Chapter 1- Her Arrival.

The lone full moon lighted the dark sky with the help of few stars scattering around. I inhaled sharply and made my way to a house a few meters from where I was standing. The target is; a mansion with plain, simple yet beautiful colors and decorations. I smirked.

The perfect house to break in.

The mansion is surrounded by walls of bricks. Ain't too high to climb so it won't be much of a problem. The main trouble is, the body-built guards watching over the compound. I scanned the whole territory. Almost all the rooms' lights had gone off. I aimed at a room on the second floor, with glass windows and balcony.

There are less guards there and that's a good sign. Carefully, quietly, I took a few steps backwards, gathered a huge momentum and charged at the wall. I placed a foot on the wall, grabbed the highest peak (if you know what I mean) and threw myself over the wall. Luck had gone to my side given the fact that I safely landed on the soft grass.

Wincing, I got up and brushed my back then headed towards the aimed room.

Second floor.

Balcony.

About 10 feet++ .... or so I thought. But it's not that high, just about the normal height from a first floor to a second floor. Well, not a problem to me.

Breathe in, breathe out.

I can do this.

Once again, I mustered up an enormous momentum by taking a few steps to the back and ran towards the wall. I put my right foot on the wall, did a double somersaults and just for fun, performed a butterfly kick then quickly grabbed the railing of the balcony. I let my feet swung in the air before doing a handspring and landed on the balcony on my feet perfectly.

Gosh, that was tiring.

Been a long time since I did multiple tricking, parkour.

The guards hadn't even realized I was here.

What a useless security.

And again, luck was on my side; the balcony door was opened. I giggled to myself then entered the dark room. Just as I was about to search around for treasures, I tripped on something then fall sideways. And the worst of all is, I landed on someone's bed. On top of it, I landed on someone's chest! It was a guy well because his chest is flat, ew. When I fell on him, he groaned and coughed then shot upright to sit and with that, I dropped butt-first on the cold floor.

"Damn!" I murmured and stared at the guy on the bed.

He was wearing a plain white t-shirt with black tracksuit. Even though it's dark, I can actually point out his features perfectly. His hair is blood-red in color, his eyes, heterochromia iridus problem where his right eye is red and his left eye is golden or yellow in color. He wore a calm expression on his face, looking straight into my eyes.

"I.... I-uh, um...." what reason am I going to give!? I'm his stalker? No, I'm trying to rape him? No no, I'm trying to rob him!? No- "I, uh-I fell from the moon-"

"I've been waiting for your arrival, midnight-thief." He spoke, voice so seductive, I was frozen. Only the sound of the air the air-con releases could be heard. I decided to reply.

"..Wait.... for who?" I frowned and my voice almost sounded like a whisper.

"You." He answered short.

"Me?"

"You."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Akami Seiryuu."

My eyes widened when he said my name. "H-how on earth do you know my-" before I could finish my sentence, a gust of wind hit me from outside, attacking my right side. I was thrown to my left and hit that damn-hard wall, approximately thrown 2.5 meters from my position just now.

And it hurts like hell! I rubbed my head and gasped in pain when I moved my right hand. I looked down and realized my sleeve was torn and my arm was bleeding. Even my right temple was bleeding. I staggered and visions blurred.

The hell happened!?

I turned to see the guy. And 'whoa'-ed when I saw him holding a sword where the blade is pitch black horizontally above his head with his right hand. His left hand was aiming at a figure in front of him.

The figure had huge body, two horns on each side of his head, bulging black pupil that looked like a hole, slumped body and dripping saliva. I didn't scream, I looked at it, eyes widened. The ugly creature ducked its head when the guy slashed his sword, aiming at his throat. He rolled behind him and I thought it was going to eat that guy right there and then but it did was swung its enormous hand to the guy's side and threw him to the other side of the room. He bumped onto the wall as well, haha I should say, but right now I shouldn't because the creature is charging towards me.

I yelped and rolled to the left, went to the bed, pulled the blanket and threw it on the creature. Though I don't know if it will even make him budge. The creature let out a growl, more like a laughter then tore the blanket apart.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry!" I said and glanced at the guy who was now trying to attack the creature once again. He didn't seem to notice me. He wasn't hurt, that's a surprise. The creature ran to me again. I ducked under its arm and went behind him then touched its shoulder.

Hairy, disgusting.

The creature turned around and I quickly grabbed its wrist then with all my freaking might, I threw it over my shoulder. The creature landed hard on the floor and the room seemed like it shook. Before it could get up, the guy stabbed the sword on the creature's eye. It wriggled and groaned then dissipated into black gas.

I blinked. "Am I.... dreaming?" I murmured then exhaled sharply. The lights went on and I winced.

"You tried to rob my house," the guy spoke and I looked at him. He was leaning his hand against his studying table, staring at me with a fierce gaze. "You dropped blood all over my room. You made the demon tore my blanket. You messed up my room." He continued.

I fell silent and bit the inside of my left cheek. "Um.... I'm sorry....?"

He sighed. "Come sit here." He gestured at the chair. I hesitated.

Wait.

Where did the sword go anyway?

Maybe I shouldn't move, because if I do, maybe he'll stab me like how he stabbed that creepy creature-demon....

"I don't like repeating what I said. Come here or I'll call the police." He said again.

I, Akami Seiryuu, regarded as the midnight-thief no one could catch, recognize or even notice, is now facing a guy that looks like he's the same age as me, demanding me to obey him or he'll call the police. The hell. I shouldn't have come here.

"I said-" he was starting to get annoyed.

"Okay, okay." I surrendered and made way to the chair and sat on it just like how he ordered. I gulped nervously. He glanced at me then opened the drawer then took out a box.

First-aid kit.

"What-"

"Shut up." He cut me off and I closed my mouth. He pinched off some cotton and soaked part of it in the antiseptic. He put it aside, grabbed a tissue and wiped my right temple.

"Ow." I winced.

"Stay put. Don't move. I know it hurts but you have to endure it." He said and continued wiping it. I groaned when he reached the part where it was wounded deeply. Eventually, I can't take it anymore so I pushed his hand away.

"Just.... let it be. It'll be fine in a few days." I said.

He removed my hand gently then held my wrist and continued wiping the blood despite of my protests and painful cries. "It won't be fine if I let it be. This wound is from a demon. Thus it shouldn't be taken of lightly. It could kill you." He said then threw the wet tissue of blood into the dustbin under the table. Next, he reached for the cotton soaked with antiseptic then slowly wiped my right temple.

"Ow ow, damn it hurts like hell. And demon, you say?" I spoke.

"You're unlucky you met such a dishonorable demon. It was aiming for you from the start when you climbed the wall." He replied.

"Demon....? And wait-you knew I was trying to rob you!?"

He looked at me, chuckling, his stare doesn't seem so fierce right now. "I know everything. And yes, demon. You encountered a demon just now."

I inflated my cheeks and shut my eyes when he bandaged my head. "You know-ow, I think tonight isn't the right time to be-ow, kidding about demons, it's scaring me okay? And― ow ow not so tight!" I complained.

"I am not kidding. You'll believe me later when I bring you to the Celestials." He said and moved to wipe the blood and wound on my arm.

Celestials?

Demons?

Then what is he? A God?

Ugh.

What has gone wrong with my life? I was just a high-schooler in Tokyo during the day and a midnight-thief during the night, I spent most of my time studying and breaking into other people's houses. Until I decided to move to Kyoto. I was just walking down the street when I saw his mansion. It caught my eyes. But demons....?

"Don't move your head and arm too much it's gonna hurt a bit but...." He was saying something after that but it was already inaudible to me. I frowned as the room spun around and then I blacked out.

* * * *

"She should be okay since she's on the Celestial Land." A voice said.

"How's her arm?" a familiar voice asked.

"Okay by now. It's not that serious as the demon is low-leveled." A female voice answered. I decided to move my hand a bit.

"Ah, she moved!" a male voice said.

"Dear, can you open your eyes?" the female asked. Oh yeah, eyes. I forgot about that. I opened my eyes and found myself looking at two unfamiliar faces and one familiar face; the guy from that mansion.

"Aww, such a beautiful eyes you have, little girl!" the female smiled sweetly.

"Um...." I sat up. "What, who, where, how, when?"

The female glanced at the mansion-guy and smiled at me. "Okay, first and foremost. I am the Celestial Healer, called Ayame. You should recognize your lifesaver, the Red Emperor," he gestured to the mansion-guy. "Akashi Seijuurou. His most trusted right hand, the Black Horse," she pointed her finger to the unfamiliar guy beside the mansion-guy― I mean Akashi. The unfamiliar guy has jet black hair and he's taller than Akashi. "Mibuchi Reo."

I blinked. "This is the longest dream I've ever had."

"No!" Ayame said. "This is not a dream!"

"Eehh, even the people in my dream do know I'm in a dream," I laughed a bit. "Weirdest dream ever."

Suddenly, a sharp pain hit me right on my right temple and I yelped in pain. I looked up and saw Akashi. He had hit my forehead with his hand. "You ain't in a dream, Seiryuu." He said.

I was shocked when he called me by my first name.

"Last night, you tried to rob me but got thrown to the wall, injured your temple and arm, fought a demon and passed out." He explained further.

My mind started to flashback. Mansion, balcony, butterfly kick, handspring, landed, fell on him, thrown to the wall, he took out a sword, fought with the creature-no, demon. He ordered me to sit down on the chair, wiped my wound, antiseptic.... I passed out....

OH MY SOUL IT'S NOT A DREAM!!!!