Chapter 3

Lyre growled at the purple angel with ire. How dare he insult her masterpiece?! If it wasn't for her antidote, the purple angel could kiss his precious Judas goodbye. She held her tongue before she spoke of anything she might regret later. She wouldn't want to explain to Zeus on what happened to his beloved angels. -Incompetence- thought Lyre angrily.

'W-Who are you?' demanded Shiva as he took a step back. The lady in front of him was releasing a familiar but threatening aura. He had sensed this feeling before but he couldn't remember where. The other 5 Saint Beasts remained silent, they had a feeling that confronting her was not a good idea. They hoped that their fellow angel wouldn't offend her any further. Shiva's sharp tongue could be a downfall to him.

'My, my a rude one too. I wouldn't do that if I were you,' said the blue eyed lady with a dark smirk. She grasped the angel's chin with her hand and leaned forward until they were inches from each other.

'Speaking like that to a deity has consequences' Shiva's eyes went wide when he saw the female's blue eyes turned into red glowing eyes like how Zeus had looked at him when he proposed of having 7 members Saint Beasts.

'Let's see which punishment should I inflict on you, shall we? A trip to the Forest of Darkness? Or exile you to Earth? Or…' Shiva was started to shiver under her cold words. Lyre knew this and she was not done yet.

'Let Zeus deal with you?' Shiva felt the hand on his chin started to creep around his neck, taking it with her fingers.

'That's enough, Lyre. You scared him enough,' spoke a voice behind the lady, snapping everyone to turn towards the entrance of the room except her. Lyre's eyes went back to her deep blue eyes and she released Shiva's neck. 'Saved by the bell,' Shiva took steps back until he felt his back against the wall and his hands around his neck, taking deep breaths.

'Luca!'

Luca was pleasantly surprised when Rey threw his lithe body into a warm embrace. The silver haired angel smiled and returned the embrace. He could feel that Rey had lost some weight and this worried him. Rey was trembling in his arms as he tried to hold back tears. Waiting for his beloved friend for four days were agonizing to him.

'How are you doing, Rey?' whispered Luca, holding back from kissing the delicate angel's purple locks.

Judas, Shin, Gai and Goh smiled, feeling relief that both of their friends will be alright from then on. Without realizing that someone was watching them within the shadows outside.

'My, my what a beautiful sight,' said the creature with a cheerful tone. He watched in complete bliss as he floated leisurely above the village that was filled with screams of terror and cries of agony that he knew could be echoed to the Heavens above him. Blood was flooding the ground along with bodies of humans and animals in a slow pace.

'Oooh, what do we have here?'

The sadistic creature grinned toothily as he saw a boy managed to crawl away from his little party but failed miserably when he landed in front of the man to block his path from escaping to the forest. The creature crooked one head with a smile and looked down at the terrified human being.

'A stowaway?'

The child shook violently under the red eyed creature's gaze and tears were starting to form on his eyes, too terrified to scream for help. The tall creature looked down at the human with blank eyes and one of his companion landed beside him. The cloaked companion greeted his master with a bent of one knee, 'Master, forgive me. The human slipped under my gaze. I'll handle him,'

'There is no need for that,' said the creature as his hand wound around the petrified child's neck, slowly crushing his windpipe. The child struggled fruitlessly as he was being raised to the air. The grip around his neck was tightening and his little hands were trying to pry the hand off but it was futile. The last thing the child saw was his captor's smiling face.

He dropped the limp body before he turned and faced his four companions that had bent on one knee, waiting for their master's orders.

'Report,' ordered the master with power and authority.

'No signs of survivors,'

'Good,'

'There is wind that two angels had passed this village before our assault,'

'Excellent,' hissed the creature with a smirk. Everything seemed to be going nicely.

'But there's no signs of them, Master,'

'Hmmmm, Zeus seems to be hesitating, isn't he?'

'What should we do now, Master?'

The master chuckled darkly before he answered.

'Let's catch up with the angels,'

Zeus watched his crystal ball with a deep frown. He had witnessed the bloodbath and he sensed the leader of the assault was no angel and human. It wasn't Lucifer or Gabriel. Whoever it was, he couldn't hear them talking. –This is no ordinary being- thought Zeus.

The creature's back was facing towards him, making the deity unable to see his face. They attacked the village with ease and they wore cloaks to hide their faces. He turned his gazes away from the crystal ball and leaned into his throne with a sigh.

'This group…Could they be the ones responsible for the death of Yuki-Sama's angels, Zeus-Sama?' asked Pandora with a stoic face but deep down, he felt fear. The way they slaughtered the human were exactly like how Yuki's guards were killed, they died from blood loss and slow torture. They left the scene with blood splattered messily. He had been watching the incident with his deity, seeing the horror and tragedy of the demise of a village. The village was doing their peaceful routine until they arrived and brought havoc to it. How could they travel from Heaven to Earth easily?

Zeus didn't answer Pandora's question and the throne room remained in silence for a few moments, deep in his thoughts.

Ooooookay! This chapter might be a bit boring but I promise you the following chapters will be more interesting. ^^

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