"Stupid, stupid mysterious thingy!!" Aoi heaved, digging a hole into the forests ground as fast as she could. The nearby lake shone under the golden light, and she was tempted to toss the camera, as her brother called in, into the water instead of burying it here.
"Why here?! Nobody lives up at the lake anyways!" She growled, shoving the camera into the hole and quickly covering it up with dirt. She sighed, wiping sweat from her brows. Her childhood friend, Khana, had overthrown her father's throne, and was working on slaughtering Aoi and her brothers.
She heaved, spreading her back wings and beating them until she took off, flying as fast as her wings could flap back across the continent, towards the grand castle. She heaved, glancing into the distance. Fire rained down on the other continent, and she gulped, seeing thousands, maybe millions of boats of people cross the ocean. She beat her wings faster, gliding back home, if it was even intact. Why was Khana doing this?? Jealousy?? It had to be. But why was she destroying her brothers first home, the other continent?! And of course Gyoichi, with his head full of inventions, prioritized that stupid camera over his own safety.
Aoi gasped at the sight of the Savannah ground below her, soaked in fire and blood. She soared down to the ground, kneeling beside one of the charred bodies. She heaved, checking them over, trying to identify them. Their wings, barely intact, were as large as hers, charred black. She gasped, realizing it was most likely one of her brothers.
She heaved, standing up and rushing from one body to the next. All of them had their wings as large as the other, and she collapsed beside the most intact body, of course it was Gyoichis. His blue kimono, a relic of their Mythos, was burnt at the sleeves. She grit her teeth, quickly trying to take the Kimono off of him. She heaved, removing his sword first. She held it tightly, breath shaky as she fought back tears. She looked around at the land. No sight of Khana, Endris, Gabriel, Asmoday, Lilia or Ahmed.She whined, back wings and head wings drooping.
"Lilia?! Gabriel?! Anyone?!" She called, wiping her teary eyes. Aoi heaved, successfully removing the Kimono. She wrapped it up, placing it besides Gyoichis body as she stood up. "HELLO?! ANYONE, PLEASE!!" She yelled, walking across the burning Savannah. She yelped, hearing something behind her crash and break. She whipped around, gasping.
In the distance, the Grand Castle broke. She heaved, staring in shock. What was happening?! She could see someone standing at the base faintly, holding something long. Maybe a sword?? She rushed towards the Grand Castle, heaving for air.
"Hey, HEY!!" She yelled, waving an arm and a wing. The person slowly turned around, making Aoi pause. Lilia! "Lilia!!" She gasped. What was Lilia doing there?!
"Lilia what's- AHG!" Instead of an answer, Aoi yelped as Lilia cut her sword towards Aoi, making her stumble back. "Lilia?! What are you doing?!" Aoi demanded, using her back wings to fly into the sky, high enough that Lilias sword couldn't reach her. She couldn't believe that Lilia, somehow who she'd known since birth, would attack her so suddenly.
Lilia grit her teeth, readying her sword to slash at Aoi again. Her sword beamed with light, and it shot at Aoi, making her gasp and dodge it. Several more light "beams" were shot at her before Aoi swooped behind Lilia and tackled her. "Lilia!! What are you doing?! Where's Khana?!" Aoi pressed Lilias arms into the ground, hoping she was string enough to hold the woman down. Lilia growled, almost like one of the beasts of the Snjónaya. She'd never done that before. Lilia tossed Aoi off her back, kicking her away as she growled. Aoi grunted, rolling across the ground from the force of the toss paired with the kick. Slamming into a boulder, she yelped as her wing slammed into the boulder.
She groaned, trying to sit up, her wing limp as she breathed heavily. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Lilia rushing towards her. Everything was happening so fast!! Just yesterday everything was normal, and now she felt helpless, not trained up enough to spar with Lilia. But if Lilia was being violent like this, she had to fight back!! Her brothers were dead, and she had no idea where the others were. She grit her teeth, grabbing the sword she forgot she had on her and stood up shakily, rushing towards Lilia. Her sword clashed against Lilias, once, twice, three times. So on and so forth. Aoi managed to cut Lilias arm, and in turn Lilia cut all over Aois body. She was too quick, Aoi realized as she collapsed onto the ground from the pain of many slashes across her body. She groaned, blood seeping out of the wounds as she hid behind the boulder as best she could.
Aoi groaned, sitting up and covering her body with her back wings. She heaved, hearing Lilias feet on the ground, approaching her. She gripped her swords hilt, growling. She gasped quietly, suddenly feeling her body run cold.
"Scared, young one?" Someone's voice spoke. It was calm, made of many voices, some feminine, and some masculine. It felt like fingers were running through her hair. "...yes. Who are you? Where are you?!" Aoi asked, breathless. The voice, or... voices? chuckled.
"I am all around you, Aoi. I am the past, present, and future. Your family called me The Creator. Rings a bell?" The voices chuckled, the feeling of fingers moving to Aois hands. Her breath hitched. "...Creator? You're real??" She asked quietly, looking around. The voices chuckled once again.
"You won't be able to see me, but I can help you, young one. I will lend you a fraction of my power, you will be the first to receive this power, but you won't be the last. Your spirit will grow, even if it doesn't seem like it. Do you trust me?" Aoi thought for a moment. If she didn't stop Lilia now...
"I trust you." Aoi breathed out. A surge of power flowed through her hands and spreading across her body, making her shiver and gasp, wings shuddering. Her body felt hot, like she was glowing. She suddenly felt... strong. Stronger than she had ever felt before. She breathed out, her breath feeling crisp and fresh. She stood up, grabbing the sword and turning to face Lilia, who had paused, possibly in confusion.
Aoi pushed the boulder away, The Creators ghostly hands letting go of Aois. "Go," their voice whispered, "become the changing of the winds strength, follow your script." The voice disappeared as Aoi bared her sword. Her hair was longer, back wings larger and her head wings covered her eyes, sprouting a second pair of head wings. She even felt... taller. She grit her teeth, hearing Lilia begin to run. Aoi beat her wings, grabbing Lilia and soaring into the air, throwing her former friend back to the ground. It seemed Lilia was still strong, slowly standing up. Aoi gripped her sword, thunder clashing and lighting striking the ground. She readied her strike, taking a breath.
And she cut. A slash stronger than anything she had ever done before. So powerful it cut the ground beneath her, as if slashing across the continent itself. The ground trembled, and a blinding, electric hot light surrounded her vision... until it was over. Aoi breathed out, Lilia no where to be seen, surely eviscerated by the powerful, God like slash. She heaved, looking down at the ground, or the absence of it. She could see water from the ocean try and stream into it, evaporated by the heat. Hurt and exhausted, Aoi did her best to glide back to Gyoichi. Eventually she reached him, grabbing the blue kimono and heading to the Grand Castle. After a moment of searching the destroyed halls, she found what she was looking for, a straw hat that Ryuunosuke, one of her other brothers, had made for her. She grabbed it, putting it on, and flying to the nearest temple. A tengu temple, as Gyoichi had called it. She soared into the temple, falling onto the stone. She heaved, placing the Kimono and the sword down. She knew how to cloak the temple, and she did so quickly. Falling back onto the stone inside the temple, she held the Kimono close, drifting into a sleep that she had no idea that she would actually wake from one day.
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