Leo's pov
20mins earlier
"Huh!!, where am I, " Leo thought as he looked at the endless darkness that surrounded him. " Hello, is anybody there" Leo called out looking around but the response he got was nothing but dead silence. "Seriously, where the hell am I," Leo said, as he was slowly starting to panic." Deep breath Leo deep breath." Leo said to himself taking deep big breaths, trying to calm himself down. " Now then let's calmly think about this," Leo said as he started to think about this situation which he was in. Number one was that he could have been kidnapped, but then thought that why would someone kidnap him as he has nothing to offer. " well if I AM kidnaped, the person sure is an unlucky one." Leo said as he did a dry laugh to himself. " SOOO, while it could be the first option but let's try backtracking my day to see exactly when I might have been kidnaped," Leo said as he started replaying everything he did before he lost consciousness. Starting from when he went to work and got fired after that telling himself to finally turn a new leaf, then on the way home seeing the accident and trying to help the mother-daughter pair.....when.....he got hit by a car. That's when Leo realized. "I'm....dead." Leo said to himself in shock." No no no no that has to be a dream." Leo said not wanting to believe what he just said." but then again the situation that I'm in doesn't help either". Leo said giving a dejected smile as he stood there in the lonesome darkness.
Regret and Empty. That's what Leo felt. Regret for not changing sooner, regret all the things that he could have done and could have been. Empty because no one will remember him, or even miss him. Girlfriend? naah he had a few exes but they always left him because he was poor. " Well, at least I'm not a virgin." Leo tried to cheer himself but to no anvil. He just stood there in silence for who knows how long before he slapped himself." Fuck this shit, I died, just accept it, getting depressed over it won't help, yeah, can't cry over spilled milk now can I, well in this case I could say I spilled myself." Leo said trying to calm himself down. As if the void-like dark place knew that he was done with glooming over his death the whole place lit up. The void that he was once in was nowhere to be seen, instead covered a grassy land where all he could see are flowers and trees of all kinds. Above him is a blue sky where the sun was shining high. If he looked close enough Leo will see animals and creatures that he doesn't even recognize hiding behind the trees casually looking at the unknown visitor, not like he was an expert in the field either.
" What the..." saying Leo was in shock would be an understatement, not even finding the right word to describe what he saw and felt." What even is going on at this point" Leo said in a daze till he noticed a butterfly trying to land on his nose. Shaking his head to shoo it away as now was not the time to lose focus and looked around being mesmerized by the beauty of the place." it looks straight out of a fairy tail" Leo said to himself.
"I'm glad you like this place," all of a sudden a soothing calm voice came from right behind him causing the mesmerized Leo to come out of his thoughts to look behind only to get smitten once again? what stood in front of him is what he would consider the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in his entire life. The beautiful garden-like place looked gray compared to what he was seeing in front of him.
"Ooh my, did I startle you" the woman looked at Leo and said Slowly sizing the man in front of her. Leo on the other hand didn't know what to say as no words were coming to his mind, he was still comprehending how someone so beautiful could exist . " ah....umm....who are you." that's all he could say as he looked at the woman. she stood at 5'7, A slender and voluptuous figure that is covered in a red kimono with a pattern of red and white flowers. She has thick, wavy bright red hair, a pair of beautiful red eyes, and luscious red lips. Leo could only describe her as similar to a red rose, a hot red rose, if one even exists.
" A red rose huh, I'm flattered if that's how you see me, most people say I look like a sun," the woman said giving a small giggle to Leo's reaction. she found it rather cute." but I would say let's get going as we have a lot to talk about, so shall we?" she said smiling at Leo. " Eeh.....huh" 'did she just read my mind', Leo thought in shock,' how was that possible. "yes I can," she said, amused by all the reactions that the young man was giving. "And I also know that you have a lot of questions in mind and all of them will be answered," she said a bit seriously as she turned around and slowly started to walk. Leo looked at her walking figure and decided to follow her since it is better than being here alone.
"so....umm where are we," Leo said walking alongside her. Now that he thinks about it he still doesn't know her name, Leo thought. " well, we are in a reality marble of sorts, one which I made, I thought I'd talk to you a bit before we officially meet" she said. " Also you are currently unconscious as a friend of mine is currently bringing you from the realm of the dead, you could think of it as an artificial realm I made, ooh and my name is Amaterasu, it's really nice to finally meet you Leo Kenway, hope you don't mind me calling you Leo" Amaterasu said slowly walking looking at the creations she had made.
Leo hearing this was at a dot, not knowing what to think about it. But one thing he was now sure of was that he had died. ' Amaterasu? isn't that the name of the sun goddess' Leo thought. Amaterasu knowing what he was thinking burst his bubble. " I AM the sun goddess Leo," she said with a little smirk. Leo who heard it finally decided.' yup, I think it's time to throw logic out of the window.
"So Amaterasu could you tell me why I am here, since I'm dead shouldn't I be going to heaven or hell? " Leo said finally asking what was the most important question at the moment.
"well about that....," Amaterasu slowly avoided eye contact while scratching her cheeks. " that's how it was supposed to be if it wasn't for a pair of couple that didn't want to reincarnate and instead wanted to give all their karma and wishes to there one and only child, and didn't even stop at that," Amaterasu said while whispering the last part to herself looking at Leo. " they where you parents Leo,"
she said as Leo slowly widen his eyes in shock. " my parents." Leo softly said, not saying anything for a sold 5mins till he looked Amaterasu in the eyes and asked" could you tell me about them, what they did, how they lived,.....and how they died." Amaterasu hearing this slowly smiled while thinking ' you never change do you ' "sure, I would love to take about your parents" she said.
"Let us see where do I start.....ah yes, your father was a firefighter and your mother was a doctor they saved a lot of lives that they even got a chance to get reincarnated by my father personally, your mother especially as she traveled the world saving people for diseases and donating to charity, your parents met when your father saved your mother form a new hospital that was burnt down, luckily the building was empty of patients as it was just fully finished and there as an electric short leading to a fire." Amaterasu said looking at Leo who as looking forward thinking about something. " your father saving your mother ended up them both falling in love and getting married, but the biggest obstacle for them was that your mother was having fertility problems as she was not conceiving after numerous tries. your mother being a doctor herself and consulting other doctors couldn't find the problem and ended up ruling it as that her body just couldn't conceive, and when all hope was lost and was ready to go for adoption, you came along, your parents went through thick and thin to keep you alive in your mothers womb, and in the end, you where born safe and healthy, but the price of it was your mother, her body was weak form doing what everyone considered impossible and passed away 2 months after you where born, your father devastated by the loss of his beloved wife decided to take care of you to the full of his ability but as how the laws of fate worked, he soon joined her, he died when risking his life to save a group of people that was trapped in a forest fire, although everyone survived except your father." at this point they both where siting on a bench that Amaterasu made as she finally finished telling the tale of Leos parents.
"I see...." Leo had a small soft smile on his face, knowing that his parents really did love and care for him, made him happy to no end." so what happens now". he asked while looking at Amaterasu.
"Well it seems that Yamato is about to arrive at her destination, the throne room, your going to wake up in a while and meet my father who will be giving you your wishes and after that, there will be the ceremony and send you off to the main world." Amaterasu said looking at the sun which represented her. " hmm the main world? what's that and what ceremony?" Leo asked tilting his head, appearing confused.
" the main world is the world my father made for the gods to inhabit before the humans came and after that, we coexisted along with them till a little something happen and now we live in the upper realm also known as Yiaglorea, The Mythic Isles (not sure if that's what it actually means but ooh well : ) the main world is known as Frolocand, The Ancient Land and as for the ceremony, you'll know when my father mentions it," Amaterasu said with a serious look till she said the last part with a small blush while looking away which Leo didn't notice it as he was processing the information. "So it will get some wishes and after this so called ceremony ill be sent of to the main land, what after that." Leo asked trying to see if there was any other meaning behind all this." nope there nothing else after that and no hidden motives as it was something your parents gave you, its just that this particular situation has never happened yet." Amaterasu said looking at Leo. " you can live however you want and do whatever you want, now that i have answered all your questions and it almost time for you to wake up, let you ask you a question." Amaterasu said looking at Leo like she sees looking at his soul. "hmm...sure" Leo said looking at Amaterasu's red eyes. " what if one day all of a sudden you have a wife whos a goddess and all creations bowed to her, would you use her to fulfill all you wishes." she said looking at Leo's unique blue eyes which he got from his mother. ".....well that is oddly specific but of i did have wife whos a goddess a would still treat her like a wife, well the part that i wont know much about her would he weird and i would obviously want to know more about her, but all in all i wouldn't since that would mean the same as using her as an wish granting object and nobody likes being treated like such." Leo said looking at Amaterasu while continuing. " but of course i want to be strong enough to protect myself and the people that i will care in the future, but i think getting there myself would be better, also more importantly wouldn't i be a pain in the ass since I'm weak pretty sure a goddesses enemy is not something i can beat," Leo said while scratching his cheeks.
"hahahaha" Amaterasu started laughing while holding her stomach. " hahaha.....sorry, your right, you said exactly what I thought you'd say, I shouldn't have doubted you to being with." she said wiping the small tear she had from all that laughing." well I got my answer, so ill be seeing you in few minutes when you wake up in the throne room, it really was nice talking to you, ooh and I don't mind if you're weak at the moment, bye," Amaterasu said waving her hands.
"hmmm what do you mean by that," Leo said but his vision was getting blurred while getting covered by a golden light and disappeared.
Amaterasu looking at the place Leo once was, gave a soft smile while she herself went as well. " you'll know soon" she said disappearing.
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hope you like the second chapter, also I won't be making the mc too op.....I hope
do share your thoughts as I'm open to suggestions