"between life and death"- 6

recap- the demi-god of death in training (Yun) must find his wife's body to make sure he can help her come back to life, before someone else does anything else. The evil demi-goddess of death, Daphana will do what she can to stop Yun's wife from coming back, and the demi-god of Life may never come. The odds are against Yun, but he is destined to do great things. That's what destiny has planned for him, but he has been wrong before.

Yun could do nothing but run at that point, and run he did. He was half the world away from his wife, and he needed to be by her side right away. He pushed as hard as he could, and although, in his demi-mortal state, he couldn't get tired, he could not get the kind of speed by running that he needed to get to his destination. Nothing came to his mind as he searched it trying to figure out how Death had simply traveled so far in seconds.
"What are you trying to do?" Another ghostly demi-god appeared and gripped his hand around Yun's face.
"Let me go! I need to save my wife!" Yun shouted, and was shoved to the ground by the large man.
"Where?" The large man said and let go of Yun's face to reveal his appearance. The man was not only large in build, but in muscle and weight. He was disgustingly shirtless, and had a necklace of smal skulls draping over his naturally armored chest. He was at least six and a half feet tall, with a head of black hair that looked like it was trying to fly off his scalp. Other than that he had only a long piece of cloth tied around his waist with a rope. Yun felt pain for the first time since he had left his mortal existance, when he had the man's hand on his face, being gripped with a bone crushing force. Yun studied the man with intensity, not remembering to answer. To Yun, the man looked like an alien. Yun's race was far smaller, just over five feet, long straight black hair, and bodies that were much smaller than this other man's, and Yun was a prime medium example of the race. "Where do you need to go?" The man asked, his articulate voice calming to Yun's concern.
"The other side of the world." Yun said, and took the man's open hand, getting effortlessly lifted up by it.
"I know that... I remember you from your life. I watched over you a lot on your youth. I am the demi-god of resiliance, servent of the perserver. I was commanded to hold off both life and death for quite a long time. You might even remember me, with how close to death you got so many times." Resiliance said.
"Please, take me to my wife." Yun said, ever preoccupied with his need to ensure the revival of his wife.
"Very well." Resiliance said, and put his hand on Yun's shoulder, and they started to move fast, but not as fast as Death could move him. "Why are you a demi-god now? The perserver must have seen your potential and needed you to complete the will of the perserver." He said with a confident slouch, directing his eyes into Yun's.
"Yes! That's it... I just lost my way... my teacher let go of me when we were going somewhere." Yun lied, wisely sensing Resiliance's enmity toward servents of the creator or destroyer.
"Again, where?" His tone of delicate intelligence bleeding out of his mouth as he looked in the direction they were moving.
"I don't know, he said he'd surprise me. I want to make sure my wife will survive. I made a deal with my teacher- who neglected to name himself -that he could... perserve my wife's life if I became his apprentice.
"Ah." Yun could hear a ghost of doubt in Resiliance's voice. "Usually Life or Death would hold that kind of bargin. Us perservers are in great enough numbers as it is these days." Here we are, a body about to give up, passing into death, am I correct?"
"YES!" Yun said, and rushed into the mourge hut, a tiny burn appearing on his shoulder... he had lied to Resiliance. Yun noticed another leech on his wife's sould, and ripped it off, and tore it in half, leaving it to evaporate in the air.
"Perfect trap." Dalphana wrapped her arm around Yun's neck and pressed her body to his. "Blind devotion makes one entirely predictable. I will enjoy destroying you." Her last words being wispered into his ear. Yun wipped his head around, to see why Resiliance wouldn't interfere.
"Curse these seals!" He shouted from far away, his body being totally pushed away by the seals.
"Ah, didn't notice him right away... he's such a big man too... I'd love to take him away, forever." Dalphana said and released Yun. The evil woman rushed out to fight Resilance, leaving Yun alone to be with his wife.
"Please, I need the presence of Life!" Yun prayed, and like the world revolved around him, Life suddenly appeared, coming down through the cieling.
"The power to call any demi-god to action... Yun-death, the foretold commander of us all." Resiliance said, his hand clamped over Dalphana's deathly face, and simply held her there.
"I knew he was lying, especially with the name Yun. The vision's last sight was fulfilled quickly." He said.
"You think? Vision is mine, I reported that sight. I just need to do one thing, capture Destiny and make him change his mind, and Yun-death will have no power over me. Now he's the only death that can destroy me, and he's not even trained yet." Dalphana said, and heard Resiliance laugh.
"Go ahead, laugh, but with destiny under my control, I will become the goddess of chaos, Dalphana almighty." She finnished.
"You're just another dissenter, who will fade away with time." Resiliance said, and crushed Dalphana's head, causing her to disappear, killed, but not destroyed.

The revival of Death's wife, in part 7.