A New Life

☆ One ☆

1848

The halls were dark and nearing dilapidation, the echoes of the wind filling the small boy's mind with fear. The boy was small, so so small especially as he curled into a ball to keep a small amount of warmth. The wind whispered as it searched the halls before fluttering into the small silver haired boy's cage filling him with warmth enough to stop his shivering and fall into a peaceful slumber.

Seiko's fingers tapped against the wooden desk in front of her. Piles and piles of papers and words screamed at her to finish them but she just couldn't. The image of a boy struck her mind, he was small far to small, she thought. His silver hair was unevenly cut and his eyes were like small sunsets- who was he and why was she plagued with his image. If you didn't pay super close attention you could say she'd pass as his mother with their hair being near the same colour. She chuckled solemnly.
She glanced to the side towards her bell before reaching and ringing it having a man with red hair appear before her.
"Oda dear help me with something." She said with her voice of velvet.
"With what Seiko?" He asked as gruff as usual.
"I can see a boy in my mind. Last time I saw anyone I met you- would you like to help me find him?"
"Yeah I'd be glad to Seiko."
"Excellent. I'll have Reign create a sketch of the boy when he returns but for now- he was in a cage Oda." The man seethed. "He looked to be perhaps five or six even? I'm not sure honestly. He was definitely young and in so much pain."
"Who could hurt someone like that?" Oda huffed- he always had a soft spot for kids.
"Someone not worth their time on earth." Seiko muttered- "Oh hello Reign when did you return?"
"Hello Missss Sssseiko." The navy haired Butler hissed whilst fluttering their eyes at their boss. "I felt as though I had been called wasss I incorrect?"
"No you are very right my venomous fiend. I believe we have to save another mortal... however something is strange about this boy." Seiko hummed, her silvery white hair falling into her face. Reign reaches out a slim hand for Seiko to grasp.
"I sshhall find him." Reign's eyes shut and shift as they search Seiko's memories for the images of the boy she saw. Within a moment they were finished and released their bosses pale hand. "Hisss name issss Atsssusshhi Nakajima misss Sseiko."
"So we have a name. Could you gather more Intel and bring it to me immediately?" She asked. "Oda and I will collect the boy when you are done." Reign bowed and slipped into a drawing room to the side of the office.

"Will he be worth saving?" Reign asked quietly just before the door shut?

"Every one of you I saved because I had visions. Every one of you were blessed to be hosts of something more... While we wait Oda- any news on Arahabaki?"
"No sorry Seiko."
"That's too bad darling... I really need to find that darn thing before he kills his host." She muttered.

"Missss Sseiko I have found sssomething on the boy." Reign said reentering the office where Oda and Seiko had been conversing.
"What have you found?" The rust haired man asks.
"Like I sssaid before hisss name is Atssusshhi Nakajima. 1848 just outside Yokohama. Orphan at a very creatively dubbed Orphanage called... The Orphanage. It sseemss that you were correct Misss Sseiko. He has an ability and I believe it to be Byakko." The white haired woman's face whipped towards the navy haired butler. Reign passes the couple a drawing of the boy and the two sigh.
"Byakko... I haven't heard that name is eons." She whispered.
"I'm not quite familiar with that name Seiko." Oda said.
"The great tiger- a beast beneath moonlight... Thank-you Reign you have done wonderfully arrange for Oda and I to have transportation if you could and ask Calypso to organise fake documents for us as well."
"Of courssse Misss Sseiko, Masster Oda what kind of butler would I be if I could not carry out taskss as you sssee fit."
"I know I know Reign. One hell of a butler- I need to tell Sebastian to stop telling other demons to say that when they've been contracted." Seiko laughed as she waved off the navy haired demon.
"I will be accompanying you?" Oda questions.
"Yes. This boy... He interests me and if Reign is right and Byakko is within him he'll need to be trained... I'm also feeling... lonely as of late. Last time I cared for someone so young well he turned into Arahabaki because I left him alone to explore his awakened powers and Arahabaki destroyed the host a young boy and I haven't found him since."
"May I ask how long ago that was?"
"About a hundred years before we met my dear." She smiled softly. "I wish to help this child grow and I know you have a soft spot for all the youngin's who step into this realm let this be a test for us Oda Sakunosuke. How well can we care for someone and train them... I don't want a repeat of Arahabaki."
"I understand Seiko." He smiled lovingly. "I'll help however I can. Perhaps we should write a letter in advance"
"Good idea perhaps you should write. Thank-you for your help Oda."