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Chapter 8: The Past, the Heir and the Legend

Era's POV

As the time turned to night, Yusei followed me for another demon scouting. As we sat on the infinity tower, I gave a soft, nearly inaudible sigh.

"Is everything alright?" Yusei asked looking at me.

"Hm? Yeah," I lied.

"You're still a bad liar, Era," he responded. I looked at him. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," I replied.

Yusei grabbed my hand gently and told me in Angelic, "You can tell me, Era."

"I'm… I just don't know how you got Akiza to turbo duel. And now…" I trailed off looking down a bit.

"Now, what?" Yusei gently pushed.

"I'm just… conflicted. That's all," I answered. Yusei squeezed my hand for reassurance and I looked at him. "Seeing you and Akiza ride like that… it both interests and worries me. Especially since Akiza's reasoning to learn was to understand how you feel when you turbo duel."

"So you can't decide whether you truly want to learn or not," Yusei realized and I slowly nodded, turning my face to the ground far below. "Era, why are you against riding a duel runner so much?"

I looked at him with worried eyes. Yusei carefully brought me into him to reassure me that it was fine. I sighed, turning my face down again, and began my tale, "About thirty years ago, I was scouting the roads one night for demons. One of my friends from Angel Academy, Demaya, was supposed to be meeting me there so we could scout out together for the first time in forty years. When I was flying, I saw a man on a duel runner with her trying to get away. But he had her by the arm and she couldn't escape. Back then, Combat Angels weren't required to learn the phase-through spell. I had learned but Demaya refused, saying she didn't need it. I went to help her but before I could get to her, the man yanked so hard, his duel runner pulled out from under him." I could tell Yusei was getting an idea as to what happened next as he brought me in closer to help me. "The duel runner crashed and the force from the speed made its engine explode with Demaya and the man in the flames. The man was killed on impact with the explosion and Demaya was hurt severely. I called for a Healer Angel as I tried to help her stay alive. When the Healer Angel arrived, she was already fading and before the Healer Angel could do anything, she died. After that incident, Combat Angels were required to learn the phase-through spell without any setbacks. But for me, it isn't riding the duel runner itself that frightens me. It's just the flashbacks I get from that day that hurt the worst. Just riding a duel runner… it brings back those memories every time and it makes me scared. It isn't riding and crashing that frightens me, especially since I know it is too little to consider the likelihood of it happening with you, but the memories."

I felt a tear slide down my cheek and Yusei placed a hand on my cheek, turning my face to him again, while wiping the tear away with his thumb. I looked in his eyes only to see understanding and kindness looking into mine.

"It's alright, Era," he told me. "Don't worry. If I had known that sooner, I wouldn't have pushed as much as I did. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I… didn't want to worry you. Besides, I want to seem like the best Senior Angel I can be. Especially since you're my student," I answered. I was going to say more but Yusei's lips caught mine in his kiss. I couldn't stop myself from giving into the kiss and unconsciously leaned in further.

Yusei slowly pulled back and looked into my eyes. "But I'm also your boyfriend and love you. You don't have to hide things like that from me. Even if you are my teacher right now, I have to also be there for you too," he responded in a whisper. "So let me do that, alright? Let me protect you too." I gave a small nod.

I heard a demon whispering close by and Yusei and I turned behind us to see a demon flying towards us. I bolted to my feet followed by Yusei and the demon stopped across from us, standing on the other end of the top.

"Yusei, do you remember how I told you that only higher up demons could give humans anything?" I asked in a whispered, only looking at demon. He nodded and watched the demon as it took formed of a more human appearance. "This is Brehnam. Just as the Angels have a council, the demons have their secondary king."

"Secondary king?" Yusei repeated.

"He was the heir to the King of the Underworld," I informed him and he gave a look of shock for a moment but quickly hid it.

"It's good to know you heard of me," Brehnam stated.

"What're you doing here?" I asked sternly.

"Well someone doesn't know how to speak to their superiors," the demon replied.

"You're no superior of ours," I retorted.

"What do you want?" Yusei asked.

Brehnam shot next to Yusei and began to walk around us in a circle. As he passed me, he stroked my wings gently, making me tense and wince a bit as the demon's dark energy burned my wings. Yusei immediately yanked me away from Brehnam. The new demon king grinned a bit.

"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be hiding in the Underworld?" I asked sternly.

"Why, I just wanted to meet the two angels who destroyed our beloved king," Brehnam answered. He neared his face to mine and I glared as he got closer. "Especially since one, little pretty is hiding what makes the Guardian Angel of Light so special."

"Era, what's he talking about?" Yusei asked.

"I'll explain it to you at a better time," I replied. I returned my attention to the demon whose face was now mere inches from mine. "Don't you have to be in the Underworld, mourning the loss of your king?"

"Our time of mourning has passed long again, Guardian Angel. I have taken power now and I intend to avenge our king and especially," Brehnam stopped and glared at me before continuing, "Izoa."

"What would care about Izoa?" Yusei asked slowly pulling me behind him. 'I thought he stopped being so protective when he became an angel,' I thought slightly annoyed

"You really didn't know much about the demon's life and Izoa, did you?" the new demon king asked. I glared. "Just as you have the Angel Academy, as Izoa told us about, we have Hell Class. And Izoa and I were best friends ourselves."

I widened my eyes shocked. "Demons can't even make attachments like that," I retorted.

"Is that what you learned?" Brehnam asked with a frown. He then grew into a depraved smile. "You angels really are clueless when it comes to demons." Yusei and I glared defensively. "If you must know, demons can only find and lock an attachment with one other. It could be similar to the humans' version of marriage only there is no separation." He gave a infuriated glare and grabbed my neck and pulled me to his face before Yusei could do anything. "And you took him from me." His dark energy was digging into my neck and I knew steam was rolling off from it. He looked at Yusei. "And then you took our beloved king." He tightened the grip on my neck and it was becoming difficult to breathe.

Before the demon lord could even move anything else, Yusei shot an offensive ball of light and hit Brehnam in the chest. Brehnam was forced to let go of me and I crouched to the ground, coughing as the pressure and digging pain was released from my throat. Yusei held me close and began to heal me.

"You will both pay for what you have done," Brehnam told us before flying off.

I slowly regained my breath and Yusei's healing helped with the pain. I weakly leaned into him and Yusei held my head to his chest with his left hand while his right held me as close to his body as possible.

"Yusei…" I began but he cut me off.

"It's alright, Era. I'm not going to let anything happen to you," he told me in a whisper. I gave a small nod. "Era, what did Brehnam mean when he said there was something about the Guardian Angel of Light that made you more different?" I looked down a bit. "Era?"

"Not much is known on it. The best we go on is the legend. The first Guardian Angel of Light was said to have been born four hundred years before Angel kind was first created," I explained and he looked at me shocked. "His highness had created her to begin the protection of the human race and protect other planets." Yusei was obviously confused on where I was going with this. "Human kind had been created two hundred years before angels were, Yusei. Our lord, the Crimson Dragon, had tried to keep the peace between us all. But he couldn't do that himself. So he found a human who had died in the Afterlife that had more light than any others. When he explained her job, she accepted and they say she passed out for a couple months while she changed. When she woke back up, she found she had little memory of her past but pushed it aside. The Crimson Dragon then tasked her with finding others to become angels and he would decide if they were right. But there were very little and not enough people could be made into angels to protect the entire world. The first Guardian Angel was said to become worried she had failed her duty but the Crimson Dragon suggested something else but he wouldn't make her do it unless she wanted to."

"What… did he suggest?" Yusei asked.

"He asked for her to create more angels with her power, so more could protect the Earth. It was said it took a lot of her power but only the Guardian Angel of Light could create angels from their own power," I explained and his eyes widened in shock. "As the legend says, using her power she was able to make a hundred angels within two hundred years. But her power was draining fast. And our lord ordered her to stop before she killed herself. But she was already exhausted and drained. As a resort to save her for as long as possible, the Crimson Dragon sent his power and heart into her before she could die again. Many of the new angels were still infants at that time so that's why there's so little to go on. The only one who knows for a fact was the Crimson Dragon. Then when the Wicked Gods and King of the Underworld rose to power, the Crimson Dragon asked for her assistance once again. He needed his power to defeat the King of the Underworld. But he hadn't realized before that by giving her his power and heart so she could live on, he would be taking away the final threads that kept her alive. Though the Guardian Angel of Light could tell without entirely knowing that she would die, she gave it back to him." Yusei was shocked. "When the battle was over, the Crimson Dragon and his servants were saddened by the loss of the first born angel. And her children were too young to remember her. It was said that the dragon servants of the our lord had suggested to keep most knowledge of the Guardian Angel of Light a secret as they knew since King of the Underworld was to return and if he knew that a new angel were to be chosen, he would have her found and killed before she could realize her duty."

"How much of the information was told in the textbooks?" Yusei asked.

"We mainly talked about the battle itself and less about the Guardian Angel of Light. In my class, many Combat Angels had asked about the Guardian Angel of Light wanting to know more than what was in the textbook. But the Knowledge Angels said all they had to go on were the books," I answered. "The biggest section we were taught on the Guardian Angel of Light was the legend. After that…" I shook my head.

"It's alright, Era," he told me and I looked at him. "I won't let anything happen to you." I gave him a small grin. "Do you think you'll have to do what the first Guardian Angel of Light did with the other angels?"

I thought about it for a moment before answering, "I'm not sure. Our lord will probably tell me if I must." Yusei nodded in acceptance. I looked down a bit. "Yusei…" I called quietly and he looked at me closer. "I'm… scared. If Brehnam is coming after us…"

"I promise, Era. I'll keep you safe," he reassured me in a comforting whisper.

"What about you?" I asked nervous as I looked him in the eyes. They shined over like an angel's would when their heart wanted to show it.

"I'll be fine as long as you are," he told me. I gave a worried look. "Era, I became an angel so I could be with you. And I'll always be with you, no matter what." I gave a small nod and Yusei leaned down and kissed me. I held onto him as he held his mouth to mine, placing a hand on my cheek. But he soon pulled back for us to breathe, though I could tell we were both reluctant. He gave me a small, comforting grin before he told me, "Come on. Let's fly around for a bit." I gave a grin and nodded before we took off.