Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: And since my finals is all over I figured I'd do a few more chapter reviews. WOOT! SCHOOL IS OVER! Now to start summer courses ^^' but still I'm excited. Hopefully they'll be fun classes… hopefully… Anyways enjoy this next chapter (I see a lot of people aren't reading this story anymore, or is it just me? =O) ENJOY!
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Sophie blinked in confusion. One moment she was hearing a high pitched ringing in her ears and the next she heard practically nothing. Looking around she frowned, finding herself in the bottomless pit of darkness. "Not again," she sighed, running as fast as she could to figure out what was going on. She clearly felt moment, looking behind her back and noticing for her wings; they were standing still on her back, but she felt her body moving at lightning fast speed. "Where did Fiona go?" she thought aloud, trying to find a source of light in this infinite dwelling of darkness. Then she heard a high pitched whine, dashing as fast as she could towards the sound.
As she came near she had to shield her eyes, light suddenly overwhelming her before the area around her became dark again. There she noticed a young boy with silver-green hair his head whipping around and gasping as he suddenly noticed Sophie. Sophie stood stunned, his bright silver steel eyes with a fading emerald color in the middle swirling around just as her crystal blue and shinigami green eyes would do when she was using her own powers. "W-who are you?" the boy gulped, shifting away from her as he stared deeply into her eyes.
Sophie blinked before she smiled; kneeling down to his level as she calmly chuckled beside him. "My name is Sophia Maurus Ioreta Serbus," she explained, "or you can call me Sophie for short. What is yours?"
"N-naum," he told her, "Naum Karawan Kaoboros. I… one minute I was in control and the next I wasn't. Do you know what's going on miss?"
"Not a clue," she sighed as she stood up and scratched the back of her head. "All I remember was this high pitched buzzing sound in my head and –"
"A voice telling you to go and destroy?" Naum nodded in understand. "Yes I heard that too, which means that you must be my…"
"My what?" Sophie eyed him suspiciously.
He sighed as he stood to his feet, practically imitating the way Sophie had scratched the back of her head a few seconds pervious. "We are rivals, enemies, destined to do an eternal battle with each other. You see miss, I am a special type of being where I have two souls inside of my body. One is my normal, human-like soul and the other is –"
"A monstrous soul?" Sophie interrupted him. "Or a soul that your soul and body had been merged into and can never escape from –"
"Yes that's it!" he chuckled. "But wait, how do you know this –"
"I have the same problem," she sighed. "Just what is going on here?"
"Oh I wish I knew," Naum frowned. "One minute I was having a lovely morning snack under the shade and the next I hear a voice telling me to go. Once I did I passed out, waking up here of all places."
"Did anything else happen?" Sophie asked, the boy looking over at her before shaking his head as he looked around for a source of light.
"I do remember this story," he continued, "that my mother passed down from her mother and passed down from her mother and etcetera. It's a tale about two beings, one good one bad, one light one dark, and they were in constant conflict with each other. One had large white wings with large premium feathers, armor of the finest satin and gold trimmings, and a long white sword that could pierce into the heart of any creature that it came across. The other had large black wings as if it was the exoskeleton of its former wings, and it was a long serpent like creature that could glide through the sky and gobble up entire land masses and even the sun. These two creatures were in constant conflict and when the trumpets blared the two would rise up and attempt to destroy each other… and the soul I have inside of me is the monster." Naum sighed, "which means you're the other creature, since we heard the 'trumpets blare' just a second ago –"
"Wait this doesn't make any sense," Sophie huffed. "I never heard this story."
"Well it's been told before the beginning of the world and has been passed down ever since," Naum shrugged, "but I would think you've heard… because we come from different planets perhaps?"
"Wait I don't understand," she grumbled, "destroying each other? Other planets? You don't make sense! How about we figure out a way to get out and then you can explain all of this?"
"… Wow right to the point aren't you?" he chuckled before sighing and looking around. "Well from what I've been told, our other souls have taken over and are currently trying to destroy each other. If they succeed everything we know and love: our worlds, the universe, and all life and death as we know it, will disappear. Though I know this may sound crazy, but I think something is controlling them."
"By how you've been explaining~ I'll believe anything right now," she sighed.
"Then what we have to do is take control again," Naum shook his head, "but I have no idea how we'll do tha – … What are you doing?"
"Trying to concentrate and take over my body again," Sophie explained as she had her eyes closed and roughly concentrated on entering her mind. "This has happened to me more than once. Just focus on trying to take control, locate the other soul, and order it to submit to you."
"Wait what?" Naum huffed. "Take over! That's the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of! They're using our bodies to control us –"
"You've never stood up for yourself have you?" Sophie chuckled as she squinted to look at him before sighing and close her eyes again. "You're the boss of your own body not them, and if you dislike your body being manipulated by a bunch of misfit souls than kick them out. Okay? Just try it."
"O-kay," Naum nodded, closing his eyes and concentrating on everything Sophie had told him. What a strange creature to have said this. She must have done this a lot, that's for sure, but if that's so than what is she? Has he found the only being that can help him? The two bodies stood in the darkness, their bodies beginning to glow in the darkness of the night. As they thought their souls began to dissipate, disappearing before leaving the darkness once again.
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Sophie's body yelled as she rammed as hard as she could into the creature, using her sword to push it out of the sky and into the farthest reaches of the universe; the large gray serpent with large gray eyes snarled back as it pushed her off of him and roared. Sophie grinned deviously, chuckling as she held up her white glowing sword to it. "I guess this is the end isn't it," her body grinned, "for the both of us? If only I could remember what you are, but it doesn't matter. I'll destroy you as I did back then and I'll do it seven times over if I have to!"
"Take your best shot," the dragon hissed back at her, a wide grin on its face. "I am the only one who can destroy you and I will use all my strength to do so. You're a pitiful ruler and a horrible creature, letting yourself lose all your memories in a desperate attempt to become goodness itself. A disgrace to everything you used to stand for –"
"You know I don't like your tone," her body huffed, "now come at me. Let's end this." The serpent roared and flew down at her, its long tail turning in the sky as it flapped its large gray skeleton wings. Sophie's body brushed her long white cloak to the side, holding her shield up over her face as the dragon growled and slammed into the shield, sending the two of them in opposite directions.
A few million miles away there were several beings watching them, one of them impatiently waiting with dark olive hair flapping around in the air and bright golden eyes piercing into the spectacle before them. "About time~ you get here," the man huffed, a woman appearing beside him out of breath as she shook dust from her shoulders and rustled up her azure hair.
"Sorry~" she pouted and looked over at him, "but I thought I could get to that woman before her other soul took over. Do you know where those two daggers are?"
"Still looking for them," he shrugged, "though I think these creatures behind us have something to do with this."
"Maybe they do," she shrugged back, "but I suppose we should help –"
"We can't do that," he glared. "This is their fight. If they are greater than us~ then they'll conquer their demons. Besides if space and time is destined to dissipate then it is the time for us to do so."
"Whatever," she huffed; pouting as she crossed her arms over her chest and watched as the white beam of light tried to overtake the darkness.
Sophie's body yelled as she evaded an attack, jumping up and slashing her sword up at the serpent's face. The dragon screamed as it was blinded in one eye, black blood trickling down and disappearing into the space around them. Suddenly the grin upon Sophie's face faded, her yellow glowing eyes instantly turning to crystal blue and shinigami green. She yelped as the dragon roared and striked her, unable to evade the attack as she was thrown backward and slammed into a passing asteroid. Sophie groaned as she shook her head, jumping up as she held up her sword and evaded the serpent's head, then jumping onto its head as it yelled and its head smashed into the piece of rock. Sophie yelled as loud as she could, the dragon's head whipping around as she threw down her sword upon its head. In an instant the dull gray eyes turned to bright silver steel and an emerald color in the middle of its eyes, Sophie sighing with relief as the dragon shook its head and looked at her in horror. "I was wondering if you would wake up too," Sophie smiled, brushing its nose as the serpent looked at her confused before hissing happily in content.
"What?" they heard behind them, the two creatures turning around to find a hoard of creatures hovering in the sky from afar and glaring at them.
"W-what are they –"
"I'll tell you later," the serpent whispered back, Sophie nodding in understanding as she stood on his head and glared back at them.
"You're supposed to destroy each other!" another creature said.
"Get them!" a few more yelled, the hoard coming down upon them as the dragon shied back in a desperate attempt to flee.
Sophie huffed as she jumped off of his head, slashing her sword at them as a beam of energy flew at them and obliterated several thousands of them. "Sophie!" the dragon roared, wrapping its tail around her as the afterglow sent the two of them spiraling backward into a passing piece of space rock. She groaned as the serpent kept its tail wrapped around her tightly, hissing as the rest of the creatures flew upon them. "I won't let you die!" Naum yelled, a loud sonic roar came from his mouth and annihilated the rest of the creatures. Then he let out tired huffs, his body turning back into the body of a young man as he gripped Sophie tightly in his arms. He groaned as he tried to stay awake, noticing that she had already passed out and her white clothes had vanished revealing her darker black clothes. Noticing two figures coming towards them he growled and pulled Sophie tighter into his chest, grumbling under his breath as he was unable to keep his eyes awake and lost consciousness.
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As Sophie opened her eyes she groaned and cringed at the ray of white, turning her head as she let her eyes adjust to the light above them. She noticed a thin shadow next to her and as her eyes became accustomed to the light she gasped. There beside her was the boy she had been talking to in the darkness, but he looked older than he was previously. She slowly crawled over to him and ran a hand through his silver-green hair, the man groaning back as he felt her hand upon his head. Sophie smiled; glad to see that he was still alive. Naum looked much older than the age of a young boy, about the same age as she was actually. Seventeen she recalled was the age her body stopped growing. Perhaps that's what happened to Naum, or maybe he was still growing and only she wasn't anymore. Either way she knew she had to find out where they were, looking around and trying to find a glimpse of existence. She frowned once she noticed they were laying in nothing but white, the color of white was just as overpowering as the dark was a moment earlier. "Oh good you're awake," she heard from a figure beside her, Sophie grabbing Naum protectively as she growled and narrowed her eyes at the stranger. "Wow this is the first time I've come across you like this!" she giggled happily. "I can't wait to tell brother that you haven't died yet!"
"W-wait brother?" Sophie frowned as she set Naum's head back down beside her. "Who are you, who's this brother you speak of, and where are we –"
"To think your memory has really left you," another voice responded from behind her, Sophie swiftly turning around to find a tall man with dark olive hair flapping around in some unknown breeze. "… My you really have forgotten," he sighed as he sat down beside Sophie and looked upon Naum. "At least the two of you haven't died yet. There is something important that needs to be discussed –"
"Who are you and where are we?" Sophie asked again, growling as she narrowed her eyes at them. "I just want to know where we are –"
"You're in a place between space and time," the man told her.
"Or time and space," the woman huffed back, nudging the man in the shoulder as she sat down and stared into Sophie's eyes. "Wow so pretty," she giggled, "that those are the eyes of a mortal. Never would have guessed."
Sophie continued to glare and keep up her defenses, unsure if she should trust them as Naum groaned and began to stir beside them. "Anyways my name is Space and this is my sister Time," the man continued, "and you were the being that created us."
"W-wait me?" Sophie pointed to herself in disbelief.
"I should probably say that other soul inside of you," he shrugged, "but seeing as you've used the power of that soul so much that you have pretty much fused together, I think I can talk to you about it."
"… R-ight," Sophie answered, running a hand over Naum's hair as he began to wake up. "How is this even possible… and what was that ringing in my ear –"
"Can I tell her?" Time asked, her brother nodding as she giggled and quickly grabbed Sophie's hand. "There are these two daggers you see, one called The Dagger of Life and the other The Dagger of Death. They float around in Space till they come upon a being, chosen or not. These daggers have the power to control you, both you and Kaoboros here. One controls your soul and the other Kaoboros, but we have yet to know which one does which."
"… Okay," Sophie nodded, "go on."
"Now usually the being doesn't even know that the daggers can control you," Time continued, "but there are some who do. A being must have gathered the two daggers and want to take control of the both of you, probably in an attempt to destroy the universe."
"Destroy?" Sophie looked at her confused, Space nodding as he shifted to look upon her eyes.
"Yes destroy," he continued. "As Time said the daggers float around until they come upon a being, chosen or not. These daggers were created for the sole purpose of taking over the divine, the serpent that will come and destroy all existence and the creature that will stop the darkness from taking over. There's a whole fairy tale to this and many different stories, but the main emphasis still stands –"
"Long before the world was created there was only darkness," they heard from a voice next to them, Naum shifting up as he groaned and rubbed his head, "or chaos if you'd prefer."
"Naum you know the story?" Sophie asked him.
"O-of course," he sighed as he shook his head. "My family has passed down the stories from generation to generation. Anyways before there was time and space, life and death, even light and darkness there was absolute nothingness. That nothingness suddenly grew into thingness, a conscious or a voice within itself. It began to think and think, coming up with thoughts and ideas, but sadly this being or thing had no one else to share this information with. So over time it began to create, create light and dark, time and space, and even life and death. As its world grew and grew so did its powers, possessing abilities that only it could create. Once everything was created the being wanted more, as this is what I have heard from the other soul within me," Naum sighed. "The being talked to it saying that it wanted havoc, chaos, for a tame existence was dull and nothing ever came from unexciting places. So the being created rivals and beings as strong as itself, which is why I am as strong as you Sophie," he admitted, "and can destroy you if I wanted to. You see, this being came from nothingness, darkness or a chaos as others have said. That is why the world is how it is, full of disorder and chaos."
"… Are you trying to say that's what I am?" Sophie asked.
"Perhaps," Space said, "but we do not know for sure."
"You see," Naum continued, "the being, or the Ultimate Creator as most have decided to call it, wiped itself clean, its memories of everything that had transpired erased. Perhaps that was its intention in the beginning, but this goes back to the problem of not knowing what things are. We aren't saying it's you, but it sort of is. Seeing as you're this all powerful creature, but have no memory of ever existing."
Sophie sighed, scratching the back of her head as she thought to herself before turning her attention back to the three beings looking at her intently and waiting for an answer. "… Look I don't care what you believe I am, but there is only name I have: Sophia Maurus Ioreta Serbus, servant of darkness and God of Death. I don't care if you think I am this creator or not, but I know that I am Sophie and that will never change. Now I would like an explanation as to why you've showed up before me."
"To the point aren't you?" Space chuckled, "but haven't you noticed why~ you are associated with
Death so much. The fact you are a God of Death, a bringer of death in your world, and can also give and take away life. Has that ever accrued to you –"
"On more than several occasions," Sophie interrupted him, "but as I said I could care less in this small life I have left. I am only one in a sea of many. I will die and that will be the end of it. It doesn't matter to me if I ever find out my family origins alright. All I want to know is why I have a part in all of this."
"Then listen to me when I say this," Space began, helping Sophie and Naum off of the ground before he continued. "You may not care what happens, but we do. Everything will be destroyed if you two fight to the death, for it is destined for existence to end that way. Just you are not supposed to destroy each other just yet. There is still much time before that will happen –"
"A few more of your generations I assume," Time interrupted him before chuckling lightly to herself. "Our problem is finding the daggers, which is where the two of you come in."
"What do you mean?" Naum asked.
"As we said, the daggers are scattered around the universe," Space continued, "and they only call to you. We don't know if they only call to one of you or both, but we need your help in finding them. Even if you don't want to help us the beings that have their hands on the daggers will continue to call to you, wanting your assistance."
"Well we can't have that, can we~" Sophie chuckled lightly. "Okay. I'll help if it means I won't be under someone else's control."
"A-and if Sophia is helping then I will," Naum said. "Just what will you do once we find them?"
"That's up to you," Space told them.
"We've never come across them," Time chuckled as she nervously scratched her nose, "and it was an obstacle the Ultimate Creator made. If you want to destroy the daggers or keep them is up to you, or even throw them back into Space. It's all up to your choice."
"… If that is the case let's get going," Sophie huffed. "To think I thought my troubles were finally over –"
"They won't be till you use another feather of healing you obtained from that angel," Time giggled.
"I don't want to use something until it's needed," Sophie grumbled back. "Now what's your plan?"
"Plan?" Time asked.
Space rolled his eyes, chuckling as he patted Time on the back. "We will send you back to your own worlds and help you from there. I have a feeling the two of you will have to travel to and from each other's worlds to gather the two daggers –"
"Yes they will," Time giggled.
"… Look if you know what will happen why don't you stop it?" Sophie huffed.
"Because that takes the fun out of fate~" Time giggled again, Sophie rolling her eyes and crossing her arms over her chest. Then her face became serious, staring into Sophie's eyes as she glared back. "You will probably find what you seek in your library. I bet there's a being that has written about this down or perhaps a fairy tale book that you can read. Anyways we'll leave you to it –"
"But if you don't obtain the daggers soon they will take control of you again," Space interrupted her.
"It's like…" Sophie thought to herself ignoring the three blank stares she got, "Like… well Egypt isn't it? How I can remember in detail all those events even though I wasn't physically there. That was why my other soul made that deal with Death, to gain that freedom from having to be ordered what to do. So that must be how it was done, but the dagger… Let's get going then. I doubt we have a lot of time."
"We do not," Time snickered, grabbing Naum and Sophie's hand. "Now let's get out of here brother."
"Of course," Space nodded, his hands glowing a fading black as it overwhelmed them and they disappeared in an instant.
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A/N: And bam there's another chapter! So what do you think? Are you guys still interested in this? And I'm sorry if Undertaker isn't in here as much as you would like, but it's only a matter of seeing the details and how he's involved. That's really it. Anyways I hope you've enjoyed this chapter. PLEASE COMMENT! I don't know what you guys would like anymore…
Naum – Russian – comforter
Karawan – expression used to avert the evil eye, transferred to forename use
Kaos – first existent "being" in Greek mythology; Chaos
Ouroboros – Uroborus; ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail; meaning "tail" and meaning "eating", thus "he who eats the tail"; represents the perpetual cyclic renewal of life and infinity, the concept of eternity and the eternal return, and represents the cycle of life, death and rebirth, leading to immortality, as in the phoenix. Can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting before any beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished. The ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations, where it symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's opus