Flashback:
"…...we only have 7 days tomorrow till the Winter Solstice.""
End of Flashback.
Enjoy ;P
Souiji's P.O.V.
"Now then where should I start?" I mumbled to myself absent mindlessly as I stared into the fire. This wasn't an easy story to explain and not one I card much for telling.
"Most people start at the beginning of a story." Bruiser said from his position by the wall.
"Ahhh but if I started at the clear beginning then we would never be able to finish." I laughed. "But I will start as close to the beginning as possible. Demons have always existed, they've been here as long as we have, since humans are what created them."
"We created the Skin and Ice demon?" Bruiser said tilting his head to the side.
"Well not us in specific but us as in humans in general." I told him. "Or to be precise the greed and hatred that resides in the mind and heart of all humans. At first they started off as shadows that would follow humans around, sometimes unnoticed and sometimes so clear it was hard to pass of as pure imagination. Over time the shadows became more noticeable, they took on the form of smoke from a wildfire, thick and heavy and slowly suffocating life from any human it latched itself onto. And as time passed it became one large demon that cause much mayhem and destruction."
"There was a small group of humans that had the gift of sight, they could see the demons for what they truly were, a hideous monster bent on making the living world it's own personal hell." I continued watching as Ren shuddered a little clutching Lin to her chest as if that would keep him safe. Miku sat beside her watching me with wide eyes. Julia laid back and stared at the ceiling but I could tell she was listening just as well. "The people that could see the demons were few but had a power none others had, they were known only as the guardians and each had a certain power."
"What exactly is this power?" Bruiser interrupted and again I glanced at him, he seemed agitated but that was understandable I doubt he had to use patience when he lived by himself, but now that he was living with a group of survivors then I should teach him some now.
"If you don't interrupt me then I will be able to explain it to you. But you asked for me to start at the beginning and that's what I'm doing." I told him with a calming hand gesture. "I will explain it in time but you must give me your patience first, what I tell you is important for you to know. Now then where was I, yes, each had a unique power all their own. Water, fire, earth, air, spirit, and heart, these people, only known as guardians to others, controlled one of these six elements, and then only one person at a times had control over these elements. Together they strengthened themselves and sought the demon and fought against it as best they could. But in the end only one survived and the demon had not been destroyed but instead split into smaller demons and sealed into a slumber that had been hoped to last for an eternity. But when Shin ended the world he had managed to awaken the demon souls as well."
"Great it seems we have a lot to thank him for." Bruiser said sarcastically.
"Do not be quick to judge." I said in a firm voice. "Seto was able to destroy a demon already. That means it can be done again."
"But Seto doesn't know how she did it the first time." Ren spoke up. "And she never talks about it, she always tried to avoid it whenever it came up so eventually we quite asking. I don't think she even talks to Crow about it."
"What is her relationship with Crow?" I asked her. "He seems protective over her."
"He is." Ren said with a shrug. "They first met in the amusement park and he stole a necklace from her and she ended up chasing him all through the park before she finally caught him, then they became best friends and split up. The next time they met Crow had found out he was a doll and his batteries where quickly depleting and he winded up "dying" with Seto holding him. After Seto saved me explored the red tower and found some batteries in the basement and immediately asked me if we could back and wake up Crow, at first I didn't really get what was going on but after she explained I understood Crow was special to her and..."
"Enough Ren." a voice came from behind me. I turned around saw Crow standing in the doorway looking at me suspiciously. "My relationship with Seto is none of your concern."
"Sorry Crow." Ren muttered quietly.
"It's fine." he said without taking his eyes off of me. "I don't know why you wanted to know but it doesn't affect you so you have no need to know."
"You don't seem to trust me." I laughed.
"I don't." he said bluntly. "And the fact that you seem to know so much about Seto doesn't make me trust you any more either. You said your history, now tell us what you want with Seto,"
"Oh my, I didn't know you would have such good hearing as well as such a unique personality." I said with a smile, this thing was defiantly going to prove a hassle for me. "All the dolls I met normally were obedient lifeless things, quite boring in deed compared to you." his eyes narrowed even more but did not retaliate instead only continued on as if I had said nothing.
"If you are to hurt Seto then you'll find that you will have a much harder time than you thought originally." Crow said walking forward till he toward above me, and I had to admit the look on his face and in his eyes even had me intimidated. "So I suggest you begin explaining why you know so much about Seto when this is the first time you've met her."
"This may be the first time Seto remembers seeing me," I said slowly. "But we have met before, long ago in the past when her grandfather was still alive. She was young, just a child then without a care in the world. He had contacted me because she had started to show signs of holding a power that belonged to the guardians."
"A power?" Crow said skeptical.
"After everything you've seen and been through you find magic powers unbelievable?" I said raising my eyebrows.
"Yes." he said without hesitating. And I almost fell out of my seat, what was up with this thing it seems like it's job is to infuriate people.
"Were you not with her at the top of the red tower when the Skin Demon was defeated?" I questioned him.
"...yes." he said slowly looking over at me.
"Then you had to have seen the light that poured out of her body." I said rubbing my head. "That's what I am talking about."
"That's her magical power?" he said shaking his head. "Something that amazing and you call "magic power", you couldn't have come up with a better name?" I just stared at him in disbelief. I heard Bruiser snicker over in the corner before speaking up.
"I couldn't agree with you more there." Bruiser laughed. "That is a pathetic name."
"Laugh all you want." I said keeping my temper in check. "But that power is what will save you all, show it disrespect and it may chose not to." Crow looked back at me and the glare sent a chill down my spine.
"That power won't save us." he hissed at me. "That will be Seto, and that power won't decide on whether or not it will save us, Seto will. Do not praise the power, praise the person that controls that power. I will never disrespect Seto or what she can do, but I hold no faith in what you claim to know so much about. I don't care if you're a guardian or not, Seto will decided her own path, you will not do it for her."
"How did you..." I started before promptly shutting up.
"I'm a doll,"he spat out the word. "I know these things. And I knew what Seto was after she summoned that light. She's the Guardian of Heart, and she knows that too. But what we don't know is if she even has that power anymore."
"What do you mean?" I asked as his gaze grew distant and a lonely look swept across his face.
"She told me," he started his voice somber. "That she felt the light leave her body and she hasn't been able to feel it since."
"Wha..." I said unable to believe my ears.
"She lost that ability." Crow said looking back at me. "Possibly for good."
Me: Ok so I know it's not very long but it's better than what I've given you lately which has been nothing. This came to me after talking to my nieces and helping one of them with a story she thought about writing. I'm gonna try to finish this before continuing on with my other stories seeing as how this story only has a few (not sure how many a few is at the moment) left till this story is over. But I promised I would never leave a story uncompleted and I meant that. I don't quite on a story but sometimes I can't get things to flow, I rewrote this chapter I don't know how many times. And I personally like it so much more compared to earlier writings. I wish it could have been longer but I felt like it was best to end it there and post it so you all didn't have to wait any longer. Thank you to all my readers that stayed with me through the wait, you all are the best and I couldn't ask for better readers.
Later ;P