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In the Underworld...

Hope slowly opened her heavy eyelids. She feels dizzy and out of order, as if she had just been whacked with a gravestone. Yes, she thought, that describes it perfectly. She attempts to move her hands to the back of her head to rub and ease the throbbing, but instead finds her hands bound. She now realizes what has happened.

She is in Hell, held prisoner by the prisoners. She pulled at her restraints once more, but to no avail, cannot break herself free. She continued to pull and writhe and fight for her release from the binds for more than an hour. Still, no luck.

"It won't work."

Hope gasped at the sudden voice, seeing Sakura and Masaru walk out from the shadows. The Reaper leaned against the wall to her right, obviously enjoying the archangel's imprisonment. Hope spat at Sakura. "What happened to you?"

Hope had just noticed Sakura's appearance. She's in the same attire, but her white skin radiated, and the bags under her eyes seem darker than normal. Her lips are stained black and turns redder toward the inside. A thin black line traces the sides of her face starting from the corners of her lips up to the lobe of her pointed ears. Thinner lines are hashed vertically along the curved horizontal line, giving her the appearance of a skeleton. Despite the new upgrades, she looked tired yet more refreshed than ever. Must be the stress of command and a new appearance upgrade, thought Hope, amusing herself.

The Reaper scoffed at her enemy's remark. "I've been gathering more power."

Hope took a long whiff, tasting the Devil on her tongue. She started spitting, attempting to rid the taste in her mouth. She looked at Sakura in bewilderment and disbelief. Has she actually done what she thinks she has done? Hope refuses to believe it. Sakura looks amused with her prisoner. "You haven't done what I think, have you?" questioned Hope cautiously.

Sakura grinned one of evil. She walked right up to the archangel and touched her finger to Hope's belly. The angel screamed in agony. Sakura lifted her finer. "What do you think?" she whispers in a demented tone. "Devil's blood hurts, doesn't it? The blood of the first fallen angel burns. You reject it, because you are so willing to put your life on the line to protect your father and follow all orders he gives to you. You really should just feel sorry for Lucifer."

"Us angels call him the Devil. You're on first name base with your old man, huh? You and him must really not have a quality father-daughter relationship. And why should I feel sympathy for the Devil?" Hope challenges.

"You should feel sorry for Lucifer because he loved God too much, and defied him when he commanded all his angels to love humans more than himself. Lucifer couldn't do it, so he was banished to this stupid hole. Well let me tell you, we are finding a way to free him."

"And you know that despite what you do, you will never be able to free him. You are the prisoners here, and the warden is not your father."

Sakura scoffed. "Yeah, and the warden doesn't give a care about what happens to us down here so that leaves the most powerful being here in charge. And that powerful being, is Lucifer. And it will continue to be that way until I become powerful enough to take his place."

This time Hope scoffs. "Yeah, and the Devil knows that will never happen, and you do too."

Sakura smiles. "Oh? I know that I will become more powerful than him."

"Yeah, because he told you that."

Sakura shook her head. "Because he showed me. I now posses the power to snap and Hell shakes. Do you know how?"

Hope thinks it over. And then it dawned on her. "Devil's blood..." she whispered.

Sakura nodded. "Masaru, do what you must to retrieve the information. Do whatever it takes." She then spat on Hope and created a ring of holy fire around the angel. She then walked out of the cell and off to do whatever. Masaru closes the door and releases a powerful force of gravity down on Hope. She screamed.

"We're going to have fun," he said with a sharp insane smile.

At the Angel Camp...

The five pegasi carrying Miyako, Ninel, Frieda, Sierra, Bry, and Sin D glided down smoothly to the ground, landing in a puff of dirt. The winged horses whinnies as the angels dismounts from their steeds. They saw two figures waiting for them in front of a group of angels attempting to snuff out the remaining fires. Miyako lead the group, including Sin D, to her commander.

Alex stood with a dark woman, who seems to be sulking as she watches the fires be put out. Alex turned to Miyako and her group from watching the fires. She smiled a weak smile.

"Welcome back," she said, approaching the angels and human with the dark woman in tow. Miyako stepped forward.

"Alex, I would like to introduce you to Sin D, the Huntress. We were heading to the demon patrol you requested us to wipe out and found her doing our work for us. We already explained everything to her."

The archangel looks over Sin D and nods. "I would like to introduce someone special to you as well." She moved to the side. "Angels, this is Shadow Nox, the Dark Angel, and Trainer of Archangels. I have requested her to train you on the behalf of Nớtt."

Shadow stepped forward and inspected Miyako and Ninel. A dark smile then cracked her lips. "Well," she purred, "I'm going to have much fun with you."

"Woah, woah, woah," said Ninel, "we're getting special training? After what we've been through, I think we're good."

"Actually," chuckled Miyako at the thought of Nớtt's display back in 887 AD, "we need the training."

Shadow circled around Ninel, checking her shoulders and overall physical appearance. "This one is going to need work." She then repeats the routine with Miyako. "This one is in better shape skill-wise, but is still desperate for some training. I'll be able to whip these two into what you're looking for."

Miyako's pumped up already. "Woah, I'm going to train to become a full-fledged archangel! I'll be able to do all sorts of stuff!"

Ninel stayed silent as she took her turn to give Shadow an inspection.

Shadow is almost as pale as Sakura. She has black messy hair cut short to not pass her ears. Dark purple bangs hang in front of her left eye, and a long thick strand grows at the base of her neck. Her eye is dark purple, and has a talon-like marking under it with three metal studs pierced along the longer curved side. She has pointed ears, and is short. She wears a long dark purple scarf with charred ripped ends. A black sleeveless jumpsuit covers most of her central body, and a white belt sits atop her hip with another connected to it. Two long Arabian swords are strapped to her belts, and the one that dips and hangs from her hip, holds up a white cloth covering her lower region in the front and back, but not the sides. Two black leather boots adorn her feet and her hands are clad in elbow-length fingerless black gloves. Armor cover her knees and elbows.

The ice nymph snorted. "So, you're supposed to be a super powerful archangel?"

Shadow snorts back. "If I wanted, I can challenge the Reaper and win. Though, she has been doing certain...activities...yes, that I will have to discuss with you, Alex. All the Generals must know."

"You may give us a briefing tonight and tomorrow take Ninel and Miyako to the training grounds while I send Frieda and Alice on a recon mission. We must find the true gate to Hell. The one angels can pass through." Alex turns to the other angels waiting patiently to be dismissed. "But of course, you will be briefed on that tomorrow after Ninel and Miyako take their leave."

Shadow walked over to the two new archangels. "Tonight, you will pack your things. You will be gone a lengthy while, so I suggest that you pack much clothes and training supplies."

"Will we need to pack snacks?" questions Ninel. Shadow shakes her head.

"No. You will be hunting and gathering, learning how to make the most of your environment if you ever get stranded."

"Where are these 'training grounds'?" asks Miyako.

"That will stay a secret until I take you myself. But I assure you, demons cannot get there," replies the Dark Angel.

The two nodded and walked to their tents. When the camp last made a move, Miyako, Ninel, Bry, and Frieda, set up their tents next to each other in a row. Miyako bade Ninel goodnight and opened the flap to her own tent, walking inside. She laid down on her cot, arms behind head and feet crossed over each other. Her mind plunges into deep thought. Tomorrow morning, she'll need to get dressed and pack all of her things as quickly as possible. She'll have to saddle her pegasus quickly, which usually takes a ridiculous amount of time. Shadow seems like a military officer, which she most likely is, so she's bound to be extra precise about her schedule and the ones of those under her command.

I wonder if she has her own platoon? thought Miyako deeply. Let's see, she's already in the General's platoon, so who's in Shadow's platoon? Anyone she might know? She shook her head. No. No one she knows in going to be in one platoon out of over a hundred thousand. There are a lot of angels out there, yes. But not even as many as there are can amount to the number of demons there are. Even including the lesser ones.

Miyako rolled onto her side, rubbing her temples. What's happening to Hope right now as she is being taken hostage, or prisoner, or whatever? Her eyebrows bunched together. That demon, Masaru...is he doing the torturing? But she knows Hope. She can take whatever they've got! She's one of the toughest angels she knows. And then the thought hit her.

But what if Hope can't take the torture? What will happen?

She shook her head vigorously. No! She must have faith in Hope! She must have faith! She must have faith...

But its hard to stay faithful when so much bad things are happening, she thought. Her looked at her fist and clenched it. But I'll survive. I'm strong enough to get through this. No obstacle, no matter how big or small will be able to keep me from living through this.

She turns on her side and closes her eyes. She pulled the heavy wool blanket up to her chin and dozed off to sleep.

Alice woke to the blinding light of the sun through a window flap in the roof of her tent. She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the sleep and dragged herself out of her cot. She sauntered over to the duffel bag lying in a boring corner and dug through it to find her battle clothing.

She pulled on the clothing and looked in the small mirror that the camp has allowed her to have. Today's her first actual mission, and she is excited. She checked herself and recited her morning promise that angels do when they wake up.

"I am Alice Rain, Wishes Whispers. I swear to my Lord that in His name I will smite his enemies and bring prosperity to Earth, love the human race, and give good fortune to those around me. In the Lord's name, I pray. Amen."

She bowed her head to the heavens and checked her attire for any missing pieces. Alice wears a gold and aqua with a breastplate, golden gauntlets, a melt mesh skirt with dark aqua leggings, her sword on her left hip, and black combat boots that go about two inches under knees. She then checked her physical appearance. Alice has aqua side swept bangs hat covers a scar by her left eye, has natural bleach blonde mid-back length hair, bright aqua eyes that dull or brighten to her mood, making them bright in her excitement, is about 5'8 in height, and is skinny but also has some muscle on her.

She lightly touched her scar. She winced. She remembers, before she became an angel, her childhood. Her parents beating her, abusing her, everything. They scarred her, threw her, once tossed her down the stairs, and even once while she was boiling water, jammed her hand within the scalding liquid.

And then she became an angel, and everything turned right side up. She ran away and met an angel named Mr. Rain. He then gave her new purpose and taught her the ways of magic and the sword. She admits, she's not very old, in fact, she's an infant compared to the other angels. But despite her size, she will prove to the higher angels that she is just as powerful as they are. She will become an archangel too, just like Miyako and Ninel. The new about the ice nymph had spread like wildfire, and Alice was stoked to learn that Ninel, one of her best friends, had made it to a higher level.

But what about her?

Even Madoka is more powerful than she is, and she's not that powerful. She's a medic angel, a lover, not a fighter. Alice shrugs. But she can fight when needed to, she supposes. She packed a small messenger bag with snacks for her and Frieda. She still cannot believe she's going on her first recon mission. She can't believe after the attack on camp, when the others caught those two bad demons, they left her to watch them. What an honor! No one ever asked her to do such a thing! Most people ignored her because of her lesser status. But she'll be the one to find the main gates to Hell.

Alice clenches her fist in determination. Yes, she will be the first angel since the first war to find the gates. Maybe she'll unlock her true form on the way as well! She skipped out of her tent. She made her way to the command tent, and there stood Frieda stroking a chipmunk and talking to a boy. He's wearing a green hoodie and tan cargo shorts with blue stripes. He has tan skin, chocolate brown eyes, and black hair with white and a strand sticking out highlighted red. Alice tilted her head to the side. Is that natural? She then looked at Frieda's natural cherry red hair. Yeah, it must be natural.

Alice picks up her skipping and approached the two angels talking. Frieda smiled at Alice.

"Hello, you must be Alice." Alice nods. "Well, there was a minor adjustment to our recon. Don't worry, you're still coming. We just got an additional member to our search." She stepped aside and gestured to the boy who waved. "This is Massamune Kadoya, Lord of the Unicorn. Also, my boyfriend!" Frieda squeals.

Alice smiles. "Its great to meet you. Frieda, I'm such a big fan of yours! This is my first mission ever!"

"Really?" questions Massamune. "That can't be right."

Alice blushes in embarrassment. "Oh, its right. I'm not as strong as some of the other angels. I'm stronger than a lesser, but not as powerful as you or Sierra or much of anyone. Even Madoka."

"We can fix that," smiles Frieda. "Massamoo-moo can help. Right?"

Massamune kisses the red-head's cheek. "Of course. Anything to help others be number one!"

Alice sweatdrops. "Is he always going to be like this?"

"Uh, yeah, kinda. Will it bother you?"

"Nah, I have annoyance tolerance!"

Frieda giggled. "Well, that's good!"

An angel boy timidly walked up to Frieda. "Uh, ciao, perdere, penso che tu sia davvero carina e mi chiedevo ... se volete uscire con me? Perché ... mi piace molto il culo ..."

For the first half of the boy's sentence, Frieda was smiling not so surly. The moment the last line was spoken, Frieda blushed furiously and whacked him with a pole. "PERVERSO!"

The boy went flying away and turned into a sparkle in the sky. Alice stood in silence, still trying to attempt to comprehend what just happened.

"What just happened?" she questioned.

Frieda doesn't look happy anymore. She started snuggling against Massamune and muttered, "Let's go on the recon mission..."

Alice shrugged off the odd behavior. Frieda will be just fine! Besides, she's going on her first mission! She skipped while following the couple, setting off into the woods to search for the gates.

Miyako and Ninel stood by their pegasi, deep eye circles under their eyes and slouching on their weapons to keep them steady. Miyako fell asleep right away last night, but it was late, and she was not expecting Shadow be the one to wake her and her friend up. Yeah, she was excited, but did the Dark Angel really have to wake them up at four in the morning? They were only leaving at seven, and she only needed to wake up at five, and not miss thirty minutes she could have had for sleeping! She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes for the millionth time. She's so tired, she's beginning to imagine chocolate bars floating around her head and then leading her to her tent for an extra fifty hours of much needed rest.

She thought about her comfy cot, her warm blanket, her soft pillow...she slapped herself. Get a hold of yourself, Miyako!

Her mind drifted to a long time ago...

When she was four, she would drag herself downstairs to breakfast. Her mom would always cook eggs and bacon, her favorite breakfast meal. Her mother would always greet her with a "Good morning, Sunshine!" while flipping a pancake. Miyako smiles at the memory. Oh, how she hated being called Sunshine. Frieda developed the nickname for her a few days ago. Though that nickname already exists, it only did a few centuries and three quarters ago. And then her mom found out about her dad being an angel...and it turned upside down from there. Her mom tried to...no! She won't think about it! She promised herself she never would again.

Shadow approached the two. "Let's get this over with."

"Well, sunshine, you don't have to be grumpy," muttered Ninel.

Shadow gave the ice nymph a dark look. "Hush, now. Let's not get on my nerves. You won't like the outcome."

There was a sudden explosion, the ground erupting in a geyser of dirt and trees and shrubbery. There was a ear-deafening scream, and something with large black wings and a monstrous scythe in hand came zooming from the center of the explosion. She screamed in anger before swinging her scythe, cutting off the tops of twenty-some trees. "Where is Ninel and Miyako?" she shrieked.

Shadow took a defensive stance in front of the new archangels. "Sakura..."

My apologies to roserain1998 for not introducing Alice sooner! There just wasn't much of a good time to incorporate her into the story, so I hope you liked how I introduced her and her feelings.

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