Heaven's Seal- Chapter 4

Please read the author's note at the end.

Chapter 4

A cloaked man was silently walking into a dark forest. As he looked at his surroundings, he couldn't help but feel remorse, anger and sorrow. He sighed. 'This is neither the time nor the place to grieve for my fallen comrades. I have more important matters to worry about,' he thought. Shaking his head a little, he proceeded to walk further into the forest, stepping on the grasses which were once green, and passing dead trees. He noticed dozens to hundreds of corpses, lying there. He cringed when he almost stepped on one. They couldn't even bury them properly as the fallen guardians will find out that some of them are still alive, when the corpses of the dead guardians suddenly went missing. They couldn't risk it. They already know that the bearer of the seal is still alive. They can't find out that 12 other guardians are still alive, and is watching over him.

Suddenly, the man halted, feeling the presence of another. He then heard a rustling sound. Gripping the hilt of his sword, he faced the direction in which the noise came from. He then said, "Show yourself" but the one behind the bushes refused to do so.

Stepping forward, he unsheathed his sword.

"Soten," he muttered in a low voice, his body emitting cold reiatsu, which caused the ground beneath him to freeze.

"Ni," this time, he raised his sword, pointing it towards the sky. Dark clouds started to form as the temperature dropped a few more degrees,

"Zase"

Water then burst out of the tip of his sword, forming a shape which appears to be that of a dragon's. It then froze, turning to ice. The dragon then lunged at his 'opponent', its jaws wide open.

Before anything could happen, another cloaked figure stepped out of his hiding place and stopped the attack by shooting a ball of fire. Shards of ice came flying everywhere.

The being removed his cloak, revealing a tall man with red eyes, auburn hair, and crimson colored wings. Laughing, he said, "Calm down, Hyorinmaru. It's just us."

Hyorinmaru sheathed his sword, glaring at the other as he continued to laugh. A boy with ash colored hair, gray eyes, and feathery wings then revealed his self and said, "Man, you scared me. I thought I was going to die."

"How come I didn't recognize your reiatsu?" Hyorinmaru asked.

"That's for us to know and you to find out." The man said, grinning from ear to ear. Hyorinmaru scowled.

"Where are the others?"

The boy smiled at him. "They are already in our hideout. They sent me here to pick you up. Fire boy here decided to tag along"

"Tsk. You shouldn't have let him come with you."

"What's done is done. Let's get moving. I'll lead the way seeing as old man is too dumb to remember directions and such."

"Hey!"

After minutes and minutes of walking, they finally arrived at their destination- which is…an old oak tree.

"Where is the hideout?"

"You'll see"

The boy uttered words which Hyorinmaru couldn't catch nor understand. Suddenly, light surrounded the trio, and they're all forced to close their eyes. Hyorinmaru felt something pulling him somewhere.

When the light faded, they all opened their eyes. They were…transported to a dark, but large, room. Hyorinmaru looked around. At the center of the room was a long table, surrounded by 13 chairs, while at the back were 3 bunk beds, in which seven guardians sat, staring at him with smiles on their faces. The other two were sitting on the floor.

A girl in pink kimono then approached him and pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Ami…I failed. I have failed. They found him."

"No. There's still hope yet. We just have to make sure that they will not lay a single finger on him."

A girl wearing a yellow dress grinned. "That's right! That's why we're all here. Gather 'round, people," And they all did, each sitting at a chair which surrounded the same table Hyorinmaru saw awhile ago.

At the fallen guardians' lair

"Lust, hand me some more sake!" a man dressed in an expensive looking suit yelled at the top of his lungs. A rather lovely woman dressed in red then came a minute later and handed a bottle of sake to him. Immediately, the man gulped down its contents. A man dressed in a crimson red shirt watched him do so, and sneered. "My, you're so greedy. You already drank all 8 bottles of sake. Leave some for us!" he said.

"What else would you expect from me, Wrath?"

The lovely woman named Lust walked to the cabinet in which more sake bottles along with some of the finest of wine were stored, wanting to grab a drink of her own.

"I hate you so much, Lust!" A short girl in a green dress suddenly said, glaring at the woman as she saw her pass by.

The woman halted from her steps and turned to the girl. "What did I do this time?" she asked.

"I just hate you!"

Lust smiled- seductively, might I add. "I know why. You envy my perfect body and good looks."

"I do not!"

"Oh, but you do."

"I don't! I'm so much better than you! I'm the most-"

A lady in a blue dress then turned to them, "Shut up! I'm trying to sleep here!" was what she said before pulling up the covers of her bed over her head trying to block the noises the other two were making as they continued to bicker.

"But Sloth…You're always sleeping." said a bald man, before returning to what he was doing earlier- inhaling food.

The door that leads to the room they are currently in suddenly creaked open. All stopped what they were doing as their eyes turned to the direction of the door and a man with a purple tie walked in. He turned to all six of them, and smirked.

Wrath glared at him as Sloth raised an eyebrow. "I'm guessing what you have is good news."

Pride grinned. "The first part went smoothly." He stated

"So what are we going to do next?"

"Nothing. We're just going to wait and watch the events unfold before our eyes."

A/N: OMG. I'm so sorry. I know I haven't updated in a really long time and this chapter is really short. It's just that…I've been dealing with a lot of sh*t lately and writing a story has been the least of my worries. With bullies everywhere and my grandpa passing away…I just don't know what to do. But I'm glad if some of you are still reading this. I haven't written anything in awhile so this probably sucks. I will edit this soon. I will edit the previous chapter too, as I am not contented with the things written there. I kinda rushed that. I kind of rushed this too. So as I say in every author's note of mine, tell me if there are any errors, and I will try to fix them whenever I can. So yeah, please review! It will make me happy.