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But was it Setsuna? Or was it Alexiel? He had been greeted with the name Nanatsunaya—a name he hadn’t been called in quite some time.
“Setsuna…?”
“Kira-sempai. Nanatsunaya. Tell me what I’m supposed to call you.” A derisive laugh fell from the lips. “I don’t even know what I should call myself! Setsuna or Alexiel? We’re one in the same, aren’t we? That’s what she told me, at least. ” Setsuna dropped her head, taking a shuddering breath. “I don’t even know what’s real anymore!”
She looked back up at Kira and a pale, slim hand ruffled the blond hair. “I am the result of a final, perfect melding of consciousness: I have memories, Kira, so many memories. It’s taken a while to sort them out. But I remember everything… I failed…you, Rosiel…everyone…”
Kira frowned, not understanding what Setsuna was saying. The girl must be referring to the war Alexiel had instigated, but why say that she had failed Rosiel? There was like there was something more to what she was saying. He pushed in the back of his mind. “Come on, let’s go back. To Kotone, Sara—”
That caught the girl’s attention. “Sara? What do you mean, Sara?”
“Setsuna, you two are sisters…”
Setsuna started laughing. “Sisters? That’s funny Kira. No, we’re not sisters anymore…”
“Setsuna?”
“You haven’t noticed? Oh, Kira …” The girl stood up, ripping her shirt as she did. Kira’s eyes widened when he realized that she wasn’t wearing anything underneath. He would have looked away had he the chance. Unfortunately, he was instead face with the flat chest and body of what was definitely a male’s. “Does this look like the chest of a girl to you?”
“What the hell…?”
Setsuna shook his head and turned away. “Just the truth being revealed. I’d like to be alone, Kira.”
Kira hesitated, remembering the words that Kotone had spoken to him. Stop her—well, him now—from doing anything stupid. Considering what he knew Setsuna was like, anything stupid would wait until she—he—was alone.
“I’m not leaving until I get an answer.”
“An answer?”
The older boy scowled and grabbed Setsuna from behind, dragging him down onto the floor and locked into his embrace. Their legs tangled as Kira held his friend. “Yes, an answer. What’s happened to you?”
“Life? Death? A bunch of horrible things have happened. I don’t know where to start. I don’t want to relive it. In words or anything else.”
“Setsuna…”
The younger one stared up at him with tired eyes before they widened and Setsuna tried to get away from Kira. “No! I can’t tell you anything. I can’t!”
Kira forced the struggling Setsuna to look at him, one of his legs tightening as his arms did the same. He forced their lips to meet and Setsuna immediately relaxed. He would have continued had something not caught his eye and he wrenched his eyes up to stare into the golden eyes. “Setsuna, maybe you should button your shirt up again.”
“What…? Oh shit.”
As a now female Setsuna hurried to button up her shirt, Kira turned away, covering his mouth. “Yeah.”
A knock at the door caught the woman off guard. Kotone blinked rapidly before shaking her head and heading for the door. She opened the door and binked once more at the person on the other side.
“Katou?”
The boy smirked at Kotone and the girl frowned. There was something a little off about all of this. “Hey. Kira said he wanted to see you.”
Kotone’s eyes lit up at the mention of Kira, her misgivings forgotten. “Did he find Setsuna?”
The smirk widened at her words. “Yeah. He did.”
Kira, on the other hand, was lost in thought. On what, who knows? But it concerned Setsuna, if his intent gaze on his companion was any indication. As the irritating silence dragged on, Kira looked more and more annoyed and grabbed onto Setsuna’s arm, pulling her back to face him. “Se--”
“Setsuna!”
Setsuna turned away from Kira to see Kotone running towards them, waving her hand wildly. Kira sighed as he let go of his friend’s arm, annoyed at Kotone’s timing. That woman…hadn’t she said that she would wait until he called her? Kira frowned when he saw a figure following her. Setsuna didn’t seem to notice the second person at first, smiling widely and waving back to the red-haired girl.
Setsuna’s eyes widened when she saw the other person and she lowered her arm slowly to clutch onto her chest, onto the ‘charm’ hidden under her shirt. The one Kira had given her. “No…not Kotone…”
“Setsuna?”
She felt a gentle touch on her arm, but her eyes were ever intent on the movements of the two people approaching her and Kira. What was going on? This hadn’t happened in that other life. Was it because everything had changed for her this time? Was that why it would be Kotone instead of Kira?
The pair had drawn closer now, enough for the other person to hear Setsuna’s whispering voice. “Rosiel…”
Kotone frowned at Setsuna. “Sets-chan, this is Kato, not Rosiel. Whoever that is.”
Setsuna shook her head, and Kotone frowned. The girl was obviously confused by what her young, blond roommate was saying. Then there was laughter from the man Kotone had brought with her that sounded nothing like Kato’s laughter.
“You are no longer needed.”
There was a flicker of the hand and Kotone fell, a large gash forming in her side. Setsuna immediately moved to catch the now dead body of her friend before looking up at the killer. The man standing behind Kotone no longer looked like Kato now, but the being Setsuna had seen in Ruri’s room. Kira immediately fell into a defensive position; pulling out the blade he carried on his person to summon his katana. Setsuna’s lack of reaction, however, made him hesitate.
“Rosiel, are you that intent on making me suffer so?”
Rosiel merely smiled and knelt in front of Setsuna. A hand reached out and touched the human girl’s face. “You’re not surprised that I killed this girl, Sister? Indifference to death…that is so like you. Tell me, Sister, when will you awaken and come to my embrace?”
Kira stared between Setsuna and Rosiel. This was rather confusing. He’d expected something along the lines of Alexiel taking over Setsuna’s body with all the anger he was feeling coming off of the girl. Instead, Rosiel and the reincarnation of his sister were having a civil conversation. He sighed as he pocket the blade for a cigarette. The world had officially gone upside down.
“I am not one who will join you so readily, Rosiel.”
Rosiel’s smile widened before he leaned in and whispered something against Setsuna’s lips. Kira frowned at the sudden intimacy between the pair. It was as if all the animosity Rosiel harboured towards Setsuna had been redirected to capture the girl. He didn’t intervene, although a quiet rage was building towards the inorganic angel. He didn’t have to worry much as Setsuna jerked back, letting Kotone’s corpse fall to the ground. Those golden eyes of hers widened in shock and the pendant stone changed into the seven blade sword—Kira’s original form. Without a second thought, the blade was swung at the body Rosiel was possessing.
Rosiel separated from it as the blade cut through the flesh. He looked down at Setsuna. “And there is nothing I can do? Have you abandoned me again, Alexiel?”
“Time and hardships I have yet to face may turn me to you eventually. And you will have a hand in every one of them, won’t you?”
Rosiel smirked as he distanced himself from his sister, Kira and the two corpses. “Would you expect anything less?”
Rosiel’s laughter echoed as he disappeared and Setsuna looked down at Kato, purifying him so as to separate the poisonous part that caused Kato to change into a ghoul. She stared down at the sword, and then the blood on her hands. Wide eyes turned to Kira, a combination of shock and bitter realization glowing in those eyes. “Kira…sempai…?” And then everything went black for Setsuna.
“Setsuna, how are you feeling?”
Setsuna rolled over “Like something sat on me. Ugh…I feel horrible.”
“Hm? I didn’t know you had so many pictures of me in your room.”
Pictures? Room?
Kira!
Setsuna’s eyes snapped open as she sat up quickly. Her stomach twisted as she did that and her hand immediately covered her mouth. She forcibly swallowed the bile rising up her throat as she glared at Kira. “Get. Out.”
The boy just smiled at her and reached out to ruffle her hair. “Nah, can’t leave you alone. Who knows what you’ll do.”
Setsuna scowled at those words. “It’s not like I’m alone in the apartment. Shouldn’t Koto…ne…” She trailed off and stared down at her now clean hands, remembering what had happened just hours before. “Kotone…and…Yue…”
Setsuna suddenly grabbed onto Kira, eyes wide. “It’s happening again. Things were different this time, so I didn’t think it would happen so soon. I can’t believe…I killed him again. Kato…why did it have to happen again, and earlier than before? Is it because I remembered everything from before? Is that why?”
She hung her head, burying it into Kira’s chest. “Rosiel, do you remember what happened before? Is that why you’re helping me in your twisted way? To protect Katan from dying again? I don’t understand anything that you’re doing anymore, Brother…”
Kira frowned at the girl’s words. He was pretty sure that she was just trying to get something out of her system, but he didn’t understand any of it. Why did it feel like she was worried about Rosiel, instead of bent on killing him? What was happening to Setsuna? He could remember times when she would suddenly grip her head in pain, tears streaming down her face. The first time it had happened, he had been unsure of what to do for the first time in his long existence chasing Alexiel. Back then, as it was now, there was him was a normal human child in pain before him. And all that pain had disappeared when he had held her shaking body. Was this like one of those times?
Slowly, he reached up to pull Setsuna into a gentle hug. The girl relaxed with his touch and those clouded golden eyes of hers closed as she slowly lost her grip on her consciousness. Kira sighed as he shifted slightly. If he was going to stay here for the night, he might as well be comfortable.
She heard her mother calling that there was someone here to see her, but only made a half-hearted response. It obviously wasn’t Setsuna—her mother wasn’t dumping any attention on the visitor. The door opened and a figure walked in to stand of Sara. The young Modou’s eyes widened when she saw who it was.
“Ruri…”
“Hello Sara-chan.”
Shouko Sakurazuka Yep. Sets/Alex x Kira/Luc.