[7] Gods and Destiny

[7] Gods and Destiny

Chapter 7: Gods and Destiny

[Third Person Point of View – Yatagarasu]

"How interesting..."

In the form of a little girl, she sat on top of a utility pole kilometers far from the house of Ai Hoshino. Yet, her eyes saw the scene clearly through the eyes of her crows that flew over that house, as she wore an everlasting smile.

Fate had just been averted.

This was the exact moment, the scenario that would have pushed the two children to reshape the country in the future. Yet, it had just been averted by one of the children.

How had this come to be?

"My Liege? What must I do?"

She called out to the air, her smile faltered and she took on a respectful experience.

"Should I go and make Fate return to its course?" Should she go and kill that woman herself?

The sky was calm, the clouds floating gently as usual. She waited for merely a few seconds until an ethereal voice rang in her ears.

"Those who are to live, will live. Those who are to die, will die. I, Amaterasu, am to simply stand witness." The voice was like the singing wind. "Fate has been altered, but perhaps that too was destined to be? Must we really meddle with things that have changed on their own?"

The divine voice of her master, Amaterasu, spoke to her ears. Amaterasu was the Sun Goddess of Shinto Mythology, as well as the Chief Goddess who stood at the top of Takamagahara, the heaven of Shinto Gods. It was a great honor that she was the servant of such a deity.

The little girl, Yatagarasu, had her eyes closed as she nodded gently.

"I understand, my Liege. Still, forgive my insolence... but isn't that boy odd? He used a form of magic to avert fate. Should that be tolerated? How does he even know such arts?"

"Yatagarasu, dear." The wind-like voice sang again. "We are Gods, not fools. There is something strange about that boy's soul, I was aware of that back when I reincarnated him and the girl. However, I didn't linger on him for too long since he isn't my chosen, but my brother's."

And Yatagarasu was well aware of how her brother was these days. It's surprising that Lady Amaterasu even bothered asking that disappointing God permission for this event.

Great Amaterasu brought two people who never had a mother, in the real sense, and a mother who gave birth to soulless children, together. She could do that easily; her powers were vast. But while reincarnation was common in this world, reincarnators with intact memories were rare. It would break balance; Fate would grow very unpredictable. So it only happened a few times in history, and whenever it did, Lady Amaterasu had to ask permission from her brother.

Only after both Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi would give their permission, would this very special reincarnation happen.

However, the current Lord Tsukuyomi was a disappointment. Who was he to permit anything anymore? In fact, that fool went by the name Delivery God Yato now, and he didn't even have enough authority to bless his chosen so that he would keep his memories while Fate would also stay stable; so Lady Amaterasu had to bless both of the children herself.

So, one could say it was that fool's fault that Fate had twisted like this. Yatagarasu wouldn't dare say any of that out loud, of course. No matter what, Lady Amaterasu still loved her brother. Being her brother was one thing, but he was also her fiancée in the past, all those feelings made her too soft towards him.

"Mhm, Yatagarasu." The gentle voice said once more. "You shall return. If they ever need your guidance in the future, only then come intervene."

Intervene, and have some fun – Yatagarasu noted. She sighed in her head and nodded. Her Goddess' Will was eternal; even if she was displeased, she would do as per her orders.

With a giggle that traveled kilometers all around, the body of Yatagarasu, the Crow God of Guidance, burst into a flock of crows that soon disappeared into the sky.

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[Third Person Point of View – General]

More than ten years have passed since Ai Hoshino nearly lost her life.

That incident made Ai want to quit as an Idol; she had survived once, but what if it happened again? What if next time, it was her children who would face such attacks?

"You guys are finally back, mhm!"

"Hey, aunty Miyako! See you later."

Ruby greeted back and quickly spilled out of the hug, moving inside the house. Ai felt a little sad that she couldn't do the same, the life of an adult meant she had to spend a few minutes here before she could go meet her son.

....

Ruby quickly ran inside the mansion with a broad grin on her face. She has made so much progress that she couldn't wait to show him.

Pausing for a moment, she decided to start showing off from that instant. She closed her eyes and felt the four rings of mana that were circling the blue sun inside her heart. She drew power from them, her lips moving in a trained manner, and she spelled the words of magic.

- [Search]!

A translucent ripple of mana spread through the entire mansion and beyond. The radius was small, but it worked since Aqua was somewhere inside this mansion.

An arrow appeared midair, pointing ahead, which she quickly ran after. The arrow was floating a few meters in front of her, and it moved when she followed it. Soon, she found herself leaving the main house and entering the personal gym that was located just to the side, the two buildings connected via a hallway. She walked through the hall and found herself at the door of the gym.

Inside it, there wasn't much equipment. There were only weights, fridges, and other heavy things that normal people wouldn't even think of working out with.

Yet, there hung a guy from a pull-up bar on the high wall, meters higher than the floor. His longer curly blonde hair fell on his sweaty shoulders, and sweat dripped down like a loose tap. All the while, three fridges hanging from his waist.

"..."

Ruby just stared at the scene with a stupid expression. She could do magic, but that... How was that real? Physically, Ruby was just slightly stronger than adult men, even though her spells could take out a dozen or more. This was outrageous for her.

Half a minute later, the blonde guy stopped his pull-ups and gently dropped down. The 3rd fridge was close to the ground, so it didn't make much sound as he dropped them and then undid the belt that tied the fridge with him before he jumped down from meters above.

He landed right in front of her, not making even a thud, as he looked down at her. He was one head taller than her, towering over her with his bulging muscles that betrayed his age.

He was sweaty, and he was looking down at her without smiling – something Ruby had noted to his common uncaring act to pretend like he didn’t care. In turn, Ruby didn't care about his act, as she threw herself at him.

"Onii-chan, I am back!"

“4th Circle?”

Ruby felt his [Jade Perception] scan over her body and spirit, making her hold back a shiver; whenever he did that, she felt like a vulnerable rabbit. At that moment, he was like a Lion to her senses, checking out a delicious deer. Yet, she knew fearing her brother was stupid when he finally stopped pretending to not care and hugged her back.

His arms went around her waist, and he lifted her up to his eye level, their noses touched as he stared at her blankly.

“I was hoping you’d reach 5th Circle by now.”

“It’s just been 6 months, rotten brother. Show some appreciation, I advanced a rank after so long.”

He clicked his tongue thrice in quick succession as if it was a bird chirping; his lips curled up, and he finally returned a smile. “Sure. Good job, and be ready to suffer. The spells of this stage are harder to learn.”

The only thing Ruby knew she wouldn’t suffer through, outside her dream of becoming an Idol, was to learn new spells.

Finally home, Ruby was excited. She couldn't wait to spend more time with her brother, to tell him everything she saw in America, and lastly, to attend High School with him starting next week!

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