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"This can't be good..."

Hikari's breathing was staggered as her two blades reformed in her hands.
Her glanced fell upon the young boy as the crowd of demons fell back.
Hikari's body gently flickered as her newly found power was still settling within her.

"It looks like these are stonger....now would be the time to get out of here.."

As the Brothers lunged forward, a small "tch" left Hikari's lips as she threw her two daggers in front of her, hoping to catch them before they closed in.
A blade shot off one of the rebirth's arms, sending black blood flying through the air.
It's minor wound quickly healed as the horizontal slash shot at Hikari's abdomen.

Quickly she dashed forward into the slash, the curved blade quickly surrounding her body, her black gloved hand flying forward as she began to pump light into the fabric.
Her hand slammed into Brothers face, her grip tightening as her foot slammed into the ground, throwing them both forward as she ran with the demon.

With each step the blade grew closer to the girl, the second Rifter closing in on her right.
Fluently, the girl jumped, her hand vaulting her over the demon as her legs barely grazed the demons blade.
Reaching the climax of her assent over the demon, her other hand let out a loud snap as her fingers clicked together, the built up light in her glove exploding in the demon's face.

"Sora! Saken! Let's get the hell out of here!"

Sora nodded as her own assailants grew closer.
Using the hilt of her spear, she knocked the Brother's slash away, quickly spinning the spear and running it through the demon's chest.
A crackle of corrupt light shot across the spear's length as Sora's eyes left off the same light in her eyes.
Corrupt lightning rolled down her arms as the spear began to glow.

"Now Tonbogiri! Dance of the Dragonfly!"

The decorative wings on spear glowed brightly as they began to expand.
The wings shot out, tiny droplets of light running down their now blade like metal.
Sora lifted the blade as the Brother struggled against the spear head, it's black blood boiling as it touched the light.

"Now go back to hell."

Sora launched the spear, the wings seeming to flap faster than the human eye could hope to catch, it's vibrations slicing the air around it as it picked up speed.
The Brother let out a wicked scream as the spear shot through the rifter's rift, slicing through, catching the demon along with it's cohort.
The spear slammed into a building before exploding into hundreds of blades slicing all around them, shredding the two demons caught in the epicenter.

Sora threw her arm out, her blade returning to her as she dashed forward behind Hikari.

Hikari turned, shocked that the Brother was once again on the attack, her explosion doing nothing to stop it.
She quickly leapt back to gain distance between herself and the two demons.
Her now bare hand began to glow as she slowly arced it in front of her, a floating dagger of light forming in increments until four daggers now sat before her.
Her other hand fanned out to create four more daggers, each the same as the others.

"This should buy a little time...Eight daggers of Heaven!"

Hikari quickly swiped her right hand in front of her, grabbing each dagger until a fan of light shielded the left side of her face.
Quickly she began throwing the daggers with such speed and ferocity, the daggers slamming into the Brother and the surrounding ground.
As the last dagger left the girl's hand, she brought her right arm forward, her delicate hand aimed at the demons.
Her thumb moved to her middle finger just as the last dagger slammed into the Rifter's head, a snap ringing out as all eight daggers exploded simultaneously.

"Now go!"

Hikari turned and began to run after Sora as they headed towards the town gate into the mountain.
She turned only to meet eyes with Saken, motioning him to hurry.

Hikari and team fled from the town, the large dark mountain before them their destination.
The Lotera Mountains, a natural mountain shelf formed seven years ago from a massive explosion said to have destroyed the previous capital.
Sora's blade crackled with corrupt light as if reacting to the rocks around them as they made their way up the mountain path.

As the town gate began to disappear behind the trio as they ran up into the dark mountains, a lone cloaked figure stood, watching their ascent.

"Sir, the three light users have started heading up the mountain."

In a dark room lit only by the flickering flame of torches and small hung lanterns, another cloaked figure stood over a glowing pool of water, a red seal surrounding the pool.
The figure reached up, pushing the bridge of his flickering glasses back up upon his nose, covering his eyes.

"Stay with them but stay hidden, we'll see how the others do, understood?"

"Yes sir...Hawk mobilizing."

The cloaked figure leapt from the gate, disappearing into the darkened red sky.
A small grin emerged from the shadows covering the glasses cloaked figure, the bottom of his cloak vortexing around his body as he quickly turned walking into the adjacent room.

Smoke covered the room, the smell of the dead filling the air.
This room was much darker than the previous, it's lighting stained blood red as a massive pulsating black mass covered the back wall.
The black chains holding it radiated with a red aura, as thick as blood, the droplets raising from the links to the ceiling.
A small man stood in the middle of the room, his back turned to the door as he calculated on the book in his hands.

"Ryo, how is he coming along?"

The man turned to face his master, his dark hair covering the pale skin of his face.
Ryo was dressed in long baggy robes that covered his delicate body, his appearance that of a dead man walking.

"It is a pleasure as always Alexander."

Ryo's wicked grin met that of his master's before he turned to gaze upon the massive chained mass before him.

"His vitals are looking normal. I was almost afraid he'd rip through that body what with the amount of energy his soul possessed, but he should be ready within the next few hours."

Alexander stepped forward, the light of the aura revealing his face.
The black rims of his glasses reflected the red aura that filled the room, accentuating the young man's brown eyes.
His noble posture radiated from his face, the smooth curves of his jaw giving him an air of genius.

"Were the shackles that necessary Ryo? A man of your abilities should have no problem controlling that demon."

A small laugh left Alexander as he jeered his subordinate.

"Oh but sir, the shackles were only there for your safety, lest we forget what he did to you the last time?"

Alexander turned and headed for the door, his tone changing as his pupils flashed crimson.
Ryo's quill scribbled into his book, his smirk never leaving his face as his Master's voice filled the room.

"Have him at 100%...I won't be losing to the Reaper or the other fools who stand in our way."

With those words, Alexander made his leave.
Ryo turned, smoke starting to roll from his body, his grin widening as he bowed to his master's back.

"Of course sir.."

The mass pulsated violently as a single eye opened, peering over Ryo's back.




Chapter 2...End

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Saken made sure to keep up with Hikari and Sora checking behind them every now and then to make sure they weren't being followed.
He wasn't sure why but something was pulling at his chest, and though he tried to ignore it he couldn't shake the emotion welling up inside.
It took him a moment to realize it was fear.
It wasn't from the demons and it certainty wasn't from the two girls in front of him, but something in the air just made him worry.
He kept these emotions to himself however as he continued following the two, keeping his attention forward.
However it ended up landing on Hikari causing his fear to be replaced with rage.
Just looking at her made him hear the sounds of those accursed chains, he clenched his hand into a fist and tried not to show his anger.
He just needed be just a little more patient, once he kept his word to Kalan he could do whatever he wanted.
Of course if Kalan was dead then he could go ahead and do it now, though he knew his luck wasn't that favorable.
"I can dream," he mumbled.
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A young woman turned and ducked into an alleyway as the roars drew closer to her position.
Her breathing was heavy and sweat decorated her olive skin as her green eyes glanced over towards the opening of the alley watching the streets.
Her long maple colored hair lay draped over her shoulder her bangs stopping a little above her eyes.
Seeing the shadows draw closer she held her breath and gripped something that hung at her chest before closing her eyes.
Four crawlers ran by in their original forms, one stopping at the alleyway entrance before sniffing the air.
The crawler lingered for a moment before turning and running to catch up with its sisters.
The woman let out the breath she was holding once their screams could no longer be heard, and walked out of the alleyway letting out a sigh of relief.
A black liquid dripped onto her shoulder staining her yellow long sleeved blouse, she looked up at the source to see a rifter staring down at her.
Her eyes widened as she stared at the rifter, carefully trying to moving away from the it.
The rifter let out loud roar and lifted its hand causing the woman to scream before something splashed on her.
She opened her eyes to see a golden pocket watch fly back into the hand of a tall green stranger.
The rifter had a large hole in its chest and fell to the ground before turning into a black liquid.
"Are you alright?"
Luck spoke making sure to put as much suave into his voice and stance as he could muster.
"Ah...yes thank you very much," the woman said before bowing.
Luck bowed lightly to her removing his fedora as he did before speaking.
"Think nothing of it, I live to assist others,"
"Luck there's a man about to get eaten over there," Kalan said from behind him pointing at a pinned middle aged man.
"If I may be so forward, may I ask your name?"
"...he's ignoring me," Kalan said with a sigh. "I'll get him."
Kalan turned and made his way over to towards the pinned man summoning his straw.
"Oh...well I'm normally called by my last name Sonaki. Naki for short,"
Naki seeing the man in front of her wasn't a demon relaxed a little and lowered her arms from her chest.
Luck started to speak but froze as his eyes landed on Naki's chest, his eyes widening as a face flashed in his mind.
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The marketplace seemed to develop a life of its own whenever foreign merchants stopped into town.
It was the perfect opportunity to obtain rare items not found in the village, or pick up on new discovery's or inventions in foreign countries.
The normally large area was packed with hundreds of people sampling the wares of the old and new merchants.
Since it was morning it wasn't uncommon to see so many people, though when evening comes it'll most likely slow down to it's normal pace.
A pair of green eyes watched the people pass by as they opened and closed a golden pocket watch in their hand.
A tall man wearing a pair of brown cloth pants with brown boots stared at the women as they walked by.
He leaned forward revealing the white shirt he had on before he reached up rubbing some small hairs located on his chin.
He had skipped shaving just to get to the marketplace early and check the area.
"I wonder if I'm lucky today,"
The man spoke with a grin before holding up his pocket watch, a light glow emitted from it as he focused on a young woman at a fruit stand.
"Alright Luck, let's break that monthly record."
Luck stood up from his seat and made his way over to the woman, his medium length brown hair hanging a little past his neck uncombed.
He stopped in front of the woman causing her to turn and look over at him.
"Excuse me but could I have a moment of your time,"

Luck threw his shirt on before making his way over to the window of the building.
He dropped out of the window and hid in an alleyway as he noticed a man enter the house.
Thankfully under the cover of the night he wasn't noticed by the man he had seen in the picture in the home.
He chuckled as he ran away from the home, picking up the sounds of an argument as he faded into the distance.

Luck sat back in the same spot as yesterday holding up his pocket watch as his eyes scanned the crowd.
"Excuse me,"
Luck leaned his head back not bothering to turn around before he realized he was looking up at a woman.
He turned fully around as he got a better look at her closing his pocket watch in the process.
She had long flowing red hair that stopped at the bottom of her back and wore a white short sleeved shirt and a pair of black pants with brown shoes.
"You could at least dress more ladylike..." he mumbled to himself.
Though he said this she did have fair milky skin and her amber eyes had a strange glow to them.
"You're Luck right? The deity who controls...well luck."
Seeing someone had recognized him from his perfect reputation and devilish good looks he nodded.
"I'm Luck, I control good and bad fortune,"
He held his pocket watch up causing it to glow yellow before glowing black then back to yellow.
"Good I'm glad I found you. My name is Hari, if you don't mind I had something to tell you."
Luck grinned and turned fully around to face Hari before making a motion to continue.
"You are utter and complete garbage," Hari said with smile.
Luck started to thank Hari when the words registered with him causing him to stare at her, his left eye slightly twitching.
"You have to use that pocket watch of yours just to get a date and you look like you climbed out of an alleyway. Some deity you are."
Luck recovered from his shock and stood up clenching his hand into a fist.
"How dare you mortal! You underestimate my already heightened talents. I only use my pocket watch to speed up the inevitable."
"Is that so? If you have that much confidence how about a bet then? I bet you can't land one woman in a period of three days without your power. If...no wait...when you fail you have to do what I say for a day. Sound fair to you?"
"I accept your bet, and when I win, you'll serve as my servant for an entire week."
Hari took Luck's hand before the two glared at each other.
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Nala shook her head and started to follow after the three when she felt a chill go up her spine.
The area around her vanished as everything went dark.
She looked around only to see endless darkness, and hear low chuckling from all around her.
"I pulled you into your own consciousness. No one can hear you here."
Nala quickly turned to see Reaper standing behind her, a small grin on her face.
She took a few steps back before Reaper turned his attention into the distance.
"No need to fret I'm not here to kill you. Though I could considering how many times you've been at my door. I came here to tell you I want you to let out little of it out."
Nala's face was hidden behind her hood but Reaper could tell she was glaring at him.
"It's not up for negotiation, if you don't do it I'll drag you down into the underworld like I should have done four years ago."
Reaper snapped his fingers and Nala opened her eyes to see Miu running to Inae.
She lowered her head and followed after clenching her robe as Reaper's words echoed in her mind.

"Found you!"
A cloaked figure landed a few feet in front of Inae throwing off the cloak she wore in the process.
White vine like objects started surrounding the the four, including the area behind the woman.
The woman stood a little over five feet tall, her light purple hair was tied in two twin tails and a white skull floated near her.
Her pointed ears twitched a little before her red eyes settled on Inae.
She spread her feet a little causing her black dress to flutter before a small smile formed on her face.
"Inae, wielder of the summons. I could earn a reward if I I gave those cards to our leader as a gift."
The woman flexed her hands causing red snow to circle around her hands.
"Oh how rude of me I didn't introduce myself. My name is Mazis, I'll be your executioner today."

"Shut up,"
Nala walked forward pushing Miu out of the way before walking in front of Inae.
Mazis look down at Nala before she leaned down placing her hands on her knees.
"Awww is the little girl cranky?"
Nala lifted her head causing her right eye to show itself in the light before it narrowed at Mazis.
A red mist started to seep out of Nala as an immense amount of dark pressure started to fill the area.
Corrupt energy started to float around them in tiny streams of red smoke as corruption started to pour out of Nala.
The air seemed to be stained with red as the corruption filled the area confined by the vine gate.
The cobblestone started to crack at the pressure being forced upon it. A black substance started to form on the buildings from the exposure of the corruption.
Mazis quickly jumped back before putting her hand over her mouth, a nauseous feeling starting to overcome her.
"W-what is this....it's..hard to breathe all of a sudden. Is this corruption coming from that girl?"
Mazis let her thoughts try to seek answers as she kept her mouth closed to keep from throwing up.
Demons started to draw in at their location, recognizing the familiar stench of hatred and malice that emanated from Nala.
It wasn't long before the five were completely surrounded by a horde of demons.
Nala glanced over at the demons before her hand twitched slightly.
The pressure in the air seemed to shift for a moment before returning to normal, the demons around them falling apart afterwards.
Chunks of rotted flesh and heads rolled into the streets as crimson ran down the side of the buildings and rained down on the five as Nala's corruption literally crushed the demons around them in one motion.
"It seems you can't breathe properly. That proves you're not a demon."
Nala allowed her corruption to fade away slightly causing Mazis to remove her hand from her mouth.
Flexing her hand she made the red snow appear again as her attention landed on the five.
"What are you...no human can emit that much corruption and still live. Not even an arch demon can let that much out."
Mazis made the vines around them grow taller ensuring their was no exit.
"You three," Mazis said motioning to Inae, Strength and Miu. "I won't let you live either, not if you're protecting this thing."
Red energy circled around Nala's hand before a large rectangular blade appeared in her hand.
The sword was much larger than Nala and had a strange mechanism at the top.
Nala slammed the sword into the ground, breaking the cobblestone in the process causing the sword to stick out of the grown.
The mechanism on the top of the sword opened up though nothing happen.
Nala took a seat on the blunt part of the sword.
"Its hard to threaten someone when your shaking Executioner. ,"
Nala crossed her arms as Mazis extended her hands into the air causing and large medium sized wave of red snow to descend upon the four.
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Yasia didn't speak for a moment after Mirela spoke as her attention was focused on the area around them.
She looked in a direction as she picked up a strange signature of energy before looking back at Mirela.
She wanted to tell her about what she had felt but creating distractions would only hinder her main objective.
However not wanting to be rude she decided to respond to her.
"I'm sorry but I still have to question you about Tsuliria. You are one of the few to have actual contact with her so it doesn't matter if you know her location. I know your relationship with her was....well I don't think it can be called a relationship. I know more about you than you may thin Mirela. I know Reaper threatened to use your spine as a bowstring, I know you and Kalan are lovers. There's much I know about you and the others, I came to find you with that knowledge. I seek to expand it and use that to seek Tsuliria. Kalan may not comply with my wishes at least my memories say so. I know he will not give me that information without good reason since she is his sister. Right now you are the only person who may willingly answer my questions, thus why I came to you first."
Yasia reached up and adjusted her hood making sure her face couldn't be seen before turning her attention into the distance.
"I'm sorry to force this on you. I want you to return to Kalan so you can find happiness again, for both of you. When I do please answer my questions. Do you have any more questions for me Mirela Lovel?"
Yasia stopped and opened her book as she noticed a carrier coming their way.
The carrier let out a dark glow and its eyes glowed a bright red.
"I guess they'll have to wait. That's a corrupt carrier, a feeder has made its way into it."
The carrier opened it's large mouth causing four crawlers to fall out before he spit out a regular rebirth.
Yasia's book appeared in front of her before the pages started flipping.
She glanced behind her to see two rifters appear behind them before a feeder peeked it' head out of an alleyway.
"I'll handle the carrier and the crawlers, please take out the ones behind us,"
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Velara crossed her arms as the tavern owner stared at the empty spot on his mantle.
"Vel...you said that man with green colored hair and a weird headpiece stole that book."
Velara offered a small nod as she stood a few feet away, hands folded in front of her.
The tavern owner sat down in a nearby chair and squeezed the bridge of his nose.
"That's not good...I recovered that book after demon overrun."
"Demon overrun...you mean that event seven years ago with father Kervani?"
"Yes...that's the book he used to unleash them in the first place. Rai gave it to him since he had a connection with Pet, thus he could open a hole to the underworld. Of course Kervani didn't realize he had been fooled into opening the door to the underworld for Rai to slip into. I grabbed the book afterwards to keep the door from being opened again at random...however if the owner of the book is now Xalvodin....this may cause some trouble."
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Xalvodin gripped the book having sealed Asmodeus back since he had taken some damage in the fight with Velara.
Xalvodin took his cloak off causing his long green hair to fall to his back before he held his gloved hand out, his staff floating beside him.
A pentagram had been drawn on the ground in front of him in blood from both demons and humans.
Xalvodin started reciting a strange chant in another language causing the pentagram to glow.
His clothing fluttered as energy started to build in the area before a bright red glow filled the room.
Xalvodin held his arm up to shield from the light before he lowered it to see five glowing figures standing in each circle of the pentagram.
"It worked...hahahaha it really worked. Allow me to welcome you with open arms my brethren,"
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"You look very tense, calm yourself I know you can smell the flesh outside."
The leader turned to the window as a human shaped figure twitched nearby, pieces of it's armor glowing purple as its red pupils stared wide eyed at the leader.
"Our brethren are out in search of Tsuliria. Yet I keep you confined here. You'll have to excuse me for being fore-thoughtful but I am concerned about your well being."
The leader looked over at the figure at it cackled lowly to itself before twitching again mumbling something.
A small smile formed on the leader's hidden face before she turned back towards the darkness.
"Nonsensical...I suppose you're right in that regard."

Both Inae and Miu had been completely stunned by the sudden display from Nala. However after a few moments, Inae returned to her senses and shook her head, running her slightly trembling hands through her hair. She did her best to glance at the area around them, as if she had been trying her best to assess the situation.

However, when she saw Miu's legs completely trembling, she narrowed her eyes and reached down, quickly snatching the child's hat off of her head and grabbing the bag of feathers that Miu had stashed there, paying no mind to a small silver key that had been tucked inside the seam of the hat.

"Miu, listen to me!"

Inae hurriedly put Miu's hat back where it belonged before shoving the bag of feathers into the child's hand. In a normal situation, she would surprisingly had been a bit more gentle, but the current situation was far from anything 'normal'.

"W-What is it... A-Auntie.. Auntie Inae...?"

Miu tightly clutched onto the bag that had been shoved into her hands, trying her best to listen to what it was that Inae had to say. Her legs were trembling to a point where she wasn't entirely sure if she would be able to stand up after she had been pushed out of the way, which at this point she had completely forgotten about it. Large amounts of fear were clearly visible in her eyes.

"Use your power to put up a barrier around us, and be quick about it!"

After glancing up at the red snow that had started its descent down upon them, she knew that now was not the time to be anything but hasty. Once she saw Miu start rummaging through the bag, Inae brought her attention back to Nala. She felt slightly bad for leaving her out of the barrier, but something that she had said eased its way back into her mind.

"It seems that you can't breathe properly. That proves you're not a demon."

Remembering this caused Inae's attention to quickly move to Strength, who hadn't seem surprised by the display in the slightest. Despite her human appearance, she knew that Strength wasn't anything more than a summon. Mist in a human form. By that logic, Inae assumed that Strength would be able to withstand being close to Nala.

"Strength, you have a new priority."

"Yes Milady?"

"Fight alongside that child, her safety comes first. If I'm right, Miu and I will be just fine. Do whatever you have to in order to keep that child safe. Now, go!"

"...If that's what Milady wishes... then very well."

Strength quickly made her way forward, stopping just a few steps in front of Nala. She hadn't actually wanted to abandon Inae's side the way she did, but she knew that she didn't quite have a choice in the matter.

"Young lady, please allow me to assist you."

It didn't take Miu long to start forming a barrier around herself and Inae, but it didn't quite change the fact how scared that she was. After the barrier went up, covering just a small area around the two of them, Miu managed to pull herself up off of the ground.

"Auntie Inae... since when was Sissy so scary?..."

"I don't know... But now isn't the best time to ask questions. It looks like we're just going to have to put off finding Mirela and Kalan for now."

Giving a tiny nod, Miu gazed onward, keeping her focus on Nala, Strength, and Mazis. In her hand she clutched a large feather in hopes that her barrier, crackling with energy on the outside could withstand any attack sent their way.

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Mirela hadn't been too happy knowing that she would still be questioned about Tsuliria, and had wanted to protest further about the matter, but as the demons approached them, all she could do was take a deep breath in an attempt to muster up a bit more strength.

Despite her irritable mood, Mirela was a bit thankful for Yasia offering to take out some of the demons for her, and she was able to accepted helping out with the rest. With that, Mirela gave a nod and turned around, bringing her gaze to the Rifters. She noticed the Feeder poke its head out and took note of its existence before raising Love and its bow and shifting into playing position.

"No problem," She chuckled a little tiredly. "I'm still feeling weak, so whenever you finish with your side, please help me with mine if I'm having trouble. Good luck, Yasia. Remind me to give you a nickname when we're finished here."

Mirela then took another deep breath and drew her bow across Love's strings once more, causing a bitter sounding melody to resonate throughout the area at a moderate tempo.

Green energy began forming in the air around the two of them, however it quickly split into three separate streams.

As Mirela picked up the tempo slightly, the streams began to rapidly shoot toward the demons, one stream aiming for each. As the streams traveled, they left trails of green energy which continued to linger in the air even after the streams continued moving.

Mirela knew that it wasn't much, but she wanted to conserve as much energy as possible in the even of something bigger coming by with the desire for blood.

Letting the streams draw in closer to their targets, Mirela prepared for a shift in her melody, planning on using the extra trails of energy for a backup plan just in case her initial plan failed, which she had a strong feeling that it would. Still, she was hopeful.

'Please work...!'

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Judgment began to fall backwards, her gaze holding on the field before her.
Black mist formed beneath her, catching her, forming into a black throne beneath her.
With the snap of her finger, the throne began to hover, lifting her into the air, her fist coming to rest against the soft white skin of her face.
Below the diminished rampaged through the black mist, materializing to attack the demons scattered through the mist only to dematerialize back into the mist.
The demons howled out, frantically attacking around them only to be sliced down by the diminished surrounding them.

"Things will be a tad difficult without my dearest Cataclysm, but no matter...My brother and this world will fall. Even if I must tear the very crust from this pit-"

"That's enough Judgment..."

Judgment's smirk turned to sheer disgust as a familiar voice cut her off.
Her throne quickly turned to face the portal she had exited just moments ago.
She quickly stood, the mist dissipating and forming under her feet, her arm flying outward as she pointed at the gate.

"Forget my brother's dogs! Kill that man the moment he steps forth from hell!"

The mist seemed to fly at the gate as the diminished materialized, their red eyes filling the black cloud that was now barreling at the gate.
The black flames began to dance wildly as footsteps echoed from the gate, Judgment's army quickly closing in.
Silence fell over the field as Judgment's anger boiled over, her anticipation for what was about to step through the gate filling the air around her.

An explosion of light shot through the gate as a shadowy figure walked through the gate, the lustrous aura climbing into the sky as he entered the world of the living. The mist slammed into the tower sending it flying off into several directions, the diminished that made it up all materializing, slamming into the ground.
The figure removed his hand from his pocket, his fingers snapping, the sound resounding through the field as the tower dispersed, calming the field once again.

As the light faded, the figure came to light.
There stood a young man, his age looking to be that of a teenager.
His white hair danced over his pale face, red tinted eyes peering through it.
His clothing was tattered and burned as Judgment's was, his ripped sleeve revealing a black tattoo that run up the length of his arm, it's archaic symbols matching those as the one's on the black glove that adorned his right hand.

The man flexed his hand, stretching the old, tired muscles through his body as he stepped forward, his head slowly rising to meet Judgment floating high above the field.

"Kill him! Rip him apart!"

The diminished scattered through the field slowly rose, the sounds of popping sounding out as they fixed their broken bodies. The young man exhaled, a small white cloud leaving his lungs as they filled with the fresh air he had long forgotten.
The diminished quickly launched themselves at the man, their sharp talons bared as they closed the distance.

A diminished slashed at the man, his claws ripping through the form, the man's body popping into tiny orbs of light that illuminated the diminished's confused face.
A ringing snap filled the air as the orbs exploded, sending the crowd of diminished flying, The white haired man quickly meeting them as they shot over the ground.
From his back two wings of light exploded into creation, his eyes filling with the same light.
quickly flexing his hand, a small ball of light formed from his palm; it's pulsating form illuminating his stoic face as he stared down into the crowd flying towards him.
The man launched the orb into the crowd, his left hand quickly grabbing his right wrist as it flew open, his fingers spread, each lined with light.

"Light Cage"

The orb exploded open, rapidly sucking in each diminished before slamming closed.
A massive orb now hovered over the field, filled with Judgment's pawns.
The man closed his right hand into a fist causing the orb to shrink rapidly before exploding, decimating the diminished within.

Judgement slammed into the ground, a massive black cross landing behind her.
She held her tiny hand out opening a small black void in the ground beneath it, a black cross shaped sword flying up from it into her hand.

"How many times must I kill you before you stay down!"

"What happened to that arrogant nobility Judgement? It's very unlike you."

Judgement rose her blade, the tip aimed at the man as he touched down, his hand flexing forming a blade of light in his palm.

"I will end this now, no longer will I tolerate your meddling you ungrateful dog. I will kill you here and now Jazz."

A small smirk came across the man's face as he rose his blade, his head cocking to the side.

"Go to hell"

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The snowball let off a red glow before Mazis lowered her arms, hurling the ball of hellfire snow towards the four.
The snow slowly descended, destroying the buildings and tearing up the street as it drew closer, an intense heat filling the area.
The ground started to shake as the snow drew closer to Nala who stared up at it gripping the large sword in her hand.
Nala took a step forward and raised the sword in a diagonal motion in movement.
A large crescent of purple energy exploded from the sword and cut the giant attack in two causing it to explode, decimating the buildings ahead of them and blowing up the demons in the area around the buildings.
Nala glanced back at strength which the crawlers had reached at this point, one of them screeched at her as it jumped into the air and fell towards her trying to pin her to the ground.
"You!"
Nala quickly turned her attention forward and raised her sword as Mazis' scythe collided with her sword, the blade inches from Nala's neck.
"You little freak! I'll kill you and all your-"
"That's quite enough Mazis."
Mazis was interrupted as an average sized woman fell next to her, clad in a long red cloak with black lines on the shoulders.
Her face were hidden but the cloak hugged her body revealing her curves as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Alina...why are you here?"
Mazis backed away from Nala before Alina extended her hand towards the crawlers.
She snapped her fingers which caused an invisible forced to rip all the crawlers apart, except for the one crawler that had leaped at strength knowing she could kill it on her own.
"We were ordered to observe them, not interact. If you keep this up you will share the fate of Arvis Mazis."
Mazis grit her teeth and looked towards the others.
"Retreat Mazis...you've already complicated matters,"
Mazis glared at the four before turning and vanishing in darkness, the remnant snowflakes in the air vanishing with her.
Nala's corruption faded from the area as the main threat vanished, however she kept her sword out as the one named Alina stared at Miu.
"A child with powers, not rare...but she's survived this far..."
Alina turned her back on everyone, she made sure to show she had no intention of attacking them.
"Inae....protect Miu...she interests me a little."
Alina glanced back at Nala before her hand closed into her fist.
"You child...have the scent of arch-demon about you...who are you?"
"I have no desire to speak with lowly creatures like yourself." Nala said resting the sword on her shoulder.
Alina chuckled and vanished in a burst of wind causing Nala's hood to blow off from the gust.
Nala's sword vanished and her energy faded as she dismissed her power.
No sign of her power excluding the giant crater and corpses around remained as she hid it once again.
"Disappointing...I had hoped they were dead,"
Nala said before putting her hand under her chin lowering her hand to think
"Still...why did he want me to use my power....
What was Reaper trying to do by requesting such a thing from her, the thought bothered her as she didn't like the thought of speaking to him again.
Next time it might be redirected at someone else.
She glanced back at the three behind her before letting out a small sigh.
"Are you ready yet? Walk ahead so I know where the demons are."
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Hari leaned against a small grey bricked building glancing towards the brown door as she heard rustling on the other end of it.
A day had passed and as agreed Luck had to do whatever Hari asked for the day.
Her first request had been a strange one but Luck agreed to it nonetheless.
It was early morning and before the request Luck had been half asleep, his thoughts keeping him up the previous night.
He tried to replay his attempts the day before, but after awhile it just depressed him so he dismissed the thoughts.
Now he was on the other side of the door torn between walking or staying inside until closing time.
"Luck hurry and come out! I wanna see!" Hari yelled.
"This is humiliating, I have no intention of coming out,"
"You have to we still have stuff to do!"
There was silence between the two before the doorknob turned and the door slowly opened before Luck walked out.
Luck was clad in a green suit jacket and shirt, wearing a green pair of dress pants with a green buckle, he wore a pair of formal black shoes and his combed brown hair was under a green fedora.
His face had been shaved and his pocket watch chain hung loosely out of his right pocket.
Hari seeing Luck clapped her hands a few times laughing a little.
"You look good Luck! That suits you."
"This is just too much green....I only have to wear this today right?"
"Yes only for today."
"Ugh...this is too fancy for my tastes...who would wear this regularly?"
Luck stopped looking at his new clothing and looked up at Hari.
"Did you ask me to wear green because I'm the deity of luck?"
"No I really think it looks good," Hari said containing a chuckle.
"...did you make me a walking four leaf clover?"
Hari shook her head though her mouth was slowly forming into a smile as she fought to contain her laughter.
"I'll make sure to give the next twenty generations of your family bad luck for this,"
"Why twenty?" Hari asked placing her hands on her hips.
Luck opened his mouth to respond but stopped as Hari pulled on his arm.
"Never mind we're going!"
Luck was pulled along by Hari as they walked into the bustling town, Luck complaining until they faded into the distance.

Luck sat on the bench with Hari sitting next to him, the two were eating a piece of fruit as they watched the sunset in front of them.
Luck had followed Hari's wishes as previously agreed, they had walked around town together, spoke about their pasts and got to know one another.
He didn't say anything but he was tired at the amount of things he had been forced to do today.
Luck stared ahead at the sunset, the last thing Hari had requested of him as the day continued to go through his mind.
".....wait...was today a date?"
"Yep."
A simple nonchalant answer that made Luck freeze up as he stared at his fruit.
"That's all you wanted?"Luck asked looking over at her.
"Pretty much."
"From the very beginning,"
"Correct."
Luck stared at his fruit as Hari continued to eat hers before he squeezed the bridge of his nose.
"You mean I went through bone crushing denial and that embarrassing situation for a date?! Why didn't you just ask me then?"
"I thought it was more fun this way. That and you'd have do whatever I wanted."
Hari looked over at Luck and smiled causing Luck to glare at her, however his glare faded before he started laughing.
Eventually he stopped laughing and wiped a tear from his eye.
"You know mor....Hari....you're alright.
"Thank you, you're still garbage though."
"What?!
"Good garbage though, like a trinket you don't want to get rid of."
Luck remained silent and turned back towards the sunset as the sky started to get dark.
"....let's do this again,"
"You have to wear the suit if we do."
"............fine."

Days soon became months as the two spent time with one another, some that knew him were surprised to see Luck with the same woman over the course of a few days much less months.
Even Luck was surprised to find he enjoyed his time with Hari, each day seemed to bring something new.
Luck remained lost in these thoughts as he stared out the window of a building, his train of thought stopping as a warm feeling enveloped him, he glanced back to see Hari hugging him from behind.
He smiled and reaching over took his Fedora off her head before placing it on his own.
"You didn't sneak off," she said with a smile.
"I decided to stick around for a bit longer,"

The time they shared became precious to Luck, something he found himself looking forward to each passing day.
However, he came to a quick realization one day when Hari became sick.
It was a small cold but it reminded him of Hari's mortality, Hari was a mortal which meant her lifespan wasn't even half of his.
Luck felt his heart sink as he was taken away from his joy at this realization.
He spoke with it about Hari and though she mentioned just enjoying their time together, he knew the thought had crossed her mind from her expression.
She always watched with a small smile as she watched Luck do his duties as a deity, but he always saw a tinge of sadness show for a brief moment.
Luck looked towards the heavens and closed his hand into a fist as he decided to head home, with a new resolve.

"What do you mean we can't do anything!"
Luck stood up from his seat at the deity council, looking around at his brethren as continuum spoke voicing his opinion.
"We can't just go making a human into a deity Luck, that's common knowledge. Giving a random human powers like ours can lead to complications if they use it for the wrong reason.
Continuum crossed his arms as Luck grit his teeth and looked over at Nature who sat quietly a few feet away.
He turned his attention to Death who sat two seat's away from him, dressed in his cloak with his hood up.
He could see the blond hair sticking out of his hood and as always he couldn't tell his expression because of it.
He did see him shake his head and knew he was smiling under his hood as he felt a chill when he looked at Death.
Whenever he felt a chill up his spine and looked at Death he was always smiling at something, thus he could only tell when Death was pleased about something.
"We can't just pick a human like that Luck." Death said rubbing the side of his head.
"Sorry Luck, there's no way past it. If there wasn't an emotional connection to her she could be considered for a candidate for your replacement....but..."
Nature trailed off since it was obvious at what she was going to say.
Luck had an emotional connection to Hari, thus his decision would be based off his emotions and not logic.
Luck looked at his other brothers and sister before backing away from the table.
"Fine," he said closing his eyes. "I understand...sorry for bothering you over such a matter."
Luck turned and walked away from the conference and made his way back down to earth via the gate.
"I won't let Hari suffer...I'll handle it by myself,"
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Yasia came to a stop as the figure vanished from sight causing her to sigh before rubbing the side of her head.
"Who was that?" she questioned looking into the darkness.
Hearing Mirela's question she turned to look at her and respond to her question.
However before she could speak her body vanished as a gust of wind blew past Mirela.
No sign of Yasia remained, her form vanishing just as fast as the wind had passed by.
Something moved in the shadows at Yasia's disappearance.
"Good day Mirela,"
The figure that had run away walked out of the shadows and stopped in front of Mirela.
The figure reached up and removed their hood, causing their white hair to show.
She was a small person roughly the size of a child causing her to stare up at Mirela her red eyes letting off a soft glow.
She barely came up to Mirela's belly button and her smile caused her fangs to show before she spoke again.
"It's been awhile hasn't it? You haven't forgotten me have you? I believe I went by Pet back then."
The little demon smile faded before she crossed her arms and let out a small sigh.
"Well actually...that hasn't changed....I'm disappointed in that."
Pet waved her hand at the idea and looked back up at Mirela, reaching forward she gripped her hand before placing her hand over it.
"I came to warn you that your life is in danger...well more danger. Xalvodin is looking for you, he's a servant intent on finding the hero's that fought against judgement. I'd like to stay near you until I pick up his scent, I'm sure they'll come right for you.
Pet took a step back releasing Mirela's hand and bowed to her.
"I'm in your care Mirela, oh and my master Kina sends her greetings to you. Liriana....well she still hates you so there's nothing from her...sorry."
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A drop of red fell into a puddle of blood as a demon's corpse hung a few feet of the ground.
Hundreds of demons were scattered throughout the vacant village, either in pieces or impaled against something.
A crawler was kept against a building by the bladed arm of a dead rebirth who lay a few feet away, it's face contorted in fear.
A little brother rebirth head rested in the chest of rifter who was slumped against another building.
The soft rattle of a chain could be heard as a feeder hung by it's neck above the rifter.
Black chains ran throughout the city, through the buildings and up through the streets creating a web of metal. Demons were impaled through the center of the chains creating a graveyard of red and black.
The stench of blood hung in the air, the gentle breeze causing a chain to rattle as a sister crawler still in it's child form hung by it's foot, half it's torso missing.
"M-mistress," A small young boy who floated near a hooded figure tentatively called out to his master.
He wore what seemed to be a jacket, the sleeve too long for his little arms causing his hands to be hidden.
He had short blond hair that was covered by a hat, his light green eyes rested on his mistress.
The cloaked figure wore a black cloak that covered their entire body, minus the tips of their slender finger and the black boots they wore.
A scythe with a long black handle with a long dark blade rested in the left hand of figure, a small stream of red running down the handle from the blade.
The scythe seemed to crackle with darkness as bits of dark energy fell off it, and sparked occasionally.
Crimson dripped off the blade and fell into one of the many red puddles.
"What Yusa?"
The voice was cold and emotionless, but the little boy named Yusa could sense the anger coming from his master and backed away from her.
"Liria,"
The cloaked figure looked back at the person who had addressed her.
A woman stood a few feet behind her, dressed in a white cloak her amber eyes staring at Liriana through the darkness of the hood.
She also wore a cloak that hid her appearance, though her small hands were exposed revealing the purple butterfly that rested on the back of her hand.
"I know Kina....killing Yusa won't solve anything."
Yusa hid behind Kina at Liriana's words, since she was still holding the scythe as she said this.
"These demons are Reaper's work....which means Saken is in danger. Knowing that I can't help but feel angry."
Yusa peered over Kina's shoulder.
"B-because you're concerned about Saken,"
"No I'm not letting Reaper take my kill. I want the satisfaction of watching him realize his own demise...slowly. "
With that Liriana continued walking dragging her scythe along the ground causing sparks to fly off.
"I'll empty his insides myself and leave his shell behind for the demons to feast on,"
"Let's go Yusa, we best not fall behind,"
With that said Kina walked after Liriana, Yusa clutching her cloak as the two walked after Liriana.

Mirela stopped in her tracks as she felt the gust of wind blow past her, only to raise her hand to her face in case of the possibility of some sort of debris being carried along with it. However when Yasia stopped as well, Mirela let out a small sigh, and was finally able to catch her breath, if only for a moment. It was a small rest, but a rest that she was thankful to have. Especially since she knew how rare a moment of rest could be during a time of war.

"I don't know," She began, finally bringing her hand down from her face, but not before running her fingers through her bangs. "I didn't even see an-..."

She had then realized that she wasn't able to sense Yasia's presence beside her anymore.

"Yasia...? Where did you g-..."

Her sentence was cut short as the sound of a familiar voice reached her ears. Mirela brought her attention downward toward the ground, only to have her eyes rest upon the tiny person before her. As her hand was gripped, Mirela felt a warm smile find its way to her lips.

However, before Mirela could even say anything, let alone greet the person in front of her, she was told of Xalvodin and what his plan was. This caused Mirela to frown quite a bit, and a sigh escaped her lips. Her disappointment was further fueled by hearing that she was still hated. Of course, it wasn't very surprising, but it still disappointed her.

"Well, Pet." Mirela leaned down a bit to be more on her level. "I'm really glad to see you. As far as Xalvodin, or whatever his name is goes.." She paused for a moment. "If he's looking for everyone, and he's going to be coming for me... I'll stay with you until he comes. I don't like being bait but if it means keeping my family out of danger, I'll gladly do it."

As Mirela rose to a stand, straightening her posture, a look of determination came onto her face.

"Where should we wait?"

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Paying no mind to the events that had just happened, Strength's eyes locked on to the Crawler that had lunged at her and in one swift movement, raised her rapier and thrust it forward, only to run it through just as it came a few inches away from her face.

With an icy stare in her eyes, Strength's eyes met the Crawler's before turning her head slightly, only to allow a slight scoff pass her lips as she raised her arm and threw it back, flinging the Crawler off of her rapier.

Only after she was sure of its demise, Strength wiped her rapier clean before turning her attention back to Inae, Nala, and Miu. Even if she had not personally witnessed the events that had gone on, it did not mean that she hadn't been aware of them.

Inae, however, narrowed her eyes slightly at Alina's words. Even though she was relieved that they could finally continue on, she refused to show it. It was only after she disappeared that Inae put away her card and folded her arms.

"Miu."

"Y-Yes...?"

With a small sigh, Inae reached forward and snatched the feather out of Miu's hands, which caused the crackling barrier around the two to fizzle and dissipate into nothing. Before Miu could say anything, Inae handed the feather back and began walking toward Strength, motioning for Miu to follow behind her.

"Strength, your initial priority has been restored, but keep an eye on those two. We're leaving."

Listening to Inae's command, Strength gave a very slight nod. After making sure that Miu had caught up with Inae, Strength followed after the three, and eventually they had stood beside Nala. Strength continued to stand beside Miu and Nala as she watched Inae continue forward, only to glance at the two after she got a certain distance away.

"You two, please go ahead. I'll follow behind you so I'll be able to follow Milady's order and look after you."

Miu gave a silent nod. She had been a bit confused about what had gone on, but surprisingly managed to keep most of her thoughts quiet. Some of those thoughts included where her 'Momma' was, why 'Sissy' could do all of those things and who the nice lady that was apparently interested in her was.

As she put the worn down feather back into her feather bag, Miu glanced over at Nala, only to start walking off after Inae. "Come on, Sissy~! Auntie Inae will leave us if we don't hurry!"