The Butterfly Effect [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 1.04 ー Idiot

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Hɪʙɪᴋɪ

It's my turn to tell the perspective of it all. I still don't remember why I agreed to this. I'll warn you now, my say in all this will be nothing but short.

In no time at all, as soon as the human prince and his automaton left, I took Sora's hand in my own. I should have acted faster. I could have evaded this if I didn't concern myself with introductions. My plan was to at least let her confide in me before I went and said, "Hey, I know it's your wedding day, but may I take your ring and smash the gemstone on it?" For, I was a fool, no better then that, that overindulged prince and his too youthful, new companion.

Nonetheless, I knew the deals I have made, the things promised. They were to be my comrades, on the soon-to-be quest I proposed. I had it planned out, every detail. I had spent months in preparation. Yet, I definitely hadn't planned on this. I knew that Kaosū, the person in-between demon and spirit, would awaken today. On February 19th, ninety years after my father had managed to seal him/her away once and for all.

I suppose I should explain this utterly ridiculous story and why I am doing what I must, as have the others when telling their own tale.

Kaosū no Mahō is, as I've said, a being who is neither spirit nor demon, but both. This negative inequality between the two species gives only agony, grief, and tribulations. She was originally my father's cousin, who had been born with this "illness". Nevertheless, when we tried to end her misery, she became determined to control her misfortunate abilities, and she willed them against others. Such a power could easily combat the previous Emperor's, so Michaelis Shadou took action and sealed Kaosū, or Chaos, away in a gem.

An onyx, to be exact. It deemed most useful for the situation, I was told, since the onyx was thought to help one change bad habits, and keep nightmares at bay. Such an incompetent meaning for a precious jewel. I'm not permitted to argue against he who I must call 'father', no matter how pansy of a definition it is.

My mother and father... Let's stop there for a moment. I can't bare calling them by that name, the name of those who are supposed to love you. Supposed to be family. I'll call them by their given names, Cordelia and Michaelis. They ruled together, and enacted a peace treaty with the last generation of Tekonn's rulers, as well as a few other nations that are a bore, so I won't name them yet. Cordelia and Michaelis were the most prominent and superior of the bloodline, according to the history books and the people of the Empire.

These standards plummeted after Michaelis disappeared. He vanished without a trace one day, the only clue to his disappearance being how he spoke to me the day before he left. It was the first time he had spoken to me since I was a child. I thought nothing of it, since I only feel cold-blooded towards him. His last line, was his most famous line.

"I must honor my promise," Michaelis Tsukino said to me that day, his ageless grin grimaced at me. A smirk, that Cordelia says I have gained from none other than him. Now my mother—I don't know where to start with her. She wasn't even my actual mother.

I'm tired of speaking of my parents. This subject is only a hindrance, halting me from saving the life of dear, fragile Sora. As I held her before, the weight could effortlessly be juxtaposed with holding a sheet of papyrus, in spite of how absurd my analogy may sound. If I held her too tightly, a crease could be made, a scar that lasted forever. I can't think of a better way to describe it in such little time, but I knew it was almost hysterical, seeing how flimsy she was.

Alas, I'll stop stalling now. I'll give you all what you've been waiting for. The question with an answer, waiting to be told.

I was going to make a demonic contract with Sora. It was no more than the only way I knew how to save a lingering soul, and no less then what would save the obstreperous fox. She was nothing more than a burthen to me, but my callous conscious says that saving her is the best option if I'm going to complete my goals. And, showing a tad of false sympathy for her in front of that excuse for a prince, would also benefit our ties.