Forgive Me My Lord

Chapter 6 (part two): Nanimi finds her reborn savior

Chapter 6 (part two) Nanimi's POV

Nanimi finds her reborn savior

After saying a prayer to the moon Goddess I left to continue my search after engraving the initials of my fallen brothermen, in the small glass vials I keep in my pouch, I put some of the ashes from the piles of the deseeded, in hopes of one day when I return I shall face the families of the men and give them a small piece of what I owe them. Even though i know i may never repay my debt to them for what i took is priceless and one of a kind . As i continued onward for many many years, I've grown restless in this never ending quest of finding the master I've never met but knew so much about, but when i learned and read more about Lord Yato i always felt attached to him, i never knew why but part of me continued whole heartedly on my search not because of wanting to prove myself but i felt as if when i found him i would find a part of me that's always felt absent. Yet when i just think of his name and look at the old paintings of him hanging in the forbidden rooms of the castle i felt a spark as i gazed into his eyes.

Throughout my years ive learned so much but was still so ignorant to the outside world, simply because my mind was strictly set on finding him, his portrait was burned into the back of my mind and those blue eyes taunted me in my sleep. I’ve always wondered what he might be like when I find him, will he truest be who they all say he is. Some say Lord Yato was a force to be reckoned with, a cold blooded warrior that lost himself in his ambition to win the war, no matter the costs.

If that is truly how he is than the lives I’ve taken would be meaningless to him, if so than that would mean I have taken more than several honest, worthy, soldiers lives implace of a heartless ruler who has no empathy for their families or their loss. If that be the case I swore to myself that I’d take responsibility no matter the outcome and face all families to do as they wish. the worst they could do is make me live with my regrets.

On the other hand there were many people who have said Lord Yato was an honest hearted, brave, decisively encouraging, and an charismatically influential leader with humility for all beings. Thats the Lord Yato I believe to be true, that Lord Yato was known for seeking peace among the realms, and wanting to build a better and safer future for the fallen to live peacefully with the humans without worry of being discovered, while the Halos deemed the humans an unfit race, said they tainted the world with their sins and we were just as guilty for enabling them to continue, as their population grew the Halos became more angry until they had enough.

Halos started killing them off with disease, famine, droughts, and worst of all they started “cleansing” them, in other words they have been pulling the souls from humans to power their weapons. The mere idea and knowledge that they rip the soul from the body is awful, the process alone in unbearable pain on the body and soul but by using them as weapons is putting them through constant agony until their soul is completely burned out and nothing is left.

Lord Yato was the only reason we were wining for so long, history says he’s always been in the front lines fighting with his men for his people, there’s still suspicion on how such a miraculous leader would die such an unfitting death. The history of his death was that lord Yato was murdered by a group of halos that jumped him as he was attending to his assault crews wounded soldiers, they say his body was found right before it turned to ash. It’s a tragic ending but for some reason I feel like it doesn’t sound right, lord Yato was amazing and he’s been known to slay dozens if not hundreds of Halos by the second I don’t understand how just a few would cost him his life. Maybe one day when I find him and he assumes the thrown he could shine a little light on the past himself when he regains his memories, and maybe than we could understand what really happened that day, we might even be able to use some of his past knowledge to win the war and start a new, that’s why I have to find him no matter what!

*** 20 YEARS LATER, BIG SUR CALIFORNIA ***

I’ve truly walked the globe looking for Lord Yato’s reincarnated self and haven’t had any luck until 3 nights ago, I finally saw a sign that their was just birth to a great power, and what other great power would their be other than him! I saw a blue light beamed into the nights sky, the only ones that could physically see this light were the fallen but only off they were looking because it only lasted a mere second, and as I stood there in awe the adrenaline finally bursted through me like my soul has felt his arrival and it rejoiced as my heart pounded in my chest, I feel the fire in my soul grow and I ran as fast as I could towards the direction the light came from.

I slayed every single Halo that came between me and my Lord, the closer I got to him the more it fueled my fire to keep going, I felt tear swell in my eyes the closer I got, thinking this is it! He’s back, I can bring him home and we can end this war and finally find peace for the people. I felt I was going to burst with glee when I came to a medium sized building in a small town, it read ‘Big Sur Hospital’, I scrunched my brow confused as to why he’d be in a Hospital but I shook it off and pressed toward, feeling I was getting closer I looked into a window with the last shard of patience I had, my eye darted around the room as they slowly got used to the light the sight before me had me Grounded to my position emotionless.

I stared into the room and all my eyes could see was a women with dark hair holding a baby close to her chest as she looked at him exhaustedly with pride. The more this woman’s eyes filled with love for her little ones arrival, mine filled with tears as I felt everything I’ve done in the past 450 years give or take started crumbling before me. I thought to myself,

“No, it can’t be him, he’s just a child, this baby is less than 2 hours old how could this have happened? It was never stated Lord Yato would be reborn at the proper age but it was heavily expected!”, I thought to myself as I continued staring I became furious with out history books, if something like this slipped through the cracks what else might have. I look away and think about leaving but stop instantly as I hear a soft voice start speaking.

It was the women, she looked at the child with such adoration, her eyes held nothing but love, she spoke so softly to him I could hardly hear as she cooed the baby in her arms, she sang a beautiful lullaby and eased his crying as he slowly settled down. Shes truly has a mothers magic touch, in a different setting I would find this peaceful and quite wholesome but as the situation stands I need to be sure this child is indeed the reincarnation of Lord Yato and I fear I’ve run out of patience.

I retracted my wings and slowly cracked open the hospital window, looking directly at the women I said in a hush tone and dominate voice I spoke directly to her, “Put the child in the crib and got to your bed; fall to a deep sleep, until I say ‘awake’ you shall not intervene”. My eye glowed neon blue, and with that she did as I said. When she was settled into her sleep state I slowly pushed the window open and entered the room. Keeping the window ajar in case of an emergency I’ll have an absolute fast way out, I can’t risk being caught especially not by a human, that would cause more problems that we certainly don’t have the time for.

I glanced at the sleeping mother, she looked tired but peaceful, I just need it to stay that way for a few more minutes to decide whether or not I have made a mistake. I slowly walked towards the crib with the new born, only being a few steps away I gulped as if to swallow my nerves and to push forward. The fear of making a mistake kept racing in my mind, everything I’ve done would be meaningless and I would have forever brought shame to my family’s name, it was eating me alive.

I stopped directly in front of the crib and I slowly lowered my gaze to the child, as my eyes met his I felt my heart stop for a moment as his blue orbs captivated me , I heard the chime of a bell and my vision went completely black.

All of a sudden I had an abundance of visions of a man his eyes piercing blue, one after another, in one memory he was studying magic and in the next he was at his first target practice - he was quite terrible, he was lucky to even hit around the target, it seemed to be the only thing not engulfed with blue flame, it was rather amusing to be honest. However when i watched his memories i realized i was seeing moments into his past life but I didn’t see any memories with his family, and there are so many broken glimpses of his memory and parts of his life are practically blank if not blurred beyond recognition. There were several memories that felt weird for some reason, He was with someone - a women, the memory felt- nice, maybe even warm, but there was something else - pain or hurt. The memory was so worn down all i could really see was him share a passionate his with her, but I couldn’t even make out her face, even the setting was so blurred it was almost unrecognizable.

All the memories stopped and everything bursted into flames, the heat was so intense i fell to my knees and looked around in a panic, i tried to move but i felt as if i were being forced back down until I couldn’t move anything but my eyes, the flames went out of control and burned the last of the remaining memories, i could see nothing but blue flames and every second just became more unbearable, the flames just kept growing and i felt i was about to pass out, pushing through the paralysis and the shearing pain my wing erupted to the surface and eloped me from the flames letting me catch my breath to cast a protection enchantment on my own fire, “ cloak of Freya, cover me with life of my violet flame”, I whispered hunched over in agony as i felt the heat on my wings as they shelled me.

I felt a burst of energy emerge from my chest, violet flames quickly covered me completely helping me recover instantly. All of a sudden the blue flames started to withdraw as soon as my flames glow reached its light. The blue flames gathered in one spot and shaped into the silhouette of a man, i was fully on guard but i felt no blood lust coming from this thing, i grew impatient rather quick. I took a step forward into a defensive position and willed myself to speak, “What do you want, where are we i demand an answer now!”, i commanded my voice not to shake as i spoke. I felt as if it were staring at me i begun getting nervous that maybe it can’t understand me, i took another step forward slowly as not to seem threatening, “What are- who are you?”, i asked in a low voice.

With that i walked straight up to me, its paced startled me and i tried to retreat quickly but i felt it grab my arm and pulled me to it, i was surprised it didn’t burn even with my cloak his aura is so strong it could easily break through my enchantment, instead it was just warm to the touch and as it touched me i felt a spark in my chest, at first it was a beautiful feeling that blossomed in me, it felt amazing but than it gripped me tighter like it went in a panic and couldn’t speak then all i felt was a sharp agonizing pain the struck through my stomach, i felt as if i was just run through and something else- something in my souls broke at this feeling of loss than numbness. I was dazed for a moment until I realized i was grinning its arms in return, i became weak all at once and fell to my knees.

“What did you do to me?”, i asked while slowly breaking into a sob, this feeling of loss it hurt more then the actual pain. I looked up at it as if i were to look it in the eyes as tears swelled up in my own, it kneeled down to my level still holding my arms as i am still clinging to it for support. Once of its arms let go and it raised it to my face as if to cup my cheek, it leaned in close and whispered in my hear, “Nanimi, remember me, remember this pain, follow the path that leads you to the truth. Never trust the fallen of two faces. Give this to the boy, when the time is ready he will know what is to be done, whatever you do, don’t let anyone catch you giving this to him, he’ll know how to open it when the time is right.”

It suddenly let go of me and pulled a box from its chest as its flames started to dim, he grabbed my hands to hold the box as it stoped and stared at me for a moment, its hold on my hands getting tighter as if it was scared i would disappear. As its light continued to dim it spoke softly, “Nanimi- please remember before it happens all over, history cannot repeat, we cannot fail again.”, it spoke with such emotion and i watched as this being dinked into the box in my hands, i held it close to my chest as i was still kneeling on the ground i shut my eyelids tightly as i felt the darkness take over me. i felt tears swell up in my eyes as i continued to fell the earring pain in my stomach, my heart still swore, i felt a growing emptiness in me that I couldn’t understand non-less explain.

When i opened my eyes i was back in hospital room, kneeling by the new horns crib, i looked around in a hurry to see nothing else has changed, and more strangely the clock said its 1:04 am, the exact time it was before i blacked out, i came back to my senses when I realized i was still holding the box in my arms, reality dawned on me and i cast an enchantment on the box to shrink it small enough to keep on my person, i looked in at the child in the crib , he stared right back at me with those big curious blue orbs. He hiccuped and lifted his tiny arm crunching his hand at me, i timidly let him wrap is hand around my finger, and in an instant i started seeing another one of his memories, a side effect from holding the box.

I saw everything through his own eyes, he was standing in front of easily 100,000 soldiers, they all had their attention on him, as he was about the speak.

“Brothers, Sisters, Mothers, Fathers , Uncles, Aunts, and Family That is why we are gathered here today!” His Voice boomed over the crowd.

“We are not fighting to die another day, we are fighting to live a better future for them! We are here, we are strong, proud, and brave. We are the Fallen but we have risen to bring own a new ears of peace and tranquility, The humans may not be as advanced or united, but they are not meek, or worthless. They have souls just like us, we are not only fighting for their lives but for the safety of this world.” He Pauses, “With a broken heart i must say there is a high chance many of you will die tonight in a blood battle, i myself may even perish with some of you, i would be honored to die with such noble men and women, we all have our own battles but this one we fight together, I Lord Yato Demon King of the Fallen and Realm of the Yokai declaim this day will be marked down in history as the first day of Red Spring now we fight not only for our valley but for our children’s children!”, He Proclaimed as all the warriors cheered and spring into was know as The battle of Red Spring the first day of a month long battled, that started staining the valley red after just the first day. The fallen were victorious but the casualties were enormous, they say when Lord Yato and the soldiers returned the all looked as if they were in a blood bath, Lord Yato closed himself in his study for one month to write a letter to every single family that lost someone under his command, and those who didn’t have a family he lit a lantern for. He did this after every battle to honor everyone that gave their life for the cause.

I looked down at the child with tear filled eyes, I leaned down and kissed the sweet babies forehead so he may sleep peacefully, and in a general voice i spoke to him in a somber tones as he slumped into sleep, “I Nanimi Warcrops vow to protect you by any means, i shall do my best to serve you my lord, and i promise - i will try to remember, and ill fix what was broken so long ago. Lord Yato, Grow big, grow strong, we need you.” I pulled away from the child and swiftly flew out of the window, starting the second phase of my mission, i will protect him, and when the time is ready i will take him home. Lord Yato has been reborn all his memories are fading from his mind, eventually they will all be dormant until the time comes when he needs to remember and when that time comes I’ll be there. Until Lord Yato commands me away i will always be there for him, and i was.