AN: As I stated, this will be a revised version of "Light and Darkness", called "The Light of my Shadow". Short explanation on this, it is almost like its predecessor, same base story line, only difference, Rence won't be having a second persona like Wake did.
Well, here goes!
The Light of My Shadow
Prologue:
Death and destruction…
That was all that I could see right now…
"S-Stop! L-Leave us-AAAAAAHHHH!"
One by one, in front of me, my family slowly died… Being mercilessly murdered by these people with masks…
"Let me go! Leave my son and wife alone!"
My Father, Markus Xavier, shouted that out as the people who killed the maid-sans here dragged me away, kicking and screaming…
"T-Tou-san! H-Help me!"
That was the last thing I shouted out, as I finally let my consciousness to leave me… My whole world, came crashing down on me…
(XXX Laboratory)
"We brought the boy. Get everything ready, for Operation: SHADOW officially starts now!" That was what I heard when I regained my consciousness.
*Strap*
I was forcefully strapped on a bed of sorts. I looked to my right to see a brown haired girl in a similar situation as me, then I looked to my left to see a black haired girl, and no surprise, she's strapped on like us as well, and it looks like the three of us are the same age; 10. I wonder why the three of us are here…
*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*
"I-Incredible! This boy… He might be the perfect candidate for the Sekirei blood transfer!" A man shouted out, happy about something. "With this boy, we'll be able to create the ultimate soldier! One that won't be beaten by guns alone!"
They plan on making me a soldier…? But, what's a Sekirei? Are those, what the two girls beside me are?
"Mgh…"
The sound came from the girl on my right, and saw that they took some of her blood.
"Now beginning blood transfer…"
The man began walking towards me, preparing to inject me with the girl's blood, all the while I was struggling to get out of the bed…
*Prick*
But, in the end, they still managed to inject me with it. At first, it felt like a normal injection that my doctors give me, but then, a lot of pain coursed through my body!
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
"I-It's already at 70%! And still rising!"
"This boy reached that far on the first try!? And it's still rising!?"
"GAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"80%... 90%... 100%! Sir! H-He reached 100%! The blood transfer is complete!"
"K-Kaa-san… T-Tou-san… Please, help me…" Was the last thing I said, before I passed out from the pain… All the while pleading for my parent to save me from here… Though before I did allow darkness to overcome me again, I heard the people here say "#88, Musubi"…
(Outside of XXX Laboratory) *Third Person's P.O.V*
"Ya~! All these humans, they can't seriously be thinking that taking some of our kind with them, and live to see another day, right, Yu-chan?" A woman, with long grey hair tied in a ponytail and grey narrowed eyes, asked her companion.
"Karasuba, please don't go overboard this time…" Another woman, one with brown eyes and long brown hair that is hime-styled; it has short bangs, chin-length strands surrounds her head and framing her face, a single antenna-like strands that hangs just above her head, and hip-length hair at the nape of her neck, sighed out.
[Attention, Yume, Karasuba, there has been a change of plans.]
"Ah, Takami-san? May I ask what the change is?" The one named Yume asked politely.
[You may. The mission now is the same as before; save the two Sekirei trapped inside. The only difference is to also save a young boy there with them.]
"Hah? Why do we have to save a human child?" Karasuba, the one with grey hair, said with an uncaring tone.
[For one, he is a son of a colleague of mine. I believe both of you know him, as Markus Xavier did help in Yume's adjustments before.]
"Markus-san? And, by son, would you happen to mean Rence-kun?"
[The very same boy he brought the day you became a part of the Discipline Squad, yes.]
"Oho? The first human to not be scared of me is here?" At the name of the one person who was excited to see her and wasn't afraid one bit, Karasuba's interest was piqued. "What would he be doing here?"
[… His father was murdered by the very same people who kidnapped #88 and #87. And as a last wish from him, I want you to save his son.]
"Markus-san died!? W-When…?" Yume asked as tears started falling down from her face. "What will happen to Rence-kun now? He can't possible live on his own, he's only ten, right?"
[Don't worry about that, he'll be living with my family as my adopted son. I wouldn't let an innocent boy just to live on his own.]
"… Very well. We'll start the mission immediately."
"Tch, I wonder what they did with the boy?"
With being said, the two women set out to finish their mission, one with a determined expression, while the other had a sadistic smile.
(Back to Rence) *Rence's P.O.V*
I just woke up a few minutes ago inside a cage with the two girls from before, already starting to stir. But before that, what did they do, anyway?
Luckily, there was a mirror near here… Nothing changed, though. My raven black hair and crimson red eyes are still the same as before…
"Mng… Where are we?"
"I…don't know…"
The two of them are finally awake? And… They weren't even awake before? That's a bit…strange.
"Oh, hey there. Umm, sorry to ask you this after you both just woke up, but, do you any of you know what we are doing here?" I politely asked, since a friend that Tou-san had said to always be polite~!
"Umm, who are you?"
Oops, almost forgot about that, hehe…
"Hehe, sorry… My name's Rence Xavier, and you two?"
"Sekirei #88, Musubi~! Nice to meet you~!" The brown haired girl, Musubi-san, was really cheery, even though we're trapped here…
"Sekirei #87, Kaho, a pleasure." Though in contrast to Musubi-san's bubbly attitude, Kaho-san was a bit more, calmer. Complete opposites if I've ever seen one. "As to your question, sorry, but we do not know as well."
Well that's a bummer…
"Okay… But, why do your names have the words, Sekirei along with a number?"
I wonder if it is some sort of thing for them… Or maybe that was how they were named? But the two of them looked uncomfortable, which made me a little guilty…
"OH! Umm, you don't have to answer that if you don't want to!"
I was flailing my hands wildly in front of me, making the both of them giggle in response. Well, at least they aren't mad with me…
Since there really wasn't anything else to do, me, Musubi-san and Kaho-san spent a lot of time talking, and eventually became friends, I guess?
*WARNING! INTRUDERS ALERT! WARNING! INTRUDERS ALERT! WARNING! INTRUDERS ALERT!*
"Hurry! We can't let them pass here!"
"To hell with this! I don't want to die! You're all on your own!"
"O-Oi! W-Wait for me!"
People were shouting out those things as the three of us gained hopeful expressions. Maybe this intruder-san came here to save us? Maybe it's-
"You three! You're all coming with us!" A man in a lab coat said as he neared us, while I got in front of the two girls and spread my arms in a protective manner. Hey, I maybe ten, but I was trained in martial arts!
The man laughed at my attempts at protecting them, while the two girls were holding onto the shirt I am wearing. "Hah! A boy like you, defending them!? What can you do, huh!? What can-"
*BANG!*
"Gah!"
Just like that, the man was sent flying to the side…
And in the bad guy's place was Tou-san's friend that he had me meet a year ago~!
"Yume-san!" I ran up to hug her, but I only reached up to her waist, but it was still great to see her again! Musubi-san and Kaho-san also ran up to her and hugged her!
"Hehe~! There, there… It's alright now, little ones. And Rence-kun, it seems that even now, you still hold your sense of protecting someone even if you are in a disadvantage, huh?" She teased as the three of us blushed, me because of the tease, the other two, not too sure…
"Now then, let's get out of here, okay?" She said as we all nodded and walked towards the entrance, before Yume-san suddenly stopped. "You know what…. Let's take the back door, okay?"
We weren't really sure what she meant, but we complied either way, though that was when I noticed the similarities that Musubi-san and Yume-san had. Maybe they're sisters or something?
But, I wonder why Yume-san didn't want us to go through the front door?
(With Karasuba)
"Hmmm… What's taking her so long?" She said as she placed her nodachi back on its sheath. "And here I was wanting to show Ren-kun this pile of bodies…" She casually said as she turned around to a mountain of dead human bodies. "Yume probably took them through a back exit…" Then she got in a thinking position.
"Maybe I can train him with a sword sometime?" With a mad laugh at her idea, she turned to leave back to Kamikura Island.
(Kamikura Island)
"… And that happened up until Yume-san came to our rescue." I explained to Takami-san, who entered the room where Yume-san led me to.
"I…see. So you really went through that much… And you aren't even crying. Why?" She asked me as I gave a smile.
"I promised my parents that I would always smile, no matter how much suffering I go through, everything can be solved by a simple smile." I explained happily, remembering the words that they told me when I was four.
"Haha, that sounds exactly like Markus to say that." Takami-san laughed a bit while I giggled.
Takami-san then composed herself and looked at me seriously. Uh-oh… "So, what will you do now? You're only ten years old, you can't possibly be planning on just living by yourself."
"Maybe, but I'll have to live with what my parents left behind for me…" I grew a sad smile as I continued. "I mean, I did lose my parents and all that happened as well…"
"Why don't you come live with my family then?" She asked as I looked at her, shocked. "I promised your old man that I'd keep you safe, like my own son. I have a daughter your age, and I already told her that she'd have a new brother, and I wouldn't want to disappoint her…"
"R-Really!? Y-You'd a-adopt me as your own s-son…?"
"Only if you accept, Rence." That was all I needed to tackle hug her!
"T-Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I kept repeating myself as she patted my head.
"So I'll take it that that's a yes?"
"Yes!"
"Good, because we'll be leaving soon." She said with a smile as we began walking out of the room…
(Time Skip-8 Years Later)
I was currently on a train back to my apartment here in Shinto Teito, shouting on my phone because of a certain raven haired girl that I'm talking to.
"Yukari! How many times do I have to tell you that I am not wearing a dress?!"
[Oh come on, Rence! Please! Just please do it once!]
"Oh for the love of… No! I will not wear another dress in my life!" I shouted back at her through the phone. "I was chased by a bunch of men that thought that I was really a girl the last time I did that when you asked me to!"
[Hmph! Fine! I'll get you in a dress one way or another… Anyway, I'll see you soon, bro! Congrats on passing!]
"Heh, yeah, thanks sis. I'll see you soon too, Yukari." I sigh out as I hanged the phone. Being her brother, adopted or not, is pretty hard…
This has been my life ever since I accepted the offer Takami-san made to me eight years ago. I passed High School as the top of my class, enrolled in Tokyo University here in the capital, Shinto Teito. Never really been in a relationship my whole life, even if I get lots of love letters every day, I just can't seem to find the right girl…
Only one has ever really seemed to fit my description of the perfect girl, actually, make that five of them. Two were older than me, while the other three were my age. But I haven't really seen four of them for a long time now, while the fifth one is my adopted sister, Yukari.
Actually, I've had some dreams about the four that I haven't seen, and they all felt like reality. I consulted Kaa-san, aka, Takami-san, about it, and she just said to not think too much about it while sweating a lot… Must have been nervous.
Speaking of Kaa-san…
*Ring~! Ring~!*
[Hello? Rence?] A slightly gruff voice of a woman said.
"Hey, Kaa-san! Just wanted to call to say that I passed the entrance exam!" I replied happily.
[I didn't think that you'd actually pass on the first try… Well, congratulations. Will you be going home before school starts?]
"Nope, sorry. I'll be staying here, since Yukari will be arriving here soon." I explained.
[Alright. Well, remember to pick up your allowance later, okay?]
"Hai, hai! See you soon, Kaa-san." I hanged up the phone again as I saw my reflection on the train's mirror.
I still had my messy raven black hair, and it looked like I never combed it in my whole life. My crimson red eyes became a bit sharper because of sword training. I was wearing a red hoodie-less jacket with two white stripes on both sleeves, a black undershirt, brown pants, red sneakers and a red scarf wrapped around my neck.
I sighed as I then saw the MBI Building…
MBI, or Mid Bio Informatics, a rapidly rising pharmaceutical company that's been buying off most of Shinto Teito. In fact, they ¾ of the city under their control already, they're still trying to buy off the last one quarter of the city. Their CEO, Hiroto Minaka, was the one who started the company. Lots of questions were asked about why the guy would do something like this, but nobody has any answers for these questions, except for the man himself.
Honestly, I am kind of curious about it as well, with Karasuba-san and Yume-san working there and all…
Yep, my sword trainer and martial arts trainer both work at the same company that is trying to take over this city. Well, they did say that my sword came from the company itself, so I guess it should be fine…
About my sword though… It's a katana with a crimson blade and hilt. They, as in, Yume-san and Karasuba-san, said that it was unbreakable, and that it would grow as I grow. At first, I didn't believe them, thinking that it was just a joke, but to my surprise, it did just that.
Thinking about it now, it makes me laugh that I doubted them.
[ATTENTION, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT NORTHERN STATION! I REPEAT-]
Oh, this is my stop…
(On The Rooftops)
"I can feel it… My Ashikabi-sama, he's here~!"
"Now, now, Musubi. Rence-kun might not be here, you know?"
"I know, Yume-sama~!" A familiar bubbly girl with brown hair whined out. "But, but! If Rence-san is here, then can he wing me then!?"
"That all depends on him, Musubi. Though knowing him, he'd probably agree if you show him a cute face…" The mature one of the two, looking exactly like the bubbly one, though with smaller breast, said with a chuckle.
"Hehe~! Then after he wings me, will you also get winged by him~?"
"W-Well…"
"Not so fast!"
"Sorry but, you both will have to fight us first!"
The two identical women turned to see two twins in BDSM outfits, with lightning dancing on their fingertips.
"Musubi…"
"Hai!" With that, the chase was on!
(Back With Rence)
I happily got off the train and descended down the station.
"Hmmm, wonder what I'll have for dinner later?" I muttered to myself as I started walking towards my apartment.
"KYAA! Please move out of the way!"
"Eh?"
*BOOM!*
"O-Owww… Did anybody get the plate number of the truck that hit me?" I murmured as I opened my eyes, only to see… White? Now why would I…
"I-IYAAA!"
"W-WAAAHH!?"
I quickly found out where I had my head in and scrambled away from the spot, only to see someone resembling Yume-san, but with bigger breasts…
"Musubi! Are…you…okay…?" A familiar voice said, and of course, Yume-san was the one that said it, and she said Musubi… So stuff like fate really does happen…
"Y-Yume-san!? Eh!? Eh!? A-And this is M-Musubi-san!?" Even if I can compose myself around girls, around these two, I'm always a mess!
Upon saying that, both women looked at me with shock, and strangely, happiness. Weird…
"R-Rence-kun!? W-What are you doing here!?"
"Yay~! We got to see Rence-san again~! And Yume-sama said that Rence-san isn't here!"
W-What…? M-Musubi-san knew that I was here…? I-Is something like that even possible?
As if knowing what I was thinking about, which she probably does, Yume-san giggled a bit and came towards me as Musubi-san and I stood up.
"Rence-kun, there are a lot of things you don't know yet. But if you agree with our request, we'll be able to tell you."
As if knowing what Yume-san meant, Musubi-san started jumping for joy.
"Oh! Oh! Rence-san Will you be our-"
"!? Musubi-san! Get down!"
Without warning, I jumped towards her and tackled her to the ground, avoiding a lightning strike at the area she was just in.
*BOOM!*
"Enough running away!"
"Yeah! Fight us now! #88 and #08!"
I looked at the roof to see two identical women had said that, like Musubi-san and Yume-san, and like them, one of them has smaller breast than the other. Weird thing though, both of them were wearing some BDSM stuff… A fetish, maybe?
Hey wait, another weird thing is that electricity is coursing through their fingers! Were they the ones who shot that stray lightning bolt at us!?
"Yume-san, who are they?" I asked her after standing up.
"*Sigh* You'll know about them soon enough, Rence-kun…" She sounded like they've been chasing them for some time now, which is probably true, judging by what one of the lightning twins just said…
"No more running away this time!"
"That's right! Fight us!"
Tch… This is one of those times that I hate not having my sword with me…
"No! I can't fight yet! My Ashikabi-sama hasn't winged me yet!"
"I am sorry, but you will have to wait to fight us."
Okay, this is getting really weird. And did Musubi-san said Ashikabi? Somehow, that word sounds really familiar with me… Like a memory that was sealed away…
"#88, you speak as if you've already found your Ashikabi!" One of them taunted as I was trying to come up with a way to get the three of us out of here…
"I did! Rence-san is my Ashikabi-sama!"
That, made me stop thinking about the escape route, and looked at Musubi-san in shock at what she said. I'm her, Ashikabi? W-What's that supposed to mean…?
The two BDSM women stopped and looked at the person beside Musubi-san and Yume-san, me. Too late though… That was all the distraction I needed to try to get us out of here…!
"Both of you, follow me, now!" I shouted as I grabbed both of their hands and began running to my apartment's direction!
"What the-"
"Hey! Get back here!"
Sorry, but I need some answers before I get into a fight… And I will get them, which, judging by Yume-san's words earlier, all I have to do is accept their offer, and by what Musubi-san said about me being her Ashikabi, or whatever that is, and me "winging" her, I'll bet it has something to do with that…
AN: And I'll end it here for now! The thing I was talking about that I said was missing from "Light and Darkness" was that I didn't explain properly how Wake was kidnapped, so I did it here, but with Rence~!
I won't be deleting the other version, though. Memories and all that. So, I hope all of you liked this story!
Oh, and, just like with "The Golden Lucifer", updates will be random, or weekly because I still have school. So please be patient with it!
Wake's Flock: Musubi, Yume, Kaho, Kusano (17 yrs. Old), Matsu, Yashima, Oriha, Tsukiumi, Uzume, Kazehana, Homura (Fem), Shiina (Fem), Akitsu, Yahan, Miya, Karasuba
Human Lovers: Yukari, Chiho
Remember! This is still not the final pairings! You can still suggest who you want me to add, and I'll consider until I make the last adjustments!
Well, that's all~! Ja ne!