Morning

Remiel woke to a knock on his door. The sun was shining straight into his eyes. He walked over to the window, and pulled down the blinds.

Another knock, two of them this time.

"Alright, I'm comin'!" he yelled.

He walked over to the door, put on a white shirt, and clad only in gray shorts, he opened the door.

A great white flash met him, and he was blinded.

After the blindness cleared, he saw Hinata there, a camera held up to her face.

"Congratulations, you have successfully blinded me. What's up?" Asked Kenshin, rubbing the last of blindness out of his eyes.

"Today's our monthsary!" replied Hinata.

"Uh-huh, so what was the picture for?" he asked.

"Remembrance." She said happily.

Kenshin went back inside, and after a few thumps later, he had changed into a light-blue ¾ shirt with grey sleeves. His shorts were replaced by gray cargo pants.

"Okay, today's our monthsary, so where do you wanna go?"

7:30 AM

As he stood at the top of a hill overlooking the village, he realized that he truly loved this place, a tranquil, peaceful place.

"Hey, you all right?" said a gentle voice from behind him.

He turned to Hinata, as she placed a picnic basket next to her feet.

"Yeah, I'm okay." He replied.

"It's just that, you don't get days like these in my line of work…" he continued.

Hinata, who was unpacking the snacks, then asked him…

"What do you angels do?"

"Well…There are a lot of things angels do, depending on the position we hold, like me, I'm a Seraph, so I'm technically freelance, but I chose to work with the Dominion." He replied.

"Oh…So what does the Dominion do?"

"Uhh, kinda like… well the Dominion was established by Valdecir, one of the original Archangels, to fight against Cataclysm, a construct of Chaos whose sole purpose is to return everything, all universes, all things, to chaos." He told her.

Hinata had finished unpacking the food, and sat down on the mat.

Kenshin joined her, and picked up an apple.

"Sounds exciting…" she told him, smiling slightly.

"Well…yeah, but it gets kinda hectic after a while, and you start to look for places like this, places to rest."

"I don't live for the fight, the bloodshed, or the thrill of battle, I live for the normal days, the peaceful days…" he added as he lay down on the mat, apple in hand.

"This Valdecir, was he that guy you were with, in that huge tree?" she asked.

Kenshin, after eating the apple to the core, threw it aside, and got another.

"Oh, him, yeah, that was Valdecir, but he likes being called Aurelm, God knows why." He added, rolling his eyes.

"So, you guys protect the world from destruction, kinda like superheroes, right?" said Hinata.

"Yup, and sometimes we enlist the help of the realm's resident protector for help, in exchange for our aid in the realm's problems. Oftentimes, they don't even know it yet."

They were silent for a while, watching over the village that was home for both of them as the wind blew about …

11:30 AM

Agni woke to a throbbing head. He wanted to rub his temple, but having his hands tied behind him didn't offer him that privilege. He couldn't ask anyone for help either, being gagged sort of hampered that.

He tried to concentrate, and felt heat building in the back of his throat. But as it intensified, so did his headache, and he felt the heat dissipating, but the headache still kept going.

The heat vanished entirely, and frustration took hold.

He tried to light up, and felt like his head would break open.

He should've never taught her that submission hold…

Rudra was at peace, but she felt…wrong.

She was at the hill, hiding behind the tree, observing Hinata and Remiel from a distance.

Now she knew what that girl felt like. She better treat him well, because he deserved more than that mortal girl could offer.

She was human, whereas Rudra was an elemental, the corporeal manifestation of the wind...

She was but a shy wallflower, while Rudra was outgoing, bright, and most of all, far livelier than her…

"Excuse me, I have to take a walk, I'll be back."

Hearing him say those words broke Rudra out of her reverie. She made herself as the wind…intangible, invisible.

She felt Remiel walk right through her, and stopped a few feet away.

"You can come out from your Mistral Veil, Rudra." He said to her.

Rudra slowly materialized, wearing a white long-sleeved blouse, ending in orange cuffs, cut just above the abdomen. She wore white leggings, ending with orange ankle wrappings, her straight lime-green hair now chin-length, with the hair framing her face longer than usual.

"What does she have that I don't?" asked Rudra when she was tangible again.

Silence was her only reply.

"Is it because that she looks just like her, Selene?!?" she continued.

More silence…

"Answer me!"

"Because it's a love I haven't felt in a long time…." he finally replied.

Rudra was silent, her face pensive.

"I have to go back to Hinata; she'll be worried if I don't." Remiel said.

"Go."

Remiel walked away, and after a few feet, he looked back, but he found no one there…

He suddenly found himself wondering if the wind could weep…

Rudra felt warm tears flow down her face, as she moved through the trees as a gust of wind. She saw the village walls, and flew over them. She sped through the streets, giving the hot pedestrians on the ground a brief respite from the heat.

She went up to the open window of their room in Remiel's apartment, and left the Mistral Veil as soon as she alighted on the cold stone floor.

She threw herself onto the bed, and wept…