Very few times in life could any man or woman claim to have a moment that would never fade, retaining it's warmth and detail even to your deathbed.
Yet this was one of those moments.
Perhaps it was the moonlight intoxicated them, or perhaps it was a fever that everyone seemed to have caught, yet as those wide doors opened again everyone seemed to catch their breaths and have their heart's tense.
A figure dragged a red sarong with his, and a mysterious wind blew causing his long flowing hair to flutter mysteriously, making him look like an Immortal set apart from all things.
Yet most deadly was that face. A feminine face with very white skin, yet not losing at all in masculinity. He was someone men, women, beasts and even things that couldn't feel love loved enough to die for.
A charm that could captivate even the most steady heart, with not only his beauty but that invisible aura of benevolence and kindness, yet also carried an intense blood lust.
Everyone was caught by this man.
Beauty? Only he could be called beautiful, everyone else was just ugly.
Ryuk stared at all these people looking at him and felt and impulse to clobber them all in the face. Who except celebrities liked to have all eyes on them. Ryuk was very reserved and hated attention, a feature from his silent and lone childhood.
Yet Ryuk had somehow come to realize his sect was showing him off. Why? Hell would he know. He just knew the sect master was his master and basically his father, his uncle was currently there, his friends and the seniors who he respected. Furthermore taking everything off a man without respect and atleast a little bit of loyalty in Ryuks eyes was someone who would die early, Ryuk wasn't as a naive as he was before that elder of the beast god sect came. He was cunning and sharp, but being like that for no reason was even more foolish.
Ryuk put away any discomfort he had and smiled gently.
Like a arrow of cupid, Ryuks breathtaking smile shot into everyone's heart. They shook in lust and joy.
Ryuk stood near the two other women who felt both jealous and joyous at Ryuk's side. They felt apprehensive as they were like dirt in contrast to a diamond, but they were happy considered Ryuk was fucking hot.
Yet the more cheers and exclamations of glee the more it felt like he had eaten some bitter food. Bitter, very bitter.
The worst part was even those old grannies and Grandpa's were perving on his body. Ryuk felt just from their stares he would lose his chastity.
Perhaps Riel had become immune he coughed with eyes clear and bright unlike these ravenous beasts and said, "Now, now what have you to say? Is my Disciple not the most beautiful?"
Everyone nodded their heads, following Riels words as if a group of brainwashed cultists.
Riel continued to season the meat, "Let me ask you, would you leave your wife or husband to be with my disciple?"
They nodded.
Riel smiled, "Dosent that mean he's a treasure of Infinite value?"
They nodded furiously.
Riel laughed and shouted, "Who is my disciple?"
They looked at each other confused.
Riel pumped his fists in the air and said, "My Goddess, your goddess, the universes goddess!"
As if further aggravated they roared towards the sky in that chant.
""My Goddess, your goddess, the universes Goddess!""
When the fire was at it's hottest.
Riel flapped around a few Polaroid, yet the image set upon it was very dismaying to Ryuks heart for he saw those pictures were of him.
One had him shirtless lifting a heavy Boulder covered in sweat with his muscles flexing.
Another of him sleeping soundly like a princess.
Another Ryuk in mediation.
It seemed as if any expression Ryuk had, Riel had a photo of.
Riels eyes turned into crecent moons and his tongue stuck out slightly.
"FOR SALE! PICTURES OF MY DISCIPLE RYUK! I WILL TAKE HIGH GRADE MAGIC STONES, ELEMENTAL STONES, SPIRIT WEAPONS AND ANYTHING ELSE OF VALUE! THIS IS A FLASH SALE NEVER AGAIN WILL PRICES LIKE THIS EXIST! KEEP A MEMENTO FOR YOUR DESCENDANTS, ONE FOR YOUR PERSONAL ME TIME, A WAY TO SOBER YOUR AGITATION! DON'T MISS OUT! LIMITED EDITION RYUK IMAGES!"
Ryuk had a deep dark expression it seemed as if this day of shame would forever haunt him, even the most ferocious hands and the most effective soap bar couldn't wash away this shade.
These Polaroids had a formation on them so they wouldn't lose themselves to the harshness of time if handled with atleast some basic care.
Ryuk pondered whether in the future his son would wander through the realms and find a clan, he hears about the great treasure and rushes to steal it even going against experts he can't dare touch. Yet at the end of the day he gets a photo of his old man sleeping. Blood seas will gush from his sons mouth that day.
Yet as if the heavens to mock Ryuk, they allowed him to see the curve to incite him and now they showed the tit to kill him.
Riel took out a marble statue where a barely clothed Ryuk laid.
Ryuk's jaw released and he gaped in fright, shock, embarrassment. He mumbled, "Bloody heart condition just take my life already."
Shamelessly exploiting his disciples good looks, the only thing missing from this cursed soup was Riel putting his hands to the sky telling everyone Ryuk was the one who defies the universe, a grand talent and that by buying these statues they would sew good karma with Ryuk and when he toppled the heavens in the future they would have a place in it.
Ryuk sighed as he recounted his times in Green Doe village. When he still had his looks before being beaten ugly, he was still handsome although not compared to now. Grannies and aunties would try and take him away to a secret room, if not for the Xin clans name and Ryuks Bloodlust who knows what the poor boy would have had to endure.
Just as Riel finished selling off everything and made a profit, a young man with the temper of the wind and the face of a handsome youth said, "Shall we start the dances?"
Everyone understood. That handsome boy is going to choose someone to dance with!
They all made a silent wish, all willing to toss away their entire lives for this dance.
Meanwhile in an unknown place a being with beauty unmatched, such beauty that it was only a single level below Ryuks with long rivers of hair. She was locked in a black space as celestial rivers ran through.
"I'm awake? So soon, how come. It should have taken me at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to remove the seal the Tao set upon me. Hm strange. Whatever well this means I'll be able to have some fun early, all the better. Let's see the threads of fate, oh my look at all these prayers."
Suddenly then 8 figures appeared overhead and said, "Woman with threads go back to sleep!"
Various powerful methods shot outwards. A spear that could destroy universes in a mere moment, a saber that contained a glowing power of hope, a hammer that could shatter anything, a burst of magic...
The woman said, "You creators have nothing better to do than bother me? Ai, after you long journeys you bunch are still working hard. I feel bad for you kiddies."
A large dragon with no limit said in a mighty tone, "If you just died we could have enough free time."
The woman sighed, "Immortal Dragon God, how rude telling a sweet little lady to go die. Are you really a man?"
A bald monk with the scent of blood said, "Sometimes cruelty to others is a kindness to the self. The path you thread is far too evil."
The woman said, "War Buddha, you really are a one with a glib tongue. You might as well just have become a Ruism hero, compared to a Buddha."
The Monk shot out with blood red cold light a deep frown foreign on a Buddhas face appeared.
A woman waving a fan said, "Hehe. You're rather talkative woman with threads, it seems you've only awoken due to the influx of some sort of event. Soon the chaos energy will distort the threads of fate and karma and you will fall back to sleep. You are currently trying to mutate the event to become more vibrant, but unlikely we eight are the strongest and smartest of the 16 creators. Hehe."
The woman with threads snorted, "Priestess Fann, still haven't found a man I see. You damn hag, have you nothing better to do than come bother me."
priestess Fann showed a shameless smile and said, "Noooooope. Got nothing better to do. Hey Leon have you identified the causation of Karma and fate?"
A man with long flowing black hair anyone could fall in love with irrespective of male or female said, "Hm. Yes it's someone interesting. He's from that child Yuzos universe, he's defied the universe and practice's strange methods even I cannot see through him. Yet vaguely he emits the scent of The Tao."
A man with a thick beard, yet a small frame carrying an long heavy hammer that could shatter stars with a gentle swing. He said, "That unfilal bastard Yuzo who killed his father stealing his Dew of Tao becoming a fake creator?"
Leon replied, "That's right Rich. I can hardly believe it myself. Honestly I forgot that universe even existed, didn't that fool kill himself with his greed. Shouldn't the universe have imploded."
Priestess Fann said, "It's fate. She must know what will happen. She can see the past, the present and the future. She can see everything. After all she is the strongest being in existence and beyond."
The woman with threads said, "Hehe. Perhaps. Perhaps... Perhaps....."
At first she seemed to want to sham and insult them, but as she looked deeper she fell into contemplation. She licked her lips and smiled. A random gentle smile appeared on her face.
She shrugged her shoulders and said, "Fine. I'm sleepy anyway. But I do have something to do."
With that she threw her finger out and a small beam flew towards nowhere.
She then retreated into the darkness.
"It'll only take a few years till he... hehe. Yet you truly are a fool Bloodiest Devil Ryuk. You claim Fate is the result of your desicion, yet you left so much to destiny. I don't know why my future self and you... Well we'll discuss when I awake. Ryuk..."
A small milky white drop flew from a infinte distance away, slowly approaching a endlessly growing spinning wheel, which seemed to he split into 9 pieces.
It flew to a relatively empty spot, far away from the nine spinning disks. It was something no one would notice. It wasn't special at all. Yet something pushed it towards there.
It appeared above a world with coiling mountains and rivers.
It fell into a large city.... to a palace.
Into a room.
It then hit into the middle of a young man with a unsurpassed beauty.
It melted into his body and fell into his soul. Yet he didn't notice it at all. No one did.
Ryuk wobbled slightly as his conciousness seemed to flicker on and off.
Nearly toppling over he was at the moment caught by a rather skinny girl who happened to be near.
Ryuk said, "Thank you sister."
Ryuk up and saw a woman with green flowing hair, although pretty Ryuks senses had seen fairy after fairy and this pretty didn't mean much to him. Even Black looked prettier than her, yet Ryuk found his eyes stuck upon her.
Ryuk grabbed her shoulders and said with a smile, "Senior sister!"
This girl her name was Robin and had recently joined the Nether spirit sect. She came from a kingdom of reasonable bearing and strength, through sheer luck her very poor talent caught the eye of a elder. He then allowed her into the sect on a whim. Although a small matter for the sect, the kingdom she came from her family were granted numerous celebrations. The king had even seen her and tried to make her marry his son. Like that her small noble family became a duke household in the kingdom.
During her travels to the sect she wandered into a village because her beast companion was injured.
It was a very rural Village not worth any of her attention, but she had met a Very ugly boy there. And that was history.
This girl had eventually become the maid of a senior sister and was allowed to benefit of carrying that ladies clothes and thus was invited to the sect competition, of course as a spectator.
Yet today she at the ball had seen the man of her dreams, a man beyond beautiful. And most enchanting of all, he had fallen into her arms and called her senior sister.
Ryuk's smile slowly turned into an expressionless face. He remembered the incident very well, after his first life and death duel he had met a girl. At the time he was a noob in Cultivation and was scared that he was injured. The girls obvious disdain and haughtiness had been temporarily forgotten by Ryuk, but in the end he wasn't the type of person who'd let others walk over him. If he saw a girl bathing, and then apologized and that was the end of the story so be it. Yet if that girl tried to kill him, Ryuk would slap her dead.
Ryuk wasn't the self righteous, good guy. He was a truly neutral person, alright a bit on the evil side.
Yet Ryuk was also the very playful type of person. He liked being the puppeteer controlling others like a pig with a carrot.
Yet for some reason, Ryuk felt any unease in his heart. Any doubt about himself dissapeared. He had this strange confidence in himself that even in despair he could pull himself up. He found that any desicion he would make if in the past he would doubt and be indecisive now he was very decisive. If he wanted wealth, he would take wealth. If he wanted to live no one could stop him. He wanted to go east, even if the entire east part of the universe was cut he would still go east. If he wanted love he would grab it with his two hands and think about the problems in the future. He would never allow himself to regret!
Ryuk said calmly with an alluring voice, "Sorry. Thank you for catching me. My name is Ryuk."
Robin smiled in a daze.
Ryuk Wondered in his heart, "Seeing her dazed isn't an enjoyable as seeing Mooneye huffed and puffed. Hehe."
Ryuk remembered the dance thing and looked behind at Mooneye.
His eyes glittering in delight.
He pulled himself away even if Robin tried to keep him.
He went up and said, "I can choose someone to dance with right?"
The king nodded.
Ryuk smiled brightly.
He pretended to look around and then he pointed his hand outward.
Everyone turned to look at where he pointed.
They saw a fairy in a pink hanfu, yet at this point no man or woman held any appreciation towards this beauty. Instead eyes flared in wrathful flames.
Mooneye who was also looking around found the eyes of everyone on her, and her head blanked for a moment.
Yet Ryuk without a care to let her think went forward.
Each step seemed to vibrate loudly in Mooneye's heart, and she looked up and saw those two piercing eyes.
Ryuk pulled her hand to the central part.
The king looked at the dazed musicians who began to play guitars, pianos, Zithers, flutes, cellos, etc. It was a violent mass of sound that exploded outwards.
Yet it gave a sense of elegance and standing one would expect from a Emperor.
Mooneye looked away not wanting to stare into the enchanting looks of Ryuk.
They were currently in the main stage of the hall.
They held hands and began to dance a vibrant yet gentle music followed their mesmerizing tempo.
Ryuk squeezed Mooneyes gloved hands tightly looking on wide eyed. That strange feeling from before still beating violently in his chest enchanting him.
Mooneye was getting a flush of red and headbutted Ryuk on the forehead causing him to bleed.
Everyone was shocked, but those of the Imperial sect just sighed and said "Old habits really die hard."
Ryuk didn't flinch even as blood fell.
Mooneye bit her lip and whispered "I'm sorry."
Ryuk gave a devilish smile and said "Then miss princess I'll take a bit of revenge for I feel a complication in this heart of mine seeing a heaven defying Beauty like you cry."
Ryuk swung her around speeding their tempo.
Their dance seemed almost forbidden as light seemed to shimmer off then.
Mooneye felt sick because of all the spinning, but she had a small smile on her beautiful pink lips.
Ryuk lost control as he saw that smile.
He opened his wings and flew up making a hole in the ceiling and then in sky kept dancing with her.
The stars seemed to be their audience and the vast expanse of space their stage.
Mooneye slipped downwards as Ryuk held her hips.
Ryuk gulped as did Mooneye.
And then under the pale full moon, with streaks of silver cascading down from the virgin sky.
Ryuk without warning came ever so close eventually without notice kissing her.
Everyone was shocked silent. Some in awe of this scene, some in jealousy, some in amusement. Yet in that moment no one else mattered everyone became the secondary Character of these two.
Mooneye was enjoying the deep kiss at first as she felt as if a warmness spread through her. She then suddenly realized the situation and slapped Ryuks face.
She moved away pulling out her own wings like lighting. She looked angrily as her eyes turned ruby red at Ryuk.
She said "How dare you!"
And left below, even though she wanted to leave and calm her agitated heart, she couldn't allow others especially those from other realms to see her weak and flurried.
Ryuk said silently as if to remind her "You owe me a dance."
He thought she couldn't hear, but the wind seemed just as angry at Ryuk and carried his words to her.