So we meet again. This is me, Lucifer back, in your mind. I know what you are thinking about the thing that will not let you rest: what is the Curse of Twins? I know you really want to know about the Curse of Twins.
I will tell you what really happened. It is not just a story but something that really took place and it is full of blood and things that had to be. I want to take you to when Akira and Vernon were born to the night that decided what would happen to them and made them brothers. This is, about Akira and Vernon the cursed twins. It is a story that started even before Akira and Vernon could cry.
Do not doubt my words, for I was there. I saw it all. I am the Devil, the eternal witness. Since the dawn of mankind—since Adam first opened his eyes and Eve first tasted desire—I have watched every soul stumble, rise, and fall. And among all the tragedies I have observed, few were as cruel, as beautifully damned, as the birth of Akira and Vernon.
1 January 1997
The big house of the Kinard, estate was warm and happy on that New Years morning. The air was full of the smell of flowers and the light from the candles.
In the room where babies are born there were soft velvet curtains and old furniture that showed how important the Kinard family is. This room was special because it was for the baby who would one day be in charge of the Kindaeichi organisation.
Emili Kinard was sitting up in bed with silk pillows behind her. Her face was red and tired, from having a baby. Her husband Kinard was standing beside her. He was a man with a strong presence. His eyes were very dark like the stone obsidian. Kinard looked down at his two sons that she was holding in her arms. Kinard felt a lot of pride when he looked at them. It was of course a huge moment of his life.
He put out his hand his fingers gently going through Emilis brown hair pulling her near until her breath was, on his. "Emili, my darling " he said softly his voice a smooth gentle touch that made her tired body feel a chill. "You have made me very happy, giving me not one. Two sons, sweet heart." He touched her. It stayed with her for a moment. His fingers went around the curve of her neck.
Emilis lips turned up into a smile her voice was calm and peaceful it was like she was full of wonder. "Our sons are the thing that has happened to us this New Year " she said quietly her eyes sparkling as she looked at the babies. "Look at them. They are a gift from God they are twins yet so different. One baby has hair white as snow the other baby has hair as black, as the night."
A maid came into the room. She kept her head down in respect. Was very quiet, on the nice Persian rug. "Sir " she said in a respectful voice "Priest Kane is here... He wants to see the kids of the Kurogane family the new heirs of the Kurogane family."
Kinard got up from the bed smoothly and it felt like he filled the whole room. He was like a shape that appears when the moon is shining. "Go get him now " Kinard said. He sounded very serious. "Bring him here to this room "
The maid said "As you wish, sir" and then she did a curtsy before she went away.
The old Priest Kane came into the room. He was really old owned a fragile body oh his. He wore white robes that looked nice in the soft light. His beard was long and gray. It went down his chest like a river of ice. Priest Kane was over one hundred and twenty years old. Even I, Lucifer thought it was amazing that he was still alive.
"Oh sir " Kinard said, moving his hand towards a chair near him. "Please. Sit down. We have been waiting for you. The birth ceremony is incomplete without your words for the kids."
The priest put an old hand on Kinards shoulder and gave a little smile that said he knew something. Then he went to Emili. His eyes were cloudy but sharp. They got softer as he opened his arms. "May I hold the babies, Mrs Kinard?" he asked in a faint voice.
Emili carefully handed the twins over to him. The twins were wrapped up tight. They fit perfectly in his old hands. Emili did this with a lot of trust.
The priest asked Kinard "What names have you picked out for the boys?" He was smiling a little. Holding the boys in his arms.
Kinard looked at his wife and, for a moment he seemed a little confused but kind of amused. "We have picked out two names but the thing is, we are really having a time figuring out which name should go to which baby " he said, referring to the two babies and the two names they had chosen for them.
The priest carefully put the babies into a cart ,"Tell me what are the names you had chosen?"
Emili smiled and replied in sweet voice, "Akira and Vernon."
The priest smiled a bit, His voice was warm and friendly as he said, "You have made good choices. So this is what we will do: the kid with dark hair the kind that is as black as a ravens wings will be called Akira and the kid, with white hairs like snow will be called Vernon."
Kinard clapped his hands and a big smile spread across his face, "That settled it up." Kinard said. "Now it is time for you to tell us what you see in the future. We have to hurry because the ceremony is about to start." It was a tradition in Kurogane family to know the future of new born kids by priest from Kane's family.
The priest leaned over the baby bed putting a hand on each small forehead. He shut his eyes his lips moving quietly saying things that nobody could hear. The room got very quiet and still. Until the priests body suddenly jerked. A strong shake went through his body and he fell to the floor with a loud breath. The priest crumpled to the floor the priests body shaking violently the priest let out a gasp.
Kinard quickly moved forward and caught the elder before he fell down then he helped the elder sit on the sofa. He was really worried about the elder. "Are you alright sir?" Kinard asked the elder his voice full of concern, for the elder.
The priests eyes slowly. They looked frightened. "My family has worked for the Kurogane family for a long time " he said in a shaky voice. His voice was trembling like leaves that are blowing in the wind during the fall season. "I was there when your father was born. Then I was there when you were born and now I am seeing these boys.... I have never seen anything as bad as this in a vision before anything like this darkness, in a vision of the Kurogane family."
Emili leaned forward her hand was holding onto the bedsheets tight and she was scared. Fear was making lines on her face. "What do you mean by that?"
The priest looked at the twins his voice was very quiet and scary. "The twins are in trouble because of a thing that has happened to them it is called the Curse of Twins. In the family of Kinard every boy who will inherit things will have control over a Fallen Angel at some point in his life.. Vernon will not be able to do this. Akira on the hand will have control, over the most powerful Fallen Angel that has ever been known this Fallen Angel is the strongest one that people of your age have ever seen. What really scares me is that I do not know what will happen to the twins in the future the Curse of Twins is making it hard for me to see what is coming. The curse has hidden it from my sight.
Kinard held the priests hand really tight his knuckles turned white. "Every single person who comes from the Kuregane family has been able to use a Fallen Angel " he said, looking worried which made his face look sad. "So why can I, a Kuregane heir not use a Fallen Angel?"
The priest put a hand on Kinards shoulder. "You will know what to do enough.. Vernon will never have the special power that your family has always had. This curse means that Akira will be the one to get the darkest and most powerful ability. The priest was talking about the gift that defines Kinards house and Akira will have this power because of the curse that affects Vernon and Kinards house.
Kinard got up slowly. Picked up the baby Akira, who had black hair. He held Akira in his arms gently. Then he kissed Akiras forehead. Whispered to him. He said "My son Akira you will make our home very proud."
I, Lucifer, watched from the ethereal fringes, amused yet unknowing then of the twisted threads of fate. Little did I realise that one day, this child Akira would bend even me to his will. Our meeting was no mere chance—it was woven into the fabric of their cursed birth. And that same inexorable destiny condemned Vernon to eternal powerlessness, a shadow forever eclipsed by his twin's infernal light.