Questioned of Self
Chapter 7: Escape!
Kurai thought she felt someone tugging on her ear so she shrugged off the movement until someone called out to her in the darkness.
Kurai! Wake up!
"What?" She breathed. No one was there in her room to answer her call. The demon searched for signs of life but looked in vain. When she gave up and began propping her pillow to go back asleep a random notion came to her head. Something's out in the courtyard.
Even though the thought came from her own mind Kurai couldn't describe how it popped in there. Yet she didn't question the obvious. Following her gut she got out of bed and made her way towards the courtyard gardens.
"Princess Kurai!" Erich called. Erich was one of Kurai's many personal assistants that guarded her doors during the night. "What's the matter?" He asked with worry.
"Nothing, Erich. I just…follow me to the courtyard." She commanded before jolting down the hallway. Erich spaced out, confused whether to call for back up or to go with her.
"Princess!" HE jumped before following her heels. Kurai didn't feel like she had the time to answer Rich's questions. Something inside her kept on saying for her to got to the courtyard; to be swift, don't stop till you get there. The thought was so strong it was almost as if someone was advising her to do it. But it wasn't like Kurai was not curious. She desperately wanted to see what the conclusion was.
Ashe she round the bend that lead into the courtyard, she paused for a second to signal Erich to 'shut-up'. Once in full view of the gardens there she saw Setsuna sitting on the base of the fountain and not alone. Tangled within his grasp was Lucifer, the dark angel and owner of Kira's appearance.
"ENEMY!" She called. "Enemy in the gardens! Sound off the alert Erich!" Kurai's voice woke the entire palace, frightening everyone awake but the ones that were most caught off guard were the ones caught. Both Setsuna and Lucifer jumped in shock that Kurai now stood before them.
"Get out of here!" Setsuna quickly said. For a moment Lucifer couldn't move. "Go!" He pushed him away and immediately the angel launched off the ground and into the air before anyone could reach them. He was long gone before a round of soldiers came at Kurai's side.
"Whit is it, Princess?" Remarque asked for the entire crowd but the Princess paid little attention to her charge.
"What were you doing?" She snapped at Setsuna. Setsuna couldn't find the words to form answers.
"How did you know that him and I were even here?" Setsuna asked.
"I um…" For a second Kurai had to think. This was the firs time she now thought of the random idea. "Evil's instinct!" She spat at him but Setsuna could feel something or someone was behind all of this. Kurai never received an answer as t why Lucifer was resting on Setsuna's lap like lovers under the night sky.
Lucifer was more than enraged at the fact that Setsuna and him were caught. They were in-fact doing nothing that defied the rule but being together in such a tender which was why Lucifer could do nothing but rage.
Belial! He shouted in his head, summoning the sly devil from her hiding place in the shadows. As if she was always behind the column of the colonnades, Belial stepped out in front of Lucifer.
"You called my Darling." She addressed in a sweet voice of innocence and admiration. Lucifer took no heed of it and coiled his cold fingers around her feeble neck. While choking her air to a full stop he hammered her straight into the wall, leaving the side cracked from the collision of her body.
"Defy me again," He passionately whispered. "I will rip off what God should have ripped off when her first cast you out of Heaven." Belial's eyes widened even more in horror rather than shock. The angel released her as she gasped for air and waked away to find Rosiel.
Mad Hatter watched as her beloved lord walked away from her as she cursed Setsuna's name under her breath.
"There you are!" Rosiel sighed as he saw Lucifer walk into the room. "Me and Katan were just talking about you Lucifer." Lucifer's eyes darted towards Katan, yet Katan made sure his blue eyes didn't met those of Lucifer's.
"And what did you talk of?" Lucifer asked as if intrigued by the subject of himself.
"We heard from a reliable source that you have been sneaking off to meet with the mortal boy, Setsuna." Rosiel studied the dark angel for signs of panic. He continued. "And that for the first time you were caught by the Evil's Princess."
Lucifer remained calm and expressionless as he looked down at Rosiel. Nothing stirred as Rosiel waited for Lucifer to explain himself but the dark angel only sat down on a cushioned chair opposite him.
"I'm waiting for a reason why you've been going to that boy?" Rosiel kept his voice nonchalant but Lucifer knew this was his most dangerous outfit of disguise.
"What can I say, you already know the truth. There's nothing more to add." Lucifer answered.
"How about why you've been running off." Rosiel said. Lucifer chose his words carefully.
"I wanted information from whether he did or did not remember anything from Alexial's lifetime." Rosiel re-crossed his legs.
"And what did he say?" Rosiel asked.
"He said 'yes' and only told me some distant memories the he could remember as Alexial." Rosiel looked at Katan who stood in the corner with guilt. Lucifer may not have known the entire story but he could read that whatever Katan told Rosiel turned out to be false.
"Leave me, Lucifer." Rosiel commanded while continuing to glare at Katan. H did, leaving the room with a grin on his face. Now, how will I see Setsuna again when Katan's following me? He thought.
Oh no! Secrets out! Looks like Lucifer has to find another way to see Setsuna if he wants to see him again. With what he knows now of Kira, does he really want to waste his time with Setsuna? Will Mad Hatter and Katan try to pull something on the two? REVIEW!