Yami No Matsuei Fan Fiction ❯ Did it hurt when you fell from the heavens? ❯ Byakko, the Wind Tiger ( Chapter 18 )

Gomen gomen, but as usual: I have been busy!

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Chapter eighteen: Byakko, the Wind Tiger

"Yahaa!! Does it never stop blowing?!" Hijiri shouted over the roaring wind that threatened to throw both angels back the way they came from. The smaller angel had to use his wings to force himself forwards. His wounded wing pumped for all it was worth even though it hurt.

Tsuzuki laughed at the comment. "Of course not! This is the `Wind plains' after all! It is supposed to blow here!" he shouted back. He wasn't all that effected by the wind since his white wings protected him from blowing backwards. "Are you getting tired?"

Hijiri was about to answer but just as he opened his mouth he was blown backards and the poor teen landed on his butt. "Ite! Yes! How the heck can you move that easy? My wings feels like they are going to blow of!"

Tsuzuki helped the teen up and placed him behind him. "Walk behind me and you'll be protected from the wind. I guess since I went up a rank I m not effected by different elements of nature!" he told Hijiri and looked forwards. They were in the middle of the plains but they could still not see the temple. "Where is that temple? We should be able to see it by nooooooooooooowwww!!!"

The two shouted when the ground vanished beneath their feet and the tumbled down into the darkness. Tsuzuki rotated himself so that he was the one that hit the floor and Hijiri landed on top of him. "OUFFF!!" Tsuzuki grunted as they crashed into the floor. The impact didn't rally hurt because the ground itself was covered in moss and damped their fall.

Hijiri couched as the dust that had followed them down landed on top of him. "Where… cough… are we?" he asked as he rolled of the angel under him.

Tsuzuki sat up and stretched his wings to see if he broke anything. Sighing in relief that he hadn't, he looked around as well. The cave they had ended up in was not all that dark as you would expect in a cave. The walls had a beautiful pattern on it that glowed in the darkness. The floor was covered in a red/green moss that was as soft as a baby angel's first feather. The ceiling was glowing a soft blue shine and it looked a bit like the sky only underground. Tsuzuki stood up and dusted of his pants. "I see why we couldn't find the temple… it was underground"

Hijiri stood beside the white winged angel. "Why is the guardians always living in such dark places? Have they ever heard of `sky-light' before?"

Tsuzuki laughed and started to walk down the corridor. "We'll ask Byakko when we find him. Let's get going" he told the black haired teen and took his hand. He started to jog down the corridor with the teen in tow. "If we jog we'll get there faster!"

Hijiri laughed. Tsuzuki was so full of surprises.

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The devil slowly sat down the book with a huge smile on his dark face. "The board is set… now we must await the angel's move before it is our turn…"

Kneeling before him was three forms all clad in black. "Hai, master…."

The devil laughed loudly, making the bats that were resting in the ceiling fly of in fright. Red eyes glowed in the dark as they landed on the three. "Yes my angel. Come to me! Come to me and meet your doom! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!"

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"Brrr!" Tsuzuki shivered.

"What is it, Tsuzuki-san? Cold?" Hijiri asked and looked at his comrade.

Tsuzuki looked at him before smiling and rubbing the back of his head. "Just a shill down my spine that's all…"

"Well if the shill is gone, shall we continue?"

Tsuzuki pouted. "Yes master…"

Hijiri smiled and embraced the older angel. "Don't be like that, you make me feel like I m evil or something" he said and released Tsuzuki. "Besides, your face is much nicer without that pout"

"I m starting to wonder if you are much older then you look…"

"Well, I died young and I guess I have grown more mature since I ended up in heaven" Hijiri said and continued to walk down the corridor.

Tsuzuki followed him when something hit him. "You said that the person that killed you… Saki was it?" he asked and got a nod in response. "You said that Saki worked for the devil and as far as I know, everyone that kills for him never ends up in heaven… how come that you did?" he asked.

"That's partly true. Everyone the devil kills stops existing. Saki and Muraki both worked for the devil but there was one difference between them. Saki managed only to kill me before he died and he killed me with a knife. Muraki stole souls that he gave to the devil. See the difference?" Hijiri asked, never looking at Tsuzuki.

"Yeah… at least the difference in how they killed but still…"

"When Saki killed me, he didn't steal my soul. When you die your soul goes to heaven, but Muraki stole the souls of the ones he killed. A stolen soul can't go to heaven"

"I see… well then you should be grate full that Saki didn't steal your soul otherwise you could never revenge Muraki" Tsuzuki said. He noticed a huge gate before them and went up to it. "I believe that we are here!"

Hijiri stopped a few meters behind him. "Tsuzuki?" he whispered softly.

The amethyst eyed angel turned around as faced the now sad looking teen. "What is it, Hijiri?" he wondered.

The emerald eyed boy looked up at him. "Do… do you… do you think that the other angels hates me because I want to revenge Muraki? I-I mean, Muraki killed angels…" he asked with a sad voice.

Tsuzuki walked over to him and embraced him. "I don't think anyone could hate a kind person like you, Hijiri. You love Muraki for the person he was before all this madness" he mumbled in his hair. Hijiri's hair was as soft as Hisoka's had been. `Hisoka… I miss you so much…' he thought and released the teen. He wiped of a tear from the emerald eyed boy's cheek with a gentle smile. "Let's do this…. For Hisoka and Muraki"

Hijiri nodded and took a deep breath. "You're right. Let's see Byakko"

Tsuzuki turned to the gates and pushed them open. What he saw behind them startled him.

The room that lay behind the gates was HUGE! The floor was covered with water that was about ten centimetres deep. Around the edges of the room there was grass and flower in different colours. Trees that reached up to the ceiling was placed randomly in the room and a soft breeze from nowhere rustled the green leafs that covered the branches. Small fishes swam around in the water and darted into hiding as the two angels stepped into the crystal clear liquid.

"This… this place… is beautiful! Not as dark as Suzaku's temple" Hijiri said as they walked into the middle of the room. His black hair was ruffled by the breeze. "Where does the breeze come form?" he asked Tsuzuki who looked as stunned as him.

"Must be Byakko's work. I don't see any windows in here. I wonder where Byakko is, I can't see him" Tsuzuki wondered and looked around. Suddenly a strong gust of wind threw the two on their backs. "I think we found him" Tsuzuki told Hijiri as he sat up and rubbed his sore bottom.

Through the trees came a huge white tiger. The tiger glowed and it's paws never touched the still water. `Who has entered my domain?' a deep voice asked.

Tsuzuki stood up and bowed. "I m Tsuzuki and the boy is Hijiri. I assume that you must be Byakko?"

Byakko nodded once and took another step forward until he was only a meter in front of the angel. `That is correct. May I ask what you are doing here? I haven seen an angel in many years and suddenly two stumbles into my domains'

Hijiri recovered from the sudden fall and stood up beside Tsuzuki. He bowed just like Tsuzuki, showing respect for the guardian. "We are truly sorry if we have upset you, Byakko" he apologized.

The wind tiger shook his head slightly. `No worry. Now why are you here?' he asked, the wind blowing slightly against his fur.

Tsuzuki straightened himself and looked the tiger in the eyes. "We are on a mission and we want your help"

`What kind of mission are you on, angels?'

Tsuzuki looked at Hijiri and then back at Byakko. "We are on a mission to bring the devil back to the dark hole in hell from which he came. We have Suzaku on our side and now we as you to help us"

The tiger just looked at him before tilting his head. `Show me' he rumbled.

Hijiri blinked. "Show what?"

Byakko lifted his head and looked down at the two. `Years ago we were betrayed by the angels. Show me that you have Suzaku with you and I'll join you two on your quest'

Hijiri looked at Tsuzuki. "How are we supposed to make Suzaku appear?" he whispered to the amethyst eyed man.

Tsuzuki frowned. "Leave that to me" he said and closed his eyes. Reaching deep into his mind he found the phoenix. `Suzaku, I m calling for you'

`Why are you calling for me?' the phoenix asked. Her flaming body lit up the space in his mind.

`Byakko wants me to prove that we have you with us. Come Suzaku'

"Come!!" Tsuzuki called loudly, making Hijiri jump in chock.

Both Hijiri and Byakko watched as a circle of flames surrounded the white winged angel. The fire then ran along the floor until it retreated back behind the angel and flared up into the phoenix known as Suzaku emerged. Shrieking once the phoenix hovered behind Tsuzuki. `Byakko' she said and looked at the white tiger.

`Suzaku' Byakko nodded and closed his eyes. `I see that you spoke the truth, angels. Suzaku, do tell me why you joined with this pair of angels? Have you forgotten what the high ones did to us?'

Suzaku lowered her head. `I remember that well, my friend, but I can't let past actions hinder the possibility of us gods to rejoin with the angels. I joined these two in hope that the future will be brighter then it is at the moment'

Byakko sighed and shook his head. `You are to kind hearted for your own good, but you do have a point. I have promised to join them as well and that I shall' He looked down at Tsuzuki and his eyes glowed. From the thin air dropped four bracelets. `Take these with you. The bracelets will help you to gather energy a lot faster then before and it will not take as much concentration to do so' he told the confused duo. Looking over at Hijiri he continued. `I feel that you haven't learned to use your powers so these bracelets will be of great help to you. Tsuzuki must train you if you ever wish to make it through the battle that lies ahead'

Hijiri blushed. "I-I guess you're right"

The tiger and the phoenix lifted their heads and vanished. `Call for us when you need us'

Hijiri knelt down and scooped up the bracelets. Handing two of them to Tsuzuki he placed the two left on his writs. As soon as they made contact with his skin it tightened and started to glow. "What the?"

Tsuzuki looked at his glowing bracelets with a smile. "They are concentrating our energy as Byakko said. Well, we have to get going. It is a long way to the mountains and I believe that we need stop on the way and train you" he said and turned around and faced the way they had come form. "I wonder how we are going to get out"

As Tsuzuki finished the sentence the roof opened and the blue sky above could be seen. Hijiri had to squint his eyes to look up. "Well I guess that's your answer. I don't know if I can make it up there, my wing is still hurting" he said and stretched said wing.

Tsuzuki went up to him and warped his arms around the boy. `I can't help but it, but Hijiri looks so much like Hisoka. Get a grip, Tsuzuki! You are doing this for Hisoka and the rest of the angels!' "Hold on to me" he said to the black haired teen and with a mighty push, he left the underground pond.

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"It is useless, angel. The gods of heaven won't help you to defeat me"

The Slowaks walked around the three kneeling forms. One got the courage to touch the largest of the three but as soon as one of his black finger touched the skin the creature found himself hanging from one outstretched arm, his air slowly being squeezed out of him.

The devil watched as one of his creations killed the Slowak and threw the body across the room. A grin crossed his face and he looked at the mangled body of his servant. "Come angel, my men are blood thirsty"

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There, another chap done.