"Oh wow...you did it...hehe...congratulations my little incomplete Angels…"
A person in a black, tattered coat stepped out of the smoke. He got long, sharp red nails on his fingers that were coloured black from burns. When he put down his hood everyone was shocked. His face that harbored a huge smile was half black from burns and a big scar went from his forehead underneath his eye.
"Took you quite long to get it eh?"
Kenji wanted to stand up but he fell down again right away. Jason confronted the unknown man instead of him.
"Who are you!? Why are you here!?"
With his never-ending amused face expression, the man looked at Jason.
"Oh my, how inpolite of me. My name is Maldiel, Angel of Flames...or now rather Fallen Angel of Flames. Once warrior of heaven and now one of the Prophets from Hell. As for why I am here…well, I was just watching over my friends over there."
He layed his head in direction of the, now lifeless, bodies of the terrorists.
"Poor guys…I can't even guide them to hell, you completely destroyed their souls."
Jessica summoned one of her lightning arrows and pointed her bow at Maldiel.
"So this was your doing!?"
Maldel turned around again, his smile just wouldn't vanish.
"Oh, please put down that weapon. I shouldn't be interfering myself by now, but if you attack me I'd have no other choice, so remember: if you don't attack me then I won't attack you now…besides…how do you intend to defeat me like that…all exhausted, injured and being aware that you just banished these innocent souls forever from everywhere…even from Hell or Heaven."
Jessica, who bit her tongue to keep control of herself, slowly let down her bow while Kenji looked at the Fallen Angel with an angry face.
"Innocent souls? They ran through that festival killing innocent people, brabbling stuff about hell and just laughing. How are these innocent souls? They are souls full of hatred just like yours!"
Kenji coughed, blood came out of his mouth. Maldiel looked up into the sky.
"We seem to have a huge misunderstanding here. Did you really think they would do this all, volunteerly…or rather because they lost something and are being threatened with the fact that they can still loose their last bit of will to live. These souls weren't evil…they were suffering and full of despair…easily manipulatable. These souls weren't evil you fool…they were victims…Yeah that hatred in their souls wasn't the hatred towards you or anyone out here…it was just the hatred towards me…"
Kenjis eyes got wide-open as he was shocked. He felt ill, like he had to vomit.
"Th-these were…innocent…"
There were only weak words coming out of his mouth.
"I…killed…erased…innocent souls…? I promised to- and yet I- I killed the victims…I failed…failed in keeping it…I'm sorry…"
Maldiel turned in the opposite direction again.
"Yes. So is it. Blood of Samael…"
No one understood this last parts and everyones eyes just followed the Fallen Angel walking away and dissapearing in the smoke from where he came. Kenji was still lying on his knees, shocked from the awareness what he did. Hikari was talking to Kenji in a serious and also saddenned mood.
"You know you couldn't have done anything else…if we had let them continue they would have kept killing innocent people, their souls were gone already…fallen to the darkness…fallen to hell…"
As he heard her words, Kenji just collapsed without an answer. Everything in front of his eyes turned white.
-Hatred remains hatred, unneccesary towards whom or what…hatred darkens your soul…what is completely dark…can't be bright again…-
To be continued…