Michelle, The Divine

Chapter I - Calm

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The last opponent was just a few meters ahead.

I tried to keep my speed in a safe zone but it seemed that this girl is a fast one, too. I kept my legs running in a smooth pattern, but still not enough to reach the girl.

I then put some of my energy to my legs a little bit, and felt lighter and faster. I looked at the girl ahead of me becoming closer and closer.

The girl was soon then beside me, then behind me.

"Still not fast enough," I told the girl under my breath before leaving her far behind me.

Then I heard a blank gunshot, and then a round of applause came afterwards. Thousands of cheers came shouting my name.

"The gold medalist for the nationals triathlon is Valerie Yukimura!" 

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"Hah, I saw you what you did earlier," the boy I was walking home with told me. "Valerie."

"What are you talking about, Drake?" I asked innocently. "I only showed the speed I trained for fifty years,"

"...you used your full speed, sister Valerie?!"

Drake and I looked behind, and saw two girls running towards us.

Both of them are twins, with red curly hair and wore large, decorated straw hats that covers almost all of their fair skin from the setting sun. One of them had sky-blue irises, the other had emerald-green irises.

"Oh, Rebecca and Angeline, you were also watching?"

"We wouldn't miss it!" Both of them answered in chorus.

"Oh, didn't you just leave Valerie in her swimming yesterday?" Drake butted in.

"You know that the sun was very hot, brother Drake," Rebecca, the one with green irises, pouted.

"Excuses."

I just smiled when the Rebecca and Drake quarreled behind me, and Angeline sometimes butts in their conversation. It was a common quarrel that covers up my tireness for the day. Even though this happened for a long time already, I will miss this when I go to Europe.

Yes, I will go to Europe. Mainly, through the Olympics, but that is just an excuse, like Drake said. I really had to win the triathlon today to be able to go to Europe...

...to reestablish the Ghouls and Undead organizations in that place.

Fifty years ago, the first war between Undead and Ghouls against the race we call "Unknowns" occurred. I, Valerie, the princess of the Ghouls and my partner Raphael, the Fallen One, lead all the Undead and Ghouls to a fight that lasted for a long time.

Our side won when Raphael... sacrificed his immortal soul to seal Him, the emperor of the "Unknowns", according to Vincent, an "Unknown" that joined our side and Raphael's best friend.

However, we didn't realize that this war only occurred in our country, until it was too late. Our international connections Undead and Ghoul organizations abroad was cut off, and we never heard a single Ghoul nor Undead outside Japan. There were more than one "Unknown" emperor in the world. 

Even those who go abroad normally by going with humans, we lost contact of them and we don't know if they are still alive, or if they are already consumed by "Unknowns".

Because the Olympics is a large event, and would occur in Europe, I bet these "Unknowns" would let them be seen in televisions across the world, and I would take this chance to know what happened to the Undead and Ghouls in other countries, if they still survived or not.