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Chapter 1:

"Heaven you say?" Sorata asked Kamui, he gathered all his strength and discovered that he could stand up. "In all my fantasies, this is not the way I had imagined this place." He looked around him; all he could see was the light shade of blue he saw before. When he started walking, he was surprised to find out that he was walking on clouds. He turned to Kamui, grasping his hand, pressing it to his hand. "Pinch me!"

"What?"

Sorata chuckled, "I guessed this is all a dream; tell me Kamui, how you got here?"

"I guess the same way you had, the same light stroked me, and the same visions appeared in my mind. I assume Arashi is the one who brought you here…"

"Hmm?" Sorata mumbled, scratching his head to gather his thoughts.

"I was brought here by Kotori, I sensed her. She took my hand and guided me to this place. I was surprised to see you were still paralyzed by your visions, after all, you got here before me…"

"Wait! That means you're?"

Kamui turned around, closing his eyes. "Yeah… I'm… Dead… Fuma killed me."

"Well," Sorata giggled, "Welcome to my club! Although, I didn't want you to die, but look at it this way: Now we both have company in this dull place. By the way, I knew you'll succeed in your mission to save Tokyo and the world."

Kamui approached his friend and with a wondering expression on his face, "Your club? And how did you know about the win of the angels of heaven?"

Sorata was still smiling. He always knew how to balance between good and bad, that's the basic thing he learned in the shrine. His adventures with Kamui taught him a lot about life, love, and how to balance between the two. "I simply believed in you, Kamui," He smiled even a bigger smile, "I guess we should thank Fuma for sending us to this peaceful place."

"Excuse me…" a feminine voice said."I need to intrude your conversation."

Kamui and Sorata turned to see a short thin girl who wore a long white dress, and it looked like she was floating. The girl's hair was white like her dress and her innocent eyes were grey. She reached both of her arms to the angels of heaven, and asked them to join her.

"Who are you?" Kamui asked coldly, "You appear out of nowhere and you expect us to go wherever you want us to?"

The girl smiled and giggled. "I'm sorry, it seems I left my good manners back in my house, my name is shatshima, and I work for the empress and her husband. They want to welcome you two to their kingdom of heaven."

Sorata and Kamui looked at each other in quandary.

"The empress wants to talk to you, so please come and join me; I will take you to her. She's sitting in her palace. Please, I can sense all the questions you have in your minds, but I promise you that you'll find all the answers in the palace." Shatshima reached her hands once again to the two, and sang a strange song to them. The song captivated them, something in her soft voice spoke right to their heart, and they joined her. A wide bright light blinded them, and the next thing they saw was a big white palace, with big wide windows. The entrance to the building was filled with white flowers, and white torches lit the lanes leading to the front door. Kamui and Sorata looked around them in amazement. "Ok," said sorata, "this is how I imagined this place".

The big front door was made of white wood, and it was automatically opened for the angels of heaven. They discovered a big long corridor ahead of them. Shatshima let go of their hands, and gestured the boys to enter. "Pass the corridor, she's waiting for you." In a second the girl disappeared and Sorata and Kamui were left alone.

"Shall we?" asked Sorata. The two entered the corridor, it was so white, and they couldn't separate the floor from the walls and the ceiling. After a few meters, windows of all shapes surrounded the two. When they looked outside, they were relieved to see a little bit of green outside, the whole ground outside was imbued with flora, trees and flowers in all shapes and colors. Kamui was amazed by all the colors, he felt like all he could see during his life was grey and black, only Kotori and Fuma were able to make him see a colorful world, but they disappeared in the shadows, in his grey and black. He stopped marching, and watched the butterflies fly across the blue sky; he'd never really enjoyed nature, not without Kotori and Fuma.

"Ah, Kamui…" Sorata interrupted with a detained tone. "The empress…"

The dragon of heaven turned his head to see two high chairs, the lower chair was empty, but in the other chair sat a woman. Her red hair wasn't long but wasn't short either, her red eyes lit the room, like fire. She sparkled with a long red dress which emphasized her lean figure. She was beautiful, but Kamui and Sorata already knew that, they already knew the woman sitting in front of them.

"Hi boys, surprised to see me?" Kasumi Karen asked with her unique charm. She got up from the chair, and walked down the stairs, toward Kamui and Sorata. "Welcome to my newest sanctuary, the kingdom of heaven, it's the first time in my life," she chuckled quietly, "Well, my immortal life, I'm feeling both sad and happy to see someone. I trusted you both, and I believed in you two and all the seven seals, that we would save the world. She kissed both cheeks, and took a look at the two men in front of her. "I believe you have endless questions, anyone who enters this place fills my mind with his quandaries." She turned her head to the dragon of heaven. "Kamui, I know you want to find Kotori, she is here, but to get her will be quite a challenge."

"Karen-San!", Kamui tried to mumble, he tried to stop the tears from falling down.

Karen smiled a comforting smile and turned to Sorata. "Sorata, you might think you'll be able to watch Arashi as she goes on with her life, but there are going to be a few tests you must pass before you'll get the chance to see her again."

Sorata and Kamui were standing still. They were surprised about what Karen knew, she foresaw all their wishes, and it seemed lie their wishes weren't going to be fulfilled anytime soon. Sorata lifted his head up, and put his hand on Karen's and Kamui's shoulders. "I accept the challenges ahead of me, for what it's worth; I'll do anything to make sure Arashi Kishu will live a long joyous life."

Kamui put his hand on Sorata's, "I to would do anything to bring back colors to my life, my wish is to find Kotori and be with her, I'd do anything so my wish will be granted."

"Then, you're wishes are now written in the book of heaven, and your destiny is now decided. I will meet you again tomorrow; you may rest here in my palace." Karen lifted her head up to see a figure crawling silently on the ceiling and smirked, "I'm sure my daughter there will be happy to help you with anything you need." The figure jumped from the ceiling and ran away from the three.

"Your daughter?" Sorata asked with wonder.

Karen chuckled, "Time here isn't like the time down there, on earth, and my first and only daughter has already celebrated her 18th birthday. I know you wonder how come time goes fast here. Time goes the way you want it to go here. I wanted to see my girl grow up; I wanted to see her blossom into a beautiful creature she is right now, but there's a time and a place to talk about this. We'll meet again tomorrow; my daughter is waiting for you in the main entrance." With a flash of fire, Karen disappeared in front of Kamui and Sorata, and again, they were left alone. They passed the corridor, back to the main entrance, like the empress told them to, but no one was there.

"Hello there, Arisugawa Sorata and Shiro Kamui!" A voice came from the ceiling; it had a confident tone in it, as well as softness. The two angels of heaven scanned the main room with no success. The voice continued, "My mom was so relieved when Shatshima found you, we had been really worried about you two, especially you, Sorata, it took you a long time to finally arrive here".

Kamui detected a shadow on the ceiling, "Why are you hiding?" he yelled nervously, "Show yourself!"

The shadow didn't move an inch. A girl appeared in front of the angels, from behind a wall. "Hi," she said with a grin on her face. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to upset you." She opened her hands as a gesture of shame. Her voice didn't reflect her appearance; she seemed insecure, rather than confident. Her light brown hair almost reached her shoulders, but it still covered part of her green-brown sparkling eyes. She wore a red dress, like Karen, it emphasized her slim figure, but she still looked very clumsy. "Let me show you to your room. The beds are already made, so if you feel like sleeping, feel free to crash here."

Sorata looked up at the ceiling, the shadow was still there.

The three walked silently through the corridors of the palace. No one talked, no one made a sound. The corridors were silent as well, they seemed sadly empty. There were no pictures on the walls, only windows. Kamui could still see all the trees and flies, while Sorata wasn't paying attention to any of that, he was thinking of Arashi. He felt sad he couldn't share his latest adventures with her. He wondered had she been doing since he died, he wanted to see her face one more time, just so he'll know she's fine.

"Here's your room, if you need anything: Clothes, sheets," Karen's daughter turned her head to Sorata, "or any kind of food, just call me, I'm happy to serve you." She bowed to Kamui and Sorata, turned around, and halted. "I totally forgot, my mom said I should introduce myself," she turned around once again to look at the two angels. "My name is Kasumi Erika."

Sorata laughed, took Erika's hand and shook it. "I guess you don't need us to introduce ourselves, thank you for your kindness."

Erika was surprised by the touch of Sorata's hand. Her eyes were opened wide as she glanced at Sorata's hand. Her face turned red as she let go of his grasp. "You…" she mumbled, "you are most welcome, it's still early, would you two like a grand tour in the palace?"

Sorata accepted the offer with a nod. Kamui hesitated. The sight from outside still fascinated him; he leaned silently on the wall, gazing at the people that showed up in the fields. He recalled the day Kotori and he climbed up the tree to find a bird's nest. That day, he did some things he had never thought he could do, and felt things he'd never felt before. "I'm sorry," he said, "thank you of course, but I want to stay here for a while."

Kamui, Sorata thought to himself, always so distant and closed, you suffered so much all your life, I hope you'll get to have the one thing you wish for the most.

Erika and Sorata left the room, and started the tour. "So," Erika turned to her tour mate, "where do you want to start?"

"Let's start by you answering some questions of mine…"

A/N: Ok, so this is the first chapter of my fic. I hoped you liked it, I know nothing major happened, but I promise it'll get better. PLEASE REVIEW! I know I'm not a big writer, English is not my native tongue, but I'm still trying… :) Also, if you have any suggestions they are most welcome! Do you have any questions you want Sorata to ask Erika?

DarkNaty: Thanks for reading my story; I hope I didn't disappoint you with this chapter.