Hello again :D!
Airhead Fortis: Thanks for the suggestion, After contemplating I decided to changed Yarai's Sacred Gear into Manisfestation-type. Though he mostly would only manifest the 'Sin' in form of bullet as it consume less energy.
After Time-skip onto canon, I intend to make Yarai's personality similar to Izayoi from Mondaiji because both he and Izayoi 'Bored' for their world and came to different world.
Chapter 4: First Kill
(Earlier that morning/Akeno POV)
I wake up from my slumber by sound of chirping birds, the warm light of sun penetrate throught my window.
I get up with a yawn, still feeling half-sleep I trotted to bathroom to wash my face.
Once my face splashed with water I feel refreshed a bit. I saw my reflection in the bathroom mirror, seeing there's no bed hair I nodded in satisfaction.
After I done washing my face I go back to my room and take off my clothes to changed into my usual miko-outfit.
My house is a shrine, naturally I need to wore Miko outfit everyday which I already get used by it.
The shrine itself isn't that famous but its comfortable to live, just like any other shrines my place also surrrounded by trees.
I took a broom and started my morning routine, sweeping the ground.
"This is the last" I muttered as I swipe the last leaves into a small mountain of leaves, the beautiful scenery unconciously takes my attention as usual.
It was beautiful place if I say so myself but in Autumn it takes a lot of work to clean the shrine because of brown fallen leaves scattered all over the place.
Once I done with sweeping, a sweet smell invade my nostril.
I walk toward the sweet aroma and arrived at dining room. It was a japanese-style living room like the rest of other room.
"Okaa-sama!" I ran toward a figure who in middle cooking while humming. I hug her from behind, getting her attention.
"Ara, Akeno. Ohayo" Mother turn to face me, she greeted me while ruffling my hair.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Okaa-sama" I love get my hair ruffled by mother, it was calming.
"Okaa-sama, Isn't Otou-sama come home today?" Its been a while since my father come home, I can't wait to meet him and then hearing his stories like he usually do when he had free time.
Mother pondered for a bit, she touched her chin with her left hand in thinking pose "He might be a little late" I look down when hearing that.
"But he said he definitely come" I look up again and saw my mother smiling kindly at me, looks like she noticed I feel a bit down and tried to cheer me up.
"Really?"
I asked which my mother nodded. I can't help but smile, my mother's smile infectius.
"For time being, how about you help me tidy the table?" Mother said before she turn back to kitchen counter.
"Hai!" I immediately decorate the table with tableware, I can feel myself smiling the entire time.
'Today should be a great day'
The clock pointed at 3, the time already three in afternoon but father still doesn't come home.
I sat at veranda in first floor while looking at the reddish sun.
"Otou-sama...still not back" I muttered.
"So here you are, don't sulk like that" I almost jumped in shock when I feel someone touching my shoulders.
"O,Okaa-sama?!" When I turned around, my mother look at me while smiling kindly.
Mother sat behind me, her hands wrapped me in gentle hug. I settle down and wordlessly leaned my back to my mother.
"Okaa-sama, when does Otou-san back?" I asked while turning my head to face her.
She rub my head gently. "Don't worry, he definitely come home today" Mother said in conviction "Or does Akeno didn't believe in Otou-sama?"
"No!" I shake my head furiously "I believe in Otou-sama"
BOOOOM!
Then suddenly a loud sound can be heard from front yard.
"W,What is that?" I asked while trembling, I instinctly gripped onto mother as she stand up with serious-grim expression.
She took my hand as we ran into my room, she open the closet and pick my small body then place me within it.
"Akeno" Mother said to me as she gently escape from my grip "Stay here and be quiet"
What? Why? I don't understand why Mother talking like she's about to gone away.
"Okaa..." Before I can finish, mother closed the door.
"You will be safe here, I already place all protection seal I have in this place just in case something like this happen".
I can't even open my mouth, why did it suddenly turn out like this?
We're supposed to had meal by three people, chatted by three people, it was supposed to be a great day.
Why did mother acting like she about to go far away?
"OKAA-SAMA!" I screamed, I didn't care about holding my tears away.
Mother who already facing her back toward me, stopped suddenly and for an instant she turned her face at with her usual kind smile.
I taken aback for a while, either it was real or I just can't see better because my vision get blurry by my own tears.
I saw a trickle of water fell from my mother's eye, my mother who never never seen sad let alone cry.
I hit the door harshly to open it but it was futile, the door is locked.
Mother already leave the room while I busy hitting the door continously, I hit, I shout, my brain already forgot how many times i do this and how long I inside this dark and narrow place.
I hate this place, I want to go out and embrace my mother's warm.
As I desperately hitting the door and blood trickle from my hand, suddenly my hand covered with yellow aura.
I don't know nor I care what is this, as long as it can get me out from here that's all matter to me.
When I focused on my hand, it glow even brighter and then...
BOOOM!
My vision goes white and I felt my whole body in pain.
"Fuu...*COUGH!*...*COUGH!*...fuu..." I coughed harshly, my lung feel like full of smoke.
But even so I stand up slowly, I able to get out from that place!.
I dragged my body to walk, my left hand placed on my right shoulder to minimize the pain I feel.
"Okaa...-sama"
(Yarai POV)
"What are they doing?" I right now on top of a building, I proned myself below water tank as I observe those fallen angels with sniper scope.
One of them immediately fired a fireball toward the door once he reach the shrine gate. I notice that its not usual shrine but a shrine-house which you can live there.
As I observe, I can see they're talking to each other for a bit from their mouth motion. Unfortunately I can't read lips...yet.
Not long after the shot, one figure showed up from the door who got blown a while ago. I assume she was the resident of that shrine-house.
It was a beautiful lady with long black hair, she wore miko outfit. She bowed refinedly to the people who destroy her door.
They're involved in conversation which I can't make out but from the lady's calm expression and fallen angels's irritated faces It's obvious the lady won the whatever argument they're talking about.
Then suddenly one of fallen angels create a light spear and throw it toward her.
My body tensed, my finger positioned near trigger. I sighed in relief when I saw the lady dodge it barely but right now she crouched on the floor andnot getting up.
I tilt my head seeing that, I didn't see any wound on her, her pure white miko outfit didn't had any red stain for blood.
'Why didn't she fight back?' Then something suddenly hit on me.
'Maybe is not that she won't but...can't?' Then that mean...There's an answer, an unlikely answer.
'She's human?!'
If it's true why three fallen angels attacking a single human? From the look of her, she isn't a fighter.
I snap-out from my thought when I saw another figure appears, the silhouetta are small.
I gasped when the silhouetta revealed, it was a young girl around my age and she got striking resemblation to the lady.
It was surprising enought to found out there's a small child there but what made me gasped is her current condition.
She wore a ragged miko outfit with cut and red blood stains almost all over it. She walked limply toward the lady who for the first time showing a mixed kind of expression.
The lady immediately ran toward her and tackle her to the ground, no sooner after that a light spear passed through the place where the girl standing a second ago.
I turned my scope toward those three fallen angels, I grit my teeth in irritation.
'They not only even bat eyelash seeing the girl's condition but attacked wounded girl without hesitation?'
The lady glared at them with unconcealed hatred but it just make those three bastards laughing, glad they able to turn the table against her.
"..."
I concentrate my sniper at the bastards, my finger ready to pull the trigger.
Once I see their faces on my scope...my body froze.
It just at this moment I remember, the ones that I point my gun are living beings, not a target dummy nor a clone who can come back alive.
My entire body shaking, I feel nausea all of sudden.
"Haa...Haa...Haa" My breath ragged, I can even hear my own heart pounding very fast following my mental state.
If I pull this trigger, they die. Plain and simple but it was far heavier once it present itself in front of you.
While I still in not right state, I saw one of them create another light spear.
I widened my eyes and unconsciously looked toward the lady and her daughter, the lady protected her daughter by using her body as shield while the girl crying her eyes out.
For an instant I saw my mom and Irina's image overlapped with them.
Drip...
I bit my lower lip, drawing a blood. But strangely enough my body calmed down along with my mind.
Once again I focus my attention toward the fallen angels but now I didn't feel nervous anymore.
"Fuu..." I breath through my nose.
It doesn't matter, human, angel, fallen angel, devil, and yokai...
"...Haa..." I exhale through my mouth
...They all have same common weakness...
"...Fuu!" I hold my breath, my aim is perfect, my finger touch the trigger.
...They die if I crush their heart or brain.
(A moment earlier/Shuri POV)
I hug Akeno, my beloved daughter tightly. I positioned myself as her shield.
It doesn't matter even if it cost my life as long as my daughter can survive.
I turn my head toward those scum, this is maybe the first time I really hate someone with all my heart.
"HAHAHAHA! Where your confidence just now?" One of the said mockingly as his companions following his suit by laughing.
"Let's just kill them and get out from here" One of them said as he produce a spear of light form his hand.
He then let out disgusting smirk while prepared to throw the spear. "Good-bye..."
(3rd person POV)
(Eyeshield 21 OST: Be survivor)
A bullet pierce throught wind without sound, it dashed from atop building onto shrine hidden by small hill.
It shine brightly under reddish sun as it nested itself into a fallen angel's heart from the back.
"aaa..." With silent scream, the fallen angel in red stripe robe once again fallen, this time for eternity.
Himejima Shuri looked at dead fallen angel with shocked expression, another fallen angel with green stripe robe frantically call out to his companion who wouldn't answer...or rather can't.
From atop building roughly 2000 meters from shrine, Shidou Yarai exhaled the air accumulating in his lung as he swiftly take off the safety of his Barret. 50 Col, a sniper with max range 2600 meters.
He immediately shot the second shot, in slow-motion a bullet spinning slowly once it only a few centimeters from Green stripe robe fallen angel's head.
Once the time move normally, the bullet pierced his skull's head from right temple and the bullet doesn't stop until it come out from his opposite temple and nailed to ground, crushing his brain in process.
Without even able to do a dying scream, he fall to the ground with a thud, painted the ground with his blood. Even a child like Akeno who's not in right condition able to tell that it was an instant kill.
Seeing his two companion fell, the last fallen angel cast protection spell around himself which shaped with transparent circular like egg.
He look around carefully to pinpoint the sniper's location, his heart rate goes up in nervousness leave no trace of the smug feeling he had just a moment ago.
Too much scanned outer area he didn't notice a figure closing on him with tremendous speed until it was too late.
The next thing he realize, he saw a hand pierced his stomach from behind. He turned his head weakly only to wide-eyed once he saw the culprit.
"...Bara...qiel..." He muttered his last words before one of fallen angel leader shove out his hand harshly with raged expression.
The last remaining of three fallen angel's blood splattered all over, he died before he even faced the ground.
(End Song)
"SHURI!, AKENO! ARE YOU BOTH ALRIGHT?" Baraqiel hastily approach his wife and daughter. He sighed in relief seeing his wife relatively unharmed but then gritted his teeth seeing his daughter's condition.
"COME TO HIMEJIMA SHRINE WITH PARAMEDIC, NOW!" Baraqiel practically screamed to whoever he talking with phone.
The voice in opposite line tried to calm him down but it got reverse-effect.
"Calm down, calm DOWN, YOU SAY! We're talking about my DAUGHTER!" That did the trick, no one want to mess with a pissed father.
"Shuri" Baraqiel said gently to his wife who continue rubbed their daughter who passed out but not with life- threatening considering her normal breathing "Can you tell me what's going on?"
Shuri just shook. "I also don't know the detail" She close her eyes, reminiscing back to the moment she thought she would die.
"One of them suddenly fell over" She open her eyes and gestured to a dead fallen angel with red stripe robe.
"Then no sooner after that, he follow his step" Baraqiel walked toward Green stripe robed fallen angel. He crouched as he examine the corpse.
Then his eyes darted to a certain hole near the body, he used small levitate magic to pull out the object and put it on his hand.
'A bullet, rifle bullet to be exact'
Baraqiel stand up as he pocketing the bullet, his gaze darted toward the direction where the bullet come from.
(Yarai POV)
I kneeled inside public toilet in station, my head felt empty and my legs lost its energy.
I just puked whatever in my stomach out. I put my left hand on my forehead to easy the nausea that hammered my head.
My eyes darted toward my shaking right hand, I can feel my whole body shaking right now. At first I alright, but after its over and the tension goes away my stomach feel very sick and I had resist the urge to puked on the street.
I knew this day will come sooner or later but even with those mental preparation I can't still stay strong after that.
leaned against the wall I weakly sigh, I won't ever forget this day. The day where I got my first kill.
With Shuri survive would Akeno still enter Rias' peerage? If not who would be Rias' 'Queen'?
And Yarai finally got his first kill, What will he do now now that he experience 'Kill'?