I know in the first chapter of my recent story Life Together that I was possibly going to rewrite the second chapter for this…I'm going to go against my friends and say…no, that won't be happening, only because I need Saito to have humanity in him as death for the duration of this story and you'll find out what I mean in this chapter.
The four walked down the street in silence before Saito stopped and sighed, "Hey…what's wrong, Sai-"
"Louise," Saito ignored the new War and looked at the pinkette with narrowed eyes, "That woman with pink hair?" Louise arched a brow in confusion, "Not Auntie Karin, the other one…who is she?"
"You mean Cattleya? She's my older sister, why?" Saito frowned as he turned and began walking back towards the manor, "Hey…hey, I'm talking to you idiot! Why did you want to know my sister's name!" Saito continued to ignore her as he walked back down, "Is she dying!" Saito turned the corner before the three quickly chased after him.
The four entered the manor and Saito looked at Louise's parents and her sisters with narrowed eyes, "You four…follow me," everyone stared at him in silence before he hissed, "Now!" quickly jumping, Karin, Centurion and their two oldest daughters quickly walked out of the manor.
Saito was about to step out of the manor before he looked down at Louise, "Louise, it might be best if you stay here with the others,"
"Are you insane!" Louise snapped, pressing the wand against Saito's cheek, "We just learned we're the next Horsemen of the Apocalypse and that you're going to be the next Death and you expect me to stay here while you talk to my family! Are you drunk or-"
"Can someone hold her here?" Saito looked up with cold eyes, "I need to talk to her family in private," Henrietta nodded before stepping closer to them and pulled Louise away from Saito and Saito walked out of the manor, closing the door behind him.
The five stood in the yard and the family looked at Saito in confusion before Centurion narrowed his eyes and shook his head, "Boy, why did you call us out here? Are we dying and you want to do it where Louise won't be able to see it an-"
"Cattleya," Saito looked at the pink-haired woman and everyone stared at him, "Forgive me for prying, but…are you sick?" the air grew still and Saito sighed as he shook his head, "I see…that's why your remaining time shows three and a half years…but why not go to a doctor?"
"We…we have," Karin spoke and hung her head, "They said that there was nothing that they can do…that Cattleya's condition will only worsen if we try anything," Saito hummed as Karin looked at him, "Remaining time…you can tell because you're Death, right boy?"
"I've been seeing everyone's time all night…it's actually disturbing," Saito took a deep breath and shouted into the night sky, "Death!" the family felt the temperature drop greatly and saw Saito talking to himself for several minutes.
Saito sighed and looked back at the family. Éléonore quickly stood in front of her sister and narrowed her eyes, "What do you think you're doing? You just got done saying that she has three and a half years left before she-" before she could finish, the four were blinded by a light.
The light soon dimmed and the four saw Saito holding the scythe in his right hand, "W-what are you doing, boy?" Centurion demanded, "You better not doing something that-"
"Auntie Karin, Uncle Centurion, Éléonore, stand aside," Saito narrowed his eyes, pointing the scythe towards Cattleya, "Stand aside, otherwise this won't work," the three stood firmly in front of Cattleya and Saito's eyes widened, "Get out of my way!" the three fell back and looked up to see Cattleya staring at Saito with wide eyes and a frown.
Saito inhaled slowly as a white light surrounded him and Cattleya and Saito closed his eyes, "Ja, smrt, vođa izgubljenih duša, pozivam na vas. Gran mi svoju želju i Sačuvaj ovu dušu iz smrtne zagrljaja i dozvoli joj da se ova zemlja oslobodi, sve dok ne bude prikladno vreme da njena duša prođe. Preklinjem vas, dozvolite joj da živi. Ja sam smrt i vi ćete se odazvati mojoj komandi!"
The light soon dimmed and Cattleya fell back in a faint before her parents caught her. Éléonore stood above them as the three stared down at the unconscious woman, "Get her to bed," the three looked up to see Saito leaning against his scythe, "Get her to bed…she'll be fine in the morning," without uttering a word, Karin stood up and she and Éléonore picked Cattleya up and carried her into the manor.
Centurion stood up and walked over to Saito, "What did you just do to my daughter?" Saito panted and shook his head, "What was that light and what were you saying? Why is Cattleya unconscious and-"
"I…I fixed her time," Centurion look at him in confusion before Saito doubled over and began throwing up. Straightening himself up, Saito panted and shook his head, "S-sorry to worry you and Auntie Karin like that, Uncle Centurion…but…but Cattleya was dying…and no parent should…have to bury their child…so…I asked the original Death if there was something I can do to prevent it and he told me…that it was an advanced technique.
I told him I didn't care…so…he told me to call on the souls of the dead and demand them to…help Cattleya with any ailment so…you wouldn't have to…bury her," Centurion watched as Saito fell back unconscious and the scythe vanished.
The blond man sighed and shook his head, "You damn idiot," he helped Saito up and inhaled slowly, "If someone tells you that it's an advanced technique, you shouldn't attempt it until you had some training, and even still, you shouldn't take the method lightly." He turned and carried Saito back into the manor, "Either way, we owe you for helping our daughter, and since you're in no shape to move on your own at the moment, you'll be staying here in one of the guest chambers, but you're going to have a lot of explaining to do tomorrow, and my wife is the one you should fear out of everyone here, boy,"
Well…this is why I wanted to show Saito still had some humanity, or at least part of it. More moments where the four are still in touch with their humanity will be shown as the story progresses. Please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.
