“You have got to be kidding me!?! I can’t stop Lucifer! All I have is some lipstick, heels & a wolf.” “What makes me so important anyway?” Jesus looked at me & waved his hand in front of my face. I saw all my memories literally flash before my eyes. I saw one of me in the pool, splashing my mom as she laughed, my dad cannon balling in soon after. Another showed me dress as Snow White for Halloween, spinning in a circle with make-up on. Night pointed to that image. “You had the cutest face & outfit.” I glared angrily at Night. “Hmm; what, is something wrong?” I punched Night in his shoulder. “I still do!” Another was when I saw the car crash; I was on the ground weeping while a Another was when I kissed Night’s cheek a second ago. “You guys are cute together…” Jesus muttered, before continuing. “All of these memories show some form of love. Do you know why love is so important? It can create life, control people, & determine who rules the world… this is where you come into play Ai.” He snapped his fingers & my memories disappeared. “Nightfall & Skyfall were supposed to be the Angels of Love because of their love for each other, but then you were born, strictly out of love between Sarah & Alexander. Hence you exist. When Nightfall & Skyfall learned about it, I ordered them down on your 16th birthday so you could be warned.” Jesus didn’t say anything after that. “U-Um...” He smiled at me, ruffling up my hair. “I knew you’d be a good angel. Anyway, Lucifer will capture you, however I can’t tell you when. When that day comes, he will try & use Love to cause chaos on Earth. If he can turn you into Hate, Heaven will fall as will the world.” I was pale with fear. “What do you mean ‘turn me into Hate?’” aJesus gently turned my face towards His. His big gentle eyes shone with a sense of importance. “You are the embodiment of Love itself Angelica; Lucifer can turn you from Ai, into Kirai, with only a few words & simple tricks. You can’t let him do that by any means, do you understand child?” I nodded slowly. “Yes sir.” “Now Nightfall… I want you to protect Ai with your life do you understand?” he nodded. “Do not worry Father; I will not let her out of my sight.” With that Jesus snapped his fingers & we vanished.
I shot straight up into my bed & looked at the clock. Ah shit… I got dressed as fast as I could & ran to get the others up. “Guys hurry up & get dressed, school starts in 20 minutes!” they bolted up from the bed & got dressed super fast. When I ran into the kitchen, they were already dressed & were waiting in the car. I jumped into the driver’s seat & sped off without a word. When we got to our seats we took a huge sigh of relief. I set my head down on the desk & Night immediately began to play with my hair. “How are you doing?” I raised my head up slowly & glared at him, slowly flipping him off. “Yesterday I met Roy’s parents, saw my own parents for the first time in six years, had an argument with them that might’ve ruined our relationship for all eternity, I soon after met Jesus & was threatened to be kicked out of Heaven, &, oh yeah, He told me that Lucifer wants to kill the world by using me as a type of weapon made of Hate." he gave me a questioning look. "I feel like total & utter shit thanks for asking.” I slammed my head back down on the desk, hitting away Night’s hand from my hair.
“Why do you keep touching my hair anyway?”
“It is soft… it feels nice.”
“Find some new toy or something. It’s getting frustrating… damn it where’s the teacher!?!”
I exclaimed. “Everyone… sorry I'm late, we have a new student. She will be staying with Roy while she’s in the US. Go on, introduce yourself.” The room got about 10 degrees colder… oh no. “I am Shpetlana Flake, it is a pleasure.” There was a slight tinge of Russian in her voice. I turned around to a stunned Night. “Do me a favor?” he nodded. “Yes?” I rolled my eyes. “Kill me…”
“HEY GUYS!!!” we were at lunch, eating when Roy ran over, dragging Shpet behind him. Skyfall gave me a questioning look. “I like her; she was nice to me when I first died… but I don’t think she likes Nightfall a lot… oh sorry.” Night snorted angrily. “No, you are fine Skyfall; so long as she does not say anything rude to you… I will behave.” He said, before nodding off. Flora was seething in anger as the two of them sat down. “Can’t believe this… after what she did to your arm, I-” Roy was smiling wide. “Hi everyone!!!” we all nodded or weakly waved. “Hey Night, you gonna make it to the game tonight?” he nodded, half awake. “Night wake up…” I poked him in his face & he snorted awake. “So tired.” I put my hand on his shoulder. “You better wake up soon; you have your first football game tonight.” He nodded. Shpet looked around the table, looked at me & nodded. “A-” I stopped her & whispered. “Keep my son safe Shpet & we’ll get along just fine.” she ignored my comment & stared at Flora with an intense hatred. “Tree Hugger…” Flora took a bite of her salad & replied. “Hmph, Nature Killer…” I just let it slide, assuming it was something angel related. Roy seemed excited about the fact that Shpet was living with him. I noticed that he wasn’t wearing his necklace; did Bubba make him take it off? “Roy where's your new necklace?” he looked at me oddly. He sighed & pulled out the necklace. “It feels weird on my skin, so I took it off for a little bit.” Shpet looked dead at me, almost blowing my cover. “Ai, why do you hide; you did save his life, do you not think he should know?” everyone stopped eating while Roy was still confused. Shit, this Snow-For-Brains is gonna get me discovered! Roy looked around at everyone’s scared stiff faces. “Ai… that the name of my angel… come to think of it Mama…” he got close to my face. “You look a lot like her… oh well!” he sat back with a laugh as I silently promised to kill Shpet later. “Hey Roy… can we talk in private please?” he nodded happily as we walked into the hallway. “Snow, you cannot just-” Night was scolding her in the distance. “So how'd you meet her?” he put his hands on his head. “You mean Shpetlana? It was weird, I was fixing a car & suddenly there was this blast of cold air & there she was, standing in the middle with a stuffed saber tooth tiger toy. She said that she needed to find you, so I enrolled her in school with me! She's living with us too, but between you & me…” he whispered in my ear. “She's kinda weird… like she is the embodiment of snow; she doesn’t like to talk much, or smile but she's pretty. She said that she’d take me to Russia one day.” He stared dreamily at her. I put him in a headlock & he giggled. “Roy Sparks, are you in love???” I said half chuckling to myself; of course I knew but I liked teasing him a little bit. He turned his head to the side & I saw a soft pink glow around him as he shrugged. “I-I don’t know… maybe…” I let him go & turned him around. “Make sure you're at Night’s game tonight ok... & bring Shpet with ya.” he nodded & told me something odd. “I think he likes you; he really hates to leave your side Mama…” the bell rang before I could ask him what he meant.
At home I was trying to help Night put on his under armor. “Alright, get naked.” Wow out of context that sounds really weird, but he did what I said & took off his shirt. “Now listen; you can’t use your wings, if you need me, I’ll be on the field since I help out ok… if you don’t hurry up & strip damn it!” I took off my top in turn; I don’t like being in the same sweaty, old clothes & I felt breathing down my neck. "What now Angel Face hm…?” Night wrapped his arms around my waist. His body was burning up. Why does he get like this only around me? I thought he was just flirty but then I always remembered what he said at the mall. ‘You are the Angel of Love; do not forget that, being around you brings out the love in people & even more so for the person that loves you. They become uncontrollable with love for you, making their personalities differ greatly.’
I wonder… was Night the one who loved me? I touched his fingers around my waist & they twitched a little bit. “G-Get dressed you dumbass.” He chuckled & ran his index finger on my back. I heard a snap & caught my bra before it fell off. “THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?!” he smiled. “Giving you new material; we cannot have you freezing up on the battle field right?” he put on his under armor & we left. I ran into Skyfall, her hair in her normal two pony tails with our school colors on her face, like war paint. She wore the gold & purple like a pro. She looked like a mini cheerleader. I had on some jeans & one of my dad’s thicker undershirts. “You ready?” she asked as we nodded, Night slinging his equipment over his shoulder. We were driving along to the opposing team’s field. It was only 10 minutes away from the school but I still needed to drive. I walk most everywhere else, but lately Skyfall’s wings kept randomly opening so we took the car on longer walks. She told me that her feathers were molting or some shit. “So why does Flora hate Shpet?” Skyfall raised her hand up high; thank god I have a convertible. “Yes Skyfall…” she smiled. “Well snow kills the plants, so they’ve never been on good terms.” I was confused. “They died at different times though… roughly 400 years.” She nodded. “Flora never liked snow as is… so when they met in Heaven for the first time… well we were picking vines & snow out of the hall for weeks.” I laughed & turned to Night; he was looking out the window in a trance.
When we soon parked I told Skyfall to get a good seat & find the others. When she left I grabbed Night’s hand. “You ok?” he looked away from the window & nodded. “Yes just… nervous is all… I have never done something like this before so…” I picked his hand up & kissed the back of it. He looked confused. “You’ll be fine I promise.” I tried to kiss it again, but he pulled his hand away. “D-Do not… please.” I smirked; the same smirk I made when he said I was an angel. “Do what… this?” I asked innocently, kissing his hand again. “Or did you mean this…?” His breathing became shaky as I kissed up his arm, & kissed his neck. “Hah…” he deeply sighed at that. I got out of the car & grabbed his stuff. “C’mon, the night is your domain right; so let’s go.” We ran into the locker room & the guys high-fived me, most in towels. Oddly enough it didn’t bother me. We had ten minutes until the game started. One of them, Tyree, stopped me. “Yo Angel, what up with your hair; it’s really long for you.” ah shit. I played with the ends; thank god it was only to my shoulders. “I’ve decided to grow it out; I'm tired of getting mistaken for a boy in public ya know.” Great… fucking great, now I have to keep it to my shoulders at all times… either that or in a short ponytail. The laughed & dismissed it. Soon we were all huddled up. “Now we got a pretty good crowd tonight, & it’s Night’s first game… LET’S SHOW HIM WHY THE ARCHERS ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!” the guys cheered & ran out on the field. I hooked up the coach equipment & paced around. “HEY NIGHT, ANGEL WE’RE OVER HERE LOVELIES!!!” I turned behind me & laughed. There was Skyfall, Flora, Roy & a decked out Shpet. She all had on the school colors, but was the only one with gold & purple highlights in her hair. I turned back around when I heard the whistle blow. For his first time playing quarter back, Night was doing pretty good. Around the second quarter I thought I saw his wings. I noticed the same gold shimmer as when I was wrapped in them; fuck he did have his wings out. Controlling the anger in my voice, I called out to our coach. “Hey Coach… you might wanna pull Saito in for a time out. He looks kinda winded ya know.” He looked at me in question. “He looks good out there to me.” I shook my head. “Night is a tough guy, he's not gonna say he’s tired… trust me.” He nodded & when they came in for a time out, I pulled Night aside & pushed him into the locker room, locking the door.
“What are you doing? Coach Ross needs me back out there to finish p-” I shook my head & grabbed him by the collar. I had held him back from going on the field. “You get to sit out & as for this-” I pulled the top half of his gear off. Sure enough, his wings were out & he looked away sheepishly. “I told you not to use your wings goddamn it! You have to play fair; we could be disqualified for that stunt. Honestly what were you thinking you idiot!?!” Silence filled the room, & then I heard this. “I… I just wanted to make you proud…” I was angry. I hate cheating in sports. I plucked a feather out from his wings; he winced. I waved the feather in front of his face in anger. “So you think that the way to make me proud is cheat!?! What the fuck is your damage; are you that stupid or something!?!” I raised my hand to hit him & he raised his in turn to block me; I grabbed his hands. I hung my head, upset at how easily I was ready to hit him. “Idiot… you can’t cheat understand?” I kissed the back of his hand like I had earlier. “I hate cheaters… & I don’t wanna hate you.” I stared into his eyes; they looked apologetic. “I am sorry…” I looked at him, confused. “What'd you say?” he shook his head, like he said something he shouldn’t have. “I said I am sorry; whenever I get upset or stressed I speak in my native language... um, Japanese…” he tightened his grip on my hands & pulled me to his face. I could feel his breathing on my face. I listened for the roar of the crowd… the game was still going on, most likely in the third quarter. Doubtful Coach would be looking for us, he trusts me. “Why…?” I whispered. Night removed one of his hands that I was holding & caressed my cheek. “Why what…?” I pushed him away from me so I could clearly see his face. “You told me a while back that I bring out the love in people… even more so for the one that loves me. Are you that person…?” he refused to meet my eyes. “Night… c’mon you gotta answer me here…” “Let me tell you in this way.” He brought my face close to his & I closed my eyes, prepping for a kiss; we heard an explosion from the field.
A fire had broken out; smoke & ash flew everywhere. We ran out of the locker room as I yelled for my friends, but they were nowhere to be seen. “SKYFALL, FLORA, & HELL I’LL EVEN TAKE SPHET C’MON! SOMEBODY ANSWER ME!!!” I was frantically searching for the others when I ran into Roy. He was covered in soot, & coughing. “Mama!!!” he hugged me as I rubbed his head. “I can’t find Shpetlana!!!” I held him at arms’ length. “Roy get out of here it’s not safe.” He shook his head. “But-” ah shit… I looked at Night. “Will she…” he nodded. “As long as she-” he looked at Roy with concern. “Wears her better suited clothes, she will be fine.” I grabbed Roy by the shoulders.
“Hide…”
“But-”
“NOW!!!”
He got scared & ran off. I took a deep breath & thought about when Night unhooked my bra earlier. Before I knew it I had changed. When I looked at Night, he had changed too, Yuki by his side. “C’MERE KIRAI!!!” my friend bolted from the car & then I heard a voice that made my heart stop.
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