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[color=gold]"I see... you came to stop me without even knowing whether or not I'm your ally. Isn't that a little careless of your part?"[/color] Aegis said as she observed Yui's tense posture. The nervousness was stamped all over the other girl's body, which kinda made a small smirk appear on the blonde's face. Though, she could only toy with the younger girl for so long. [color=gold]"At any rate, my name is Aegis. Explaining everything will probably take some time so, why don't have a seat? I promise it won't bite,"[/color] she said while pointing to the desk right across from her bed.

Yui looked back at the chair, then at Aegis and, with a deep breath, sat down. Both hands on her knees, she looked around for a few seconds before speaking up, obviously confused. [color=a2d39c]"...I didn't come to stop you. Why would...?"[/color] Yui closed her eyes for a second as she took another breath in, closing her fists as if to focus. [color=a2d39c]"I know at this point that there are many things we don't know. A-about...well, about a lot of things. I don't know if I [i]should[/i] try to stop you? I...hope not. So I didn't come here for any other reasons than to ask if you could give us a bit of answers as to...why?"[/color] With a bit of hindsight, Yui's eyes also narrowed a bit [color=a2d39c]"...And you did mention you wanted to speak to me on that roof, as you said. Are you not a Magical Girl, too?"[/color]

[color=gold]"You got one thing right, there. The fact that you girls can even feel me is a fluke since I'm nothing like you are. If I had to put it in a way that you would comprehend the easiest, I'd say that I'm an angel. Of course, if you choose to believe in it,"[/color] Aegis said looking right into Yui's eyes, with a dead serious glare. [color=gold]"That said, I can't give you answers to something if you don't make your questions more specific. Though, I'll say that the reason why I'm here is more or less because I'm hunting something that you can call a demon. Not like your Nightmares, but a real creature of darkness,"[/color] she added before flipping her hair.

All of this information seemed a bit much for Yui...but then again, after all, that she had seen after becoming a Magical girl, could she really just wave it off? That was when something came back into her mind. ON that night when she first met Aegis, she was beside her when a  green flash took her away. She knew for a fact that it had been the Detention Club president because she had seen the exact same tactic used on Luna at the park. The state in which Yui had found Touka later that night was still engraved in her mind - was Aegis responsible for that? If yes...then just what kind of Angel would do something like that to someone. 

She tried her best to not let this hesitation go through her eyes as she spoke up [color=a2d39c]"There is a lot of Darkness in this city. We can't help but notice the increasing number of both Nightmares and...fallen friends."[/color] she said, referring to both real friends but also Dark Magical girls [color=a2d39c]"...and we had been wondering why here. Is it because of that 'Demon' you spoke of?"[/color]

[color=gold]"In part, yes. I have no doubt that she's having more than her allowed fill of fun playing with you. By that, I mean you humans, of course. Anyway, that's not the sole reason for that, I believe that your friend must have said it once 'This city is a rather strange place. There's no use trying to figure out why, since everyone just accepted it as truth',"[/color] Aegis said, more or less quoting the words Luna mention while talking to Yui and Soma, back at a certain ramen restaurant deep in the hills of Old Miso City. [color=gold]"What she said is not wrong. The supernatural has a way of attracting itself in a snowball reaction. The more strange things happen, the more they prompt a chain reaction. This city just happens to be one of those kinds of weird places that exist all over your world. And, the fact that its residents have been accepting it as part of their daily lives for countless generations only reinforces the cycle. But, certainly, the Nightmare you mention would be as bad as they are if not for her. Which, once again, is one of the reasons why I'm here."[/color]

[color=a2d39c]"I see..."[/color] she said in a breath while looking down, thinking. Luna did say something like that but accepting it was harder than it had been after that horrible evening. [color=a2d39c]"So we are supposed to just accept it, then..."[/color] she said, still whispering to herself. She looked back up at the blonde. [color=a2d39c]"I don't think I can just accept it, but it only means we'll have to work harder. For everyone's sake..."[/color]  The image of a beaten Touka still in her mind, Yui's stare went back to being a bit defensive [color=a2d39c]"So...what was it that you wanted to...tell me? If anything at all..." [/color]

[color=gold]"So, you are beginning to understand the reason why your friend fought. Perhaps, you have no idea of how hard and how painful it was for her to do it for so long but... it's not because she accepted that Miso City is a strange place that she gave up on fighting for what she believed. A single human being can't change the world on their own. All that they can do is that which they believe is right. She knew it and fought a long, long battle against fate, until... it finally caught up to her,"[/color] Aegis said, her tone of voice becoming more and more somber and regretful as she went, almost as if she felt responsible for what happened to Luna. Which, wasn't that far from the truth given her next words, [color=gold]"This is what I wanted to say before. In fact, I wanted to apologize for not seeing it coming until it was too late. I know the identity of who took your friend's life, but... I cannot allow you to seek revenge, or even face her directly. Not only would she play with your feeling and make you die in agony like she did to your friend, but also... I really can't let you, humans, touch her. By that, I'm meaning the demon I'm hunting, of course. If by any trick of fate, you succeed in bringing her down, I'm afraid I couldn't do anything to save your world from certain doom. In fact, I wouldn't do anything, if you ever hurt her since the demon I'm talking about is my very own sister. And our mother wouldn't spare your world if you hurt her."[/color]

[i]Find your Justice[/i] rang through Yui's mind as she heard the supposed Angel speak of her deceased friend. [color=a2d39c]"You shouldn't...underestimate the strength of a human's heart...I'll heal this place...whatever it takes..."[/color]  she said as she brought a hand to her face and wipe away a tear before more came. [color=a2d39c]"I do not know for sure what was happening in Luna's heart or mind, but she thought me that if we find a reason to keep on fighting on and strive, that is all that matters. I think you are wrong, and we can change the world...and this is what I'll do - I'll save them, just you wait."[/color] The 'them' could refer to a lot of things, but Yui had in mind the inhabitants of Miso City and, more importantly, the Dark Magical Girls she saw not as enemies but as lost friends.

The knowledge of the Demon's existence and identity surprised Yui, to be sure, but the only question that came to her mind was; [color=a2d39c]"Then what can we do? Are you here to protect her, or take her home? See...you said you can't let me take vengeance, but I'm certain that within your heart you know I wouldn't do that. I don't believe in vengeance, or hate...it just helps forces of Darkness. I've seen what anger does to people...speaking of which..."[/color] Again, the image of a twisted Touka. [color=a2d39c]"...Were you the one that put Touka in such a state? I...know you fought. Then when I found her... she was on the brink of Darkness. If it wasn't for her friend, then I don't know what might have happened..."[/color] In Yui's voice was real, truthful fear and sorrow as to Touka's possible fate. The same compassion she had for any living thing. 

[color=a2d39c]"Was it...you? If...if it was, then...can you be an Angel if you did that?"[/color] the last part of her question held more accusation that she had meant to. 

[color=gold]"And, that's why I can't let you get anywhere near my sister. You are just too pure and hopeful for your own good. I don't want you to go through the kind of suffering she must have put your friend through before she killed her. Also, to answer your question, whether I knock some sense on her head so that she stops playing with you like disposable dolls, or bring her back home, all is the same. And it depends more of her than myself, mother won't care for what happens as long its one of us that strikes the other down. My real mission here is making sure that our mother doesn't decide to come here on her own. As I said, it would be the literal end of your world, if that happened,"[/color] Aegis said, back to her usual tone, as she rested her back against the wall. [color=gold]"I too have things that I think that are worth protecting as well, you know?"[/color] she added in a whisper, almost as if she were sulking while talking more to herself than Yui.

[color=gold]"You mean her, don't you?"[/color] Aegis asked a moment later, her voice going back to an apologetic, almost self-deprecating tone. [color=gold]"I'll not mince words with this one since I don't think that embellishing the truth would help... It was indeed I who did that to her. I mean, striking her at least."[/color]

[color=gold]"That said, your sister is much more lost than you imagine. If mine is a Demon, yours is about to become something much worse. I don't even have a name I could give to such a kind of monster. She... continued to pounce at me over and over again, no matter how many times I struck her down and, in the end... I think that it was I who couldn't control my darkest impulses when I used more power on the last strike than I probably should,"[/color] Aegis sighed deeply after she finished her confession. [color=gold]"I guess that I'm still a long way away from mother's ideal..."[/color] she added in a reminiscing tone while staring at the sky outside of her window.

As Aegis spoke, Yui's expression increasingly changed. She, too, had spoken of Dark Magical Girls as sisters before, but the more Aegis compared Touka to 'her own', the more Yui began questioning what exactly was Aegis saying. Everything from before kind of left her mind for now; 

[color=a2d39c]"Wait...what do you mean? You said the Demon was your sister...what did you mean...is she also an Angel that fell to the Darkness, then? Like Touka and the others are to us? I am...a bit c-confused..."[/color] From what Yui heard of their mother, maybe it wasn't so bad that Aegis didn't fit her 'ideals' too much... 

[color=gold]"No, my sister is like that because she inherited a certain side of our mother, while I inherited the other. I say that she's a demon because that's what you humans understand as pure darkness. But, in truth, she's an Angel just like I'm. Just that she's one of darkness. I won't get into specifics since it would go over your head, but suffice to say that our mother is called the 'Dark Archangel' in the higher worlds. She's a being of perfect light, that's nonetheless a bringer of destruction. Like a sun going supernova, it's a beautiful light, but it also would evaporate you with this in an instant. And, I got my light from her, while Palis got darkness."[/color]

[color=gold]"But, your sister is human, you are different. She's going down the path to becoming something monstrous either because she wants to, or because she's misguided. If you want to save someone, she is the first one you should look over,"[/color] Aegis said, hoping that she wouldn't have to say much more than that to explain cosmic matters to Yui. At least now wasn't time for her to know about this.

Yui would try to better understand and grasp all of what Aegis told her about herself and her sister, but all of the attention was focused on the latter part of her speech. Her eyes went from left to right as she began thinking, trying to rationalize what she just told her so nonchalantly. [color=a2d39c]"B-but..."[/color] What assurance was there that what she said was the truth? Then again, if she was really what she said... [color=a2d39c]"I'm an Orphan..."[/color] she said as her breathing became quite a bit more irregular. [color=a2d39c]"I d-don't have...any family? B-but you're saying...I have a ...sister?"[/color] 

Yui stood up, one hand over her throat as if it would help her breathe better, or clear her mind. [color=a2d39c]"How am I supposed to know...if you're telling me the truth?!"[/color] 

[color=gold]"What? You didn't know she's your sister?"[/color] Aegis replied in a totally surprised manner, almost mirroring Yui's reaction, if not for the fact that she had traces of realm astonishment showing all over her face. [color=gold]"How can you girls be this clueless? Did you never notice how many of you magical girls end up in this path following the trail of their older siblings? I'm pretty sure your 'magic' is a consolidation hereditary phenomena that attract those useless furballs to you to some degree. But I'm not a perverted Alchemist, so I don't really have much information or interest on these theories."[/color]

[color=gold]"The fact is if you concentrate hard enough you'll understand it. Or, just ask your friend's sister, the one that was the former leader of your dark ones. She's sure to know how siblings connected by magic feel. Anyway, there's just one more thing I think I can tell you. That is, if you understood it all up to now,"[/color] she said before throwing a judgemental glare towards Yui.

Yui didn't know what to do or what to think of all of this. It was as if part of her world had just been capsized. [color=a2d39c]"Of course I d-didn't notice ! I was alone...all my life. And now you tell me I have someone...?"[/color] The shadow of a smile appeared on her lips as she said this, but it quickly disappeared as even she thought of how foolish it must have looked. She gave Aegis back her stare, although not quite as aggressive. [color=a2d39c]"Yes, I think I understand...the most of it...Sorry, this is just so much for me to...accept..."[/color] Now that Yui was aware of this, all of what she had said earlier about having goals and remaining strong to save others...had a whole new meaning. 

[color=gold]"Very well then. This might be the most important thing for you since my sister and I are likely going to be just passing memories in your world. Soon enough, all that'll remain from us is whatever is it that you choose to carry on your hearts, but... I can feel that there's something different lurking around,"[/color] Aegis said her voice was once again back to a serious and composed tone as she shifted her position a little bit once again, now finding herself hugging her legs while resting her head on her knees. She was either unaware or simply didn't mind the fact that such position could expose herself to the other girl as she continued speaking, [color=gold]"When I came to your school earlier, I could feel something 'unusual' there. I can't pinpoint what but it's a kind of anomaly that shouldn't belong in this world. If you want to get to the bottom of what happens in this city, perhaps finding the reasons behind it would help you."[/color]

Yui was still trying to compose herself and when she finally managed to calm down, she turned to Aegis, convinced of what she was about to say...only to face the other way, embarrassed. Pretending she was looking at something rather interesting on a shelf, she continued; [color=a2d39c]"I-I...I couldn't say. Of course...but, all I feel at school is the omnipresent presence of those corrupted."[/color] She walked around a bit until she was somewhere to Aegis' left side before looking back at her. [color=a2d39c]"I will. We will...me and my friends. Maybe they found something...Oh!" her eyes widened "I almost forgot...I hope they are alright. I-I'm sorry, Aegis...but I must go!"[/color]

Yui bowed respectfully to the blonde [color=a2d39c]"I think my friends need me. I thank you very much for everything you've told me. You've given me a new light...and a new hope, I believe."[/color] She got back up and made for the door, but before that, she stopped in her track and turned to her host.

[color=a2d39c]"M-may...may I go?"[/color]

[color=gold]"Sure, the door is open, anyway. Just remember what I said and don't do anything that would give the wrong idea for my neighbors. The last thing I want is people spreading rumors about me around the city,"[/color] Aegis said as she too got up from her bed and walked toward the bathroom. [color=gold]"I have to leave to work right away so this is as good a time as any to end this talk. Maybe will do it again someday, who knows?"[/color] she added before going in. The faint sound of rustling clothes being a clear indicator that she was getting ready for a bath. Whatever Yui chose to do was on her own, Aegis didn't care either way.

To Aegis proposition, Yui didn't know what to say. She didn't even know if the 'Angel' was speaking true or toying with her. Despite this, she agreed hastily and, with a last bow and a short stare in the general direction of Aegis, she left the room - after changing form, of course.
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