Everywhere was a sea of blood and in the middle of that sea there was a lady in a black attire, her skin was as white as the snow and the eyes infront of whom even blood would look like some dye. She was sitting on a rock with a sword lying beside her.
She took out of cigarette of her pocket and lit it up with a fire elemental spell, she was a sorceress.
"master, everything's in chaos and you're here smoking. Why?" a student of hers said while slowly approaching her before stopping nearly 1 metre away from her.
"why you ask? It's not like it's hurting me, even the deadliest venoms can't. This isn't tobacco anyways, it's a medicine but it's made this way because so that It can be absorbed faster. It helps me calm down."
"wait, you mean it's that medicine we are given but in a cigarette instead of a tablet form."
She simply nodded and kept smoking
"How's Shoya doing?"
"He wanted me to ask if he could meet you right now or not."
She looked at him and said with a faint smile on her face "That'd be great, say that I'm calling for him not as a commander but as his wife."
He was a little shocked after hearing her but he went ahead and left her. "I' know it's pointless to say but please keep your calm. I know it's hard for you. The loss of Yura has affected everyone around."
After a while, a man came from behind, he was wearing the same attire as her.
"Kaguya, Yura's safe now. Though his soul-"
She interrupted him "I know, his soul's not there anymore. But there's a different person." she turned around looking him in the eye "Shoya, please end the guy who hurt my Yura. I'll end everything if I go."
He embraces her from behind and gives her a kiss "Don't worry about that. Our Yura is strong. He already killed him before he was gone."
"Was the kiss necessary?"
"Kinda, it's the only way to reset your mood."
She gave him a glare and asked "How's Yuna and Yui?
" They're also fine now, but yura left a different soul in his body. "
She got up and hugged him tight, completely burying herself in his arms. "He'll be back right?"
"yes, he will"
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After 4 YEARS
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"just what kind of monster is he?"
"I never expected him to be this skilled. "
"hehe that's my little brother. "
"did he just knock out the young lad in the first minute."
As he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by everyone who was fearing his presence and wondering, how the boy who was afraid to even hold a knife nearly killed the successor of the entire family if. He wasn't to be stopped, the kid would've been beheaded by the youngest son.
After knowing everything was over and he wiped his eyes from hands dripping with warm blood.
"I wonder how you would've reacted if you saw me here, right now. You're outraged aren't you? How I'm back the level you were on."
At that moment he ran away from the house.
In fear of being killed for hurting the successor. Its not like he was afraid to die.
~if I die now then he'll be back in his body. ~
"A man of his word, no wonder my brother left all his power to You. Now tell me why were you hiding all this from everyone." Yuna smiled at him.
oldest daughter of Kaguya, who specializes in speed type attacks but is considered an all rounder. She's also just a soul power user.
"back off sis I am not strong, I just lost control. That's all there is to it. On top of it. I almost beheaded the one whom I sweared to serve with my own life." he said while trying to run away further "
"Masters are meant to be dethroned and he wasn't even a master. He literally asked my brother if he could take his place as the successor because he knew, he won't even get a chance to prove himself if he had agreed for the throne without fighting. The blood of the two most vicious killers flowed in his veins. How can anyone say you are weak or you don't like fighting when you're literally in his body. Which has those reflexes and instincts sharpened from killing. In this world no one will ever think of your existence if you have no power. " she said while stopping him
"I'm sick of this bloodshed. I have lost enough. Just. Let me smile again." said while screaming in rage.
"I already said, just because he's gone doesn't mean I'm not accepting you. You're also my little brother. A cute one at that. " ~wait, why do I feel fluctuations in destiny's power. Looks like my little one is gonna come back soon. ~
he was out of breath. He started breathing heavily, putting a hand on his chest. He fell on the ground as his heart started aching.
"If I remember correctly I don't have much time left to spend with you. Right?"
"Yes just six months more of this suffering then I'll happily die. Neither my promise will break nor will I suffer anymore."
A voice came from the other side of the tree
"It won't be long after we after join you in the afterlife, wait for us we'll come to ask for good deeds from ya. It'll be bad manners to leave your dearest brothers to burn in hellfire, when you'll be enjoying in the heaven....." Ragna came from behind the tree and kicked him in the head. ~I'm sure Yuna felt it too. Looks like you've finally made up your mind to come back. Brother~
" come home with us. mom's waiting for you, Yori. "
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I was still in that place but now I found it pretty much comfy. It's been 4 years now.
Death is here as always, he's always giving me advices and sharing his wisdom with me sometimes. I've also stopped fearing him. He always tells me the stories of when he goes to capture someone's soul and something amusing happens and also of when it was hard to take the soul of a certain someone.
The pace which once looked like void to me, now I'm able to see here, it's such a beautiful sight. Now my soul has adjusted to the place I'm also able to walk around.
The sky has light on one side and darkness on the other and they're meeting as if it's
"The horizon of light and darkness" that's a name befitting this place.
||that's truly a name befitting this place but actually it's also the name of one of the two attributes you were born with. || He said to me, infact I was shocked that my attirbute's name was similar to such a place.
|| so, how was the hunt? || I asked him out of curiosity
||It was good this time around. || he fell silent then suddenly asked me ||Hey, Eclipse. What's the significance of shadow in point of view? ||
There he goes again, ||A shadow, ummmmm. I think it gets stronger as the light it reflect gets. The stronger the light, the stronger the shadow. ||
||What if the light abandons the shadow?||
||I don't know what'll happen. But if I were to abandoned like that. Then I'm sure I'll be in deep sorrow. || I said, while tilting my head.
||yes, the shadow loses its strength and falls in deep sorrow. But as time passes it starts to resonate with its origin. Darkness. Doesn't matter if the light is absolute. It can never harness even one-billionth of the power shadow has. A shadow's actual power comes out when it gets abandoned by its light but also when it doesn't lose hope afterwards. ||
|| are you saying, I've chased others as their shadow and now that they're not here I have to go back to my origins. ||
||correct, you're pretty sharp. Eclipse ||
I don't know why but Death knows my name but it always addresses me as Eclipse.
|| hey, Death. Can you tell me how mamma and other are doing? It's been a long time. ||
||it's against the rules but I think I'll tell you. Kaguya is still hoping for your return and hardly comes home. Your sisters and brothers and used to that boy but every single thing you possessed rejected him. That shows no one has completely accepted him. ||
||. . . ||
||yes, that's right. The path that you has chosen. The time to walk down on it is close. ||