Revenge Of The Trickster Goddess

Chap.2

"Tentei, what seems to be the matter?" Gojun asked the god. Tentei trembled and sighed, gazing out the window.

"It was on this day, eight thousand years ago that she was exiled. It is not like her to take so long at revenge; I believe that this is the year she will take her revenge on us all. I can feel it in my bones."

"But how would she get here?"

Goku looked around the meadow; he had begged Konzen(1) for hours to take him to earth. In Goku's opinion, it was actually a very pretty place. Flowers extended for miles in every direction, and every flower he saw was a completely different color. And there, nearby, was a boy weaving flowers into a crown.

"Heeey!" Goku called. The boy looked up at the itan (2) and smiled. He had a kind smile.

The boy had soft brown hair, very light colored, and red tinted silver eyes. That wasn't a color of eyes you saw too often; in fact, it was the first time Konzen had ever seen that eye color. People had called his amethyst eyes an odd color, but this boy's eye color was even odder.

He wore an olive green vest over a white tank top and beige jeans.

"Oh, hello, there. What can I do for you two? I'm Rem." The boy told them.

"I'm Goku! This is Konzen!" Goku pointed behind him at Konzen.

"Goku, eh? Sounds like a fine name for such a strapping young man like yourself. You look pretty strong already!" Rem laughed. "Konzen, where do you two come from?"

"Heaven. I only came here because Goku begged me." Konzen scoffed. Rem's eyes grew bright.

"Heaven! Heaven, you say? You two are gods from heaven!" His sudden reaction nearly knocked Konzen over.

"Yes. But Goku is not a god; he is a heretic child taken in by heaven." Konzen informed the boy. Rem began to murmur.

"If they're from heaven, then this could be my chance to get back at kyodai(3) for banishing me to this hellish land." Rem muttered. He raised his voice. "My, Goku, it must be paradise to live in such a place. If I may be so bold as to ask, might I join you there? Only for a few days, of course."

"What about your family, Rem? Won't they worry?" Konzen wondered.

"Oh, Konzen-sama, I don't have any family. They were killed by the demons here years ago; I live by myself." Rem sighed. "I carry my own, and earn the minimum wage of a part time farmer, part time barkeep."

"Then it's okay, right, Konzen? Rem can come with us?" Goku begged. Konzen heaved a sigh; something about the boy simply set him on edge, but he couldn't figure what it was.

His hair had the sheen of an innocent child, and he even carried an aura of innocence about him. But his eyes….though his eyes also shone with purity and innocence, deep inside them, Konzen could see an evil plan hatching, one he knew that would make him regret taking the boy.

"I…suppose." Konzen didn't even think about what he was saying; the words simply came out. Konzen patted Rem on the head, and prepared the two boys for the trip back to heaven.

Unseen by the two, Rem grinned evilly.

'Fools, you're playing right into my hands!'

Translations

(1) Konzen- the same character, unchanging (meaning that Konzen will never change!)
(2)itan-heresy (heretic)

(3)kyodai-brother or sister (used when a brother speaks of a sister or a sister speaks of a brother)