278. The once known arrivals.

[Demon's War (Recovery of Allies): Arc 13]

Year 2003 the Light has soon appeared and the newly born girl has shined over the humanity's responsibility.

The birth that once appeared had been now unknown for the entire Human Society and her existence was yet unknown, nor was it seen.

With the born girl's full-caring personality from baby's perspective, this girl was sent onto the Planet Earth to secretly live a Human's Life, without even herself knowing what she truly was.

Now, in the year 2019 the first human coming in contact with this girl was a 16 year old Teenager boy, who had become the next Substitute-Duelist and the ally of the potential future Godess.

Through the year of their meeting, the Substitute-Duelist never understood why her existence was so important and even before he managed to understand, his promises to keep her protected was a significant shock.

Due to this girl's crooked knowledge about herself, even herself couldn't believe what a mere human had spoken, but until now, year 2020, this teenager had held his promise straight and never let go, but due to the accident of her ally falling and seeing her 'killed', the teenager gave into his inhumane actions, and the first appearence of the disordered 'Fiend' all he had seen was a revenge over this girl's 'killer'.

But then, in sudden appearence, after this teenager finally broke the seal that kept his humanity hidden, the Demon God himself appeared out of nowhere and claimed that he'll use the power of both, The Semi-Godess and the Substitute-Duelist, for himself and without wasting time, the two teenager were both held, unconscious in Demon God's palm, taken to the underworld.

But due to the Demon God not being aware, his own son, known as the Half-Demon entered the underworld and was put under a difficult responsibility...

....Katorishi Codey, his hatred toward father was seen and as much as his fear prevailed over, he never let go of his allies.

In the unexpected, this Half-Demon promised himself to bring back, both Kirashito Ayuka the Semi-Godess and Shinkaku Timoshī the Substitute-Duelist to once again see Humanity.... To achieve this goal, his journey will be hard, long and with the Demon God in front of him, he's aware that his risks of entering the underworld might ended up in fighting his own father.....

The Demon God Rez, himself....

[Planet Earth - Innerlight City - Northern Side of the City - Friday, 10:20 a.m.]

Due to the unexpected pressure that earlier appeared nowhere, Mayumi's and Midori's squad had an easy time arriving to their missionary request.

("There were so many Demons here, just a few minutes ago. But whenever the pressure suddenly appeared, they were fled off... Some of them were even killed... Was that some kind of order, or was it some kind of a scare? Either way, the Demons don't just flee due to the pressure and due to their poor intelligence, they just intend to devour, either it's a weak human or a skilled Duelist, and their spirituality only involves their 'Lost Soul' that we call 'Fiends'... As much as the pressure felt terrifying, it felt friendly as well...") Because of its unknown appearance, the two squads that were headed as Support could understand the situation.

"Squad Leader, Mayumi. There's a girl, we need to quicken up and help her out, she doesn't seem to be very focused." Explained Mamoru, a 3rd year boy who had skills of a 5th year. "Yes, of course." They quickly turned to face into girl's direction but then immediately called out to her.

The girl was unwillingly stressed and afraid. "Excuse me. Young girl, but why haven't you yet ran? There's no more Demons lurking around this area?" Questioned Midori, once she crouched and gently leaned her palms onto both of her thighs. "My- My broth-" The girl's arm was shaking in fear.

"Squad Leader! There's a corpse! And- and it seems to be teared apart!" Mayumi came stepping from the back and stepped down near the body. "It- It seems to be completely devoured as well." Claimed Mayumi, and due to her surprise a softened drop dripped down her soft skin near the face. "Could a Demon have done that? But if it was, why hasn't he attacked the girl?" Questioned Rie, the female student from the 3rd year. Mayumi raised the corpse as the smell of it's rottening continued to lurk. "No. The Demons wouldn't leave such a large corpse, and if the Demons catch their prey, they do not tend to rip out someone's heart, and their feasting has always been the same, they begin from the top of the head to the bottom of the human's feet. Something else must of have done this." Explained Mayumi, but her eyes soon shook. ("This is where Tim and Codey were supposed to be left off, but now.... There's no sign of them... Would they escape? And even if they did escape, why would they leave this girl alone?") Mayumi was trying to note several hints to what could of have had happened.

"We'll take the corpse and put it under cremation... This girl needs to be brought back to the Guild, immediately." Ordered Midori, once helping the girl to stand. ("Her heartbeat seems to be beating normal, but it's clear, this girl has seen something that ourselves could not... Better question, if this was the area to where Tim and Codey were left off, there's gotta be some explanation to why, both of them are nowhere to be seen...") Midori faced at her Squad Member, Mamoru. "Everyone, I'll report back to Toyama Shin and warn him on what we've seen, we'll follow as he intructs us." Claimed Midori who stood at the girl's side. ("She couldn't even state her name....") At the point, Midori finally reached for her Zero Watched and immediately reported back to Toyama Shin.

His orders were to bring the girl and the corpse under the inspection of potential warning, once they've stated the most encirlced role of what had happened, they were considered as disbanded team and were to return back to Guild without time wasted.

[Planet Earth - Innerlight City - Innerlight City's Guild (Recovery Area) - Friday, 10:40 a.m.]

Shin who was willing to question the girl, he noticed that there was difference in how people reacted and once the girl sat on the bed, he calmly decided to sit on the opposite bed. "Excuse me, I'm the Innerlight City's Guild leader, my name is Toyama Shin and I would like to ask you about the event that must have been seen by you, we'll start slow and please if you are obedient with my requests. First, I would prefer to know your name." Shin explained while the supporting Squad stood around the the Recovery Room. "M-My name.... it's.... it's.... Sasaki Ryoko." Due to her having two last name, because of her family that one gave birth to her, she usually prefered to go by the first last name, after her mother.

"Thank you very much, Sasaki Ryoko. The Squad that I've set onto Northern side of the City was supposed to come to the support of two Duelists, when they arrived, they have noted me about a half-remaining corpse, would you explain to us what had happened?" As the polite words set aloose from Shin's mouth, Ryoko had barely any strength to speak, but luckily she was willing to cooperate. "The corpse.... It was a remaining torso of a woman named Yamashita Maya, she was devoured by a Duelist in front of me, his ally and my brother...." Her eyes were opened widely while the rest became concerned about their shock.

"What are you talking about? A Duelist?" Mamoru questioned, shocked at the saying. "A Duelist? Would you consider their looks? It would benefit us to know who they were. Of course, that's 'if' you managed to see their faces?" Wondered Shin, calm and fully focused on his conversation.

"The one who had watched was a teenager, brown hair, blue-er eyes and was dressed into a red coat, he was taller than each of us... The one who had devoured Miss. Maya and left the corpse lying was a boy with whiter hair and blue-ish eyes, he was seen to wear a black trench coated with after shaped into a thighter robe." Explained Ryoko, worried of her explanation. "She was devoured by one of us... That's unbelievable, why would a human be able to devour a human flesh, their wouldn't be able to eat it...?" A duelist gulped, once Mayumi stepped forward. "Excuse me. The boy you've mentioned, the one who Devoured this woman's body... Has there been a chance that he lost his humanity, and if so? What activated it?" Wondered Mayumi.

At the moment of her saying, Ryoko's eyes trembled and caused her to remember what had happened, finally calmed her eyes. "Y-Yes.... The activation of that 'creature' was due to seeing one of his friends to be 'killed'. There was this girl, with similar looks as the boy with them, she was the one who got injured in battle against Miss. Maya, but it appeared that there was some convinient technique that was hidden by Miss. Maya." The moment of Ryoko's speech, Mayumi raised her upper body. "... Ayuka ..." ("It's clear to me, why that had happened... Both of them were the first two to meet among the rest, and they were the first two who had arrived to the Spiritual Realm.... That's at least how they mentioned it. The World of Zero was known to keep the modern Spiritual Duelist under their perspective, until the moment Tim and his Squad managed to make the Head Captain change his thoughts and caused this Guild to have been even possible to construct, I suppose his caring is the only weakness. If he'd see any of his 'closer' friends, killed on the spot in front of him, we wouldn't know what to do, the 'Fiend' that he trained to control decided to share the 'Fiendish' power with Tim's own Spirituality... It was bound for that to happen, but I didn't expect it to happen this soon. But if that was really them, where would they be then?") Mayumi wondered.

"If you announced that you have managed to see the three of our Duelists, and your brother? Would you please bother to explain where they are now?" Wondered Shin, calm and careful about what he said. "My brother and his friend managed to put some sense into his mind, but that was only to dislocate his 'evilness' away... Right after of that event, a Demon, taking a form of a human's body arrived... The friend that was besides me, he called him a 'Demon God', with the name that went with 'Rez'. The Demon claimed to have been searching for the feminine's body and the boy's too, they've took them through a portal while they were unconscious and right at the event of that happening, my brother and that boy's friend, they've both followed him through the Portal..." Explained Ryoko.

The Spiritual Duelists, students and Shin himself were caught in the absurd surprise. "They've chased them down? Are they crazy?! If the name you announced really was 'Rez', there is no chance that they'll be able to escape alive. Rez himself barely has no limits, the body structure of his was born in the Underworld and was then known as the Demon God. If those two think they'll be able to rescue, both Ayuka or Tim, then we've gotta figure something out, to hurry up and follow them in." Spoke Mayumi, shocked. ".... Demon God ... What are these two planning on doing? Are they really so unoriented? They've gotta understand that he isn't a joke to mess around with... Even if they do somehow successfuly rescue the two Duelists, there's no knowledge about when the next attack would arrive..." Announced Midori.

"I understand. Thank you very much for your cooperation, that portal would need to be somehow opened, how to do that would be difficult..." But once Shin claimed so, the door opened and a female and a male came stepping from the door.

"Does anyone wish for some fresh merchandise?" A fan was opened and a hat was grabbed, the two bodies stood before them.

To be continued...