She coughs and groans with tremendous pain, holding her bruised throat with care. Her battered face with a mess of creamy substance continues its lethargic turn. And her eyes dull unbothered by the dust tries to make sense of her surroundings.

"Oops!" He leaps over a pile of rubble and continues deeper into the building. From her dull eyes, she perceives a silhouette in the thick smoke. And a devastating explosion causes the ground to shake catapulting the debris. She coughs with a painful expression, as he draws close. And at that moment she notices a warm light that shines overhead. Which gives her a peaceful sensation within her chest.

"Ah, are you my lucky angel? I'm sorry I think it's all too late." Her raspy tone turns into a cough. And the drops of blood, that lands on her face, develop an abstract painting of misery.

"Isn't it sad? Hmm, I sure think so. These men regard you as a thing for sexual use. (He dips into his pocket, pulls out a cloth and a canister of water. Wetting the cloth he wipes her face and continues to speak.) Me? I see potential. The question is, do you want to live?" He inquires with a soft tone.

She couldn't perceive his face, but the warm aura that radiates from his body, confers a trustworthy impression.

She continues to stare with her bewildered eye saying. "I've never met someone, and I can't understand why. I find it hard to find someone like you. Where were you when I needed it?"

"Hey! Izanagi, Izanagi!" Kace continues to yell, firing off multiple bullets.

"Oh!" Izanagi's thoughts arrive in the present and note the men running throughout the parking lot, and Kace shooting while fighting three other beast-men.

"Don't, 'Oh!' me, you've been standing there for five minutes, care to help?"

"I was just thinking of the past. Weird how it seems like yesterday, huh?" Her mind drifts again to another moment.

"We need to move to a new hideout soon, I feel like someone is watching us." Kace expresses his concern itching his jaw, as he walks into a confined candlelit room. Izanami lifts herself from the improvised bed, cracks her neck, grabbing a small satchel and a Katana, she questions.

"Where to?" Then adds, "If you're unsure, I notice that many people live near the burning city. How about there?" Her dull eyes of pale blue peers at him while rubbing her earlobe.

"Cool, we on the same page. Now, let's freaking skedaddle." An explosion demolishes the walls, and few men rush into their room.

"Dang it, Izanami run!" He screams but only hears the ringing of his ears.

"Run Kace, I'll draw them away!" Izanami yells, unable to understand him, but waves the phrase " no" pointing toward the exit while he grabs her hand.

"Spread out and find them! We're taking back our property!" A man yells, entering the room with an army uniform and a red wolf mask.

Kace grabs Izanagi by the hand, leading the way through the heavy smog. And with a foot, he brushes against the wall in search of the next exit. A red beam shines in his eye upon a turn and a volley of bullets rush at them.

"Dammit!" Kace shouts returning fire pulling the trigger in a rage. His exasperating breathing turns into a hoarse cough as the smoke enters his lungs.

"Kace, find a way out. I'll watch your back as usual." She pats his shoulder while gripping on her waist to hold back the blood.

"What the hell, you got hit!" Kace exclaims taking the jacket off his back to tie it around her. Instead, she interrupts with a finger on his lips saying, "Shh, focus! You need to go!"

She pulls a Katana from her waist, "Run without looking back!" and with a great swing, the dust disperses to the walls. And the ground split into halves as a torrent of wind shoots through the ground, and the trees outside come into their view.

"Sir, we've found them walking from a crater from under the building. But Sir, are you sure we can kill even without a PVP request?" A man approaches from behind wearing black and a red wolf mask and speaks while he salutes.

"You don't need a Player Versus player request to fight someone. Kill him and bring back my doll." He responds with a snicker and signals him to leave with a wave.

"I told you to run. Ugh! Why are you carrying me?"

"Izanami for the last time, shut up. You got a bullet inside of you and a jacket won't do much. Dammit, we have to get to someplace safe and fast."

"This is the third time; they came after us. They won't stop. You know this, just give them what they want. (She whispers with her head hanging with a sigh) Just leave me be."

"I'll pass." Kace scoffs and clicks his tongue.

"Fine, you saved me and I'm forever grateful."

"Says the one that cut through a building with that crazy expensive Katana we bought from the marketplace." Kace chortle as he mouths the word 'crazy expensive' again with a smile.

"Which is why with this sword, I shall relieve myself of this weakness that continues to burden you." Izanami declares and pushes Kace to the side.

And before he could react, she displays her ample breast from her shirt. And with the blade underneath she pulls with a clean stroke. "My lucky angel... is it all too late?" Passes out as the blood floods and a voice comes to her head.

(Selfless desires - Seppuku. Regeneration unlocked Rank unlocked Goddess - Isis.)

"Izanagi! Tsk... Izanagi! (A ray of light shines into 'their' eyes as the darkness disperses. And the sight of the parking lot comes into view once again.) Dammit, Izanagi They got us surrounded!" Kace yells as two clips fall from the guns and add, "I'm out of flipping ammunition!"

"Ugh! Could you stop screaming? (Rubs 'their' earlobe while staring at Kace in annoyance.) They're dead already, tsk!" Izanagi growls and with a swift swing of their sword, the time comes to a halt. And the bodies of their pursuers split in half with a glass effect and shatters to pieces.

"I still can't get over seeing that!" Kace gags with a palm over his mouth. Spits and turn with a smirk, "Since that's over with, you hungry? I figured out how to make ice cream in this gloomy ass world."

"Is it salted-caramel Vanilla?"

"Uh. You see..."

"Get it together Kace. You know I like my caramel."

"Tsk... After all these months Izanagi am I nothing but a chef to you?"

"Shh..." Izanagi steps close and presses 'their' lips on Kace chiseled right cheek, and 'their' normal dull blue eyes recapture its vividity. And now resemble a lake with gems of rays shimmering in the water from the radiating sun as she whispers.

"Wherever you go, I go. Whatever you need from me, you can have it. You are my lucky angel, the one that holds together this (presses their hand against their chest) body of broken mirrors."

Izanagi steps over the diced corpse and turns with the hilt of the sword at their mouth. "It's odd, isn't it? That I'd rather you call me Izanami when we're alone. Hmm. What is this feeling?"