Mortha and Belle (P.E.R.K.S. Copywright) Orig. Cover Credit to Owner

I was flying and roaming around the fluffy and amazing clouds, trying to figure out where I should go next. As a light bearer or assistant to the Leader of Light, Son of God the Father (Jesus)and leader of the Army Angels, it is my duty to protect and guide them. I see the universe, it is so wide and unlimited, that I can't even grasp or fly from here to the ends of it. It is impossible. I too have my own limits and can't be God. Only the Creator can travel from heaven to hell and the ends of the universe. But I haven't gone down the Earth to be like the Warrior Angels we have there, to help, support, protect and deliver humans from their despair, problems, sickness, death or anything that concerns people and the world.

As an angel, and a being that has a big responsibility or high position in the courts of heaven, I am believed to be powerful, invisible and known to have no gender. True. Yet, I am seen as fluid, golden, pale in color, muscular and all. But the truth is, I look like a woman, with long wavy hair, eyes with different colors but mostly yellow, green or ocean blue. My body structure is perfectly built and my face is the most beautiful part of me as a divine being. So, it is a fact that you can mistake me a woman or a model, if you want it to be specific. Okay!

Mortha,Mortha, Morth…!!!, a calm voice that turned to nervousness called my name. Ah yes! Noriel, what can I do for you?.

Mortha, the high Lord is calling for you!, Noriel added a little nervous. Thank you, Noriel. Yes, I get that vibe, angels, with ranks or just ordinary ones, fear me. They see me as second to God, but I am just a follower and His humble servant. Though I was given the position, it's because I love Him so much and I want to follow his footsteps to being holy. A being that can die for the sake of the humans He created. But when I saw and reflected how Lord Jesus suffered because of these sinful souls, I got scared. How can they love Him, and then crucify him for many reasons, other than love. The reason why I don't really want to be posted on Earth. Never will I place myself in their presence and mingle among these humans who killed my Lord.

Heaven is so beautiful. One can't really explain the fascination I have with our home, since it is infinite, magical, and everyone here is perfect and immortal. Choir of Angels, peaceful and magnificent nature, so perfectly drawn or made just for heavenly beings and holy souls from Earth. Well, it's different when I meet with these saints. They can be priests, nuns, children, adults, youth, a regular person or a professional, etc. They are lovely and their goodness shines like the sun. These holy people are the ones I want to be with. They treat angels respectfully and they are kind, loving and compassionate. Hmm! I don't know if humans are born kind. But what I do know, Adam and Eve are created pure but sinned after because of their ambition to know everything. Why was I summoned by God the Father? I wonder, Mortha added while flying over to the High Courts.

The giant golden doors open. I can see God in his splendour as I walk towards Him. I knelt and waited for Him to speak.

Mortha, How are you?, God the Father asked with kindness like a mother asking her son with love.

Yes, I haven't mentioned that, God, is a wonderful and loving Creator. He is powerful and has an iron hand, but he has a heart, ready to die for the ones He love.

I am good, my High Lord!. Why have you asked for me to come in your presence? I asked concerned.

Yes, I have been thinking. It is been known to you that people on Earth have been forgetting our existence and importance. They trust their lives and souls more on the signs of the stars or their vices and properties, that me and my Son. So I want you to go down and try to find out what is happening and help them remember me and my Son.

This mission is what I was scared about in the first place. Though I don't fear or feel it, it's like I draw the emotion in my mind and I just know it. But doesn't really feel or experience it. Now, I think I would definitely experience everything once I fall from heaven to Earth.

Mortha, do I have your loyalty on this? Will you be the bridge for my people to know and love me again? God asked in a authoritative but gentle voice. His face and aura is so bright I can't even look at his greatness.

Yes, my One and Only Creator. I will do as you say!, Mortha replied out of love and respect for the Father. As God the Father says, Go and make us known!!!. I felt that I transformed into fluid being, shining bright like a meteor. I feel my body floating, so light like a feather that in a flash I am travelling down the heavens, then through a dark portal, the universe, I see the vastness and infinite galaxies and stars, then through a hole, down to the planets, from pluto, to Jupiter now I'm nearing Earth. It is the only planet with blue, green and white colors of the skie, seas and waters. Wow! This planet sure is beautiful, though not as half as the heavens I lived my whole life on. But it is indeed magnificent. Huh! It's hot , hmm! I feel, I don't really feel, but I I do know. Haaaaa! I'm going to hit the mountains waahhhhhaha!!!, I can't fly how come!, I can't spread my wings and float or what. Am I a human??? Oh No!!!

I fell like a star falling from the heavens and I don't remember what happened next. I just laid down there in somewhat like a lake. Trees, many trees and a girl. Ahhh! I feel dizzy and there I collapsed.

Lake Nojiri, Tokyo, September 12, 2020, fall in Japan. This is the most vibrant month where cherry blossoms are bright red and are everywhere this time of season. From where Mortha fell, a girl not far from where he is, is shocked to see him falling from the sky like a meteor. He was so bright and loud boom!!! that the girl almost wanted to run away. Even with the smokes and fire all over the place, she hesitated to leave when she saw a beautiful being, a man white in complexion, long hair up to his shoulders, built and muscles very toned. Ahhh!!!

Ah kare wa kanpekidesu ka, haaaaa? (ah he is perfect!! ), her eyes growing bigger when moved closer to look at the mysterious creature lying on the lake side.

Sore? (that…), the girl in jeans and blue jacket said, looking at Mortha, naked soaking wet in the lake. Hmm! Nanite Kotoda? (Oh my god!) Ano otoko wa daredesu ka? (who is that guy?), she thought her mouth still wide open. And went to check on the beautiful, naked guy in the lake. Nantekkota!!! (what the f*ck!).

I am Belle Sun, a 23 year old local from Lake Nojiri in the town of Shinano, Kamiminochi District of Japan. Second to Lake Suwa, Lake Nojiri is a resort where a first pumped-storage hydroelectricity was made and is one of the most beautiful lakes in the country.

I went to St Maur International School in my elementary and high school years. And Shita goes to the same school now too.

Shinano, Nagano's estimated population is 8,339 with a total of 3351 households. 40,000 years ago, our city has human fossils and megafauna in the Peleolithic age which made us believe that our people are ancient and very powerful. Lake Nojiri is believed to be a scared place and I wonder what this man is doing in our lake.

I am a typical girl you see fishing or electric biking but the only difference is I believe in nature spirits and ancestral gods. I grew up in a small family where the center of my life evolves only around my Ogichan (grandpa), my Mama and sister Shita (shisuta). My childhood friends Koku, Vita and Shoju, are always here for me to support and be with me through rough and happy times. Especially when Papa died when I was 18 years old. Though Shinano is the old name for Nagano, we are not behind when in terms of transportation. We already have a bullet train called Shinano Limited Express and from here we can travel to Kyoto.

Now back to this guy looking like a god (in the mythical pictures or the mythical creatures I read like the Roman or Greek gods of old. Since I inherited my Papa's bookstore called 'Kyouiku' (Education). I have all the time in the world to read and explore places, countries, people and cultures. I love books, may it be Japanese or Foreign materials. But I just can't figure out where he came from and how this man came to be in our lake.

Hen'na! (weird!), Belle thought while messaging her grandfather. Ojichan, I don't know what to do, can you come here and check the guy for me. I am near him and he seems breathing fine, but….,well, just come, Belle stopped and her cheeks are now burning, then she turned around and her back facing the mysterious guy in the lake. It's a good thing, there's no one here to witness this blessing, hi hi!. Belle talking to herself, smiling though embarrassed to see the whole being of the beautiful guy, not to mention, naked in front of her. Now, no one will no longer call me a 'virgin'. Hmp!, Belle thinking highly of herself, thanks to the guy on the lake.

Ojichan came anxiously. Then he saw the man. Haaaa!, his eyes and mouth so wide, it can swallow a goat whole. Magomusume! (Granddaughter), let's keep this a secret and don't ever tell anyone about Ten no otoko (heavenly man), hai?, Grandpa asked authoritatively. Hai!, I replied diligently while bowing at him. Ojichan carried the man to his Japanese Suzuki Every Wagon. It's a good thing grandpa brought a shirt and pants that can fit the man.

We drove home. Ojichan, Mama, Shita and I live near Lake Nojiri. Otosan wanted a house near the lake and he bought this two storey structure when I was just three years old. It's built on white cement and bricks, with a commercial store, where our bookstore was placed.

Papa is an engineer and he made the house plan when he was still in college. But since he came from a rich family even though my grandpa was a farmer. Ojichan earned more than the professionals we have in the district. Ojichan saved his earnings and bought his farm land of plums. However, when grandpa got older, he got tired of planting. So, he sold the land and bought a farm villa where visitors or foreigners stay for vacations. It was a good enough reason why Otosan built a bookstore since visitors asked for books and all. Instead of traveling to Kyoto to buy or borrow books, Papa placed the bookstore at the comforts of our home. Grandpa said that Papa wanted me to have the bookstore, since I love reading and he wanted me to travel using the books we own in the store. Anyway, how can I leave this place is Mama is working as a manager at the farm villa Ojichan owns and Shita can't be left alone since she's still young at nine. She was just five when Papa died due to an accident trying to save his friend while they were fishing at the lake. I always remember Otosan as a warm and gentle person. He loves traveling, fishing and taking us places. I was just 10 years old when we went to visit Italy. Then, after that, our family went to Canada, Australia and Thailand. The last country we went to was in Germany and that was five years ago. Haaa! Papa, how I wish you're still here to hug me and tell me stories. I miss you so much!, Belle now teary eyed while heating the sauce for the pasta her mom cooked this morning, before she went to work.

Okay, what are we going to do with this mysterious man from the lake?, Bell wondered while stirring the red sauce and adding the pasta in the pan to be heated.

Ojichan got tired with the issue on this man on the lake, so he asked to retire early. Grandpa and I helped each other to carry the man to the room near our garage. It's so strange why the man is still unconscious until now. After making sure that the man is alright, Grandpa ate bread and milk on the counter, kissed me on the forehead and bid me goodnight.

Shita, Shitaaa! Come down for dinner, Belle called her sister, with the little girl running down the stairs with head phones still on her ears. Hmm! That's why you can't hear me, you're wearing this, Belle added while taking the head phones and placing it on the dining table. Hey!, Jaakuna imoto!, behhh!!, Shita said angrily but smiled when she saw the pasta her big sister prepared for her. Wow! My favourite, thank you Onesan!!!, Shita happily hugging Belle, now. Ha ha! Okay, yoku taberu! (eat well), Belle and Shita said in unison. They both smiled and ate their dinner talking about what happened in their day today.

Belle almost mentioned the mysterious guy to Shita, but she hesitated. However, she can't hold the secret forever. So, she told Shita and advised her not to tell a single soul.

I needed to tell Mama about him, anyway and soon. Mama will be back later, and now it's

eight in the evening. She'll be here in a bit. But I wonder what's going on with the mysterious guy in the garage room, now. I need to check up on him, it's bad that he dies here and all. I'll be in a great mess if that happens, Ojichan will be in serious trouble too. Hmm!

I am not very tall, about 5' 2" in height and has a slim body. My wavy hair grows long to my shoulders and colored brown. Though my ancestors are Japanese, we are already a mix of British and American since some of my old relatives lived in London and California (thinking while I creep in carefully in the garage room and check on the mysterious guy we found in the lake). A good enough reason why I wanted to travel these countries and live to tell the tale of….Wha…? A Watashi no! (Oh my!), This man is a god, me feasting on his body that happened to be so muscular. His hair golden, face, so beautiful and his chest, wow, I think I'm already full and no longer need to finish eating my dinner, after seeing this glorious creature who happen to fall from the sky and chose me to be blessed by his beauty and yumminess. Eehemm!!!, Shita interrupted. Onesan!, what are you thinking now? Ahaaaa! Something sexual huh!, she added smiling teasingly, her face is close enough for me to bite her. Aaah! Where have you gotten that idea, I think from the you tube videos you've been watching all day, go upstairs and study!!!, I said scolding Shita while I pushed her upstairs back to the dining room. Okay stay here and I will ask him if he's hungry or something. Brush your teeth and get ready for bed. Are you done with your homework? I asked authoritatively. Yes Madamu!, hehe! , Shita running to her room instantly laughing. Hmp! Silly girl!. Anyway I need to make sure he's okay. I ran softly down the stairs and saw him, this mysterious, beautiful man awak and sitting on the edge of the bed.

Kon' ni…chiwa! I greeted the him enunciating the word per syllable to know if he will understand me. Me, moving closer to him and stopped in front of him curious to know more about where he came from and who he really is.

Kon'nichiwa, Watashi wa doko ni imasuka? !Hi and where am I?) I am Mor…er…Maa..rk, Mark and you?, I said while I wondered where I am right now and who I am talking to. Since she spoke Japanese, I am an angel so I know all languages.

Heehhh! Koko de anata wa nihongo o shitte Imasuka?!, Wow!, okay. Hi Mark, I'm Belle or Beru Sun. But you can call me Belle. Nice to meet you!

What happened to you and where did you come from?, Belle asked now so curious about

Mark. Well! It's a long story but I don't know if you'll believe me, but I'm an angel from heaven, I explained shyly, since I don't know whether she'll be scared of me or call the police thinking that I'm crazy. And knowing humans, though I haven't lived with them long enough to know them, I don't think they are so open minded when it comes to supernatural things. They can be amazed at first but fear things they don't understand.

Nani!!! (what?) Tenshu???? (Angel?) Haah!, Belle said surprised and at the same time wondering if Mark is just hungry, saying these things to me. Ah! Maybe you are very famished now, so come, I prepared dinner upstairs. Follow me!!!, Belle added smiling sweetly.

Mark followed Belle and ate the pasta. Mark since very hungry blasting from heaven, gone through space and fell to Earth, who wouldn't be. He finished the whole pot. Oh my! This man's really something. He must have gone through a whole lot. Poor Mark!, Belle added while admiring and at the same time pitying the angel in front of her. Angel! Huh!. Hmm!

This fall will be an amazing season with my an…erm, Mark, the gorgeous angel I met and am with now, Belle added while smiling. What will Mama say? I wonder.

Mark wanted to chat more but he said he's very sleepy. Though I'm not sure whether to believe him or not that he is an angel. I still believe that things happen for a reason and supernatural things happen when we least expect them. So, maybe I believe or want to believe there is magic in the world, most especially in people. And Mark, in the likes of him is one hundred percent not of this world. I escorted Mark down the garage and even if he's a big fellow, maybe standing at 5'11", he's sensitive and gentle. I am like standing half of him and he can carry me easily or strangle me in one hand if he's a bad person, really. He is that strong and huge when you see him. But a creature beautiful as him, what is really the story behind this angel, Mark!?