AN: Hey everybody, it's Edward the Pure. I hope you guys are as excited as I am that Izaya died. And guess what, to quote a certain robots, "There is more than meets the eye." And guess what, you'll have to wait until Tuesday or Monday for it! :) Don't you guys love that? I know I do because it gives me more time to accurately make the idea longer and Aoi's going to be this chapter. You'd think that she'd be dead or something after being shot in the head with bullets made of magic and hitting with a Sure Shot accuracy. But again, "There is more than meets the eye." Now let's roll up our sleeves and get to work on this story.

Chapter 24

*Aoi POV*

I woke up in a room that resembled a saloon. The two from earlier where sitting at the bar, only they were wearing all white business suits with black ties but they still wore their hats and spurs. I could make them out a little bit better than I did before. They both had golden blond hair and had brown eyes. The shorter one appeared to be younger and had a joyous look on her face. The taller and older one looked upset about something and serious about another.

"So you've finally woken up have you?" I turn to see a person wearing leather pants, boots with spikes on the toes pointing upwards, clawed hands with red nails, purple skin, short blond hair, a mask that resembled a cracked egg with 3 holes in it, one for each eye, a leather jacket with silver armor covering his chest, shoulders and back, and raven wings. He had a hand on a hand gun that had a twin barrel. He takes it off of it so not to frighten me. "About time. I was worried that Sode had used an actual bullet." At that the older girl stood up.

"I would never do that Beelz, you know me. Besides my gun won't accept actual bullets," she says. She walks over and helps me up. "Sorry about that, but we needed all three of us here before we started your trial." The younger one stepped forward, hopping with each step.

"It's no problem, really. I would have appreciated you just told me and not shot me," I tell her. She sweat drops and the younger one just giggles. "So what is this trial you have for me." The man, obviously called Beelz, stood up and showed Izaya being beheaded like he was nothing. I couldn't believe it, Izaya was gone. He couldn't be, I wouldn't believe it. They were probably trying to trick me or something.

"All you must do is tell us your thoughts on the matters. Whether you pass or not is not decided upon what we hear but what you say," the little girl pipes in. "I'm Shuiro by the way." She mock salutes with her tongue sticking out. I try to distract me mind from what I just saw. The shock of something like that wasn't what I needed right now.

"First off Aoi Muramasa, what do you believe being in love is?" Sode starts off. I look at her confused. "As in between two people who are not related by blood." I try to think. Izaya is the only thing I can think of at this moment, so coming up with an answer is hard.

"Love is a choice to be with someone for the rest of their lives and never do anything to do them harm such as killing them or taking advantage of them." All three seem to mentally write what it is that I say and look at me again.

"Second Ms. Muramasa, what is love?" Shuiro asks. That sounded like the first question at first but it seemed different somehow.

I push Izaya's corpse out of my mind so I can answer. "Love is a feeling that can be felt between many people. It is different from being in love and is the bond that shows how deep a friendship can be, thinking them as a brother or sister. But it can also be felt towards members of your own family." They do what they did before. The body and amount of blood still trapped in my mind.

"Third, why did you forsake love?" Beelz asks. That got the image out of my mind, focusing on what I had been asked. I hated this subject so much.

"When you're on the run, there are sometimes only one way to survive. And that's to stay with someone you don't know and give them what they want." I shift uncomfortably, remembering how many times that had happened to me. No one did it out of their own hearts, they just wanted someone to take advantage of me. I fight back tears that are threatening to spill.

"I'm sorry but we have to continue and things will get worse and worse for you." Beelz puts a hand on my shoulder trying to calm me down. I finally let them flow, the memories mixing with the image of Izaya dead. It's too much to bear.

"Fourth, did you tell Izaya?" It goes back to Sode. I wipe the tears, being strong.

"No. I never found it important enough to tell him. It wasn't something that I wanted anyone to know. I thought of what he'd think of me, but I guess that chance is gone now, right?" Tears flow again, emptiness filling my body.

"This is the final question, so don't worry about answering too soon," Shuiro asks. "Were you in love with Izaya or did you love him?" I can't feel anything, not even any tears falling down my face. I guess this is what the meaning 'feeling like an empty shell' feels like.

"I was neither in love with him nor did I love him. I liked him more than a friend but not like a brother. I think I might have been able to fall in love with him over time, but I'll never know now." I sit down in the chair behind me, wiping tears that were still coming and trying to stop myself. He wouldn't want me doing this over him. I knew that much.

"The words you have spoken seem to be true so you've passed, but it doesn't look like you care," Beelz states. I turn to him with an angry expression.

"You bet I don't care. He was the only one who never took advantage of me like I was some person for hire. He was dependable, trustworthy and kind. He is the only person I think I might have had a chance of love with! So you can kill me too. Without him, I don't know what to do." I ball my hands up into fists. "I'd rather be dead than to live without Izaya."

"Here's something to cheer you up. You may not care that you passed, but you will care with what we are about to show you," Shuiro says. She grabs my hand and pulls me against my will through a door leading to the outside. "Come on slow pokes!" She shouts at the other two. Sode is running to catch up and Beelz flies behind us.

In a flash of light we show up in a rocky place. I lean against a rock to my left, tired from all the excitement. I looked around and realized that the place looked like the place Izaya was killed. "Why are we where my boyfriend? Need to ask me some more questions that have to do with him." Sode motions for us to follow her. She apparently found something.

"Look here and you'll see why we're here." I look where she pointed and was shocked at what I saw. Izaya was just leaning against a rock, a female kneeling at his feet, and he was smoking, or at least trying it. When he took a puff in he coughed and threw it away.

"Stupid cigarette, how can this help with restoring my magic?" He asks the female. She doesn't move and just simply stares at the ground.

"The cigarette is made with ground up lacryma which turns into pure magic when smoked. It works with anyone who uses magic." He simply looked at her. "But that's beside the point. You have passed the trial. You have more patience then me, a Legend Titan that can kill a thousand men in an instant." He lets out a slight laugh.

"Well the plan was made when Titania called you an assassin, but I didn't know you were a Legend Titan." She stands up and nods.

"It was great nonetheless. And don't expect me to go easily like those other Legend Titans you have." She sticks out her hand and he takes it, shaking it. "Until our blades cross once more, but not on a field of battle." He walks away and out of sight. In an instant we're back to where we were before.

"Wait, so what was it that happened?" I ask the three of them.

"That is not something for us to answer," Sode answers. "Now it would be best if you went to join your future husband." I nod, thank them for their help and letting me pass and leave.

I walk up to a door the shape of a Stetson. "Wait!" I hear Shuiro say. I turn and she is panting. "Give these to Izaya. It's been awhile since they wanted to go with someone." She pulls out two pendants. One in the shape of a raven the other in the shape of a target. "Their nothing special, just please make sure. My mom told me to give those to anyone who could come back from the death even from decapitation." I nod and look back at the door.

There are words on there that I can barely make out. To be in love is never more than a single line, one that hopefully will stay between two people for the rest of their lives. I open the door and a flash of white blinds me. It clears and I see someone who resembled me, but with green hair and slightly less tanned skin. There is a woman sitting across from her with 3 Rune Knights, I think, behind her. "Now, shall I get onto business then, Aoi Tsubasa?" The other girl smiles.

"Of course, why else would we be here, Saika?" I look at her shocked. That couldn't be me, could it?

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AN: Alright there is some revealing in here and some foreshadowing and a cliffhanger to end it all off. Don't worry though, the continuation will be put up after next chapter. Let's get to the next bio. I believe that this time we have a noble knight named Paul.

Name: Paul

Age: 3000

Gender: Male

Appearance: A knight in silver armor. He bears a shield on his left arm with 2 intersecting crucifixes on it and a great sword in his right. When using the sword the shield teleports to his back so as not to get in the way of the swings.

History: Paul served many kings and tyrants. He swore an oath to them and never left their side or disobeyed their orders. He always left, though, when the kingdom fell, succumbing to enemy forces.

Personality: Will obey all orders given to him, even if it goes against his moral standards.

Other: Blindly loyal and is not affected by magic that would force him to turn on his master.

And we are done for the chapter now. I am going to warn people now, I have no idea how long the story will be at this time. There will be one time skip and that will be to the year that he leaves Fairy Tail to join the Uprising. I'm not going to estimate how long that will be. And when that's over, I will be posting a story for after the Uprising when he comes back to Fairy Tail. And a sequel after that for after Fatherfail's newest story St. Parallel cant save you now. And finally, all those who are reading this, remember the Doctor's first rule (that is Doctor Who's the Doctor), 'the Doctor lies.' So I may not post those under a different thing, but I probably will. I may accidentally follow the Doctor's first rule. So I hope to read your guys' reviews whenever I get them. I hope you have a great day and I will type to you all later, ciao. (Turns into multiple bats and flies away) Happy Halloween!