Trails of Cold Brave Sky Chronicle 11: Revenge of the Goddess

"Can you help me?"

Lutum and Koru then woke up in a house that was all too familiar to the latter. They saw a bright light turn on, and the woman in front of them walked towards them with a roll of tape, before gagging them with it. Koru and Lutum kept trying to break free, before the woman looked Koru in the eye. "I still have unfinished business with you, little boy."

"I can't have you two screaming for mercy now, can I?"

And the three were in for a long day...

Enjo and Limilnate were looking for Koru and Lutum, eventually walking to the mountains, where they saw a teenage man fishing.

"Excuse me, have you seen a woman with black hair and a gray sweater dragging two people?" Limilnate asked, being very straightforward. They got no response from the fisherman, who then fell onto the snow, asleep. They brought him into the house not too far away from him, and started a fire in the fireplace, letting him warm up. Limilnate used some healing magic, sticking his head toward where the god's chest would be. The man woke up, felt himself in the god's empty chest, and backed away quickly, getting flustered.

"W-W-Whoa, there! I didn't expect myself to get in the bosom of a person with a lung disease before I get frostbite!"

The three had an awkward silence toward one another. "Umm, yeah. Us two, we're gods."

The man, still thinking about waking up in Limilnate's chest, looked at them. "If you want information, can I get something in return?"

Confused, Enjo asked what the man wants in return. "What should we call you? What do you want in return?"

The man put his fingers together. "I'm Sakana, and I want you to deliver this love letter to somebody for me. I like her so much, but she intimidates me a lot. Her name is Eve, and she has black hair with a pink fade-away, and she is going to a debut concert with her best friend, Adam, and they're the ones on stage. I heard from them that they're planning on making their debut night in a few days at a place called the Sama Kingdom."

Sakana blushed, and smiled. "I'm not done yet. I also want some high quality hand fans."

Enjo agreed to give Eve the letter, and the three heard screaming. Sakana took his fishing rod, and attached a stronger string and hook to it. He also got out a long stalk of bamboo, and went to investigate. Following the trail, he asked Enjo and Limilnate to stay behind. He attached a paper clip to the hook, and cast the string to the lock, before managing to get the clip inside the hole, managing to pick the lock as well.

Enjo summoned a flame to give some light, and summoned her keyblade. She opened a door quietly, and heard a stabbing noise from underneath. Quickly, the three looked for a way downstairs, before Sakana saw an open area to cast a spell on.

Sakana put his fishing rod on the ground, then held his bamboo like a javelin. He said an incantation, before putting one end of the bamboo on the ground, creating an explosion in the house. There was broken wood sitting at the crater, and the three jumped down, seeing Koru and Lutum, bleeding heavily. Seeing the same spirit from Koru but in human form, Sakana cast out his fishing rod, hooking Carrie's ear. Limilnate dashes to the two, managing to break them out. Lutum then received a strong healing spell from the god, and he dashed over to the tormentor.

Carrie jumped into the air, and took out some throwing stars. She jumped over to the upper level, and used a spell. She threw the throwing stars at the ground below, and snapped her fingers. Dried blood from over a millennium ago became lifelike again, and circled herself.

Sakana threw his bamboo at Carrie, hitting her in the face. He managed to hook her with his fishing rod from below, and reeled her down, causing the blood to pierce through his skin.

Enjo unleashed waves of fire at the blood needles, drying them back out. Lutum ran towards Carrie, restraining her. Koru then latched onto her with his chains, and finished the fight by killing her and absorbing her soul and power.

"She's dead again. Thank you, you four. She would have made us the twentieth and twenty first victims," said Koru. Limilnate used a spell to return the body to how it was before the wish was made, and he walked over to the window, launching it into the pits of hell.

Sakana walked to his stick of bamboo, picking it up. He then reeled his fishing line back, taking some time to clean the hook. "We should get going to our next possible location on where that bitch that you're after could be."

Koru smiles, and declines to come with them. "I would come with you, but I have classes to teach."

So then it was just Enjo, Limilnate, Lutum, and Sakana. They walked through a portal to get back to the Agni Empire, the place where Tsukuru and Tsubaki attacked them.

"So, I guess it's back to square one?" Sakana asked. The two gods sighed, and agreed.

"Let's ask the royal family if they have any leads. It's this way," directed Enjo.

The two men followed the goddess to the castle, being greeted by the guards.

"I need to speak to the second prince. Is he available?"

One of the guards walked inside, checking if the prince was available. The guard returned, and led the four into the castle, towards the second prince's room and Sakana kneeled. Enjo then opened her mouth, addressing the man, who had a blue right half of his hair and eye, and the other half was black hair and a green eye.

"Pardon our interruption of you did anything, Your Highness. We came to ask you how much you knew about the Demon of Wishes."

The prince picked up his book and snapped his finger. A man wearing all white with angel wings with white hair and gray eyes came out. Towering Sakana, the fisherman stood up, only eight inches shorter.

The man then spoke. "Tsukuru, the Demon of Wishes, only became a Demon a few weeks ago. He was a personal trainer beforehand, and there was a strange stone at his back. I believe he wants to bring back his sister. He also has a younger brother, who he didn't see for most of his life. Maybe we can go there. I can ask the third prince to give you a painting of the Demon."

The man returned inside the book. "He is a man who was at one point Night's personal trainer. After his body was fully reconditioned for battle, something stirred up which made him become a Demon."

Enjo then looked up at the prince. "Was the way you became a Demon similar to how you became one, Your Highness?"

The prince then closed his eyes. "We were fighting the Demon of Sunshine. I was shot by an arrow, which would have killed me, but I was given another shot of life at the cost of losing half of my body's control.

The prince's wings then wrapped around himself. There was also a more masculine voice coming out.

"Drake's been teaching me all about human life, and it kept me from killing people I see."

The two gods then asked the prince about the Adam and Eve people Sakana mentioned.

"Yes, that is true. They're performing tonight as well, so you can stay and watch."

Sakana blushed, and struggled to ask Drake if there was any bodies of water nearby, not knowing the geography of the area. Drake pointed outside the window to the port. "The concert is tonight."

The four bowed, and left the room. Sakana walked to the port so he could go fishing.

A few hours passed, and people were walking to the center of the town, where they waited for the concert to begin. Once the two performers arrived, they held hands, and both said a phrase.

"Take us to the Garden of Eden."