" A man donated his eyes to me after he died. By the time I open my eyes , I can see the numbers over the head of a person . At first I didn't know what it was but it occurs to me that it is the numbers of days a person live before they will die. I got scared at first but I got used to it. Until I met a man who have a literally zero number over his head but is still alive after a few seconds. Are my eyes deceiving me ? Wait, why is he staring at me ? Who is he ? "
" I heard someone says those who are blind are the one who is truly can see the truth. But for someone who is blind like me from the moment I was born hardly beleive that. All I see is an illusion, what I hear and what I touched , I am making an image in my head that it appears to be an illusion. Does it really look like that ?... I am used for discrimination and I am ready to be alone all my life. I am a teacher in an institution where a blind child can learn to read with touch and learn to use gadgets using the touch technique. My friend Dr. Shine helps me to find a donor for my eyes and It is not that easy to find one." --- Theressa
" I don't like it anymore!!! Enough!!! " Then he jump off the building. His parts of the body scattered and only his eyes are intact.
After one month of the operation , this is the day that Dr. Shine will open her eyes. She is scared and excited. " It is normal for your eyes to hurt at first but after you will get used to it, the pain will go away..." Dr. Shine is talking while she is opening the bandage for her eyes. Theressa pressed his lips together and close her palm.
She slowly open her eyes and she see a light before a beautiful face, it is Dr. shine. " You may feel that you are sensitive to sun. Can you see me clearly? " Dr. Shine asked. Theressa paused and smiled and cried. " I ... I can see... " she says . But her she is confused, There is a number over Dr. Shine's head. Literally number that is hanging. She tried to touch it but she cannot touch it. " Are you okay Theressa? " Dr. Shine is confused. " I... Can you see a number over my head ? " she have asked. Dr. Shine giggled " I can see you are joking. Nice one Theressa." She is happy for her friend. Theressa forcefully smiled and doesn't want to ask for more. She knew that what she is seeing right now is not normal. " If possible that this eyes have defects , you will remove it again and how many months will I wait ? " She is starting to be scared. " Probably you will wait forever.... I'm afraid." Dr. Shine answered honestly.
Theressa asked for four months recuperation and it is approved. She didn't tell anyone about the numbers. For 2 months she can still see it but ignore it until one day.
Theressa is living in a four storey house where she rent a room in ground floor. She is trying to help herself with the surrounding as she needs to adjust herself now that she can see. She went to the grocery store and she see a kid around 13 years old who is eating ice cream beside the road. The number above the kid's head is 5 and it became lesser to four until it became three until it became two until become one and then zero. Then a big truck who is fast at it's speed suddenly hit the kid. Theressa is so terrified that her vision became blurry. But a man came over to her side hold her arm so she will not totally loose her balance while standing.
" Thank you but I am fine..." Theressa tried to stand by herself but when she lift up her head she is terrified as the number above the stranger's head is 0. The stranger lift his face also to see above his head but he see nothing and smiled sweetly. " Oh! Finally I found you! My host..." He muttered.
Host: Someone who can see the number of days , hours and minutes a person can live.
Grim Reaper: reap the souls and send to the portal between hell and heaven, neutral, they are not evil nor good, they only stayed in the middle world between hell and heaven, can be ghost, human , goblin, etc...
Host purpose: she / he is the assigned to a specific grim reaper , help the grim reaper to reap souls
Host : Can be ghost, human being, goblin ...etc...
Levie kissed the back of the hand of Theressa then their surrounding became dark and a flower of scenery appeared. Little did they know that the heaven and hell is aware of their meeting and is about to take action against it.
" Just who are you?" Theressa ask confusely when they are inside her room. " I am Levie, A grim reaper... " he answered. Levie wear a black suit and a gloves, he is like a butler in a movie. As a teacher Theressa don't beleive in such things but the number she can see above people's head is an evidence that what he is telling are true.
" So what ?? It is not a big deal that if I can see those numbers over people's head! ... Okay! I can help you but until when and do we have rules about it ? This will not be forever right? " Theressa ask. " Hmmmm... Good thing that you ask. First of all the heaven will be the jugde when will they remove your vision about the numbers, Second we don't question the system and third I honestly have no idea until when will you be the host..." Levie lively answered the question. " But what will happen if I will not do it. You know, being a host? " Theressa desperately ask. " That being said.... You will be forever condemned , you will die and you will not go neither in heaven or hell . You're body will rot and----" Levie is explaining but he stop when Theressa become hysterical. " It's just 2 months when I started to see the world. Then I will die ?? and worst I cannot be in peace? Just what did I do wrong? Is this the consequence for having a clear vision ?? I don't want to be blind again !! ..." She cried. Levie's body go near her and embrace her as if taking care of a vulnerable diamond that might break.
Let me tell you a story about the demon who punish a demon. After the war between the angel and the demons , the demons creates a hell and a portal was made. There is a powerful demon among them name Leveia. He is known as the punisher. He is trusted to take care of the portal between the middle world and hell , many demons tried to challenge him and take him down but he is too powerful for them. Leviea has his special soldiers and a kingdom. He punished those demons who tried to make trouble in the middle world. As a demon who have one word he never went through the portal and he have no idea what was it like. He have no idea what creature are the homo sapiens/human beings are.
The middle world is protected by the heaven and hell for the three world(heaven,hell and middle world) . The middle world balance the whole universe. Some demon says it is protected by the most high who created all but demons would laugh at it. Nevertheless one thing is for sure, if the middle world will vanished , the endless war between angel and demons will emerge.
One day general Katun found a creature when the portal opens. General Katun heard someone shouted in the other side of the portal ' Shaman ' so he called the creature a shaman . " So that is how she end up here.." general Katun reports to Leviea . " Is she blind ? How come she will not see me in the eye ? " Leveia is curious. " I just found out it cannot see us. But she can hear us. " General Katun answer. " What a pitiful creature. Wait.... this will hurt a little... " Leviea remove his eyes with his long nails and he remove the shaman's eyes . The shaman cried out of agony but after a minute Leviea put his eyes in the shaman's eyesocket then the pain goes away. It stop bleeding. But in the demon's world it is a normal thing to do. " Wow. You have a good eyesight ..." Leviea laugh.
The shaman did not believe it , she can see them now. They have a bigger built but the same form as a human with a horn and long nails. This demon in front of her have a white hair and long hair. The demon beside her who is holding her have a super black hair. " You... you exchange our eyes... " the shaman is shaking. " Probably so you can see us..." Leviea smiled. He began to walk and forming a circle while staring to the shaman. " How will we call it again? " Leviea ask. " Shaman , my lord" general Katun answer politely. Leveia finds her amusing and strange and different and ugly. " You are an ugly creature... " Leviea said with a loud voice as if talking about an animal. " I can hear you , you know? !" the shamaness angrily shouted. " I forgot you can talk! " Leviea is surprised . He is like a child who just got a pet. " I hate to interrupt , My Lord, but as we know that the time diffirence in hell and middle world is different . The minutes here are equivalent to days in their world. I am afraid the moment she will go back .... uhm... she will be old as they told... " general Katun. " Okay . Let me get my eyes back ... " Leviea is going to go near the shaman but it is doing some chanting. And a white pure light came out of nowhere where general katun and Leveia almost got blind.
Leviea opened her eyes but he see a chain connected to his heart. The chain is controlled by the shaman. " What did you do?" Leviea asked when he feel the chain began to squeeze his heart. It is the first time he felt pain, he cannot breath and he don't know what to do. " You and I will be connected from now on. With my life until I die when I summon you, You will come to protect me. You will be my own and only demon. " The shaman said. " Are you declaring your love to me ? That is not a surprised..." Leviea is held by general Katun who is holding him. " Even if you are a powerful demon, You cannot resist this chain for this is the chain of the curse and blessing. Even an angel cannot stand this. So bye for now and see you in my world. " The shaman chants some words and the portal opens.
Leviea laughs when the shaman jumps in the portal. " Have you seen it?? That is why the middle world is interesting. Now I can see the middle world without breaking the rules. ahahaha... " Leviea finds it amusing.
As a shaman , Yuya always summon Leviea to fight other demons. Her body became weak and the time of Leviea here in the middle world becomes lesser and lesser. He did not complain but enjoying it. She can feel him as he can feel her. Their heartbeat are in sync and the demon didn't know he fell in love with her. He can feel it, she is dying that is why he let her borrow his power. " Saving humanity is not your job Yuya..." He is talking to her through the connection. " I cannot watch the people die before my eyes! If I can do something , I will do it. I will do good as long as I am alive and I am willing to die for for it. " Yuya answered.
Leviea is hurting, He doesn't know where but, tears are coming out from his eyes. Until one day what he feared the most happened. After fighting with a powerful black magic, Yuya vomits blood and collapsed. Leviea used his power to add more time that he stay's in the middle world. He embraced her and prayed and prayed and prayed but Yuya didn't revive. Leviea is angry but he doesn't know for whom and why is he feeling agony. He lift Yuya in bridal way and buried her.
At the end of the story, the powerful demon became a wanderer in the middle world and retire from hell. Thousand of years passed until he doesn't remember who he is. He doesn't have a purpose anymore, he just kept walking from one place to another with the chain in his heart as if he is waiting and looking for someone but he don't know what it is . One day he saw a long line in the clouds. He saw ghosts, goblins, etc .... (supernaturals) lining up and holding a paper. The heaven and hell wants to hire grim reapers , it says in the paper that someone who is willing to erase all the memories. As an immortal , " So be it..." Leviea muttered to himself . He joins the line.
PRESENT
Theressa wake up from her nightmare. She close her eyes and prayed that all happened are just a nightmare but when she open her eyes , Levie is there and serving her water. " As my host I have to take care of you..." he smiled. " Just what job is this?!" she angrily shouted. " You will soon know... " he answered gently. " And just a suggestion... I can hear your heartbeat beating fast ... you need to relax when your with me..." Levie smilingly says.
After a days of staying in her room, Theressa decided to go out because she needs to buy necessities. She looks down while walking because she does not want to see the numbers and she choose at night so there is not much people otside. But then when she is walking the alley , she saw a girl who is screaming for help as she is chased by five big men. From the looks of it she doesn't knew them. The problem is there are no passerby because it is night and the men managed to hold her. Theressa saw the number over the woman's head. It became lesser and lesser. Theressa closed her mouth ans is shaking, she is terrified. Levie appear from her side. " They are possessed by their desire. The demon inside of them have taken over them." He said as if it is normal thing to see. " Help her...." She is shaking. " Why? I don't know her... " Levie shows uninterest. " You don't know her. Just pretend you don't know her and escape from here..." Theressa can hear the voice inside her head and she is hypnotised. Her body is slowly marching forward trying to leave the place. " No! Help her!!!!! Levie.... Help her!!!!! Please!!!!!!" She manage to shout and as if her body is released from a spell.
Levie can hear the sound of the chain. Then his heart tightened. His body immediately go to the girl's direction . He hit the back of the neck of the three men and they collapsed. Then Levie hypnotise the woman to go home and forget what she witnessed.
Theressa who witnessed all saw the number changes above the woman's head. It came back to it's original number. Levie is upset because he lost a soul. " Stupid!!! She is supposed to die, remember?!" he is upset. " I..... you save her!" she said and embrace Levie. " Thank you for saving her !" She cried. He is lost and surprise with her action. But he feels good and happy. Then he can hear the sound of the chain again but he ignored it.
Theressa started to go back to school as a teacher. Everyone knew about the operation and they were happy that it is successful. " Are you willing to continue working here? " the kind principal asked her. " Now that you have a sight, you know that you the world is big and you have more opportunities to come..." the principal added. " I want to do this and I love doing this. Please let me stay ..." Theressa answered gently. " I will give an exception for you, one of the rules says only those who don't have eye sight can teach here.... but since it is you then you are welcome..." the principal said.
The days have passed as usual. Theressa have one student name Reika. Reika is a 15 years old teenager. He was not born blind but because of some accident , he became blind. Reika is hardly coping up with his environment and knowing that his family cannot afford the operation he lost the hope of getting his sight again. He is always upset about little things and he can hear voice in his head. " You are a good for nothing son. It is better for you to die . You have no future , you can just die ....die....die...." said the voices in his head.
Theressa can see the numbers above Reika's head but something is off. Sometimes she can see the numbers decreasing then going back to normal again, he got Theressa's attention.
Theressa are with the kids in the playground and Reika is just sitting aside. " Being blind must be a difficult thing." Levie appeared somewhere in her back. Theressa is startled and look at her surrounding. " Only you can see me , unless I will show myself to them." Levie understand her concern. " I am almost blind half years of my life , from the moment I was born and I am used to it. But for someone who lost their sight just 2 years ago. It is a big deal. And Reika is one of them." Theressa said. " The people around him should support him to still continue to live...." She added. " But what if they aren't? Imagine before , he can do all things independently but now that he is blind , he needs to bother someone for small things. They must be upset. " Levie said . " I saw his mother picking him up every afternoon and he doesn't have bruises so he is not abused if that is what you are implying." she said. " But there are many kinds of abused if I would remind you, techer Theressa..." Levie whispered in her ears . Therressa blushes and all her little hair at the back of her neck stands up. Then she felt a butterfly effect down her stomach.
His mother pick her up as usual . Reika can smell his mother's perfume while they are walking going inside the house. His mom helps him to sit in the couch. " Wait here and I will prepare everything okay ? " she said and he can hear her footstep going far. Reika is the responsible child compared to his brother who always stinks of alcohol. His parents are proud of him in school and at home. Until one day when he is walking home from school, his brother who is drunk with his friends accidentally hit him. He didn't hit badly but most of the glass went to his eyes and caused big damage that leads to being blind. Then things never went back to normal , he heard his mother sighed as if tired when she is with him. She can hear his fathers complain about financial problems and he can hear his brother laughing at his situation. " Choose whether to kill your brother who caused your situation right now or kill your self who is a big burden for your parents..." the voice in his head is getting louder and louder. " It is my big brother's fault! Why will I die ?!" he answered the voice in his head. " But you are blind ? How can you kill him?? Prove me that you can kill him .... or else just kill yourself..." the voice whispered in a creepy way.
Theressa is having dinner when she received a call from Reika's mother but when she answered it , the other line hang up. " Your food is delicious... " Levie complimented her. " I did not know that grim reapers are picky eaters nor eating food. " Theresse giggled. " Hey we are working so hard , so we have to eat... " Levie said. " I am suspicious about something, why did you suddenly want to stay with me after the last incident where you fail to get her soul? " she remembered to ask. Levie didn't think before he answered " I can smell death---- " then he stopped realizing what he says. Theressa remembered Reika and his mother who just called. She get her coat and run to the road for a taxi. She needs to go to Reika's adress.
Reika's brother, Hash took drugs again and this time he is out of control. He see things diffirently and the devil inside him is trying to take over. Their father is upstair who came from work and is currently changing his clothes. Their mother is in the kitchen who is busy preparing dinner. Reika is in the sala with the TV open even if he is blind. Hash went upstair to his father. He have a hammer in his hand and he smashed his father's head from the back. A little blood came out but his father manage to fight with him a little. Hash is stonger and younger so he manage to take over his father. The mother heard some noise and went upstair to check the two . But Hash with a hammer in his hand stopped her in the middle of the stairs. " Reika !!! Runaway!!!" she manage to shouted . Reika heard it and panic. He heard the direction of the voice is from the stairs so he went to check with his touch.
Hash laugh while he's watching him trying to go to him. " Our little blind sheep is trying to get me...ahahaha" Hash laugh in a maniac way. " Hash what have you done to mama and papa??" Reika ask. " They are not my parents. They are animal.... and why are you talking little sheep? " Hash answered. Reika knew that he took a drugs like before.
Reika reached the stairs but something is blocking his way. He used his hands to touch it on the floor. It is his mom, he was sure about it. " Mama!! Mama...Help!!! help!!" Reika called for help. " Hash what have you done!!???" he is terrified and scared. Hash wants to make the sheep silent because it is too loud. He is slowly walking to the sheep's direction.
" Come out from him ... ! " he commanded the devil inside of Hash. Theressa ran towards Reika. " Ahahahaha what a surprise, it is you Leviea. " The demon answered and laugh. " It is impossible for me to come out from here because the moment he sold himself to me, we became one I'm afraid...." he said while using Hash body. " Then why won't I kill you both then? " Levie smiled.
Theressa embraced Reika . " They are killed !!! Mama !!! Papa!!!" he cried. They manage to get out of the house and call the police .
After less than an hour , the police came and found Hash in the corner of the house crying and scared.
After a few weeks it has been decided that Hash will go to prison and Reika will go to the orphanage under the sponsorship of the school where Theressa is one who have a big donation. However Levie is still thinking about what the demon told him " I am just a small sacrifice for him. He will take over the middle world and let it be his kingdom. Humans will be gone ...ahahahaha and you cannot stop him ahahaha" the demon shouted before he died.
Theressa gave Levie a chocolate. " What is this for? " he asked. " It is your favorite. Thank you for saving Hash. He told me , he tried to kill himself but then you stop him and says 'you have to live for Reika' ..." She immitates how Levie talk. Levie stared at Theressa , " You are troublesome..." he said. " Anyway won't your boss not be angry when you do not collect a soul? " Theressa is curious. " You don't know how much she have shouted at me last time. If you are worried for me then just kill someone so I can collect will you? " he is joking . " Creepy grim reaper!" she said before walking far from him. Levie smiled and then laugh.
