Episode 1

Prologue

- “You can stay here, till your bones rot!” – Those words had me completely broken down. What is family? What is tenderness? What is love? These questions didn't stop circling inside my mind. The same things again and again, but there was never an answer. I tried to run so many times, but even when I thought I did I was like a bird in a cage - with broken wings. I was never going to get out of this prison. Why am I not like the others? Why does everything has to be so hard? Why can’t I have the life the others have, but instead I have to have their leftovers? What did I do to deserve this punishment… - this was one more sleepless night. How many times had he questioned himself those questions? Night after night… even till now he still couldn't find a answer… . The creatures from his race didn't have a family name. They were given only one name. The name they carried in the eternity. For his name there were going to be legends, even after his dead. Yuki… the Death bringer.

Episode 1

- “Hey! Get up, it’s time for work!” The commander yelled – “The cold voice from which I shivered every time I heard it. Even after so many ears nothing has changed” Yuki thought . – “Time for work “Princess”. Here are your coordinates. You have time till tomorrow morning to liquidate them.”

- “Yes sir. I’ll get to work immediately.” – Yuki said.

- “And watch out not to hurt yourself this time, like the last one. Till when you are going to count on the Lord to clean up your mess. You, you are the only one that uses privileges! I don’t know what have you done so much, but don’t think we will behave the same way he does. For us you are nothing.” – The commander looked at him with hate and contempt. Ever since when he came here the demons didn’t count him as one of them. Wherever he went he felt the same.

- “I’m sorry, sir. I’ll be more careful from now on.” – The man walked out of the room.

The boy got up from the bed. He was wearing the trousers from his uniform and a black vest. He likes to sleep as naked as he can. Most of the time he had very high temperature. It was driving him mad. Every time that he fined a cold spot, he enjoyed it as much as he could.

In the Underground kingdom there were a lot of rumors about him. The most famous was that he is cursed. There was a huge tattoo on his chest that showed that. Even though no one had seen his chest. His entire torso was bandaged with cloth. No matter how much he tried to explain to them, that his bandages were for his wounds, no one believed him. But with his continuous wounds there was not much that he could do. He pushed away the thoughts that were occupying his mind. He put on his uniform. He took his weapons and got out of the room. The room had only one bed and one small desk. It looked like a cell than a normal room, but it didn’t matter to him. Here was dark anyway. Even thought there was a window in the room but it was useless. The warrior walked down the rock corridor. Even though the buildings size and its structure like a labyrinth, for him it was like a child’s play. For the years that he was here, he had memorized every corridor and piece of the kingdom. He walked out slowly. He crossed some streets with very little light on them and he got to the exit.

-“ Are you going out again?” – The voice of the old man echoed in the air. He was sitting on a few rocks, covered in moss that looked like a chair. He was here from a hundreds of years and even the cold rock was comfortable to him now.

- “Good day Keeper.” – Yuki said.

He made a small bow to show his respect. The old man made a small smile. The giant metal doors in front opened and he got out. As soon as he stepped away from them, they closed. Every time he heard that squeaky sound, he knew that when he got out of that place, again and again he would have to rip his hearth to pieces.

- “No matter how hard it is, I’m a demon. I have to throw away my feelings. If I don’t do it for sure one day they will be the reason for my death.”

He grabbed the necklace that was on his neck and took a deep breath. After that he started walking on the rocky path that was in front of him. The look on his face was serious and stormy. He was trying to stop the chaotic thoughts in his head. In the end he started to think for who he was and why was he here.

The Underground (Demon) kingdom. This is my home. Our mission is to find and kill those brainless creatures transformed by “The kiss of Death”. Angels and Demons who lost their consciousness. They become brainless creatures that know only how to kill and feed on human flesh. Although people call us mythical creatures, we have sworn to defend them even with the prize of our lives. Angels and Demons, races that hate each other even before the beginning of the humanity. But for us all to survive, our races signed a contract and we combined our powers against this rotten curse that is eating us little by little from the inside.

- “Grrrrrrr!” – A terrifying roar cut the air. The creature from which it came didn’t stop rolling on the ground. The only thing that stopped it from getting up was the restricting chains. Chains that pierced his body. And two swords crossed above.

- “It will hurt less if you don’t struggle so much. It’s hard for me too this way, so don’t complicate things even more.”

On the ground the creature was one of the fallen under the “Kiss”. It had lost his mind and was looking for living creatures to eat.

– “Dimitte me, requiescant in pace. (Forgive me, rest in peace.)” – Yuki said

“When will this war be finally over. How many more innocent people will have to die, for there to be piece“ – He lifted his head and looked up to the sky. It appeared as it understood the pain in his hearth and the same was cloudy and dark.

An arrogant laugh pierced the silence:

- I see that you still are that soft baby that you were back then… Yuki.

He knew that voice so well. Yuki lowered his head and looked over his shoulder without turning around. He looked with fury at the one that called his name. He found him again.

- “Please don’t be like that. How much time has passed from our last meeting? Two years… no, they are five already right? And you are still not a full demon. What shame for your Lord. What will you say, for you to return to where you belong? Isn’t it time for you to return…” - without moving his gaze from him, Yuki pulled his swords from the monster’s corpse and the ground.

–“Quod cupis?”(What do you want?) – Even a more cold voice came from the demon. – “Archangele!” (Archangel!)

- “I guess you still hate me, but you don’t have any right to blame me. She was consumed by the “Kiss”.” – Michelle voice became more soft but still lifeless.

- “But you still live in this dream. When will you wake up from it? The one we knew, is gone know. Don't you understand that?! I was hurt too and not less than you were. Why do you keep living in the past? She was already dead anyway! Accept it! For us the duty is on 1st place! Not only you loved your sister, I loved her way more… but at least I know what my priorities are. After one of us is touched by the “Kiss” the only way out is death. Accept it already Yuki and come back to the Sky kingdom, where you belong!”

The angel before him started sounding aggressive. It could be seen that he too was exhausted from fighting and if the two of them had to fight, it would have a fatal end for one of them.

–“Odi te! Numquam magis non praesentatione antequam me. Percutiamque vos!” (I hate you! Never again appear before me. I’ll kill you!) – Yuki said.

- “Accept it already, you stupid creature and come where it’s your place. If I didn’t do it you would have been dead by now!” – Michelle said.

With those words the half demon couldn’t keep his anger and his knife was on centimeters away from the archangel’s chest. His hate for him was at its peak point.

- “Stop!” – A strong voice echoed in the air. Yuki froze in his place and stopped his attack. He couldn’t disobey his master, which hobby was to follow his little half demon most of the time when he is out. Yuki turned his head and looked over his shoulder. The one that shouted came out of the shadows.

- “How many times do I have to warn you to stop breaking under his provocations? I told you to get your anger out on your enemy. And you… useless bird stop taunting MY demon.”

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