Mitsuko

(The light ascending to heaven)

There are different levels of angels in heaven. There is the first level; angels who are the closest to god: Seraphim, Cherubim, Ophanim. The second level; angels who act as celestial governors: Dominions, Virtues, and Powers. And then there is the third level; Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.

Prologue:

Many people would remember that fateful day on December 25, 2001. Not because it was Christmas; no they would remember it as the day the sky turned blood red and the earth shook. There was mass panic world wide; people believing that the world was ending and that they should get to the nearest church because the judgment day was here.

Heaven: a place where it was always calm and collected, and almost 24/7 you could hear angels singing in an uproar. Satan, also known as Lucifer had decided to attack on the day that the savior was born; just to spite God. Never before had Lucifer openly attacked the home of God, and because of that the angels who had been rejoicing were woefully unprepared for the ensuing attack. There were not many demons attacking, but the ones that Lucifer brought with him were at least equal to an archangel, and maybe even more powerful (even though archangels are not the most powerful angel in Heaven they are still a force to be reckoned with).

Against all odds the demons were able to get through to the gates of Gods throne room where the guards outside were holding them off. Inside the throne room, the Seraphim who had not stopped singing since they had been made were deadly silent; waiting in an empty throne room for the demons to pour through the gates.

"I can hear them fighting, there seems to be about 30 demons out of the 50 that attacked." Masato (his name meaning justice), one of the seraph's said.

Almost all of the Seraphims looked identical they had gold blond hair that seemed to glow with a mystical light. Six wings; one pair to cover their feet, another to cover their face and the last pair of wings, (the biggest) to fly with. But at this very moment all three pairs were stretched out to the very full extent in readiness for the arriving threat.

"How long do you think the guards can hold out against the demons? It sounds like the fighting is very fierce." Mitsuko, the second highest seraph, asked. (Yeah! The co-main character finally comes in!) Mitsuko was an exception in the ranks of the seraphim. All of the seraphim except for Mitsuko were males, highly muscular and looked as though they were about 30-40. Mitsuko looked like a 15 year old girl, small boned and delicate, she was not your typical seraph. But not to be fooled, anyone who got on Mitsuko's bad side, either regretted it for their entire life or did not live to tell the story of what happened to their grandchildren.

"Are you impatient to fight Mitsi?" The only angel ever to tease Mitsuko and call her a nickname was Masato and even he did not do it a lot.

"No; I want this to end so that we can go back to singing the Trisagion. I do not enjoy fighting." Mitsuko said turning away indicating that the conversation was over. Masato laughed and then returned his attention to the ever approaching danger.

"For someone who does not enjoy fighting you fight exceptionally well." Marcellus the highest ranked seraphim said. He was standing to the left of Mitsuko and looked abnormally bored for someone who was about to go into battle.

"Of course I fight well I am a seraph the top angels in Heaven."

The seraphim had heard this all before, even though Mitsuko and all the seraphim were supposed to be above all earthly things Mitsuko was probably one of the most stuck up angels that you could meet. She had this way of carrying herself that made all the other angels seraphim included feel inferior.

"It's starting…" Masato said cutting into the rant that was sure to start if Mitsuko continued.

The humongous golden doors burst open and the demons spilt in. Their ranks had gone up in stead of going down and now there were thirty five demons. To say it was utter chaos was an understatement. The demons were absolutely ruthless and even though they were not on the same level of power as the Seraphim their numbers helped greatly. Because the Seraphim were the highest ranking angel, there were only six (the higher rank the angel the less there are). Six to thirty five even though it wasn't a severe disadvantage it still made it a slight bit harder than anticipated.

Mitsuko was taking on six demons at once and even though she was loath to admit it she was having a lot of fun. Even though she loved praising God she did not have as much excitement in her life as someone like Archangel Michael. She was pulled from her musing when she realized that one of the demons that she was fighting had suddenly gained a large power increase and had suddenly become a lot more dangerous. For some reason every sword strike that she blocked seemed to become even heavier and she felt herself giving ground. She opened her mouth to call for help but then she shut it remembering how she was thought of as the second best fighter.

The demon had black scaly skin which seemed to be peeling off, long sharp nails that seemed to glisten in the light of the throne room, and black hair that was long and greasy. Suddenly Mitsuko found herself up against one of the glass windows that littered the throne room and having an absolute terrible time of fending of the sword strokes of the demon.

It grinned at her with its sharp yellowish black teeth. "Well it's time to say goodbye to all that you have known, you are about to start a new chapter in your life and in humanity!" It grinned at her one last time and then faster than she could react he stabbed his sword into the soft part of her belly.

Bent over and holding her stomach she never saw the foot that was coming towards her until it was too late. Mitsuko felt herself crashing through the window that she was just previously standing against. Looking back towards the window she saw the smiling form of the demon waving, and then right before her eyes the demons skin peeled of completely to reveal the dreaded face of Lucifer himself. The thought crossed her mind on how none of them had realized that one of the demons was not a regular demon and why Lucifer himself had targeted her; but it quickly went out of her head as she realized that the earth was quickly approaching.

She tried to slow herself down by opening her wings but she was too weak and so she plummeted towards the ever approaching ground. Readying herself for impact she curled into a tight ball, closed her eyes and tried to harden herself for the pain to come.

For any human looking up at the sky at this time would have seen what looked like a meteor heading towards the small not very sleepy town(at the moment) of Forks where the residents living there would be forever shaken to their core the events in the near future.