Chapter 16: What Bumps in the Night

"The heir was cursed!" Some smaller god declared to the God of Law, who growled, "Yes! I know, the God of War has told us that the day the heir was born!"

Yumoto whimpered as he sat there, "I'm sorry!" He cried, looking down at his hands, "I-I didn't want this to get out of hand!"

"Yes, we know your majesty, and those memories were locked away by the God of Time! How did they come back?!"

"I'm...I'm not sure! I...they came to me and Yuuma stood there holding my body!" He screamed, "My-my body hurts." Yumoto began to sob, "My-my life is a wreck!"

He looked away from them as he held his hands together, "I-I-I'm an heir to the throne of nothing!"

"Your majesty, please!" Aurite spoke, "You are not!"

"Don't tell him lies." A Goddess scoffed, "This heir is nothing to all of us...he doesn't dictate what we want."

Yumoto froze and looked at her, "Ple-please! I'm not a bad heir!"

"Yes, you are. You're useless, always getting beaten up. Hireashi tried to eat your soul twice."

Yumoto looked away, "Do-don't do this to me, I've never hurt anyone!"

"That's your issue, God of Light!" One spat, "You don't fight nor defend yourself"

Yumoto froze and dropped to his knees as one mocked, "Pray to the First God of Love, heir. Show us his great powers then, you useless heir!"

Yumoto looked down at his hands, "The-the First God of Love has spoken to me many times! I do not have any of his powers!"

One God walked to him and slapped him across the face.

Aurite gasped, "How dare you touch the heir!" He yelled as he jumped in front of him, "You've upset him so much, so stop it!"

"I-I-I'm fine, Aurite..." Yumoto whimpered as he cradled his cheek, "For we both know they fear me now!" He stood up with glowing eyes...but this time, his eyes were glowing orange and his voice was not his own...

"It is I, the First God of Love! How dare you all treat this poor great-grandchild of mine! For you all pick on him and do not understand what is happening! Hireashi is back and alive, his ancestor had me killed and if my son was not there to take my place, then the worlds would have collapsed!"

Yumoto's body turned to the God of Law, "You are all doing exactly what they had done to me in the past! You all ridicule the heir and yet he tries hard to keep you all save from death!"

"Oh, don't worry about that..." a voice giggled and Yumoto was hit by something and he fell forward.

"God of Night!"

"Don't worry, the heir is just sleeping..." The God smirked, "Don't worry..." He walked to Yumoto and stroked his face, "oh heir, you're a little troublemaker."

"Get away from him!" Aurite hissed, "You are to never be near him!"

"Yes, I know...I am just here for a thing from the heir." The God of Night smirked and the God of Law walked close to him, "Take his powers away."

"STOP!" Aurite screamed, "That will kill him!"

"Hold Aurite back!"

Aurite looked upward, "Yukiteru-sama, please stop them! This is nonsense!"

Yukiteru looked down at him, "Yes, I know!" he glared at the God of Law, "Hisakawa Seiji, God of Law, you know only I can call that!"

Seiji growled, "God of War! Your son is in no condition to rule!"

"That may be the case for you! My son was already demoted down to heir because of you!"

"The heir is never going to rule!"

Yukiteru growled and gasped out as the God of Night walked to Yumoto. "Leave him! You both are to stay away from each other!"

Yumoto cried out as the God of Night grabbed his arms and his eyes popped open. He screamed loudly as pain filled his body and darkness surrounded him. "Pa-papa!" He cried as the shadows grabbed onto him.

"Oh, heir...do you not know who I work for? I am a worker of the Anti-Coccino Clan...and the shadows will kill you." The God of Night smirked and Yumoto's eyes widened.

"PAPA!" He screeched, "He-help me!"

Yukiteru growled and ran down towards the God, "Damn you!"

As he did, the shadows showed Yumoto, "Now, now Yukiteru-sama, one step closer and your son dies." The God smirked and walked towards Yumoto and held a dark dagger in hands. "I have betrayed your court...Lord Yuuma and Lord Hireashi crave his blood."

Yumoto whimpered as the dagger was held close to his face. "Lord Hireashi has shown me why the heir mustn't be trusted! So, now I sacrifice this heir to him!"

Yumoto let out a scream of protest and as the God swung the dagger down, chains surrounded Yumoto.

"O-oh thank you God of Protection!" Yumoto gasped out and the shadows surrounded him again.

"Heir...let's kill you in front of the Gods that hate you." The God of Night smiled, "We were never supposed to meet together...and now I will kill you!"

Yumoto screamed out as the shadows began to tighten around him, "Shhh heir...the clan will hold your corpse for thousands to see."

Yumoto gasped and begged for him to stop. "The-the worlds will end if I am dead!"

"Don't worry...for we other gods will live but will bow to the true leader!"

"Hire-Hireashi isn't a true ruler!"

"And you are? But don't worry...my shadows are draining your life."

"My soul is getting tired of being used in rituals!" Yumoto screamed and laughter filled the room, "Drain him, and let me finish killing him!"

"Yes, Lord Yuuma!"

Yumoto growled as he tried to move and Aurite screamed, "Someone! Get them both!"

"No," Seiji smirked, "The useless heir can learn from this."

"Wha-what?!" Aurite gasped out and Perlite froze, "The-the heir...our heir...Hireashi is coming..."

"Akoya?" Argent questioned and Perlite screamed, "Pain, suffering, death! Hireashi, oh my...he...he's going to seal himself with the heir!"

"We must stop him!"

Yumoto cried out as the shadows dropped him finally. He moaned weakly as he tried to crawl away, "He-help me...mama...pa-papa...an-an-chan...!"

"Oh how cute." Yuuma smirked and held Yumoto's limp body and laughed, "What a cute heir...what a déjà vu moment huh? Well...when we crashed your ball, I had the God of Night help me, cute prince."

Yumoto gasped and Yuuma licked his cheek. "Your last bit of energy is mine."

Yumoto froze as Yuuma bit his neck and he let out a scream of pain. Aurite screamed his name and Yumoto fell back holding onto the wound and shaking on the ground.

"N-no!" Yumoto gasped out and felt sleep over come him.

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"Kenshi...Minato, we can't keep working for dumb Yuuma, he's making this slower! Me and Masahiro are dying to kill the heir!"

"Yes and my dad and uncle couldn't even kill him!" Minato hissed, "Dumb heir..."

"I know! Yuuma is...but we need to gain his trust so we can destroy the heir!"

"oh...I can help you..." a girl's voice giggled and Kenshi growled, "Who are you!?"

"Me?" a girl with dark blue hair in pigtails walked out, "My name is Mimi...my brother is Lord Katashi...and I too, thirst for the heir's blood."