Matendou Sonata 14 Celestial Sonata 14 AMAGI Sayuri Princess Comics/ Akita Shoten 1991 ISBN 4-253-07647-5 Contents Chapter 18 Prayer (finale) p.5 Chapter 19 The Sinner's Armor p.51 Chapter 18: Prayer <> Baal : {I will not let you die before me.} <> Beelzebub : Lucifer! What happened to you? Lucifer : I'm sorry...I underestimated Micael's power... At this rate... Beelzebub : Don't talk, Lucifer. I'll take you to the castle right away. <> Beelzebub : {The color of the sky is strange...and the forest feels different from before. What's happening?} <> Filla : {Now! Fall just closed off the Realm of Magic!} <> Filla : {It has to be now. God in Heaven, and the ancient sorceror Fatale, please give me strength...} <> Filla : {Give me the strength to save Micael!} Azyusha : {A golden aura...that sword...} <> Baal : {I can't believe it...Fillanzea did that to Micael?} Filla : {Don't die...don't die, Micael! Live!} Micael : You... <> Filla : Micael...No, don't die! Don't die...live, please! <> Filla : {Micael...} Open your eyes! Please open your eyes! Micael...Micael... <> Filla : Micael! --It's so dark...you can't even see the stars. --I don't know how, but the Tower of Light is left, floating in the air. --Has Falleadore-sama not awakened yet? --There's nothing we can do about that... Elfyure : Fall... Elfyure : Will he live? --I know not. He is extremely weak. He had to use all of his magical power to call forth the Shield of Adriuma, and restore the balance between Heaven and Hell after the Realm of Magic disappeared. --Power much greater than my own was hidden inside his little body... <> Rinezard : You don't know when he'll wake up, do you? Azyusha : Fall... There's nothing we can do but pray to God. <> Filla : Micael... <> Filla : {Just like the picture in the castle of Darkness...} Micael : Filla? <> Micael : What happened to you? How did you get hurt like that? {He's crying?} Filla, what happened? Filla : It's nothing. {Good...he doesn't remember anything.} Micael : Don't lie to me! You always avoid the truth... Tell me, this time. <> Micael : {Huh? My hair...} I'm...I'm not an angel! <> Filla : Even if you're not an angel, you're you. Nothing's changed. Micael : No...before now... Filla : Yes...you lost to the Sky Blues, and you were controlled by a shadow... Micael : No! *I'm* the one who's the shadow! Filla : That's not true, Micael! Micael : I wanted to die...I just wanted to end everything... <> Micael : Fighting with those stones for my whole life was so frightening... Baal : And you became a Dark Angel. Filla : Baal! Baal : You killed your friend in the White Castle. Micael : {Ishuma...} I killed him... <> Micael : I killed him! <> Micael : Now I remember it all...I tried to break the seal of the Darkness...and you stopped me, and I tried to kill you! Filla, I tried to kill you! Filla : Don't blame yourself so much. Micael : And Beelze as well, who you cared so much about... <> Baal : You were born as a child of fate, with great magical power in you. Death and destruction will always follow at your footsteps. And now that you've regained your true form, you will kill Satan. You will carry out the task that I could not accomplish. Filla : That's a lie! Baal : It has been written in the prophecy in the Castle of Darkness since ancient times. Micael : No! I won't hurt anyone else! Baal, take me from this world right now. Baal : {I thought so...} <> Filla : How can you say that? Micael : Now, I don't even deserve to have you kill me. Filla : You're being selfish! I killed you once. I stabbed a sword through your heart. How do you think that made me feel? Filla : There wasn't any other way...I wanted to save you! Micael : {Filla...} But I can't live...I can't forgive myself. Baal : I'll make your wish come true, silver demon. Filla : Micael! Baal : Blue flames...how appropriate for you. Burn slowly, and turn to white ashes. Filla : {All right, Micael.} <> Micael : {Filla?} Filla : If you really want to die that much, I'll go with you! I won't let you go alone! <> Micael : Filla, let me go! Filla : You are my future. I will follow you anywhere. Micael : That isn't what I want! <> Micael : Please let me go, Filla! Filla : If I can't save you, then my life has no meaning. Micael : You're wrong. You need to live your own life. <> Micael : All of this is my karma...it has nothing to do with you. Filla : I've said it time and time again, and still you don't understand? <> Filla : I love you! Micael Lenan, I love you! <> <> <> Filla : {Micael?} <> Shia : Filla! Filla : Oh, Shia! Hi... Shia : Sorry for raising my voice... <> Shia : I'm glad that you're finally up. It's been five days. Filla : I've been sleeping that long? Is this Satan-sama's castle? Shia : Yes, I was worried about you so I've been waiting on you since last night. Filla : Thanks. Sorry for causing you so much trouble. Shia : I don't really know the details of what happened, but I'm glad Micael's safe. Filla : Yeah...{I wonder what happened to Beelze...} Shia : I was surprised the first time I saw him, though. Filla : Me too. He's Micael...even if the way he looks changes, even if he's not an angel, he's Micael. Shia : Indeed...Oh, your parents were here this morning. Filla : What? But this is Hell! Shia : The Realm of Magic is gone. Heaven and Hell are on the same plane now, and demons and angels can go freely between them. Filla : Like in the old days... {Fall...} Do you know what happened to Fall, Shia? Shia : He hasn't regained consciousness. <> Shia : Wari's going to the Tower of Light again today. Filla : The Tower of Light's still there? Shia : It's in a rift in space now. It's very hard to find. It'll be all right, Filla. He'll regain consciousness soon. He'll get better and come to this castle to see you. Filla : I'm sure you're right. I'll go see Satan-sama. <> Shia : Can you move? Filla : Yeah, I'm fine. Shia : I'll go let him know. Filla : But... Shia : Visit the room to your right first. Filla : To the right? Shia : There's someone there waiting for you to wake up. Filla : {I'll be back soon, Micael} <> Filla : {Beelze?} Beelze... Beelze : Good morning, Filla. Filla : It's already noon. You're alive! Beelze : You thought I was dead? Filla : You disappeared! Beelze : I did? Filla : Yeah, all of a sudden. Beelze : I don't remember any of it. When I woke up yesterday, I was here. I guess it is strange that I'm still alive...I thought that it was a fatal wound. Filla : I'm sorry, Beelze. Beelze : You don't have to apologize. If I had died, that would have been my fault and no one else's. Filla : {Beelze...} <> Filla : {The pendant...} That's... Beelze : Oh, this? It's a memento from my mother. I told you before that Ringa gave me a black snake... Filla : Right, for your birthday. Beelze : I'm sorry...the silver snake you gave me then died... Filla : That's all right. Beelze : That snake shattered to bits, but this one is stubborn... <> Beelze : It really bothers me that I'm his son. Filla : Beelze... Beelze : Baal took this pendant from me once, but when I woke up in this castle, it was here for some reason. Filla : You thought it was a fatal wound, and you thought it was strange that you were still alive, didn't you? Beelze : Yeah... Filla : I think that Baal probably saved your life, there in the Monsters' Forest. <> Beelze : He wouldn't do something like that. Filla : You don't think so? Beelze : No! He's really evil! Filla : But you're still his son! I'm sure he would've wanted to save your life! Beelze : Fine, fine. But I'm impressed that you can think that about Baal after he put you through so much. Filla : Well, he is detestable... <> Filla : But he's still a father. Beelze : I may have his blood, but I definitely have none of his personality! Filla : I know! Beelze : I didn't think I'd see you again...after I found out he was my father, and was captured in the Castle of Darkness, I thought I'd stay and observe him, to stop him just a little bit from doing you harm. <> Filla : In the Castle of Darkness, did you see a picture that looked like Micael? Beelze : No, I didn't see one. Is there one? Filla : Yeah, the picture of the other prophecy. Beelze : {A picture that showed Micael as a demon...with the prophecy...} <> Beelze : {...that Micael would kill Satan...I don't want to tell that to Filla.} But in the end I couldn't help you at all. Filla : Don't be silly. I'm just glad you came back. You're my best friend, Beelze. You're kinder to me than I deserve. Beelze : Filla... Filla : So don't disappear again, okay? Beelze : Okay, I promise. Has Micael not woken up yet? Filla : He's still sleeping, and his face looks very peaceful. As long as he stays asleep, he won't be tortured by memories of his sins...I want him to wake up quickly, but I can't stand to see him blame himself. Beelze : I heard everything from Wari... <> Beelze : It must have been hard. Filla : I'll never forget it, for as long as I live. I took the life of the one I love so dearly...I killed the one I love more than anything in the world! <> Beelze : But still, you saved Micael. Right? {When it would have been much easier to take your own life...} If you hadn't been able to kill Micael then, he would have killed you. He would have broken the seal of Darkness and brought death and destruction to the world. <> Beelze : And then, the real Micael sleeping deep inside the Dark Angel would have been so sad, don't you think? {It's frightening just to imagine it...} Even if he had died permanently, Micael would have been happy that you did that. Filla : But... <> Beelze : If I were Micael, I think that I would have been happy to be released forever from the Sky Blues and my own lonely shadow... Filla : {Beelze...} Beelze : His eyes seemed so lonely then. They seemed to be saying to you, 'I want you to love me.' Filla : Hmm... <> Baal : {It's over. Micael has regained his true form...and he will kill Satan. I will not, and the child of fate will.} Azyusha : {Baal-sama...} Baal : Azyusha... Azyusha : Yes? Baal : Leave this castle and go somewhere else. Azyusha : No! Please let me stay here, Baal-sama! Baal : My dreams are gone. There is no longer any reason for me to live. Azyusha : How can you say that? Baal : I could not break the seal on the Darkness; I will not have the strength to kill Satan. Baal : I can do nothing but wait for Micael to kill him, and I could not bear to see that. I don't want to see Satan be killed by someone else! <> Azyusha : {"Baal-sama always falls in love with far-away people." Far-away people...could she have meant...the Emperor?} Baal : On the night of the next full moon, I will go to fight Satan. Azyusha : Do you want to be killed? Baal : Yes, perhaps I do. <> Azyusha : Baal-sama... Baal : Leave this castle before then, Azyusha. Filla : Well, I'll be going now. Sleep well. Beelze : I will. Beelze : {I wonder what the last line of that prophecy meant... about awakening a new Gaea...} Filla : Micael! <> Filla : Good, you've woken up...Micael? What's wrong? It's me, Filla. Don't you recognize me? {What's wrong with you?} <> Beelze : Micael, it's me, Beelze. You didn't kill me. See? I'm not dead. Filla : I guess my power wasn't enough... Satan : It's not that, Filla. He's entirely closed off his heart. Micael's heart couldn't bear the thought that he had killed Ishuma and Beelze. <> Satan : He wished for his own death to compensate for that, but knew that his death would also mean the death of the one he loved. Micael didn't want you do die, Filla. He knew that if he chose to die, it would be the same as killing you. And yet, he could not choose life either. Satan : Suffering in the space between life and death, unable to do anything--he closed off his heart. Filla : {I dreamed that this would happen someday...I dreamed of Micael crossing Lethe many times... "When I think of you, I get so sad I want to die. I have to cross Lethe before that sadness rules me..."} <> Filla : {You've crossed Lethe inside your own soul...} <> Baal : Are you unable to sleep, Azyusha? Azyusha : Baal-sama...would you sleep with me, please? <> Filla : {Nothing's changed...your blue eyes...your lips... no, nothing's changed.} <> Filla : {Even though we're so close...even though you're here in my arms...your heart's so far away.} Azyusha : {Baal-sama...} Baal : What do you think you're doing? Azyusha : I love you, Baal-sama. I love you. You love Satan-sama, don't you? <> Baal : Don't be ridiculous. Azyusha : No, I finally understand. It's because you love him that if it's his destiny to be killed, you want to be the one to kill him. But I--I don't want him to kill you! Please, die here with me. Baal : I'm taking back this sword. You can wait for your next chance. But don't think that you can kill me so easily. Azyusha : What's wrong? <> Baal : It's a sign of the Darkness. Something strange is happening. Azyusha : Take me with you! Baal : No. Stay here, Azyusha. Azyusha : Please! Take me with you! <> Baal : It's too dangerous. You could be killed by the Darkness. Azyusha : That is what I desire, if I could be with you. Baal : What is this? <> --Master of the Castle of Darkness... Baal : Are you the Darkness sealed inside this castle? --I was sealed here by a sorceror long ago...for thousands of years, I have not been able to go out into the world... Baal : {The Darkness has awoken! The evil spirit that has been silent for thousands of years...the Dark Angel broke the seal. What terrifying power...} Was it the Dark Angel's power that revived you? --He who opened the door, the great King of Darkness... <> --He who holds the Sky Blues in his body, the King of death and destruction...and yet I am unnecessary to him as long as the Moon Tear of Gold lives. I want to leave this place...I need blood. I must have a blood sacrifice. Baal : A blood sacrifice? <> --For me to truly come to the world again... Satan : {This is surely the Darkness, moving inside its seal...} <> Satan : {The Dark Angel's power cracked the seal of Darkness...} Astarte : Do you feel it too, Lucifer? Lucifer : Yes. The Darkness has started to move. Astarte : The Emperor is calling us. Are your wounds all right, Lucifer? <> Lucifer : I can walk now. I'm sorry that I caused you so much trouble. Let's hurry. Beelzebub must have already left for Satan's castle. Michael : Satan? Gabriel : Yes, he's asked you to come to his castle. The Darkness is trying to break out of its seal. <> Michael : It seems that Micael's regained consciousness. At any rate, I'm going to Hell right away. I'll only be gone a little while, but take care of things while I'm gone, Gabriel. Gabriel : All right. Take care. Even if Heaven and Hell are connected now, you should avoid staying there for a long time. Be back before the seal breaks. Michael : I will be all right. I merely want to help the Emperor a little. <> Micael : Take care of Heaven, Gabriel. Gabriel : {Emperor...though you've been so far apart for so many thousands of years, Michael's heart is still yours.} <> Baal : I will bring you out into the world again if, in exchange, you give me the power of Darkness. --Power? Baal : Yes. I need the power to kill Satan. {How I've waited for this time...} A small price to pay for being let out of there, is it not? --You insect, you have no idea of my power. <> --Do you think yourself worthy to bargain with me? I will tear you into pieces! Azyusha : Leave Baal-sama alone! If you're going to tear someone apart, take me instead! <> Azyusha : Stop...Stop! Baal-sama... --Very well. I will give you my power so you may kill Satan. But I want that woman as a sacrifice. Baal : Azyusha? --She is a beautiful woman. Her blood must have a beautiful taste to it. Baal : Why not another woman? There are many other beautiful women. --It has to be that woman, or I will not give you my power. Do you have feelings for this girl you have brought up, foolish master of the Dark Castle? Azyusha : {Baal-sama...} <> --Worry, suffer, and grieve for her...suffering feels very good to me. Baal : Don't be ridiculous! Why should I hesitate to kill a woman? My hands are already stained with blood... I killed hundreds in the battles to bring peace to Hell. <> Baal : Azyusha, you said that you loved me. Azyusha : Yes. Baal : You said it was your wish for us to be destroyed together. Azyusha : Yes. <> Azyusha : I would do anything for you, Baal-sama. I would gladly sacrifice myself. <> Baal : Take my sword... Azyusha! <> Azyusha : I did not want to stain your hands again. Darkness, I offer my blood to you! Azyusha : Take every last drop of it, and in exchange, promise that you will...give my lord...power... Baal : Azyusha! Azyusha : Please grant Baal-sama's wish... Baal : I'm sorry, Azyusha. Forgive me. Azyusha : What are you apologizing for? Azyusha : Since we first met, I've been grateful that you've let me stay beside you. I'm very happy... Azyusha : That I can die in your arms... <> --What a foolish woman, to take her own life. Filla : Hm? --Fillanzea-sama... Filla : What is it? --I'm sorry for disturbing your rest. Please come to the Dawn Room in the East wing with Micael-sama. The powerful demons, the Diables, and the Archangel from Heaven are waiting for you. <> Filla : All right. I'll go right away. {I wonder if something's happened...anyway, I've gotta wake him up.} Micael, Micael, wake up. <> Filla : Micael... Sorry for waking you up. We're going to leave this room for a while, and go somewhere where there are a lot of important people, all right? Filla : We can't go in our bedclothes...wait a second. Here you go! <> Filla : {Am I supposed to help him get changed? Uh-oh!} Could you change into this, Micael? I'll turn that way, and then you take that off and put this on. OK? {Hmm, maybe I should've asked the messenger...} Filla : {Oh well, I guess I've got no choice.} Stand up, and I'll undo your sash... OK, now take your arm out... Filla : {Calm down, calm down!} Sorry...you must be cold. <> Filla : Take your time and be careful... {Everywhere I touch you feels warm...} <> Filla : {So warm it could burn me...} --Fillanzea Lanshua and Micael Lenan have arrived. Lucifer : {Micael...} Michael : {Is this...} <> Michael : {Micael? But he was an angel...he was supposed to become the ruler of Heaven!} Satan : I apologize for calling you here so late at night. The Darkness has been awoken from its thousands of years of sleep by the power of the Dark Angel. There is nothing I can do about it, but there is something I want to tell you all before it entirely breaks the seal. It concerns the prophecy in the Castle of Darkness. <> Satan : The picture of the Seraphim existed in heaven long ago, before the birth of the Realm of Magic. The picture in the Castle of Darkness dates from that era as well. The human sorceror Fatale, who opened the Realm of Magic... <> Satan : ...left two prophecies on these paintings. The former part was inscribed on the seraphim picture, and the latter part was inscribed on this picture. <> Mahito : {It's Micael.} <> Michael : {That picture is Micael!} Filla : {It's that picture that was in the Castle of Darkness.} "The silver boy whose eyes are the Sky Blues..." <> "Is a child of fate whose power was sealed in by God. On the dawn of the forty-fourth day after he is given the Sword of the Seraphim, the Moon Tear of Light will cause that seal to be lost. He will then awaken to his true power and battle the ruler of Hell." <> "The old ruler will be killed and a new one will rule this land, ruling the endless sky and the sea of life as the 'Blue Emperor,' and finally awaken a new Gaea." Satan : That is the second prophecy, the one that was left in the Castle of Darkness. <> Filla : {Micael will kill Satan-sama? "as the 'Blue Emperor,' and finally awaken a new Gaea..."} Mahito : {Micael will kill...} <> --Now you must pray for my revival, and continue praying without resting for a moment. Michael : {He hid the existence of that prophecy from me all this time... Micael will kill you...if I had known of that prophecy, I would never have watched over him in Heaven as I did!} <> Lucifer : Did Baal know of this prophecy? Satan : It would seem so. He probably did not realize it when he first began watching over the Castle of Darkness. At first glance, it looks like nothing more than an ordinary painting; Fatale erased the letters when he died. I know not how Baal was able to read the prophecy; perhaps he realized it bit by bit, over the years as he protected the castle. <> Satan : Perhaps the prophecy was revealed to him because Baal himself was to play a great role in Micael's fate. Astarte : {Baal-sama...} Michael : Emperor...does Micael really have such power that he could kill you? Mahito : {It certainly doesn't look that way.} <> Mahito : {He looks as if he's about to disappear.} Satan : The prophecy started to twist around the moment he became the Dark Angel. Once something has started to twist, it can go off in an unexpected direction. Micael Lenan cannot fight me, much less kill me, with his heart closed up like that. Satan : However, this young man is my successor. Beelzebub : I cannot accept that! <> Beelzebub : I can't think of anyone but you as the ruler of Hell. Isn't it for the best that the prophecy got twisted around? Lucifer : I agree with Beelzebub. I cannot see Micael as your successor. No matter how great his magical power may be, he will not be able to control it if his spirit is still uncertain. He might only destroy himself. <> Lucifer : Moreover, the Sky Blues are sealed in him! Satan : However, I cannot leave things as they are. Heaven and Hell are not connected, though they are now on the same plane. The gates at the borders of Hell have now become direct connections to Heaven, but they remain two separate, independently governed worlds. Hell needs a ruler. <> Michael : Has Micael been manipulated by God all this time just to become the next ruler of Hell? Satan : No...rather, I have protected Hell these thousands of years waiting for Micael to succeed me. Michael : So...your whole life was only for Micael? Satan : Indeed. <> Satan : From the time long ago when I became the Emperor of Hell, I knew that I would someday be killed by him. I have been protecting Hell, and Earth as well, with the Diables, to wait for a new ruler to appear thousands of years later. <> Satan : Micael has been given a mission much greater than my own. The new ruler must be one who has power that surpasses mine. Therefore, I hope that the prophecy will be fulfilled. He must awaken... Satan : If he continues to run away, with a closed heart, nothingness and eternal silence will wait for him. His power will eventually draw out the Darkness, and the ruler of Hell, who should control the Darkness, will instead become a part of it and rule as the King of Darkness. Nothing can come from that but death and destruction. The world would eventually be destroyed. Michael : Then it is all the more dangerous... Michael : To leave such an important role to him, a role that could mean the life or death of the whole planet. He was supposed to become the ruler of Heaven. I believed that the first prophecy showed that. <> Michael : I believed that Micael was a being of light. Why, then, would the second prophecy reveal him as the ruler of Hell? His heart is far more fragile than we think... Micael Lenan is a child, naked, with no armor for his soul. <> Michael : Do you really think that he can rule Hell and control the Darkness like that? Do you believe that he could endure the thousands of years of loneliness you have known? It is far too cruel. Filla : {Thousands of years of loneliness...} Satan : Micael is a double-edged sword. Because his soul has no armor, it can easily be wounded and shed blood. If he falls into darkness, he will become a ruler of death and destruction. However, those who have known pain can feel the pain of others more easily. Satan : Even as the one who rules over death and darkness, I want to believe in the possibility that he would also be the light that protects the sky and the sea, and fulfill the destiny given to him by God. Michael : The prophecy has gone wrong. It has gone in a way that God never intended. Micael refused to walk the path of his fate. <> Michael : He is surely not strong enough to protect the world for hundreds and thousands of years, without being taken in by the Darkness, as you did. Satan : What do you think, Filla? Filla : I don't know. Yes, Micael is fragile. <> Filla : There was always part of him that was uneasy, parts that he wanted to hide. It's because of that part of him that the prophecy went wrong, to the point of self-destruction. Being the ruler of Hell would be a very heavy burden for him. <> Filla : He is not strong enough to heal the wounds in his heart, to examine his own sins and go on living. He's like a bird that keeps on flying with open wounds that cannot heal. I want him to become strong...to stand and face his fate without running from it. He has killed his heart for now, but I would like to believe he'll come back. I'd like to believe it, but... <> Filla : If that would mean Satan-sama's death, then I don't know what to wish for! I don't know what I should hope... <> Filla : {"If something should happen so that Micael and I had to fight, what would you do?" "If you had to choose between them, who would it be?" "That won't ever happen!"} I just don't know! Satan : {Filla...Moon Tear of Gold...} <> Satan : {Don't lose sight of what is most precious to you in this world.} Michael : {Fillanzea...} Lucifer : {How cruel this must be to him...both Micael and Satan are unbelievably important to him.} Lucifer : {Fate is cruel for deciding these things...} Mahito : {This could break Filla's heart.} <> Filla : {"I'll become a monster like Alhamea and fight with Satan-sama. I could raise a sword against Satan-sama, who you care about so much." It's just like then, except it's not the fault of the Sky Blues or Baal this time. This time, you'll have to kill Satan-sama to become the ruler of Hell.} Filla : What an awful story...what can I fight against this time? What can I protect you from? Oh, did I wake you? Sorry... Filla : It might be better that you lost your heart... {If you had heard that prophecy, you'd only blame yourself. "A child, naked, with no armor for his soul." A sinner without armor cuts his own heart deeply...} <> Filla : Can't I be your armor, Micael? {I want to bullet-proof your soul. I want to protect you, and not let any more blood be shed.} [eh heh heh, I'm listening to the Goo Goo Dolls right now...I couldn't resist, I love that line. But it's what the original meant anyway, so it's OK. For the curious and/or stubbornly literal, the line was literally 'I want to protect your heart/soul.'] Filla : {"I believe that the Darkness will awaken on the night of the next full moon. Return to your proper domains tomorrow, and strengthen the existing protections. I will fight the Darkness with the four Diables, though the new ruler of Hell has not yet awakened." Satan-sama and Mahito are going to fight the Darkness...} <> Filla : {"The new ruler of Hell must have magical power that surpasses mine." If he wakes up... What should I do?} <> Michael : Satan-dono... Satan : Michael...what is it? Can you not sleep? Michael : No, I cannot. And you? Satan : I was watching the moon. I feel as if looking at the moonlight clears my mind. It's strange... Michael : It was wrong of me to talk that way about Micael in front of Fillanzea. Satan : Micael reminds you of yourself, does he not? Michael : You have always been perceptive. Long ago, when Heaven and Hell were at war, I hated taking up a sword and fighting. Yet, I could kill when I had to...I took many lives to protect my own. <> Michael : You told me not to let it sadden me, because that was war... Satan : But every night you dreamt of those you had killed, and shed tears for them. Like the other Micael, you are too kind, too pure. If you don't justify your actions sometimes, it will destroy your spirit. <> Michael : I wanted him to be the ruler of Heaven because I saw something of myself in him...I felt the peace of Heaven purify my sins and cleanse me. If I had become the ruler of Hell instead of you...feeling my sins in my heart every day, my negative energy would have awoken the Darkness. The world could have been destroyed before a hundred years had gone by. <> Michael : I have the same misgivings about Micael Lenan. Satan : He will be all right. Fillanzea will be by his side in Hell. Michael : Indeed... Satan : You could not be by my side, but...you were the Archangel, I was the ruler of Hell. We were the rulers of two different, incompatible worlds. Michael : I'm in Hell now, in your world. I did not think that the day would come when Heaven and Hell would be one again. All this time I have been the ruler of Hell, I have thought... Satan : What? Michael : That if Heaven and Hell ever returned to their former state, I wanted to tell you... <> Michael : Lucifa, I have loved you since long ago, when we were young. [Okay, by the strangeness of foreign words imported into Japanese, there are two ways to spell "Lucifer" : "Rukifyeru" and "Rushifaa." Since "Lucifer" is already taken I'm going to have to call Satan "Lucifa"... I know it doesn't sound right.] Satan : I gave up that name. Michael : No matter how many years pass, and how much your appearance changes, you are still my beloved Lucifa, as you were then. Satan : You are leaving at dawn. You should return to your room and rest. Michael : I will stay here. Satan : Michael...it's dangerous for you to stay in Hell. The Darkness will be reborn. Everyone must leave here to protect their own territories. You have to protect Heaven. Michael : Heaven will be all right. Gabriel is there. <> Michael : I'm worried about you... Satan : Don't worry about me. You're the ruler of Heaven. Go back to heaven...don't forget your duty as the Archangel. Michael : {Lucifa...} Satan : All right? <> Michael : I always wanted to give that up for good! Michael : I wanted to stay with you, Lucifa! Even if it changed my body into a monster...I wanted to be with you... When I became the ruler of Heaven, that put an end to my hopes. If I hadn't been the Archangel, I surely would have flown into Hell... <> Satan : {Michael...} Michael : When we met twice a year, you were always so calm, as if I was nothing more than a memory from your distant past. I know that you don't love me as much as I love you. All this time, I selfishly wished to throw myself into Hell... Michael : I'm foolish. Satan : No, you are not foolish. You have a sincere and honest heart. That is how you've been able to govern Heaven for all this time. Rather than throwing those years away, you lived. <> Satan : You lived for a long, long time, separated from me by the different worlds we lived in, even when you thought you would lose your heart. I'm grateful for that. <> Michael : Emperor... Satan : These years have been long and heavy. Finally my life as Emperor is coming to an end. If the Darkness is finally reborn... Michael : Do you think that you and the Diables can fight it by yourselves? Satan : All of Hell would be wrapped in darkness, and a terrible war would start. You mustn't stay here. <> Michael : No, I will fight with you! Satan : You mustn't! Angels' white magic will have no effect on the Darkness. It would only rip your body apart, crush your head and your bones. Do you really want to make me see that? <> Michael : All right. I will return to Heaven. {This is your fight...} --It was a success. We've landed safely in Hell. --All right! --We did it! --We've escaped the rift in space... --It's thanks to everyone's combined powers. Elfyure : {Now, if Fall would just wake up...} Wari : What's wrong, sir? --Have you not noticed? <> --This is the atmosphere of Hell. Wari : {It does feel somehow heavy and oppressive...} --The Darkness has awakened. <> Filla : {Not that dream again! Micael's not here...is it morning already?} <> Filla : {I wonder where he went by himself...Micael...} <> Filla : {Are those two Micael's...} Rashil : Are you Fillanzea Lanshua? Micael's partner? Filla : Yes. Rashil : I am Micael's father, Rashil Lenan. Sonya : I am his mother, Sonya Lenan. Pleased to meet you. Filla : Um, pleased to meet you. {His parents...I thought so...} <> Sonya : I heard all that happened from the Emperor...and about you and Micael as well, for the first time. Filla : Oh... Sonya : He never really talked about himself to us...about anything... we're poor excuses for parents. <> Sonya : I cannot believe in your feelings for Micael. Filla : Why not? Sonya : Because people's hearts are so changeable. Even if you love him from the bottom of your heart now, what about ten years from now, or one year, or even tomorrow? You might meet someone new and fall in love. Moreover, he's a man, and you've never even loved a woman before. Filla : Please, stop! <> Filla : Even if I searched the whole world over, I could never find someone else like Micael Lenan. The only one I love is right here. Sonya : But that could be a temporary feeling. Your passions will cool, and then you will have lied to him. Filla : Absolutely not! How could I love someone so much... Filla : If it was only a temporary feeling? How can I make you believe me? If my words alone aren't enough, what do I need to do to make you understand? <> Sonya : Do you really swear that you won't betray him? Even I, his own mother, betrayed him once...and I regret it deeply. Filla : Micael? Rashil : I'll take him to his room. Filla : Thank you. Sonya : Micael was a bright and kind child when he was small. Then, something I said deeply wounded him...but he met an angel named Erinoa and regained his former brightness, and kept on growing. <> Sonya : One day I came home at dawn and found Micael hurt and crying. I asked him why, but he said nothing, and kept shedding silent tears. That day, Micael changed... Filla : {That must have been the night he killed Erinoa...} Sonya : His heart stopped growing...it remained childish. Terrible things have affected him...he cannot stand by himself. Though he is a boy, he is passive and fragile... he runs away instead of standing to face his fate. But please understand that he is doing the best he can. <> Sonya : I think that from the first time he met you, he found the light that would guide him out of the darkness. I am sure that Micael loves you, but the more he grew to love you, the more he feared losing you. He wanted to be able to stand on his own even without you. <> Sonya : But he couldn't, because he is still a child. He seeks love, without knowing how to give it. Filla : I don't agree. Micael has given me a great deal of love. <> Filla : I'm happy just when he calls my name. When Micael lives, when he speaks to me, when he smiles--that's the love he gives to me. <> Sonya : But Micael is nothing but a living doll now! He doesn't smile, or call your name. Even if he stays that way for years and years... <> Sonya : Will you still stay by Micael's side? Filla : I could not live without him. Sonya : {Fillanzea...} Thank you. <> Character Profiles Azyusha Sorceress Residence: Castle of Darkness In love with : Baal-sama Hair: light brown Eyes: lilac I've always been drawn to villanous women warriors in anime and manga, so of course Azyusha is a character I really like. Because she was abandoned, no one knows her birthday, or even how old she is. I got inspiration from her name from "Azyulan" in a fantasy novel I read. I feel sorry for what happened to her in the end, but it's what made her happy... Lucifer-sama One of Hell's four great powers Guardian of the river Lethe Hair: black Eyes: purple Residence: a castle beside Lethe "Love? That's just an illusion." He used to not know love at all, but I think he's changed a little after seeing the bond between Micael and Filla. I guess he's kind of a strange demon. He lost to the Dark Angel Mii-chan, but...he's still really strong, even though Mii-chan was a lot stronger. There are lots of people who complain that they can't tell the difference between him and Baal-san. Sorry!