The Seven Wonders | BTS

65. Reclaiming

You panted heavily as you huffed out a shaky breath, blowing some strands of silver hair away from your face. With your katana and shield drawn out, you were positioned behind the group, Irene and Mingyu leading the team from the front as they ran across the hallways of Hemel's castle, each person's footsteps echoing in the strangely empty area.

Following your instincts as the guardian, you looked forward and glanced at the group of people before you. Behind Irene and Mingyu was Emily, bow gripped tightly in her hands and brown hair flowing in the wind. You stared at your best friend for a moment and scanned her stern expression, jaw clenched and teeth gritted, eyes screaming for blood. She looked terrifyingly serious, you could admit.

Next to Emily was, to nobody's surprise, Jin who was armed with his golden trident, one that he had brought with him from Tranen. Behind the couple was the club leader Jimin, expression blocked out of your view due to the way he was running, orange hair bright and fluffy. Namjoon was next to him, face mask up and concealing half of his face. You couldn't help but notice how the purple haired man kept glancing at the thunder gem bearer every few seconds, making you wonder is anybody else was noticing this.

You then noticed Hoseok, who was smirking at Namjoon and Jimin, eyes glinting mischievously behind his goggles. Ah, looks like someone did.

Yoongi was behind the two, Holly flying just above his head of grey hair. You stared at his back for a moment, feeling a bit bittersweet. Remembering what he told you before leaving Vlam, you knew that not being together as a couple was the best decision for the both of you. Although you knew that you will always feel bad for how your relationship with him ended since you knew that it could have been done differently and less painfully.

But all was done and there was nothing you could do about it. You knew that besides you having powers as the guardian, the only way to repay Yoongi for all those days was with kindness, to be one of the best friend he's ever had. And that was your mission.

"Sky," A very familiar voice rang before you could glance at Taehyung. Moving your head to the source of Kiama's voice, you saw her hovering next to you, body in the air as she floated and followed the pace of the group effortlessly. Nobody was reacting, making you assume that they still couldn't see the former guardian.

"Kiana," You whispered while glancing at the others, making sure that they wouldn't hear you. Recalling what Taehyung and Jungkook had said during the confrontational breakfast, you huffed, just as Kiana turned away with pursed lips. "You... Who really are you?"

Kiana was silent for a moment, making you wonder how long the hallway was to allow time for this situation, or if time was seemingly slowing down due to all the tension in the air.

In this moment, you finally found the time to glance at Taehyung. He was running across you, Kiana's figure separating the two of you. The darkness gem bearer was holding his staff, its tip glowing a bright purple. You wondered what his connection with the former guardian was and, remembering how angry he was at the mention of the Helian woman's death, figured that she had been someone important to both him and Jungkook.