6 You were always protected...(1)

"you sure came early....Mr. Wakanabe." Ryu got up and went over to his side.

"Well...you know my situation Ryu, I promised I would take my daughter some where, so I came in early, to complete our business." He looked at his little girl, all shy and cringing to her father's leg.

Ryu looked at Shin and signaled him to take care of her.

"Hey...My name is Shin and you are.." Shin slowly walked up to the little girl slowly.

"M..My name is Yui.." The little girl tightened her grasp around her father's leg.

"Nice to meet you Yui....you are going to get bored listening to your father's business, you know that right....."

Shin gave her a her a gentle look, trying to calm her....

This indeed calmed the frantic little girl. Nevertheless, this shocked the hell out of the father-son pair. They have never seen Shin having any other look but a blank dead fish look.

The little girl released her grip and slowly opened her mouth "I am going to get bored....but I don't want to leave papa.."

"I got an idea, let your dad continue his work while we sit in that corner....and I will tell you a great story, that way you can still see your dad isn't going anywhere and not get bored too."

Yui thought for a while and gave a small cute nod.

"What story are you going to tell me big brother?" They made their way towards the corner of the shop.

"Do you know, how the great spirits and the guardians came to be, how the world first met them...How we were always protected without our knowledge..." Shin looked at the little Yui, radiating her sudden interest.

"My mommy only said they protected us and they were sent from heaven...I don't know anything else big brother."

"Then, do you want to hear the story of 'The oldest Legends that forged the world's balance...' " Shin elevated his voice in an attempt to pique the little one's interest.

It resulted in Yui giving him a big nod and looking at him, with eyes full of wonder.

"It all began Two Hundred and Ten years ago in the Spirit World...."

"A war that had been going on for centuries in the spirit world led itself to our world."

"The spirits who have been protecting us from darkness could no longer suppress them."

"I don't know if the spirits descended into the spirit world like your mommy said.....but they sure fought against hell."

"The great spirits led by the guardian spirits failed to stop the darkness from materializing in our world, the unexpected threat left our world in flames, chaos erupted all around the world. The guardian spirits had no other way, but to reveal themselves."

"As all the remaining kings banded together to protect the remains of humanity...the seven darkest of spirits and their army's were about to shroud every evidence of the very existence of light in this world..."

"The great spirits made their way in to our world. Their sudden appearance granted people hope and courage. The seven guardian spirits led by the divine spirit had only one path to offer to the world. "

"We have lived in secret in an Astral world, fighting all the darkness produced by your dark deeds and every form of negative energy as we consumed and lived with the positive energy created by you."

"But even though, you emitted both the energies.....darkness had always been your major energy emission..."

"We have protected you for thousands of years.....but the pure energy had lost its abundance as you have been acting selfishly, as you pleased. But it is no longer a way of life, if you want to survive."

"We are loyal and proud spirits...we used to be in larger numbers, but your deeds have led to lack of energy to fight for your world and many spirits have fallen prey to the darkness."

"I will show you to the path which could reforge the balance and seal the darkness back in the underworld where they belong.....and you have no choice, but to accept."

"Each spirit will reside inside individual protectors of your world....each spirit will choose a soldier which it deems worthy to be commanded by."

"I shall unlock the seals on your life force.....a seal which had prevented you from using your life energy. Anyone who is eligible to be a protector would be released from his energy seals."

"Any protector who withholds his honor, is loyal to the world and strives to protect it, will be chosen by the spirit as its partner....make no mistake, we are no slaves...you can rank the protectors accordingly as you wish."

"Only with the strength of your physical body, your life energy and our abilities, we might match up to the Demon Kings and their armies."

"And lastly, only by the one's capable, powerful, strong and loyal, with us residing within themselves can seal the Demon Kings back in the underworld."

"The assembled kings and their armies, who had the weight of reality pushed onto them by the guardians had nothing to offer them but their agreement and respect."

"Everyone including the kings, who witnessed the great spirits knelt in recognition of their power."

"But...no king was worthy enough to sustain the energy that emitted from the guardian spirits."

"But the guardians had already sensed a few individual commoners..... who were capable of becoming the guardians of the human world."