Chapter 2 - Introduction to Hoshi

Hoshi's Pov:

Today is the "anniversary" of my father's death. Why do they even call it an anniversary? I get that they honor his life every year but, they shouldn't call it that. Well, time to get up I should wear something nice to honor him. Let's see here is the white pendant he gave me. I remember when he gave this to me right before he died.

~𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘~

Senshi: "Hoshi I want you to have this is important to me. Just in case I don't come back, keep this safe for me."

Hoshi: "Dad don't say to me that I'm sure you're going to come back."

Senshi: "Hoshi, I'm not so sure I will. Goodbye son I love you."

Hoshi: "I love you too Dad."

~𝐸𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘~

*sniffles* " Why am I still crying like it was 3 years ago?"

I wipe my tears, put on the necklace, and head downstairs. My sister Sumato was there waiting for me.

"Hey, Hoshi are you ok? You look like you were crying."

I consciously wiped my eyes. " I was just thinking about when dad gave me this pendant."

Sumato nodded. " Yea, I understand before he died he gave me these silver bracelets with this engraving on it."

Sumato showed the bracelets were beautiful but the engravings are what caught my attention.

"𝙈𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜."

"𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬."

As soon as I read the engravings I grabbed my sister's hand and headed into the living room.

"Mom, look at Sumato's bracelets that dad gave her."

My mom read them, and she was shocked. " Your father said he had hidden some clues after his death, and you would spot them out."

Sumato was the most surprised of us three. "I wasn't even looking at the engravings. I just wanted to cherish something he gave me."

I put my hand on my sister's shoulder. " It's not your fault dad said when the time is right. I'm sure he wanted us to grieve first before we noticed."

Sumato shook her head and, we headed out to the part of the mansion where the party was held. As we walked in everyone came and gave us their usual pity looks.

"I feel bad for the family losing their only source of protection."

"They should get some more guards, none of them are strong enough to handle an angel."

"That poor boy isn't even strong enough to do anything."

Did I mention that I could read people's minds? No? Oh well, I can. I'm not bragging or anything, sometimes it's annoying. I had to learn how to block people's thoughts out. No one knows I have these powers, not even my Sumāto or my mom.

This "party" or "celebration was supposed to be in honor of my dad but, it's just a way for some of them to silently disrespect us. But, don't get me wrong it's not all of them just about a fourth. At least my sis and my favorite cousin Okiniiri are here.

We walk up to him standing by himself. " Hey, Okiniiri why are you by yourself?"

He sighed. "Hoshi what's up? Also, my mom wanted me to mingle with people. But, every time I try to talk to someone all they say is how they "feel bad" for you."

Sumato looked confused." Okiniiri what do you mean by "feel bad"?"

"Ok so, for example, I would try and talk to some people and they would say "I feel bad for them without their father who's gonna protect them." What the hell does that mean?"

I was kinda shocked they said it out loud. " Oh, so that's why they have been giving us those looks for 3 years."

Sumato just looked mad as hell. " What the F***? We are the reason some of their wives and husbands are still alive and they want to talk shit."

I'm not surprised she's mad. " Sis calm down if you get angry about it and start throwing insults you'll be no better than them."

She looked at me and nodded. " You're right Hoshi I'm not gonna stoop to their level."

We talk amongst ourselves and enjoy the party as much as we can. The adult made a toast to my dear late father. My mom however looks so uncomfortable. She wanted this to be honorable, humble, and fun but it never is. No one talked to Sumato, Okiniiri, or me so the "party" ended very fast. Sumato and I said goodbye to Okiniiri and headed to the living room with my mom.

As soon as we walked in she spoke. " I never knew that before your Dad was gone that they thought so ill of me and my children."

I sat down next to her. " Well they think I'm weaker than you two so it's whatever."

Sumato looked at me weirdly. " Hoshi how do you know that? Okiniiri didn't say anything about that to us."

Ohhhh shit now my mother is also looking at me how Sumato is.

"Welp I knew I couldn't keep it from y'all. I can read minds. I had dad teach me how to control it since he could as well."

Sumato just stared at me. " You can read MINDS"

My mom was also shocked. " I shouldn't be surprised cause your father could but still...."

They kept asking me about how I found out, when did I tell dad, and how did I learn to control them. I understand why they were interested. Normal vampires can't read minds. Even though they aren't normal vampires it still amazes them. My mom has some cool powers so sometimes it weirds me out that she's surprised.

Aerokinesis is one of my mom's powers. Which means the ability to mentally control wind and airflow. I know it means she can use her powers at all times. Then my sister Sumato has Geokinesis as one of her powers. Which means she can control the element earth.

I shake my head at both of them. " Mom you literally can control air and, sis you can control the earth. Why are y'all so hype over me reading minds?"

Sumato looked at me with a scrunched-up face. " I mean yeah we can but, you can tell what people are thinking."

My mom shook her head in agreement. " Son yes both of us have amazing powers but, you do too. To be able to tell what's something thinks is-"

As she said that my head started feeling foggy and I couldn't see and passed out. But when I woke up I wasn't on the floor of the room in the mansion. I saw the gold gates and clouds.

My dad walked up to me. " Wow, son it seems like you have necromancy."

I was confused. " Wait, isn't that the ability to see or talk to the dead. So you're fucking telling me all of this is real."

My dad laughed. " It seems so. I'm so glad that I can talk to you but not for long. So before you leave, ask your mother for a black and dark green box. Also, I love you son bye for now."

" Dad I love you to wait I want to-"

Before I could finish my sentence he was gone and I woke up.

" Hoshi, Hoshi, Hoshi SON please I can't lose you too."

I woke up to see my mom crying yelling my name. The doctor was trying to pull her off of me.

" My queen let me do my job."

She smacked his hand out and grabbed me.

" Mom stop hugging me so tightly you're actually going to kill me."

I told the doctor I'm fine and my mom told him to leave. Then my sister walked back into what I'm guessing is my room. My Brain is still kinda foggy

Sumato literally ran to me and hugged me." Don't ever do that again."

I sat up. " Both of you, can you sit down? I have something to tell you."

They both found somewhere to sit and paid full attention to me.

" I have another power and it's Necromancy. I saw dad but only for a while. He told me to ask you something about a black and dark green box?"

My mom looked like she had seen a ghost. " I can get you the box. Did you see your father? Like seriously Hoshi I'm not playing."

My sister cut in. " YOU SAW dad...."

She started crying. " How is he? I know you *sniffles* didn't get to talk much. Is he ok? Did he seem fine?"

I understand how overwhelmed they are and I can't blame them.

" Yea I saw him and he seemed happier and more at peace. He said he was glad to talk to me so I'm sure he missed us."

My mom went to get the box after her and my Sumato calmed down. She gave it to me and she and Sumato left my room.

I looked in the box and what caught my attention was the letter in it.

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑖,

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑘𝑢𝑚𝑎. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦,

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟