Double update part 1

After he was done crying, Shinn quickly scrambled to his feet, knowing that angels would probably get word of this and come to investigate and wiped away his remaining tears. Shinn looked around and recognized the part of the forest he was in. Looking into his memories, he retraced his steps and slowly found his way back to the cave he was in before he went berserk. After two minutes of looking, Shinn finally happened upon the cave and quickly ran inside.

He looked around to see the fire place he made burned out. Next to it, he spotted his shirt and jacket. He quickly put them on and hung his sword on his back before exiting the cave. Now that it was bright out and it wasn't raining anymore, Shinn grew out his wings and took to the sky.

After he reached the height he wanted, Shinn scanned the area for any possible signs of civilization. After some careful looking, Shinn noticed smoke rising up northeast of his direction by about five miles. "No problem." Shinn stated before flying off towards the direction of the smoke which wouldn't take long at his speed.

Kira and Stella were still walking around the village while talking about each other and their pasts as well as their families. They shared many laughs along the way as they walked hand in hand. Deep down inside, both of them wished this was the way everyone could live. A life without fight, where everyone's walking hand in hand smiling and laughing as they do.

The two stopped their walk when they noticed something strange in front of them. A large group of villagers were gathered around the area of one of the village entrances. "What's going on over there?" Kira asked Stella.

"Let's go see." Stella replied and the two walked over to see what was going on. When they reached the crowd, Kira walked up to an elderly vampire angel to ask him about the gathering.

"Uh excuse me sir. What's going on here?"

"There are a couple of people on the ground unconscious. One of them is seriously injured." the man answered. Curious to see who the people were, Kira and Stella pushed their way through the large crowd of people towards the middle. After some struggle, they finally managed to reach the middle of the large crowd of people. The two looked at the ground and gasped in shock when they saw the faces of the two people on the ground.

"Athrun?"

"Meyrin?"

The two were unconscious and Athrun had a large slash wound across his stomach and chest area. He was bleeding a large amount of blood which was covering himself and Meyrin. The two quickly kneeled down to check on the condition of the two. Meyrin was alright, but Athrun was in critical condition. If something wasn't done soon, Athrun would die from blood loss. "Let's get them to the village doctor." Kira suggested. Stella nodded and the two picked up Athrun and Meyrin.

The two quickly ran off towards the direction of the village doctor. Luckily the two had found it while they were walking around the village. The two brought them in and the doctor immediately got to work. Stella assisted the doctor since she had training from her mother and could use healing powers.

Kira impatiently waited outside, hoping the two were okay. When half an hour passed by, Stella and the doctor came out walking of the other room. "How are they?" Kira asked quickly.

"Well Meyrin is alright. She just has a small fever, nothing serious. All she needs is some rest. But as for Athrun, well, he's lucky to be alive. I don't know what happened to him, but his body took massive damage. Besides his chest wound, he also has three broken ribs and some other not too serious scratches. Luckily for him we managed to close the large wound and stop the bleeding" the doctor answered.

"But he'll be okay, right?" Kira asked with much worry in his voice.

"Well at the rate a vampire angel of his age recovers, I'd say about three or four days of rest should be all he needs to recover" the doctor answered before walking away. Kira breathed a large sigh of relief at hearing that his brother was okay. Stella sat down next to Kira and rested her hand on top of his.

"You're brother's a strong guy. Don't worry too much." Stella said.

"I know Athrun's strong. It would take more than that to kill him." Kira replied as he rested his head against the wood wall. He looked at Stella's face to see she was tired from the work she'd done with the doctor. Kira wrapped his arm around Stella's waist and pulled her into his lap which caused Stella to blush in surprise at Kira's sudden action.

"K-Kira, what are you-?"

"You're tired, you should rest" Kira answered. At hearing those words, Stella accepted Kira's request and rested her body against Kira's chest, falling asleep almost instantly. Kira watched her every moment as she slept peacefully. Her chest moved up and down as her consciousness disappeared and slipped past subconsciousness. When Kira saw her smile in her sleep, he didn't see her as a fighter anymore. He saw her as the most peaceful person in the world.

"How can someone as kind as her wind up in a place where there's nothing but fighting?" Kira mentally asked himself as he watched Stella sleep. He was tired of watching everyone suffer from the battles, especially those who don't get involved. But ending the fighting between the three races, well that felt next to impossible. The angels are too stubborn and won't listen to reason, and the demons are secretly plotting against the two other races, increasing the conflict more and more and pitting the angels and vampire angels against each other. The angels won't do a thing against them because they still believe the demons are neutral.

Kira looked towards the ceiling as more thoughts kept crossing into his mind. "If this keeps up, it'll lead to a war" Kira thought with much worry in his soul.

Shinn landed at the village entrance to see the smoke was from the town burning to the ground. He then looked around to see the bodies of slaughtered vampire angels scattered everywhere. Blood stained the ground and the sides of burning buildings as what was left of buildings continued to burn and collapse. "What is this?" Shinn asked himself as he walked around. On the ground, Shinn noticed something white. He walked over and picked it up to inspect it, only to his shock, to find out it was the feather of an angels wing.

"H-How could they do this?" Shinn asked as he crushed the feather in his hand and flew off.

Night time had come and passed over the village. Stella opened her eyes to see she was still lying where she and Kira sat. As she sat up she saw a blanket draped over her and Kira was gone. She looked around the room and the room Athrun and Meyrin were resting in, but to no avail. Stella quickly ran outside to see if Kira was outside, only to see he wasn't. Stella looked into the star illuminated sky with worry in her eyes, hoping Kira would be okay. Wherever he was. Stella returned to Athrun and Meyrin as she awaited Kira's return.

After half an hour passed, Stella suddenly heard a familiar sound. It was the sound of Kira's leaf whistle. Stella quickly got up and ran to the entrance and stepped outside to see Kira approaching while playing his leaf whistle. It was the same tune he'd played the day he and Stella shared their first kiss. Kira looked ahead of him to see Stella standing at the hut entrance.

Stella quickly ran over to him as Kira put his leaf whistle away. Stella jumped at Kira and wrapped her arms around his neck which caused Kira to almost fall down from the sudden action. She quickly let Kira go so he could regain his balance. "Well, you look well rested up" Kira said.

"Yeah, I feel much better." Stella replied. The two then leaned in and pressed their lips against each others. They separated after four seconds passed by.

"Come on, let's go to bed" Kira said looking tired.

Stella nodded and the two waked back to the hut that they first woke up in. Kira draped a blanket over the two as they lay down in each others arms. "Good night Kira."

"Good night Stella." Kira replied as he leaned in and gently kissed her forehead. The two fell asleep with smiles on their faces, signifying they've truly accepted their love for each other.

The demon ninja leader returned to the infirmary to see his subordinate walk out, now fully recovered. "Are you ready to get your revenge?" the leader asked.

"More than ready." The subordinate replied.

"Then come with me" the leader replied and the two walked off into the shadows, devising a way to get revenge on Kira.

Shinn continued flying through the air in search of his brothers. As he did, he looked down to see he was flying in the direction of his home. But what Shinn saw now wasn't exactly his home anymore. The buildings were destroyed and everything was ablaze. "Oh no!" Shinn said as he quickly flew down to his home.

When he landed he looked around to see nobody in sight. Shinn quickly ran to the palace to see a good portion of it in ruin. Shinn quickly ran up the steps and rammed the large doors open. The guards everywhere were slaughtered and fires were burning the floor and walls.

"Is anyone still alive?!" Shinn called out. There was no response, giving Shinn the idea that everyone was dead. Shinn quickly ran to the throne room, only to see it looked just about the same as everything else now. Then what appeared to be the sound of crying hit Shinn's ears. He followed the sound of the cries to the two chairs at the top of the throne.

The crying sound was coming from the left chair, his mothers chair. Shinn inspected it and after careful inspection, discovered a hidden switch on the chair. He pressed his hand on the switch and the chair began moving. It slid to the left to reveal a secret room beneath it. Shinn walked down the steps as the crying sounds were getting stronger.

Shinn noticed a door at the end of the stairs. He grabbed the knob and slowly opened the door. After he opened it enough, Shinn poked his head inside to see Mayu sitting in the corner of the small room crying. "Mayu!"

Mayu raised her head and wiped away her tears to see what she's been dying to see. Her brother. "Shinn!" Mayu cried as she ran over to him. Shinn kneeled down and opened up his arms as Mayu crashed into Shinn and wrapped her arms around him. Shinn did the same and the two cried.

After ten seconds passed the two of them separated. "Mayu, are you okay?"

"Yeah Shinn, I'm okay. Where're Kira and Athrun?"

"I don't know we got separated. I'm trying to find them right now. Where're mom and dad"?

"Th-They're-." But Mayu didn't finish her sentence as she broke down into tears once again.

"What's wrong Mayu?"

"They're gone. Demons attacked the palace and took them away with some of the others. Mom made me hide here so I'd be safe." Mayu answered before breaking down in tears again. Shinn understood Mayu's pain and wanted to cry to, but now wasn't the time.

"C'mon Mayu, we've got to get out of here."

"Where are we gonna go?"

"Somewhere safe. Hopefully we can find Kira and Athrun. Then we can save mom and dad." Shinn answered. Mayu nodded and the two quickly exited the burnt palace. Shinn grew out his wings and put Mayu on his back since her wings hadn't developed yet. Shinn quickly took off and flew off in a random direction.

After ten minutes of flying, Shinn looked ahead to see magical arrows come flying at him. "Hang on tight Mayu!" Shinn said. Mayu did as she was told and wrapped her arms around her brother tightly. Shinn quickly flew to the right and evaded the incoming arrows, only to see more come flying his way.

Shinn quickly evaded while trying to fly forward at the same time. Up ahead, Shinn could see a large number of demons were the ones firing the arrows at him. Shinn quickly flew down and landed on the ground. Mayu hopped off his back as Shinn drew his sword from his back. "Stay here Mayu." Shinn ordered. Mayu nodded and quickly ran to the safety of a tree.

Shinn turned around and flew towards the demons. They continued firing magical arrows at Shinn who avoided them easily. Shinn quickly threw his sword perfectly straight which went straight for the demons. It became embedded in the chest of one of the demons, killing it quickly. Shinn flew over and stepped on the demon while ripping his sword out of the demon. The others shot at Shinn, but he jumped off the demons corpse, causing the other demons arrows to hit it. Shinn landed in front of one of the demons, so it swung its bow at Shinn. Shinn quickly grabbed his sheath with his left hand and blocked the bow with his sword.

After blocking the attack, Shinn spun around and swung his sheath at the ankles of the demon. The force caused the demon to flip into the air. Shinn quickly spun around again and swung his sword, slicing the demon clean in half. The other demons turned around to face Shinn, only to see he suddenly disappeared. Shinn appeared in the middle of a circle of demons and swung his sword in a complete circle. The top halves of the demons split off as blood squirt out of their lower halves like a fountain.

The other demons, seeing that they're strength was no match for Shinn, ran away. Shinn saw this so he readied for his next attack. he quickly spun around in a circle before throwing his sword towards the demons. The sword was spinning rapidly and perfectly horizontal. the sword flew past the demons and stuck into a tree as the demons ceased their movement. In a split second, all the demons fell to the ground dead as large slashes appeared on their sides, and burst open with blood. Shinn walked over to the tree and retrived his sword before putting it in its sheath and slinging it over his back.

"It's alright Mayu, you can come out" Shinn called. Mayu quickly ran out from behind the tree and ran to her brother.

"You aren't hurt are you?" Mayu asked in concern.

"No I'm fine, you don't have to worry. Let's just get out of here before more show up." Shinn answered. Mayu nodded and climbed onto Shinn's back before Shinn went flying off into the night again.

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