12 The end of the great war.

"Yui... let's go. I am finished with my business, just like I promised, I will take you to your favorite...Yui..." Mr. Wakanabe made his way towards Shin and Yui, but couldn't get through to Yui as she was imagining the war as if it was happening in front of her.

"Yui...your father completed his business, now you can go to the place you wanted to." Shin dragged little Yui back into the real world.

"Papa, I want to drop my request...I want to stay here a while longer and listen to the ending of the story...please..." As she pleaded her father with big round dove eyes, Ken and Ryu were looking at each other, signaling each other if the other knew what story he was telling.

Mr. Wakanabe gave up on the idea of turning her request seeing her persistence. He glanced at Ryu helplessly, to which Ryu replied with a wicked smile. "You are giving me a 10 silver discount if you want him to continue his story without tending to the works in the shop."

"You are the real Devil here in this room, Ryu....alright you got it. I will give you your discount, order that kid to continue his story."

Ryu signaled Shin to continue his story, to which Shin replied with a nod. Witnessing their agreement, Yui sat down, waiting for him to complete the story.

"Mr. Wakanabe, care for some tea." Ryu led him inside their house for some tea.

"Hmm..let's continue the story then." Shin gave little Yui a small nod.

"There isn't anything in particular that is important to mention about how the Demon Kings were sealed after that."

"The Demon Kings were sealed away easily by the guardians as it was eight guardians vs six Demon Kings."

"The Demon Kings were sealed back in the underworld. As the guardians sealed the DKs, their armies fell and the dark energy they were made of, found it's way back into the underworld with the Dks."

"The guardians and the protectors shared a few moments of a sense of victory before they all started to stare towards a person beaming with dark energy...Alan"

"7th dragon spirit and Alan...I am going to give you one chance to convince us that you are still in your proper senses and loyal to the realm of the living as you were before." The Divine Spirit spoke in a very stern manner.

"That's simple...I take in dark energy, I use it, but do you sense me emitting dark energy."

"NO!...that is the very reason for you to be not seen as an enemy, yet. But how is it possible?" The 1st guardian had a perplexed face on him as he spoke.

"Reo, I will lower my guard and let you sense the energy circulation process in me. You will find a few answers after sensing it and also a few new questions along with it."

Reo walked up to him and put his palm on Alan's heart, the guardians were still unsure of how to feel about Alan, so they were in a defensive position in case if he tries to do something.

"How in the world...are...you managing...this..?" Those words were written all over Reo's face.

"What happened, Divine guardian?... What did you sense?" The 4th guardian lost his patience.

"He is comprised of dark energy entirely...but his heart and brain still comprise of the purest of energy." Reo spoke up confusedly.

Alan made a small courtesy bow as if he was cleared of all the doubts on him.

"WHAT..!!!?" All the dragon spirits and guardians shouted in unison.

"How are you doing it...? Answer our question..now!" The Divine guardian had no more patience left in him...

"I don't exactly use the dark energy directly...I keep my heart and brain pure and manipulate the dark energy surging in my body as I wish using the pure energy in my heart and brain...Yes, I know your doubt, wouldn't they cancel each other, right?"

The guardians nodded in agreement and felt a bit relieved for some reason.

"I made sure I don't have enough pure energy to cancel the dark energy or to let the dark energy nullify the pure energy. It's all about self-control my fellow guardians. I am going to keep on using dark energy from now on, you all already use the pure energy, it would be better for us if at least one of us is different. "

"How did you know your theory would work for sure?"

"Simple...I didn't, It was just a leap of faith." Alan smiled like a little kid to which the dragon spirits replied with a sigh. "Yes, you both are the most compatible pair alright...you are reckless just like the 7th dragon spirit." The 5th dragon spirit sighed as he saw Alan answer with a broad smile.

"If either of you ever loses control, we will not hesitate to hunt you down, 7th dragon." The 6th dragon spirit flew over to the 7th guardian, who was floating over Alan. He voiced his decision with utmost sincerity to which everyone replied with a nod towards the 6th dragon spirit.

"Understood..." Alan looked towards all the guardians and the dragon spirits floating over them, finally laying his eyes on the Divine guardian.

The eight guardians and the dragon spirits looked over the waste battlefield and the piled up bodies of the dead protectors.

"Even though the Dks are no more, many problems related to the realm of humanity are still ahead of us. The realm is in a shaken state, unbalanced, destroyed forests beaming with darkness and rotting cities." Reo stated sternly as he stared into a distance towards the clearing pitch black sky.

"Many of the kings have died causing a big power vacuum in this world, there would be chaos if it is left alone without proper tending to it." The Divine spirit was very calm as he saw the dead kings still clinging to their swords.

"I am the king of the spirits and they will do whatever I command them to. I chose you as my partner because you had the same traits as me." The Divine spirit looked distantly as he spoke to Reo.

"Reo, no one denies your strength and your part in this great war. The world needs a king to look after it, so...become one."

"All the protectors on the battlefield had witnessed the strength and the loyalty of the guardians. They had nothing to say to what the Divine spirit had proposed."

The protectors and the two left kings knelt slowly as they uttered only two words with utmost loyalty. "Your highness..!"

The guardians followed the protectors and bent their knee facing Reo, as the dragon spirits bowed their heads displaying their acceptance.

"Reo Asterisk, I now proclaim you as...'THE KING'" The Divine guardian bowed as he said those words.

Reo took a few steps forward witnessing the world kneeling before him. He slowly said...

"Four guardians will guard the four directions of this world and two will stay in the capital to rush towards any direction necessary."

"Alan...come here. The world is shattered and dark people will try to make use of this situation. None have seen your face properly yet, because of the dark energy beaming around you, Alan I need you to don a mask, live in the shadows and protect the world from the shadows. You are allowed to go wherever and stay wherever you want to."

"As the first king of this new era, I introduce you and your spirit to the world...with the titles 'The Shadow Guardian' and 'The Shadow Dragon'."

"And that...little Yui is 'The end of the great war'."