Chapter 40
I love you so much (Y/N), always remember that.
(Y/N) immediately sat up from her bed, wide-eyed. She held her head,
Those words... What does it mean?!
The girl gritted her teeth as she felt her head began to ache.
She quickly got out of her bed and went out to her balcony in her bedroom. Her (H/L) (H/C) hair flowed from the chilly wind. The girl sat at the cold stony edge of her balcony, not scared of falling off.
As if by magic, the cold wind stopped.
(Y/N) opened her eyes as she felt a presence behind her. Before she could say anything, the presence attacked her. (Y/N) clicked her tongue as she used her force-field to protect her.
The figure was wearing a black hood, its face not shown. It quickly disappeared and appeared behind (Y/N).
"That common trick won't work on me." She knew an agile person would always attack from the behind.
(Y/N) used one of her hands and used her psychic ability to make the figure float in the air. She bawled her hand as if she was 'choking' the figure.
"L-Let me speak. I have something you want."
The girl raised one of her brows and stopped choking him.
The figure chuckled,
"But first, let me just say it's been awhile (Y/N)."
She looked at him, confused. Then the figure took of his hood revealing its raven locks.
(Y/N) widened her eyes,
"Takeshi?!"
"Surprised (Y/N)?"
The girl shot him a bored look,
"Not really."
Takeshi's eyes twitched,"You-"
"You told me you have something I want, get to the point already."
Takeshi chuckled,
"My, my. Not the patient type aren't you?"
"Speak or else." She threatened.
"You don't know what love is, don't you?"
(Y/N) froze, withdrawing her psychic abilities on Takeshi. The male slowly walked up to her. He took (Y/N) by the chin,l.
"I know someone who stole that love from you."
The girl pulled away and stared at him coldly.
"I could help you (Y/N). But you have to leave this world, and follow me to the Void."
"Tell me a good reason why I should trust you and to not beat the crap out of you."
"You don't need to trust me fully, I just want to help you regain the ability to love again. I've always wanted to repent for my wrong doings that I did to you."
(Y/N) stayed silent.
I shouldn't trust this phantom.
But there's an aching part in her heart.
I've always wanted to know what love means. I can't be satisfied till I know what Mommy meant when she said she... loves me.
The girl sighed, she knew that in order to find out her answer, she have to follow that petty phantom.
"Fine, lead the way Takeshi-san. But one unusual move from you, I'll get rid of you."
The male laughed,
"You haven't changed at all (Y/N)."
He opened a portal that led to the unknown world called The Void. When (Y/N) went inside the portal, Takeshi smirked.
Looks like you're too naïve (Y/N). No one can get out of the Void easily.
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"Okay students, let's begin decorating the stage. We can do this!" Masami cheered.
"For the students who have major or minor roles, please stay in the next room and practice your lines or performances." Haru smiled kindly at the students causing some girls to squeal.
When the other students passed him, he stared off into space.
Where's (Y/N)? She told me that we would meet at school.
Masami turned to Haru,
"Vice, I haven't seen Kaichou this evening, is she absent?'
Haru snapped out from his thoughts,
"Ah yes, it seems that Kaichou hasn't been feeling well these days due to the council activities." He lied.
"I see, well I wouldn't blame her for skipping, being the president means having lots of responsibilities in school."
Haru watched a female student struggled carrying 2 heavy boxes. He walked up to her and carried 1 of the boxes,
"Need help Hotaru-san?"
The female squeaked and nodded shyly,
"H-Hai Vice..."
Haru smiled at her causing the female's heart to flutter. He took the other box from her leaving the girl empty-handed.
"Vice, You don't need to carry both of them, I can carry one of them."
"I couldn't let a girl carry heavy boxes by herself, just tell me where the boxes should be placed okay?" He shot her a kind smile.
Hotaru nodded following Haru like a love-sick puppy. Ayato rolled his eyes at the sight but when he heard about (Y/N). He frowned.
Mochi-chan skipped school without telling me.
Then he smirked,
She should be punished.
Ruki focused reading on his pocketbook, his attention focused on Haru when the male mentioned about (Y/N).
'Tsk. Humans are so weak, they're too fragile and break easily.' His thoughts still wander to the (H/C)-haired girl and he sighed.
I admit you had a powerful ability (Y/N), but you're still a mortal.
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"Ara? Bitchy-kaichou is not feeling well?" Laito blinked.
Kanato looked down at his Teddy,
"I want to visit (Y/N)-chan, to see how she is feeling."
Reiji shook his head,
"We can't just show up at her mansion without her knowing. A gentleman should-"
"Loosen up Table-ware Otaku, Ore-sama demands to see Mochi-chan." Ayato said interrupting the older Sakamaki.
"As ordered by Father, we shouldn't leave Ms.Yui unguarded. She might use this chance to escape if she knew we left her here." Reiji said strictly.
Laito chuckled,
"You think Bitch-chan has the guts to do that? She would be held up by her role in the performance, and she knew I'll punish her if she tried to escape. After all, she's just a little bitch!"
Ayato smirked when an idea occurred to him,
"Oy, if you don't allow Ore-sama to visit Mochi-chan, it looks like I'll have to mess with your kitchenware collection." He shot a look at Kanato, he knew that purple-head will throw a tantrum if he didn't get what he wanted.
"I want to visit (Y/N)-chan!" Kanato whined starting to throw a tantrum.
Reiji pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Fine, do as you please. But I won't hold any responsibility if Father knew about this." He said bitterly.
Subaru stood quietly staring at his brothers with narrowed eyes.
Tsk. It's not my problem if she's not feeling well.
But he couldn't help but think about her.
Shuu laid on a sofa with his eyes closed, he was listening to his brothers the whole time.
(Y/N)...
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When the Sakamaki's arrived at (Y/N)'s mansion, they saw another limo in front of the girl's mansion. Ayato quickly barged in without knocking.
"Ayato, you were taught with manners you can't just-" Reiji stopped when the girl's home is dark and empty.
"Where's (Y/N)-chan?" Kanato blinked in wonder. He ran through the room searching frantically for the girl.
"Nfu~ Looks like she's not here. I can't smell her sweet scent."
Subaru clicked his tongue,
"Those half-bloods are here, they arrived earlier."
Ayato groaned,
"Them again?! Ore-sama says they should be punished."
Kanato frowned,
"Teddy despises them as much as he despised Haru Tsukada."
They all teleported to (Y/N)'s room and that's when someone said,
"What are you doing here?"
Ayato was about to speak when Reiji stopped him,
"I should be asking the same question to you, Ruki." Reiji glared at him.
"Is it a problem for us visiting Chesha neko-chan's home?" Kou said to him.
"In a matter of fact, yes. All of you have no business towards Ms. (Y/N) so I suggest you all leave."
Yuma gritted his teeth,
"Why you-"
"I can't believe a family of pests decided to come here." A voice said. Everyone turned to the owner of the voice and they saw Haru glaring at them.
Ayato chuckled,
"Well if it isn't Mochi-chan's follower."
Haru gritted his teeth,
"You do know that (Y/N) is not here. So all of you better leave or I'll force you to leave."
Kou laughed,
"I have to admit you make amusing expressions petty mortal!~"
Haru had enough of them and he was about to attack when a light shone in the balcony.
"Finally, everyone's here."
All of them turned to the light and Celestia appeared before them with a worried look on her face.
"Goddess Celestia..." Haru stared in shock at the Goddess before him.
"Oh it's you again." Ayato said, not caring at all.
Reiji shot him a cold stare,
"Manners, Ayato."
This only caused the red-head to scowl and ignore him.
"Celestia-sama, I haven't seen (Y/N) this evening. Do you know what happened to her?" Haru asked politely. Surprisingly, everyone stayed quiet awaiting for her answer.
The Goddess nodded slowly,
"(Y/N) ventured to the world known as The Void. To seek her own answer."
Haru said,
"Why did she leave without telling me? And from the name of that world, it doesn't sound good to me."
Ruki cleared his throat causing everyone to stare at him.
"I've heard about The Void. According to my information, that world is the inverse side of this world. The negative energy emitted in here is absorbed by The Void creating endless suffering in that place."
Celestia replied,
"Yes, you're right. That world only exists because of the negative energy from here. But it can danger (Y/N)'s life. After all, she's still a human."
Haru gritted his teeth,
"Then why would she come there in the first place?!"
"A certain phantom tricked her into coming with him in The Void. I think everyone remembered Takeshi right?"
Yuma clicked his tongue,
"That pathetic phantom? That can't be it. He was killed by Hakucho."
Celestia shook her head,
"A phantom can't be killed easily. And I know (Y/N) is aware of it."
Kanato gripped tighter on his Teddy,
"But why did she agreed to come with that phantom?"
The Goddess decided to confess the truth to them.
"Takeshi told her that she can find the meaning of love in The Void."
Haru's bangs covered his face and he bawled his fists tightly.
"It's because you took her ability to love! That's why she's so desperate to know the answer, you're driving her slowly to insanity!" He fell down on his knees and he covered his face with his hand.
A tear slowly slid down Haru's face, Ayato was about to make a silly remark about it but he didn't.
"Of all things you could take away, why did you take her love?! You could've take mine instead! Then she wouldn't have to face all of this." Haru shouted.
Celestia looked sadly at him,
"I had to do it. That was the curse of everyone who have my blood. Every single one of my descendants died by sacrificing themselves for the one they love or care about."
Haru looked up at her with tears in his eyes."W-What do you mean?"
The Goddess hesitated a bit then with the wave of her hand, they all transported to the space time continuum.
"Everyone thought that me and my twin sister, didn't get along from the beginning. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, we were very close, so close that we always stay together. The story you heard about us was different and I'll tell you the true story of what happened."
Everyone stayed quiet and she continued,
"As you know, my mother was Celeste. The previous Goddess of Space and Time. She told me and my sister that one of us will inherit the throne at the age of 16. The Pillar of Truth will decide which one of us will inherit it."
"Cresselia was not the troublemaker you all knew from the story, she was the most sweetest and kindest sister that I could ever ask for. We both even promised that if one of us inherits the throne, there will be no hard feelings and we would always support each other no matter what."
When Celestia said those words, two kids appeared in the space. One girl has blue and purple eyes, and the other has purplish-blue hair with dark blue eyes.
The two girls ran around, the other one trying to chase her sister but they both ended up falling on the moist grass. They both started laughing.
They disappeared and memories of Celestia started to appear.
"Cresselia started to change when we met Prince Tyron. I knew since then that she fell in love with him at first glance. But he completely ignored her and paid his attention to me instead. At first, I didn't want anything to do with him because he ignored Cresselia, but his kind words and actions slowly melted my heart and I fell for him too."
A man with short brown hair appeared and also a young lady. They chatted happily in the garden but unknown to them, Cresselia was watching slowly but with a hurt look in her eyes.
"There was a party and this time, Cresselia changed drastically that I didn't even knew who she was anymore. Her kind blue eyes turned to cold ones that I never recognized."
A young lady with purplish-blue hair appeared and she screamed,
"You betrayed me, Why?!"
Celestia turned away as if she couldn't bear to see the look on her sister's face.
"I never betrayed her, and I don't know what I've done to her. But after the party, she disappeared. No one knew where she went and on our 16th birthday, that is the first time I celebrated it alone. The Pillar of Truth chose me to inherit the throne."
"After a few years, Cresselia came back. But she didn't look like the sister I knew before, her face turned pale and she had a sick grin on her face, she brought an army which destroyed my kingdom."
"I pleaded out to her and asked why did she do it? She didn't answer and the only thing she said to me is." When the Goddess said those words, Cresselia appeared in her memory and she was holding a sword, the blade was faced to her.
"I'm not Cresselia, my name is now Cassius* and this is your punishment. Your selfishness and betrayal will kill you along with your kingdom." She said blankly.
Before Cresselia could finish her own sister, a sword went through her body, stabbing her. Celestia widened her eyes and Cresselia turned to the figure who have stabbed her.
"T-Tyron..." She spoke out before falling to the ground. Tyron walked up to Celestia,
"Are you okay?"
Celestia nodded and he hugged her,
"I'm glad you're alright."
Celestia watched her sister on the ground with a painful look in her eyes,"Cresselia..." She walked up to her.
The woman on the ground gritted her teeth,
"Curse you and your family! You're descendants will also face the same curse. They will live but won't love happily for the rest of their lives, they will be alone!" She coughed out while laughing loudly.
Tears ran down Celestia's face and Cresselia continued,
"Curse you, Curse you!" She repeatedly said, before disappearing.
The memory faded and Celestia said,
"Throughout the years, my descendants suffered. Their love ones killed by phantoms or Cresselia herself. I couldn't bare to see them suffer anymore so I confronted Cresselia in The Void. When I faced my sister, she made a deal with me. She would stop killing or ordering around the phantoms to kill the loves ones of my descendants IF I took their ability to love."
"I tried to change her mind, I didn't want to take their ability to love. She did changed her mind and told me I would only take their ability to love if my descendants wanted to change someone's fate by saving them."
Celestia turned to Haru,
"I did took (Y/N)'s ability to love because she wanted to save your life. I would've given it back to her but my sister has it now. That was the deal in order for her to stop hurting my descendants and I couldn't even do anything."
Haru stayed quiet and that's when someone said,
"Can't we just go to The Void already? Staying in here without doing anything is becoming quite troublesome now." Everyone faced Shuu who had a bored look in his face.
Celestia nodded,
"I'll open the portal now. But I warn you all, that place is filled with phantoms and other beings unknown to this world. Haru, you still being a mortal is also dangerous in The Void, it can endanger your life so I suggest you take it easy and don't rely on your abilities that much."
Haru nodded and Yuma grinned widely.
"Time to kick asses."
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"What happened?" (Y/N) tried to move till she realized chains were all over her body.
"You're finally awake." She looked up to see Takeshi smirking down at her.
She tried to move and used her psychic ability but none of them didn't work.
"Don't waste your time, Cassius-sama made sure those chains wouldn't break."
(Y/N) glared at him,
"You tricked me."
Takeshi laughed loudly,
"So what? You went with me without a second thought."
"Get back to work Takeshi." Someone said to him.
The phantom bowed at the figure,
"Cassius-sama, the prisoner is awake." The figure scoffed,"I could see that, now get back to work phantom."
Takeshi bowed at the figure and left.
"So you're (Y/N) Koizumi..."
The girl glared at the figure.
"What do you want with me?"
The figure chuckled and revealed itself. Shards floated around her as she walked towards (Y/N).
"Nothing really, but you could be quite useful to me." She pulled (Y/N) by her hair.
"Let go of me." The (H/C)-haired spat.
Cassius looked at her with interest in her eyes and she took a needle from nowhere.
"What are you doing?!" (Y/N) widened her eyes as Cassius neared her body.
"Don't worry, after I'm done with you, You'll be a whole different person."
(Y/N)'s agonized screams were the only thing heard from the room.
Key:
Cassius - A Roman word meaning "empty and vain"
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