(Juno Pov)
The sunlight from the glass ceiling was bright and piercing. I walked down the halls each step echoed loudly of the church. The floors were a polished yet antique, the walls were lined with pictures of the past Heavens council members. The halls roof was tall and supported by intricately designed wooden pillars. The door to the grand hall was made of wooden designed with a large metal six headed dragon emblem in the center and the steel borders. As I got closer the doors slowly creaked opened up. The moment I entered into the grand hall of the Ragnarok church.{black heart is nothing compared to this},. A line of personalized thrones sat in a semicircle. A podium of glistening black steel placed in the center. Six distant figures sat around each of their faces were obscured by streaks of sunlight, "I pay my greetings to the Heaven's council", I slightly bowed as I stepped onto the podium, "The Conuncil returns the greeting", an older woman with shoulder length snow white hair and porcelain skin sat in the middle of the six chairs. Her throne was made of polished oak with a chilling white glow around it, {I feel cold just by staring at her},. Her voice was sharp and chilling sending a cold breeze through the room as her piercing blue eyes felt like a never ending frost lived within them. Her frost piercing eyes shined through the light with a chilling intensity, "Now state your name young one", an older man whos hair shagged past his shoulder with streaks of reds and greys like a forever ember. His dark skin was the color of coffee. His tone was steady yet drained like he had been up for days. His throne was made of smooth torched redwood. His thrones sat never the priestesses. I looked between the two , "Juno Arashi", I finished speaking as a soft chuckle echoed from another priestess. Her hair was in two single brown braids, "quite an interesting name young man" I bowed a bit as her round glasses reflected the sunlight , "thank you Priestess Aurora", she chuckled again her laugh felt contagIous almost like an infectIon as I suddenly felt the urge to laugh, "now that the introductIon are done we shall get started in the assessment" I took a step forward further into the middle of the podium. A storm of sprawling colors erupted from the ground around me like a cyclone. the cyclone was filled with whispers from the gods. The voices mixed chaotically as my head started to hurt, "Mmm a child of potentIal how interesting" a multitude of voices echoed the statement, "Perhaps we should allow him to develop a bit more", a singular distorted voice cut through the multitude of them as they all quIeted down and only small whispers continued , "Very well child you shall be allowed the freedom to develop more so we do hope you entertain us", the storm stopped in an instant as the color disappeared in fragments as the voices died down. I was back standing in front of the council as they looked surprised but not by the cyclone since they looked at me more as their expressions were completely unreadable due to the light, "Hmmm yet another godless child what an intrIguing year for disciples", I turned around as a tired voice come from behind me. A man dressed in a long black robe lined in purple and gold streaks. As he walked up to me as his stance made me nervous, his short brown hair fell in chaotic waves as his tired indigo eyes pierced through the strands of brown, "Apostle Michael to what do we own the pleasure of your presence", Priestess Aurora spoke with an almost nervous tone as he simply yawned a bit putting his hand to his mouth. I noticed he had five golden rings on his rIght hand, "just a bit interested in this years disciples", he glanced to me as a sense of fear washed over my body like a raging sea as the council nodded simply. As his gaze fell onto me I felt as If I was looking a dragon in the eyes, {This isn't normal just staring at him is making my body ache},. I could feel his power just radiating from his presence, "Hmm who's this one", in an instant appeared in front of me the second I blinked as his hand was already grasping my face, "wha-" I was cut off as I felt the feeling of my body being taken off the ground. my body ragdolled as I saIled through the air. my body slammed into a wall knocking the air from my lungs, "Urgh", I grasped my head feeling something warm running from my forehead, "Apostle Michael what in the gods name are you doing!" Priestess Aurora stood up slamming her hands down rattling the room slightly, "Relax will ya I'm just testing him", I felt the world starting to become hazy as it began to spin. I started to stand as blood drIpped past my eyes, "How does this count as testing!", she slammed her hands again as the room shook again and her voice raised ever slightly. Michael turned his head slightly to her with a raised eyebrow, "I'm testing his resilience relax will ya" he held his hand towards me as the light surrounding him started to bend like plastic, "otherwIse a godless disciple like him will never survive" the light began forming a large array of swords easily being in the hundreds, "As long as he survives this he'll be fine", I could barely make out the distance between the two as my vision began flowing with stars and black spots. I could barely blink as the swords appeared in my face. I opened my eyes as the swords were only an inches from my face, "hmm interesting my swords seemed to have stopped themselves", I let out a bated breath as I felt sweat drop from my forehead, "w-what", I crawled backwards feeling my back touch the wall behind me. I could for an odd reason feel a tug in my chest as I instinctively reached out to the sword, "careful there young one those are not something to just touch", his voice was so low and distanced I could barely hear him over the thumbing in my ears. As I reached for one of the swords as a shock ran through my body. I could see Michael barely out the corner of my eye looking a bit surprised, {w-what's happening},. I felt my vision black as I slipped into an unconscious state.
(Michael Pov)
the young man's eyes flickered from a hazel to a white-ish color before he passed out. my swords suddenly cracked and burst into particles of light, {what an interesting disciple I think i'll take him in}, I couldn't help but laugh to myself as the unfamiliar thought. I heard footsteps rapidly approaching and sighed. I turned around as the front of my robe was snatched up hard, "ARE YOU INSANE!!", I yawned as Aurora normally gentle tone was gone as she shook me back and forth, "HE'S A CHILD NO MORE THEN FIFTEEN!!", I sighed looking down at her hands before grabbing them hands and pulled them from my robe,{Did she just wrinkle my robe},I raised an eyebrow seeing an slight wrinkle, "first off just because he's a child doesn't mean he's weak so I tested him", I swipe my hands down my robes as to straighten it, "second off don't ever grab my robes like that again", I glared down at her as she stumbled back and bowed, "I-I apologIze for my outburst sir please forgive me", I sighed rubbing my eyes feeling sleepy, "you're forgiven now make sure that child Is taken care of", she bowed again in a hurry, "Yes sir", she hurried towards the young one as I turned to the other council members as they stared at me intensely, "Watch your gaze you insignIficant insects before you lose the head on your shoulders", the council all lowered their head in a hurry, "Good now you're all dismissed". I stepped outta of the hall going down the hal towards the exit, {I hate these insects their heads are always so high}, my phone rang, "hello?", I held the phone to my ear as I stepped outta the church into the beaming sun, "Michael would you mind handling some Pawns on your way here", I couldn't help but laugh a bit , "and what's preventing you from doing it huh?", the voice on the other end laughed with an annoying amount of glee, "c'mon now Michael I'm tired let me rest i'm already working like a dog", the distortIon on their voice ever strong, "whatever you lazy bum", a dramatic gasp came from the other side," wow you're so rude Michael" I went to speak, "nope no more talking just go do the mission", I just sighed pinching the bridge of my nose, "fine just tell me where and the number", the voice laughed again making me slightly Irritated, "there using an abandoned apartment district a few blocks from proxies chruch and the rumored number is about four hundred or so apparently they're apart of on this new rising groups", I croaked out a laugh at the revelatIon, "so Is it new group or one of the three main factions", the voice on the other end paused for a second as the sound of computer keys typing Is heard, "It's a new group by the name nightvapor their apparently already contracted with a general of the Crimson Revenents ", I sighed, {why'd the Revenents have to get involved I hate dealing with their false god they're annoying}, I start walking towards my car, the sleek black shape and tinted windows was a sight I loved, {the Model Z scorpion fastest modern day car}, I got into it driving towards the apartment district, "fine I'll handle it and I'll be back to the church after I'm done", the call ended as I stopped in front of the apartments. The car door slammed back me as i started to get to closer to the towering brown and red bricked building, I pushed open a creaking old and rusty door leading inside, {this place probably hasn't been touched in ages}, as I continued down the hall the sounds of voices got closer and louder. I opened one of the door, I tilted my head slightly as a bullet almost pierced through my skull, {this is so boring}, I looked forward and around the room three armed men one wielding a pistol the other two held assault rifles, "Oh you're quite armed aren't you", The three let their bullets flew at me like sliver rain, The heat of the bullets were like a candle compared to mines as dodged the bullets easily, {Why do they even try normal weaponry anymore}, I kicked one of the discarded chairs into one of the assault rifle guys knocking the gun loose, "c'mon put in more effort", I gripped the table that the chair belonged to ripping the top of, "Catch this and actually be useful", the table ricocheted off the pistol gunner in to the assault rifle carrier. I continued through the building as the numbers of bodies dropping continued increasing, {this won't take long},.
(Juno Pov)
I woke up on a soft bed feeling sore as the overhead lights stung my eyes, "good you're up", I turned to the side seeing Michael sitting there flipping through a book, {When'd he get here}, he closed his book,"what are you doing here", I scooted back against the bed wincing slightly from the pain in my body, "you're bold to just call me Micheal but I'll allow it" he didn't sound irritated but instead interesting, "well it doesn't matter either way my higher ups want me to apologize so I'm sorry", I barely registered the apology before Michael grabbed my collar tugging me off the bed holding me off my bed making as my feet dangled, "uh Michael", I looked at him as he had a wIde smile forming, "yes?", the words came out slowly as his grin got wider, "Could you um put me down?" he shook his head, "Nope I've taken an interest in you so you'll be coming with me", I shook my head quickly, "no no no please", my cries fell on deaf ears as he threw me over his shoulder, "Let's begin your training before the disciple exams", I raised an eyebrow as I stopped complaining for a second, "w-what exam", he stopped and sighed holding me in front of him, "ya know the exam to become an officIally recognIzed disciple", I tIled my head, "and that means?", he sighed rubbing the brIdge of his nose, "c'mon now kid you can't be this oblivIous", he put me down in front of him, "you see what we Priest and Priestess normally deal with right?" I nod slightly, "yeah the people who use faith to perform evil?", he chuckled exasperated, "you're some what right", he clasped his hands over his face with a sigh, " we deal with people referred to as Evils, the lowest level of Evils are pawns while the strongest Evils are known as the Eight Stars of Catalyst", I nodded a bit, "ok I get it", he gave a softer sigh, "ok now what about the three principles", I laughed a bit feeling a bit scared to answer, "uh I know of the prayer princIple only", Michael looked at me like he wanted to punch me before pinching the bridges of his nose again, "ok let me break it down easily for you", he held a single finger, "first off is the principle of prayer, once you've been chosen or chosen by a god you'll be allowed the use faith externally, but to be able to use those abilities you'll need to fill you're faith core by praying to your god and it's common knowledge for people ranked from disciple to seraphim to pray before a fight", I nodded along, {he's surprisingly good at explaining}, he put up a second finger, "The second principle Is loyalty, you can only be chosen by one god in your lifetime so the relationship between a disciple and their god is a pivotal thing in their devoelopment and to betray that relationship is a crime with the conquences often shattering a person's faith core leaving them crippled for life ", I raised an eyebrow, {Crippled!?}, Michael put up a third finger, "the last princIple Is sacrIfice, while prayer refills your faith core but sacrifice refills and increases the size of your faith core, unlike with prayers sacrifices are need once every few month as a ritual and the gods demand something in return for power some gods are nice and only want something as little as a piece of food but some gods aren't as benevolent and will want blood and live things", I nodded along ,{I guess i got the good end of disciple stick}, he then poked me in my chest, "now please tell me you know about our faith cores", I nodded feeling a bit insulted, "Hey i'm not that clueless man!" He cracked a smile and my pout which annoyed me and made his face seem punchable, "good you're not completely helpless", he laughed in my face as he grabbed the front of my shirt lifting me into the air, "well I wouldn't have waited this long if i thought you were helpless", The feelings of my legs dangling in the air was distracting, {Why does he keep manhandling me}, my feet scraped the floor slightly of the ground, "could you um put me down", he shook his head, "nope not happening now lets go" I raised an eyebrow as he basically out of the the room and started down the hall,{why is this space eyed demon manhandling me so much today my body hurts}, He continued down the hallway just singing . We came in front of some large intricately designed metal doors before he finally put me down, "tIme for ya training to begin", I looked up at the doors as they loomed over me like an unwitting force, "training?", he chuckled as he shoved me towards the door, "yeah ya didn't think I took you in for no reason now did you it's because your different from the rest you're a divergent", I raised an eyebrow to the statement, "is it wrong that i don't know what a divergent is?", a surprisingly soft laugh left Micheals mouth, "Not this time it's to be expected since only the heaven's council and apostles know of their existence", I was even more confused now, "So what is a divergent?", Micheal's tone returned to it's tired nature as his shoulders relaxed, "divergent are people born with a faith core but they are unable to form a relationship a god", I felt my heart drop, "then what's the point of having a faith core if i can't form a relationship with a god I basically don't got chance of being a disciple", the worry in my voice must've been loud because Micheal's face twitched slightly, "Don't worry about that kid divergents aren't born that handicap for a reason", the response caught my interest, "Divergents are born with that handicap but they are instead given a specialized ability that uses their faith instead of faith abilities", my mind was instantly filled with branching ideas for what my ability could be, "now the serious part", Micheal's tone dropped an octave as his words came out smooth like chilled water, "Divergents are extremely rare ith only four known ones being born in your generation and that rarity makes them sought after", I let out a breath at the realization of his words, "I'm going to be hunted!?", Micheal's calmness clashed with his tiredness, "no because it'll stay between me and you okay", I looked at him with wide eyes at the implications, "you wanna hide the fact i'm a divergent from everyone", Micheal nodded before continuing, "And I want you to be my Disciple", I stared at him with my mouth agape, {is he crazy why's he saying something that impactful so casually!!}, Micheal looked unfazed by it, "well come on i'm waiting kid", I snapped out of it, "oh um yeah I'll be your disciple i'd be an idiot to decline it", Micheals laugh cut the tense atmosphere easily, "good choice now your first training step will be opening this door", my feet touched the ground as the door loomed over me. I approached it slowly before reaching both hands out touch the cold steel. Arcs of white and blue snaked from the door through my arms and nerves shocking ever fiber within my body, "What's this!!!", my vision flashed black causing me to stumble back, "Ahh", the steam from my hands reminded was of the contact, "aren't you ballsy kid that was pure divine energy you almost absorbed", Micheal rubbed his chin in interest, "seems like you have an energy based ability", I still looked surprised as the residual energy spark off my hands, "here's your first lesson", Micheal walked up beside me, "feel for the residual energy that was expelled from the door and try making it your own", I took a deep breath, "Visualize it", I closed my eyes feeling the residual energy around me, the energy began to spark in my dark vision. Multiple sparks began to turn my black vision into a white and blue hue. I felt a surge within my body as the energy rushed through my body filling my veins like a flowing river, "think of a name for the attack it'll act as a medium to expel your faith externally", his words seemed almost muffled as my mind seemed to be on autopilot. The name came to mind as the energy reached it's peak staying centered within my hands, "Vesper Bolting palm!!", my eyes shot open as my palm struck the cold steel door, the steel melted beneath my palm as the energy exploded outwards.