Hehehe... This is fast, ne? Well, this is the sequel to "Crystal Rose." Hope you guys enjoy it! Oh, and thank you very very very much for the reviews, Kittengurl! * Miaow! * I'm glad you enjoyed them, if no one else! *Looks at the empty seats on stage*
Her dreams were troubled. She tossed and turned in her sleep, not understanding what was happening to her. Six Sentinel statues stood around a wooden door that hung in mid-air. Each alternate statue faced the door, while the others had their backs to the door. You must protect the World from the Door, and the Door from the World, a voice seemed to say. They made it sound like it was some kind of sacred duty. Idly, she wondered if she could use this for a story. How did they get here? Why were they here?
She turned over in her sleep as images came over her mind, making it seem like a cohesive story. Her lips curled as she explored the possibilities, unaware that what she was seeing had actually happened at one time. To give your souls up… That was truly the ultimate sacrifice in her book. Yet a question remained. There had been two souls residing in each body. One of them were the Chosen One. The other, was her Heir, the reincarnation of that spirit, or was it? She turned over again.
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The Sentinel known as Cara opened her eyes. A woman of insignificant size stood at her feet, yet in this time and place size meant nothing. What was important was the personage herself. She recognized her of course. She was the woman who had saved her and her sister from that terrible fate. Unfortunately in return they were to stand guard at this door for eternity, but that was a small price to pay.
"You've been in contact again with your other self," the woman said almost accusingly.
I must watch over her. If she dies, we would have failed in our tasks, Cara replied.
"Leave that to us. You must remain vigilant against what might happen here," the woman said.
Not if it means that the girl will be put in danger. She remembers nothing of her past.
"That may be so, but her body remembers. When the time comes it will protect her."
The Shikigamis do not offer adequate protection either. You've put them to sleep. It was Cara's turn to be accusing.
"You do your job, and I'll do mine. This place must be guarded against the Destroyer," the woman said, her golden hair moving about in the wind.
Sister, a new voice said, Someone else is already taking care of that. You need not worry… Intruder!
"Wha… Where?!" the woman said.
He is gone, a third voice said. We know him now. We have been trying to identify him for the past few weeks.
We will kill him if he so much dares to go near our other selves, Cara said.
"But that will mean…" the woman was horrified by the prospect. No one answered her. The Sentinels were silent, but it was grim silence that filled the air.
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He stood outside her window, watching her as she slept. For three months now she had forgotten all that happened when the Gates of Hell were about to be opened. He knew that because Inari, God of Foxes and the Rice God as well, had come looking for him. He alone knew the truth of what had happened to his sister and her friends. He knew that the others were safe, but there was one more girl who needed to be found. He needed to ensure that his sister would be safe here, before he could look for his sister's sister.
For that, nothing less than the best would do.