Hello, I'm Kurai,
Today is my first day as a guardian spirit, usually, I do my best to combat it, however, since I'm the guardian of my best and only friend, I believe I'm quite the fortunate being.
I can't tell Aiko, she won't believe me and even if she does, it's going to be too much for her to handle, that adorable little thing already can barely comprehend the world as it is, I wouldn't want to stress her out with unnecessary burden.
Now that I'm her guardian spirit, I need to be around her in every moment of her life, but I'm also a student, I need to be at school every day, even when she leaves early, so it's a big issue.
Monday, nothing special, chatting and helping out Aiko, dealing with Ryota trying to humiliate me again,as I said, nothing special, except trying to execute my plan to guard Aiko.
6th period rolls around, Aiko is called to the office because she is leaving early, I should follow her around, I know her aura is bright and nothing would probably hurt her, but I can't be too sure.
A lot of spirits of dead students are around in this school, some of them are really studious, I'll let one of them possess me and study in my place, guarding Aiko in spirit form is better and more efficient.
I see the spirit of an elite student, he doesn't remember his name or his past life, all that he remembers was that he was the top of this school, but killed himself due to bullying, a tragic story, I know, but for his gift, I'll let him have my body and live the high school dream, it's a good deal if you think about it, I guard Aiko without worrying about missing class, while he studies and interact with students as much as he pleases, if anyone questions my behavior I'll tell them I'm mentally ill, it's wrong, but worth it.
I leave my body and look for Aiko, thankfully, I found her before she had left, if she did, I would have to search the whole city for her aura.
I followed her home, I clung onto her body since I didn't feel like floating around, especially sinc I don't want to risk spirit mediums to see me.
Humans have 5 senses, I have a few more since I'm not human, one of my senses let me detect supernatural beings or normal beings with supernatural abilities, since spirit mediums aren't really normal humans, I can sense them, and the neighborhood near the school is full of them.
I couldn't care less if they see me, but for some reason today, my aura is thicker, and my spirit is in it's original form, a dragon, I don't know what's up, maybe since I'm close to her, my spirit is stronger and bigger, if a spirit medium sees me they might be confused, since spirit mediums can only see human spirits, more precisely, sentient spirits.
Aiko's driver stopped in front of her house, but what surprised me is that we are neighbors, her house is right in front of mine, so I guess guarding her is easier than expected, I follow her home and it's an understatement to say that I'm quite surprised, it's as if her whole family lives there, and I don't mean that she has a big immediate family, I mean that everyone in the bloodline is there, and their aura was just as pure, and as golden.
I followed Aiko around all day, not much movement since she is physically challenged, but I still loved basking in her aura, like being hit by hot sun rays in winter, in spirit form, auras have different feelings, one is hot, one is cold, one is humid, one is dry, but the variations never end, each being has its own aura, and no matter how similar people are, they can never be the same, people wish to be other people because they lack self esteem, but you can never be like anyone else other than you, there is no such thing as a lack of personality or skills, it's all revealed naturally.
Anyways, I was confused as to why would Aiko even need a guardian angel, nothing ticks me off in particular, that is until I saw it, a spirit leeching off of her aura.
I can't tell what kind of spirit it was, usually, evil spirits vary depending on their abilities, duration of stay, and fatality rate, usually, I can tell by their aura, but no matter how much I tried to sense it, it was hidden, to a point that you wouldn't think it was a spirit.
If it went to such lengths to conceal itself, it must be an evil spirit, I was hesitant about approaching it, I was afraid that it might be a fated hurdle, by that I mean some incidents are related to spirits, good or bad, but messing with these spirits is messing with fate, and I am not allowed to mess with fate, I am not a god nor am I allowed to act in his stead, but I got a better idea, instead of killing it, I will try to talk and reason with it.
I approached the spirit with caution, it seemed terrified since I was in my dragon form, the strongest form a spirit can take, but I collected myself and tried talking to it.
-Hey, do not fret, I don't intend on hurting you, just tell me what you are here for
-...I am fate, don't you dare interfere with me, it has to happen
-Okay, rude, so killing you is out of the question
-You said you meant no harm!
-Just a white lie for the sake of this girl
-Why are you trying to protect her? leave it to her guardian spirit
-Well, I hate to break it to you, but that's me
-...No way
-Yes way, so tell me buddy, what do you plan on doing to my subject?
-As I said, I'm a fated incident, so don't hurt me
-Yeah yeah just tell me what you are
-Well, I... uh, I..., how can I say it
-Stop avoiding the question, since you are fated you know I can't do anything about it
-Okay okay! I'm a spirit of fatality
...What?
I refuse to believe it, I don't want to believe it.
Spirits of fatality are one of the last symbols before someone meets their end, but Aiko is so young, I don't want it to happen to her, it's too cruel, to the both of us, she is young and cheerful, there is plenty that she didn't experience, but also, she is my only friend, would I ever find someone else like her?
-Why are you here
-It's not up to me, in a few years, she will meet her maker
-Do NOT say it like that!
-But it's the truth, you know it, I've never seen such an emotional dragon, so your majesty, why would her death trouble you?
-Just call me Kurai, I'm not like that cheeky bastard
-You mean the black dragon?
-Whatever, so, what would kill her?
-And why would I tell you? are you going to find a loophole to save her from fate?
-I just want to know what to expect
-Well, there isn't really a cause
-What do you mean?
-Well, you know her condition, it's both a disability and a disease, nothing will be apparent in her biopsy, because we all know people like her won't be old enough to grow white hairs
I know that it's right, she was born sick, and will die sick, it's inevitable but who would've thought that it would be so soon, when I just found her, It's not easy to lose something you just found, yet, it's happening to me, and I can't keep it, what's the point of putting a leash on a dead dog, either way, it can't get far.
-So, when will it happen?
-It's soon, but not that soon, maybe... 10 years I suppose
I look at it with a confused look, it's not its fault, but I really can't comprehend time like humans, things are just either too fast or too slow, the only thing I can understand is hours, minutes and seconds, any more and I will get confused.
-So, uh... how many hours is that?
-...You can't be serious, obviously you are joking
-Yeah um, no, I'm serious
-Oh, um, yeah, I don't really know, nobody counts time like that
-Well, how can I tell if it's enough time?
-I don't know, you sure are weird for a mighty dragon
-You sure lack aura for a fated spirit
-Hey, cut it out, I have aura okay, I'm just concealing it
-Pffft! what are you, a frail girl? are you afraid spirits will attack you because of your aura?
-Hey stop mocking me!
-Come on girl, show me your aura!
-Don't call me that!
-Just do it
When it revealed it's aura, I really believed that it was a girl, the aura was so faint and soothing, like a mother's scent, yet it was too weak to make me feel anything
-Girl what's this weak aura, were you always like this?
-For the last time don't call me that, I'm a boy!
...Again, what?
Does this spirit plan on making me lose my mind? no one can tell that it's a boy, the voice and aura all are soft and feminine, is it messing with me, whatever, that's not important, I couldn't care less about whether it's a he or she.
I use some mental calculation to determine how much is ten years, 87600 hours!?
It might sound like a lot of time, but that's just studying high school, and a few college years, she won't get to experience anything, I don't want her to die young, the idea of losing her is bad enough, her dying young is worse, I need to do something about it without facing the consequences of messing with fate, but it's not an incident or illness, it's natural, and I've never messed with nature taking its course, if I interfere I might die and I won't reincarnate ever again, I need advice, but this time, the black dragon won't help me, the line he never crossed was fate, he even let his wives go when fate emerged, unlike me who kept finding loopholes to save kind humans.
Night rolled around, and Aiko went to sleep, I must go and retrieve my body, but I don't want to let go of Aiko, I decided to spend the night in her room I sat on her rug as I watched her sleep, the spirit sat next to me, after all, fated spirits can't roam around like wandering spirits, they have to be near the being to execute fate when it's time.
I can't take it, I'm never emotional, nor do I care about mere humans.
I sat there, and for the first time ever, I started sobbing without pretending, the tears came from my heart, for the first time ever, I wanted help, I wanted someone to help me keep her, I wanted us to be friends forever, please, someone, help me, I don't want to lose her, she is my everything.