By yumeneko
Introduction:
Fourth fic in the immortality saga that started off with Warau Kisetsu followed by Never Eternal then Fake Lips. I took most of my inspiration from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, metal/rock/punk music, some occult information and Anne Rice's novels (Especially "Interview With The Vampire".) What can I say? Beside all the Sanzo + Hakkai we'll be seeing in this fic, expect to find a lot of occult references, blood-filled fight scenes and the so-called "taboo mixture of technology and magic". This maybe an AU fic, but I'm not taking out all the Saiyuki-ness out of it!
Disclaimer:
Saiyuki belongs to Minekura Kazuya-sensei. Hibiemi and Quietus (a.k.a. Hiro) are my characters. The spells used in the fic are based on Final Fantasy spells.
Prologue: The Fool It's that old ritual again
The legacy is restarting
I don't know what will happen to me
Whether I die
Or I live
A young brunette girl approached an old tombstone dressed completely in black. Her eyes were a youthful cheery brown and a black mark ran from her right eye stopping at the middle of her cheek. It was the mark of the immortal. Her companion, a tall man with the same brown hair, emerald eyes and the same black mark wearing glasses, watched the younger girl's every move. Wearing no smile, she crouched near the tombstone and slashed her wrists over it. She watched the blood trickle down the cold stone. The blood traced the letters on the tombstone.
"Hoshizora Hakkai"Her eyes slowly shifted to green as her skin lost its color. Her breathing quickened. She was dying. Her lips slowly became blue together with her fingernails. She collapsed as all the blood finally pumped out of her, staining the tombstone a deep scarlet of blood. Her companion caught her as she died. Time passed and suddenly the wind shuddered.
"I feel his presence... He's near." She awakened from her momentary death.
"It can't be... The Silver Apocalypse?" The older immortal whispered as he looked towards the bright city from the hill. He turned around to watch the younger immortal walk away from the tombstone where her blood had already been absorbed.
"Where are you going?"
"I also sense demons where he is."
"Let me go with you..."
"And risk the future? Never. Let me go alone now."
The girl disappeared before the older man's eyes.
In a dark alley, another brunette, not immortal, became surrounded by demons. His eyes were emerald green and he wore glasses. He panted, trying to recover from the chase.
"Give up, fool…" One of the demons growled, "Demons rule this age…"
The man's eyes darted around frightened and suddenly a girl with the same brown hair appeared in front of him.
"Looks like I got here on time..." The girl proceeded to destroy the demons with only a dagger. Demon blood and guts stained her as she wiped out the demons with a wide sadistic smile on her face. Suddenly as she was hacking away other demons, another one came rushing towards her from behind. Luckily, someone shot him down.
"Damn... You should learn to watch your back more often, immortal." A blond man with deep purple eyes and a red chakra on his forehead continued to shoot at more demons. He wore a black leather trench coat over his black clothing and had a cigarette hanging from his lip. The female immortal threw her head back to laugh as she eradicated all the others with one blast of magic.
"You should have done that earlier..." The blond growled at the immortal.
"If I did that, I would have not met you, monk... What in heck is a monk doing in the city like this anyway?" The immortal laughed some more with a clever smirk on her face, "Anyway, I know who you are... I know what your future is... You don't need to tell me. I will... and can... manipulate. Sayonara, Genjo Kouryuu... Take care of him, will you, Hakkai?" She quickly stabbed the monk in the torso and disappeared.
"Kuso…" The monk collapsed on the ground. Thinking quickly, the man named Hakkai tore off a strip of cloth from his shirt and wrapped it around Kouryuu's waist.
"Please don't die out here…" He quickly dialed a number on his cellphone, "Gojyo, are you home? Good. Please go quickly to the alley between the bank and the library… I need some help here."
Soon, a green sleek car pulled over nearby and a redhead man with red eyes got out quickly. Kouryuu was losing blood fast and fear was shining in Hakkai's green eyes.
"Thank heavens you're here, Gojyo… Quick, let's get this guy back to our place… He's bleeding badly…"
Gojyo nodded as he took Kouryuu from Hakkai's arms. Hakkai got into the back seat with Kouryuu and took out a first-aid kit from under the driver's seat. Gojyo hopped into the driver's seat and set out for their apartment.
Meanwhile, as Kouryuu was driven to Hakkai's apartment, the immortal girl reappeared in front of an old mansion.
"Qui-niichan… Tadaima. I found him."
"Okaeri, Hibiemi-chan. Any plans?" The older immortal opened the door.
"Kill him." Hibiemi smiled, "We can't let the Silver Apocalypse come…"
The moonlight shone upon the gold nameplate in front of the mansion.
"Maison De Hoshizora"
