“Good evening,” a red haired woman said as she opened the door. Ohno blinked a moment in complete surprise at seeing an angel take such a true form in front of him. “Can I help you?”
Ah... so Sho-o-oh's words were true... interesting. Ohno smiled lightly back at the red haired woman. "My name is Ohno," he began lightly. "And how are you today, Ms. Angel?" he asked lightly.
The woman appeared unsurprised by the fact that he was unsurprised as well as un-reluctant to talk on such matters. Both had expected something, it appeared. After a minute, the woman smiled again. "Can I help you with something?" she challenged again with a light but strangely stern voice. Ohno just smiled back.
"Ah, too willing to go on with things then," Ohno answered back sighing and shrugging his arms and shoulders upwards a fraction before releasing the motion. "I believe you know what I am," he smiled lightly. "And if not, the name Bushou would probably fill you in."
"Ah, the Vessel of Sloth, then," the woman answered back.
"Indeed," Ohno smiled back lightly. "You are quite knowledgeable then."
"And what are you doing here?" the woman continued almost leering at him but keeping a calm facade.
"To meet Nina's friend, of course," Ohno smirked back. The woman appeared to blink a moment before narrowing her eyes again. "I want to meet all of Nina's new friends."
" 'Nina' ?" the woman asked back causing a light laugh to escape Ohno before teh red haired man rubbed the back of his head.
"My name for Nino aka Doki aka the dark emo boy who's been around making friends people along with Mattie," Ohno laughed back complacent to see the confusion slowly work its way of the woman's face.
"At this late hour?" the angel challenged back.
Ohno stopped, blinked, and let out another light laugh. "Well I was doing stuff today," he answered back lightly. "Especially for Sho-o-oh and a few others.... Oh! What is your name by the way!" Ohno suddenly broke into a smile. The woman blinked a fraction as though wondering whether or not to give it to him.
"Who is at the door?" a voice called. Upon hearing this, Ohno looked over the shoulder of the woman and found the faces of children. One of them, at least, appeared as someone the red haired man recognized from the images Sho had given. The red haired woman had looked over as well.
"Well hello Ais-icle," Ohno waved lightly with a grin. Once again, there was a moment of silence probably brought by the occurrence of a new nickname in formation. "I'm Nina- er.. Nino's friend!" he waved more despite the fact that the angel woman had turned her head back to him and was now staring at him irritatedly. "My name is Ohno," he continued on.
"Will you stop," the red haired woman seemed suddenly irritated causing Ohno to stop as well. "Now state what you are doing here this late at night."
Ohno's face suddenly became serious seeming to surprise the red haired woman. "I'm here about the war," he finally said causing the red haired woman to suddenly grow extremely stern.
"Aisling, this may take a few hours, sorry if we can't train today," the woman;s voice called back. "Step inside, Ohno." With that, the red haired man stepped in the house the door closing behind him.
It took less than a minute for both angel and vessel to walk to a room and for the door to be shut completely. Ohno now sat on a chair precariously as the woman now sat down as well and looked at him with a stern gaze.
"I doubt from the look on your face when we first met that you believed I would be in the house," the woman began with a calm yet controlled voice. "If you came about the war, then were you bringing my granddaughter into this?"
A calm smile moved on Ohno's face. "You seem so tense now," he mused a fraction. "Before, you were actually being nicer."
"Enough," the woman answered back. "Explain yourself."
Ohno was silent a moment. Looking down at the floor rather than at the woman,, the red haired man began to talk. "We have received word that there is a child angel, presumably Ailsing, who is all but ready to leave the world and fight as an angel." There was a silence that followed. After a minute, the woman finally sighed outwards. "Such a person is often a wild card at play," he continued. "Unlike the vessels or the angels who have been organized. At least until she finally chooses the full side. This actually goes for all humans with ties to seeing ghosts and demons. We usually let these people go unnoticed."
The red haired woman had started to stare even harder at Ohno. The red haired man smiled a minute and then started to laugh a fraction.
"However, as the war heightens, it has become a prevailing thought that the shamans will recruit these people that have stayed outside the bounds of things," he continued. "And also, as of late, the demons have become stronger... The subordinates are nearly as deathly as the demon lords were in the last, and the demon lords themselves are appearing to become stronger beyond all else... they are growing in number...A Moratorium has managed to survive a full transformation, and soon enough.. more will, and we will have a completely new crisis on our hands.The shamans cannot seal what is not fully demon in nature... we must prevent this before it becomes an outbreak....we have found a better way to make vessels for all demons of any type.. and this is our chance to destroy all the demons at once...."
"Enough," the voice was stern from the red haired woman.
"The council wishes to create as many as a thousand in order to destroy..."
"I said enough," the woman looked so sternly at Ohno that all the red haired man could od was sigh and put on a lighter smile. "If you do not want a war between Heaven as well as Hell, I suggest you stop now."
Ohno's face was calm. "It is not my position to play the cards for I am a card," he answered back with a small smile. "Anyways, I have said far more than what I was planning to say." Ohno rose and began stretching. "And in truth, I did simply want to talk with Ais-icle...." another smile moved on his face. "But talking with you was nice too."
~*~
A knock on the door suddenly brought Aiba's eye backwards. "That must be Sho," he said moving towards the door and opening it quickly. The dark haired boy's eyes grew large as the face of Demon Lord Asa was staring back at him. Sho... put probes on this place.... was the only spastic thought that moved through Aiba's mind. He was suddenly very on edge and had no idea what to do about it. Didn't he???
“Don’t worry I’m not hear to kidnap any of you.” Asa sighed outwards before all but forcing his way into the apartment. Aiba stepped back still unsure of what to do. “I’m hear to offer you something.” Asa continued as his eyes moved around the faces of Aiba, Emiko, Elle, and finally came to rest on the visage of the obscurely smiling Nino.
“Oh yea that’s exactly why you came here.” Nino's voice rose up and twisted around the room like a serpent ready to strangle it's prey. However, in truth, Doki had no mind to care for Asa's being at the moment. It did not concern him. No that would be left to a different Vessel's job, and Doki could only suddenly brighten up even more knowing that it was Emiko who had only walked in the door a few minutes pior. I wonder what will happen.... to the girl who doesn't know fully what she is.... Doki smirked to himself even more.
“Silence Doki; you’re not the one that I wish to talk to.” Asa's voice answered back. Doki's eyes simply remained fixed on Asa before the dark haired man bit his lip. However, in that moment, Asa seemed to tense up considerably and moved directly out of the apartment. Doki felt himself try and force the body of Nino upwards but found himself stuck to the couch. Letting out an irritated hiss, the vessel spirit finally relaxed again.
Emiko along with Elle had turned her head and was staring out of the apartment where the door had been left open. Aiba appeared dumbfounded over anything else and simply kept shaking his head as if in a state of complete and utter lost perplexities. However, as if suddenly answering the question that had seeped into the room, Asa returned as if nothing had happened and appeared ready to speak again.
"Now where was I?" the demon lord began as he shoved up a sleeve.
"You were talking to me," Doki smirked back causing eyes to shift to him again.
"No," Asa answered back darkly.
"No?" Doki asked aloud. "No? Sad... Sad sad sad indeed seeing as the only one else you'd be here to see is a dead man." Asa's eyes grew, and all those in the room were suddenly staring straight at the face of the smiling dark haired man. Doki's eyes grew a bit, and his smile curved even more. "Heh.. you guessed it. Nino's dead, and this body is mine."
"What..." Aiba's voice broke out.
