Touma wept as he shook Seiji's body. "Wake up!" He shook his head, over and over, not believing what was happening. "Seiji, oh Seiji..." He sobbed, his tears staining Seiji's pristine silk pajamas. "Who did this to you?! Who did it?!"
"Um, Touma?" Ryo carefully ventured into the room. "Are you okay?"
"Seiji...dead..." He squeezed his eyes shut.
"What? Did you have a nightmare?" Ryo came over, immediately turning ghost-white as he saw Seiji. "What happened?! Touma, what'd you do?!" He shoved the Warrior of Life to the floor. "Did you kill him?!"
"NO!" Touma wailed. He curled up in the fetal position, his frame shaking. "I didn't kill him! I loved him!"
"Seiji..." Ryo stood silently over the blonde's body. "Who did this to you? You're just lying there...no signs of foul play, no nothing...what happened..."
"He was too young for this to happen!" Touma stood up, trembling. "Anubisu did this! That rat finally got up the nerve to come after him!"
"No, this is not the work of Anubisu. Don't you remember how he killed Yuli and Mie?"
"Yes." He nodded to his comrade. "But if it was a battle..."
"He would be blood-stained...and he called for me..." Touma remembered the last ten minutes. "He woke up and screamed..."
"A nightmare killed him?"
"No..." He fought to remember. "Something inside him, something alive! He warned me. Told me to let you guys know."
"Um, Touma, I'm going to call the police. Please go to bed, and try to get some sleep, okay?"
"You sounded like Mie right there."
"So I did." Ryo gently punched the Life Warrior. "Get outta here."
"I will." Touma leaned over the lifeless Light Warrior. "Sweet dreams, Date Seiji." He murmured as he smoother the boy's bangs.
"Go on, Touma." Ryo led the boy out the door. "'Night."
"'Night, Ryo." He shut the door to his room and cried himself to sleep.
Again, the Warrior of Virtue stood above the Warrior of Light. "Only one person, if you can call her that, could've done this. Kayura." He muttered angrily. "That bitch warrior, the one who Shuten tried to save. She did go back to the Dynasty..." He called the police.
***
Touma looked around warily. A figure was silently flying around him. He shuddered, feeling it's evil presence. "Who's there?" He put out an arm, and felt something grab it and twist behind his back. He cried out in pain.
"That ought to be my question." A sweet voice, subtly laced with evil, breathed gently behind him.
"Satoriana!" Touma gasped. "Let go!"
"Wrong, Life Child." She let go of him. "So, it is you. I was worried it was somebody else." She went around to a table cloaked in the utter blackness. Touma heard a match light a candle and the room was filled with an evil life-sucking glow. "I tried to save him. There is a fallen angel among you, Touma."
A sweet-looking young woman looked at him. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, and deep azure eyes, which were filled with tears. Touma narrowed his eyes. "Who are you?"
"My name is Gwenith. I'm your angel, Touma, the one who's been inside you since birth. I tried to save Seiji, but he was done for. The demon killed him." A malicious smile played across her face, too quick for him to catch. "I feel so terrible, I can't believe I couldn't stop her..."
Touma looked at her, puzzled. She emitted a loving vibe, in which he could sense no evil, but their surroundings told him otherwise. "I don't believe you."
"The reason you and I are meeting here is because I don't want her to find you. I'm disguising my surroundings so they give an evil aura. Perhaps she'll think I'm a demon and trying to destroy you. And if she does think that, then you'll be safe." Gwenith held him close to her. Touma surprised himself by embracing her in return, and soon he felt slight shivers coming from her.
"Are you okay?" He stepped away, hands on her shoulders. "Oh, you're crying...please don't cry." He wiped away her tears. "I'm sure Seiji's free now."
"I hope so, Touma, I truly do." She whimpered.
"I know he's in a better place, and he's waiting for me. He'll be waiting for me when I die. He'll lead me to his paradise."
"Did you truly love him, Touma?" She asked a little too curiously, Touma thought.
"Yes, I did. But not like I loved Atoris. He was just so..." he sighed.
"I know, love, I know." She went around to his back and began giving him a shoulder rub. "It'll be okay..."
Wait, something isn't right! Get her off, Touma! Touma's thoughts raced through his head too late. Gwenith's thumbs struck him at the top of him spinal cord and he toppled to the floor. "No!"
Before his eyes, his angel changed. Her hair became long and black, her eyes a frightened night laced with icy blue around the iris. "You are a gullible fool, Touma!" She laughed.
"Angel!"
"Wrong. I'm not an angel." She pulled him to his feet roughly, and dragged him over to a chair. She held him to it with dark bonds. "I'm a demon. Seiji's demon to be exact."
"You! You killed him!"
"So glad you've come to that realization, Tenku."
"How do you know?!"
"I was a part of Seiji. Gwenith really is, or was, a part of you. But she really was an angel, too easily destroyed. She should've put up more of a fight." The demon-girl cackled. "And now she's gone! And soon, so will you. Would you like to warn your little pathetic friends of me?"
"You're what Seiji warned me of...why'd you kill him?!"
"Because he never paid attention to me! I wanted to be an angel, but since he never did anything to help me grow, or anything for me at all, I turned resentful! I grew evil, more evil than you can imagine!"
"What have you done to yourself?" Touma started to weep for the innocence lost in this demon. She could've been a beautiful angel. "Why did you do it to Seiji?"
"Because it's what he deserved." She hissed. "And now for you...who's next? Your choice."
"No! No more!"
She put her forehead against his. "I killed Yuli...gave Anubisu the ideas for Mie..."
"What?!" Touma fought against his bonds. "Let me go! I'll kill you!" Suddenly, her lips were on his, silencing him with a kiss. His lips burned, his soul screamed, every fiber in his body trembled as her evilness coursed through him. When she broke from him, he was pale and sweating.
"Who's next? Answer the question. Would you like to warn them?"
"Let me warn them, please, Demon..." Touma couldn't bear his stupidity.
"Very well."
***
Touma stumbled into Shin's room. "Shin!"
"Yes, Touma?" Shin looked from where he was feeding his fish. "What ever is the matter?"
"Demon! Killer she-demon out to get us! Tell-" He was cut off, like Seiji, and fell at Shin's feet.
"Touma!" Shin shrieked and kneeled next to him. He started giving him CPR, but it was no use. His soul was gone from his body, forever.
***
"Okay, well, you warned one of them." She blew out the candle. "That candle didn't represent anything like it did for Seiji. But I know what you've wanted more than anything else in the world."
"And what is that?!" Touma spat at her, ready to fight for his life.
"Love." She leaned over, and wrenched his head back. "I love you, Touma. Don't forget that." She kissed him passionately.
Touma's body convulsed, his soul fleeing his body. His lips were in hell itself, and his soul was trapped at a barrier the demon had set up. His muscles tensed and relaxed alternately. Then he was gone.
"That's another one." The she-demon licked her lips. "Who's next?"
"Um, Touma?" Ryo carefully ventured into the room. "Are you okay?"
"Seiji...dead..." He squeezed his eyes shut.
"What? Did you have a nightmare?" Ryo came over, immediately turning ghost-white as he saw Seiji. "What happened?! Touma, what'd you do?!" He shoved the Warrior of Life to the floor. "Did you kill him?!"
"NO!" Touma wailed. He curled up in the fetal position, his frame shaking. "I didn't kill him! I loved him!"
"Seiji..." Ryo stood silently over the blonde's body. "Who did this to you? You're just lying there...no signs of foul play, no nothing...what happened..."
"He was too young for this to happen!" Touma stood up, trembling. "Anubisu did this! That rat finally got up the nerve to come after him!"
"No, this is not the work of Anubisu. Don't you remember how he killed Yuli and Mie?"
"Yes." He nodded to his comrade. "But if it was a battle..."
"He would be blood-stained...and he called for me..." Touma remembered the last ten minutes. "He woke up and screamed..."
"A nightmare killed him?"
"No..." He fought to remember. "Something inside him, something alive! He warned me. Told me to let you guys know."
"Um, Touma, I'm going to call the police. Please go to bed, and try to get some sleep, okay?"
"You sounded like Mie right there."
"So I did." Ryo gently punched the Life Warrior. "Get outta here."
"I will." Touma leaned over the lifeless Light Warrior. "Sweet dreams, Date Seiji." He murmured as he smoother the boy's bangs.
"Go on, Touma." Ryo led the boy out the door. "'Night."
"'Night, Ryo." He shut the door to his room and cried himself to sleep.
Again, the Warrior of Virtue stood above the Warrior of Light. "Only one person, if you can call her that, could've done this. Kayura." He muttered angrily. "That bitch warrior, the one who Shuten tried to save. She did go back to the Dynasty..." He called the police.
***
Touma looked around warily. A figure was silently flying around him. He shuddered, feeling it's evil presence. "Who's there?" He put out an arm, and felt something grab it and twist behind his back. He cried out in pain.
"That ought to be my question." A sweet voice, subtly laced with evil, breathed gently behind him.
"Satoriana!" Touma gasped. "Let go!"
"Wrong, Life Child." She let go of him. "So, it is you. I was worried it was somebody else." She went around to a table cloaked in the utter blackness. Touma heard a match light a candle and the room was filled with an evil life-sucking glow. "I tried to save him. There is a fallen angel among you, Touma."
A sweet-looking young woman looked at him. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, and deep azure eyes, which were filled with tears. Touma narrowed his eyes. "Who are you?"
"My name is Gwenith. I'm your angel, Touma, the one who's been inside you since birth. I tried to save Seiji, but he was done for. The demon killed him." A malicious smile played across her face, too quick for him to catch. "I feel so terrible, I can't believe I couldn't stop her..."
Touma looked at her, puzzled. She emitted a loving vibe, in which he could sense no evil, but their surroundings told him otherwise. "I don't believe you."
"The reason you and I are meeting here is because I don't want her to find you. I'm disguising my surroundings so they give an evil aura. Perhaps she'll think I'm a demon and trying to destroy you. And if she does think that, then you'll be safe." Gwenith held him close to her. Touma surprised himself by embracing her in return, and soon he felt slight shivers coming from her.
"Are you okay?" He stepped away, hands on her shoulders. "Oh, you're crying...please don't cry." He wiped away her tears. "I'm sure Seiji's free now."
"I hope so, Touma, I truly do." She whimpered.
"I know he's in a better place, and he's waiting for me. He'll be waiting for me when I die. He'll lead me to his paradise."
"Did you truly love him, Touma?" She asked a little too curiously, Touma thought.
"Yes, I did. But not like I loved Atoris. He was just so..." he sighed.
"I know, love, I know." She went around to his back and began giving him a shoulder rub. "It'll be okay..."
Wait, something isn't right! Get her off, Touma! Touma's thoughts raced through his head too late. Gwenith's thumbs struck him at the top of him spinal cord and he toppled to the floor. "No!"
Before his eyes, his angel changed. Her hair became long and black, her eyes a frightened night laced with icy blue around the iris. "You are a gullible fool, Touma!" She laughed.
"Angel!"
"Wrong. I'm not an angel." She pulled him to his feet roughly, and dragged him over to a chair. She held him to it with dark bonds. "I'm a demon. Seiji's demon to be exact."
"You! You killed him!"
"So glad you've come to that realization, Tenku."
"How do you know?!"
"I was a part of Seiji. Gwenith really is, or was, a part of you. But she really was an angel, too easily destroyed. She should've put up more of a fight." The demon-girl cackled. "And now she's gone! And soon, so will you. Would you like to warn your little pathetic friends of me?"
"You're what Seiji warned me of...why'd you kill him?!"
"Because he never paid attention to me! I wanted to be an angel, but since he never did anything to help me grow, or anything for me at all, I turned resentful! I grew evil, more evil than you can imagine!"
"What have you done to yourself?" Touma started to weep for the innocence lost in this demon. She could've been a beautiful angel. "Why did you do it to Seiji?"
"Because it's what he deserved." She hissed. "And now for you...who's next? Your choice."
"No! No more!"
She put her forehead against his. "I killed Yuli...gave Anubisu the ideas for Mie..."
"What?!" Touma fought against his bonds. "Let me go! I'll kill you!" Suddenly, her lips were on his, silencing him with a kiss. His lips burned, his soul screamed, every fiber in his body trembled as her evilness coursed through him. When she broke from him, he was pale and sweating.
"Who's next? Answer the question. Would you like to warn them?"
"Let me warn them, please, Demon..." Touma couldn't bear his stupidity.
"Very well."
***
Touma stumbled into Shin's room. "Shin!"
"Yes, Touma?" Shin looked from where he was feeding his fish. "What ever is the matter?"
"Demon! Killer she-demon out to get us! Tell-" He was cut off, like Seiji, and fell at Shin's feet.
"Touma!" Shin shrieked and kneeled next to him. He started giving him CPR, but it was no use. His soul was gone from his body, forever.
***
"Okay, well, you warned one of them." She blew out the candle. "That candle didn't represent anything like it did for Seiji. But I know what you've wanted more than anything else in the world."
"And what is that?!" Touma spat at her, ready to fight for his life.
"Love." She leaned over, and wrenched his head back. "I love you, Touma. Don't forget that." She kissed him passionately.
Touma's body convulsed, his soul fleeing his body. His lips were in hell itself, and his soul was trapped at a barrier the demon had set up. His muscles tensed and relaxed alternately. Then he was gone.
"That's another one." The she-demon licked her lips. "Who's next?"