Shidou closed his eyes and sighed. "Fuck. So she escaped… I guess my revenge will have to wait… This body… isn't ready for me… and I'm so tired… after forming this new body… damn…" Shidou said, flying back down to his house.

"W-Who are you?" Kotori asked. Shidou, or Zephyr, looked down at Kotori before smirking.

"Just your brothers savior… and now his protector."

"You did this for him?"

"I suppose you can look at it that way. Just remember Kotori. You are the one who killed him in the first place… there may be consequences in the future… and… he won't… remember… a… thing." Zephyr said though in the end he got very sleepy, closing his eyes and falling to the ground. Kotori caught him in her small arms, watching the sleeping Shidou. She noticed that the staff had disappeared back into a black energy pool. She picked him up and carried him away, taking Shidou to a new life.