Is All Really Fair in Love and War?

Disclaimer: I don't own Angel Sanctuary. End of story.

Chapter 1

What is the definition of a normal day? A person usually gets up, takes a shower, eats breakfast, leaves for work at the office, does the paperwork that the job requires, takes a lunch break, works some more, stops for some dinner on the way home, watches tv, goes to bed, and squeezes in a few smokes, a drink or two, and occasionally some sex in between everything else. All of this happens only to repeat the process the next day and many more until the person's time of death.

Does this seem normal? It should be, but it is not in heaven, especially not for one man. He is Zaphikel, a member of the Thrones, and he is a hunter and a killer. He'd better be careful of the cops, right? Nope. He is paid by the government to do his horrible job. And, yes, he is good at what he does. Sometimes, he even gets a kick out of it.

The ones being hunted are malicious criminals, right? Wrong, again. They are mere children. Yes, children, and their parents as well. Here in heaven, angels are not allowed to love even though they have the ability to do so. And, therefore, they cannot have children. If they do, it is a high crime, and the punishment for the parent AND the child is death. Zaphikel simply carries out this punishment.

But even horrible people like Zaphikel have secrets that they won't share. His, in a way, could be called a crush. Yeah, a crush that developed into an obsession. Her name was Anael. Zaphikel would go meandering into her office to show her some grotesque piece of a body of someone that he had recently murdered. It was all just to piss her off. She didn't like killing, but Zaphikel also desired to show her that their jobs were similar. Anael worked for the research department of the government, and that is because God liked experiments. This time, He wanted twins. Someday, they would replace Rosiel and Alexiel. The evil and more powerful of the two, Sandalphon, was the subject of Anael's and her co-workers' work. God wanted to experiment on this baby for some reason. Anael and her fellow scientists needed children's organs for some of their tests. So, sometimes, Zaphikel would show up with a dead child's body and simply plop it down on top of Anael's desk. And then, Anael would throw a fit about how gruesome, horrible, and cruel he was.

However, today, Zaphikel had a plan. He'd already been kicked out by Anael, but he had snuck down an empty hallway when she wasn't looking. Tonight, he was going to make her jealous, very jealous, and then he was going to make her love him.

Here comes Anael's friend and co-worker, Layla.. It was simple for him, for he was much stronger than she. Zaphikel pushed the woman against the wall and thrust his tongue into her mouth. Of course, he gave Layla time to scream so that Anael would come running.

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

Ah, yes. Anael was beautiful when she was angry. And, yes, she was definitely jealous. She went on bitching, but Zaphikel wasn't listening to her harsh words. He was enjoying the mere sound of Anael's voice. He pushed Layla away, and she ran away down the hall and around the corner. And then, the moment was right. He pulled Anael close and kissed her, and after a few seconds, she kissed back. She gave in, but she and Zaphikel weren't the only ones who saw this. Layla was still watching from around the corner.