Kira gazed at the ceiling above him as the smoke from his cigar curling up slowly. He's physically tired but it seems that his inner self doesn't want to sleep. He and Angel roamed around the place chatting all the while. He had found himself at ease with the girl and he somehow knows why. But now, a part of himself screams for sleep while the other wanted to keep his eyes wide open and think.
"Go to sleep Morning Star…" he heard the voice being said at the back of his head.
"I'll just finish this one…" he found himself thinking
Realizing what he had just thought, Kira got up and slapped himself as hard as he could.
"You need to check with a psychiatrist Sakuya…" he muttered to himself.
When at last he finally found himself in the mood for sleep, he pulled the blanket close to hima nd closed his eyes.
"Oyasumi, Lucifel-sama." Now he could swear that he did hear the voice clearly, but his mind failed to process it as he fell asleep.
Setsuna walked to school that morning with the thought of the mysterious angel still in his head. He was deep in thought that he did not hear the voice calling after him.
"Setsuna!" Alaine called again
When the girl got tired of calling after him, she ran to his side and tapped him at the back.
"Hey!" she smiled as Setsuna turned to look at her, stunned.
"Oh, I-it's you. Hi!"
"Looks like you're doing some very deep thinking." She said, walking beside him.
"Not really."
"Er… If it's okay with you, can you show me where the music room is? I can excuse you from class."
"Why not? And don't bother with the teachers, come on." He grinned, running.
Lucifel watched as a pair of angels sparred. He was bored out of his wits with the practice fight and could only wish for everything to end. He stared in front of him, his piercing eyes going through the sparring angels…
"I wonder where she is…" he thought unconsciously.
Not a moment later, Lucifel felt a familiar aura nearby. His surroundings slowly shrank into nothing and was replaced by a vision.
"She's outside!" he exclaimed, running off.
"Lucifel-sama where are you going?" one called but Lucifel was already gone.
"Thanks a lot for er...touring me around the whole school." Alaine laughed as they entered an empty classroom.
"What do you think of the place?" Setsuna asked, panting.
"Great, though I would've appreciated it more if we weren't running away from every personnel, teacher, and student we come across." She grinned.
"Actually, we did that just for fun. But if you'd ask me, I'd hellishly choose to walk right under their dirty nose." He snickered. Alaine shook her head.
" It would've been easier if you let me talk to your teachers." She said matter-of-factly.
"What we did was more exciting." He chimed in.
"Thanks a lot Setsuna, you can go back to class now."
"Hell no!"
"Then, could you stay while I practice? I hope you don't mind me playing." She smiled, opening the violin case she was carrying.
Setsuna shrugged but inwardly slapped himself. He hadn't noticed that Alaine was carrying her violin and they almost ran throughout the whole school at break-neck speed. He stared at her as she prepared her things, she saw him looking and she smiled, he rolled his eyes and looked at the window.
"What in hell's name is happening to me! I can't hellishly like this girl!"
Lucifel silently landed on his feet. He looked around the place. He's never been here before but he knows where he is.
"Assiah…" he muttered.
Not far from where he is, he saw Yvanejielle sitting on the grass, her back turned to him. Slowly, he walked, miraculously avoiding any sound. But when he was more than a feet from her, she disappeared.
"Lu-ci-fel… You--- are---stupid…" he heard as his view was obstructed by wings.
"What brings you here?" a voice from his side asked.
He looked sideward and saw the angel sitting on his shoulder. He knew it was a trick because he didn't feel any weight on him.
"The joys of having wings…" he groaned to himself.
"How'd you know I was here?" she asked, now flying in front of him.
"I saw you…" the girl frowned.
"You felt my aura?" he gave no response.
"You had a vision of me flying off?" still no answer.
Looking incredulously at him, she took off the necklace from her neck and stared hard at it.
"Please let me be wrong…" he heard her mutter.
Watching her closely, she undid the clasp that held the pendant on its chain and held the red stone in front of him. They stood like that for a while before the girl rolled her eyes. Obviously she wanted to give it to him but he didn't budge.
"Just say 'Nanatsusaya' and mean it." She glared.
"Nanatsusaya." Lucifel said, barely audible.
The stone in Yvanejielle's hand glowed, the next thing they knew, it had changed into a seven bladed crystal sword.
"Shit!" Yvaenjielle cursed.
"I knew it… Youangels are nothing but a bunch of winged trouble." she added, turning it back to the pendant again.
The angel held the pendant in one hand and surrounded it with her aura. Lucifel watched hypnotized by everything. When she had finished, she held it away from her then turned to him.
"One more time." She said.
Much to her surprise, Lucifel took the pendant from her. But what was more surprising was that the seven bladed sword instantly appeared in his hands.
"What in the name of hell…" she exclaimed.
"It should only answer to me!" she said, watching as Lucifel examined it.
"Nanatsusaya." She commanded and the sword appeared in her hand.
"I'm very sorry. It seems that some of your aura had gotten into the pendant. It's still in its early stages of creation and not yet perfect. That explains why you could sense my aura. I'll fix everything right away. Sorry."
He continued staring at her, she's a high ranking angel, a rank higher than his but is now apologizing to him like an ordinary angel. A gazelle ran between them which Yvanejielle called.. The creature moved its wings and waited as she flew to her. She evidently took pride in her wings which she always use but he doubt she does it to show off. She had finished petting the gazelle and was now whispering to its ear.
"Go! The grace of the Creatoir is with you!"she waved as the gazelle left.
"By the way, Welcome to Assiah, Morning Star." She grinned.
Setsuna woke up with a sudden jolt
"You should be back in class now Mr. Mudou!" the teacher spat.
"Sir, I'm sorry but I asked Mr. Mudou to stay, I didn't know…" Alaine started, but the teacher cut her off.
"You don't need to do acover-up Ms. Windsor. Mr. Mudou, back to class… NOW!"
Setsuna rolled his eyes and stood up, shoving the table aside.
"Whatever you say airhead." He muttered.
"See ya later." He snorted, waving at Alaine.
Alaine remained in her position for a while. When she regained her composure, she picked up her violin from the table and prepared to play again when she saw something glistening on the floor.
"Hey, what's this?" she thought, picking up the object from the floor.
Kira was in a super bad mood after he woke up fromanother dreamthat he didn't go down when he was called to dinner and got into another fight with his father regarding the matter. As he sulked in his room, he contented himself with watching through the open window.
Yvanejielle, what do you really want?"
As he looked out again, he saw Angel walking to the house. She somehow sensed his presence as she looked up and smiled at him. And once again, he drifted back to what has been…
Luciifel looked up at the flying angel above him. She looked down ro him and smiled. Then she flew down and sat beside him.
"Why don't you enjoy Assiah? It's very beautiful. And once the creation's finished, it will be a marvel."
"Who do you like this place so much?" he finally asked.
"Because it's new. Nothing here has been corrupted, unlike heaven. Can't you see how simple this place is? Heaven is brimming with conspiracies, everyone seems to have a hidden agenda. Nothing in heaven's safe anymore." She said, throwing the pendant upwards then catching it again.
"Where are your chains?" he asked, noticing at last that she could move freely.
"The one currently in charge of me took them off. He knows how much I hate the place so he lets me to fly around as long as no one sees me."
"Where's that place?"
"I told you I don't know. I know it sounds pretty stupid but I don't really know. I think they somewhat hid that accursed place. I just will myself out and I find myself somewhere. From there, I find my way around. It's not bad really, it's just that I can't move around so much with all those people fussing over me like I can't find my way to the nearest post."
Alaine walked out of the school ignoring the boys calling after her. She held her violin case in one hand and the necklace she found in another. She failed to locate Setsuna after class and had given up looking for him after a couple of guys nearly cornered her down the hall.
"Excuse me…" she heard as she felt someone bump her.
"Erhm, sorry for that but I reall am in a hury." A kid with white hair said.
"Hey Kurai wait up!" An orange haired woman called.
Alaine watched until the two were out of sight. She sighed and checked if she still has the necklace before going on her way.
"Yo, Alexiel!" Kurai shouted with a grin to Setsuna.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Nothing. Hey, have you felt any powerful aura say, last night?"
"No."
"Weird. I'm sure you should have felt that."
"I said no." he asserted.
"But Yvanejielle…" Setsuna flinched.
"Come on Kurai, let's leave him alone." Arakune said, leading her away.
"Whay did you do that?" Kurai glared when they were way out of sight.
"He felt it alright. Didn't you see him flinch when you said Yvanejielle? Wait, who's that angel anyway?"
Alaine passed by her uncle's workshop and saw him working on another painting.
"How's your day?" he asked from behind the canvas.
"Fine. I enjoyed it a lot." She smiled, walking behind him.
"What's that you have there?" he said, eyeing the necklace.
"Oh this? Setsuna left it. I tried t find him but didn't so I'll be keeping it for a while."
"You better take care of that Alaine." He said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah. Hmmm... what could this be?" She smiled, examining it like a jeweler.
"You must take a very good care of it. It might worth more than what it looks like." He said firmly as Alaine sat down on the floor.
"Whatever you say uncle. But personally, I really think it's just a piece of red stone taken out from something.. But it's tough, very hard to break…" she said, rapping it on the floor.
"What the hell, Alaine!" Millard shouted.
"Eh?" she asked innocently.
"That's not yours, remember?" he glared.
"Oh, I forgot." She grinned sheepishly
Alaine sat up and patted the man on the back, he gave her a last, warning look that she returned with a smile.
"Bye unc." She said as she walked to the door, throwing the necklace up and catching it.
"Alaine…" the girl raised her hands and continued walking.
Kira went down when his boredom became unbearable and when he was sure that no one was there. He was wrong.
"Had enough sulking Sakuya?"
Kira turned around and saw his aunt sitting on the couch, putting down a thick novel. She smiled at him as he entered the living room.
"Don't ever think of opening that. There are no good shows tonight." She smiled.
"Let me get you something." She said and went out even before Kira could object.
The book on the table caught his eye. He picked it up and read the book's back page.
"Nice story. About angels and stuff. By the way, I heard you're a wide reader. Have you come across stories similar to that? I'm fascinated with those celestial beings nowadays." She smiled, offering him a can of soda.
Kira looked intently at her, after some time of self-deliberation, he laid down the book, leaned back on the couch and sighed.
"Is this what you want Yvanejielle? Well, whether you like it or not, I'm going to let it all out." He said to himself.
"Yeah. I think I know one story."
Katan together with Kirie saw Rociel as the latter stared blankly at the opposite wall. Thw two angels approached slowly.
"Ano, Rociel-sama…" Kirie started.
"I can't find her! She's taunting me! I know she's here… But where?" the inorganic angel muttered.
"Who is she?" Katan asked finally.
"So?" Arakune asked.
"Just like Alexiel, she's more than an angel." Kurai said dreamily.
The princess of Anagura looked at the twilight sky, remembering her friend.
"Like Alexiel, she's a goddess."
"Yvanejielle?" she asked Kira.
"Yeah, a high ranking angel in heaven, equal to Adam Kadamon." His aunt looed baffled. Kira grinned and then gave a brief background of heaven.
"Uh huh. I think I got them all right."
"She's endowed with all the power in heaven, all the power an angel can possibly imagine." Rociel said, rage filling his eyes.
"It was said that one day she will come and rule heaven, upon God's orders."
"I know her. I've heard things about her…" Kirie interrupted.
"But there can't be any angel stronger than Rociel-sama…" After hearing this, the inorganic angel let out an ear-piercing shriek.
"She must be the most powerful angel in heaven. I felt her aura when we first met and it was frightening."
"I heard the legend about her, she's the child of heaven that will purge hell of all things in it. The most perfect creation."
"It's no legend Arakune, I saw her, I met her."
"The Holy Child of God." Kira muttered
"She's heaven's most prized possession. Her existence spread out but it was turned into a myth."
"Huh? How? An angel that powerful couldn't just have walked around heaven unnoticed."
"That's because no one saw her."
"But why? What did they do, hid her?" Kira nodded.
"Yeah. They hid her alright."
"She was imprisoned somewhere in heaven. Held in a hidden barracks and guarded by a a fleet of angels."
"Imprisoned? The Holy Child of God was imprisoned?" Kirie asked.
"She was supposed to be kept until her time comes. She was to know nothing of Heaven, Hell or Assiah, and no one should know her."
"But the problem was, she hated being held like a jack-n-the-box." Kira smirked
"Who wouldn't." his aunt said indignantly.
"She told me she likes to se everything. That's why she came down."
"Maybe to look around at the place she's to clear up." Arakuna rolled his eyes.
"No. Her eyes told me she's telling the truth. And that's she's enjoying herself."
"You mean she escaped?"
"Occasionally…" Kira grinned, remembering the girl she saw.
"Her guards underestimated her. They didn't know that she was flying around heaven when they thought she's in her room." Rociel said between gritted teeth.
"She would will herself out then enjoy the freedom."
"During one of those times she met her friend." Kurai continued.
"Friend? She told you that?"
"Yeah. She told me she has a friend in hell…"
"Wait what? An angel who is supposed to be locked up all her life has a friend, in hell? A demon?" Arakune spat.
"I don't know. That's what she told me…" Kurai shrugged.
Flashback
" Hey, why are you here again?" Kurai asked.
"I came to look for my friend." She smiled.
"Friend? Down here? Who?"
"An old friend. I heard he's somewhere in this place."
"Where?"
"At the heart of hell."
End of Flashback
"Lucifer, the King of Hell?" his Aunt exclaimed, Kira flinched.
"Yes, but then he's still called Lucifel." He explained.
"How come she became friends with him?" Kira chuckjled.
"Because they differ in everything."
Unknown to them, the angel who's the topic of their conversation is currently sitting in a room, the moonlight shining on her beautiful eyes.
"Lucifel… He's the only friend I had outside my place in heaven. " she smiled.
"She's gentle, kind, warm and innocent. That will be your first impression of her."
"Maybe it's because of her rank, or her mysterious comings and goings, but during the times Lucifel would see her, she always fascinate him."
"In what ways?"
"On how she found happiness in the simplest of things, how she smile all the time, and her views on everything which are always different from his."
"No matter what I did those days, I always end up meeting Lucifel. And through those meetings I came to be interested in the Morning Star."
"He's always distant, cold, doesn't want any attachment. I always wondered how he could live that way, cold as ice and tough as a rock. Yet I know that there's more to him than meets the eye."
"He knew that there's a deeper Yvanejielle. And he was determined to know who she really is."
"And soon enough I found it." The angel's eyes shone brighter.
"And the time came when she revealed herself to him."
"They set out to discover one another and ended up finding each other." His aunt said.
Lucifel walked on the grass and looked around. True to what Yvanejielle said, Assiah had become a very beautiful place. Despite the dark sky he could still see how promising the world really was. But he had no time to wander around.
"Yvanejielle, where are you?"
It had been long since he last saw the angel. By now he understood who she really is, the angel destined to rule heaven, the most favored creation, and the most powerful angel. But he doesn't care.
"Why don't you show yourself now?"
He thought about the pendant and the connection it gave. The angel must've done a good job removing his aura from the pendant because the visions had stopped coming.
"But I don't think you cleared it all up."
Yet despite the ceasing of his visions, Lucifel would still find himself preoccupied with thoughts of her.
(A/N: The lyrics are the english translation of Sanctus that I got from into the Blue sky
Illusionary dreams are Whiter
Wings scatter To a thousand piecesLucifel heard the voice not far from him. He could discern sadness in the voice and he could identify whose it was..
The Original Sin Is bloodier
The calling voice Farther
We fulfill ourselves For that coming day
At last he found her, sitting on a bed of grass. But another sight seized him. Yvanejielle was not alone. He saw what looked like a pair of feet near her. As he went near, he knew, he saw what was happening.
The currents breezes Higher
Eternity more Sapphire
With our wandering MemoriesYvanejielle cradled a bleeding child in her arms. It seems that she's trying to heal the boy's wounds but even Lucifel could see that her attempts were going nowhere.
"Thanks a lot… I'm feeling much better now." The boy said weakly
"That's good." She said.
"But I'm really tired…"
"When you've gained back your strength, you're going to stay here. Do you like this place?" the boy gave a soft nod.
"Here no one will hurt you, you're going to be free.." her voice broke and Lucifel knew she was crying.
"I'm tired…"
"Okay. I understand. You go to sleep so that when you wake up again you'll be able to see the entire place."
"Can you sing for me again?"
The lake Darkens
The hymn sings out Pure We waken and Open our eyesOnly You
Of so Far away,
It falls to the ground This roseHer voice rang throughout the open space. Soon, it trembled and sobs replaced the words. After the last note had faded with the wind, she embraced the child tightly. Lucifel watched as the body was enclosed in light that became thousands of butterflies that flew up to the sky. After a moment, just as he was about to advance…
"What are you doing here Lucifel?" He was shocked as she obviously had known he was standing there and completely ignored him.
He didn't answer her and she didn't care. She stood up, undid the button on her clothes Lucifel watched in confusion as the girl slowly took it off, revealing her garb underneath it. He felt a tremendous surge of aura as Yvanejielle's coat fell down, Her clothes shone and three pairs of wings opened, followed by an astral one.
"Seven wings… She has seven wings...she must stronger than Adam Kadamon…" he said to himself
He had never seen her seventh wing.All this time he was just seeing three pairs of wings, but a seventh one...And he didn't expect her to have that much power. A glint of light flashed and the transparent seven bladed sword appeared in her hand. Lucifel looked at her, she resembled a goddess, her beautiful face hardened by anger, her eyes blazing with fury.
"But all her glory and grandeur shattered…" Rociel sneered.
"She fell down from grace."
Lucifel stared at the wreck in front of him. Corpses littered the floor, and at the far end on the room, he saw her, pointing a sword at another.
"Yvanejielle…" Lucifel called, the angel turned to him.
He was surprised to see her features. Her bruning eyes didn't show any signs of ravenous lust for blood. He knew she had a reason for doing such.
"You dare cross my path Morning Star?"
"Stop this nonsense." He said in his old monotone, moving towards her.
Yvanejielle answered with a glare. Lucifel raised his weapon and put it above her sword.
"You're challenging me?"
Lucifel was stared as everything stopped. Yvanejielle had stopped time. She looked at him again.
"If you win, I'll spare that monster." She said, flying away from him.
The two started to fight. Lucifel noted that the girl could move with ease and grace. He also noted that she avoided hitting him, that all she did were defensive move, and that irritated him off.
"What? Pissed off?" she taunted, again avoiding his attack.
It took long before one of them was pinned to the floor.
"You can never win over me, Lucifel-sama." She smirked, getting off him.
Yvanejielle tossed her hair and walked back to her prey. Lucifel stood up and straightened his clothes then looked at her. With a swift motion, he flew towards the angel, grabbed her and pushed her to the wall, his sword lingering close to her throat.
"Is this all because of that Ion?"
"You didn't know what that boy went through… Countless experiments, mistreatments. He had been through hell Luciufel, and it's all because of those men over there." She said, tears strating to fall down hger cheeks.
"It's his fate to be like that…" he answered.
"Fate? Just because he was born like that? Don't give me that crap to digest Lucifel! We are all the same here, why then are you free while that boy is not!" she shouted.
"He's a product of sin…" Lucifel watched as her eyes burned.
"He was born to aunion of two angels Lucifel. If we, angels are the most honored creation how is it that an ion like him, a child of two angels born from love be impure?" Lucifel stared and unconsciously loosened his hold on her.
"It's the law."
"Law? Hell… it's just a piece of shit!" a blast of aura threw him back.
Yvanejielle did not linger to look at him as she returned to her last victim. She didn't know that the guy she was a bout to kill had seized a gun and hid it behind him.
"Yvanejielle." Lucifel called.
She looked back but her vision blurred as she was pulled back. A shot was heard, followed by a muffled yell as she threw a blast to him.
"What…" she thought.
She got up and saw the culprit. Lucifel's weapon was embedded on his chest, and a hole in the wall indicated where her shot went through.
"Oh hell…"
As if waking up in a trance, the angel's features softened, Lucifel watched as her eyes went back to it's crystal shine yet it still reflected the sadness in them.
"I owe you one, Lucifel…" she said, throwing a smile at him.
"Hey, you have a wound… " she added, looking at the blood gushing from his shoulder.
"Serves you right for interfering with my plans." She smiled after she had healed him. And with a sudden golden light, she vanished.
"Lucifel marveled the angel. He had planned to stop her yet she healed him. She wondered if she was too soft or just plain stupid." Kira laughed
"And what did he do?" his aunt asked, with a small smile.
"I flew back to Assiah after that. Lucifel killed my last target and saved my life. I don't know why, but I didn't have time to think of such things. I went back to Assiah to do the thing I've been wanting to do for a long time." Yvanejielle said.
"Lucifel landed on the ground and surveyed the familiar place. The sky was darker than before, and thunder echoed around. It didn't took him long to find the angel. She was crouching on the ground, shaking as rain started to fall.
"Yvanejielle…" he thought.
He watched as the girl continued to cry. No sound could be heard but her evident shaking told him she was crying uncontrollably. Without thinking twice, two pairs of wings opened and raised them above her, shielding her from the rain.
"Huh?" Yvanejielle looked around and saw him standing there
"I didn't know what was happening. I was just surprised when it stopped raining where I was sitting but then it's still raining everywhere. And when I looked back, he was there…" she laughed.
"But really… I didn't have any idea why he did that…"
"I---he didn't have any idea why he did that. He must've wanted to comfort her…"
"And what do you think is the reasonKira?" His aunt asked, a knowing smile dancing on her lips.
"I think… I think he did that because he felt her pain. That at last, he understood her. An understanding that he can't put into words…"
"I know. I think I know what you're talking about." His aunt said in a low voice.
"At that time, I didn't care if I am the higher angel between the two of us. I was just glad that someone was there for me."
"She stood up, but with head bowed low and eyes downcast. Yet he heard when she said a barely audible 'Thank you.' And again he started to admire the girl. More than ever"
"I just couldn't let him see me cry. I am the highest angel but then I am crying in front of a cherub? No way. That's why I didn't dare look at him. But I was surprised when his hand rested on my head and he slowly pulled it close to him."
"'Just let it all out…' he said and I just broke down. Embarrassing for an angel my rank but I don't hellishly care."
"And the next thing he knew, he was holding her in his arms tight." Kira said lowly.
"That was the start of her fall…" Rociel said, madness covered his features.
Alaine leaned back and raised the necklace to eye level. She had been altering it all this time and now, it's done. The pendant was in a silver frame thathung on along chain. She smield as she laid it down on the table.
"There. Finished." she smiled, clasping and unclasping the lock that held the frame to the pendant.
A/N: At last finished! Took me more than a month! Sorry but I've been an am still in a tough position. Finals are approaching. By the way, since it is near, I might not be able to upload for a while (I reall am starting to think I'm going through all the levels of hell this finals). Hell….. Hope you guys liked it! Ciao! Mr. Kusanagi: it's okay. I'm not offended or anything. Peace!
A little trivia... I posted this during our breaktime in school when I'm worrying about that hell-hard exam out prof gave us last time. The class is to demand a re-test and i hope he will approve of it. Anyways, you guys take care! Ja:D
