A/N: Sorry for the delay. First Finals, then wouldn't let me on to update. This could have been posted three days ago. But nooo. Very annoying it was. But finally, here it is. Chapter six. Enjoy

Warnings: Shonen Ai. Darkness, obsessiveness, and war. (You'll see.)

Soul's Journey

Chapter Six:

An Interesting Tale

Tyson's POV

Light. That's all he saw, that's all he knew. Was there ever a time when he wasn't in this all powering light? He couldn't remember. There was no feeling here in the light. No cold or heat. Nor was there emotions. He didn't know impatience, anger or even curiosity. Nothing but the all encompassing light. Time meant nothing. Not anymore. How long had he been here? It could have been hours, it could have been days. He didn't care. He didn't have the ability to care. He just was.

Then something changed. Feeling returned. It was slow, but it came. First was warmth. It seeped into his soul and skin like the warm rays of the sun. Then sound. A thrumming, steady beat. As he listened he realized what it was. His heart.

Lost in the lulling beat of his own heart, at first he didn't notice. The light was changing. Slowly, shapes and colors began to form. A curiosity to know what was happening grew inside of him.

Then, the light went out. It was like someone turned off a switch. One minute all was light, the next dark. Nothing but darkness. Surprised he blinked.

And opened his eyes onto a different world.

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Kai's POV

No one moved. They were to busy staring at the beautiful winged boy in Kai's arms. Kai didn't notice. He had forgotten everyone else in the room.

Tyson? This, this was unbelievable. How could...what happened? He didn't know. All he knew was that this boy, this strange fey creature was Tyson. And that's all that mattered.

Carefully cradling the unconscious boy in his arms, Kai walked over to a nearby sofa and placed him down gently, being careful to mind his wings. His movement seemed to snap everyone else out of their stupor.

Max was the first to speak. "Oh my God. What, how, that was amazing! Tyson, he... How! What just happened!"

Rei shook his head. "I don't know Maxie, but I think it had something to do with those men..."

At Rei's words, everyone seemed to remember the strangers. Who happened to be still in the room.

Kai felt anger grow inside of him. Whatever happened, it was because of these men. Tyson had been afraid of these strangers, Kai had seen it in his eyes. And now he was unconscious and changed beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Growling low in his throat, Kai took at step towards the men. Who at this moment were staring at the boy on the couch like he was the answer to their preyers.

"What did you do." He demanded.

The leader of the men stood tall. "I only helped trigger what was meant to be. It was written in the stars long before any of us were born. It was inevitable."

Rei frowned. "Meant to be?"

The man smiled. "Yes, he is the child of light. He was destined to return."

The other's blinked at the man's cryptic words.

"Okay, that's it." Kai snapped. These guys were pissing him off! "I think you have some explaining to do, now."

For once, one of the younger strangers spoke. "We don't have to explain ourselves to you. We are here to serve our light, we don't..." A sharp hand movement from the leader cut him off.

"Quite Nova, they have a right to know."

"But sir.." One of the others spoke up.

"No, you will all be silent." The man in gold eyed all his followers, waiting to see if they would keep their peace. Satisfied, he turned back to the bladers. "I understand you have questions."

Kai scoffed at that. Even Maxie rolled his eyes. Of course they had questions.

"Normally, I would not reveal any such information but you young men are an exception. You see, as you are the friends of young Tyson, you and you alone have a right to know."

The teenagers blinked.

"Please, be seated. This is not something easily explained. First, I must tell you a story."

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Everyone who knows about bitbeasts know that they are spirits who seem to dwell in another dimension. They are pulled from their world into ours as spirits and give those worthy of it their aid. What most don't know, is that bitbeasts are much, much more than what they seem.

Long ago, in a world no human has ever seen or even imagined, the bitbeasts lived. Their world was beautiful and untouched by the evils of human kind. The bitbeasts or, as they know themselves, Guardians, were immensely powerful. But for all their power, they never grew corrupt or greedy. Instead, they would take turns going down to the human realm as a spirit to be a partner and guide to a worthy human. In this way, the human world knew a peace it never had before.

All of this was made possible by the leader of the Guardian's world. Their leader, however wasn't a Guardian. No, he was an angel. Wings of the purest white with a soul to match, the young leader Gabriel was the Guardians most cherished treasure.

You see, Gabriel was something special. No one exactly know where he came from. Some of the Guardians thought there must be a third realm out there, one they couldn't reach, from which people like Gabriel came. Others thought that he was the personification of good in the world, given to them as a gift. The truth is, no one knew for sure. And if Gabriel did, he wasn't telling.

All they knew is that Gabriel was the cause of their happiness. A few times he had gone to the earth himself to help the human world. But the Guardians preferred to keep him safe in their world. Though those few trips to the human world is the reason humans believe in angels today. Over time, the tale's of him were exasperated and twisted but the beauty and goodness of the angel remained a part of the human's stories of angels.

Sadly, the peace Gabriel wrought didn't last. One Guardian grew angry and jealous of Gabriel. You see, he had gone to the human world on his assignment. Unfortunately, something happened and instead of his intended human, this Guardian, known as Damien, was paired with one of the most evil humans. It was this human who turned his head and introduced darkness into his heart.

When he finally returned to his own world, the darkness was deeply implanted. As he watched everyone happy and free, he grew angry at their obliviousness. But worse was the way they treated their beautiful leader. They loved him, it was easy to see. Who wouldn't? Gabriel would spend a lot of his time with different Guardians. And Damien couldn't stand it. He wanted that beautiful smile, that wonderful laugh, that kind heart, all to himself.

The jealousy became stronger as the months since his return pasted. But he kept it well hidden. That is, until he learned that Gabriel was destined to have a mate. It was at that moment that Damien snuck out of the Gaurdians realm in search of something. He needed power, power to make the angel leader his.

And he found that power. Deep within the bowels of the earth, Damien unlocked a power darker than anything anyone had ever seen. This power changed him forever. With this knew power, Damien created himself the allies he would need. And the world was introduced to demons.

The war that raged between Damien and his demons and the Guardians was catastrophic. For years the war went on, raging across both dimensions. All this time, Damien tried to get close enough to the Guardian leader to take him. But Gabriel had very special guards. They were called the Four Sacred Spirits and were the strongest and most loyal. They were also Gabriel's best friends. As such, they would never let anything happen to the angel.

However, Gabriel was a kind soul. He couldn't stand to see the destruction and suffering his people were going through. He didn't know why Damien was after him (They kept it from him to protect him) but he couldn't allow this to go on.

So it was on a fateful day that Damien unleased his ultimate attack. This attack was unstoppable and aimed right for the biggest section of the Guardian army, including the four Sacred Spirits.

But Damiens attack never did hit its intended target. Instead both the demon king and the Guardians watched in horror as one slight body took the brunt of the attack. When the dust from the attack faded, everyone looked up with batted breaths.

Hovering in the sky before them was Gabriel. He was intact. They were about to rush to him in joy, when he looked up and smiled at them. His eyes were so full of love, and at that moment they knew they had lost him. No one made a sound as he fell from the sky. Before he hit the ground, a bright light enveloped him. And he was gone.

No one know's if the war would have continued after that or not, because at the moment the Guardian prophet came forth. As they listened with grieving hearts to the prophecy, they slowly began to regain hope. Their angel would be reborn. As a human, yes, but that didn't matter.

After hearing the prophecy, the Guardians decided. They would all dwell on earth as spirits until the time came. They would slumber unless a human needed them, and only reawaken fully once their light was back.

As for Damien, it is said that he took all his demons and went into hiding. He too, would wait until the light was back. And then, he would finish what he started and make that light his.

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As the story came to a close, silence once more descended upon the room.

Until a small sound from the boy on the couch broke them all out of their trances.

Tyson was waking up.

TBC

A/N: So, what do you think? Good, great, so horrible that you want to burn it? Review and tell me! Also, if you can guess who the Sacred Spirits are in your review, I'll give you a preview of the next chapter in a reply. Sound good? Then get reviewing and give me your guess. (But please put something in the review besides the guess. It will make me happy.)

I hope you enjoyed my story about Gabriel and Damien. I had a lot of fun writing it.

Oh, and for your information, I am officially out of school! Whoo Hoo! I am so happy! Not only will this story go faster, but I think I'll update my other story . I'll even get to finally put to paper some of those one shots that are bouncing around in my head. Yay for Summer Vacation!

See you next chapter!

Wing