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'XYZ' – telepathy"XYZ" – speech
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Chapter 24 – Please, Let Me Be Normal Again!Next Day
Hiei was training outside and Setara was taking a walk with Anna in the forest.
"Hey, Anna…" Setara said.
"Hey what?" Anna asked, smiling at her younger sister.
"Why did Aiki convince you into not telling me that we're sisters?"
"Well, she didn't want you to know, because you're more vulnerable with the knowledge of it." Anna said, shrugging.
"It doesn't make sense, you know. You're the one who shouldn't know it; you're the real angel. You're the key, you're the one who shouldn't be vulnerable."
"Yeah, you have a point. There must be some reason why didn't she want to tell you."
"Seeking for a reason, are you not?" A deep, soul-shuddering voice said. "I think you should see the truth at last. It is not just a coincidence that your middle names are Alpha and Omega. You are white and black, light and darkness, birth and death."
Setara summoned Judgment, and fell into a fighting stance.
Anna put her arm in front of her sister then she stepped forward.
"Show yourself!" She said.
"I would rather not." He answered. "You could not figure it, but they do not need Alpha, the beginning, they need Omega, the end. It is said, that the real angel brings peace and birth, but the black angel brings war and death."
"Me? They need me?" Setara asked in shock.
"Clearly, they do not want peace. They want wars and death, so they could unseal the sinful power of Ameretat. The energy of Ameretat is locked away in the clear hearted, so, they have to kill them to have her. They don't know whom they are, so to kill the clear hearted, they need Omega, the end of all to make a kind of… apocalypse. And to make you obey, they will kill everyone around you."
"That… that doesn't make sense! Why do they think that my sister would obey if they killed her loved-ones! That's stupid." Anna said. "Who is this Ameretat anyways?"
"Ameretat is eternal youth… She is the one who stole immortality from humans. And… you know how is your sister when she gets truly angered. I have no doubt that she would release death from her body."
"Bullshit, I don't believe this crap. There's no way it's true, a great seer, Darien, has given our tribe a different prediction." Setara whispered.
"The true prediction was given your parents about their children. But they have told you and the tribe a different one."
"Why? Why didn't they tell us?" Setara asked, feeling that the voice didn't lie.
"What would you have thought of yourself, knowing that you are the living death? Oh, and besides, rumors would have risen about you killing your mother by being born. Which is not completely untrue."
"Then… then who was that man in the warehouse?" Setara asked confusedly.
"Him? He was only a foolish puppet in the hands of your real enemy. But he did not know the real prediction either. He was an old enemy of your tribe and he only wanted revenge for that war your tribe has won. But he wouldn't have done anything, the white phoenix would have reborn just like before."
"A puppet… and he was that strong!" Setara nearly fell over.
"The one who seeks you, Omega, is much stronger than anyone else you have ever fought. Besides… there's only one who can bear the energy of Ameretat." The voice said, then they heard the moving of some branches.
"Hey, wait! Who are you?" Anna asked hastily.
"Darien…" Came the deep voice of the seer.
"Setara? Are you okay?" Anna glanced at her younger sister as she stared at the ground.
"How could I be? Knowing that I killed our mother… knowing that they could kill you any time… Honestly, Anna… how could I be okay?" She asked quietly, still fighting to deny the truth that was obvious now.
"Now, whatever Darien might say, it was not you. It was the other… personality, or I don't know what to call it, inside of you. You didn't kill our mother; she died during delivery. And what if you have death inside of you? Just make sure you keep it locked away, and everything will be just fine." She assured her sister. "Let's go back…"
"No… I… I'll stay here a bit. Go." Setara whispered, walking up to a tree, setting her back against it and lowering herself to the ground. "You can tell the others… so they can be prepared."
"Okay… if that's what you want…" Her sister nodded, walking back to the house. Back there, she explained everything to the others.
Setara was sitting there, not knowing what to think. If she was living death, she should kill herself before things get dirty. But how could she do that, knowing Anna and the others cared about her? Besides, Hiei would die along with her, and that was something she wasn't willing to risk. There was no way out of this; they had to wait for the first move of the enemy.
She heard a growl, but she didn't move, she recognized the wolf. It was Kenshin. He approached her, and lied down, just eyeing her.
"Things aren't going the way they should. All I wanted from life is to be loved by the one I love. I didn't want to have this burden of being the end of all. It may seem that I'm strong and stuff, but it's hard to accept… even for me. I wonder what will the others say. They'll probably act the same as always, but I doubt they won't have fears. What did I do to deserve this? Perhaps… I have to be punished because I killed our mother." She muttered. She then looked at her hands, and jumped up at the sight. Her gloved hands were drenched with thick red blood, trickling down to the ground. She blinked, and it was all gone. "I'm going insane…" She muttered, closing her eyes. She swallowed then glanced over at Kenshin, who watched her moves with concern. "I'll come and visit you soon. I promise." She smiled at him then walked back to the house, where the others waited for her.
Through the remaining part of the day, Setara couldn't keep her mind off the topic of being the living death. She was also spacing out every now and then. Hiei noticed that she was seeking his company more than any other time.
A/N: Dear readers, we're painfully close to the end of this story. Two or three more chapters I think. Well, this is how things go. Every story has an end.