Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso

OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls

A/N: Well sorry guys for not posting as many chapters as I should. I don't know. It's the summer and I was taking a bit of a break ^^ I'll be starting summer courses tomorrow so I decided to post one more chapter for this story and then see how the classes will be. Then I'll see how I'll be writing these fanfics. For all I know I may be putting a few on hold, but I plan on getting this story done. Same thing with the Grell fanfic I have posted and the new yugiohxOC fanfic I've posted. Just so you know… ENJOY! =D

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As the light overcame her Sophie let out a scream, shutting her eyes as her hands gripped the dagger tightly. Then she heard a low faint sound, slowly opening her eyes to find herself surrounded in an array of light. "Sophia~… Sophia~…" she realized was the voice, looking down at the dagger and noticing the head of the handle was talking to her, its yellow beak moving to talk. "You think you're so clever~. You think you're so smart~. Are you really~? Did you find what you were looking~ for?"

Sophie gulped, "I-I don't know what you're talking about –"

"You found it, the missing~ part of yourself," the dagger continued, "here~… here in this place~…"

"Bha –"

"That missing love~ you lost. You realize~ who it was now, don't you?" Sophie blinked, noticing the sly smile on the bird's face. "Haaaaaden~… Or do you prefer Haaaaaariel~?"

Sophie growled, "Shut up," she sneered as she clutched the… WHATEVER THIS THING IS by the body and rustled its feathers around. "What are you inferring to? I left that part of me behind years ago –"

"Ahhhh~ yess… if you call~~ your true intentions being bottled up inside of your soul till you explode," it chuckled at her. Sophie growled and the bird continued to smirk, the bright contents of its gem stoned eyes staring deep into Sophie's soul. "Aren't you jealous~? Naum never has to think about it, for his young love is still living in his world. You~, however, lost your love long ago and seeking to gain it back. It never will~~, unless you find –"

"I don't care about that!" Sophie yelled.

"Oh but you do~" it spoke back, a shine coming from its eyes and causing Sophie to yelp at the angry light, "Don't accuse~ us~~ of being wrong."

"U-us?" Sophie looked confused.

"We know all~~" it continued in a strange set of voices Sophie could barely wrap her head around, "we see~ all. Your soul, even this pitiful~ soul that has decided to grow within you, is the reason why we~ have ever come to be. For you~ to lose that knowledge puzzles us… Why would a creator leave its creations in the dark~?"

"I think we're going off topic here," Sophie narrowed her eyes, snarling at this strange voice, or voices, or perhaps nothing at all, that was speaking all around her and inside her head. The only way to keep her head from exploding was to stare at this dove in the eyes, this weird dagger that had the audacity to speak with her.

"We~ apologize," it grinned, "we never~ get to speak with you~~, since your 'other' soul mentally blocks us away." Sophie snuffed, glad that was the case since she didn't even know whom she was talking to and really could care less – "You should care, Sophia~" the voices continued to her shock. Was this reading her mind? "To stoop so low~ is puzzling indeed, but I suppose that's what species like humans do~~. They never truly know the contents of their souls before it's too~ late~~. You are bitter now, Sophia. You are confused. You can't understand why Naum~ is able to live his life without the cares or worries you always have. It's because of that girl… and if you wish~ to bring him down with you all you must do is kill~~ her –"

"I will do no such thing," Sophie huffed. "I'm glad for their happiness anyways –"

"If you~ don't then we~~ will," it continued. "This one single being is throwing the universe~ off balance. He broke the rules to revive her from illness. She's not supposed~~ to be alive."

"Isn't that a decision Death~ should make?" Sophie smirked, "And if you're so high and mighty, shouldn't you have stopped it before it happened? Have you ever thought perhaps this is how the universe is supposed to be, thrown off balance? After all, not everything~ can be perfect."

"… You speak very highly for a being that does not know the infinite~ knowledge of the universe nor the hidden powers you have not~ found to the words you have spoken," it answered. Sophie gulped, noticing the vicious tone in the voices' words. "It is your human~~ form that is speaking, a speck of dust in a grand universe of time and space that will surely never stop. The natural order of the cosmos is so~~ grand that your puny little mind can never understand. The godly form that you carry within you, however, we will surely listen to its words."

Sophie shook her head. "Even if I could that part of my soul would never~ want to speak to you. You don't understand. If there is a natural order to the universe, light and dark, space and time, life and death, then shouldn't the natural order be that the universe will soon perish? As a loose piece of clothing, once one small thread of string is pulled the rest of the cloth will come undone. Your little off balance is either something that must be or something that should have been. Eternity is a long spread of time, but yet still part of time. If what your suspicions are true, even eternity will end for you. Then another will be created or slowly spread into existence. Since the tale goes that the creator came from nothingness, but how could have a something grown from a nothing in the first place? Was it a thought? A feeling~? You don't seem to know," she finished with a smirk.

"Nor do we have~ to," the voices continued. "Regardless you must stand aside. Your poorly developed immortal body is standing in our way."

"Never," Sophie hissed. "I will let myself die before I let that happen –"

"If you do that then what will happen to your own~ world?" it stopped her. "Your existence in that world is needed, if your ideas hold true~. We~~ do not care if your world is destroyed from your absence because that is from your own~ stupidity. Then it was to be that you're killed in this moment, if you wish to save this young girl's life. With what you say is true 'it must be', correct~?" Then the glow began to fade, the dagger growing silent in Sophie's hands as the darkness began to flood the room.

Suddenly Sophie noticed something, the visible golden bounds around her arms, ankles, and even around her neck. Her eyes widened in fear as she dropped the dagger, pulling on the chains as they disappeared as the light of the dagger was consumed into its blade. That's when Sophie turned around, looking over at Reha as the girl opened her eyes and looked at her. "S-sophie?" she gulped, "W-what just happened? –"

She let out a scream as Sophie jumped at her, her large white wings fanning out as she grabbed hold of Reha and wrapped her body around her. Reha gasped in horror as Sophie lay on top of her, the grip around her fading just as quickly as her scream. "D-don't…" Sophie gulped as she looked back at the dagger with vengeful eyes, "Don't yo-u dare~ lay a f-finger on this creature. Y-you go against your o-wn rules if you destroy h… er…"

Reha watched as Sophie's eyelids closed, falling limp on her body. "Sophie!" she yelled, shifting her body so she could get up and grab hold of her. Then her eyes widened, noticing the large hole in Sophie's wings. The gods must have tried to kill her, or whatever this woman was sneering about a second ago. Her white wings fluttered around the room as Sophie groaned subconsciously, unable to react to anything that was happening to her body at that moment.

Before Reha could get up the door slammed open, her body instinctively shifting away as several elders walked into the room and stared at dismay in wonder and terror. "W-what happened…" one said, the other staring at daggers and the white wings in the room.

"A daemon was in here," another elder sneered. "That must be punished –"

"No!" Reha cried out as a group of priestesses grabbed hold of her, another group pulling Sophie away as Reha tried to get back to her. "Don't! The voices were speaking to her! The Gods! She can speak to them! In their own tongue!"

They paused, staring at the girl as she began to cry, their eyes shifting over to the dagger before their baffled eyes rested back on Reha. "Nevertheless it is forbidden, humans and daemons, to ever touch the Divine Dagger. This woman must be made example of and be sacrificed to the Gods. It is the only way to please them."

"No you're wrong!" Reha screamed, "You didn't hear them! The gods will be furious if you kill Sophie! They will send all their furies upon us! You'll destroy our worlds! –" She yelped as she was slapped in the cheek, whimpering in fear as they silenced her and turned their attention to Sophie.

"Take her away," an elder ordered, the others pulling Reha out the door in one direction as the others pulled Sophie down the hallway towards the front.

"W-what if that girl is telling the truth?" a priestess asked as she talked to the elders. "What if –"

"You have not been here when a daemon tried to steal the dagger many years ago," a elder interrupted her. "They said the same thing, voices speaking to the holder as they mumbled in a strange tongue. After that event we had forty years of drought and we cannot stand for another. Last time we let the daemon go, but not this time. We need to set an example that daemons can't run around as they did three thousand years ago. We must show them whose boss of this domain."Leaving the startled priestess aside they walked to the front of the temple, a crowd slowly starting to gather as the light that was beaming from the temple had faded away.

Naum stood up and pushed the stunned Goddess of Life away, looking up and noticing a powerful presence coming from the temple. It frightened him. "My brethren," an elder began as the inhabitants in the city began to gather, "I bring you tidings of woe. This being, this creature, this daemon~ sneaked into our realm in order to destroy us. This daemon snuck into our most Holy Chambers and tried to steal our Divine Dagger, given to us by the Gods themselves." Gasps of fear and shock went through the crowd, the elder holding up her hand to silence them. "But fear not!" she continued. "The Gods have spoken to us and have told us what to do! We must sacrifice this daemon today, at this hour, at this time, with the Divine Dagger itself –"

"No you fools!" They heard a loud voice coming from the crowd, Naum growling as he pushed everyone aside as he made his way to the temple. "She speaks lies! The Gods could never speak to the mortals," Naum huffed as he began to walk up the stairs, "Even with the dagger the Gods cannot speak to mortals. Only through messengers like angels. This is an angel, not a daemon. She came here by divine right to bring you a message –"

"Do not listen to a mere child my sisters and brothers –"

"I am not a child!" Naum growled, the silver in his eyes swirling around and quickly taking over the other colors. "I am the one true heir to the Kaoboros family! I am here to protect you! What I speak is the truth. Any prophecies have come through me, Naum Karawan Kaoboros, by the Gods through visions. The priestesses at this temple know this and so should the rest of you. It is my family who can communicate with the Gods. Not even daemons have a being that can do this. Only I. Perhaps you should hold your tongue before you speak," he glared at the elder, "because it doesn't matter the age the body is, but the age the soul inside the being. I have grown well beyond my years then many of you can hope and dream for and I will not stand aside as a Goddess of Life and see our world destroyed by foolish intensions. That is my duty to protect this world and that is what I intend to do. So step aside. If you do not want the woman's help then let her go. We will take over matters from here –"

"You think just because you're immortal means you can push us around," the elder sneered, "well no more! –"

"Silence," they heard a low, coarse feminine voice coming from behind the elder, the priestesses looking over in horror as Sophie slowly rose to her feet and pushed them aside. "Immortals were created as morals are. There are not as many differences as you think. There are matters you do not understand. Don't speak of them as if you do." Sophie hissed in pain, looking behind her as her white wings twitched in pain. The hole was still visible in her wings as she shook her feathers making sure her nerves were okay. "Listen to me," she said as she held up her hands and caused the audience to grow quiet, "My name is Sophia Maurus Ioreta Serbus, a servant of the darkness and God of Death. I am not a daemon or a part of this world. I have come from a world many leagues away, traveled a long distance to make myself known here. This dagger, which you call the Divine Dagger, has been speaking to me and telling me to come. Naum Karawan Kaoboros has had the same problem happen to himself, a dagger within my own world speaking to him and telling him to come. The difference between your dagger and the dagger from my world is the calling. Your dagger calls me here is a demanding, yet fearful and in a hopeful manner, but the dagger from my own world is calling to Naum to destroy, to obliterate my own. I am here as a liberator, not as a destroyer, and I hope you will cooperate with me as we continue to understand the situation."

"Sophie," Naum mumbled under his breath so the others couldn't hear, "Why did you –"

"Your world has been kept in the dark," Sophie smirked at him, "and they should know what is to come. Besides, you're trying to kill me. I'm going to fight back."

"Oh gods," he rolled his eyes and shook his head, chuckling to himself.

Then Sophie stared at the elder who had been talking to the crowd, the woman gasping as she stared into the bright light that was coming from her blue, green, and yellow eyes. There was a level of power that was flowing in her eyes and she felt frightened, fearful of this new and dominant being before her. "Now…" Sophie sighed as she scratched the back of her head, "What to do now?..."

"Ummm… You guys," Naum chuckled as he turned around to the crowd, "Please go home! The Goddess of Life will take matters from here –"

"Wait a minute," the elder huffed once Sophie's gaze had left her own. "Our sacrifice to the Gods must happen this Sunday."

"You're thinking of a sacrifice at a time like this?" Naum snorted. "No matter," he huffed as he walked past the elder and began to pull Sophie into the temple with him, "do not worry. We will discuss this inside without prying eyes." Sophie looked at him confused as she was turned and was pulled away by Naum, Naum pulling her through the temple till they got to a nice quiet spot where no one would bother them. "What do you think you're doing?" He growled, "Telling humans our plans like that. You're going to get yourself killed! –"

"Look Naum, I hate to be a bother. I just want to get home," Sophie told him. "So help me. I don't have time to laze around till something happens."

Naum sighed, scratching the back of his head, "Alright, I'll show you what's going on here, but we're as busy as we can get right now. If you can prove to these people that you are as good of a person as you're trying to proclaim, then I suppose taking that dagger won't be a problem."

"Understood," Sophie nodded. "Besides I told you I wanted to help. I hate being left in the dark over these matters."

Naum sighed as he nodded back and scratched the back of his head, a yell coming from the end of the hallway as they heard the scampering of feet. "Naum!" Reha cried out, grabbing hold of him and holding him close. "Oh it's horrible. HORRIBLE!"

"W-what?" Naum asked as he patted her on the back nervously.

"T-they said that… that…" Reha gulped as she turned her head away.

"That?" Naum asked her with a gentle smile on his face.

"That… that I am the next sacrifice," she told him, looking over at Naum as his eyes suddenly went wide and the smile vanished from his face. "T-the sacrifice for Sunday."

"Rehana I am sorry if this is my fault –"

"No it had nothing to do with our sneaking about," Reha reassured Sophie. "I was selected from the names and when they brought me to the presentation my name was drawn a second time. Then… then the third time…"

"N-no…" Naum shook his head as he suddenly grabbed hold of Sophie's clothes and glared at her. "No this is your fault! You came here and now everything is turning to ash! How could you do this to me? To us? I trusted you –"

"Do I have a reason for you to not trust me?" Sophie glared back into his eyes, noticing the anger and fear swirling around in the contents of his silver steal and emerald eyes. Then her eyes slowly softened, much to Naum's surprise. "I… I really hope this isn't because of my presence. I want to set things right again Naum. I want us to succeed. There are voices calling to us and chains around my body. As much as this place is beautiful, there are flaws here as much as my own. Once I am done here we have to go to my own world… I have to help you."

Naum gulped, noticing the sparkle in her eyes. She was obviously worried about him and he could tell just by staring at her. "Alright," he sighed as he let go of her clothes, "okay… if you think it will help. I will confess to you that I heard them speaking to you, the Gods I mean."

"Oh really?" she looked at him confused before chuckling lightly. "What did you find out?"

"… You lost your love and because of me the universe is set off balance," he frowned at her, "and I have never heard them call someone a creator. What aren't you telling me?"

"A-aaah heh eh…" Sophie took the veil that was on her head and grinned at him. "I am as clueless as you are. I think they were trying to talk to someone else, but that soul doesn't like speaking to other beings. It'd rather watch from the sidelines."

"Huh," Naum nodded, "I sort of have the same problem… well let's get going. Reha just stay here. I'll come back to spend time with you, I promise."

"But –"

"Promise~ Reha," he told her, grabbing hold of her back and pulling her into a bone-crushing hug, "I will make things right. I can't think of letting you be just yet, but this is serious. I don't know if I'll be able to control myself on Sunday if I see you d…" Naum sighed as he looked down, avoiding her gaze.

Reha smiled, wrapping her arms around him and hugging her back. "Don't worry about it Naum," she smiled warily, "I-I understand this is something you have to do. I will wait for you and help you however I can."

"Good," Naum pecked her cheek and running a finger over her lips, staring into her bright lilac eyes filled with sadness. "I will come back. Do not worry. Besides I have Sophie with me. We should be fine." Reha nodded as he let her go, kissing her lips tenderly before turning away and ushering Sophie down the hallway with him. Reha watched till he disappeared, a tear shedding down her face as he watched him leave and hoped he would stay true to his word.

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Sophie pulled the cloak Naum had given her closer to her face, coughing lightly as she followed him out of the realm of Ponta and into Ga. "Are you okay back there?" Naum asked without even a glance.

"As good as I'll ever be I guess," Sophie answered, following him to an encampment just at the top of the cliffs overlooking the mortal city at the edge of the sea. "Oh Kaoboros is back already?" a woman noticed with a smile as she looked up from her work.

"About time," another huffed. "You ran off all of the sudden and expected us to hold the daemons off ourselves. What a hippo's butt."

"Hey I had some business to take care of," he grumbled under his breath before changing the subject. "Everyone this is Sophia Serbus. She will be working with us for a while."

"Sophia?" one of them asked. "A strange name… where do you come from? Are you a daemon? Naum tends to find the most helpless little being he can find and raise them. It'll get him killed one of these days," she snickered.

"A-actually I –"

"Sophie is my cousin of sorts. She's currently living with Eve, but I suppose I can't keep her away from the fighting," he shrugged, knowing they would all find out sooner or later who she was from other people. Naum just needed to work with her for a moment, build up Sophie's relationship here before everything goes too far. "She's interested to help."

"Ah? A cousin you say? Well you must be able to hold your own in a fight, seeing as Naum let you come here," another woman commented.

"Actually I can," Sophie smiled, "and I've been training as a warrior and fighter since I was old enough to walk. Anything else you'd like to ask me?"

"N-nope I think we covered it," someone shrugged.

"Here I'll show you around," Naum smiled as he waved to the women before walking through the camp and making their way up a high cliff. "Ga isn't as awful as the mortals think. There aren't as many daemons as they assume, but still we have to be cautious. We keep the entrance into Ponta safe while also transferring souls to and fro around the realms. Ura is where good souls go and Ga is where bad souls go. No one truly goes back to Ponta, but sometimes there are moments when a soul will impact the world greatly and thus the person is brought back to life. Though that doesn't happen often, but those priestesses say it does all the time. Anyways we're currently having a problem with the daemons, but if you stay close to me then you'll be alright."

Sophie nodded as she looked around, eyeing the burning landscape as lava dripped down from a nearby mountain. "… You know this is like Hell," she decided to comment, "but on earth… Did something happen to bring these daemons here?"

"There's actually a tale, yes," Naum nodded as he ushered Sophie to sit next to him as they overlooked the landscape. "Long ago humans and daemons roamed the world together. The daemons, for souls are their source of nourishment, ate helpless humans in a bloodless rage that engulfed the entire world in crimson red. There were times that they would devour so many that the daemons would start dying and eating each other because the humans had almost died out. The daemons had driven the humans into the sea, but yet they were plagued with daemons coming in unsuspectingly and devouring humans when they were alone. So there was an uproar from the humans and they fought against the daemons, the reason why they are cautious of any being that is abnormal to themselves. They drove everything out, from daemons to angels and life and death gods. The humans never understood that several of these creatures were gods in their mists, even though they would worship and pray for help and guidance from them. Before they could just appear, but now they have to speak to them through different methods. It can get very frustrating at times.

"Eve was one of the Goddesses of Life who had stayed hidden and over time the humans came to respect her. She was able to establish a way for our kind to live among the mortals again, a vow that we would protect Ponta against the daemons that roam Ga. The humans still hope for a being to come along and drive the daemons away and bring them back to GA, but now a days everyone have accepted the loss. Unknowing to the humans, there are actually many daemons who do not prey upon them and try to eat them as often as others. Some it takes them a century before they get hungry for one soul. The daemons do keep the order and balance in the world, devouring souls that us goddesses may have forgotten, but it's harder for them because they cannot go into Ponta. I hope one day we can reunite the realms as they once were… actually similar to what you have Sophie," he smiled. "To think you have daemons living among you. You're even part daemon yourself! Even angel! It's amazing the breeding that has happened in your world. There isn't a clear cut distinction between one or the other. It gives me hope for my own world that we can accomplish what you have."

"Well it really just takes time," Sophie shrugged, "and it was never easy. We still have problems just like you, but I suppose it's harder to see them if you don't know the reasons. Anyways do the daemons have a leader?"

"They do," Naum nodded, "and I've talked to him. Actually he doesn't eat souls as much as the others and he among those who want to bring the balance back to this world. So for now we'll just wait. The daemons would be coming back in half an hour." Sophie nodded as she looked over the hill and down the cliff, towards the ocean. Even from above she could barely tell there's a city right there, but she supposed that's how the waters are. To look along Ga she only saw desolation, a frown coming to her face the longer she looked. She wished she could help Naum with his problem, but this is something he had to do on his own without her help. Those are the terms of their worlds. The only reason why she's meddling in his affairs is because of the dagger and once she either has gained the dagger or has control she will leave. She just hoped it won't take long. Sophie knew William will have a large stack of paperwork for her to do once she gets back. She sighed, wondering if the hole in her wings will grow back to normal anytime soon. She was worried about her wings now, noticing that they aren't healing as fast as they should. Perhaps it was because she was attacked by the gods… or whatever they call themselves that is. She just hoped she can figure out who they are before time runs out of them, perhaps for both of their worlds.

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A/N: And more confusing stuff ^^' If you have any questions just ask! So pretty much I just made stuff up to make this other world interesting. Meh I don't know. I just went with my gut and wrote stuff down. Anyways I hope you've enjoyed this. In a few more chapters they will be returning to Sophie's world, so get ready for that! =D SEE YOU LATER!