Chapter 6: The Seal And The Bond

There's a massive storm raging in the middle of the south pacific. Dark clouds swirled around the sky as massive waves wiped out all of the unlucky ships who entered the death zone.

Dark purple lightning raging in the sky, and multiple balls of dark energy dance around in the wind, destroying all the planes that they come in contact with.

Inside the dark clouds, a low booming voice was heard.

"Armageddon!"

6:00 AM ~

Riku's POV:

*Tap! Tap! *

*Chirp! Chirp!*

My eyes slowly open by the sound of the birds outside the window, I look around my surroundings but my vision is still blurry.

"Where am I?" I mumbled.

A sweet cherry like scent entered my nose and I felt someone is breathing heavily on my chest. When I take a look of whose the person is, my vision got filled with red color.

"Kotori?" I whispered.

Kotori is sleeping deeply on my chest while on an uncomfortable sitting position. Her face was away from me, that's why I got a full view of the back of her head.

Suddenly, I shut my eyes tightly while I hold my head with my right hand. That's when all the memories that happened last night plays inside my head

"Argh! Damn it !"

My eyes gets teary while I grit my teeth as the headache came to me all in one pain. The last memory that played was me getting stabbed by the creature's claw. Within a few minutes of agony, my mind came to ease and Infront of me I saw Kotori's teary eyes looking at me. She hugs me tightly and sobbed on my shoulder.

"I thought I lose you!" Kotori cries out. I also hold her tight and tries to calm her down.

Once she calms down and sat on the couch, I asked a question.

"Why am I still alive?"

Kotori fell silent, it feels like there is something she doesn't want me to know.

"It's a long story. You will find out soon." she said bluntly.

She stands and head to the kitchen. I can feel she's avoiding my question, so I just played it off like it's no big deal.

"What do you want for breakfast?" Kotori asked while faking a smile.

"Anything will do, do you want a hand?" I look at her, she's struggling to make eye contact with me.

"No, I think I can do it myself." She immediately looks away and entered the kitchen.

When she's gone, I tried to stand up but I felt gravity pulled my body back to the couch.

"I'm still too weak I guess." I chuckled.

I saw the television remote at the end of my feet. I reached out to it and turned on the television.

"Today's news. 15 planes, 50 fishing vessels got destroyed at the south pacific after a mysterious storm appeared without any warning. There's been 568 casualties, and 132 survivors after the calamity. The most surprising about the storm is this..."

The reporter suddenly showed a picture. In the picture, there's a shadow of a winged humanoid creature inside the storm.

"This photo was captured by the US air force spy plane. Scientists are still studying the captured picture if it's real or a hoax."

"Another shocking news, the street heading to celestial park forest got destroyed last night. Broken glass from the windows of the building and street lamp are all scattered everywhere. Some citizens thought it was a meteorite after she saw a bright flash and heard a massive explosions, however no evidence supported her claims. On Celestial hospital, the cctv caught a girl WHO IS FLYING and landed in front of the crowd of people while carrying an injured boy. Upon investigation in the hospital, the emergency room got destroyed and some of the equipments there had melted. Investigators still trying to figure out who is this girl."

"Kotori will be in danger." I muttered. As I shook the feeling of what will the government will do to her.

My mind stopped and I shook my head and paid more attention to the news. I felt anxious all of the sudden and my breathing gets shaky.

"The witness filmed the incident, and people all around the world are very shock after watching it. We will show the video but be warned, the video about to play is very graphic. Here is the video taken by Toyotomi Ichigo..."

The video begins to play, the person taking a video of it was far away but not too far away that the scene becomes unwatchable. I saw my own lifeless body lying on the floor while the creature is fighting Kotori.

I gasped loudly and felt cold sweats dripping down my face, my whole body was shaken after seeing the creature got blasted by Kotori into nothing. Not only that, but the whole area is on fire. I clasped my left hand on my mouth, feeling sick in the stomach as the creature cries cut short before turning to ash.

"T-This is a spirit?" I stuttered.

My eyes keep staring on the T.V screen. From the facial expression of Kotori, I realized she's taking pleasure out from this destruction. At the corner of beam I saw a homeless person appeared and he took get caught by Kotori's destructive power. His skin starts to melt as he screamed in agonizing pain before turning into ashes.

*CRASH! *

I jumped from the sound of shattering plates and cups. When I look at where it comes from, I saw Kotori standing in the kitchen entrance looking at the television and me.

What caught my attention is her feet, I saw purple flames engulfed her wounds that she got from the broken glass, and after a few seconds the wounds are healed.

Kotori's POV:

"What should I do?!"

Busted was the only word inside my head. I tried to come up with some explanations but my brain won't cooperate. Riku is staring at me with dilated pupils, also his lower lips are trembling.

I walk closer to him which he flinched.

"Riku?"

I put a comforting hand on his shoulder but he shrugs it off and he falls off from the sofa.

"Are you okay?!" I quickly went over to him but he quickly crawls away from me.

I felt my chest tightened while my eyes starts to water.

"R-Riku, please don't be scared." My voice is breaking. I keep fighting off my tears, I want him to recognize me like before he saw me use my powers.

"It's me! Please!" I walk closer again to him, but I realized it will just make it worse.

He curled up to the corner of the wall.

"I'm not going to hurt you! Just listen to me please!"

"You were that monster in the news! You killed that homeless person!"

"M-Monster? No... N-No I'm not a..." My words got caught in my throat.

Monster, monster, monster. The word keeps repeating inside my head. My knees weaken when I start to hyperventilate. My mind is all mess up, I reached out my shaking hand to him but he shoves it away. Then I heard the news said.

"This mysterious girl also killed a person walking to the street, the person is identified as homeless however reports show there's no body found."

"I-I killed someone?"

I just couldn't believe it.

"I didn't know... It was an accident..." I look at Riku and went closer to him yearning for his comfort.

"I SAID GET AWAY!!!"

"IT'S ME RIKU!!! WAKE UP!!!"

"YOU ARE A MONSTER!!!"

*SLAP!!!*

Riku froze, a bright red mark on his cheeks is visible.

"I-I was angry, hurt, and wanted to avenge you! I thought I lost you. I never wanted to kill a person I swear!"

"I love you Riku! More than life!" I couldn't take it anymore. I broke down into a sob.

"K-Kotori tell me the truth, why am I still alive? What did you do?"

I was hesitant at first, but quickly shook it off. I shouldn't make this a secret, he deserves the truth.

"I-I... I sealed my powers inside you through a kiss."

"W-What?!"

"When a spirit falls in love with a human being, that human can seal the power of that spirit inside his body and thus, creating a special bond between them."

"O-One of my abilities are regeneration and resurrection, that explains why youre standing here all healthy."

I wipe away my tears before proceeding.

"I too, have a question to you."

"What is it?"

"Are you? ... Are you going to throw me out now that you know what I'm capable off?"

Silence, there is a long silence between the two of us. I look at the floor, trying to avoid eye contact with him.

Suddenly, I felt a comforting arms wrap around me and bring me closer into a tight hug.

"I've promised you. A promise is a promise, and I will never abandon you."

"But, I killed someone..." I sobbed.

"Do you regret it?" He asked

"Saving you, no. Taking an innocent life, yes." I answered

I broke down into tears and I felt his arms wrapped around me.

"Then that proves it you're not a bad person, however we need to be careful around public places and please don't use your powers, okay?" He told me.

I only nodded in respond and pressed my head against his chest.

"Kotori?"

"Yes, Riku?"

"I'm so sorry I called you a monster. Let's stay together from now on, okay?"