KIRIYA—God of Peace
"Loneliness is a disease. Pain and suffering that spread from person to person without any end."
//Kiriya snuffed the candle that was the only light to his room. He may be the God of peace, but things were far from peaceful. He could feel no love in his heart, for anyone. This must have been because he had never felt rejection; everybody loved him and perhaps with good reason—he was quite likeable. But there was still something missing.
A 16 year old god may be hard to believe, but some people are just born leaders. Besides, his face and body did not show all the years that he had lived. He was really more than 200 years old. Perhaps that was the problem. So long to have lived without companionship—other than his mentor, Breyr. Breyr was a very nice and intelligent man, though he was abit old and crotchety.
Or perhaps it was that Kiriya had seen so much despair, and so little peace in the world that he felt his existence was meaningless. Whatever it was, something just wasn't right.
On a quiet morning in March, Kiriya awoke with a start. He'd dreamed about a beautiful girl, just his age (in appearance anyway), and she was absolutely perfect. Kiriya was determined to find this girl immediately. He dashed down the marble stair way to Breyr's study, and banged on the door loudly.
"Breyr! Breyr I've seen her!!"
Breyr came to the door; abit groggy and looking very grumpy.
"Who, who have you found?" he said, an exasperated tone ringing in his tired voice.
"Oh Breyr it's wonderful, she's the best I could ever hope for!"
"I see. So that means that you are finally ready for her. It's been fifteen years you know, it has taken you long enough."
"You don't mean…"
"Yes Kiriya, I do. I know precisely who this girl of yours is and there is something which I'd like to show you."
Breyr opened his study door a little wider and stepped back so that Kiriya could make his way inside. He sighed. At last the boy was truly ready.
"I need to show you some records of this girl. Her name is Hia and she's wonderful—a perfect match for you and a top candidate for goddess. However she may need some time to warm up to the idea. But we can always try to make things as comfortable as possible, and we will do that, won't we Kiriya?"
Kiriya nodded vigorously, almost like a child, causing him to develop a small headache.
"Anyway, watch this video about her, I've saved her best—and worst moments through her fifteen years that she has been alive."
Kiriya watched in amazement. Her first words, first baby steps, first solid food, first school, everything was on this tape. Quite similar to the way he remembered many of these things, but so many things had changed. Schools were different now, and so were life's conveniences and let downs. His soul may be ever aging, but his heart and body remained young.
"Her entire life is on this tape!" Kiriya spouted excitedly.
"Yes, yes I know. Now, before you go and yap in her face, I'd like you to go down to earth by yourself and observe her. Find out not only what she says, but what she's thinking. That way maybe you won't make any mistakes. Watch her for at least three days, and keep your mouth shut, wait until I tell you." Breyr ordered.
Kiriya observed Hia for many more than three days. He waited out across the street from her school, every day at 2:00pm and stared at the door. On the first day he spied on her, she was crying. {Why can't they all just leave me alone…} she'd been thinking. {Why can I never come away from this place without a bruise or a broken heart?}Kiriya was just stunned after hearing that (in case you've not already guessed it, Kiriya can read minds). Such a beautiful and intelligent girl was being put through daily abuse from other people? This only proved what disgusting creatures so many humans were. But...once he had been that way…a human. So what was so different? To begin, he had been the tormentor, not the tormented.
On the second day, Hia simply looked angry and she was thinking {I hate that stupid boy! How could he do that?} It was then that Kiriya noticed that Hia was limping. {What boy? Where?! I'll kill him!}
The days flowed on in such the fashion as they had the first two. This went on for seven days entirely, that is, until Hia noticed that she was being watched. She stared at Kiriya for a few moments and then walked away. Well, all of his time was over; he'd have to go back home again and confer with Breyr.
"Fine, boy. You may now speak to her. But I wish to come with you and help you along. Women folk are so very confusing." Breyr sniffed out of his beard. He had a terrible cold. Unheard of though—gods simply didn't get colds. Breyr sneezed.
"Breyr, what's the matter with you? Why did you sneeze?" Kiriya asked.
"I don't know. I've got a cold and that's all there is to it! I don't know how in any of the five worlds I got a cold, but I did. Now shut up and let's go."
Kiriya took Breyr down to the "waiting place", as he called it. They stood for about ten minutes before a flood of students dressed in bright, dark, and downright scary clothing poured from the school building. There were girls in schools now. How strange. Girls weren't allowed to learn at an actual school before. Thank the Gods that the world had evolved somewhat.
Hia walked out of the crowd slowly, all alone. She glanced up at the two men and looked very surprised to see them there. She squinted briefly and then looked away. At that moment, a back-and-forth volley of shouting commenced and as it turned out, Breyr had to make Hia float over to the other side of the road.
"Well," said Kiriya. "We have been observing you since you were born. Your personality is exactly what the world needs in a Queen. Of course you will have whatever you could wish for, anything at all. And you would be allowed time with your family and friends, but they must never know your secret. We can have it arranged for alibis to be made, somewhat believable ones even, for your disappearance, so nobody will worry about you, and I will always be glad to help you along the way."
And somehow, they managed to convince Hia well enough that she was fit to be a goddess—and the wife of a god no less.
Hia, at the coronation ceremony, received a stunning proposal from Kiriya. Though it was unnecessary for the couple, the rest of the world of the gods should be entirely aware of it all. She received her Queen's name: Haiya. And Kiriya could finally rest, in the arms of his new wife.
"Loneliness is a disease. Pain and suffering that spread from person to person without any end."
//Kiriya snuffed the candle that was the only light to his room. He may be the God of peace, but things were far from peaceful. He could feel no love in his heart, for anyone. This must have been because he had never felt rejection; everybody loved him and perhaps with good reason—he was quite likeable. But there was still something missing.
A 16 year old god may be hard to believe, but some people are just born leaders. Besides, his face and body did not show all the years that he had lived. He was really more than 200 years old. Perhaps that was the problem. So long to have lived without companionship—other than his mentor, Breyr. Breyr was a very nice and intelligent man, though he was abit old and crotchety.
Or perhaps it was that Kiriya had seen so much despair, and so little peace in the world that he felt his existence was meaningless. Whatever it was, something just wasn't right.
On a quiet morning in March, Kiriya awoke with a start. He'd dreamed about a beautiful girl, just his age (in appearance anyway), and she was absolutely perfect. Kiriya was determined to find this girl immediately. He dashed down the marble stair way to Breyr's study, and banged on the door loudly.
"Breyr! Breyr I've seen her!!"
Breyr came to the door; abit groggy and looking very grumpy.
"Who, who have you found?" he said, an exasperated tone ringing in his tired voice.
"Oh Breyr it's wonderful, she's the best I could ever hope for!"
"I see. So that means that you are finally ready for her. It's been fifteen years you know, it has taken you long enough."
"You don't mean…"
"Yes Kiriya, I do. I know precisely who this girl of yours is and there is something which I'd like to show you."
Breyr opened his study door a little wider and stepped back so that Kiriya could make his way inside. He sighed. At last the boy was truly ready.
"I need to show you some records of this girl. Her name is Hia and she's wonderful—a perfect match for you and a top candidate for goddess. However she may need some time to warm up to the idea. But we can always try to make things as comfortable as possible, and we will do that, won't we Kiriya?"
Kiriya nodded vigorously, almost like a child, causing him to develop a small headache.
"Anyway, watch this video about her, I've saved her best—and worst moments through her fifteen years that she has been alive."
Kiriya watched in amazement. Her first words, first baby steps, first solid food, first school, everything was on this tape. Quite similar to the way he remembered many of these things, but so many things had changed. Schools were different now, and so were life's conveniences and let downs. His soul may be ever aging, but his heart and body remained young.
"Her entire life is on this tape!" Kiriya spouted excitedly.
"Yes, yes I know. Now, before you go and yap in her face, I'd like you to go down to earth by yourself and observe her. Find out not only what she says, but what she's thinking. That way maybe you won't make any mistakes. Watch her for at least three days, and keep your mouth shut, wait until I tell you." Breyr ordered.
Kiriya observed Hia for many more than three days. He waited out across the street from her school, every day at 2:00pm and stared at the door. On the first day he spied on her, she was crying. {Why can't they all just leave me alone…} she'd been thinking. {Why can I never come away from this place without a bruise or a broken heart?}Kiriya was just stunned after hearing that (in case you've not already guessed it, Kiriya can read minds). Such a beautiful and intelligent girl was being put through daily abuse from other people? This only proved what disgusting creatures so many humans were. But...once he had been that way…a human. So what was so different? To begin, he had been the tormentor, not the tormented.
On the second day, Hia simply looked angry and she was thinking {I hate that stupid boy! How could he do that?} It was then that Kiriya noticed that Hia was limping. {What boy? Where?! I'll kill him!}
The days flowed on in such the fashion as they had the first two. This went on for seven days entirely, that is, until Hia noticed that she was being watched. She stared at Kiriya for a few moments and then walked away. Well, all of his time was over; he'd have to go back home again and confer with Breyr.
"Fine, boy. You may now speak to her. But I wish to come with you and help you along. Women folk are so very confusing." Breyr sniffed out of his beard. He had a terrible cold. Unheard of though—gods simply didn't get colds. Breyr sneezed.
"Breyr, what's the matter with you? Why did you sneeze?" Kiriya asked.
"I don't know. I've got a cold and that's all there is to it! I don't know how in any of the five worlds I got a cold, but I did. Now shut up and let's go."
Kiriya took Breyr down to the "waiting place", as he called it. They stood for about ten minutes before a flood of students dressed in bright, dark, and downright scary clothing poured from the school building. There were girls in schools now. How strange. Girls weren't allowed to learn at an actual school before. Thank the Gods that the world had evolved somewhat.
Hia walked out of the crowd slowly, all alone. She glanced up at the two men and looked very surprised to see them there. She squinted briefly and then looked away. At that moment, a back-and-forth volley of shouting commenced and as it turned out, Breyr had to make Hia float over to the other side of the road.
"Well," said Kiriya. "We have been observing you since you were born. Your personality is exactly what the world needs in a Queen. Of course you will have whatever you could wish for, anything at all. And you would be allowed time with your family and friends, but they must never know your secret. We can have it arranged for alibis to be made, somewhat believable ones even, for your disappearance, so nobody will worry about you, and I will always be glad to help you along the way."
And somehow, they managed to convince Hia well enough that she was fit to be a goddess—and the wife of a god no less.
Hia, at the coronation ceremony, received a stunning proposal from Kiriya. Though it was unnecessary for the couple, the rest of the world of the gods should be entirely aware of it all. She received her Queen's name: Haiya. And Kiriya could finally rest, in the arms of his new wife.