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After Kamito's Death
In the Spirit Forest within the Ordesia Empire, Terminus Est was walking through the forest and was feeling sadness. On the night before, her male Elementalist Kamito Kazehaya was killed by someone who wasn't even an Elementalist. Est was walking in sadness and felt lost with despair.
"Kamito," Est said, "after a thousand years, I thought I finally found someone again to be with but you're gone. I have no reason to keep going."
Est suddenly felt a presence and she stopped and looked and she frowned as she saw who it was and it was Restia who was sitting on a large tree branch.
"You," Est said with hatred.
Restia just looked at Est.
"Hello Holy Sword," Restia said.
"What do you want?" Est asked upset.
"Would you believe me if I was to say that I came to see you?" Restia asked.
"Why?" Est asked as she was suspicious.
Restia came down from the branch and looked at Est with a sad expression.
"I need your help," Restia said.
"I see no reason to do such a thing," Est replied, "I know you were there last night when Kamito died. I know you're involved with the one who killed him."
"I admit that is true," Restia said, "but Kamito's death was not what I desired."
"Do you expect me to believe you?" Est replied.
"Even if you don't believe me," Restia said, "what I just said is the truth. I never wanted Kamito to die."
"I should just end you," Est said.
"You shouldn't make the attempt," Restia warned.
Est glared at Restia in response.
Flashback: Four years ago, Fire Lord Shrine
Fianna was facing Rubia Elstein as the flames surrounded the both of them at the shrine. Fianna had just summoned her contracted spirit, Georgios and ordered her spirit to charge towards Rubia. Rubia however countered with a single sword strike and eliminated Georgios. It shocked Fianna as her spirit seal shattered which led her to be traumatized. Fianna fell on the floor and looked on horrified as Rubia looked back at Fianna with cold eyes.
"Why?" Fianna asked as she was shaking, "Why are you doing this? I don't understand how can you do this?"
"Of course you don't understand," Rubia replied, "and even if I was to tell you, you still wouldn't understand," Rubia raised the sword in the air, "therefore I see no reason to waste my breath any further with you."
Flashback End
Fianna gasped as she opened her eyes and she panted. She looked up seeing the roof and remembered her surroundings. She was in her dorm room within the Areishia Spirit Academy. Fianna sat up from her bed and placed her hand on her face.
"That same dream again," Fianna said frustrated and then tears formed and fell from her eyes as she felt sadness and despair, "Kamito…"
Fianna thought of Kamito with the events that had happened last night when Kamito lost his fight against Jio in which he was killed. Fianna felt despaired and blamed herself figuring that if wasn't for her, if she wasn't so weak as she felt she was that Kamito would still be alive and it was worse for her that Kamito still didn't remember her even though she had remembered him. Fianna Ray Ordesia was convinced that she was cursed of losing things and people that she cherished.
"Kamito," Fianna said as she kept crying, "Kamito… I never expressed how I felt. You were the only one that I thought about. I wanted to be with you but now you're gone. How can I go on knowing that you're gone? Kamito… Kamito!"
Fianna kept crying her heart out as she felt helpless. Meanwhile Claire was in her room and she was crying as well for the loss of Kamito. Claire felt alone again and she broke down crying on her bed.
"Kamito," Claire said in anguish, "Kamito… how could you leave me? You promise that you'll always stay with me. Why did you have to die?"
Claire kept crying and her contracted spirit Scarlet was sad for Claire as well and kept close to her. Claire responded by holding on to Scarlet and kept crying.
"I miss him so much," Claire said to Scarlet.
Scarlet meowed in response and felt sad for her Elementalist. There was a sudden knock on the door.
"Claire," Rinslet's voice said, "Claire, can I come in?"
Claire sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Sure, come in," Claire said sadly.
The door opened and Rinslet came in with Carol and they both had sad expression.
"Claire, the headmistress wants to speak with you in her office," Rinslet said, "along with Fianna."
"I see," Claire said.
"Claire," Rinslet said, "I'm so sorry about what happened to Kamito."
Claire looked as though she was about to break down again.
"I've lost everything and everyone," Claire said, "I lose my sister, my home and status, my parents are now in prison and now I've lost Kamito. It's like the world just keeps taking things and people away from me."
Later on, Claire arrived and entered Greyworth's office and there was Fianna as well as Freya.
"Glad you came," Greyworth said.
"Yes," Claire said with a sad expression.
Claire noticed that Fianna's eyes were red and she could tell why and Greyworth sighed as she was upset.
"Kamito's death has come as a huge devastating blow to us," Greyworth said.
"It's my fault," Fianna said as she was shaking, "if it wasn't for me, Kamito would still be alive."
"That's not true," Greyworth said.
Fianna looked at Greyworth surprised.
"It's not your fault," Greyworth said, "Kamito wasn't what he used to be. He was lacking in his training, all due to finding that Dark Spirit of his that left him three years ago. What happened was the result of Kamito being out of the game."
"Out of the game?" Claire asked as she was confused.
"But still…" Fianna said.
"I'm sure Kamito doesn't regret what he did," Greyworth pointed out, "he was willing to help you," Greyworth turned to Claire, "wouldn't you agree Claire?"
"I…" Claire spoke and then looked away with sadness, "yes, I would agree."
Greyworth looked at the two girls and then decided to continue.
"With that in mind, there's still the matter of military spirit in the Mining Town Gado," Greyworth said, "that situation still needs to be taken care of but with Kamito gone, I will also be assigning Ellis as well as the other Sylphid Knights to accompany you to Gado."
"The Sylphid Knights?" Claire replied surprised and then she got upset, "Headmistress, please reconsider. We don't need the knights. We'll do fine without them."
"You seem strongly against having the Sylphid Knights with you," Freya said.
"I am," Claire said strongly.
"Claire, I know you have issues with them but after what happened with Kamito, we can't be picky," Greyworth said, "and besides, it's highly likely that Jio Inzagi, the one who killed Kamito will be there. They want to have the chance to get him and you're going to need help while checking the seal and it's too dangerous for you two to be on your own, unless you actually have three more people in your team."
Claire flinched and looked away thinking that was impossible in the first place.
"We don't but are you saying we're not capable on our own to complete the task?" Claire asked feeling offended.
"Unfortunately yes," Greyworth said, "I was confident that you would complete the task before but then after Kamito died…"
Greyworth shook her head and Claire got upset.
"Kamito was going to bring us a sure victory in the upcoming Blade Dance," Greyworth continued, "that's why I went through the trouble to bringing him here to attend here in the first place."
Freya looked at Greyworth but didn't say anything and then afterwards Claire and Fianna left the office.
"I can't believe that she's having the knights come with us in our mission," Claire said upset.
"What do you expect?" Fianna replied, "I only came here to be with Kamito and now it's all pointless."
"Okay, I need to know right now," Claire said, "what was your relationship with Kamito?"
"It's doesn't matter anymore," Fianna said, "Kamito is dead and besides, he didn't even remember me."
"Didn't remember you?" Claire replied, "What do you mean?"
"Kamito and I met when he saved me once three years ago," Fianna said, "but I'm sure that meant nothing to him. I was just some girl he met along the way."
Claire was surprised and wondered how and why.
"Claire," Rinslet's voice spoke.
Claire and Fianna came by and saw Rinslet and Carol.
"Rinslet," Claire said.
"You'll be heading to that mining town Gado, right?" Rinslet inquired.
"Yes," Claire answered.
"In that case, let me come along," Rinslet said.
"My lady," Carol said surprised.
"You want to come with us?" Fianna asked.
"That's right," Rinslet said, "I'm willing to help. With everything that has happened, I want to come along and besides, I heard about the fiend who killed Kamito," Rinslet looked at Claire and Fianna with determination, "I want revenge. I want revenge on the brute that killed Kamito."
"I didn't think you actually cared," Claire said, "all you seemed to care about was making Kamito your servant… even though I made it clear to you that he was my slave."
Fianna got angry instantly at what Claire just said.
"Listen—" Fianna spoke.
"That doesn't matter anymore," Rinslet interjected.
"What?" Claire asked.
Fianna looked at Rinslet and they both saw that Rinslet had a determined expression.
"The fact is that Kamito died protecting this school," Rinslet said and he looked at Fianna, "he died protecting you."
Fianna had her head down and she clenched her teeth in frustration.
"I already know that," Fianna said.
"I believe that we owe it him," Rinslet said, "at the very least that much."
"Rinslet, you…" Claire said as she and Fianna were surprised.
Spirit Forest
There was a young red haired woman who was wearing a cloak over her clothes and wore a mask and she looked around and it was Rubia Elstein, Claire's older sister who was known as the Calamity Queen. She had in her hand Laevateinn, which in the Elemental Waffe form of a sword and it was known as the strongest Fire Spirit that she had taken from the Fire Lord Shrine four years ago.
"Nowhere to be found," Rubia said, "did she really take off?"
"It's too bad," A male voice said.
Rubia glanced over and saw it was Jio.
"Oh, it's just you," Rubia said in a deadpan tone.
"So what's the deal with the Dark Spirit?" Jio asked.
"If she thinks she can back out of this then she is severely mistaken," Rubia said, "the plan doesn't change. Jio Inzagi, you hurry over to Gado," Rubia turned to Jio with glare, "I want that military spirit, I want Jormangund."
"Hmph, whatever," Jio said expression that he didn't care, "I'll do you this favor but don't think you can just order me around afterwards. Remember I'm the true successor of the Demon King. I proved that last night when I killed Kamito Kazehaya," Jio then frowned, "although I can't say that I'm pleased with it since he was so damn weak."
"That was his own fault," Rubia said, "it's like you said, he was just weak. He was out of the game for three years. Your victory over him was the result of it."
Jio glared at Rubio and clenched his teeth.
Areishia Spirit Academy
Word had spread all over the academy about Kamito losing his life last night at the hands of the person who infiltrated the academy and stole the documents.
"Hey, is it really true?" One of the shrine maidens asked.
"You mean about the male Elementalist being killed?" Another shrine maiden asked, "Yeah, it's actually true. One of the Sylphid Knights told me."
"Really?" Another shrine maiden asked, "That lewd beast is dead?"
"Some trespasser broke in the academy and took out the knights and then fought against the male Elementalist and beat him," Another shrine maiden said.
"Wow, so the Demon King of the Night is dead," Another shrine maiden said.
"Far as I'm concern, he deserved it," Another shrine maiden said with contempt.
"That's right, that what he gets for being a pervert coming here to a place of shrine maidens," A shrine maiden said with disdain.
"The second Demon King has been slain before he had the chance to bring chaos," Another shrine maiden said.
"Well he was on the side of the Calamity Queen's sister," A shrine maiden with a smug tone.
"Not to mention the disgraced second princess of the empire," Another shrine maiden pointed with a smile.
"It's too bad that the Calamity Queen's sister didn't die as well last night," A cynical shrine maiden said.
"Yes that it true," Another shrine maiden said, "it would be so better if she was just gone. Nobody wants her around anyway."
"Coming here in this academy acting like nothing happened," An angry shrine maiden said, "talk about arrogance."
"That's enough," A female voice said strongly.
The shrine maidens that were talking looked and were surprised to see Greyworth was glaring at them and they were all nervous and without saying anything, they all left. Greyworth shook her head and was just upset with what was going on. Meanwhile Claire, Rinslet, and Carol were at the entrance gate and they had horses with them. Fianna arrived and was struggling to keep to her horse.
"Having trouble with your horse even though you're a princess?" Claire asked surprised.
Rinslet went over and calmed Fianna's horse down and Fianna felt relieved.
"The Institute never taught me how to ride one," Fianna explained.
"So you're here," Ellis's voice said.
They looked over and saw Ellis along with Reishia, Rakka, and a few more Sylphid Knights and Claire and Rinslet were still not happy about it but they knew that it was all under orders of the headmistress herself and they didn't really have a choice and it was a painful reminder for them that Kamito Kazehaya was gone.
"If Kamito was still alive, we wouldn't need the knights along," Claire said in her head.
Mining Town Gado
Claire, Fianna, Rinslet along with Ellis and few of her fellow knights arrived at the Mining Town Gado.
"The town that has been abandoned for decades," Ellis said.
"No human lives here," Rinslet said, "but spirits are another thing."
"We must be cautious," Ellis said, "the one who killed Kamito is there. That we know for sure."
Claire, Rinslet, and Fianna flinched angrily.
"Jio Inzagi, right?" Rinslet asked, "That's the name of Kamito's killer."
"Correct," Ellis said.
"Listen up," Claire said, "I'll be the one to beat Jio Inzagi."
"What was that?" Ellis replied looking at Claire.
"He killed my slave spirit," Claire said, "so it only right that I be the one to take him down. You knights just protect Fianna and make sure she succeeds in resealing the military spirit."
"What was that?" Reishia asked angrily.
"Who do you think you are giving us orders?" Rakka asked angrily.
"Claire Rouge, you don't make the decisions here," Ellis responded strongly.
Claire glared at the Sylphid Knights while Fianna and Rinslet frowned. Unbeknownst to them that the girls were being watched and they were watched by someone and it was the ponytailed Shinigami. The Shinigami sighed and used Shunpo.
Rukongai, Soul Society
The Shinigami spoke to Kamito and Kota and they both responded with the responses. Afterwards, the Shinigami left with the two bodies of their dead comrades. Not long afterwards, Kamito was walking with Kota and they were making their way through the district. As they were walking, Kota was telling Kamito about where they were and the how it was living in the Rukongai. Kota told Kamito that they were in the 40th District of northern side of the Rukongai called Minori, Kota explained that they were 320 districts in total of the Rukongai and they were split of 80 each of the north side, south side, west side, and east side. He also talked about the living conditions of the Rukongai and how the districts gradually descend the higher the number. Kamito was taking in the surrounding and getting the feel of where he was and was thankful for Kota for explaining things to him.
"I appreciate you telling me and giving me a rundown of the place," Kamito said.
"It's not a problem," Kota replied, "I'm glad I can help. I can understand how can be rough. Anyway, we should go see someone."
"Hmm, who?" Kamito asked.
Kota looked at Kamito with a smile, "You'll see. He's someone who very knowledgeable. In fact, I would say that he's the most knowledgeable person in this district. Everyone goes to him when they need to help or advise. This is a good opportunity to get know him and the people here in the district."
"Huh, all right then," Kamito said, "I'll take your word for it."
"Glad to hear it," Kota said, "you won't regret it."
They soon saw a house and Kota pointed the house to Kamito and they both went to the house. They opened the door and there they saw a man who middle aged and brown mid-length hair, brown eyes, and wore a light blue sleeveless robe. The middle aged man looked at the two men who came into his house.
"Oh, looks like I have visitors," The middle aged man said, "Hello there Kota."
"Hi, sorry to drop by unannounced," Kota said with a grin, "I came with someone who I want to you to meet."
Kamito stepped forward and stood next to Kota.
"Hello there," Kamito said.
"This is Kamito Kazehaya," Kota said and then he turned to Kamito, "Kamito, this is Tatsu. This is the guy I was telling you about."
"It's nice to meet you Tatsu," Kamito said.
The middle aged man named smiled and nodded at Kamito.
"Likewise," Tatsu said, "it's nice to meet you Kamito. I'm Tatsu Ueno and I am assuming that you are new here, correct?"
"Yes I just arrived here in the Soul Society after I died," Kamito said.
"I see," Tatsu said smiling, "well sit and relax you two. It's always nice to have friendly conversations."
That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: A situation goes from bad to worse and a gang in Minori.
