Still Sleeping

A thunderous howl echoed through the woods, disturbing the peace and tranquility of the place; however stopped after several seconds. The origin of the noise now lay quietly on the floor, properly tamed and looking at its master.

"You gaurd beasts are annoying," a young man said with a gruff voice. "That girl really is useless. I've only been away for three weeks and you two eye-sore have been released."

He tucked harder at the rope that was attached to the two collars which encased the marble beasts neck; they purred at their masters tuck, following him as he led the way towards the mansion or what was better known as 666 Hellock Abyss. With each step he took, a growing darkness seemed to surround the entire place. Instead of heading towards the main white doors, he took a detour around to the very far back of the mansion, stood idly before a large grave, where a statue of a girl stood ontop of it's stone. He bit his lips with a smirk, letting go of the rope, saying "do it."

Upon their master's command, the two marble beasts raided the grave, tearing at the statue till not even a part of the original thing was visible. With one huge scoop, a still lying wooden coffin was unearthed. The beasts stood back behind their master who stepped upon the coffin, "are you intending to sleep for another century, Maria Kurenai."

There was a few clicking noises and the lid to the coffin slowly lifted up, the young man stepping off it at the same time. With a loud thud, the entire lid was flung into the air and landed miles away onto the ground.

There was a soft yawn, as a young girl stretched. "Rough as always, Kaito Takamiya." Her fingers brushed at her straight, pale hair as she stood up in her coffin. She was fairly short in comparison to Kaito, who watched her impaitiently as she set a little bun to the side of hair. She looked at him too, "is this the proper way you should be treating me?"

Kaito stared at her for a long time before turning away, a little regretful of his actions, "it's entirely your fault is it not? I've told you countless times to look after the mansion when I'm out and make sure these two things are sealed. You know me, when I'm mad, I could go overboard without realising. I'm sorry for recking your- HEY!"

Completely ignoring Kaito, Maria was now patting the two marble beasts, "it's been awhile hasn't it, Mar and Bel." Maria looked at Kaito with a shameful expression, "how cruel of that man over there to seal you two away for so long. Even worse than that, you used them as decorations for the main stairs of the mansion."

Kaito twitched, "have you forgotten we're in the human world? Mar and Bel are gaurd beasts from the demon world, they're ruthless and dangerous. They attack and destroy anything that isn't their master."

"Even so, the forest that surrounds the mansion is a big enough space for them to run around and not hurt any humans," Maria protested.

Kaito clicked his fingers, the rope on the floor immediately curling around his wrists, "how were Mar and Bel released? Maria, why do I sense..."

"Human blood," Maria finished for Kaito, "I was asleep the entire time. I never thought that any human or demon could penetrate the barrier we set up, so until you woke me, I have no clue."

There was silence between the two. The both of them jolted at a sudden pain in their hearts, a daunting realisation of what was to happen if a human did enter this place. Without another word, Kaito tied the rope down, securing Mar and Bel before running in the same direction as Maria. Down, down, down, then along countless pitch-black, twisting corridors that was miles underground. They stopped before a black gate, where beyond it a strong purple light was emitting.

Kaito grasped Maria's shoulder, "are we really going into that room?"

Maria bit her lips, "he's my brother. Its fine." Her shaking hands pushed the rusty black gates that gave a strange creeking noise as it opened.

They walked in slowly. The room was vast, endless to be exact with darkness, the only thing in the entire space was the raised platform in the middle, where the devil supposedly rested. Maria gripped Kaito's shirt, their eyes widened and heart-beats almost stopped at the sight before them.

Wrapped in the arms of the devil was the corpse of a girl who neither of them had seen before, but was clear that she died from wounds caused by Mer and Bel. The girl's blood smeared over the devil's naked body as well as reddening his pale lips.

The purple magic circle suddenly flashed brightly, then glowed a hellish red colour. Black and white feathers floated everywhere; holding the corpse of the girl, the devil slowly opened his eyes.

The grip Maria had on Kaito's shirt became tighter, despite the movement he made by kneeling down on his knees. Tears dripped from Maria's eyes, "brother, brother, are you awake?"

Maria let go of Kaito and began to run towards her brother but stopped as he re-closed his eyes, the feathers disappearing and the hellish red glow turned back to purple. Her entire body trembled, "Kaito, what happened? Kaito, brother, his eyes, they were opened, they were opened just then? Why-why?"

Kaito stood up, took hold of Maria, "calm down and listen. He isn't awake. He's been sealed and locked away here for so long, he's not awake."

Maria wiped her tears, "your wrong."

"Maria."

Maria shoved Kaito away from her. She then proceeded to lift the corpse of the girl from the arms of her brother and slowly descended from the raised platform. She handed the body to Kaito, "resurect her."

"What?" Kaito said staring from Maria to the girl in his arms.

Maria looked at him with an intense gaze, "over the past countless decades, we've tried all sorts of ways to wake my brother up. Nothing worked, so we had to give up in the end and quietly live in this human world but today... whether its fate or not, this girl ended up here and her blood." She turned to look at her brother, "her blood made him open his eyes."

"Then can't we just slash her body and drip her blood on him more?" Kaito asked.

Maria shook her head, "brother closed his eyes after, it means one thing. He needs the blood of the living. So we'll resurrect this girl, keep her alive to feed my brother."

Kaito nodded, only following Maria as they headed back up to the part of the mansion that wasn't deep beneath the ground. The arrived at the front at the main stairs where Mar and Bel should be standing, sealed like statues.

Kaito gritted his teeth, seeing the two metal angels on the floor, "this human girl asked for death."

"Don't be so harsh," Maria said, looking at the luggage left only slightly inside the house, "she should be an old friend of ours or at least her father is. This indeed is fate."

Kaito didn't say a thing but looked at Maria quizzically.

She smiled, "she's the daughter of Kaien. She's our beloved Yuuki Cross."