Silence's MercyBy: Anna B.
He was staring at the city from the rooftops again. What a strange brother I had. His midnight wings were spread out far on each side. I still can't believe that my older brother, Itachi, was the Prince of Demons. Not to mention the devil's eldest son. I was the second son of the fallen angel.
" Itachi, we need to hurry. We do not have time to waste, for we have little. Mother said we need to find the soul keeper and bring him back with us. If we don't all of hell will sink into the depths of the bottomless gateway." He always took his sweet time on everything. Useless.
"I'm quite aware that there is little time, Sasuke. I am not an earthly fool."
"Could have tricked me," I muttered. He turned and looked straight through me. Silence had a special gift like all of our generation. He could look into your soul. Too bad I didn't have a soul. That's what you get for being a demon. Silence's wary, ice blue eyes turned their attention once again to the forever stretching city that lay ahead.
"We will start our search at dawn in the town they call Sen Village. After we arrive we will start with the boy's connections, so as not to cause suspicion. Remember Sasuke, these are mortals we are dealing with. No getting attached, please. We can only focus on our goal. No exceptions."
"Yes, brother. I fully understand the gravity of the situation, but what if he doesn't come willingly? And why do you call him a boy as a minor when in human form he is but only a year younger than you? He has been on the earth for seventeen years."
My brother stayed silent. "Come," he said, "We must take flight before the fire's flames claim the darkened skies.
"Aye."
Sen Village
"Well, that's just great! The one time I actually get to go out I get sick! Ahhchew!" She had only gotten into the first two months of school and already she was as sick as a dog. My full name is Mercy Sakura Haruno, but most people just call me Saki for short. I always thought that my first name was strange. I remember at my old school all of the other kids teased me. They would say and I quote, 'Oh please Saki, please have Mercy on our wretched souls.' After the first day of them doing that I cracked and went berserk on one of the kids. I sent him to the hospital with a bloody nose. Man, I wish I had hit him harder.
" Saki, ya home?" I could hear my friend Ino's voice coming from downstairs.
"Yeah, come on in!"
"Girl, I can't believe you've already gotten sick. Do you think you'll be back in time for the Halloween party at Takashi Urashima's house?"
"I hope so." I wheezed.
"Hon, you look awful." I could hear the grimace in her voice. She was right. If I were to look in my full length mirror I would almost bet that my bright, green eyes would be puffy, and my predictable petal pink hair all messed up and frizzy. Even though I was sick I still could win homecoming queen right now against the other girls at school if I wanted to. Reminder: try not to sound so conceited.
"I feel awful." I could hear my stomach rumbling as I felt the upchuck of lunch come back for an encore presentation. Apparently it thought that it didn't look good the first time it was served.
"I'll be right back," I gasped as I swerved around the room making it to the bucket just in time. My head felt light and fuzzy, like when you just get off of an airplane. I could hear awful wrenching sounds like a pig being run over by a tractor on the Fourth of July. Oh, it was me.
"Right, well I'm just gonna go and tell the girls that your okay. I hope you feel better sweetie." Again with the unhappy sounding voice. Ino never was one of those people who had a strong stomach. But she was stubborn. Not as stubborn as me, but still.
When I was done throwing up I felt a lot better.
"This is the plan Sasuke. We will disguise ourselves as mortal beings. We go to the educational facility where the boy is. Then we start our research there. Remember, we want to gain his trust. Not to crush it. So no other connections and solely focus on the boy."
"How will we know which one he is?"
"I believe the soul keeper's given name was Clhalamenhara."
"Clhalamenhara?" Boy, heaven had a funny way of giving people names.
"Yes, I also believe that in the mortal's tongue the name would be..."
"What brother, what would his name be?"
"Mercy"
The sky was light by now. We had traveled from the dark city to the Village in three days time. Tomorrow we would start our research on the boy. Our bare feet padded on the road as we landed on mortal territory our first time. I sucked my red wings into my back, only to leave two identical, (I believe humans call them tattoos) red colored wings there. My brother's fourteen foot wingspan disappeared as well, only to leave the same, but black identical markings on his shoulder blades down.
"So Itachi, where shall we start our journey?" This was going to be fun for me.
"If we are to blend in, then we must adapt to the customs of the mortals."
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