Akihiko and Oniru stood inside the blank space which was filled with dried trees, the blank space can be designed by a star spirit in whichever way they want. The other Demigod, who was seated on the chair, stood up and said "Let's introduce ourselves first."
"You're wasting my time. Anyways you're gonna lose, and I don't find the need to remember a loser's name." Akihiko said.
"YOU!" The Demigod said angrily.
"FINE! KOI! Win this for me! This is an order from your master, the Lord Demigod himself!" The demigod said and stabbed his star spirit with a knife.
Akihiko took out a knife from his kimono, took Oniru's hand, and stabbed it on his palm as the knife passed through Oniru's hand and protruded on the other side.
Oniru clenched his eyes from pain while Akihiko shouted "Oniru! You are here to kill! This is an order from your master, the Lord Demigod himself!"
As soon as he removed the knife from Oniru's hand, a red thread appeared from inside his wounds and wrapped around Akihiko's wrist. The bond was formed.
The other Demigod and his star spirit had also formed the contact. His star spirit, Koi, turned into a huge red colored ogre. Whereas Oniru took out his wings and a fan from his kimono's pocket.
The ogre attacked him first, but Oniru jumped and sat on the tree branch above him.
"Make it fast, I'm getting bored" Akihiko said as he yawned.
The ogre jumped towards Oniru to catch him but Oniru jumped higher and flapped his wings. Then, he said "I, THE ELITE STAR OF MUSIC,NAMED ONIRU, WISH FOR MY FOURTH MAGIC! STAGE 1, FORM 1, 1ST SPELL- KURUNI SANATINA!"
Then, he flapped his fan, and within one strike, the ogre was trapped inside a tornado. Oniru flew towards the tornado, and shouted "THIRD SPELL-VIVANA MUSICA!". His hands started glowing and as he brought both his hands together, two musical notes walls were created which intervened inside the tornado and split the tornado into half.
Now, the tornado was a mixture of wind and blood. Then, Oniru moved towards the tornado and touched it. As soon as he touched the tornado, the blood and wind separated.
"WAIT-STOP!!!" The other Demigod shouted.
The wind died down, while Oniru controlled the blood tornado "FIRST SPELL-Proizvoditel!" he said and soon enough created a small jar. The jar sucked the entire blood tornado inside itself.
Then, Oniru chipped his fingers, and the glass jar broke and dissolved itself then finally disappeared.
"...Wait, Koi?!!" The other Demigod said "What did you do to my-"
Suddenly there was a blast, everything was covered in smoke."Let's go, Oniru." Akihiko said. Oniru's eyes glowed for an instance, and they were back inside the real world. It was still early evening at that time and they were back on the terrace of their house.
Akihiko went back inside the house, while Oniru flew towards the sky.
After a while, he landed near the Biwako Valley, in Saikyo (present day Kyoto). He just sat under a tree, near the lake, and soon fell asleep.
"Music?" A sweet and melodious voice said. Oniru slowly opened his eyes and found Serenity sitting beside him. It was dark already.
Oniru slowly got up, rubbed his eyes and stretched his hands. "What are you doing here, Serenity?" Oniru said.
"This is where I live, I should be asking this to you. Oh! And I have a name now" She said.
"YOU MADE A CONTRACT??!!" Oniru said with surprise.
"Yes, my name is Kanae, as of now" Serenity said as she smiled.
"How is your Demigod?" Oniru said.
"Honsei-sama is really kind. He treats me really well. See, he gifted me this new Kimono. How do I look?" Kanae said.
"Well..." Oniru said then he covered his red face "You look beautiful."
Kanae blushed and looked the other side "Is...that so?"
There was silence for sometime as both of them were not ready to meet each other's eyes but then Oniru finally said "Well, it's getting dark, are you sure you should be here. You have a human body now."
"It's okay, Honsei-sama is coming to pick me up" She said.
"Are you sure? I can take you to your house" Oniru said.
"No, I'm fine. Besides, I'm really scared of heights." She said.
"Okay, then. Sayonara!" Oniru said as he opened his wings and flew away towards the sky.
[Note: Sayonara means goodbye in Japanese]
Kanae just looked at Oniru fly towards the big, white moon and smiled.
"Is he the one?" Someone said from behind the tree. She turned and smiled "Yes, Honsei-Sama. He is Oniru, the Star of Music."
"Hm....His wings are beautiful. I'm proud of your choice." Lord Honsei said.
"What do you mean, Milord?" Kanae said.
Lord Honsei smiled and said "I know you love that man."
Kanae blushed and said "N-No! We are just friends, that's right! And he doesn't see me that way."
"Oh, yes he does." Lord Honsei said with a smile.
"How can you say that, Milord?" Kanae said.
"I'm the Demigod of Matchmaking, after all." He said.
(IMAGE- KORUMARU HONSEI- The Demigod of matchmaking)
Edo, 10:45 PM
Oniru landed in the garden. Suddenly a maid came to him and said "Oniru-sama! Akihiko-sama hasn't come back home yet!"
"What?" Oniru said with shock.
"Yes, he was looking for you this evening around 6, and then, he just went outside but he didn't come back."
"Did he tell you where he was going?"
"No."
Oniru just looked at the maid and then ran outside the house.
'Where did you go, Milord? It's dangerous for him to roam outside this late at night when I'm not with him. What if some Demigod attacks him?' Oniru thought, as he ran through the silent streets of Edo. He closed his eyes as he ran....
'Milord's spirit energy, is strong in this direction'. He opened his eyes. Then, he ran in that direction and finally reached a really well lit area. People there were still awake there. It was 'old Edo' or the place where prostitutes work.
Oniru ran here and there looking for Akihiko.
"Hey, young man!" A fat woman said as she approached Oniru "Would you like to-"
"Have you seen Akihiko-sama? The royal tax collector?" Oniru said, interrupting the woman.
"Oh? The royal tax collector. All people of such high position usually go to Anko." She said.
"Could you please tell me where he is?" Oniru said.
"Go straight, take a right turn and you will see a huge house, there you'll find him." She said.
"Thank you." Oniru bowed to the woman and then ran towards the given directions, soon he reached in front of a huge house, filled with women.
"Hello, young man, are you looking for a good time?" A woman said.
Oniru ignored her and ran towards the door 'I can feel the Lord's spirit energy here'. He opened the door and found Akihiko drinking sake, surrounded by three women.
"Who is this man, Akihiko sama?" A woman said.
Akihiko smiled and said "He's my servant."
"Milord! Let's go home! Everyone'e worried." Oniru said.
"HUH? What are you saying? Are you giving an order to me?" Akihiko said.
"No Milord, I just-"
"NO!!! LEAVE ME!!" A girl said as a man dragged her to the room and threw her in front of Akihiko.
"Is this the one, Akihiko sama?" The man said.
"Yes, you can go now." Akihiko said as he stood up. He moved towards the girl and grabbed her face. Then he said to the other girls "You all, leave".
They all left the room. Then, Akihiko looked at Oniru and said "Do you know who she is?"
The girl looked at Oniru. Oniru looked at her and shook his head.
"She is that farmer's elder daughter." Akihiko said "Finally, he did something smart. His taxes will be abolished."
Oniru looked shocked, but he could not go against his master, so he stood there, silently.
"Now then." Akihiko said as he pressed the girl down.
"NO!!! I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, PLEASE HELP ME!!" She shouted as she looked at Oniru. Oniru looked at her, then averted his eyes.
"YOU CAN'T BE SO CRUEL!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!" She shouted as tears flowed from her eyes.
"PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Stop!" Oniru said.
Akihiko looked at Oniru. "Please, stop it Milord. L-Let's go home." Oniru said as he looked at the floor and clenched his kimono.
Akihiko stood up and the girl covered her body with her kimono.
"Oniru, what's wrong?" Akihiko said.
"I....can't see this. Please don't force anyone. They have plenty of prostitutes who will readily do it, so why are you forcing a young girl into this. She has her whole life ahead of her."
Akihiko looked at Oniru. Then he started laughing as he clapped his hands. "What a beautiful soul we have here!!!"
Oniru still looked the other way.
".....Then, I won't do it." Akihiko said.
Oniru looked at him but Akihiko said "You will do it, Oniru."
"What?" Oniru said as his eyes widened with surprise.
"Oniru." Akihiko said with a smile "I want you...to rape this girl."
-To be continued