New Arrivals Dokuro-Chan

Chapter 3:

"Dokuro? Dokuuroo? Dokuro!" screamed Sakura. "Huh? What? What is it?" she replied. "You dozed off again. That's the third time today. Are you okay?" Sakura asked. "Yeah, I guess I'm still a little tired." Unbeknowst to her it was lunch time and in the middle of the day. It would be pretty hard for someone to still be tired at that time. Sakura could tell something was bugging her. Ever since their duscussion with Sabato about the demons and the S.T.A.F.F. agent arriving, she's been a little off today. He also remembered how her mood changed when she was going to say a sentence but never finished it.

Seeing his friend disturbed he asked her, "You know, something's been bugging me. During our discussion with Sabato you were going to mention someone who worked with Kairo. Who is it?" Dokuro looked at Sakura and stubbornly said, "It's none of your bussiness. Just forget about it." "No. If you're ever going to feel better about something you have to first talk about things that bother you. Now, as a friend, tell me who were you going to talk about." Dokuro could tell that Sakura wasn't going to let go of the subject. So she decided that now was the time to tell Sakura about "him".

"Okay, fine. The person's name is John Carter. He's a very good friend of mine and my sister's. Especially my sister." "Hmm. So who was he, another angel?" Dokuro laughed at Sakura's statement. "What?" he said. "Oh Sakura, you're so funny. No, John's not an angel. He's a human soul that Kairo found and raised to become strong like us." "What do you mean?" "Here I'll explain it to you. When an ordinary human dies, depending on his or her faith in God, the Angels of Death, or Reapers, take their souls to the afterlife. The female Reapers take good souls to Heaven, where they will live in paradise forever. Whereas the male Reapers take the bad souls to hell where they will parish and suffer forever. In Heaven there are two districts. The Human and Angel districts. Only angels live in the Angel District and the humans live in the Human District. We angels are allowed to enter and exit the Human District whenever we please, but humans are rarely allowed to enter the Angel District due to safety reasons. John was only two years old when Kairo found him. He along with his parents had died in a car crash back on Earth. Since John was baptized he was brought to Heaven. Unfortunately his parents didn't believe in God and thus were sent into hell. So God sent John just inside the borders of both Districts so Kairo could find and raise him. Since Kairo was a good friend of my father they both trained him to become a great fighter. John being a human soul was never accustomed to this kind of training so it was difficult for him to keep up with the rest of us. Then that's when Zakuro met John for the first time when they were both four years old. She had been training with my father and was upset at the fact that he was also training a human soul. So she confronted John and challenged him to a fight." "Whoa. So who won?" Sakura asked. "Who do you think? My sister of course. But whatever she did, she enspired John to become a better fighter than her. After that he begged her to train him. After some concideration from Chairman Babel, the two of them trained together and quickly became best friends." "Wow, now that sounds like the perfect friendship" Sakura said. "You have no idea."

Dokuro then paused and her reaction changed from happy to depressed again. "Unfortunately something happened to the two of them. When they were still four years old, both John and Zakuro happened to come across these strange artifacts known as 'Reaper Gems'. They contain a Reaper's spirit after it dies. Once it dies, their spirit forms into the shape of a gem and is suddenly launched somewhere randomly in the spirit world.

The ones John and Zakuro found were small ones. Once they made contact with the gems, they glowed and suddenly launched into their chests, causing their bodies to absorb their powers. John was the only one to recieve the power of his gem because Zakuro, already having powers, didn't need the power in hers. Instead, it just increased her spirit energy ten fold.

But, they both had a similar reaction to the gem. John and Zakuro's growth rate increased dramatically as well. Thus making them look older than they really are." "Well that explains why Zakuro looks more mature for her age." "Exactly. However, once Zakuro was captain of her own naval ship, and John was captain of the naval strike force on her ship, they went through several adventures together. Then came that one day. The day that would terrify me for the rest of my life." As Sakura looked at Dokuro he could see the fear in her face. He then worked up the courage to say, "And what day was that?" Dokuro's face then turned to anger when she looked up at Sakura as she said, "The day the future was destroyed."

"It was a terrifying moment when that day happened. Zakuro was ordered to take her ship and investigate a demonic disturbance in the mountains of Japan. As she flew her ship there she ordered John and his strike team to infiltrate the demon base that was assembled there. During that fight a large number of very powerful demons, known as Nazguls, attacked John and his team. Though they won the fight, it took a lot out of John's spirit energy. Zakuro ordered him to return to the ship, but John stated that if Nazguls were in the area they had to be hiding something big. So he and his team continued on. What they found would change both John and Zakuro's life forever. There inside a mountain, John found the Nazgul General, General Angmar, possessing a human scientist to create a massive machine. That scientist was you Sakura." The look on Sakura's face was changed from interested to shocked. "Me?" he said. "Yes, you. Realizing your great mind, Angmar took advantage of that and used you to create that machine."

"Anyways, John and his team engaged Angmar in battle, but to no avail. Angmar was just too powerful for them. When Angmar sensed that John was a human soul, he attempted to destroy his soul. That's when Zakuro pushed John out of the way and instead was hit by Angmar's attack. After that John unleashed a fury of spirit energy upon Angmar. The amount was strong enough to blow him out of the moutain and into the nearby city. After that a rescue team took John and Zakuro back to Heaven to be treated for their wounds. Zakuro's injury was the worst. The blow to her face infected her body with dark energy. Luckily the medics were able to extract all of it out of her body, but the scar on the left side of her face would never fully heal. When John heard this he made an eyepatch out of his lucky bandana and gave it to her as a gift. But John showed very little remorse towards Angmar and vowed to get his revenge on what he did to her. After that he left Zakuro there in the hospital, and that was the last we ever saw him."

"Holy cow." Sakura said. "What did Zakuro do?" "After she recovered, Zakuro spent an entire year trying to look for him, but to no success. Her search came to a halt when she was ordered to come here to the past." "Wow. I can't believe how much you guys went through just because of this guy. I'm almost sorry for asking you about him." said Sakura. Dokuro's expression quickly changed to happy as she smiled and told him not to worry about it. "Oh, and one more thing. Please don't tell Zakuro about John. Don't even mention that name or she'll break into a huge form of depression so big that it would make you cry. Okay?" "Oh, yeah sure. You can trust me." said Sakura.

As the lunch bell rang the two got up and headed back to their class. As soon as they entered the next hallway Dokuro suddenly stopped and stood so stiff she looked like a giant doll. When Sakura asked her if she was okay, she suddenly grabbed him and dove to the floor. Almost in an instant the wall next to them exploded into a thousand pieces of debris and dust. Dokuro and Sakura rolled across the floor away from the debris. Dokuro was the first to get up. She quickly took out Excaliborg and was in a fighiting stance. As Sakura looked up at the debris three dark figures came out of the dust. As the dust cleared the figures could be identified as gross, evil looking monsters in black armor and drawn swords at the ready. "What the hell are those things!" yelled Sakura. "Demons!" Dokuro replied with a visious look on her face. Sakura stood behind Dokuro for protection. He had never seen anything something this evil and grotesque in his entire life. "Sakura." said Dokuro. "Listen to me very carefully. It's obvious I'm outnumbered here , but I want you to go and find Sabato. Do you understand?" Sakura just stood there quenched in fear. "Do you understand!" yelled Dokuro. "Ye-Yes." he replied. "Good, now go. Now!" She didn't have to tell him twice. Sakura quickly made a dash for Sabato's classroom. When the demons saw him run they attempted to persue him but Dokuro shot some kind of a spirit energy blast, from Excaliborg, at them. "Don't...you...dare...go anywhere near him. Or I will show no mercy towards you foul beasts. I'm the one you're going to fight. Not him!" After that all three of them laughed as the lead demon said, "Silly she-angel! You think that we're the only ones here? Oh, no. We just so happened to find you first before any of the others could. There's absolutely nothing you can do to keep him protected." Others? Dokuro thought. Crap! I better finish this quick and just hope that agent guy gets here on time or this won't be pretty. With that she charged toward the demons as they did to her.