Chapter 2: Gin
OMG! I am SOOO Sorry to keep you guys waiting so long. Honestly I didn't mean to. I am ashamed and have no excuse. I kinda rushed this one so it might not be as good. Anyway this chapter gets a new origional character. Kid named Gin, bout Lina's size and stuff.
"What's wrong Lina?" Nardi asked. It had been a week since the party and demon attack.
"Lina wants a boyfriend too! How come Rose and Fia get one and Lina doesn't?" Lina complained pouting on the couch.
"Well," Nardi sighed kneeling down to be at eye level with Lina, "You just haven't found the right person yet,"
"Then where is the right person?"
"I don't know, I haven't found the right person for me either," Nardi chuckled, "But that's just me…"
"Oh well," Lina sighed.
"Well I'll see you Little L," Nardi stood and Lina pouted upon hearing this name
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to help Ledah with patrol of the village,"
"Because you have wings too now right,"
"Yea… Well see ya," Nardi exited opening his wings and taking off towards Ledah's house. He met Ledah in the air above his house just floating
"Ready?"
"Yea" The two took off yet again and began circling Elendia.
"Who is that?" Ledah Gestured at a child that looked about Lina's size with black wings.
"I don't know… I've never seen him before," Nardi and Ledah swooped down and landed next to the child.
"You look lost," Ledah muttered.
"Uh… Yea…I" The boy replied, "I don't know where I am…"
"You're in Elendia… Have you eaten anything recently?" Nardi asked
"No…" The boy squinted through his silver hair that extended past his cheeks.
"Why don't you come with us and explain everything after dinner," Ledah offered
"R-Really?"
"Yea" Nardi extended his hand towards the boy. The boy nodded and Nardi Lifted him and took flight starting towards Ein's House, "So what's your name?"
"Gin."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Nardi"
"And I'm Ledah,"
"Thank you both,"
"No problem, Oh We're here," Nardi gestured at the home.
"Hey Fia! We've got a lost child," Ledah called as he landed.
"A hungry lost child," Nardi corrected.
"Com in then," Fia opened the door with Lina at her side, "What's your name?"
"I'm Gin, nice to meet you,"
"I'm Fia,"
"And I'm Ein," Ein had walked up behind Fia.
"What would you like to eat?"
"Anything you have,"
"Well then how about a steak with some rice and Banangos?"
"Th-That sounds… Wonderful," Gin gasped
"I hope you like it Gin!" Fia rushed into the kitchen
"Well we have to keep patrolling Nardi," Ledah motioned.
"Take care of Gin Ein," Nardi waved.
"Alright, Make sure Benihime doesn't get hurt,"
"I hate you!"
"Nardi come on!" Ledah had to restrain the furious angel. After a short entertaining brawl the two took flight again and Ein motioned for Gin to come in.
"Who's Benihime?" Gin asked taking a seat on the couch.
"That's his diviner… You know what that is right?"
"Yes, I have one,"
"Huh? Then… Are you a Grim angel,"
"Yes, Here's my Diviner Ikazuchi," Gin pulled out what seemed to be a short sword.
"Wow… At such a young age too,"
"Um… Who is that?" Gin asked pointing at Lina
"Oh right you never introduced yourself,"
"Uh… I'm Lina…" The sprite blushed.
"Nice to meet you"
"Lina's going to help Fia," Lina shot into the kitchen.
"Interesting… Never seen her do that before… Anyway where are you from?"
"Asgard,"
"Ok dumb question… Anyway how did you get here?"
"I don't know… I was attacked by two people… One was all in white and the other was in this cloak thing… When I woke up I was here,"
"Really? All of the villains I've fought recently are always in black…" Ein pondered, "But I'm sure they will turn up eventually and when they do we'll beat them."
"Thank you…"
"Here's Dinner!" Fia emerged from the kitchen carrying a dragon steak cooked medium well, some applecots, banangos along with rice and a few other side dishes.
"Wow…" Gin muttered taking the plate, "Thank you," The child angel then began to devour the food as if he hadn't eaten in a week, which might have been the case.
"Man…"
"Thank you very much," Gin smiled the plate clean.
"I'm glad you liked it," Fia smiled
"Ein!" Nardi announced entering the house, "Have you fed the poor boy yet?"
"Yes it was delicious"
"Good," Nardi smirked, "Now what's your deal?"
"Huh?"
"I think he means how did you get here," Ein whispered.
"Oh well… I was attacked,"
"Ok… That doesn't really help… Were they demons or other angels?"
"I don't know… They seemed like regular people but they had these masks on,"
"Well… We'll have to keep an eye out then," Nardi sighed, "I could contact Zero to see if he knows anything about this…"
"Right well why don't we set up Gin's bed," Fia announced heading upstairs.
"Thank you again," Gin bowed slightly to the other angels. Fia came back down stairs with the extra sheets and began setting up Gin's couch bed. As she was doing this they heard a loud crack which had come from the door being forced open.
"Jack! You look like crap!" Nardi shouted rushing to the other angel.
"We Got problems! Demons! A large hoard is being led this way by a man with a half black half Gray coat and a mask!"
"Really?" Ein grabbed the Einherjar.
"Ledah is already fighting them now! We have to go now!"
"Right, Fia, Lina, Nardi let's go!"
"What about me?" Gin asked
"Who are you?"
"Jack, Gin, Gin, Jack! Now we're in a little bit of a hurry!" Nardi rushed the group.
"Right, come on kid!" Jack motioned to Gin. The six left the house and made a B-line towards the demons. When they arrived they found a wounded Cierra trying to heal Serene. Ledah was holding the demon hoard back with fire columns.
"Finally!" Ledah shouted hurling a panther demon off of him and jumping to the group.
"Lets go Benihime!" Nardi fired a large red energy wave into the cluster of demons.
"Bring Judgment to their poor souls Hikari!" Ein fired a beam of light from his hand.
"Serene!" Fia rushed to help healing.
"Trinity Spark!" Lina fired three arrows into the demons killing several.
"Watch out!" Gin shouted to Lina, who was about to be slashed by a Gladiator, "Pierce him Ikazuchi!" Gin's little sword extended and skewered the Gladiators head.
"Wow, Thanks Gin,"
"You've all helped me so it's my turn to help you!"
"What's this?" A grainy voice called from behind the group, "Gin? Little Gin? Is that you?"
"You… You're the guy… You're one of the guys that brought me here!" Gin drew his diviner.
"He is?!" Nardi shouted readying Benihime.
"Yes I am the man who kidnapped the child," A seemingly armless 8 foot tall blob answered. He seemed humanoid, He had brown hair and a white and red mask covering his face. The mask had two filters jutting out where it covered the mouth (Gasmask type thing) He had what seemed to be a coat that was attached to the ground by a disk like shadow. The coat itself was two colors divided by a row of buttons, the right half was black and the other was white, "My name is Sanzoku,"
"Sanzoku… I know that name," Nardi muttered.
"Oh? Really? You must be older than you look," Sanzoku laughed.
"Who is he?" Ledah asked.
"Sanzoku is… a Fallen One…"
"What!?" Ein shouted.
"Yes… I crossed the line in order to attain incredible power and was banished from Asgard,"
"Wait banished… you mean?" Ledah shouted.
"Yes… I was a Grim angel like yourselves,"
"I've never actually seen a Fallen One before..." Ein whimpered.
"But there are so many of us… Of course we all reside in Areivir,"
"Areivir!"
"Yes! The mirror of Riviera! Areivir! The destination of all demons and fallen ones!"
"Have… Have any of you actually heard of Areivir?" Ein stuttered.
"I have… And Zero's been there before," Nardi muttered.
"Ah yes, Zero, The meddling Ancient One," Sanzoku mumbled, "But he is no more,"
"What?"
"Yes my dear friend Kurohyou and I defeated him and left him for dead," Sanzoku smirked, not that one could tell, "And the Great one Killed him after,"
"Z-Zero is…. Dead… That's not possible!"
"I'm no doctor but I watched the Great one reduce him to a fine ash… Im pretty sure that means he is dead,"
"Scream! Benihime!" Nardi destroyed Benihime's scabbard sending a large amount of red energy at Sanzoku.
"Uh oh…" Sanzoku muttered as he was blown in half. The halves turned to goo and reformed almost instantly, "That really hurt… The air!
"Destroy!" Nardi hurled Benihime at Sanzoku, who quickly caught the blade with a newly formed arm.
"Hey, That wasn't very nice, throwing things at people is rude," Sanzoku's second arm formed and took its rightful place.
"W-What?"
"Take your little twig," Sanzoku threw Benihime back to Nardi who caught it, "I shouldn't have bothered with you wimps," Sanzoku sighed, "Hey! Get your lazy asses over here!"
"Sir!" Two cloaked figures appeared from nowhere.
"Take care of our friends," Sanzoku disappeared into the shadows.
"Gladly," One of them drew their blades.
"Who are you guys?" Jack shouted.
"Fallen ones as well," The other one explained. They both removed their hoods revealing they had the same mask on, "But we are only of the pawn class and thus have no individual powers, weapons, abilities, or masks,"
"Then what are Sanzoku and Kurohyou?" Ein asked.
"They are two of the three commanders, the third being Zadine,"
"Well if your pawns," Ledah readied the Lorelie, "This shouldn't be that tough,"
"Oh re-"
"Cosmic Phoenix!" Ledah shot a large flame phoenix at the pawns.
"Damnit!" The pawns shouted as they were engulfed and incinerated.
"Z-Zero…"
"Zero's not dead guys," Nardi lectured.
"Huh?"
"Zero's super secret mission was to go survey Areivir and he's already reported back, so he couldn't have been killed,"
"Oh… Alright,"
"He was probably just trying to freak us out,"
"Yea…" Ein sighed.
"Anyway we better get in and treat injuries,"
"Come on Serene," Jack lifted serene and braced her walking towards Ein's house.
"Lina you ok?" Gin asked.
"Y-Yea…"
"Let's go on home guys," The group limped back to Fia and Lina's house, where everyone was eventually healed by Fia.
"Kurohyou, Sanzoku, Zadine…" Nardi muttered.
"Sanzoku was way stronger than Scath," Jack muttered.
"We need Zero,"
"Yea," Ein sighed.
"Grim Angels!" A messenger butterfly fluttered into the home through an open window.
"Wow! A talking Butter-" Lina was quickly quieted by Ledah.
"What is it?" Nardi extended his finger and the butterfly landed on it, "It says that… WHAT!? That's… No… Show me! Screw rules! Don't make me come there and make a request! … AFTER killing you! Good………… No, it isn't possible,"
"What? What is it? What's wrong?" Jack shouted.
"Show them," Nardi whispered. The butterfly flashed and turned into a screen like sheet of energy.
"The mission Ancient One Zero went on was to infiltrate Areivir and survey the Fallen Ones, their abilities, and their stronghold. These are the images of the battlefield. Ancient One Zero was apparently engaged by the three commanders and was defeated and then killed,"
"WHAT!!" Everyone shouted.
"These are the images taken afterwards by a secret stealth squad of angels,"
"That can't be right… Zero… He didn't lose to the Origin! How could he lose to them?" Jack shouted.
"These beings aren't pure darkness so they aren't as venerable to his powers as the Origin was and their abilities are very similar to Zero so it was a closer battle,"
"Still Zero can't die!" Ein shouted.
"I realize that you as a group were very close to him but it is true. Ancient one Zero has perished,"
"No…"
Zero? DEAD? AGAIN? This is unbelievable I know but the Fallen ones, while not as strong as the Origin's final form, aren't all weak against light and all absorb darkness. So Zero may really be dead this time. And we didn't even get to watch... I mean read the battle.
And Lina... ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE! Because I'm sure we ALL see where Gin and Lina's relationship is going...
Chapter 3: Another break
Because we all know how well breaks and trips to the Grove of Repose Go... Introductions of the Enemy and Gin unsheathes his diviner. And remember how Zero was always there to save them? Well now it will take a miracle... (btw longest preview ever)