2. Cursed (1/2)

chapter 2

mpov

"her guardian?" i ask kaito, venom dripping off each syllable. "i am perfectly able to protect her myself! why would she need a guardian?!" i almost yell. i hear mizuki sigh.

"i'm able to do things you can't do munto. i'm stronger than you, not as strong as yumemi but strong enough to teach her how to use her powers." what can this girl do that i can't do?

"i have an unlimited akuto flow, like yumemi, but i can't give it to anyone." she tells me.

"unlimited akuto flow?" i ask her, she nods her head. she looks at yumemi, they have a private conversation before yumemi asks: "can i…?" she asks pointing at me.

"it'll be stronger between you and him." what would be stronger between yumemi and i?

"what'll be stronger?" i ask them both, expressing my confusion in this conversation.

"a mind link, it would allow yumemi to contact you or whoever else who has established one with her, when she is in danger, or needs help." mizuki replies matter of factly.

"can i create one with you…munto?" yumemi tentatively asks me. i look down at her, to see her blushing crimson. i look back at mizuki who nods her head, giving me a small smile. i look back down at yumemi.

"of course." she shyly reaches a hand up towards my forehead. i bend down so she doesn't have to reach up so high. as her fingertips softly

ush against my forehead, i'm engulfed in a

ight warm light. i feel akuto pumping into my body. as quickly as light appears it disappears.

'munto…?' her voice softly echoes throughout my mind. i smile.

'yumemi.' she smiles up at me, before looking back over to mizuki. as the first rays of

ight sunlight hit her face, i see kaito look at her, as if he's in a trance. mizuki is beautiful, but i already have the girl i love, who happens to be standing right next to me.

"the link only works one way. you and yumemi can talk only if she talks first." i nod my head in acknowledgement to her warning.

"well maybe we should get some

eakfast?" mizuki asks, i look at her quizzically.

"i'm human munto." she tells me.

"but how can you use akuto?" i ask her.

"my family, and a few others had lived on a rogue island ever since the battle between both worlds. when a group of heavenly beings found them, they were taken to another island, which happened to be calithium. the king found that the girl of destiny needed a guardian, a human guardian. when he found my mother pregnant he made the entire kingdom keep their eye on her. when she gave birth to me, the king had a dream, a dream telling him that the human baby girl was the guardian of the girl of destiny." she says, finishing her story. i hear yumemi's stomach growl.

"why don't we get some

eakfast." i say as i start to pull yumemi towards the kitchens. heavenly beings can eat food but they don't normally eat it since they can live on akuto.

i push open the doors of the dinning hall, which is normally not in use, but some people wanted to have some

eakfast, including me. i pull yumemi toward a table, pulling out the chair for her. she sits down as i sit next to her.

"the food smells good." mizuki says, grinning. kaito smirks as he sits down next to her.

"you are always hungry." he states, his smirk becoming larger.

"i can't live on akuto like you can, so i have nothing else to sustain me so i need to eat, a lot." the cooks

ing out food, placing a plate in front of each of us.