No Stars in the Sky

By Aine

I cannot see any stars in the sky now. Just the moon- the fickle, inconstant moon, right now but a smear of silver in the sky.

What does this all mean? The last kekkai stands, although the constellations have disappeared from the sky. Have the Seals won, or lost?

I know I shouldn't be here, tonight. I shouldn't be trying to destroy the world I am a part of. Am I not as human as the Angels I gathered, am I not one such as they are trying to destroy? I have often wondered what they feel, these Angels of Death, to want to destroy 'the majesty of God'. Do they feel enough hatred against man to want to destroy them, or are they pawns caught up in the cruel machinations of fate?

My Angels, my saviors, my hope. I have been using them, just as they have been using me, for one thing. To destroy the Earth.

You weep, nee-san, knowing what Kanoe has done. For you, I destroyed all the world.

Fate is cruel. To take fourteen mostly young, mostly untried people, to thrust them into a sea beyond their sailing- the fourteen most powerful people on the Earth. In some ways, the most pitiable.

Either way, death and suffering on both sides. Death, destruction, pain, fear, suffering, and the loss off all that civilization and man have been able to create. The death of man, when Tokyo Tower falls. I know it shall, just as Kakyou said it would. Just as it was in the dream where you did not die.

Standing here on the observation deck, I can feel the night breeze. It's cold, and surprisingly refreshing. It's seldom you have nights like this in a city like Tokyo. Perhaps, I have been caged under City Hall too long. With my one wish, and my dragons, just like you, nee-san.

But I was never like you. Not as noble, not as self-sacrificing. I, too, work for the Tokyo Government. I, too try to control Fate. For myself. For you.

It was never my wish to see you come to ill. Surprised? You will be, when Tokyo Falls, and with it the world. When you and your attendants are the only ones alive. Your kekkai will stand, even through the destruction of the world- the only one left.

That's why I'm here tonight, you know. To work the only true magic I have. When I die, your kekkai will stand forever.

I learnt something in the course of my life. You don't need to be able to dreamgaze to know what the future holds. I may not have the ability to dream of the future, but I can change it. For the one I love and cherish, I will move the world, or kill it. Even one such as I has dreams..