Kai and His Shadows
Kai was walking a good few meters away from the group as they made their way to the limousine. Asaya had become extremely quiet, and Max was chatting her happily away. Lei was still unusually pale, and Takao was telling him to get lots of sleep the second they enter the hotel room, he looked like he was pretty anemic. Professor was nodding and talking to Tsukiyo at the same time, who had found something new to be curious about. Chairman Daitenji was talking to Mrs. Mizuhara, and both Freyja and Yuri had gone off, Yuri saying that his sister had to get ready for her match.
But something was extremely wrong.
***What made you want to join the Broken Crescent, Mr. Hiwatari?***
Kai, in his resplondent tattooed little self, 4 years ago.
***I want to know something.***
***You're sure we could help you knowing that 'something'?***
***I am sure.***
***What is it that you want to know…?***
***…*** Kai was quiet. ***My parents.***
***Why didn't you ask your grandfather when you had the chance?***
***He said he'd rather not talk about those traitorous fools underneath his roof.***
***He really said that?***
***…yes.***
***Well then, I see no reason why we can't help you. Well met, Kai Hiwatari. I am honored to welcome you into the Brotherhood of the Black Crescent. I assure you, you would know that and so much more. So much MORE…***
Kai, 2 years ago, running through streets that were swamped in muddy puddles as heavy rain poured from the skies. It was really rainy then in Thailand. It was the middle of the monsoon…
***EDELWEISS!***
A young girl with long lightest amethyst hair was lying motionless on the puddle in front of him, her transparent filmy shawl flowing about her like mist. She smiled tenderly as soon as she saw Kai run up to where she was.
***The path…to the broken wings of the Goddess…is clear…***
***What…are you talking about…***
***The Guild…they have known…about the Goddess…for so…long…*** Edelweiss Schlessinger reached out to grab at the front of Kai's black turtleneck, her clear silver eyes pooling over with tears. ***Find her…***
Kai's eyes were filled with tears of their own. It was the only day he could remember that he had wept for anybody in his whole life. ***Don't die on me, Edelweiss!***
***I am sorry…I won't be with you much…longer…I can't stay around anymore…to protect you…find her…she will…she is…she would…*** At this the young girl's head dropped to her chest with a faint sigh and she was gone.
The old picture she held in her hands fell off and fluttered down to the puddle, which was becoming increasingly splattered on by the rain.
***The –Aurans- had gotten to her. We can do nothing for her right now.***
Kai looked up to see the brooding face of Nils Reinstadt standing in the rain over the 2. Kai was angry.
***Who are those –AURANS-?! Why did they have to kill HER?!***
***They've been searching for Eden as long as we have been searching for it, as well. Those –Aurans-…? Don't even think of trying to kill one of them, they're more likely to kill you FIRST.*** Nils turned and walked away. ***You wouldn't want one breathing down your sorry little neck.***
He stops. Kai looked at Nils to see why he stopped, and he saw 2 people in hooded cloaks blocking his path. One of them was holding a long sword from which blood dripped, and mixed with the muddy water and disappeared out of their own lives into forever.
***There are always 7 of them, my little friend. Get entangled in one of their brethren's affairs, and I assure you, they would hunt you down until the ends of the world. There are 2 of them right before us right now. The other 5 are just among the shadows, lying in wait. With them, it's hard for us ordinary mortals to strike first. We're likely to get killed first before we could even think.*** Nils nodded. ***They're searching for the Goddess, too. The path to the broken wings of the Goddess is clear. The day they should find her would be the end of us all. That was why your parents were killed.***
***!***
***Killed by the Guild. Yes, they knew a lot of things. They would be gunning for you next, too. Along with your little friends. Be careful. These –Aurans- do not know the concept of time. They could likely kill you now or tomorrow, or even when you're listening to a classical opera CD 50 years from now. The Guild's fury hath no bounds. They even make the Abbey sound like a very humane non-governmental organization.***
The Guild has killed his parents. And Asaya was one of those –Aurans-, one of those –Aurans- who had killed countless of his brothers in the Broken Crescent, including the youngest sister of their leader, Siegfried Schlessinger.
Died in his arms.
Finding his parents was an obssession with him, and now that he finally knew that it was the Guild who killed them, he swore to himself that he would find them and kill them all, for they had wasted too many lives already for their sick amusement.
Lei's entire White Tiger community was a very clear and recent example for this.
How many more lives would they get before they are satisfied? Why had the Guild summoned them here to France?
It was for this reason why he chose to have Asaya in with them when they went to China and was witness to Lei's horrible and really emotional homecoming.
It was for him to find all about her and know her weakness.
So he in turn, could KILL her.
With that in mind, Kai followed the rest of the happily chattering BBA Team into their limousine, a very quiet and grave young man that was reflected in the mirrors set about the Eiffel Stadium entrance: dressed in his outfit consisting of a black turtleneck and his deep gray baggy trousers, waylaid by many red straps held in place by intricately engraved silver studs, belts that hung about his waist, set with the same silver studs that held his black-stockinged arms fitted with shiny silver gray metal arm guards, and red, blue and white shoes with thick soles on his feet, held fast by straps and same silver trappings. His broad shoulders were encased in triangular dark blue shoulder guards on which a silver flamed phoenix was emblazoned. His arm guards had the same blazing design, and running down his left trouser leg was the same design, along with 3 straps that were Squall-like in nature. He looked more like the avenging Angel of Death than anything else.
And Dr. Leimrey, who proceeded to board the limousine 5 limos away from them, was definitely pleased in what he saw.
"The path is definitely clearer now than what it was 2 years ago, Kai Hiwatari. I'm looking forward to that day when we should finally 'meet'."
So saying, the all in white doctor left the stadium with a smile on his face.