Rain: Hiya! How are you guys today? I hope all of you have had a good day today so far. I am just so excited for this chapter, I feel like doing a backflip. Anyways, I hope everybody enjoys this chapter and is excited as I am! :)
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-Two Days Later-
There's been no sign of the traitor, so Naru and I have been passing time on the church roof. We've also been observing SPR. Apparently, they're ghost hunters. They were called here by the priest, who wanted his church to be exorcised because he's seen us snooping around for the traitor a few times, and believes us to be demons. Which is absolutely crazy. You can only become a demon after you've reached death rebel status. And even then, it's only optional.
"Hey Naru?" I ask, playing with a yoyo I found in the graveyard. He turns to me.
"Yes Mai?" He asks. I sigh and stop playing with the yoyo, setting it beside me.
"Why do you think we can only call traitors 'traitor'?" I ask. He looks at me, as if wondering if I truly wanted to know.
"I think that's fairly obvious Mai. They're traitors." He rolls his eyes. I glare.
"I meant, why not call them by their name. Or put their name after the word traitor. I mean why just 'traitor'?" I explain. He shrugs.
"To rip them of their identity" He says.
"But that makes no sense. They already rip us of our identity by making us into Angels of Death in the first place." I point out.
"Yeah. But we still have our memories and our real names. By calling us traitor they take away their real name and by eventually killing them they erase their memories. Like, if I were labeled as traitor I would no longer be known as Naru or Oliver Davis. Just traitor. And when I was caught and killed I would forget about what my parents and brother were like, and I would forget about you, and how we were lovers when we were alive" I blush, but nod understanding.
"And I would also forget how I died. Remember when we first became Angels of Death? We couldn't remember how we died for a while, and it was killing us. Well, imagine having to live with not knowing as you spend an eternity as the wandering dead" He adds. I remember it very clearly. I could remember being Naru's… lover (as he put it), and I could remember my family and friends, but I had no idea how I died. And it was driving me insane.
"Well, now you're making me wonder why they let us keep out memories" I mumble, as I start playing with the yoyo again.
"So we don't become traitors. Because if we do, then we get caught and we forget everything, like I said before." I nod, and hook the yoyo to my belt. I sit over next to Naru and lay on his chest, wondering what it'd be like without him. And after a few minutes, I decide that I wouldn't be able to handle it. I feel Naru wrap his arms around me, and I smile. I love having him with me. Answering my questions and keeping me in line. Plus, I love whenever her gets jealous if another Angel of Death hits on me.
"What's that?" I ask, making Naru look up.
"It's Sammael" Naru mutters. Sammael is Sato's messenger bird. He's a black raven, and Sato adores him. Sammael flies over to us, before landing. I take the black envelope from his beak, and he flies off.
"I wonder what Sato wants" I say, opening the envelop and pulling out a black piece of paper with red writing on it.
"Dear Mai and Naru" I begin, "One of the priest's followers is scheduled to die today of a heart attack. Since you two are already there, you'll be taking this one. It is not a request. Sato" Naru sighs beside me.
"Damn. Now we have to sneak in the church without SPR noticing us. Whoopee" He says sarcastically. I stand and he does the same. Pulling out our scythes we discuss how we should sneak in.
"I say we go through the back, like usual. It's morning so not a lot of people will be there yet. Agreed?" I ask. Naru nods, and we go around back. As we land near the back door I brush fix my dress.
"You know, one thing I hate about having wings is that the wind always messes my hair and dress up" I mutter, before Naru opens the back door and we go in. We decide to stay near the ceiling, just so nobody can see us.
"Where do you think he is?' I ask. Naru shrugs.
"Focus on your psychic energy Mai. Then look for anybody with a black aura." He says, in a voice that says I should know this already. I do, I just forget. You see, just because Naru and I became Angels of Death doesn't mean we lost our psychic abilities. We have a special advantage most don't have. Closing my eyes I focus, before opening them again. The few people below us are covered in different auras. Turning to Naru I see if he sees the black aura yet.
"I can't see him either Mai" He says, looking to me. I smile.
"You know, you look cute when your eyes turn purple" I say. He smirks.
"So do you. It kind of makes me wish our eyes changed color when we were mortals." He says. I smile, grab his hand, and we scan the area as we fly. But most of them are blue and violet. Or, spiritual and highly spiritual. We look through everybody for what seems like forever, until we see the one black aura. The problem is, the man it belongs to is in the middle of a crowd.
"What do we do now?" I ask, as the man's aura grows bigger, and darker, signaling we didn't have much time. Fifteen minutes at the most.
"Create a distraction" He says. I roll my eyes.
"No shit Sherlock. I meant how" I point out. Now we only have about ten minutes.
"Simple." He says, reaching over and taking my yoyo.
"What are you doing? Now is not the time to be playing with a stupid yoyo! We only have about five minutes!" I hiss.
"Trust me" He says, before throwing the yoyo. I watch as it soars across the room. The man's aura grows to its max, and he's about to die. I watch as the yoyo shatters a glass window, making everybody rush away from the flying glass, just as the man falls to the floor, a hand to his chest.
"Naru! You're a genius!" I cry, before flying down to the man. His spirit exits his body, and I use my scythe to cu tit in half, and extract his soul. I put it in small cage, and smile. I hook the small cage to my belt and grab Naru's hand, before giving him a kiss. We're about to leave, when a piercing whistle sounds, and snake-like lights surround us.
"What the-" I begin, until one of them wraps itself around the cage, and wrenches it from my belt. I try to grab it, but it's faster than I originally thought. I turn around, determined to catch it, when I see the sender of these things. The team of SPR is standing there, and I watch, horrified as the snake-like light places the cage in the hand of the tall, black-haired man. Naru just glares.
"What are you doing?" I yell, lunging for the cage. The lights create a small wall, which I bump into, and am sent flying back into Naru, who catches me.
"What are YOU doing, the man with long brown asks, grabbing the cage.
"Is this what you do? Catch poor souls to be turned into Angels of Death?" A woman with red hair asks. I glare defiantly at her, not giving her an answer.
"Fine then" The man with brown hair glares at me as he puts his hand on the latch of the cage. I'm about to shout for him to stop, when he opens the cage, and the man's soul starts floating toward the ceiling.
"Shit!" Naru and I say, before starting after it. But again, the lights stop us. We try to find a way around them, but it's too late. The soul has disappeared. Naru and I float down to the ground. Naru glares at the members of SPR, while I shake, on the verge of tears. Sato is going to kill us.
"What have you done?" I ask, my voice becoming unsteady. SPR looks at me, as if wondering why I'm so upset.
"Oh please. Don't act like you're going to die without one soul" The boy with black hair says. I laugh.
"Don't assume we won't" I say. Their angry features soften slightly.
"What do you mean?" The boy with blonde hair asks. I glare at them all, clutching my scythe tightly.
"Well, since all of you are clueless as to anything concerning Angels of Death, let me educate you. Our main purpose is to catch souls to increase our numbers. We are also expected to catch other Angels of Death that become traitors. If we fail in getting a soul, or catching a traitor, we are severely punished. We can only be forgiven for a soul if we get two others, and there are no exceptions concerning traitors. So now, you've just sacrificed two people of the church. I hope you're happy." I say, before grabbing Naru's hand and flying off, towards the people of the church entrance.
"Wait! You can't do that!" I hear members of SPR yell in protest. What I told them about getting two other souls was a lie, but the part about being severely punished wasn't. I could only hope that we wouldn't be too severely punished.
-Underworld-
Sato was angry. Very angry. But he wasn't angry at us. We were about to complete our job, but we got intercepted. No, he was mad at SPR. He wanted them gone. And quickly.
"All it takes is a few mortals meddling in the business of the dead and the damned. Taniyama. Davis." We look up at our boss.
"Yes?" I ask.
"You two are going to need help concerning SPR. So, you are going to have help from Ayame and Natsuko. Those two will get rid of them, and you just continue your search for the traitor before he becomes a guardian angel. Understood?" We nodded. Ayame and Natsuko were also ones. They weren't psychics, however, they were just very bad people. Ayame has short white hair, and blue eyes. His mouth always seemed to be curled into a sadistic smirk. He didn't hesitate for anything. Natsuko had long black hair, and green eyes. She always seemed to be plotting something, something evil. It was once rumored that she was a serial killer as a mortal. And I don't doubt it for a second.
"Good. Now get back out there and find the traitor. Natsuko and Ayame will come for SPR very soon" He says, before dismissing us. I grab Naru's hand as we leave.
"This is gonna turn into one hell of a bloodbath eh?" I'm not joking.
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