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Chapter Two- Does it Have to Get Worse?
The three people turned around to see a strange sight. Floating in midair was a young man. A young man covered in blue. His electric blue hair waved around his shoulders, and his eyes were a dark seiran, resembling those of the shogun. Both shone off his deathly pale flesh. He was dressed in attire fitting for an emperor that was traveling if not lounging. His pants were a sort of gray-blue color, and they were baggy. He wore a white shirt on top of that. The cuffs of both pieces were embroidered, and perfectly stitched. Over all of that, was a dark blue shawl-like material, covering his right shoulder, and arm completely, and solitary blue dragon was twined around his left arm, it's head ending at his wrist.
"Seiryuu." Yui stared. The god was looked very pissed off. His eyes were narrowed dangerously, kind of resembling a look the blonde shogun once gave.
"It seems I wasn't hallucinating when I felt some disturbance in summoning these two." Taiitsukun looked at the god without any fear in her eyes. He glared.
"I told you not to bring them here, Tai-yi-jun." The old woman gave a laugh.
"And what? You expected me to listen to you?" The god set his feet on the ground, causing his clothing to sway and reveal a sword hanging from his belt. The blonde man blinked. The god was even taller than him.
"Tai-yi-jun. You have put my miko and seishi at danger by bringing them here. I am not pleased. Demons will be after their blood. I don't know what you want from them, but I suggest you send them back, or we will have some problems."
"Hey, whoa!! Slow down. What do you mean by demons?" The god turned to face his miko. A soft smile crept onto his face. She had grown much from the last time he had seen her. Her blonde hair was still short, but it seemed livelier. Her blue-green eyes had aged with experience. Her body itself had changed. She had grown much slimmer and taller, but didn't show any curves.
"There is some disturbance in our world, Yui-chan." Yui stared. It had been a while since anyone had referred to her as 'chan'. The blonde man stood there expressionless, just listening.
"Not just some disturbance, Seiryuu." The god gave the old woman an icy glare.
"I do not need you to tell me what to do, Tai-yi-jun." The old woman shook her head.
"Remind me to never make a lower god angry." His deep blue eyes flared, and quickly narrowed.
"What are these disturbances?" Both supernatural beings turned to face the former shogun.
"Genbu and Byakko are fading. Something is draining them of their power. There is also some disturbance in Outerworld."
"Outerworld?" Yui looked at her god and the old woman with a confused expression.
"Realm of the demons. Kind of like Hell."
"Oh." Yui nodded. She had never heard of 'Outerworld'.
"The gods of Outerworld have lost control over the demons. The demons have begun rioting, and slipping through the dimensional barrier into the world of the living. Two of the demon gods have asked us, meaning the four gods, for assistance. They have told us that the other demon gods are planning to break the dimensional barrier, and free the upper god. Actually one of the upper gods." Seiryuu stared at the old woman.
"Two upper gods? I thought there was only one."
"There was only one. That was until Yami decided to rid himself of the good in him. That created another being known as Chandi. So now there are two gods. What's happening is a rift between the two. Yami has told two of the gods, Murasaki and Kuroi, to call upon their seishi. That way they can summon their god, and those two gods can free him. Chandi, on the other hand, has told the other two gods, Kiiroi and Aoi, to stop the riots. The seishi of those gods are now trying to protect the world of the living from the loose demons."
"Okay that makes sense and all, but what's causing Genbu and Byakko to fade away?" Taiitsukun stopped for a moment. She hadn't thought about that at all.
"Actually, I don't know. I left that up to Seiryuu and Suzaku." Yui and the blonde turned to face their god. The god had been quiet while Taiitsukun was explaining the whole thing.
"I'm not quite sure of that either. All of I have knowledge of is the fact that I am using much of my power to protect Hokkan and Sairo from being completely over run by demons. Also, I seem to be the only god unaffected by these drainages." Yui kept quiet. It just didn't make sense to her.
"It may be due to the fact that you're the god of war." Seiryuu looked at his seishi. The young man was still a stubborn jerk, but still unusually intelligent.
"But that wouldn't make sense either. Seiryuu is only considered the god of war because Kutou goes through so many wars." Yui had one of her fingers on her cheek, as she kept thinking. Seiryuu smiled at how childishly cute she looked.
"Yui-chan is right. The only reason I am considered the god of war is because of Kutou. But, there is a contradiction to that. I died in a war, so that may be a reason why I am called the god of war." Blue-green eyes widened with surprise.
"You died?"
"Yes. It was many millions of years ago. When I was actually human. A great war had begun. I was killed by an opposing soldier." Yui kept quiet. She didn't know what to say. "Do not worry about it, Yui-chan. It was too many years ago." She looked up to stare at the god. His expression was that of a loving father. A father whose kind smile completely reassured his children.
"You know, that expression is kind of scary." Seiryuu raised an eyebrow. "You look way too weird with a father-like expression on your face when you look like you're 24." Seiryuu laughed. He bent slightly so he could easily look into his miko's eyes.
"And you're a bit scary, too." A smile appeared on Yui's face as Seiryuu straightened up. "By the way, I'm 22. At least, that's how old I look." Yui gave the god a skeptical look. "Gods remain in the same form as when they died."
"Oh." Seiryuu turned to look at his seishi. The blonde stood expressionless, with his hands in the pockets of his coat.
"What? No questions?" The blonde stared at his god, not saying a word.
"You still haven't explained why you brought us here." Taiitsukun hopped into a sitting position upon a cloud.
"I have brought you here to find out what is causing all these disturbances."
"What do you mean by that?" Before Taiitsukun could say anything, the blonde spoke up.
"Why would the demons all of a sudden decide to revolt? They haven't done anything for years, and now all of a sudden, this world is being over run by demons."
"Exactly. And if you must, you will have to summon Seiryuu." Yui stopped. Summon Seiryuu? Again? She looked at the old woman with wide eyes, and then turned to face the god himself. His face was expressionless, holding none of the reassurance it had before.
"But the only way to do that would be to find the Shinzahos. Right?" Seiryuu stared into his miko's eyes. Her eyes held such fear. It hurt him to see that his own miko feared him. Clenching his jaw, he turned to face the oracle.
"However, this is only going to be used as a last resort. Is that understood?" Yui mentally smacked herself then.
"I don't fear you." The god turned to face his miko. "That look was for the fact that I forgot half of the summoning spell. Well, actually I kind of have it mixed up with the summoning for Suzaku.. No. It's definitely not that. But then.. No wait.." The girl looked up to see the three beings looking confused. "Oh... I'm talking gibberish, aren't I? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to go off like that and now I'm doing it again..." Seiryuu laughed. His miko had changed much from the last time he had seen her.
"You not forgotten it, Yui-chan. Just misplaced." She looked confused. "When the time comes, you will remember it." She smiled.
"Okay, Umm..... Do you guys have any extra bandages around here?" Seiryuu stared at the bandages on his miko's legs, frowning.
"Yui-chan, what did you do?" She smiled weakly.
"I accidentally dropped a coffee mug.." Seriyuu shook his head as a Nyan-nyan floated over to Yui. A soft light began to emit from her hand, filling Yui with a warm sensation as it healed the wounds. Seiryuu then looked to his left.
"I am feeling some disturbance from Sairo." That's when a smirk appeared on the god's face. "Come out, Adia."
"Damn. I was hoping you wouldn't notice me." Standing there was a young man covered in orange. Everything about him resembled fire and warmth. His hair was a shade similar to Tasuki's and his eyes were a bright yellow, like a cat's.
"Who are you?" The young man turned to look at Yui.
"I am Adia, god of the sun. At your service, Hongo Yui." He bowed and grinned, showing off his million-dollar smile. "And you must be the great shogun, Nakago." The blonde man glared at the god.
"How many gods are there?"
"There are actually.... I'm really not sure.." The sun god looked quite confused.
"There is the one main god, meaning Taiitsukun. Then there are the four upper gods, meaning Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, and myself. Lastly there are around maybe 20 to 30 gods that protect over the elements, and the feelings, such as Adia who is the god of the sun, and Ai who is the goddess of love." Yui blinked, trying to take all the information. Nakago said nothing.
"Opps... I have to go. Or else Haru will have my head."
"Haru?"
"Haru is the god who controls over the seasonal changes. He's definitely a god you don't want to mess with. Plus, Haru is an upper level god compared to me. I usually take orders from him. So do many other gods." Yui nodded. There were many more gods than she had thought. "See ya!" He flashed another million-dollar smile before disappearing. Seiryuu sighed.
"I must leave as well. The longer I stay here, the longer my hold on Hokkan and Sairo weakens." He then took Yui's hand and placed something it, closing her fingers around it. She opened her hands to find a golden chain with a strange looking amulet hanging from it. The amulet was in the shape of a square, but it was hung from one of its points. On each corner, a different jewel was engraved. Emerald at the top, diamond on the left, ruby at the bottom, and sapphire on the right. In the middle was a small craving of a turtle, tiger, phoenix, and dragon entwined.
"Thank you, but what is this?"
"It is a holy artifact. It will transform into a sword when you need it to. Keep it with you all times. It will keep you safe." Yui looked up at her god. A smile was plastered on his face, but she could see the seriousness in his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine." He softened. His miko was still such a child. He bent and brushed his lips against her forehead before disappearing.
"And now I believe it's time for you two to start searching."
(A/N): YAY!!! I finished the second chapter. Yeah, I know I kinda made this really confusing, but it'll start to make sense later in the story. Also, I noticed that I just used colors for the names of the other gods, but forgive me! I couldn't think of anything else! Plus, this also helps the story! ;; If you have any questions, ask them in your reviews, and I'll try to answer to the best of my abilities... - Please review!!!!!!
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