Come

Psalm 24: His heart

Ikuto

In the next few days, I was happy as any couple could be. Elsa and I had a great time; I often teased her about us, but she often laughed it off, with the occasion cute jab to the stomach whenever she was mad at me.

Yet the one thing that haunted me was this: Was I still really a good person inside?

I guess I found out the answer a week after the competition.

We were performing at a park, with a huge crowd. But then they suddenly stopped abd walked away.

And that's when the discoverer of magic, Noah, came up to us, along with five or so bodyguards.

Knowing that Elsa won't know who he was, I grabbed the mike. "Noah, founder of magic, what an honor! How may we help you?"

Not that I was honored. Magic caused me to be cursed in the first place.

He waved me off. "Please, call me by my full name: Noah Thry."

Elsa screamed just as Vlad said, "How is he here?!"

Noah smiled. "I knew you wouldn't recognize how I look like, being a thousand years old and having only magic tubes keeping me alive, Elsa and Vlad Alizae. Or should I say, children of David and Isabella and godchildren to Titus."

Reiji looked at Elsa. "You knew him a thousand years ago?"

She nodded. "He worked with my dad and Uncle Titus. I didn't know much about him though."

Noah laughed. "Of course you didn't; and you were right to stay away from me: I was the one who killed your parents after all!"

The place fell dead silent. Elsa was shaking and Vlad was seething with rage. "You nice person!" Neutron yelled at Noah, flustered.

He laughed. "Why thank you! Can't say the same about you, traitor."

"Regardless about what my girlfriend said, you're an SOB!" Didn't know that form of slang, but I knew that he was more than angry.

Noah kept laughing. "So this brings me to my proposition: quit your band."

"Why should we?!" Anubis yelled at him.

"Well, God must not exist if he allowed people to die, right?"

Elsa started to cry. "I don't know what makes you think that, but Titus said that death is the work of sin, not God!"

Noah paused, then started to laugh nervously. "Titus is the reason why we're in this mess! He and David were the ones who found magic; I was just a bystander. I killed him when he won't tell me where you guys were; I thought he told you that I killed them."

Elsa's eyes widened. "But Titus tried to kill us! With a bomb!"

Noah looked at her. "Did the bomb play music?"

"Yes."

Noah laughed. "Fool! The key to magic is to play music. However, not even those two geniuses discovered the music for explosives, they did discover teleportation and time traveling magic though."

Elsa sighed with relief. "Titus wasn't trying to kill us; he wanted to protect us from you!"

Noah tsked, signaling to one of his men, who pulled something out. "Enough of this! Gravity magic, activate!"

We were instantly pulled to the ground when the man pressed a button. "What, I never heard of this type!" Reiji shouted.

Noah laughed. "Of course not; it's new. It will be your death. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on animals yet."

Wait a moment. For the first time, I was glad to be cursed.

I slowly changed into a cat, ears and tail first. "Do not hurt my friends!"I hissed.

Noah turned to me, scared. "A half cat?! I thought they were extinct!"

I pulled Elsa into the safety of my arm just as Noah shouted to have the bar raised. I felt the gravity be heavier, but I held on until-

(A/N opener is what is played... afterward is full song)

There was guitar music, more rock than anything else. Noah paled. I turned slightly to see Anubis standing up straight, smiling as he was rocking out.

He stopped, lifting his hands. "One two," he clapped. "One two three four!"

He went full on into the song, and suddenly we could all stand again.

Noah's eyes widened. "But that's amplifying magic! It can't be... you're a magic canceller?!"

Anubis had a big grin, which I've never seen on him before. "Nice to meet you! Although I can't say that, since I've never really liked you."

Noah reached for something in his shirt. Anubis reached for right leg, and remembered that it was a bad idea and kept playing.

I felt Elsa stiffen in my arms. I guess she was afraid of what Noah was going to do next.

Noah brought something out and pressed the button, but Anubis cancelled it.

"Retreat!" Noah yelled, and they ran away.

We all sighed with relief. But Daichi came out and put his head in his hands. "I can't believe it...I fell in love with someone who acts like Reiji?!"

"That's what you took out of it? But did you know about magic being music?" Vlad asked.

Daichi nodded. "That's why I encouraged Reiji to take music."

"I knew too, because of my information broker job." Neutron added.

Anubis grinned, rubbing his head. "Sorry I never told you guys about me; I never knew what'd you guys think about it. And sorry for ruining your love life."

Daichi smiled. "Hey, if I were you I'd be cautious too. If you ever wanted me to not fall in love with you, act like Reiji the whole time. But anyways, I fell in love with you because I couldn't figure out why you hated Noah; why did you?"

Anubis laughed and put a finger in front of his mouth. "It's a secret!"

We all laughed, except for Elsa. She pushed my arms off herself.

With tears in her eyes, she walked slowly to Anubis. "It can't be..."

Can't be what?

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Anubis

Can't be what.

Then I remember what I did in my fight with Noah.

Oh no.

I didn't want her to know.

Vlad looked confused; of course he would, I only did it in front of her.

She looked at me, the beautiful green eyes I always like now vacant.

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Duh duh duh!

Explains his song? Huh?
And the"bullies" who killed a child (Vladimir)?
And why he didn't like Noah?
He does have blond hair blue eyes, as I've mentioned before.

Next part is labeled Anubis, as you probably noticed. :-D :-D:-D