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Chapter 6- Discovery
Assiah
"Tis the season of joy!" sang the Santa Claus outside of the shop.
"Hohoho! Merry Christmas!" another Santa Claus sang as he stepped out of the shop.
"Wishing you a very happy Merry Christmas!" the ninety- ninth Santa Claus he saw in one day said.
This was seriously getting on his nerves.
-If one more sings or says ANYTHING related to Christmas…-
Setsuna entered the shop and took a brief glance before swiping a colorful box of chocolate biscuits and walked over to the counter, paid and walked out…
"Merry Christmas!" Mr- must- be- the- hundredth- Santa- Claus sang.
Setsuna stood in front of the Santa Claus, head down and shaking visibly.
There was silence for a few seconds…
Before…
"EEEEEWWWWAAAARRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!"
Poor Santa Claus…
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Heaven
Michael glowered at the three Archangels in front of him.
They glowered back.
Electricity was sparking everywhere so rapidly that anybody else who were in the room had all fled out to avoid the Archangels wrath…
Again.
Days after they had gotten back, the Archangels' had resumed their staring match, with no one backing down until it was night and everyone went off. Then they would continue it the next morning.
Barbiel watched them everyday, looking exasperated as this drew on. She was the only one who wasn't frightened by the Archangels current antics, and she had chosen a perfectly safe spot which helped her avoid the haywire electricity and yet watch them.
But enough was enough, and what was even weirder was that the Archangels were supposed to be adults.
Meaning they were supposed to be mature…well…maybe Michael was an exception…
Mature enough not to act like kids.
Finally, she stepped towards them and the electricity somehow, whether miraculously or not, did not touch her. She hated to have to do this, but she was forced to, and also, and would get Raphael and the others to at least listen to her.
"Raphael- sama, I'm going to be married." She placed a strong emphasis on the word 'marriage'.
And all Raphael did was to nod his head, still glaring at Michael. Barbiel sighed. So it didn't work after all. Barbiel then shook her head, turned around and walked out of the room. She shut the door behind her and looked at her watch as she walked towards the exit of Michael's domain.
-5, 4, 3, 2, 1…-
"WAIT A SECOND! DID BARBIEL SAY SHE WAS GETTING MARRIED!?"
"Yeah…I think she said that…" she heard Uriel say.
"TO HELL WITH THE GROOM!!! BBBBAAARRRBBBBIIIIEEEELLLL!!!" Raphael screamed…literally…
Raphael slammed the door open, screaming Barbiel's name as he ran down the corridor, leaving the 3 other Archangels open- mouthed.
Michael was the first to recover, and he snorted.
"I'm telling you, even though he's the Archangel of Wind, he certainly is slow in catching important issues."
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Assiah
She glared at the oven.
One reason why she hated Christmas that much was because she had plenty of cleaning up to do.
One reason why she loved Christmas that much was because of the happy atmosphere that was always around.
Sara sighed. She wondered if it had been a good idea to invite Uriel and the others. She had hoped to just spend Christmas with Setsuna this year, but so many things had occurred, and to think, just within this one year…
Firstly, there was Aerial, who looked so much like Alexiel.
Secondly, there was the "incident" with Archangel of Fire, Michael.
Thirdly, Aerial had found herself a boyfriend.
Fourthly, her argument with Setsuna over Aerial.
Fifthly, the issue of the treaty between Heaven and Hell.
There were many more others, but currently, these were the few that plagued her. The last one made her even more jittery, as she and Setsuna was very much involved in the treaty. If something happened, it would involve them as well, and she was not interested in choosing sides if the both realms fought. The only disastrous thing that could happen was that Assiah would be severely affected. Uriel and Lucifer, who were both representing Heaven and Hell each, she was sure, only tolerated each other as they had both loved Alexiel and had known of her love for Assiah. The second reason was because they were unsure if Alexiel, by any chance, had ended up on Assiah.
But Sara was certain that Alexiel had been reincarnated into a human being, as no human could actually resemble an angel. While she almost looked like Gabriel, both of them did not look alike in terms of temper, eye colour and hair colour. But Alexiel and Aerial looked almost the same as each other.
It was almost they were twins.
But where was the logic in that? No human and angel could be siblings, and above all, birthed from a dad/mom.
But there was other issues to worry about. With Aerial getting a boyfriend and such, it wouldn't bode well if Uriel and the others saw her. Better yet, her boyfriend.
Sara found herself knocked out of her thoughts simultaneously by the "ting" of the oven and Setsuna slamming the door open. As she slowly removed the cookies from the oven and rested them on the counter, she raised her head and looked at Setsuna, who dumped the Christmas stuff on the sofa and walked towards her, looking very grumpy. Sara gave him a kiss on the cheek and wrapped her hands around his arm. "What's wrong?"
"Why do we have to buy Christmas stuff for the few idiots up there as well!? They are the ones supposed to be treating us!" Sara raised an eyebrow.
"I take it you went berserk on Santa Claus again?"
"That was so not my fault! They kept singing Merry Christmas!!"
Sara rolled her eyes. "But that is SUPPOSED to be their job, Setsuna. You can't blame them for it."
"Try going around shops and all sings Merry Christmas to you. I've no tolerance for this kind of things. 'Sides, I was hoping to just spend Christmas with you only…" Setsuna ran his hand through his hair in frustration.
Sara looked at him lovingly. "Thank you, Setsuna…but you are aware…"
Setsuna nodded. "Yeah, Aerial, Alexiel- sama, the treaty…damn, I had thought our life had enough excitement after the second Holy war…or was it the third? Ah, who cares…maybe if we're lucky, we can get the demons and angels to bond a little more…"
Sara smiled cheerily. "Then we better prepare more food…I'm not so sure about their appetites…"
Setsuna gave a slight chuckle. "Sure."
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Gehenna
Michael yelped as he dodged a flying katana that had came out of nowhere.
"KURAIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Said person stood metres in front of him, glaring daggers. Michael picked up the katana and stormed towards the princess. Voice and Noise, who were standing beside Kurai, made a slight move. But as Michael drew closer with an atmosphere of anger, Voice made his way in front of Kurai, only to be pushed away by Michael, who glared knives at Kurai.
"What the heck was that for!?"
"I heard you went down to Assiah!"
"And you're angry I didn't bring you?"
"Alexiel- sama loves Assiah and you actually…!"
"That was so not my fault! Those morons called me SHORT!"
"Couldn't you have tolerated it?"
"Can you?"
"This…well…but, I admit I'm short!"
"And what makes you think I'm that short? I've grown, okay?"
"In what way?"
"Height, of course!"
"What about your temper???"
"I wouldn't be called the Archangel of Fire if I wasn't that pissed easily, Kurai!"
"Oh, so you only care for your reputation???"
"I didn't mean that!"
"You already just said it!"
"You're just jealous that I went down to Assiah and didn't bring you cause you wanted to see your Setsuna dear!" Jealously boiled within Michael.
Slap
"How dare you! Setsuna already has Sara! And I did go down to Assiah to search for you!" Kurai yelled at him with tears streaming down her cheeks. She stormed away angrily, with Noise and Voice in tow, the latter snarling dangerously at him.
Michael just stood there, stunned, as he rested his palm on the part where Kurai had slapped him.
"She went to Assiah…to search for me…?"
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Heaven
"Katou?"
"Yea, Uri- chan?"
"I'm telling you, you ill- mannered man, that Master's name is Uriel- sama and not your Uri- chan!" Doll jabbed Katou's forehead, looking annoyed. Uriel just sweatdropped as he looked at the both of them.
"Jeez, I got it already! Keep your mechanics on!"
"You pervert!"
"What?? I said mechanics, not anything about your body!"
"YOU PERVERT!! KATOU HENTAI!!"
"Doll, could you get me some tea?' Uriel interjected before the situation resulted in an all- out words war between the both of them. Doll happily nodded and skipped out of the room, singing as she did so.
"Uriel- sama wants some tea so Doll will obey and make some tea"
Katou snorted. "Anyway, you had something to ask me?"
Uriel nodded. "Just wanted to check with you if you are interested in going to the Christmas party at the Messiah's house?"
"Oh, Set- chan's house? Hmm…not bad…alright, I'll go!"
Uriel nodded and resumed his work.
"Oh, Uriel?"
"Yes?"
"How's the issue of Alexiel- sama coming along?'
Uriel stopped writing.
"We're not sure about the situation yet…"
Katou looked at him, then sighed.
"You're aware the reason why both sides are working together is because of Alexiel- sama's disappearance?"
Uriel set down his pen. "Yes, I'm aware of it."
"Whatcha gonna do once she is found?"
Uriel sighed and leaned back, looking up at the darkening sky from where he sat.
"I don't know."
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Gehenna
Another glass figurine flew through the air and shattered into pieces as it came into contact with the hard wall.
Noise looked at the princess. "That's the 110th glass figurine you've thrown, princess."
Kurai glared at her through her tears. "Say something better than that, will you?"
Noise sighed. "Princess, you can't stay angry forever."
"I can't help it! I was so worried for him, and he thanks me this way!"
"But princess, have you considered that he may be saying it out of jealously?"
"What has he got to be jealous about?"
Noise sighed. Apparently, both the princess and the Archangel of Fire were quite dense about their feelings.
"Never mind…you'll know one day. But princess, why don't you just forgive and forget? He'll realise his mistake and apologise to you, for sure."
Kurai sniffled. "Thanks, Noise. By the way, I won't be free sometime next week."
Noise tilted her head. "Why?"
"Oh, Sara invited me to her Christmas party."
"Oh, I see."
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Heaven
Barbiel glanced up and saw Michael pacing around for at least what seemed to be the hundredth time on that day.
She remembered that Michael had arrived back at Heaven with a red handprint mark on his face and looking very confused.
At first, she didn't mind, but as time wore on, it started to get annoying.
'Michael- sama?"
"Barbiel?"
Both of them looked startled. "Sorry, you go first." Barbiel's eyes widened in surprise. Since when did Michael become so polite?
"Ah, nevermind, you go first. Michael- sama."
Michael looked nervous. "Erm, well…how should I say this…well…"
"Howdoyousaysorry?" Barbiel blinked at Michael.
"Pardon?"
"Well… how do you say sorry? I meant…to girls…"
Barbiel eyes widened. Then her eyes softened. "You had an argument with Kurai- hime?"
"Well, sort of…"
Barbiel smiled. "Well, why don't you tell me about it then?"
Michael sat down and started to recount his story.
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Gehenna
Kurai found herself disturbed out of her sleep at the constant knocking on her door. Annoyed, she got out of bed and opened it.
"Noise?? Do you know what time is it??"
Noise was looking very stunned. "Princess, I'm telling you, you have to see this…"
Kurai looked confused. "See what?"
Noise dragged a protesting Kurai down to the courtyard. "Look."
Kurai looked at Noise and then looked at the direction Noise was looking at.
Her eyes widened as she felt the last traces of sleep vanish away.
Little flameballs in the shape of various animals were floating around, and as Kurai gingerly touched one of them, realize that they didn't hurt her.
Standing back slightly, she realised that they were positioned into words. She felt her tears built up again, but this time, it was tears of joy and amusement.
"That childish idiot…"
The words were spelled out. "I'M SORRY"
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Gehenna
A figure stood some distance away, looking at the princess as she danced around the flameballs. Glad that she was happy now, he spread his wings and took off to the skies.
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Hell
Hell hath no fury for a woman scorned, Hatter thought to herself as she walked amongst the intimidating pillars. How true that was.
Less than a few moments after they had arrived back at Hell, Lucifer had ordered for Barbelo to be punished severely. It was without a doubt that the Lord of Chaos was furious, and no one dared to go against his orders, so Barbelo's screams could be heard miles away. After that…she had heard Barbelo had been behaving well.
It was not wise to go against the Lord of Chaos, and Hatter had thought all this while Barbelo had the sense not to do so.
But, apparently, Barbelo had proved to be sillier than she thought.
"Pride."
"Sloth."
Hatter turned around to acknowledge Abbadon's former caretaker, Astaroth.
A few years ago, Astarte had tragically died because of a fatal wound inflicted on her by Abbadon. It also happened that both of them were in the same body, so Astarte removed herself from Astaroth, at the cost of her life. But Hatter remembered that Astarte was happy.
-I'm just glad that Astaroth is safe…my death will not make an impact on him…-
Hatter had not been close with Astarte, but she remembered that Lucifer had looked very highly upon the twins, despite their Sin, Sloth . Also, she remembered that Astarte had grown beautiful, even until her death. And she remembered that Astarte loved her brother.
But it was more than plain sibling love.
"What brings you here, Astaroth?" Hatter asked smoothly.
"I came to pay my respects to sister." Astaroth said.
Then it struck. Of course…today was the day when Astarte had died. Hatter was about to say something, when she felt a presence. Both Sins turned and bowed to the Lord of the Chaos. "Lucifer- sama."
Lucifer acknowledged them with a nod. "What brings the both of you here?"
"I came for sister, my lord." Astaroth said in a rather monotone voice.
"So I see, Hatter?"
"I somehow wandered here, but I would pay my respects to Lady Astarte as well. What brings you here then, my lord?"
"Same reason as Astaroth. Come."
Both Sins followed after their Lord, and after some time walking, they stopped in front of crystal clear lake. Astarte lay inside the lake, a fitting tribute to her, as Lucifer had said. She looked almost as though she was asleep. Astaroth knelt down and released some flowers into the lake. "Sister…"
Lucifer looked down on Astarte. It reminded him so much of Alexiel, locked up in the crystal cage as her soul died painfully. But now, she was missing. Astarte, without a doubt, was beautiful, but Alexiel was much more beautiful than her, and Astarte had admitted defeat after seeing the Organic Angel once.
-She truly is the representation of Assiah, with the power to create and destroy, the looks that mirrors that of the weather and seasons.-
That was the reason why Heaven and Hell was co-existing peacefully. Not just for Assiah…
It was for Alexiel as well.
-Alexiel…tell me, where are you…?-
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Assiah
The door clicked open, and Aerial peeked in.
"Mom? Dad?"
Aerial then turned her head to face Sara.
"That's weird, both of them aren't home."
Shortly after their lessons, the professor had given assignments to them to do over the Christmas weekend. Most of them had complained that the prof. was killing their holiday time, but in the end, they had still agreed to do the assignment. Sara had paired up with Aerial to do the project, thus aerial had invited Sara over to her house to start on it.
Aerial went in and head to the kitchen, motioning for Sara to make herself at home. Sara then sat down on the sofa and waited as Aerial stepped out of the kitchen, holding a note.
"Seems that one of my cousins overseas passed on; my parents went there to attend it. So they won't be home for a while, it seems. Damn, looks like I might have to spend Christmas at a Heiwa's house…"
Sara looked at the disappointed face of Aerial and before she knew it, she asked. "How about you spend Christmas at my house?"
Aerial blinked at Sara. "Huh? It's okay…"
Sara shook her head. "No, seriously. Why don't you come over?"
Aerial hesitated. Part of her was really tempted to go, but she didn't want to be a bother to Sara.
Sara grinned. "Well?"
Aerial sighed. "Okay then."
Sara smiled cheerfully at her. "Now, shall we continue with the project?"
-Funny…I seem to be forgetting something…-
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Heaven
1 more day to Christmas
Twitch.
Twitch. Twitch.
Twitch, twitch, twitch.
"MICHAEL, QUIT TWITCHING ALREADY!" A very annoyed Raphael yelled.
"AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ARCHANGEL GROUP SHOT EVERY SINGLE TIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS??" Michael yelled back.
Uriel and Gabriel sighed. "It's a kind of commemoration, Michael…after all, don't forget what had happened in the past…"
"And I can't believe I looked so freaking short…"
"Better short than looking like a spoiled child, Michael…"
"Yeah…Gabriel looked like a spoiled child alright…and I can't believe how cool I looked in this picture…"
"Who cares whether you are good- looking or not…" Michael snorted.
Raphael turned to look at Michael, very annoyed. "Say the person whose grown tall, looks more good- looking and FLAMED away all nice sexy angels…"
Uriel then called out to them. "Hey, come over now! We've to take the group shot!"
All other three Archangels cursed, yes, even Gabriel. "Damn…"
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Hell
"So, my lord, you are visiting the Messiah tomorrow?" Hatter asked.
Lucifer just nodded his head, reading the reports Hatter had given him. During his absence before the second holy war between the angels and demons started, he had missed out on a lot of information. Thus, when he came back to Hell, Hatter had presented him with all the information. Then, a name got his interest.
"Hatter."
"Yes, my lord?"
"This guy…where's his soul currently residing?"
"Oh, due to an unfulfilled wish, he has been staying here with us. He's working under Lust, as of current."
-Asmodeus, huh? Hm, not surprising…after all…that guy…he was her lover…no?-
"Inform Asmodeus I want to see this person, now."
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Assiah
"A bit more to the left…a bit more…a little bit more…okay, done!"
Setsuna sighed in relief.
"Thank God those idiot decors are up now…"
Sara tapped her chin. "Aren't we missing something?"
Setsuna looked puzzled. "We've got the tree, the gifts, the food, the decorations…what else could we have missed?"
Sara snapped her fingers. "Mistletoe!"
"HUH???"
Sara looked at Setsuna who had frozen up, very annoyed. "Christmas isn't Christmas without mistletoe, now, lets go buy some!"
And Sara then dragged a sputtering Setsuna out of the house.
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Heaven
"Uriel, what's wrong with you?" Gabriel asked, concerned.
"Oh, nothing…but my eyelid has been twitching all day…"
Michael looked at Uriel over the rim of his teacup. "Must be something bad then."
"I hope it's not anything bad…"
"It won't be anything bad, I think."
"Hey Raphael?"
"Yea?"
"You're not helping."
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Hell
Lucifer leaned back in his throne and looked down at the man in front of him.
"Never did I thought you would end up here. Well, since you had an attachment, you ended up with Lust."
"Did…is she…?"
"Don't worry, I saved her. But since you're down here, you're aware of who she is, no?"
"Yes…she's the Organic angel, isn't she? Hailed as the strongest as well as the most beautiful of angels…hm, no wonder, when she was a courtesan, I fell in love with her…"
"And I didn't think that you, the ruler of the nine hells, would be the one to use my body after I was dying…and I made you promise to save her…"
Lucifer was quiet. "Even if you didn't say so, I would still have saved her, for that courtesan you loved was the angel that I both desired and loved. So, in the end, it wouldn't have made a difference anyway, she was still doomed to die, no matter what…"
"Other than that issue of the woman I loved and the angel you desired… I hope you used my sword, Shiranui, well?"
Lucifer smiled. "Too bad, it got lost somewhere when I was battling. But yeah, it was very useful."
The samurai then smiled. "Isn't that good, then?"
Lucifer looked down at the man, a smirk forming on his lips. "Seems like we've plenty to talk about, no?"
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On the day of Christmas…
The alarm rang, and Sara sleepily turned it off.
After doing her daily habits, the phone then rang, so she went and picked it up.
"Yes, this is Mudou Sara speaking…"
"Sara? This is Aerial. I just wanted to check with you what time it was okay for me to come over?"
"Erm…around 5-6?"
"Okay…then. Is it okay if I came earlier?"
"Yea, sure, it won't be a problem. I could use some help as well."
"Sure, see you then."
"Eh, bye."
"Who was dat?" Setsuna asked as he dragged himself to the toilet.
"Oh, Aerial. I invited her over for Christmas as well."
"Oh, I see, that's…"
Suddenly, it struck both of them. They immediately faced each other.
"OH, SHIT! TODAY…!"
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Heaven
"Oi, Raphael, you done already or not!?"
Gabriel sighed.
Uriel let out a breathe of exasperation.
Michael was fuming.
-Idiot Raphael…what the heck is he doing right now??-
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Hell
Lucifer donned his cloak, then turned to his three other Sins, who would be accompanying him.
"Well…Hatter, Astharoth and Asmodeus…shall we proceed?"
"Yes, my lord."
As they headed towards the portal, Hatter caught sight of Kurai and her two followers.
Kurai noticed them, and walked briskly towards them.
"Hatter, Lord Lucifer."
"Greetings, princess. You are going as well?" Lucifer asked.
"Of course, Sara promised me that I would get to see her chubby baby soon. I'm going o pester her for it."
Everyone smiled. "Shall we get going, then?"
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Heaven
"Katan?"
"Yes, lord Rosiel?"
"Which of this clothes would look better on me? Which accessory?"
"…"
"Never mind, I'll take this then. Then this accessory…"
"Too flashy, lord Rosiel."
"This one."
"Perfect."
Rosiel smiled happily.
"What would I do without you, Katan?"
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Assiah
"How now?"
"Dunno…"
"Its all my fault…"
"Don't think too much…I'm sure you weren't expecting it either, after all, you did that because you were kind…"
"But how kind am I to Uriel, Rosiel, Lucifer and Aerial? I can't imagine what would happen…"
Setsuna sighed. "What's done cannot be undone now…we can only hope for the best."
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Assiah
Aerial slipped on her shoes and made her way out.
Her phone began to ring all of a sudden.
"Hai, Aerial here…"
"Miss me?"
Aerial's eyes widened. "Honestly…"
"What? I'm hurt…"
"So where are you?"
"I just finished teaching some students, so how about we celebrate Christmas together?"
"Love too…but…I promised a friend I would celebrate Christmas at her house…"
"I see…so who's this friend?"
"Her name's Sara, Sara Mudou."
"Mudou? Sara? Well…"
"You know her?"
"Her brother, rather. Tell you what, give me their address and I'll come over later."
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Assiah
As he hung up, he smiled to himself.
"Seems that I will be meeting them earlier than I thought…"
"Won't that be so, Adam Kadamon? What will you do now, since everyone is present?"
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Assiah
Aerial looked at Sara in puzzlement.
Setsuna's jaw was close to touching the floor.
Sara was looking very frustrated about something.
Finally, a bewildered Aerial watched as Sara dragged Setsuna to a room.
"Gimme a sec, Aerial!"
Sara shut the door.
"I…I don't believe this! She looks almost like…like…Alexiel- sama!"
"Now you believe me?"
"Okay, we're in deep shit this time."
# Flashback #
As both Sara and Setsuna tried to work out a way as they prepared the things, the doorbell rang.
Both of them froze up at once.
The bell rang again after some time.
"Sara, go get it."
Sara opened the door, and saw Aerial. "Hi there."
Setsuna dropped the entire pile of napkins to the ground.
Sara smiled cheerfully, even though she was whacking herself inside. "Welcome, take a seat."
# Flashback ends #
"So what now?"
"I've no idea…"
The bell rang, but both Sara and Setsuna did not hear it.
Meanwhile, Aerial, who was sitting in the living room, was deep in thought.
- Earlier on, when I saw her brother, I felt something stir inside of me…it was almost if I knew him before, or saw him somewhere…its almost like the time Sara told me her name, when I saw a brown- haired youth…-
-Its…its almost like the time when I also first saw him…I also got this kind of reaction…but for his case, I saw a very…very…bright…light…-
Ding Dong
The bell snapped Aerial out of her thoughts, and she turned towards the door.
Blinking her eyes, she then stood up and knocked on the room door. "Sara? There's someone at the door. Shall I open it?"
She heard a muffled "yes." and went to open it, failing to hear two strangled cries as they opened the door a little too late.
"Merry Christmas! Me…" All the cries of the guests faded off and angels, demons and Aerial looked at each other.
High walls was everywhere, and vines trailed on the walls. There was a strong scene of flowers and such, and that bright light came back again…then it faded out and she heard someone cry…then a dark…dark thing with feathers everywhere…
Sara and Setsuna rushed out of the room, and saw all the angels and demons all looking stunned. Especially Kurai, Michael, Rosiel and Katan, Lucifer and Uriel.
"A…Alexiel?"
Sara then grabbed Aerial, who immediately snapped out of her daze and looking very confused, on the claim she needed some help with the food, while Setsuna stood in front of the doorway. All eyes were on him. Setsuna took a deep breath then licked his now dry mouth.
"Come in first and we'll talk later."
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Heaven
Adam Kadamon looked sorrowfully down at his beloved daughter and her reaction.
"What will you do now, Adam Kadamon?"
"Protect her…a little more longer…"
"Now that she has been found…she cannot stay on Assiah anymore…for that was our pact…"
# Flashback #
"Your wish I will grant, on one request."
"Tell me then, Father."
"If you are ever found…I will bring you back to Heaven…"
"Must it be that way…Father…?"
"It will lessen the grief of the people who loved you on Assiah…"
Alexiel shut her eyes and sighed.
"Everything will be as you wish, Father…"
# Flashback ends #
"You can count on me to protect her…for I loved her…truly…as both a human and demon…"
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Assiah
Sara, Gabriel, Barbiel and Aerial got into a lively conversation once Sara was done with the introductions.
Aerial was carefully eyeing Rosiel, for he had screamed "Alexiel nee- sama!" and lunged towards her. Luckily, she had dodged and was now given an impression of crossdresser and gay Rosiel. Not that she minded gays and crossdressers, but she hated it if they came near her trying to be intimate.
Meanwhile, Setsuna was explaining the situation to the people in the room, especially Uriel and Lucifer, both of whom were looking very mad.
"So, that was what it was like. We never intended for her to come today, but Sara forgot and invited her anyway."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Kurai asked in an anguished tone. "Worse of all, about her memories?"
"Sara and I fought over this. I believed we should tell you, but Sara was against it as she feared something like this would happen. I agreed with her in the end, and even till now."
"How could you do this to us, Set- chan!" Katou wailed.
"I told you, it wasn't intentional! We never intended for you guys to know anyway!"
"And why not?" Lucifer asked coldly.
"Your reactions are the answer why."
No one denied this, for it was very much true.
Setsuna then stood up.
"Believe me; behave the way you normally are. Aerial, that's what her name is, bears no memories of an Alexiel- sama. Once we leave this room, no one is to start posing any weird questions or I'll throw you out of the house, and that's done."
-Jeez…no more trouble after this, I hope.-
"Anyway, Sara?"
"Yea?"
"That guy in black…what did you say his name was again?"
"Oh…erm, Lucifel." Sara felt it was better to use Lucifer's angelic name, so that it wouldn't arouse suspicions.
"I see…" –He looks so much like him…are they twins? Nah, don't think so…-
The atmosphere was later much more relaxed, and everyone chatted easily with each other, but when some of them talked to Aerial, they felt rather tense.
In Aerial's case, she found them to be very interesting people and took a liking to Barbiel, Gabriel, Kurai and Michael, as well as Katou. She found Uriel and Lucifer to be very interesting as well, but wondered why they always looked at her.
After dinner, Aerial then chatted to Kurai.
"You look really special for a young teenager."
"Eh, really? I always thought I look really normal…"
"No, you look really pretty…and compatible with the person you call Michael…"
"Yeah, I guess…huh? No, No! Not like that, I, I…!"
"Oh, that's cute! You really like him after all!"
"Heh…Kurai likes Mika??" Sara asked softly.
"No, NO!!" Kurai protested, but her blushing face was a dead giveaway.
Meanwhile, Michael was sneezing non- stop, as he watched Kurai protesting at something with Alex…Aerial, and Sara.
Setsuna watched them from the counter and gave a sigh of relief.
"Glad that nothing else bad is happening…"
"Yeah…" Sara said, as she entered the kitchen.
Setsuna then turned to face her. "I hope they don't come back to Assiah and make anymore trouble, especially Rosiel. Aerial has a very negative impression of him right now."
"We can't guarantee that. We'll have to appeal with Adam Kadamon- sama."
Ding Dong
"Aerial, could you get the door for us?"
"Sure!"
"Now, we better go check out who's at the door this time…"
As soon as Setsuna and Sara stood behind Aerial as she opened the door, Setsuna felt his heartbeat stop for a few seconds. Aerial squealed in delight and threw herself at the person. Kurai and others all looked shocked, especially Michael and Lucifer, as the person stepped forward into the house.
"Sem..Sempai…"
Lucifer's eyes were side with shock.
"Sa…Sakuya…KIRA!?"
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A/N: Gimme a sec while I do my victory dance. – Author goes off dancing – just kidding…finally, CHAPTER 6 UP!!! I never thought I would finish this chapter as soon as I could, because of all the homework and stuff…and not to mention I fall aslp halfway doing my hwrk…yeah, its been tough…
Oh yeah, this chapter was hell disorganized…but I'm quite satisfied…but! I'll find some time to edit the chapter. And as promised, special guest Sakuya Kira aka playboy appears! YAY!!-- applies to fangirls…XD Anyway, to thank the following people…
Piryron: Sorry I'm unable to add all those humor in this chapter, but I guarantee you, the next chapter will have all the characters arguing with each other, seeing that everyone's on the main stage now. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Unkown: Thanks for reading and reviewing! I'm sometimes confused on whether Hatter's a female or not, good to have some confirmation…XD…I hope I met your expectations for this chapter! Or maybe not…TT
CharismaHarmony: Yeah, I quite like Sara and Alexiel as they are both very strong. I noticed too that I've been torturing Raphael in all my chapters as well…not because I detest him, but its for the fun of it…XD, and yeah, I'm from Singapore……
UrukiWindDemon: Here's an update, I decided to let Kira appear a bit earlier in this story, but without typing his name till the very end, Yes, that was my very intention. And yeah, you're right, Aerial bf IS Sakuya Kira. Some spoiler alert -- Sakuya and Lucifer are gonna get into hell of an argument…
LucifaelsBride: I didn't think the name Singapore would reach that far…haha…yeah, Kira makes his appearance at last, but there's going to be a lot of chaos…I think you read the earlier part of my A/N, there's an arrow that says –fangirls- jokes…yeah, Sara is really unique in her own way, and that's what I like about her. But I still like Alexiel best…
Sweety8587: Glad to hear that, your review made my day as well…. Yeah, from what I saw in the manga storyline, Lucifer and Gabriel, as well as Uriel, has really had their patience tested, by Raphael as well as Michael, and some other characters as well.
Okay, I'm aware that my A/N's too long, but there are some things I'll like to say. Firstly, I think chapter 5 was the most well received chapter, and for that, I really, really want to thank every one that has reviewed. I thank all my readers who didn't review as well. Secondly, I can't guarantee an update as soon as possible, but like I always say, I'll do my very best! Lastly, hope you enjoy this chapter!