Gods and Realities

What was it about reality did I hate so much about? Was it boredom? The idea of knowing every outcome is indeed boring but the suspense of which outcome didn't exact boredom. Was it predictability? Life was indeed predictable if you were smart enough to know the possible outcomes. Was it me? The idea of life, human life, always sounded so... boring to me. What fun was it to work tirelessly with no goal in mind. Yeah becoming a star, an actor, a NBA athlete, or even just a simple cashier is goal but was it really? In the end it's all about money. We merely just choose how to make them. I couldn't complain much about jobs since I myself is just a lowly office worker. But I played my cards right. The job isn't hard but it pays well. I'm not gonna get in the details since I prattle on too much about me.

Has it occurred to anyone? We don't need money. It was just something people wanted and they got it. Going back ages ago, we were hunters. Great adventurers of the grassy green fields and bottomless oceans. We would fear the unknown and love it at the same time. But we were reduced to this. You could say technology has helped us 'evolve' but to what cost? We exchanged comfort over skills and we still suffer for it. You can walk down the street and see a poor elderly man getting by a few cents and a woman who works 3 jobs a day just to feed her children and pay for a 1 bedroom apartment. No matter what anyone says, peace is never a choice. It's a suggestion. Poverty is a choice. War is a choice. So what was a suggestion? The best example would be... well... peace. Anyone could say they strive to make peace but does that ever really happen? The Muslim conquest across Arabia was driven by the sole purpose of spreading a deity belief but it's the same as everywhere right? Vikings into Western Europe and White men into Red man's land. Can we really say we strive for piece when not a single event in history actually resulted in piece? 50 states. Fifty states and we still can't trust each other. Why? Because we can never agree with each other. Being open-minded doesn't mean anyone accepts the reality, it just means "I heard but that's all". Being close-minded just means, "I don't want to hear it".

See I never get them. Why fight so hard for something you can never get. We will never attain peace. Never. If there was a WWII after the first, what makes you think there won't be a third. Then when the 'World Wars' end it's universal. So why? Deep in our brains we know we can never have something we want the most. Love? It's a gentle obsession. Affection towards something without the intention of driving it away . But it's still a feeling of want, whether it be emotional or physical purposes.

I tried it out once. Dating. It was a boy, he was on the popular sides and he was the best guinea pig. What about him made him so popular? I wanted to find out so I stayed and I pretended. Nothing. I found nothing. He wasn't talented nor was he smart. All the credit goes to his good looks and his 'approachable' personality. I give him credit for holding up with those 'fakers', and all those hate comments he most definitely heard. Timing, in relationships are crucial. You can say the damndest things but say it at the right moment and it becomes a compliment or something uplifting. Studying relationships, its not hard to figure out what your partner needs. A few little compliments and consistency and their emotions flare up. When I got bored, I 'dumped' him. I told him with a sraight face that I got bored and he was eager to keeep me. For what? Empty words? Did he really think I loved him? I barey get the meaning of 'liking' someone 'loving' is extreme.

Thinking about it, I was probably too harsh on him. But I'm an honest person. Any longer and I would've vomitted all the lies I cooked up.

Then he did something extreme. He threatened me he'd killed himself. I was intrigued. What does death have over one's affection? Wasn't it love conquers all? What? Where did that bullshit come from? I admit I have my... needs, but I have never once tied it to something as trivial as love. Attachment to anything is just unfathomable to me. But death. This really intrigued me because there is proof. Millions of them. What is death? You could say being 6 ft. unnderground, but I want to know everything. Is it scary? How does it feel? What's it like? What happens to your concious? Does it prove that you really have a soul? I've always wanted to know. So I dared him.

"Go ahead." I said. I watched as his eyes widened in horror. His smile was gone from his face and in return, disgust. He screamed something at me but I was to busy being a curious one to even notice. He stormed off and I was left with disappointment. If I died now, would it change anything? The course of the world? The course of that boy's life? The course of this life? I wasn't afraid of death. Rather, I contemplated the idea. What would happen.

Hence my situation. Standing atop the tallest building in New York. The view is amazing. Simply divine. I pity the ants who can't appreciate a view as grand as this. Night sky with flashing white lights. The sound of busy streets and even busier people. Even as I stood atop everything, I wasn't afraid. I laughed slowly to myself.

"You idiot." I said softly, the wind blocking out my voice. " Feel something you stupid idiot. What the hell are you? A zombie?"

Even after insulting myself I couldn't feel anything. Stupid heart. For once I wanted to feel something. Anything. Betrayal, sadness, joy, anger, anything. If the lack of excitement is gonna bore me to death, maybe falling would be easier.

I leaned forward, the wind pushing me at my back as if beckoning me to go. The wind blew harder as I stood my ground. It blew even harder and harder until I couldn't support my own weight. They said that life flashes before your eyes when before your life. I didn't. Nothing but the rapid asecension of the building and the wide road below me. Still, I didn't feel scared. Nothing. Had I enjoyed it? Most certainly not. No one could ever enjoy this. As the road got bigger and closer, I started to laugh. Why? 'Cuz I'm crazy. I jumped off a building to die just because I'm curious. I can finally confirm curiosity killed the cat. Fuckin' hilarious. I was stupid, from this point onward and I can safely say that I am the dumbest person alive.

The road got close then everything went dark. Nothing. Just black. It was as if I had entered a dimension where there was nothing. My body didn't hurt. There was nothing on me. No scratches no bruises. Just my plain casual clothes as I fell down. I felt a bit disappointed. I thought something gandeur was gonna happen but instead I got black.

*Sigh* "Shit. Now what-" From the distance I saw a light. Just something glimmering in the distance. Now I don't know if I'm moving or the light was but it got increasingly closer. I raised a brow as it became clearer that it was not a light but rather a glowing figure. The light was too bright for my eyes to even adjust to, so just hilding my arm up and creating a shadow was enough. I looked down to see a long silken dress of white with a barefoot peeking out.

"It seems like another soul has been entered in the wrong universe." A rather soothing voice hummed. I dared not lower my eyes unless I wanted to go completely blind. I had guessed she was a woman seeing as how men don't have delicate toes like the one she was looking at.

"What is you name girl?" She asked. The light began to dim down allowing me to lower my arm to see just who it was speaking to me. An angel, is what I wouldve guessed. Long silver hair with sky blue eyes. Something iut of a webcomic written by a fantasy written author. She looked to beautiful to be real.

"Shizu. Shizu Yonomosuke." I replied. If I was dead, information didn't really matter did it? The woman smiled revealing pearly whites.

"You look too young to have died naturally." She said. Shizu smiled.

"I'm 43." I answered. Her reaction wasn't surprising. I was practically still young. Years and years ahead of me but I chose to end it. Her eyes were wide with her mouth slightly open.

"Oh my, what happened? Judging by the way you look, it doesn't look as if you were in an accident?" She said. Shizu raised a brow. An accident? Then if her death was completely accidental would the wounds appear on her.

"No, I wasn't in an accident." There was no point in lying. She doubt she could hide anything feom a person who sees all.

"Wait," I realized it a bit later rhan I thought. "Who are you?"

The belief had always been that God was a male. Sitting atop the clouds on his white marble throne with angels surrounding him.

"Oh, I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Jura. Goddess of Night." She said giving a slight bow. I did it out of reflex. Wierd though, I was expecting some sort of guy with "Death" or "Dead" in his title.

"Am I dead?" I asked. I honestly don't know if I'm asking a foolish question or not.

"Yes you are. But you're not in the right place. According to your universe, Lucifer was supposed to meet you." She said looking around. I followed suit, completely surprised.

"I'm sorry what??" I asked. She looked at me and giggled.

"Oh, I'm sure you didn't expect there to be only 1 reality in the universe did you?" She said cheerfully. I contemplated the idea but never really got into the subject.

"Haha, I called Lucifer up so he'll be here shortly but in the meantime I'll give you a summary." She said.

"At the beginning of the universe was a man. He explored the vastness of the Universe. He traveled, maybe, for millions of millenials trying to see who else was with him. He thought that there was no way he was the only person alive. So he wandered more and more and he never realized the deeper and farther he went the farther he got from the universe. It's what every single reality calls, darkness. We Gods call it the Void. Before he was completely devoured by the Void, a woman stopped him. She was reality. Our mother. The man fell in love with her and the two ended up together. As a result of their love, she gave birth to different realities. And she didn't stop. For millions of trillions of years, she gave birth to alternate realities in which you humans call, dimensions. We see it as nothing more than our fathers and mothers. In each of these realities, our father created us. Gods, to rule our mothers realities. There are trillions of them, and I am but one amongst the infinite numbers of gods our father created for these realities." She said. I tried to follow but honestly, reality, dimensions, universe man and woman was a bit too much to take in at the moment.

"Then where am I?" I asked. She smiled.

"Earth. Or at least that's where you should be. Why you ended up here is a bit of a problem. A soul that does not belong to reality tends to just corrode away or get trapped in the void. Which is where we are now." She said. My eyes widened.

"Void? As in the same one your mother saved your father from?" I yelled panickly. She smiled.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't spend too much time here, you'll be fine." She said. As if on cue, another blinding light appeared. Once again I shielded my eyes again before seeing the man who arrived. Dead white skin with large horns protruding from the sides of his head. Large wings dragged behind him with a burning smell. His eyes were black. As in nothing but black but other than those features he looked completely human. He walked next to the woman and stared down at me. Was he looking at me? I don't know.

"What? It better be a good reason Jura. Don't **** with me." He said. She giggled.

"Earth really has the scariest gods." She said. She pointed to me.

"Was she not supposed to be in your realm? Why is it that she popped up in mine?" She said. I'll be honest, I fet a bit small. A human and 2 Gods. He walked up to me.

"What the hell?" He mumbled as he examined me.

"Shizu Yonomosuke. 43. Jumped off a building. Pretty clean record. What the hell are you doing here?" He asked. I shrugged. What was I supposed to say. He shrugged.

"Whatever. Come with me." He grabbed my hand and began to drag me off somewhere when I was stopped. Something was infront of me and it was big and it stipped me from walking with him. Even he was surprised when he couldn't drag me away anymore. Jura looked at me confounded.

"What is it now?" Lucifer groaned. Was it alright to call him that? Anyways, he tugged at me but I couldn't move from my spot. He tried again but this time harder but gave up soon after. Jura raised a brow in confusion.

"What's wrong?" She asked. Lucifer looked up Jura and shrugged. He let go of my hand.

"I can't take her." He said. Jura shook her head.

"You have to, she's gonna corrode here?" She said. Lucifer scratched his head.

"You think I don't know that? I'm not saying I won't take her. I'm saying I can't. Something's stopping her from returning." He said. Jura stepped forward and grabbed my hand. She pulled me to her but this time mothing stopped me.

"Why is it that I can move her?" She asked. Lucifer turned his attention on me.

"There might've been a problem when God created her soul. It looks like it, it's the only possible reason I could come up with, she doesn't belong in my reality." He said. Jura stared at him wide eyed. Me? Still a bit dumbfounded about the whole universe reality Lucifer and Jura thing.

"She most certainly does not belong to mine?" She said. Lucifer looked back at her again.

"It would explain why you appeared instead of me and how I can't move her. Traversing realities has happened before but I must say not often." He said. Jura put a hand on her chin in thought. I looked between the two.

"Uh- excuse me? Can someone explain what's going on?" I asked. The two looked up and stared at me. Jura smiled.

"Sorry looks like you traversed in-between realities and ended up in my domain." Jura said. I raised a brow. What in God's name did she just say?

"It's like a gltich," Lucifer intervened, I turned my attention to him. "Imagine our world as a system. Like a computer. Sometimes there are glitches in a system that's unavoidable. We aren't perfect and sometimes things like these happen. It's rare though, very rare. You just happened to be the glitch."

"So if I understand, I traveled to Miss Jura's reality instead of staying at mine?" I asked. The two nodded and I sighed. So much for being curious abot death. I groaned heavily because it seemed like a problem.

Before anyone could say anything, another blinding light appeared. I groaned in annoyance, I'm starting to hate these grand and angelic entrances. My eyes hurt.

This time, it was a guy in a black tux suit. White hair and bluish purplish eyes. He was built tall and muscular. He looked very sharp. I wouldn't have noticed Lucifer and Jura kneeling until Jura tugged on my shirt. I followed soon after, landing heavily on my knee.

"Father," Jura started. "What brings you here?"

I looked back and forth. Between Jura and Lucifer and the man in front of me. He smiled brightly, replicating his grand entrance.

"F-Father?!" No matter how I looked at it, they did not look the same!

"Ooh\~ Come on my babies\~ don't be like that! How many times have I told you, you don't have to kneel! Just hug Daddy lovingly!" He whined as he darted for Lucifer. With a heavy palm, he struck the man staright on his jaw leaving a reddened area. The man cried in pain as he clung to Jura.

"Get away from me you old man!" Lucifer yelled.

"I haven't seen you in a while and this is how you treat me?" He whined. Lucifer scoffed. Next his attention landed on me and he immediately strightened up. He cleared his throat his face showing his embarassment.

"Ahem, scuse me. You must be Shizu Yonomosuke, excuse my rude behaviour." He said. I looked between the two and watched as Lucifer folded his arms and Jura giggled. How was I supposed to greet a person who very well owns the universe?

"Oh, um, hi." That's how. I felt a bit rude but I honestly don't know how to address him.

"I guess you three are stcuk with her soul. Don't worry, Lukas and God made a mistake when creating you soul. You see, you were made by Lukas, the Supreme god in Rino. Somehow, along the process of traversing through alternate realities, you were dropped off at Earth accidentally." He said. I stared at him. So far I made do with what I heard.

"By accident you mean I don't belong in Earth?" I asked. He laughed nervously.

"Yeah, it was all my fault. Lukas was on his way to Rino after creating your soul amingst the millions. I got in his way because I wanted to see him." He said sheepishly. Lucifer scoffed. I took the time to think. If there were millions of realities than that must mean there was an infinite amount of souls. If she was one amongst the infinite, then what did it matter if she was the only one who didn't get to where she is?

"But-"

"A soul is a very delicate thing. My sons and duaghters all made you with their own lives. Every single soul and ever single identity was carefully woven out by your Gods. You are basically their children seeing as how they made you from their bare hands. You souls are like clay in which hey brought to life. Carefully molded. But because your soul went off course, it completely affected Lukas' reality. You see, the reality that you were supposed to be in is all in chaos. The fate and destinies he had written are all in shambles because 'you' aren't there. One small mistake can shake up a story. Earth is one of the few realities which is currently ahead in realities. Since it's not a magical fantastical reality, you have evolved faster than the other realities. So far Earth is doing well. But Rino is not. Because it is a magical reality, it has a higher chance of killing itself. If a God cannot exact his rule on his reality, he and everything inside that reality; Lukas, his gods, his planet, his people cease to exist." He said. I stared at him still confused. The man wasn't so great at explaining stuff. I looked to the other 2 for help and Lucifer finally spoke up.

"Go home. Because you landed on Earth instead of Rino, your real home is falling apart. If that happens, you disappear because you are from that world technically." He said. My reaction wasn't much. Afterall, I wasn't much of a feeling person.

"But still, I'm one person amongst millions." I said. No matter how I look at it, how could one person affect an entire reality.

"Because you are the anomally creating the chaos." A voice said behind Jura. A man peopped out, beautiful silver hair with white eyes. His clothing matched that of a chinese hanfu with silver and blue linings.

"Um," What's with all these people popping out of nowhere. I stared at him. He gave me a smile.

"Shizu Yonomosuke. I am Lukas, Ruling God of Rino." He said bowing. I followed suit.

"Your body has been, the physical body you were supposed to have is currently under critical condition because of a substitute soul in it. Your soul, you, haven't felt any emotions have you?" He asked. I looked up in surprise. I shouldn't be seeing as how wack my day has been going but I was.

"Um, yes." I andwered. He frowned.

"When a soul and a body is seperated, there are some missing pieces or characteristics. Much like how people have split personalities. It was said it was a psychological disorder in which your mind creates different or alternate personalities to protect you from trauma. In your case, it was the inability to feel." He said. I stared at him. Although the explanation was a bit general, it sort of made sense to me. I looked at all of them.

"What happens to me now?" I asked. Jura and Lukas looked at each other.

"Well you'd go back to your body. The one in Rino." He said. I raised a brow. He daid something about a substitute.

"When you mentioned substitute, what did you mean?"

"It's basically a fake person. One who blindly follows orders, little magical prowess, but a high level of intelligence. I made it that way so cases like yours aren't too bad. Your body is under critical condition right now I must say. Seeing as how your substitutional soul is extremely obedient and allowed people to walk all over you." He said. I gave a sigh. I was expecting a much grander life.

"Are you not curious about magic? We mentioned it a few times but you don't seem the slightest bit interested." Jura said. I looked up. They did, but somehow that wasn't the pressing issue right now.

"Ah, it's to be expected. Shizu has been detached for quite a while." Lukas said. Lucifer groaned.

"What are you guys gonna do? She's unstable? If you send her back now, the strain will kill her before she even openes her lids." He said. Again, another pressing issue. Lukas smiled innocently.

"I was planning on giving her a seal, Jura would place her blessing and Juzo his blessing." He said. Lucifer clicked his tongue.

"You're gonna make that idiot bless her? You do know you condemened him in the Netherworld right?" Lucifer said. Lukas upheld his smile.

"I was going to release for a while. He's the only one amongst my children that can help regulate her power." Lukas said. I looked back at Lucifer expecting an andwer but he just stared at me. After a moment of staring he unfolded his arm and placed his clawed hands over my face.

"I'll help you two out just this once. Don't tell the others. I'm gonna get a shit full from them." He said. Then he started to chant some wierd stuff. It sounded blurry? Slurred? Incoherent. I could of sworn he was saying real words but it was all fuzzy. Lukas and Jura did the same thing and light rose from their hands. It was blindingly beight so I had to close my ehes and by the time they were done, it seemed like nothing happened. Except for maybe the big gaping wings attached to my back, a long black tail with a smokth blunt end, and big horns that swirled above my head. I looked like Lucifer. I screamed for a bit but I got a but too fascinated with my tail.

"You better take her back now. She spent too much time here." Lucifer said leaving. He disappeared into the darkness but I needed to get 1 more question in.

"What did you do to me?" I asked hurriedly. They only stared at me and smiled.

"Your sould has been absorbing all of Earth's mana. Basically what makes up magic. Because you were the only person there collecting them, you've accumulated quite a lot in you. Imagine your ocean. Now quadruple that but it's inside you." He explained. I stared at him dumbfoundedly. I've only lived for 43 years.

"We needed to put a seal on your soul so it doesn't overlord your body. Jura gave you her blessing so you have an easier time using your power. Lucifer gave you the ability to expel your mana if it leaks through the seal. Right now you have the power to kill me 50x over on an all out fight." He said still smiling. I stared at him.

"Isn't that a bit too over powered?" I asked. Jura laughed.

"Yes, but you won't be able to use 70% of you mana. Unless you used a spell that completely uses large amiunt of mana, its the bear necessity that should allow you to live." She said. I taised a brow.

"How exactly is my 'body' causing an anomally?" I asked. Lukas put a finger on his chin.

"Being a body with a substitute soul, your body is automatically trying to absorb everything and anything to get you back. That means mana, dzjen a darker and monstrous type of mana that corrupts your body, and other substances. It's absorbing quite a lot because it also expels them in a condensed form. It attracts demons and monsters and is causing all sort of storm and unnatural events." He said. I nodded in understanding. Not really but I can cope with what I have.

"It's about time we send you off. Good luck and please fix my reality." Lukas said waving his hand. Instead of disappearing like Lucifer,

I was falling

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