The night is still dark. Ryan, Hinan, and Kakusan are traversing their way through the plantation. Avoiding the guards is becoming more difficult as they get closer to the weapon shack. After successfully making their way to their destination, Ryan opens the door to the shack. The three of them enter and he closes the door behind them.
Hinan: “It’s so dark. Is there a way to make it brighter here?”
Ryan: “We can’t make it too bright. A guard would surely notice us.”
Ryan raises his hand and it begins to glow, just enough for them to see the contents within the shack. The interior of the shack is being decorated by melee and ranged weapons of different shapes and sizes.
Ryan: “I want the both of you to pick one each.”
Hinan: “Really!? We can pick anything we want!?”
Ryan: “Yep.”
Hinan: “So you’re saying I can have a gun?”
Ryan: “Pick something that you’re comfortable with. And if a gun happens to be your choice, then so be it.”
Hinan's face lights up. For the first time in her life, she’ll be able wield a gun. She reaches over to grab the biggest gun she can carry.
Kakusan: “I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”
Ryan: Oh?
Kakusan: “Think about it. He wouldn’t have us pick a weapon for no reason. If our goal is to leave this place, then his intentions are quite clear.”
Hinan: “He most likely wants us to pick a weapon that we can train with. Right?”
Kakusan: “Exactly.”
Hinan: “Man! I was so excited too!”
Hinan lets go of the gun. After a few minutes of looking around, she’s still unsatisfied with the selection.
Hinan: “All of the weapons here look so lame. For a bunch of demons, their sense of style is nothing like I expected.”
Ryan: “What exactly did you expect?”
Hinan: “I don’t know. Something with skulls on it or a dragon scale sword. Literally anything that has some type of flare to it.”
Ryan: "We're demons, not emo teens."
Hinan: I wonder if she found anything cool. “Hey Kakusan, did you find anything interesting?”
Hinan turns around to find her just standing there. With a pair of daggers in her hands, it’s almost like she’s being hypnotized.
Hinan: "Uh... Kakusan? Are you OK?"
Ryan: "Leave her be. She's forming a contract."
Kakusan finally manages to wake up, but she’s no longer inside of the shack. Completely surrounded by darkness, the sounds of laughing men begin to grow louder. Feeling both scared and anxious, Kakusan begins to walk towards the laughter. She takes her first step and the feeling of ice cold water starts to fill her shoes.
Kakusan: Water?
Kakusan: “Hello! Is anybody here!”
Somewhere in the distance, Kakusan’s yelling can be heard.
???: “Do you hear that bro?”
???: “Yeah. It sounds like someone’s here. Should we go say hi?”
???: “Nah bro. We’ll just lead them here. I don’t feel like getting up.”
Walking aimlessly, Kakusan begins to cry. She's scared by the thought of not finding her way back.
Kakusan: At this rate I’ll never find my way back.
Right after saying that, a pathway emerges. With arrows leading the way, Kakusan reluctantly follows them. After following the pathway for some time, she arrives at the front door of a modern looking house. She looks around for a little bit and then she finally decides to ring the doorbell.
Ding Dong
???: “Check it bro. It looks like they’ve arrived.”
???: “I’ll show them in.”
???: “Put some clothes on first bro.”
Kakusan: I wonder if anybody is actually home.
She prepares to ring the doorbell again but before she does the front door opens up. The smell of delicious barbecue fills her nostrils. But to her discomfort a grown man wearing nothing but his underwear answers the door.
Heaven: “Hello there little one. My name is Heaven, it’s nice to meet you.”
Heaven is a tall and very hairy man whose age is unknown. His long and silky, turquoise colored hair is wrapped up in a neat man-bun. His appearance and personality gives off strong dad vibes.
Heaven: “Come on in. We got cookies if you want some.”
Kakusan: “I’m fine.”
Kakusan walks into the house and Heaven closes the door behind her. Surprisingly it’s very clean and very well organized on the inside. Not even a speck of dust can be seen on the tables.
Heaven: “Sorry if it’s a little messy in here. We haven’t cleaned up in a while.”
Kakusan: You call this messy?
???: “So what exactly do we have here?”
Heaven: “This is my twin brother. You can call him Earth.”
Unlike his brother, Earth isn’t nearly as uncomfortable to look at. He is wearing a white t-shirt with green basketball shorts and fluffy house shoes designed to look like a pair of unicorns. Although he shares the same turquoise colored hair, Earth’s is short and spiky. He doesn’t even have a strand of facial or body hair in sight.
Earth: “What is your name? And what are you doing in our domain?”
Kakusan: “My name is K-K-Kakusan Okami.”
Heaven & Earth: “Okami?”
Earth: “So I’m guessing you’re related to Genesis?”
Kakusan: “I’m sorry. I don’t know who that is.”
Earth: Maybe it’s just a coincidence. “Did your parents give you that name?”
Kakusan: “I actually don’t know my parents. A friend gave me this name.”
Earth: "Do you mind telling-
Heaven stops him mid-sentence.
Heaven: “That’s enough.”
Earth: “Fine.”
Both Heaven and Earth take a seat on the couch.
Heaven: “So, Little One. Why do you seek our power?”
Kakusan: “Seek your power? I don’t want your power.”
Heaven: “Of course you do. Why else would you pick us up?”
Kakusan: “Pick you up? What are you talking about?”
Earth: “Those daggers.”
Heaven: “We are the souls of those daggers. Formally known as Heaven & Earth.”
Kakusan: “Weapons have souls?”
Heaven: “Not all of them. But those that do are called “Divine Weapons””.
Earth: “When the owner of a weapon dies. They have the option to transfer their soul to that weapon. And if the transfer is successful, that weapon will gain the “Divine” status.”
Kakusan: “So does that mean you two were once alive?”
Heaven: “Yes it does. But we don’t remember much about our past lives.”
Earth: "The only thing we remember is that we have a brother and a sister."
Kakusan: “Do you know where they are now?”
Heaven: “No we don’t. It’s been decades since we’ve seen either of them.”
Kakusan: Nobody should be away from family for that long. “Then allow me to take the both of you to go see them!”
Earth: “Ha! Like we would fall for something like that.”
Kakusan: “What do you mean?”
Earth: “You're trying to trick us into giving you our power. For a little girl you sure are cunning. But we are a lot smarter than you think.”
Kakusan: “No...That’s not what I was trying to do…”
Earth: “Yeah yeah. We don’t have time for liars. You can see yourself out.”
Heaven silently stands up and begins to walk towards Kakusan.
Earth: “Bro?”
He kneels down in front of her and grabs her hand as if he’s about to propose.
Heaven: “Kakusan was it? Do you promise that you’ll take us to see our siblings?”
Kakusan: “Of course. You have my word.”
Earth: “What are you saying Bro? What makes you think we can trust her?”
Heaven: “Let me ask you something. Does this look like the face of a lair?”
Earth: “No, I guess not.”
Heaven: “It’s settled then. From this day forward the two of us will be your personal weapons.”
Heaven takes Kakusan’s hand and kisses it. Soon after, a snowflake shaped tattoo appears on the back of her hand.
Heaven: “Whenever you need us just call our names. We’ll be right there by your side.”
Heaven: “This is goodbye for now.”
Heaven claps his hands as loud as he can. The sharp sound forces her to wake up for real this time. She opens her eyes to the sight of Hinan sitting next to her fast asleep. She looks down at her hands and notices one of them has the same snowflake shaped tattoo.
Kakusan: I guess it wasn’t a dream.
Earth: “Are you sure about this bro?”
Heaven: “Doesn’t she remind you of sis?”
Earth: “Now that you mention it, I guess she does.”
Heaven: “I think I made the right choice.”
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