Reaper

Kiru slowly opened her eyes, her vision blurry at first but it quickly cleared itself up. She moved her fingers a little, realizing she was laying in a bed after feeling the cloth of a blanket between her fingers. A dream? She thought to herself, thinking it would be a little strange. If this was a dream then that would mean when she woke up before she would've woken up to another dream. She slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position, shutting her eyes tightly for a moment as her head throbbed. Definitely not a dream.. She opened her eyes again and glanced around the room. She realized her back felt a little heavy and she turned her head to look over her shoulder, her eyes widening a little as she stared at the two black wings sprouting from her back. They didn't really look like ordinary wings though. To her they just looked like a couple of black, zigzag lighting bolts that a little kid would draw. Anyone would probably be freaking out by now, but Kiru couldn't help but feel a little content with her wings.

Though they did sprout a lot of questions. Why did this happen? How is this possible? Is there some reason for this? Then there was the question that bothered her the most of them all; Who or what am I? She let out a sigh and slid her legs of the side of the bed, frezing as she heard the footsteps of someone else in the house. Then she remembered that she hadn't been alone back on the beach. That's right..I passed out. Did that shadow thing bring me here or something? She gently swallowed and took a deep breath as she stood up beside the bed. "Anybody there?" she called out, her voice a little shaky.

Mitanni raised a brow, slightly confused. Had he not said his name? And why was this child a messenger? Mitanni sighed then thought about it. She was probably around the same age as he is, if not older. Or maybe she was still very young, compared to his age? So many questions, Halas they would have to wait for more important matters where at hand. Mitanni was almost certain that this child was more than what she seemed. One was not name Messenger of Death for any reason... Mitanni simply sighed as an answer. “The names Mitanni....” He said in a much less formal way. Time was of the essence and he needed to act quickly.

“Listen child...er...I mean Jade, you must go after that boy, Aeru is his name. His transformations will start soon if they have not already started. Now I must leave you...duty calls. We shall meet again I am sure...”

With that said, he turned around and walked a few steps before vanishing. Further away, a crack in the air slowly formed as Mitanni peered through it. Making sure no one was looking, the crack grew larger and Mitanni stepped out. It slowly closed behind him as he turned a corner of a street, the same street that Adam would find himself after leaving the chemist. Placing his back against a wall, he waited for the young man to step out before confronting him. He had no idea how he would do this. He would probably be blunt about it and just say the truth. That would probably shock him and make him want to run...but no one could hide from Mitanni for too long... Or he could take it very well and simply go along with it. He shrugged and looked at the sky, waiting.

Soon after, the boy stepped out. Quietly following him for a few steps he called out at him. “Adam Chase? My name is Mitanni Assur, maybe you have seen me at the dojo? You seem like a strong and capable man, I’d like you to stop by my dojo one of these days... I remember you coming to my dojo when you where younger...maybe you don’t remember”

Mitanni paused for a while. Was that it? No he would have to say more, something to attract the boy’s attention. This would be blunt, but it would be the easiest way to gain his trust....or make him totally freak out.

“So...have you started transforming yet? Or are you just at the painful headache stage? I can help you if you’d like... I’m a close friend of your father’s... “ Mitanni’s face had been expressionless this whole time. He waited for an answer, whatever that may be.

Adam's walking pace was ruptured when he heard a voice calling out his name “Adam Chase? My name is Mitanni Assur, maybe you have seen me at the dojo? You seem like a strong and capable man, I’d like you to stop by my dojo one of these days... I remember you coming to my dojo when you where younger...maybe you don’t remember” his head turned, at the peculiar man behind him Adam paused for a moment not sure how to respond, it was a strange question to randomly blurt out. But Adam was only interested in how Mitanni knew his name, "How do you know my name?" Adam stated simply as he turned completely to face him, he wasn't sure what to verify this Mitanni as but he couldn't take any risks, automatically being cautious. Adam carefully ran his eye over the stranger again; his name was strange, his dress sense was even stranger, and he claimed to run a dojo? Adam shook his head before laughing it off as a joke.

“So...have you started transforming yet? Or are you just at the painful headache stage? I can help you if you’d like... I’m a close friend of your father’s... “ Mitanni stated, his face was expressionless, which seemed to unnerve Adam slightly 'was he taking himself seriously?' Adam thought, but the thing that struck Adam the most was the words Mitanni spoke, Adam's features were a mix of curiosity and surprise. Adam felt questions bubbling to the surface, he simply said "Who are you?" Adam muttered confused, he wanted to know who exactly this was, Adam thought it best to play it cautious and see where his information was coming from, Adam's features regained their posture and resumed a low frown, however it was evident in Adam's eyes that he was confused.

It was a good day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing cheerfully on a random oak tree. On the street, a large, bulky man walked sluggishly to his destination as he took out his pocket clock and checked the time every 5 minutes. He was wearing a black coat and his eyes were covered by the dark glasses as he looked around carefully as if checking to see if somebody was looking at him. Finally, what seemed like hours, the man reassured his walk as he sped up slightly. At last, he stopped outside of a dojo, looking up to see the building glaring down as him and the man, who still had an emotionless look on his face, took out a dangerous-looking knife. He placed it on the edge of the door leading to the dojo as he walked away, completely disappeared around a corner like he was never there.

The knife which was laying harmlessly on the ground began to glow a pale blue color as smoke covered the area and just 2 minutes later, another man stood where the dagger once laid. His dirty blonde hair was short and straight while his eyes were blue but dark and uncaring. He dusted off the invisible dust as he took off his glasses and cleaned them slowly, not wanting to rush things since he had already stood outside of his 'fellow messenger''s house. He cleared his throat, intended on calling the man but then changed his mind at the last second since he deemed it was too 'inappropriate'. He raised his hand and knocked the door softly, his voice was curt as he only asked one single question "Excuse me...is this where Mitanni Assur's resident locates?"

He waited patiently for an answer, having no need to take things to the next level since he just came to the city not one day ago. He had received a message from Lord Death and it seemed there were some new jobs for him. It looked like it was time for the Grim Reaper's youngling's powers awakened and he had been sent to this town in order to help them. He wasn't sure what he could do to help them...He couldn't offer them any kinds of advises since he was pretty much a robot...with a slight touch of humans' emotions and he didn't know if he could be a teacher...He never tried to be one before...but then again, he hadn't tried to be anything other than a cursed dagger that could kill anyone who was unlucky or just plainly stupid enough to pick it up. Now, he had to be a Mathematics' teacher...and also a guide for the Death's offsprings and if he had emotions, he would say he was quite nervous right now...but he didn't have emotions so...

He cut off his own train of thoughts as it became too...what was it in the human term again?...ah yeah, 'messed up' would be the right words. And he looked at the name tag on his left breast pocket - Ying Shi Yuan...that was his human's name...he closed his eyes briefly, trying to remember the emotions that he had forcefully pounded on himself a week before 'Ying Shi Yuan - transferred Mathematics teacher - 23 years old - strict but helpful - single - lived alone on a rent apparent - came to the town 3 days before - knows Mitanni Assur the dojo teacher as they have met once or twice before - friendless in the area'. Nodding his head in satisfaction, the cursed weapon dropped his arms to his sides, stood up straight and waited for his 'friend' to open the door.

Missy was terribly helpless to have any control over the situation she was in, she could beg or throw a tantrum but her other options were few when dealing with the two adults who were discussing her future. It was far better to just let them handle it, they weren't NPC's after all it wasn't like they would react in any kind of predictable manner. Missy kind of missed the NPC's at that moment, like the teachers in the school who were on such short programming routines that they couldn't even notice when she was getting made fun of or when someone was hurting her. They would see it and just keep walking, what limited programs.

Sevan warned her that even her greatest friend could become an enemy and that people would try to deceive her. That was such a sad thought, there was no one she was supposed to trust? She decided that he didn't mean himself, that Sevan must be someone she could trust, after all he had come all this way just to rescue her. But he didn't seem like an NPC and there seemed to be something very strange the way he suddenly changed how he was behaving and was talking about a brother before.

As Sevan stole away the nice woman's phone and grabbed Missy up into his arms, Missy held a hand up to wave goodbye to the nice woman. She had no way of resisting Sevan even if she wanted to. As he started to move faster and then leapt through the trees, Missy clung tightly to Sevan's body, her normally carefree disposition to being tossed about remained, but she still didn't want to fall, she could scrape her knee or something. She giggled as they almost hit the branch, Sevan had become much sillier than he was earlier.

"Are there bad guys who will try to stop us from finding the other princesses and the princes?" Her question was directed to Sevan as she still didn't understand that Raul was a different person, in fact she was convinced that Sevan was just playing a game with her to try to cheer her up.

A smile slowly crept on Mitanni’s face. Slightly surprised by the young man's reaction, he calmed down and relaxed his stiff muscles. Last thing he would have wanted to do is go on a full out fight with his master's son. Quickly making sure no one was watching them; he listened to the boy as he spoke. "How do you know my name?" he said. Mitanni chuckled. That would be my first question as well....he thought. "Who are you?" was his second question. Mitanni raised a brow. Had I not made that clear? He thought.

“Well... Firstly I'm glad you didn't run away. I know your name, just like I know the names of all your brothers and sisters. There are 7 or 8 of you, I keep forgetting. Now as much as you might not believe this, your father is what you humans call The Reaper...or simply Death.” Mitanni waited for the boy to take this in. He knew it was a lot of stuff to take in but time was of the essence. Mitanni was about to speak again when he felt a new energy appear in Reaper. One he had not felt before. But he knew of a 4th messenger that would make his appearance soon. Maybe this was him or her. He seemed to be at the dojo. Mitanni looked back at the boy. The 4th messenger would have to wait just a few seconds. If he could get to boy on his side, then he would go back to the Dojo.

“I am one of his messengers...The messenger of War. Mitanni Assure is my name. We are 4 messengers that serve your father and we have been sent to aid you and your siblings through....many changes that are too come. I am here to aid you...not hurt you in any way” Mitanni slowly brought his hand forward as if he were going to shake his hand. “Take my hand...I shall bring us back to my dojo where we can talk if you have any questions” Mitanni stared into the boys eyes and waited. Please...trust me he thought.

"Yea yea, I already know the details." Bell said, giving a slight wave as Mitanni turned and walked away. "Bye Mister!" she called as he vanished, then turned around and began walking down the street. Though usually she would prefer to walk to whole way, she figured that in this situation it was probably best for her to just get it over with. She wasn't very big on patience. The sooner she took care of the Grim Reapers children, the sooner she could sit down and enjoy a good bowl of ice cream. She let out a sigh as she closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them as she stepped out onto the sidewalk in a different part of town. It didn't take long for her to spot the back of Aeru's covered head. He wasn't doing a very good job at hiding himself. In fact, he looked even more suspicious than he did before. Almost like he had just stolen something from a store and was trying to escape with it.

This one might be more troublesome than I thought..what a nuisance. She thought to herself, stepping out onto the edge of the sidewalk curb and looking both ways before she quickly crossed. Am I in the slums or what? This part of Reaper wasn't as particularly bright and normal the rest of Reaper and Aurabell wasn't really enjoying it either. She went into a slow jog as she tried to catch up with the hooded boy. "Hey!" She called out stopping just behind him and wrapping her fingers around the back of his jacket. "It wasn't very nice just leaving me back there you know! I could've been lost or something. Is it normal for teenage boys to leave a little girl all by herself on the sidewalk?" She said, putting on a pouty expression. "You really walked a long way! You're fast you know that!"

Adam felt the tension in the air begin to ease, and his cautious approach began to withdraw. Adam's head rose and his eyes automatically focused, as he listened to Mitanni's response “Well... Firstly I'm glad you didn't run away. I know your name, just like I know the names of all your brothers and sisters. There are 7 or 8 of you," Adam's eyes widened, he had more siblings? he felt a weight settle on his stomach, which made him feel slightly sick at the possible revelation "I keep forgetting. Now as much as you might not believe this, your father is what you humans call The Reaper...or simply Death.” Adam's face contorted into a low frown followed by an uneasy laugh, "Your kidding?" Adam muttered as he scanned Mitanni's eyes to see no traces of deception "Your not kidding... wait, wait do you mean Death in the hooded figure Death: with the scythe and everything?"

Adam didn't know how to feel about this. Death is his father? Adam didn't even think of Death as an entity, more as a force like Gravity: a more keen example would be a guillotine. Adam didn't even know if Mitanni was telling the truth, but he knew more than Adam did which drove Adam's curiosity really, and as a plus he felt lost not knowing which route to pick which put slight pressure onto Adam.. Mitanni interrupted Adam's train of thought, as he spoke “I am one of his messengers...The messenger of War. Mitanni Assur is my name. We are 4 messengers that serve your father and we have been sent to aid you and your siblings through....many changes that are too come. I am here to aid you...not hurt you in any way” Adam twisted his head slightly, as his mind settled on a particular topic "So there's 4 of you, like the Horseman of the Apocalypse?" Adam asked curiously, he wanted to know how far he was away from the truth and he enjoyed the particular feeling when he was right.

Adam's mind wandered for a few seconds exploring possibilities to justify the goings on, which none explained logically what happened. Adam shook his head before noticing Mitanni had outstretched his hand as if to give Adam a handshake, “Take my hand...I shall bring us back to my dojo where we can talk if you have any questions” Adam felt Mitanni's eyes settle on his, and Adam held his breath before muttering rather unsure "As long as there's answers count me in." Adam stretched his hand forward, gripping Mitanni's hand.

Blaine seemed to wander around the house, a satisfied smile on his face, happy that he's... 'alive', per se? Well, he was in the living world for once, someone was able to see him, and he could make physical contact onto objects now. His eyes seem to flutter with an expression of concern as he wonders, how long is this going to last? Will he go back into that other horrible dimension? If it comes to that, will he be able to go out once again. He sighs as he puts a hand on his cheek, it oddly felt colder than usual, even though today was a warm day. Failing in finding a first aid kit, Blaine sets out to the kitchen hoping to get some food and beverages, alongside a towel he brought from one of the bathrooms. His mind started to wander once again, thinking about the girl this time, he didn't feel especially weirded out by the sudden...'burst of excitement'...? He's seen worse things, and he wasn't surprised by a couple of wings sprouting from the back of a girl. He actually thought it suited her, he even liked the look with her wings, they felt...oddly natural and normal to him. Blaine rolls his eyes, his cheeks feeling warm for the first time in a couple of years...he was supposedly nineteen, but he still had the looks of a seventeen year old. The blush feels nice, he thought, though I can't walk in like this, it might ruin my image or...

Blaine mentally slapped himself. For the love of God, what the hell am I doing?! There's some girl who'll possibly be bleeding to death, or even worse. She had bloody 'wings' sprout from her ba-!

"Anybody there!"

Blaine sighs, as he brings a small roll of bread, and a glass of water. He slowly walks into the previous room, looking at the girl. He talks, surprised for a moment at hearing his tone of voice for the first time in years. "Hello....I'm Blaine....are you...okay...?"

Kiru was a little afraid when Blaine first walked into the room. For a moment she thought that maybe she had been kidnapped but then she recognized the face of what was the shadow figure back at the beach before. Kiru sat herself back down onto the bed slowly, still a little cautious around him. "My name's Kiru..and well besides the fact that I have wings coming out of my back and a stabbing headache, I guess you could say I'm alright." She said, trying to sound casual but her voice was still a little nervous. Blaine didn't seem like he meant any harm but she was still curious about what he had looked like on the beach and then how he looked now. She could've been hallucinating before she had passed out, it was very possible after all. Then she remembered she had taken a picture of him. Could his previous appearance maybe have shown up in the photo she took? For a moment she was going to pull out her camera, but then changed her mind after realizing she wouldn't be able to see anything until the images were developed. Instead she decided to go ahead and take the risk of asking him about it herself. She didn't really care very much if she sounded like some crazy person. She had wings for heavens sake! How could she get more crazy then that? She was actually rather surprised that Blaine seemed so calm and okay with what she had sprouting from her shoulder blades. "Uhm...on the beach..was that you? You know, the shadow thing?" She said, feeling a litle awkward asking such a strange question.

After Leon chat with the women from the night before he began to head to his appartment on the edge of Reaper. As he got to the door he felt somthing inside, he created a very small fireball withing the palm of his hand as he slowly opened the door. leon was shocked to find one of the femal members of the cloaked group from last night sitting on his bed. She had long blonde hair with bright blue eyes and stood about the same height as Leon. As she stood up Leon quickly closed the door behind him and enlarged his fireball and held it up as if to throw it. "who are you?" he questioned frighteningly. "well you've grown into a fine young man..... Lii" She replied casually as she sat back on the bed, Leon was so shocked his flame started to flicker, "no your long dead, i watched you burn to death" he tried to keep control of the situation, "really" She challenged him playfully as she ran her hand over where the group stabbed him the night before, "mhhhh your healings stronger than we anticipated" she finished as she spun around and walked around his room swinging her hips side to side. Leon had had enough "What do you want from me" he exploded as he grabbed he by the collar and pushed her into the wall. "why what we've always wanted" she paused as she ran her long fingernails across Leon cheek, she pulled her head in closer to whisper into his ear "You" she finished as she forcfully kissed him, Leon became lost in the moment and turned off the fireball. He suddenly relised what he was doing and pushed her away. "You people are sick, what do you want from me" he said as he grabbed her left hand and squeesed it snapping the middle finger.

Towards the end of the night Leon had got what he wanted out of her and he dropped her to the floor, she shivered as she watched him frightened of what he would do next. "get out" he shouted at her forcfully, "and tell your boss, i have no intention of joining you" he finished, he did'nt need to tell her twise to get out of the room. Leon fell back onto his bed before Sevan lept back into his thoughts, "Damnit!" he exploded as he recalled the 'fight'. he shut his eyes and when he opened them he was in the bright white room he met Exorcist in each time. "what is it Leon" Exorcist asked in a slow deep voice. "Teach me more about our power" he answered forcefully. "Of course, but it's going to be a long night" Exorcist warned, "Don't worry i can take it" Leon replied as a large group of shadows apeared and formed into siloets of a human body, "lets do this" Challenged Leon

Raul continued to hop through the trees, still holding Missy in his arms. Soon Raul began to notice that the sun had begun setting, once he reached the edge of the forest. 'Shit. Time sure flies when you're hunting down Death's kids.' Raul commented, his tone less aggrivating than usual. 'Although I am appauled that you would refer to our rallying of Lord Death's children as "hunting", I must agree that it seems to have gotten late. Quite sooner than I expected. Something might have happened, but it could just be my imagination.' Sevan replied. He then noticed the direction in which Leon's energy was coming from. Leon was at the bar that Sevan worked at.
'My, my. I dare say its time to go home Raul. Our prey dosen't seem to want to run away this time.' Sevan told him. 'You're kiddin me right? Why couldn't you just let me go home earlier? Asshole.' Raul remarked, as he jumped down from the tree and began running across the road that layed next to the forest.

"Hey girly. You hungry?" Raul asked Missy. "We got some good eats back at mine and Sev's place." Raul smiled childishly, while looking down at her. "Wanna try some beer?" Raul's smile now turning into a mischievous toothy grin. 'Don't you dare...' Sevan threatened Raul, obviously arousing some hostility in his voice.
'Calm down, Princy. It was only a joke.' Raul laughed inwardly, refering to what Missy asked Sevan when she woke up.

After about 14 minutes, Raul made it back to their house. What was strange is that he didn't seem to break a sweat after all the running and jumping he did. He wasn't even panting. The exterior of the house seemed as bland and normal as possible.'I think that its time for me to take over before you do something stupid, and get the poor girl drunk.' Sevan stated, as he took back the body. 'Awww. What fun are you? You could at least let me get drunk tonight after all my hard work. After all. They let little girls drink beer back when we had the 13 colonys' Raul complained. 'Now who's living in the past? Besides I haven't even cleaned the place after last night.' Sevan remarked and he carried Missy into their house and placed her down on the floor. "Please make yourself at home while I prepare you something to eat, Princess. Please tell me if there is anything you crave badly enough that you would climb to the top of Mount Olympus naked in order to obtain." Sevan said, doing his horrible attempt at a joke. Which Raul actually found quite humorius. Just by the fact, that Sevan said naked.

The rest of the house seemed quite dirty. There were bottles and trash lining the walls and taking up all the space on the coffee table. In front of the table there seemed to be a ruffed up couch. There was a hole in the left side that revealed it's springs and other interior components. On the right side of the couch, there were at least 8 empty pizza boxes. All of this was produce from Raul's little 1-man party last night. One would wonder how Sevan managed to raise all the money to pay for it. Soon Sevan came out of the kitchen, with a humorisly cute apron around his waist. Finally there was an old TV, with about 48 channels on it. There was even a little cat face on the front, that Raul seemed to like. "I'm making a 3-layered lasagna. I hope that is to your liking. Was there anything else you wanted?" He asked, finally noticing the mess. "Oh. My apologies, Princess. My brother Raul takes full responsability for this!" Sevan explained as he blushed a little and began cleaning the trash the littered the living room.

Missy responded to Raul/Sevan with a cheery tone, though she sounded a little tired out from her voice, "Lets go back to the fort to resupply." She didn't respond to the beer question, not really thinking he was serious, she hadn't ever tasted beer before but she had been told it was terrible. Unaware of the turmoil that went on between the two minds within, she was content to be carried by this amazing person who ran incredibly fast and didn't seem to tire out at all. He must have hacked the system in order to give himself powers, Missy would ask if he could help her do it too.

As they went into the house Sevan offered to make her a meal and said she should make herself at home, but she didn't care for her home so she thought it would be better to act as though she was inside of their secret base. She was sure there must be a secret escape passage somewhere and all sorts of traps for the NPC's. "What's Mount Omapus? Is that a mountain?" she asked as she looked around, she hadn't ever heard of it before, but there was nothing she wanted enough to go climbing around naked for.

"I really like Lasagna, its really good," she couldn't think of anything to ask for that shouldn't wait till later. She'd ask about how to cheat in the world during dinner, people were happier when they were eating. Missy started picking things up when Sevan started to. it was important to keep the fort safe in case it was under attack. "I'll help too."

Blaine sets the glass of water on the table along with the plate holding the roll of bread. He slowly brings up the towel to Kiru, nodding as she introduced herself to him. He sighs looking at her sadly, tilting his head. "Yes, I was that 'shadow thing', though I'm not even sure what happened to me. I'm not sure if you've heard or not, but recently...someone had a funeral around here. There were articles of a boy being hit by a truck." He pauses waiting for a reaction, looking down at his cloaked form, glad he can actually make contact with physical beings and other things in the 'living world'. He continues, his crimson eyes twinkling with a new lively hue, "Ever since I've...had that incident, I've been living in...in between worlds. I barely understand the concept myself... It was horrible, I wasn't able to talk to people no matter how loud I screamed or yelled, it always came out as a faint whisper, barely audible to the world." Blaine started to hug himself, tears flowing down his face from all of the pained memories. "I would always just float there, waiting, and waiting for someone to notice me, I..." He gasps, as he realized what he was doing., immediately wiping his eyes, taking a few deep breathes, putting his hands in his pockets. "I'm sorry...I was getting a bit too ahead of myself. It's been almost a month since the incident, and it was just lonely, is all." He sighs, giving a reassuring smile shaking his head. He tries to joke to help the mood out, "Apparently, I'm not the only thing that's odd around here. I rather like those wings by the way, they seem to suit you."

Falcon sat up, rubbing her head. "Ow... What happened?" Getting to her feet, the memories of that sudden transformation came flooding back to her. Looking down at her hands, Falcon wondered if she had been hallucinating or if it really had happened. Moving over to the sink, she cautiously turned it on and let water drip onto her hands. Immediately, the tingling feeling ran through her again and her legs turned into that tail again. Reaching up, she turned off the tap.

Running her hands over the shimmering blue scales, Falcon wondered at the beauty of it. What is this?

Kiru thankfully took the towel and set it beside her, more focused on the water Blaine had set on the table close to the bed. She leans over a little and picks up the water, taking a few gulps and enjoying the cold glass on her hands.

"Yes, I was that 'shadow thing', though I'm not even sure what happened to me. I'm not sure if you've heard or not, but recently...someone had a funeral around here. There were articles of a boy being hit by a truck."

A funeral? Hit by a truck? Is he trying to say that he's not actually alive? She thought to herself, looking a little surprised but still keeping herself pretty calm. Then again, she was starting to question whether she herself was alive or not. Did a living person usually have wings sprouting from their back? It still made her a little dizzy thinking about what had happened, not to mention she had lost a bit of blood from her skin breaking open to let the wings come through. The bleeding had seemed to stop but she could still feel her jacket damp against her back. It made Kiru a little afraid to take off the jacket because it would show just how much blood she had lost.

She took another gulp of the water, leaving only a little at the bottom of the glass as usual. She had a habit of never drinking the last bit of anything, always leaving a little left in the bottle, glass, bowl, or anything that had drinkable liquid in it. Kiru's eyes saddened a little as she listened to Blaine tell his story, feeling rather sorry for him as it must of been really lonely. When he first started to cry a little, Kiru had no idea how to react. Should she hug him? Tell him is was alright? She had no idea and wasn't really good at handling other peoples either. Not long after Blaine began to cry, he instantly stopped himself and wiped his eyes, apologizing and giving a small smile. Kiru lightly tightened her grip on the cup in her lap and shook her head. "It's alright, it must've been really hard."

"Apparently, I'm not the only thing that's odd around here. I rather like those wings by the way, they seem to suit you."

Kiru's eyes widened for a split second, then she gave a small glance at the end of her left wing. Odd. I guess that is one way to put it. She thought to herself, holding back the urge to say that she probably looked like some kind of monster. It was still a little awkward sitting there with wings sprouting from her shoulder blades, but as weird as it looked to have wings, she still felt as if they were supposed to be there. "Oh, uhm thanks." She tried saying as casually as possible, then stood up and set the class back onto the bed side table before pulling off her jacket, carefully slipping the ripped back over her wings, revealing a blue and white striped spaghetti-strapped top. It was just as she feared, the back of the jacket was drenched in blood, though it seemed to already be turning brown as it dried. She figured the back of her shirt was probably bloody too, but at lest the back was low enough so it wasn't ripped. "What..is this.." she whispered to herself, slowly sitting herself back down as her legs began to feel shaky as she examined the jacket.

When the sun began to climb the sky into its place for the morning, Leon had left his apartment and walked near the forest before noticing one of the cloaked clan leap towards him, Leon quickly grabbed his arm and flipped him onto the floor, "what do you want with me!" he shouted angrily as he held him up by the collar. The man gave a dark smirk before replying, "You should check up on your girlfriend", Leon was confused and threw him at a tree, breaking his left arm and two ribs. "Girlfriend?" he thought to himself before suddenly realising who it was. "Katie" he muttered shocked before racing back to the town. He felt his ankle flames activate making him faster. As he came into sight of her house he angled his body and burst through the door, he quickly checked the ground floor before racing to the staircase. "KATIE!" he shouted upwards as he ran up the stairs. He quickly searched each room calling her name, with no success. After he left the house he ran towards the bar, he quickly checked, again nowhere to be found. "KATIE!" he shouted as he ran through the streets. He almost ran over a few people as he ran around the town, it was scaring him now 'where could she be?' he questioned himself. As he began to head back for the forest he stopped with his eyes opening wide in fright, "KATIE" he shouted as he saw her lying on the floor in a large field, "Katie" he continued as he stopped by her side and got down on his knees. He turned her over only to be met with something horrible, She had been stabbed with two daggers in her stomach, he pulled her close as he began to rock forward and backwards as for the first time in nearly 10 years tears ran down his face, "I’m so sorry" he muttered to her a few times as he continued to rock. Daggers:

2 Days later
As the rain poured down Leon stood staring at Katie's grave in a pure black Trench coat and jet black jeans, he was holding a pure white mask within his right hand. As the rain continued he slowly pulled the mask over his face and turned away before putting small ear piece into his right ear, he tapped it as it began to flash blue. "yeah" Leon replied in a cold emotionless voice, "it's going down tonight, Are you ready?" a voice came from the other side, "yeah, tonight we find out who Sean is and what I am" he replied before hanging up and sliding his daggers into his holsters on the sides of his ankles.


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Blaine keeps his distance from Kiru as she goes about her things. He keeps his hands behind his back tilting his head curiously. He thinks to himself, he knows that this girl was the only one who was able to see him. This girl obviously had a special quality about her, obviously. She had wings, for the love of God. Blaine shakes his head keeping his hands in his pockets, shuffling his feet awkwardly. He decides to check himself out as well, observing the black cloak around him. Tendrils flutter with an unseen breeze, from his ankles, wrists, back and mainly neck. He's able to still feel the tuxedo he was put in since the day of the funeral, under the ripped dark cloak he bears. He touches the top of his, taking out a loose piece of hair, frowning at its silvery white-hue. Once again, Blaine tries to rip more of the cloak off, to his own dismay, having the rags still stick to him, once they rip off. Shaking his head, he decides to look at his own pale skin, touching his cheek, feeling warm, smiling slightly in pleasure. It was nice to feel alive once again, to leave the cursed world. He brushes his own hair once more, breathing in deeply once, enjoying the air. Although he was glad to be back, he wasn't sure how long this world was going to keep him, and whether or not he'll return back to that wretched spirit world. A few whispers fill his ears as he turns to his left. He eyes the three will-o-wisps by the door, listening to some of their nervous whispers. Blaine doesn't even need to open his mouth to communicate with them, all he needed was to think. Smiling with approval as one of the more lively wisps decides to hide behind him.

Slowly he looks back towards Kiru, her legs shaking nervously. He bites his lip, trying to make better of the situation, "There's...er....there's no need to panic, Ki...ru. I'm sure there's a solution to what's happening right now. At least you're still alive..." Blaine smiles encouragingly, keeping his hand behind his back. His ears twitch as a small white will-o-wisp comes into view over his shoulder. It squeaks and whispers in a melodic tune, dancing about around Blaine's head. He looks back to Kiru grinning even wider , "S..see! This little guy even agrees with me... I-isn't he cute?" Slowly the small will-o-wisp descends down to Blaine's hand. He kneels down in front of Kiru, slowly handing her the small little will-o-wisp. "Come on...he won't bite...he likes you, he told me that." As if agreeing with the Blaine, the little wisp squeals in delight, bouncing twice in his palm. Blaine chuckles nodding back.