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Sometimes, thinking is too hard for your brain. Your mind is constantly foul of ideas, plans to explore and possibilities to choose that you can’t think correctly. Isagi was like that, at this moment, when Noa said to him and to the large group that he was part of, what was the most horrible news the Universe has known.
“ People… as my position of high representative of our God in this world, I say to you what we were created for, if this possibility were to be realized… The Seven Princes are now back on our Earth.”
Isagi swallowed, hardly. No one was moving in this large and icy place. The wind lifted their hair, and Isagi shivered. They were all sitting on thrones around a large and shining table, a glass of vine in front of them. They were twelve in the mystic place, twelve of the humans chosen by God himself.
Around them, there was infinity, a place God created only for them. Here, they were floating and Isagi was pretty sure that if he tried to get out of his throne, he'd be falling. It was calm and slow, as if time stopped here. But after the announcement of Noa, everything was whispering and Isagi felt all the fineness of his tenderness, waiting for the continuation of Noa’s words. It was like being in the sky, among the clouds but trapped by the fear itself.
“ They are finally complete, so ? “ said Chigri, one of the closest Isagi’s friend. He wrapped his wick around his thin finger, looking at Noa. He was a pretty boy and apparently Azrael loved him so much that his weapon was literally one of the 7 trumpets, but Isagi never saw it.
“ Définitely. Dark days are coming back to us, like the plagues in Egypt. “ told Noa, with a sigh. “ One of our spies told us that Lucifer is coming back… And he’s looking for someone. “
- "Who ? asked Snuffy his tongue licking the vine running from his finger. "You said they were complete, no ?
-If they were complete, God would have already started the Apocalypse, said Chris Price, the master of Chigri and also the favorite of Azrael. You know what all this means ? They are here but one piece is missing to achieve their goal. And I'm pretty sure Noa, you know what it is, don't you ?"
Noel Noa stayed silent for a moment. Rin, the second favorite of Gabriel the Archangel, rolled his eyes like the situation was kind of stupid for him. As his favorite, Rin must have already known the problem. Isagi was kind of jealous of him sometimes, even if his status was not so horrible. As a favorite of Michael it was not a big deal but Gabriel was so elitist that it was an honor to fight in his name.
Isagi bit his tongue after thinking about this. He was pretty sure that Michael could hear him from Heaven and he didn't want to have more problems, even if his "boss" was a nice person.
“ Sae Itoshi, could you please tell us what you saw in Armenia, please ? “ asked Noa, sitting on his chair.
The older brother of Rin got up, staring at the assembly. His gaze was cold and powerful,
“ already like an angel “ thought Isagi. He knew due to Rin that his brother wanted to become one and stay with Gabriel for eternity…apparently the processus was almost complete as Sae deployed a pair of white wings.
“Some of you already know that when I was in Armenia, I met a demon. But it was not only an ordinary demon… I met Asmodeus, known as the demon of luxury.”
A whistle of pride sounded. Lorenzo, one the favorite of Uriel, did that and for an answer : Sae glared at him violently.
“Asmodeus reincarnated himself in the body of a teenager. I had a long conversation with him, pretending to be just an ordinary human. And you know as well as I do, but demons love to be complimented and feared at the same time and Asmodeus is not an exception. In a moment of pride, he whispered to me that he was only the first to return… After that he marked me with his symbole, as his prey to continue “our conversation later”.”
Sae’s fist clenched so tight that we could see his veins. Kurona, his partner, came closer and whispered to him : “Gabriel doesn’t allow him to join Heavens now because he’s marked by the devil… He yelled a lot due to that, his anger was so powerful that apparently Noa had to imprison him.”.
Isagi imagined the oldest Itochi in this situation : his broken dream and his hopes too. If this had the possibility to happen to him, he would kill himself… but no problems because this can't be happening to him.
Isagi thought a lot about the power of seduction of demons when he started to become a Chosen. But any demons he had known always failed to seduce him…
" Asmodeus is not a prince of Hell for nothing " he said to himself. To seduce Sae was a kind of miracle.
“Just a question, prodigy", asked Lorenzo, smiling. "Asmodeus can only mark people when they are in a certain situation... I assume you slept-
- Shut up !" Rin screamed at Lorenzo. "My brother has been fooled by this demon and that’s it. The anger he has stored up is already enough.
- How boring", said Lorenzo, smiling with his golden teeth.”
The atmosphere was not the same anymore. Isagi felt the tension between all of them and he knew that was a big problem. If they confronted each other, then would they be welded against demons? Definitely not.
“And now," asked Sendou, the favorite of Raphael, "what do we need to do ? Every year we get weaker, our immortality fades away… I don’t want to die.” he said with a little voice."
- "As long as the angels and God are on our side we will fight even if it means dying. We’ve forgotten the fear of death but I remind you that we are still humans even with our powers", responded Sae. "It’s normal for us to die, we’re not immortals.”
“We are still humans“, how stupid that answer was coming from Sae, the guy who had renounced his humanity, thought Isagi.
“And, I want to remind you of the fact that if we ever die : our souls will be immediately placed next to the Lord in the wonderful garden of Eden. We will no longer know thirst and hunger, envy or anger: we will finally be pure.” replied Yukimiya, the second favorite of Raphael, apostating his arm on Sendou’s as if to calm him down.
- “I know that !!” he shouted “ But I want to live, live and love someone as a human.”
- “Your choices.” answered Yukimiya, shrugging his shoulders.
Isagi looked to Kurona, then Niko, his two partners. Both of them were sitting like the situation was boring. For Isagi, the point of view of Sendou was totally acceptable : no one here wanted to die, and all of them were not kind of fanatics like the Itoshi’s brothers.
“Stop all this nonsense ! For the moment, no need to go to war. We just need to search. Right now, Lucifer and all the princes and maybe some kings of Hell are on Earth. However, the most dangerous and vicious is still in Hell and that’s the point. If Satan is not with them, God can still defeat them easily.” claimed Chris.
- “STOP THIS MADNESS !!!” screamed Noel Noa. His face showed deep anger. “First of all, we don’t really know if Satan is the only one missing or the one who they wait for. Second thing, Sendou, who gave you the right to try to escape your toil ? Perhaps your love for women kills your love of duty. Know that Raphael and God will hear about it. Third of all : Isagi Yoichi, stop looking into the void, you look like a cow. I have things to tell you. So, each of you must go to your divine master to discuss this possible invasion, except you Niko you stay here with Isagi. Pay attention to some suspicious activities and don’t hesitate to alert us if something particular happened in your sector. God bless us.
- God bless us, they claimed together.”
They all left the room, each flying upwards before evaporating under the rays of the Sun. Except Chigri who did a wink to Isagi before leaving.
“ Niko, Isagi : Michael told me that you left Japan for a mafia’s matter, didn't you ?" asked Noel Noa, his voice projecting itself into infinity.
- "Sure, Sir." answered Niko without skipping a beat. "Interpole wants to keep an eye on some suspicious and surely illegal activities in Germany. Isagi and I leave the country tomorrow.
- You’ve got something to tell us ?" asked Isagi, looking into Noa’s gaze.
Noa bit his lips. Definitely, he wanted to say something but everything blocked him.
"Isagi, you must be prepared." Said Noa, put his hands on Isagi's shoulder.
- "Prepared for what ?" asked Isagi, his voice shaking.
- "A week ago, we found out that the grave of Bachira was… empty."