Chapter Five: Angels and Demons
"Everyone is sleeping… He said his brother was being held captive, if I could bring him back, at least I could do something to help the others." Anise thought to herself as she looked around a bit. "I just need that white thing. Excalibur I think they called it."
"Oh yeah she a Hybrid, I wonder who the one who got cheeky with their mortal" a man said.
"It is hard to say, but it is rare to see a hybrid." A woman said as she watched Anise.
"Not a Demon spawn, we would have sensed that, she one of us but who's kid is she?"
"I am not sure, I know that her mother was a mortal meaning that one of yours is her father."
"Question is which one. Find the mother and we can find out who her Guardian Angel was."
"Right, I will get right on that but Cosmo did ask us to watch over her, and for good reason."
"Definitely know she ain't mine my heart beats for only one."
"I never accused you of being her father."
"I-Is someone there?.. R-Rosemary? Saffron?" Anise asked as she started looking around.
"Oh? She can sense us?"
"That should be proof enough that she is one of us."
'This should be interesting."
"Must be my imagination. Now I just have to find that Excalibur thing." Anise said.
"UGH! She said the E word!"
"Twice now, one more time and he shows up."
"I suppose we better introduce ourselves. We are angels and the proper thing to do."
"And she is one of us, even if she is just a hybrid."
"Better half Saiyan than being a Nephilim we don't need any Saiyan Nephilim showing up, already seen how demon hunt those kind in other cultures" he spoke.
"Exactly, we should be grateful that she isn't one of them." The woman spoke.
"If a Saiyan Demon ever learned of a Saiyan Nephilim existence all hell will break loose again."
"I am aware of that, but at the moment we don't have record of one existing, at least at the moment."
"Time to make an intro" the man said appearing, "hi there!"
"A-A-A...A MAN!" Anise yelled as she quickly punched the man before hiding behind the couch.
"Nice punch, not enough to hurt but check the hair, look familiar? I am a friend and possibly youe only chance to learn who and what you truly are."
"M-Men can't be friends! Men are all violent!" Anise said, still hiding behind the couch.
"I'm not an 'average' man. See the mask? Tattoo and wings? I'm an Angel I will not harm you, it's against the Angel Code."
"S-Since demons and gods exist.. I shouldn't be surprised that angels exist too.."
"I am Zuku, head Male Angel of the...superiors Male Angel League."
"M-My name is Anise, and w-why are you here?"
"You wish to help the young god in captivity don't you?" The woman asked as she came out. "My name is Celi, the head Female angel and forgive my associate here, he has yet to encounter anyone with a fear of the male gender before."
"The hair, the glow in your eyes and you're aura, one of your parents is an Angel."
"A-An angel? That can't be possible, my mother didn't have white hair like you both do."
"And you're father?" Zuku smirked.
"I never met him, mother told me that he died some time before I was born." Anise said.
"Died? If one of mine had died we both would have known, how odd" Zuku said.
"Did she say how he had died?" Celi asked.
"Not really, she just told me that he had died while protecting her." Anise said.
"From what?" Zuku asked making a clipboard appear.
"...I-I'd rather not say." Anise said, glancing away.
"You wish to know about your father? Help me narrow down my list of millions of Male Angels" Zuku said.
"...I-It was a demon who killed him." Anise spoke.
"And with that I can narrow my list to...OH! Oh ho ho ho! I should have kept an eye on this one it's Hope Celi" Zuku said.
"Hope? Ugh, why does that not surprise me? I thought you told him before that it was forbidden to do those sorts of things with the mortal you're assigned to protect." Celi sighed.
"That's why he was the flunky and this was supposed to be his redemption contract, technically since he's passed on and mother dead the daughter must be protected by another."
"My father's name was Hope?" Anise asked.
"Hope, five foot-two, 200,000 years old, spiky white hair, blue eyes, his Angel Mark was on his right arm, and his favorite hobby was napping during lessons."
"To put it shortly, he was one of the lesser-gifted angels. To put it in more modern terms, you could consider him the student whom was flunking class." Celi said.
"Was a good man, heart was in the right place."
"S-So my father was an angel… So that makes me half angel?" Anise said.
"Be glad you're mother wasn't a demon, then there would be reasons to worry. As of now you are just Half Saiyan Angel and Half Mortal."
"But even if I am an angel I don't think that would make much of a difference in this war."
"That's because you've not earned your wings" Zuku smiled holding out a feather as it turned into a flower.
"I can have wings?" Anise blinked as she looked at the flower.
"Our wings do more than allow us to fly."
"Our feathers can materialize into anything we wish, be it weapons or something as simple as a flower." Celi said.
"But you must learn to use a feather wisely use too many you won't be flying right."
"At the most you can use between five to ten feathers a day but it's best to use them only when you need to since it takes a while for a lot of feathers to grow back at once."
"And here comes the sucky part, lose all you're feather, your wings are exposed and if they are destroyed you are a Fallen Angel and will lose all your powers and live the rest of your life as a Mortal."
"Which is why careful feather use is important."
"This is a lot to take in… Oh! But I have something I have to do, now if I could just find that white thing.' Anise said.
"We've already anticipated your little plan. You intend to go and free the god in captivity and bring him back here." Celi said.
"Not wise. If the rat got in easily it's obviously a trap, they want a certain someone to show up and those who pose a threat will be eliminated probably."
"But I have to do something! I mean, I'm no fighter, I'm not a strong person, chances are that when this war starts, I'll be the first to be killed, that's why I want to at least do something that can help before then."
"Which is where we can help. We can catch you up to speed easily on a 1000 years' worth in Angel lessons."
"It seems we came at the right time, if you truly want to help during this war, then you will need these lessons."
"I'll do whatever it takes, I just don't want to hold anyone back."
"Follow us, you should be grateful the other Angels have to wait a 1000 years before they are even allowed outside the Gates."
"But you are a special case. I have to ask though, do you have bad eyesight? It is nearly impossible to see your eyes through those lenses."
"M-My eyesight isn't the best, over ten years of working with electrical machinery and blow torches without being allowed a mask will do that."
"This won't do" Zuku said pulling out a laser pen.
"W-What are you going to do with that?" Anise asked.
"Last thing you need is for someone to knock those off in a fight."
"It is just simple laser surgery. He's done this before." Celi said.
"W-Will it hurt?"
"Oh yeah" Zuku smirked, "just don't blink."
"A-Alright.." Anise nodded a little bit.
Meanwhile!
"Well well well long time no see eh Akina?" Doomsday said leaning on a beam.
"Nice to see at least you can reach my knees now." Anise smirked.
"Haha very funny, things have changed since you and your friends foiled my plans, Armset was pretty peeved being beat by something other than a God, he's planning to go after you scar boy."
"Well he's gonna have a hard time with that, Logan isn't exactly weak. So did you just come to give me the welcome wagon?"
"No came to see the enemies for myself. I have plans for you my dear, we are both Gods and one of us will walk away alive."
"Exactly so you might as well say your prayers now."
"Don't be so sure. You had help last time this time it's one on one girl well that's if a Titan don't get you first."
"You obviously don't know who you're dealing with, little boy. I don't need anyone's help to take down someone like you."
"That boyfriend of yours, Harmony? Be a shame if he didn't make it tomorrow."
"Awww how cute, you're jealous of Harmony too bad, you're not my type, and tomorrow you're gonna learn it's not wise to piss me off."
"We'll see" he said vanishing.
"Hmph, he thinks he's got the upper hand on me, I'm not as weak as I was back then." Akina said, looking at her hands and smirking. "And tomorrow, I'll prove it to them."
"Prove to who?" Harmony asked walking in.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it. I thought you'd be asleep though." Akina said.
"Who can sleep?Well Mamoru and Reyoto got their souls sucked out so they won't be alive for awhile."
"I know what you mean, everyone's thinking about this battle tomorrow."
"Either way the outcome will not be good."
"I know, I wish there was a way I could avoid this but even with my plan there's still no guarantee that we'll win."
"I made a plan too."
"I don't get what's wrong with me; I've prepared for this day, I've never been scared of a fight, I was raised to be a strong warrior but this is just a world of difference.."
"It's okay, I'm scared too."
"No matter how many times I go over this in my mind, I just can't get used to the idea of going to war."
"This will be my second time and my last hopefully."
"I hope so too, tomorrow's going to be a very long day."
"Wars can go on for days even weeks."
"I know, I just don't want to think about it."
"No matter what happens know you are one hell of a girl."
"And you are one hell of a man." Akina chuckled.
"We better get some rest."
"You're right, but do you get the feeling that someone's missing though?"
"Who?"
"I don't know, I just get the feeling that someone isn't here."
Meanwhile!
"Nearly done" Zuku said.
"She's advanced quite a bit in such a short amount of time." Celi said.
"Would have made a nice Gurdian Angel, too bad she interested in that Spirit."
"Matters of the heart are not easily controlled."
"That explains what happened to Hope."
"And what you continue to try make happen with me."
"The heart wants what the heart wants my darling!"
"And yet your work suffers for it." Celi sighed. "It shouldn't be long, she should be ready by tomorrow." Celi said, seeing Anise glowing with a white aura.
"She'll be ready, but we need to help in this war meaning we may need to pull the Angels from their mortals."
"But it is for the greater good, if we don't help there will be no mortals to guard anymore."
"That too, and we never even trained them for combat against enemies of this level, only demons."
"Then that simply means we have a limited amount of time to bring them up to speed."
"Right, Anise now it's time to release your trapped wings."
"But how do I release my wings?"
"Uh...hmm how do you put it into words? It's like pushing out something from you're back I guess?"
"You really are bad at explanations. To put it simply, envision yourself as a caterpillar that had just encased itself within its cocoon, truly envision yourself getting stronger, about to emerge as a beautiful butterfly, those emotions will help your wings release themselves."
"Oh, well alright. I'll try." Anise nodded.
"Interesting way to put it, I wonder if her wings will be white like ours?"
"The only way to find out is if they come out. But you keep watch over her, I have soldiers to prepare." Celi said as she started walking out.
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