Chapter 2 The child who brings Ruin

Sorry for the wait everyone, I said it on my profile but its summer so I didn't get much stuff done. This chapter has been done for a while but it was saved to my school file which I haven't had access to, so sorry everyone and here's the next chapter. ENJOY!


The next morning, Zero, as well as Fia and Ein, awoke early. The three of them quickly prepared a large meal for the tenants of the ever crowded home. On the menu this fine morning was scrambled dragon eggs, bacon, and some rolls along with applecot juice to quench the party's thirst.

"Thanks for the help Zero," Fia beamed at the Ancient.

"Mh," Zero shrugged his shoulders, his hands remaining buried in his pockets. After setting the table Zero sat at the far head of the table and Ein sat across from him, Fia taking her place next to her fiancé. The bride and groom then began to bounce ideas off of Zero, the Ancient responding with various nods and "Mhs"

"So I was thinking… Maybe we could plant some Cherry Blossoms around the area and have them be at full bloom by the time of the wedding," Fia suggested.

"Mh,"

"What's up Zero?" Ein asked, "I mean you're usually not too talkative but this is a new low."

"Hm? Oh, just lost in thought. I'm gonna go patrol, I'll see you guys," He stood starting towards the door.

"Patrol? This Early? Do you sense something?"

"Maybe,"

"Should I-"

"Nah, Hold down the fort, I'll be back," Zero put on his coat and opened the front door, "I'll be fine if that's what you're so worked up about" And with that the Ancient was already out of sight. Zero took to the path that lead to the dense forest that encircled the town. After working his way through the dense undergrowth the area was famous for Zero finally found the source of his concern. It was a child, one with grimy short silver hair and a pair of black wings. His body was limp and he failed to respond to Zero's various levels of volume but the Ancient noted the rising and falling of his chest indicating he was still alive; however, He was unable to discern any injuries that would leave the boy in such a state. Zero knelt next to the boy gently rocking him from side to side trying to get any kind of reaction. After a short delay the child stirred lazily lifting his head up and turning his blue unfocused eyes to Zero.

"Who… Are you… Where?" His voice was raspy and dry from dehydration.

"Zero, and your in Elendia, small town in Riviera,"

"Wah?" Was all he could manage to say.

"I honestly have no idea, but… Can I assume that you haven't eaten in a while?" The boy nodded in response, "Ok I'll take you to our place, just hold on a little bit longer."

"Morning Nardi!" Lina waved as the angel came into view.

"Morn-GWAH!" He tripped tumbling down the flight of steps slamming to a halt at the bottom.

"Haha! You landed funny"

"Maybe giving up my sense of balance to get my diviner was not the wisest choice… I've been falling a lot lately… Pain…" The red haired angel popped his back and took a seat at the table, "So you guys got a plan?"
"We were thinking about scouting for locations today,"

"Fun," Nardi took a sip of water, "When exactly do you plan on telling everyone?"

"When the time is right,"

"Never it is then."

"…"

"Its funny because I'm not wrong,"

"-Sigh what are we going to do with you two," Zero chose that moment to enter the home, carrying the boy on his back and laying him on the couch, "Fia would you mind fixing him a large meal, cover all food groups and give him at least one thing that's salty, and a few cups of water."

"Of course!" She rushed into the kitchen as Ein, Nardi, and Lina gathered around the Ancient.

"Is he what you were sensing?" Ein asked

"Yeah,"

"Those wings… Is he?"

"Yes I believe him to be a Grim Angel," Zero nodded, "However; I'm still not exactly sure how he got here…"

"He looks so beaten up… You're going to help him right Zero?"

"Of course," Zero placed a reassuring hand on Lina's shoulder

"Ugh…" The mysterious child moaned.

"Good, You're awake. Can you tell us your name?"

"G-Gin," The child choked out," I'm… really-"

"Food is on the way," Zero gestured to the opening kitchen door. Fia carried an elaborate tray which had every imaginable food group on it.

"Here you go," Fia placed the tray on the table in front of the boy, "What's your name?"

"His name is Gin," Zero spoke for the boy as he devoured the plates of food before him.

"Grim angel?"

"Yes," Zero nodded. The sounds of silverware suddenly stopped as Gin sat up, whipping his face with a provided napkin.

"Thank you so much, That was delicious," He smiled

"No problem Gin,"

"Are you aware of how you arrived here?" Zero asked

"I was in Asgard and then I got attacked by these two guys in white with masks on,"

"Dressed in white… And masked…" Zero muttered, clearly in deep thought

"That describe anything you know Zero?" Nardi asked

"Many things… I just hope it isn't what I think it means."

"So you are a Grim Angel right?" Lina asked.

"Yeah," Gin pulled the short sword attached to his side from its sheath, "This is my diviner."

"Hm…" Zero placed a hand on the boy's shoulder, "Do you remember anything before I found you,"

"Um… Yeah I wandered around a bit but I got tired and passed out," Gin said while sheathing his Diviner.

"Fia, heal him, Ein, Get Ledah and Serene and tell them to bring their weapons, we may have a very serious problem on our hands,"

"Yes sir!" The couple quickly got to work on their assigned jobs.

"What's up?" Nardi asked.

"We won't know until we get there." Zero shrugged grabbing his sword and holstering it on his left side. Five minutes later; Ein returned with Ledah in toe, entering the house while Serene and Cierra waited in the front yard.

"Ready?" Zero asked, Getting a rousing 'yeah' he then turned to Gin, "Ok lead the way,"

"First… Who exactly are you people? Not that I'm not grateful you saved me or anything,"

"Right, I apologize, I am the Ancient One known as Zero, They are Grim angels, Ledah, Ein, and Nardi, Sprites, Fia, Lina, and Cierra, as well as the Last Arc Serene.

"Ok… I'm Gin," The child introduced himself to the full group, "Ready?"

"Proceed," Zero nodded. The child and fighting force journeyed into the woods, Gin and Zero locating where the Ancient One picked up the boy. Gin then began to retrace his steps threading between trees. After a minute of this Gin stopped.

"What's wrong?" Zero asked.

"Well… I was fading in and out you know… I don't exactly remember where I came from in this area,"

"Hm," Zero Surveyed the land, "That way,"

"How do you know,"

"I've been observing your tracks, you ended up over here," He pointed to where Gin was standing, "After falling and you came from that way,"

"He can track people like that, He is Zero after all," Nardi spoke while walking in the specified direction, "Lets go pe-Wah!" Nardi tripped over a covered root. Everyone there stared at him, the thought This man is Zero's BROTHER crossing all of their minds.

"What's wrong with him?" Gin asked.

"He gave up his sense of balance to obtain his diviner,"

"Oooooooh," Everyone who knew Nardi connected all of his falls together under one explanation.

"Nice, Very nice, Lets all make fun of No balance guy," Nardi dusted himself off.

"I would prefer that we wouldn't and just continue on following Gin's path," Zero sighed, "I'll track Gin's path from now on, you all… Just… Shut up and follow me…" The group complied and quickly came upon a clearing where they saw something extremely unsettling.

Nardi was the one to say what was on nearly everyone's mind, "Why is it Dark here and daylight like ten feet behind us?"

"Heh, you like it? Its my revision to this messed up world!" A voice announced from before them. In the darkness a silhouette of a very tall being was visible. Approaching the group it became clear, the man stood at almost 8 feet with a skinny build and had a broken mask covering the right half of his face. Long black hair fell in front of said mask which was white with red lines under the eye and below the mouth. His one visible Eye was dark purple with a slit pupil, "Eyo," The being's sharp voice rang out. Another odd thing about this man was that his uniform, while white on the right side of his body and gray on the left, seemed to be attached to the darkness shrouded ground, rendering his legs invisible.

"You…" Gin whimpered, "You're!"

"Sanzoku! That's my name, I'm a-"

"A Fallen One," Zero interrupted him, "A Fallen One who somehow broke his mask…"

"You're well informed," Sanzoku smirked.

"How did you manage to remove at least half of your mask?"

"Now, now," He disappeared into the shadows, "What kind of villain would I be if I told you everything right up front!" He appeared from Zero's shadow swinging a long knife at the Ancient's side but with a loud clang it met Zero's unsheathed weapon.

"Certainly a stereotypical one," Zero rolled his eyes.

"Real FUNNY!" Sanzoku roared swinging a second knife, Identical to the first, at Zero's head. With a swoosh Zero dodged under it and leapt back further into the darkness, "Get him!"

"Eh?" Zero's gaze zipped around the area spotting several moving objects. About 20 other Fallen Ones leapt from the shadows, unfortunately for them, in mid-jump half of them were incinerated by a large pillar of fire while a beam of light and a wave of red energy cut through another five. Two blades of light and three thunder arrows made their way through the darkness and into their targets, knocking the weaker Fallen Ones from their path before they were frozen solid and shattered.

"Zero isn't the only fighter here Sanzy!" Nardi shouted.

"Che- Like I care, you people are weak as shit!"

"Scream Amaterasu!" Nardi shouted, firing a red wave at the towering enemy, however; the attack merely passed right through him, doing no damage what so ever, "The hell-?"

"That all you got shithead?"

"Not even close!" Nardi readied another attack.

"Wait! Nardi, It's useless," Zero announced.

"It is?"

"His body is comprised of shadows; you can't hit him with attacks like that,"

"Seriously?"

"Seriously,"

"Heh… I LOVE this part," Sanzoku charged Nardi,"

"Shine Einherjar!" The wingless angel leapt in front of Nardi, shooting a blinding light at the Fallen One.

"Kuh" Sanzoku grunted, shielding his eyes. His body was suddenly much more defined than before, the edges of his form no longer bled into the darkness surrounding him. Before Sanzoku had a chance to dodge way from the light Zero appeared behind the Fallen one, slashing his left shoulder open. "Guh!" The enraged opponent swung at Zero again, but only managed to knick his cheek. Sanzoku then ducked away from the light disappearing into his own shadow, "Hahahahahahaha!"

"Ein you need to hit him with light again once he resurfaces. His body being made of shadow energy the light will make him solid enough to hurt," Zero explained.

"Yes, BUT!" Sanzoku bubbled from the shadow of a nearby tree, "If I return to the shadows I can heal any injury I sustain! I'm Invincible!"

"Hardly," Zero shook his head, "We just have to hit you so hard that you cant regenerate fast enough."

"What makes you think you can even do that much- HOLY SHIT!" The Fallen one dodged back into the shadows only just avoiding a large white wave, "Ok so maybe you're strong enough but there's no way you can win!"

"What makes you say that?"

"This! DANGAN!" Sanzoku fired a large red beam attack at Nardi and the others resulting in a small explosion. When the smoke cleared, Zero, who had leaped in front of the blast, fell, horribly burned, "HAH! Eat that!"

"Disaresta!" A blindingly bright light Burst forward illuminating the darkened area.

"UWAH!" Sanzoku shrieked, recoiling.

"Nardi Now!" Zero shouted.

"Scream Amate-" Nardi was cut off by a smaller Dangan like attack which exploded when it struck his chest.

"Tear them to shreds Zakione!" Sanzoku's daggers transformed into much larger daggers with three curved blades that were directly on top of one another, "Time to die!"

"Sanzoku!" A deep voice boomed from seemingly everywhere.

"S-Sir!" The Fallen one cowered as the darkness totally vanished.

"Return to base, your mission is not to engage the enemy,"

"Y-Yes sir…" Sanzoku disappeared. After a few seconds of delay, Fia ran to Zero and began to heal the wounds that his innate ancient powers hadn't already begun to heal

"Zero…"

"I'll explain everything," He wheezed, "When we get back home."

"Did you know something like that was out here?"

"An inkling, but I had no idea he would be this strong,"

Zero sat on one of the many wooden chairs which now populated the Living room.

"Ok are we all here?" The Ancient asked.

"Yes," Was murmured several times.

"Those people were Fallen ones," Zero began, "Basically, Fallen Ones are Angels or even Grim angels that did something so horrible that they were cursed and banished from Asgard, however, the curse is individually based. The masks they wear are sealed onto them upon banishment; it hides and seals their previous identity from the world. But if they were to break that mask their previous powers would return as well as their humanity, along with a deep sense of hatred towards Asgard and everything connected to it."

"So Sanzoku?"

"Was probably cursed with an intangible body but by breaking his mask he was able to regain some of his ability to solidify.

"… How can they take off their masks then?"

"I don't know… There has to be something bigger going on. No Fallen one has the ability to remove their own mask."

"Well… Sounds like we've got another fight on our hands," Nardi Sighed.

"Yes… Well, Ein don't you have an announcement?"

"Wait what?" Ein stuttered, "Well."

"Ein?" Fia muttered.

"Well Fia and I are going to get married,"

"Really?" Rose blurted out.

"Congrats!" Serene smiled.

"Good for you Ein," Ledah said in a dull tone a small round of applause ringing out after he spoke.

"Ein proposed to Fia last night!" Lina announced to Gin, who was right next to her.

"Really…?" Gin blushed lightly.

"Yeah! Nardi and I watched them"

"Well that's good for them," Gin nodded as Ein's closer friends except for Zero, who knew in advance, got up to shake his and Fia's hands.

"Well who's the maid of honor and The Best Man?" Someone finally asked.

"Um…"

"Pick tomorrow, you'll be less stressed in the morning," Zero advised.

"Right,"
"Anyway we should probably get some sleep,"

"Right," Everyone repeated. Those who did not reside in Ein and Fia's home left for their respective residences. Ein and Fia went straight to their bedroom as Nardi and Lina gathered supplies for Gin's bed, as they did so Zero and Gin waited outside.

"So you're a Grim angel eh?" Zero spoke, attempting to make light conversation.

"Yes sir,"

"Ugh. Don't call me Sir,"

"Sorry,"

"Anyway… You look younger than my son," Zero shook his head, "Why did they make someone so young into a fighter, and push him into combat before he learned to walk?"

"Don't know," Gin shrugged," I just… If I became a Grim angel my family would have prosperity,"

"Hm… Well What did you give up to get your diviner?"

"Sense of humor, You?"

"Don't remember, I gave it up so long ago, whatever it was, I don't need it now,"

"How old are you?"

"Very,"

"Huh?"

"The bed's ready!" Lina announced from the doorway.

"Alright, come along Gin," Zero turned around and strode into the house, his long black coat flowing behind him. Gin followed The Ancient and took his place on the couch bed, removing his sword, belt, and black mantle that adorned his shoulders. Folding his wings as tightly as he could, the child laid on his side, resting his head on the pillow that was set against the armrest. Zero journeyed up the stairs and reclaimed his room, changing into his night close and settled in for himself.


Fun on a bun. Fallen ones always spice up an afternoon. But yeah I detailed who and what the fallen ones are gonna be, Kurohyou is gonna be introduced in the next chapter I think... I don't remember.

Chapter 3: The defining moments in life

Wait who exactly is going to be the Best man and Maid of honor? How are they going to decide, Find out next time!