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Chapter 22: True Identities
Suddenly the two opened their eyes to smirk down at Ragnor and Raylene. "We are the light that stands against the darkness. We are the flame that will burn away your putrid souls. We are Damien and Damia! Guardians of Light!"
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"The Guardians of Light?" said Hisoka frowning. "Who are they?"
"They are the ones that protect the Heaven and Earth from demons and devils such as Ragnos and Raylene," said Lord Enma.
"Why haven't we ever heard of them?" asked Watari.
"Well, because they would rather work unhindered behind the scenes so to speak."
"But I always thought angels were . . ." Oriya let his voice trail off.
"With the halo and the ethereal glow?" Enma smirked at his guardians of death and the human. "The angels are split off into three groups. There are the Hosts. They reside in Paradise. They are the ones with the halo, the ethereal glow, the beautiful voices and so on. The second group is the Guardians of Life that are under the command of Gabriel. They occupy the Hall of Souls. They are the angels that guide the human souls to Earth and they also take the role as Guardian Angels for those select few that would make the world a better place."
"I see," said Tatsumi. "But Kazutaka said that they are Guardians of Light."
"Well, they are the warrior class under the command of Michael. Their home is the Citadel of Light. They run things pretty much as we do in Meifu except for when they go after an Original or devil they would need the help of special humans that possess great spiritual powers or psychic powers to find them. These humans are called Guides." Enma smiled. "It seems their dress codes are up with the times."
"What do you mean?" asked Hisoka.
"Well, before they use to dress in those long flowing robes when they fought."
"Time has changed," said Watari watching his friends.
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Raylene smiled in glee as he stared at the two white winged figures emitting great power. "At last they have finally revealed themselves. The twin souls of chaos and destruction."
"We shall see if they truly are Damia and Damien," said Ragnor narrowing his red eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Just because they have the power doesn't mean they truly have their same personality." The dog watched as the two guardians lowered themselves to the ground. "When I fought them, there was this aura that surrounded them. It wasn't anything visible. It was more like you sensed it instead of seeing it."
"Oh, and what was it you sensed from this aura?"
"It was like they considered themselves better than any of the other guardians. They were cocky and they seemed to radiate their superiority. Although they did not hate humans, they just didn't care if they lived or died," said Ragnor.
"And yet, they did not fall," said Raylene thinking as he stared at the two silver hair figures. "How strange. With the sins they have committed they should have fallen centuries ago."
"I think it has to do with who their father is."
"Well, we shall find out soon enough if they truly are Damien and Damia," said Raylene shrugging his shoulders.
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"Ragnor," said Damien smirking. "I had hoped you would do the sensible thing and die after we severely wounded you."
"You should be the one to talk after Michael recalled the two of you in the mist of battle," laughed the dog. " You should have seen your faces as you were forced to return."
"Shut your mouth, you mangy mutt," snapped Damia.
"Kazutaka! Alicia!" yelled Tsuzuki and Tatsumi.
"Kai," Tsuzuki ran to his husband and wrapped his arms around his neck. it was awkward especially with the large wings but he was able to hug his husband from behind. Tsuzuki rubbed his face into the long silver hair. "I thought you were dead."
"Excuse me but do you mind removing your arms from around me," said the silver hair angel.
Tsuzuki stiffened and then slowly released him. His brows scrunched down into a frown as he watched his husband turned to stare at him with a frown marring his angelic face. "Who are you people and what are you doing here?"
"K-Kai? It's me, Asato. I am your husband."
The angel arched a silver brow. "Husband?"
"We have work to do brother," said Damia. "This human is obviously insane." Then she turned to Tatsumi. "You people are going to get the only warning we intend to give you. You will leave or die. It matters not to us."
"Alicia," Tatsumi said staring at her in shock.
"And will you stop calling us by those stupid names. We are Damien and Damia. Now be gone." She turned away from him to face the devil and demon.
Tsuzuki stood frozen as he stared in horror at his husband and then at his sister-in-law. He felt his heartbreak, as his love did not look at him once. Tears of pain fell from those amethyst gems as he reached a hand out to his husband. "Kai," he said weakly but the other did not turn around.
"So you are Raylene. my sister and I have heard a lot about you. You were Michael's second in command before your fall," said Damien as the wings on his and his sister's back folded down and disappeared. "It will be an honor to destroy your putrid soul."
"I have heard a lot about the two of you as well," said Raylene smiling. "The mere mentioning of your names sends both demons and devils cringing in fear." He laughed. "But what I can't understand is with the crimes you two have committed i am surprise you two haven't fallen yourselves."
"That will never happen," said Damia smiling. "Except for the great dragon Oberon, Michael and Gabriel, there are no angels strong enough to go against us." She shrugged her shoulders. "So, we will stick to stomping you pathetic demons and devils into the ground."
Raylene held out his hand. A silver blue sword with intricate swirls and whorls along the blade appeared in his hand. The blade was split down the middle and the hilt was shaped like that of serpent. "Let's see what you've got."
"It would be my pleasure." Damia plucked a single strand of hair from her head and the hair changed into a large silver broadsword.
Suddenly Ragnos took a single step forward. "You shall go against me first. I owe you two for nearly killing me those centuries ago. I had to hide myself deep in a cave to heal the wounds that you caused. And in all that time the only thing that kept me going was knowing that one day I would see you two again and exact my revenge."
"What are you doing Ragnor?" Raylene was angry at the dog for interfering. Then the head closes to him leaned down and whispered something to the devil. Raylene arched a brow as he stepped back and allowed the dog to go first.
"My my what big dreams you have mutt," said Damien sneering at the demon. "You truly are pathetic to even entertain the idea that you can kill us." Like Damia, he plucked a silver strand from his head and it turned into a sword.
"Come Ragnor, let's see what you've got," said Damia smirking. She launched herself at the demon followed by her brother.
Lord Enma and the other watched as the two attacked the demon dog. Damia attacked from above while Damien attacked from below. They began to steadily push the demon away from the others.
Raylene watched the battle and thought that they were good fighters but it seemed that all the stories she heard about the two was not true. They weren't the terror everyone had told her about. What they were was a waste of his time.
As Ragnor fought the two, he could feel that there was something wrong but he could not figure out what it was. If only he could figure it . . . Then it hit him. He looked around and seen that during the battle, they had led him away from the others. Then he looked into their eyes. That was it. It was the eyes. They weren't filled with the indifference of whether an innocent person was killed or not during their battles. Also, the bloodlust was missing from their eyes. Ragnor leaped away from them smiling at the stunned siblings.
"Did you think you could fool me," snarled Ragnor. I know your weakness." He turned one head toward the others and released a huge energy ball toward them.
"NO!" screamed Damien and Damia. The two moved so fast until they seemed to vanished and reappeared in front of their friends. "Southern Cross Holy Shield!" Two shields appeared wrapping itself around the started Guardians of Death.
"Why didn't you leave when we told you to," said Damien with his head lowered.
Tsuzuki stared up at his husband with tear soaked purpled eyes. "Kai."
Damien sighed as he and his sister turned to face them. "Yes beloved it is I."
"You guys really are idiots," said Alicia glaring at them. "Can't you see we were trying to protect you morons?" Then she turned her gaze to Enma. "Why didn't you teleport them out of here?"
"I would have loved to but there is a barrier up," said Enma.
"Surely the lord of Meifu could break a simple barrier put up by a devil," said Kazutaka.
"Yes I can but someone more powerful than Raylene has put up this barrier." The masked man stared at the opened gate. "And I'm sure you know who that someone is. He will be out soon if you are not able to close that gate."
"We know," said Alicia. "You do not have to remind us. It would have been better if none of you were here."
"So, you knew who we were all along," said Oriya. "You were just trying to get us to leave."
"Oh Kai," Tsuzuki leaped into his husband's arms kissing his face. "I thought you didn't remember me."
"Beloved."
Tatsumi turned Alicia around and pulled her shirt up looking at smooth undamaged skin.
"What are you doing?" Embarrassed, Alicia pulled her shirt down tucking it back into her skirt.
"Well, that demon did spear you through your stomach twice. I thought . . . I thought that you were . . ." He could not finished as tears fell from his cerulean eyes. Tatsumi pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "I'm sorry."
"What are you sorry for?" She wrapped her arms around him.
"Because all I did was just stand there and watched as that demon killed you."
"It's okay. I'm all right now." She kissed his forehead.
"I know but I . . ."
"It's all right. You have nothing to be sorry about and if you apologize again I swear I am going to sew your lips together." Raising one hand, she wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Excuse me," said Raylene. "I really hate to break up this love fest but you still have to deal with us."
"You don't have to remind us," said Kazutaka turning to face the demon and devil. He sighed. "Well, I guess I won't be needing this anymore." He raised his hand to his right eye and plucked out the false eye.
Tsuzuki flinched as he watched his husband toss the false eye away and placed his hand over the empty eye socket. His hand glowed a bright blue and when he removed his hand from his face. Everyone gasped as they saw a fully functioning silver eye to match its twin.
It was so strange to everyone. They were use to seeing him with a fake blue eye that he didn't seem like himself with two matching eyes.
"Are you all right?" asked Tsuzuki worried.
"Yes. Like you, we Guardians of Light can regenerate injuries as well," said Kazutaka. Then he turned to face his opponents. "Now, if you will excuse us, we have some scum to take care of and a gate to close."
"We will help," said Watari.
"You just stay here and keep an eye on the others," said Alicia. "There is no way you will be able to take on a devil and an Original. "
"But . . ." Tsuzuki was going to argue but his husband shot him a withering glare and the lavender eye guardian fell silent.
Then he and Alicia stepped out from under the shield.
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As Kazutaka and Alicia stepped out from under the shield, they stood facing the Raylene and Ragnor.
"So, finally decided to come out and play," said Raylene smirking. "It would have been better to defeat you as your original selves but beggars can't be choosy."
"We don't plan on losing to you," said Kazutaka.
Raylene laughed sinisterly. "Then shall we dance."
"By all means, let's," said Alicia as she lunged at the devil.
The others watched as the Muraki siblings attacked their opponents viciously. While Alicia went head to head with Raylene using a sword. Kazutaka, using a combination of magic and sword attack, went after the dog demon.
"What a waste," said Raylene. "I wanted to fight Damia and all I get is just a child with too much power with no knowledge or drive to truly use them. Come now Damia. Surely you can do better than this. I'm sure the people of Atlantis can attest to it."
Upon hearing that, Alicia faltered and Raylene took advantage of it. He knocked the sword from Alicia's hand. He slashed his sword down slicing Alicia across the chest. She screamed in pain. Then he slammed the hilt of his sword into her face. The force of his attack sent her hurdling backwards to slam into the shield that she and her brother had erected to protect the others. Upon impact blood spurted from her mouth and nose. Then her limp body slowly slid down to crumble to the ground.
"Alicia!" called Tatsumi as he knelt down behind her. He wanted to help her but the shield kept him from leaving.
When Kazutaka witnessed his sister being hit, his concentration was slipped for only a second. But that was enough for Ragnor to launch an attack. The dog raised one huge paw and swiped it across his chest. Kazutaka screamed in horrible pain as the dog's tail slammed into his bleeding chest to send him crashing into the shield as well. He lay beside his sister breathing heavily.
Tsuzuki's heart nearly stopped as he saw blood flow out from beneath his husband. "Kai," he said kneeling down wanting to touch his husband but the shield was preventing him. A second later, he breathed a sigh of relief as the silver hair angel and his twin slowly sat up to lean against the shield.
"Kai, are you all right?" asked Tsuzuki worried.
"Yes beloved." Kazutaka turned to smile at him as the wounds he and Alicia suffered began to heal. "I was just distracted. It won't happen again."
"Let us help," said Tatsumi.
"No!" snapped Alicia. "You cannot help us."
"We can't let the two of you fight those monsters alone," growled Oriya.
"And what can you do?" Alicia turned to glare at the swordsman. "Tsuzuki is in no shape to fight. The shadows won't be able to stop a devil or Original. Bullets would be like pelting them with wads of paper. You're just a human, Oriya. You would be dead before you could raise your sword. And never mind whatever it is Watari can do."
"Hey!" said the blonde scientist pouting.
"Alicia is right. At best, you would only be in our way," said Kazutaka. "We are already at a disadvantage because you are here. We are not able to truly use our full power because you could be hurt in the cross fire."
"This is most disappointing," said Raylene resting his sword across his left shoulder and shaking his head in disgust.
Everyone raised their heads to look at the devil.
"Where is the Damia that sunk the entire city of Atlantis to the bottom of the sea and the Damien that caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt to destroy Pompeii? I had heard that you two were feared by devils and demons. At the mere mentioning of your names would strike fear into the hearts of all." He sneered as he glared at the two angels. "The sight of you two makes me sick. You are nothing like what I heard."
"Atlantis? Pompeii? What are they talking about?" asked Oriya frowning as he stared at the unusually silent twins.
"Why don't you shut your trap," snarled Alicia. She held out her hand and her staff appeared in her hand. She launched herself at the boy.
"Come boy, your other self was more frightening than you," sneered Ragnor. The left head opened its mouth and flames spewed forth. Kazutaka raised his hand deflecting the flames and sent his own flaming attack at the dog. It leaped out of the way. Kazutaka followed.
