"between life and death"- 2

part 2 of the between life and death series

- recap, we follow a "demi-god" who calls himself "Death" while he goes to close a deal with a mortal. The unnamed man joins Death in a contract to bring his wife back to life. The cost? The unnamed man becomes a "demi-god" himself, never to return to his normal life.

Death and the unnamed man run from the graveyard over to a small bamboo hut which housed his the man's wife's body, being prepared for burial. Lanterns hung around the edges of the roof of the building, with papers dangling from them, marked with "spells" meant to repel evil spirits. The man watched death as they went through the door of the hut, unnoticed, being invisible. The man noticed that the spells his people believed would prevent either of them from entering had not impeded their progress.
"Exactly as I thought." The man said. "These religious freaks are wrong. The powers they believe their gods have are not true."
"You are a demi-god. Doesn't that prove it to you enough? Doesn't seeing me prove that? passing through solid matter?" Death said, putting his hand up to a veil placed before the slab where the man's wife's body lay.
"well..." He said, feeling stupid, especially seeing burn marks on Death's arms.
"Those seals are pathetic, but not ineffective." Death said, not showing pain. "If your wife has any soul leeches, that will be a different story though." Death lifted the veil open, and they saw a man, a sort of mourge worker, preparing her body inside a wood coffin.
"I can't let you take her yet, you know that." The worker said, surprising the man with Death.
"Can he see you?" He asked.
"He can see you too." Death said.
"If you work with the dead and around death long enough, and are accepting of what your eyes want to see, you can see demi-gods." The worker said, and stood up defensively in front of the body.
"I don't actually want to take her. I am Death-Morris, a loyal servent of the destroyer." Death said.
"Good. what's his name? Is he the one I hear I should be worried about?" The worker said.
"He's... not revealed his name to me, but the one you should be worried about would be Dalphana. She serves no one. I am here to bring that body back to life, seeing as hardly a day since her death has passed." Death said.
"I'm Yun." The formerly unnamed man said, directing his words to both of the men. "You told me your name was death though, what is going on Morris?"
"Morris is to me like Yun is to you. Death however, is to both of us. Dalphana was Death too, but she rebelled and wants to take souls for herself. She is called Dalphana out of shame for this. She gets stronger with each soul she takes. We must at this point, either prepare your wife's body for life to restore her, or we must wait until two more days and carry her soul to the perserver. Job priority number one." Death said.
"Are you... training him?" The worker asked.
"Closing a deal, another demi-god in servitude of the destroyer in order to restore life to a dead beloved. Not all that rare, but also not always sucessful." Death said.
"What?!?" Yun-death shouted.
"It was in the contract, I can promise nothing, especially if Dalphana shows up." Death said.
"Lets get it over with then." Yun-death said with a rushed tone.
"Step aside, we have a job to do." Death said to the worker, who did not yeild. "I need to do this."
"No. I won't fall for tricks. The seals burned you, they only affect those with evil intent." The worker said.
"I want my wife to live! Just phase through him! Do it now!" Yun-death shouted.
"If there is one universal constant, it is will. I cannot kill him unless he is marked by the destroyer. This isn't a won't it's a CAN'T." Death looked absolutely frozen. "He has a strong will." He stopped talking to Yun-death, and directed his eyes to the worker. "I can't decieve you, not as a servent of the destroyer. I got those burns because I was recruited by Dalphana! I have changed to the truth. Believe me. I have to keep up my end of a deal, mortal!" Death began to plead.

stay toooooooned for part 3. I don't want to make any one of these too long.