Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: Hey guys. I don't really know who else is reading this, but here's the next chapter! In honestly this chapter isn't very exciting, or it isn't in my opinion. Just some filler stuff to move the story on I suppose. Either way I hope you enjoy this. And don't worry I'll try to get Undertaker in more! It's just a story mainly about Sophia, that's all. After this arc I hope to place him into the story more, but we'll see how it goes. Plus there's going to be some crazy stuff that happens during this arc and it's sort of important for upcoming chapters. There you go. I'm debating if I'll make another story and create a part II. Either it'll happen after this arc or when I reach chapter 100 or something like that. I don't know. I'm still debating about that. It's just that my mind is slowing down because I see how many chapters I have. So what do you guys think? Any opinions on the matter? Well… ENJOY! =D
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Once the portal closed Sophie was forced to the ground, a group of daemons grabbing hold of her till her back was pressed against the stone tablet. Before she could even blink a hand slapped her across the face, scratching her left cheek with long talons. "Maggot," he growled, Sophie glaring back as she tried to move her hands away from the daemons around her, "you just want to incinerate my plans like Kaoboros does, don't you –"
He paused, Sophie spitting blood in his face and sneered. "Like I fucking care," she growled, letting out a surprised gasp as the daemons brought her arms further behind her back and began to make her joints crack.
He chuckled, shaking his head. "Yes, must be Kaoboros' counterpart… Sderixah, go tie this woman up and throw her into a cage. We're taking her with us to Ponta," he smirked, causing Sophie to growl.
"Yes sir," one of the daemons beside him said, Sophie yelling at the beings as her hands were bound behind her back and her ankles tied together, a gag wrapping around her mouth so she couldn't bite back. The daemons brought her out of the building and she was thrown into a cage created entirely of bones, Sophie desperately trying to free herself until the door closed before her. She narrowed her eyes at the daemons, but saw that they had other priorities on their mind and didn't begin to taunt her as demons in her own world would do. She quickly realized that they looked to be under a spell, their normal colored eyes glowing orange while they stood motionlessly beside the cage. Sophie realized quickly they were humans, souls that were unable to find rest and ended up working for a bunch of daemons. She watched with hardened eyes as the drones walked to and fro preparing to leave the area. No wonder the daemons she was killing could barely get a scratch on her. They didn't have a right mind of their own! They were merely puppets following orders!... the perfect weapons to use in the ways of battle. The daemon that had grabbed her never showed up when she was set in a cart and they began to take her away, probably leaving ahead just in case she ended up freeing herself. She smirked slightly, why be in a hurry to leave? They were pulling her right out of this hellhole, and then would be the perfect time for escaping. Yet Sophie felt strange. In the back of her mind something was telling her to get back to Ponta, grab the dagger, and destroy everything. Was this a cry of the priestesses or voices of some other kind? It was strange… it wasn't the voices that she heard from the dagger, they were much too womanly.
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"Woh what a place!" Xaskesiel gasped, Naum looking up in awe as the man beside him staggered and began to get distracted by the white, shiny building. "So clean! A lot better than home!" Xaskesiel laughed, Naum rolling his eyes while Fiona sighed and shook her head.
"Xaskesiel, can you quit with the comments and just behave for once?" Naum huffed, Fiona simply looking ahead of where she was walking and trying to ignore their conversation.
"Never, little mighty one," Xaskesiel huffed back, a smirk coming to his face as Naum narrowed his eyes. "Besides I don't take orders from you. I live for myself."
"Well maybe one of these days you should change your attitude –"
"And if I do that I'll turn into a mindless drone," Xaskesiel snorted. "You think you know what life is like there in Ga, but believe me it's a lot worse than you think. At any moment you could be taken and your soul erased, unable to think straight and simply follow orders obediently and without question. All I have to say to that is no way in Ga will I commit myself to such insanity. You don't know what I have to do every day to stay alive! So perhaps I'm a bit ecstatic, but I'm simply here to figure out what makes that woman tick," he smirked slightly, "and besides if I have to band a group of sane daemons together and take over Ponta from you cursed Goddess of Life just to ensure the safety of my own community then so be it –"
"Don't say things you're regret later," Fiona huffed in an irritated tone, Xaskesiel sighing and closing his mouth while Naum simply glared at the man before looking back at the walls around him.
"… That's it," Naum huffed, causing Fiona and Xaskesiel to turn to him as he began to walk down a different hallway, "if you hate me so much then figure out how to deal with those daemons your own way! I'm gone! I'm sick and tired about everything I do being criticized by one being or another. I doubt you understand the importance of getting back to Sophie as soon as possible, because once she crosses the line between reality and the imaginary she'll be lost to that damn dagger. It will take her from this place, and once it does she'll die and her soul will be consumed into the essence that evolves from the dagger… Plus I assume that if the dagger in our world works that way just think how the dagger in this world works. Now if you excuse me I'll find my own way… Fiona." He bowed his head slightly before hastily walking down the hallway, Xaskesiel letting a faint growl escape his lips as he walked down the other.
Fiona narrowed her eyes, chasing down Xaskesiel before he got too far and punched him in his shoulder blade. "You idiot," she snarled, "how am I supposed to get information now, huh?! I know the council is already asking questions! If you're going to confuse everything here again, so help me your head will be chopped off and placed on a stake."
"He'll be fine," Xaskesiel answered simply shook his head and turned to Fiona, noticing the worried look hidden in her eyes, "but if you need someone to talk to those fools then I will do so. You know how Naum and Sophia are. Those kids have enough on their plate as it is. Naum will have a better time coming up with the solutions then being stuck sitting down and explaining the situation to others. So let him be! He'll get Sophie back and everything will be as peachy as it's always been." Fiona shoved him aside and walked in front of him without so much as a grumble, causing Xaskesiel to smirk as he obediently followed behind her.
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Sophie stared in horror at the sight before them. Looking down from a ridge they could see the fighting, the daemons trying to storm into Ponta and take over the city Naum lived in. Reha… she must be down there somewhere, but where? What about Eve? Was she safely out of the city too? Noticing the daemons were distracted Sophie cut into the cloth around her hands with a knife hidden in the folds of her dress, the drones keeping watch on her barely paying attention as they were captivated by the sight below. What she was worried about was the Goddesses of Life. Where they being drawn back into the city, did Luhar betray them, and who was the main antagonist in this story? She snapped her bounds around her ankles and quickly undid the knot behind her head, picking the key with a small thin wire before taking everything slowly. The others were more distracted by their conquest to notice an escaping prisoner, so once the door was unlatched Sophie took off as fast as she could towards Ponta. "Get her!" one of the daemons suddenly snarled, the dead chasing after her as she leapt from the cliff they were on and falling into the water.
She swam till her feet touched the ground and she hustled through the city, noticing the Goddesses were currently defending the city as the drones were starting to close in. Sophie caught sight of Luhar and ran towards her, taking out her scythe from her black haze before she landed beside Luhar. "What's the situation?"
"There's too many of them!" Luhar gasped, "and we can't keep them away –"
"Sometimes force isn't always the answer, but skill and valor that bring about a good fight," Sophie instructed, Luhar frowning once she noticed three long scratch marks on her left cheek. "… What are the humans doing –"
"Most have already left into Rootblast, but a few of the priestesses are still in the temple trying to ward off the daemons," she thought aloud, "though… I think it's something to do with a dagger that –"
"Well fine," Sophie huffed and wiped the blood from her face, noticing the scratches on her cheek and winced. "I'll head to the temple and you keep the others busy. If those particular daemons become too overwhelming for everyone then retreat. I don't want unnecessary death." With those words Sophie took off as fast as she could, dashing down the ridge and running into the city. She narrowed her eyes to find that the priestesses were chanting, as if it was a last testament to the gods before they were struck by the creatures. "Now where is Reha –"
"NO LET ME GO! NO!"
Sophie's head quickly looked up, seeing a group of priestesses dragging Reha from the temple to the altar outside. "If we don't conduct the sacrifice now all will be lost –"
"So what?!" Sophie huffed, interrupting them as she briskly jumped up the steps with her bright blue, green, and yellow eyes shining at them in anger. "You think if you sacrifice days before the appointed time the gods will save you? That's the biggest bunch of bull I've ever heard of! –"
"Be quiet you insolent death bringer!" One of the priestesses pointed a finger right in Sophie's face, making the woman glare at them and snarl under her breath, "You brought this curse upon us and now we must rid ourselves of these beasts! All you've done is bring shame upon our livelihood with your presence and now our protector isn't even here to protect us. Go back to Ga you daemon, and take the dead wrench with you!"
"SOPHIE!" Reha cried, Sophie looking up in shock as she was tied to the altar and unable to move.
"REHA –"
"Don't even think about it," the priestess sneered, holding a knife up to Sophie's neck. She narrowed her eyes, realizing the weapon must have been crafted by a daemon to get rid of their monsters. Then she turned her attention up to the altar, her eyes staring at Reha blankly as Sophie tried to come up with a solution to this madness. There was one that came to mind, but she doubt anyone will like what she's about to do.
With one swift thrust Sophie pushed the priestess to the side, running as fast as she could towards the altar. In one swift blow she shoved the priestess that held the dagger up in the air to the side, tumbling over Reha in an attempt to shield her. "Sophie, what the –"
"Damn it Reha don't die on me!" Sophie growled, ripping the binds from her arms and shoving Reha off of the altar. Reha shrieked while she watched as a priestess ran towards Sophie, attempting to stab her with the dagger. In a swift attempt to save herself Sophie grabbed hold of the blade, letting out a cry as the blade slashed into the palm of her hand.
"NOO!" one of the priestesses cried out, Sophie ripping the blade from the other priestess' hand and gripping it tightly in the palm of her hand.
Sophie shuddered in horror, feeling a strange, warm sensation creeping up her arm and moving throughout her body. "Sophie let go!" Reha cried out, jumping to her feet and trying to pry the dagger from the woman's hand, "It'll take you over! You're not wearing the proper clothes! Let go!"
With a shudder Sophie dropped the dagger to the ground, taking a step back as she clutched her bleeding hand to her heart. "The beast touched the dagger with her bare hands!" a priestess yelled, "Kill her!"
"SOPHIE –"
"What did I say about letting you die?!" Sophie snarled, whipping out her large black scythe and slashing the blade at the humans, sending a dust of wind their way and throwing them towards the ground. "I can't let you end like Haden did. I can't! I can't!"
"Calm down!" Reha gasped, jumping in front of the woman and holding her hands up to shield one of the priestesses from an enviable fate. Sophie paused, staring into bright lilac eyes as her eyes quickly turned from bright green and yellow to blue. Reha blinked in confusion, watching as the scythe dropped from her hand and her head drooped down to the ground in shame. "Sophie…" she sighed, rushing over to her and grabbing the woman in a hug, "It's alright. Don't cry… I'll be just fine, you see." Reha looked up and chuckled, but then sighed as she noticed Sophie's head turning away and looking towards the dagger. "Sophie," she gulped, "w-what are you doing –"
"They keep calling," Sophie answered softly, though if she was talking to Reha or speaking to herself the woman couldn't tell, "a-nd… they're right…"
"No they're not," she huffed and tried to pull the woman away from the area, "now let's go before the daemons get here –"
"Reha they won't stop," Sophie shuddered, her eyes narrowing as she felt the voices getting louder. Reha gasped, noticing that Sophie's body was starting to glow in an eerie white light. "I… I'm just a mistake… a-aren't I?"
"Sophie stop –"
"I-I'm a failure –"
"Sophie!" Reha cried out, trying to pull the woman away before it was too late. Sophie's hand grasped for the dagger and Reha screamed for her to stop, the two of them barely noticing the group of daemons beginning to storm the city and coming towards the temple.
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Naum let out a tired sigh, running a hand through his silver-green hair before remembering the card he kept and looked at its contents. "Well… if this is anything like my world the man should help me get into decent clothing… I hope." He mumbled something under his breath as he pushed through one of the doors of a shinigami building, trudging down a hill into the forest trying to make his way to the human world. He quickly noticed how separated the worlds seem to be, yet as the world is with him the supernatural world intertwines with that of the humans. Just they kept away from each other, but he wondered why they would as he noticed a gate in the middle of the forest.
"What the…" he paused, noticing markers set out on the other side of the rusting fence. Sighing he jumped over the fence and looked around at the various markers stuck in the ground, noticing names he had barely heard of and words he couldn't quite understand. "A place of Death," Naum quickly realized, remembering what Eve had told him about Sophie and her world. What intrigued Naum most was how Eve knew about this place, which could only mean the woman had been here herself. Shrugging he let his curiosity make the better of him and he looked over every marker, noticing every grave and where everybody seemed to lie. This world was turning into something he could barely grasp. Death, why was it here everywhere? In his world death is barely common and when someone dies he is one of those in charge to bring the body and soul back to life. Here that's not the case. The body is laid to rest while the soul is taken away into a different place… and it was strange to him. To not put in that extra effort to keep someone alive was odd to him, but perhaps if he ever saw Sophie again she could explain everything to him. After all when she showed up in his world she was as confused and intrigued as he currently is, but at that time she had a guide… Naum does not.
Sighing yet again he continued his wandering through the forest, noticing that the graves had various plants and animals living in the area. It was as if it was a life after death, which made him smirk to himself. Eventually he came upon a different set of markers, much more elaborate then the markers he had come across. There were statues everywhere, but there was one that stood out to him. In the middle of the graveyard was a large statue of an angel, towering over the others in its vast glory. There was much detail and preparation placed in this one burial site, which made Naum wonder who exactly was buried there and what was their importance in this world to hold such fame. He crouched down, noticing that most of the name was rubbed off, but he could make out a few common words from Sophie's dialect. "Iy-a… Iyaus… Iya us eim," he read aloud, placing his fingers along the engraving and looking at the objects around it. He noticed many symbols portraying to death, but one stood out to him. There was a faint engraving of flowers, mainly thorns drawing the person around the base of the statue. Naum wandered around the statue till he was facing its back, noticing that several of the thorns disappeared under one of the flaps of the statue's dress. Unable to see because of the dark, Naum summoned a faint bright light to his fingertips and looked inside, his eyes widening at what he saw. There was a large skull with thorns intertwined into the skull, roses fanning out and incorporated itself into the image. There was much detail on this one image compared to the rest, and most of the image was intact because it was shielded from the elements by the statue's dress.
"I wonder…" Naum thought aloud, deciding to stand to his feet and stare up at the statue. Whoever this being was there was significance to their death, especially since it was engraved with the image of the skull. That could only mean one thing, "This being is important to Death," he decided, giving a slight nod to the statue and deciding to move on. If he didn't Death may catch him before he escaped, and Naum didn't want death to come to himself just yet. He continued his walk, but wasn't impressed with the rest of the markers. They didn't hold as much splendor as that statue, but yet it wasn't properly maintained. Naum wondered if anyone knew of that statue, but perhaps, over time, the image was forgotten. Just then he heard a cry, his head looking up to notice a bright light coming from the middle of the forest. He began to run and jumped over the fence, dashing as fast as he could towards the sound. Once he came upon the scene his eyes widened in shock, seeing Sophie and Reha tumbling out of a bright light as Sophie shielded the woman behind her with one hand raised in front of her.
Reha yelped as Sophie growled, her eyes radiating a light Naum had never felt before. He didn't know what was going on, but once he spotted the Dagger of Death in Sophie's left hand he knew exactly what was happening to her. "Damn it you souls!" Sophie snarled as her hand radiated a bright light and continued to shove the humans and daemons away from the portal, "Back off before I kill you all!"
"Sophie stop!" Reha yelled in frustration, trying to pry the dagger from her hand as it lay limp on the ground. She shuddered in fear, Sophie keeping a deadly grip on the blade as the handle began to squawk and flap its white wings.
Once the dagger's wings fanned out, Sophie produced large white wings behind her back, Reha shuddering before she narrowed her eyes and continued to try to pry the dagger from her grasp. "Die~" she hissed in a dark voice, Reha blinking in confusion at the foreign language that escaped her throat.
"Damn it!" a voice came from above, Reha yelping as she was thrown away as someone pinned Sophie to the ground. "Snap out of it!" Naum cried out, shaking her head as he stared at blank eyes. "Don't do this! Don't! Damn you! –"
Reha yelped, Naum's face turning pale as energy came out of Sophie's hand and slammed into the being behind his back. Naum looked back in shock, seeing Ekahuz staring at her in shock until he was thrown backward through the portal. Sophie groaned in pain as the portal closed, her hands shivering as her body started to ache. Then in a swift motion she threw the dagger off to the side, letting out a cry as pain shot up her arm and she curled up on the ground. "God… Re-eha…"
"By the gods Sophie," Reha frowned, looking at Naum with frightened eyes and wondering what they should do.
Naum sighed and ran a hand through his hair, looking over at Sophie and noticing her eyes was being to look towards the dagger again. "Reha grab that dagger before Sophie takes it again," he huffed, Reha giving her a slight smile as she walked over to the discarded dagger as Naum rolled Sophie over to examine her body. She groaned, her eyes closed as he reached down and grabbed her left hand. Naum shuddered in horror, seeing an engraving of a skull and thorns on her hand as her body continued to glow. It was exactly like the image he just saw, but yet there weren't any flowers or roses on her marking. "So she's branded too," Naum thought aloud, Reha looking over curiously before going back to work and trying to figure out a safe way to grab the dagger off of the ground. Flipping her hand over Naum noticed the dagger had cut deep into the palm of her hand, a burn across the grove of her hand where the dagger kept its grip on her.
Carefully setting her hand down Naum looked up to her head, running a hand through her hair noticing three large claw scratches across her left cheek. Sophie groaned, slowly opening her eyes and coming into contact with his bright steel and emerald eyes. His eyes widened, noticing the only color in her eyes was crystal blue with a strange green and yellow haze shining from the whites of her eyes. "… N-naum?" she blinked in confusion, her head quickly shooting up and looking around. "Where's Reha –"
"Here," Reha exclaimed from afar, giving Sophie a little wave before gripping the dagger with a ripped piece of her dress and wrapping it carefully into the fabric.
Sophie let out a relieved sigh, Naum staring down at her confused as her eyes began to flicker close. "W-where… a-re…"
"Your world," Naum told her, Sophie nodding as he gave her a slight smile, "and don't worry. Just go to sleep and we'll talk when you're better."
"O-okay…" Sophie sighed; her body limping to the ground as Naum quickly grabbed her and pulled her body onto his lap.
Reha slipped the dagger in a fold of her dress before walking over to the two supernatural beings, kneeling beside them and running a comforting hand through Naum's hair. "… Hey," she began in a soft voice, "are you okay?"
"No," Naum frowned, shaking his head as he stood up and held Sophie tightly in his arms. "How would you feel if your counterpart was dying right in front of you?"
"… Well what now?" Reha shrugged.
Naum gave her a slight smile, a chuckle escaping his throat as he looked up to the sky and noticed the sun's rays were beginning to appear over the horizon. "There is a place someone has told me that will help house us, but first I have to find the building," he tried to explain, taking a card out from his pocket and handing it to her. "Find this place, this Undertaker, and apparently he can help us."
"Let's get going then," Reha nodded, gripping Naum's arm as he picked up Sophie and led him through the forest. "… What will happen to us?"
"I don't know," he sighed, "but I wish I knew… Eve won't tell me anything so I'm kept away from the light about all of this. It's just something we need to figure out on our own." Reha frowned, but tried to keep some sort of smile on her face as they came to a fence and walked over. Then Naum led her through the graveyard, Reha looking around in curiosity as Naum walked as if he knew exactly where he was going.
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Coming upon a sign marked 'Undertaker' Naum figured this was the best place to start. Reha opened the door from him and Naum looked inside, gripping Sophie tightly in his arms as he noticed a dark, eerie presence lurking within the room. "Ummm…" Naum coughed, Reha patting him on the back and insisting he continue. "Uhhmmmm… is there an undertaker here?"
"… Undertaker?" Reha asked, walking past Naum and walking into the room. "… Naum I don't like this –"
"Hellllloooooo~ –"
"EEEEEAAKKKK!" Reha yelped, slamming into Naum's legs as he looked down at her in confusion. Then Naum looked up and raised an eyebrow, seeing a tall man with long white hair and a large black robe and hat on jumping down completely from the ceiling and giggling into his sleeves. "What in the name of Ga is your problem?!" Reha sneered, Naum shaking his head and sighing.
"Thanks for giving us away Reha," Naum huffed, unable to walk through the door and simply stare at the Undertaker in an annoyed manner. "I take you're the Undertaker –"
"The one and only," he giggled again, Reha quickly standing to her feet and keeping the two men an equal distance away from each other. "Have you come for a custom made coffin for you and your lovely companion there~?" he grinned, Naum raising an eyebrow before he chuckled lightly.
"Ah, I don't know what this coffin is, but I would rather not find out," Naum tried to explain, pulling the card he had tucked in the folds of his clothing and reaching into the room to hand to the man. "I was referred by a… Fiona… Fiona Obki I believe –"
"Oh her?" he huffed, Reha narrowing her eyes as Naum simply stood his ground. "Don't tell me it's about the books –"
"No, I don't think," Naum blinked wondering what the man meant by his words, but quickly shrugged off the idea and sighed. "No… ummm… to make a long story short my mate Rehana and I are looking for a place to stay. You see sir, my mother, Eve, advised me to come here and I don't know where to start. From the look of intrigue on your face I can tell you know what I'm talking about. If I know my suspicions, the humans will be walking out of their homes once the sun rises and we don't have much time to find help."
"Eve you say," Undertaker thought a loud, a large grin coming onto his face as he chuckled lightly. "My boy, what's the pretty little thing you have in your arms?"
Naum narrowed his eyes as Reha growled, pulling a small knife from her pocket and aiming it at the man. "Don't you dare hurt her –"
"If you expect me to help you little priestess and Goddess of Life you'll need to be more cooperative," he interrupted her, Reha's eyes widening as Naum simply gave him a blank stare. "How about you hand to me my pretty little maiden~ before you regret your presence in this world, hmmmm~?"
"… Naum don't do it –"
"Reha calm down," Naum told her, glaring at the man wondering what his reasons were. "How about I hand her over, but first you invite me inside? If not we'll take our troubles elsewhere –"
"Come inside little Life child," Undertaker smirked, noticing the annoyed look on Naum's face. Sighing in defeat Naum walked into the building and closed the door behind him with his foot, handing the woman over to the Undertaker. The grin on the man's face quickly waned once he noticed the state Sophie was in: all the blood and the large claw scratches on her left cheek, which only a blindness gnat wouldn't be able to see. "… Do you know Eve?" Naum asked, the man looking up as a giggle escaped his throat and began to walk towards the back of the building.
"Yes I do," Undertaker answered simply, Naum following the Undertaker down the narrow hallway while Reha gripped Naum's arm uncomfortably and wondered who this man was. "I'm guessing you're little Sophia's counterpart?"
"You would be correct," Naum nodded, following Undertaker into a bedroom and stopping at the door as he set the woman on the bed. "… Is your name truly the Undertaker?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out~" he giggled into his sleeve, Naum shaking his head and looking around the room. The building, from first glance, was very plain and dark even as the sun began to rise in the sky. That gave Reha an unnerving feeling, but for Naum he was expecting this.
This man was definitely the counterpart of Eve, he could tell, and knew from what he knew of Eve that he must have a lot of secrets that he will keep from them. Though even if he was suspicious Naum could tell the man was worrying over Sophie, leaving the room to grab a bowl of water and rags before rushing back inside to personally tend to her wounds. What amazed Naum was that he didn't seem surprised by her state, only startled when they walked into the room holding her limped body in his arms. Could it be that this Undertaker and Eve know what's happening to them? That they know of the daggers that they are supposed to obtain? This was a tale without much of an answer and Naum wished they would simply tell them what's going on, but sadly he doubt that would happen. They're never direct and it takes forever for him to ever get useful information out of Eve. With Sophie in this state he may be the only one who can find the dagger of this world, but he hoped it wouldn't have any lasting side effects like with the Dagger of Death. "Ummm… Sir Undertaker… is there something you would like us to do for you –"
"You may make yourselves comfortable~" the Undertaker giggled slightly under his sleeve before sighing and running a hand through Sophie's bloody hair, "I have some matters to attend to."
Naum nodded and led Reha out of the room, Reha arguing with Naum saying she didn't trust the man alone with Sophie. Naum couldn't help but chuckle at her comments, remembering how angry Reha was to find Sophie in his house only a few days ago. Coming across a nice, up kept room down the hallway Naum sat down on a soft looking clam, noticing the padding as Reha sat down beside him. Looking around the room he saw a bookshelf, a desk in the corner, and one of those pentagon shaped boxes leaning against a wall, out of the way from the door, but oddly enough bringing the room together in a quaint setting. "… Do you think it was wrong to follow what Time and Space had to say?" Naum sighed, Reha looking over at him and giving him a weak smile.
"I don't approve with your decisions right now," she chuckled lightly, "but I don't think this has all been a bad thing. We met Sophie right and she saved my life on a few occasions… but there's a deeper reason to why she wants to save me."
"Why?" Naum decided to ask, closing his eyes and setting his head against the soft-like pillow behind him.
"… She was yelling about someone named Haden… I think that boy would be my counterpart in this world," she sighed, setting her head on Naum's shoulder and looking towards the door. "I think she lost him Naum… now Sophie is infatuated in keeping me safe. I don't understand why…"
"Sophie probably feels that if she saves you she's fulfilling some hidden pain she hadn't realized yet," Naum shrugged. "I've realized that even though my life has been horrible, Sophie's been worse. Not only did she lose her parents, but her best friend too. If it wasn't for the fact that she got adopted she'd be one cold creature."
"It's hard to see that she isn't," Reha chuckled, sighing as she closed her eyes and clung to his shoulder. "… What's going to happen to us? W-will I really die?"
"I don't know," Naum sighed and set his head down on top of her own, "but as Sophie has said Death is the truth and Life, a beautiful lie. Perhaps it's wrong to keep humans alive for much longer then they should… Keep people alive…"
"… Naum don't think such nonsense," Reha huffed, "don't let those thoughts infect your mind. Our world is different than Sophie's, you have to understand that. Just… one thing I wish would change is our connection with the supernatural… and our annual sacrifices."
"Same here," Naum yawned, "but what can you do? Change takes time –"
"But it's manageable," Reha insisted, "and perhaps over time we could live in harmony again."
"Perhaps," he rubbed his eyes and yawned again, "but first I demand vengeance. Ekahuz Curseblade is going too far this time and I will not stand to see anymore beings get hurt… I mean controlling the souls of the dead? That's taking everything over the extreme. I was able to get over my parents, his constant wish for me to die, but this? Sophie? Tricking us with the daggers and once our heads are turned he tries to conquer our home?... He's taking every too far and I won't stand for his stupidity any longer."
"Well… stay safe I suppose," Reha yawned, Naum chuckling and kissing her forehead.
"You know I will," he smirked, "but for now… let's just worry about ourselves. I love you so much Rehana. I-I don't know what I'll be able to do without you."
"I know," she sighed, "I love you too, but the world doesn't seem to I guess."
"I guess," he chuckled, "but that's what makes everything so much fun!"
"Whatever," she snorted, "just let me sleep." Naum let out a yawn before cuddling in close with Reha, Undertaker watching the two children sleep in a stoic demeanor from the doorway before vanishing back down the hallway and walking into the bedroom.
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A/N: Oh a cute fluff moment at the end. I can't seem to leave those ideas alone it seems XD And yes Undertaker was toying with Naum. He's obviously hiding something X3 Anyways yeah, this chapter was mainly filler and a way to get Reha into Sophie's world XP Whatever. I hope you guys are enjoying this. Oh! So I have a new poll up. I've been trying to think up a story to write and don't have any good ideas. Perhaps if I pinpoint something to a time period I'll get some creative juices going. So go vote! =D And as always SEE YOU LATER!