A/N: I'm back! Finally. I really had a major writers block and I got freaked out at the mere thought of writing something. But I forced myself to sit down and write this, because, well, it was about time. Everyone's favorite devil is back, with a few new characters. Well, I hope you all like it. And a HUGE thank you for my beta, SandXDemonX13, for getting this done in 1 freaking day! Thank you!
Document 1: Greetings from Hell
The store was old and dusty, but he'd gotten used to it. The wooden floor protested heavily when you walked over it, but he'd gotten used to that as well. The only thing he just couldn't get used to was the basement. Thousands and thousands of books were lined up in bookcases against the walls. It was an unorganized chaos and the probably the only one who knew where every book was filed was Tegami.
"Dark, are you going to help me or what?" Daisuke sighed. His friend was, per usual, nowhere in sight. He walked through the maze of bookcases, hoping to catch a glimpse of the purple-haired teenager.
At the end of that summer Dark had decided he needed a part-time job and had dragged Daisuke with him to the interview. Before he knew what was happening they were both hired. It was their job to create order in the chaos of books that were stored in the basement and to help in the store every now and then. It didn't pay all that well, but it was easy to do.
The shop belonged to a guy named Katsuo, but they'd never met him. Tegami and Roy were the 'caretakers' of the shop, but the work had piled up and they were forced to look for help. Tegami had an almost frightening obsession with books and if you so much as got dust on them you had better run for your life, but she was cheery most of the time. Roy was easy-going and calm, except when someone tried to hurt Tegami. It had only happened once before and it had been an accident, but it was not something Daisuke would like to see ever again.
And Dark was slacking off again. It'd been his idea to get this job, but he was letting Daisuke do most of the work. After deciding that he wasn't going to find his boyfriend anyway, Daisuke went back to work. All books on the Middle ages had to be moved to the shelves closest to the door, because there was a high demand for these books. The shop was specialized in antic books and was very popular among historians.
Suddenly he heard a bang and a scream coming from the back of the basement. Daisuke shoved the books he was carrying onto the first shelf he could reach and ran up to the back, tripping over books that were scattered everywhere along the way.
He froze for a moment and then burst out laughing. Roy had managed to topple over a bookcase, yet again. All of the books had fallen on top of him and he was sitting on the floor, a dazed expression on his face. Dark showed up in no time, hairs ruffled like he had just woken up, which was probably the case.
"Come on, Dark; help me clean this up before Tegami sees it. I think Roy has had his fair share of shock today already," Daisuke laughed. Roy heaved himself up using one of the shelves and looked around the basement.
"She didn't see it, did she?" he asked carefully. He was scared to death of 'book-mode-Tegami', not that Daisuke could blame him for it. Tegami was simply scary when something happened to her books.
"Just help us clean up the mess, she won't find out," Daisuke reassured him, but he wasn't to sure himself. Tegami had the frightening ability to always know what had happened to the books.
"Hey, this book looks pretty old," Dark called out. Daisuke raised and eyebrow and Roy rolled his eyes.
"This is an antic-bookstore, all books here are old, Dark," he said as if he were talking to a four-year old child. "I know that," Dark said patiently, "but this one is really old. It's almost falling apart."
"Let me have a look," Roy said. "If it's falling apart it's supposed to be in the archive, not here."
"The archive?" Daisuke had never heard of that before. The newest books were in the store, he had assumed that rest was in the basement.
"We can't keep all books here. Some are too old and need to be patched up, others are not in demand and are simply never sold, but we never throw books away. They are brought to a storage-room in the library. They have professionals working there who can conserve and patch-up the books," Roy explained.
At that moment the bell in the shop rang, signaling that there was a customer.
"Dark, could you go and have a look?" Roy asked, while he and Daisuke were putting books back on the shelves. Dark gave a curt nod, removed the dust from his hands and walked to the store. There was no one there.
'But the bell doesn't ring unless there's someone here,' he thought.
A woman appeared from behind a bookcase, she had a book in her hands that she was studying carefully. She had long black hair that was tied back in braid. She was wearing a very short green dress, a tangled-up emerald-coloured scarf and high heels that made Dark wonder how the hell she could still be standing. To him, she didn't seem like the type to be snooping around in an antic-bookstore.
"Hey, baby. Don't I know you?" he called. She looked up from her book, frowning at him like he was a child that had just stolen candy. Her large green eyes were staring at his face, giving him an uncomfortable feeling. Then she scowled.
"I can't believe you! Even though you have Daisuke, you still flirt with everything that wears a skirt! You're gay, for Hell's sake!" She tugged at her scarf, trying to take it off, only tangling it further.
Daisuke decided to enter at that most unfortunate moment. He would swear later that that was the moment everything started to go wrong. And it did.
"Lucia, did you dye your hair? And since when are your eyes green?" he asked confusedly, when he saw the woman.
"L-L-Lucia? That bitch?" Dark stammered. She looked over at him, giving him a death glare, then she looked at Daisuke and smiled.
"I changed the colour. It looks cool, doesn't it? I was getting tired of blonde hair, and red eyes were getting a bit boring too."
He pointed at her scarf. It was still al tangled up in one big knot. "And why are you wearing a scarf in the middle of August?"
She tugged at the offensive piece of clothing, once again trying to pry it off. "Oh, Hell froze over."
She shrugged at the two blank stares she was receiving from both boys. "What? We're having a little trouble with the new air-conditioning."
She sighed, clearly annoyed, at the blank looks they were still giving her. "Oh, never mind! I need to find a book; I thought it might be here. It's known as 'Document 1'."
Dark was still getting over the shock. Daisuke hadn't told him about the whole 'devil' thing, so to him, she was still Daisuke's ex-girlfriend. And he didn't like her at all. Especially not when she was so obviously flirting with his boyfriend. While Lucia was still scanning through the books, Dark took Daisuke by the hand and pulled him behind the counter.
"Do you know what's she's doing?" he hissed at the redhead, who simply raised an eyebrow in return.
"Looking for a book, maybe?" Daisuke replied. Dark shook his head and sighed irritated. "She's flirting with you!" he said. "Flirting with me? But why would she do…oh." And then it dawned on him. He hadn't explained anything to Dark. He didn't really think it would be necessary, since he would never see Lucia again. And Dark wouldn't have believed him anyway.
"Okay, I can't find it here. Maybe you know where it is, Daisuke?" Lucia interrupted them, twisting a lock of hair around her finger and a smirk plastered on her face. She just loved messing with Dark, who was fuming by now, and Daisuke could tell that this was going the wrong way.
"I don't know, we'd have to check with Tegami-san. Can you go and ask her, Dark?" he said, giving his lover no time to protest before he shoved him through the door separating the shop from the basement. He shut the door behind Dark, resisting the temptation to lock it so he was sure no one would interrupt them, but that would be suspicious. He turned to face Lucia again.
"Could you please stop doing that?" the redhead sighed. "Stop doing what?" she asked innocently, but after one stern look from Daisuke she sighed. "Oh, fine! But only because you asked."
"Is there a problem here, Niwa-kun?" a voice sounded from the second floor of the shop. Tegami was leaning over the balustrade, her long brown hair falling over her shoulders. Apparently she had decided not to wear it in a braid today. Her white dress, which surely was clean when she opened the shop that morning, was covered in dust and black smudges. She looked a bit bewildered, as usual.
"Hi, Tegami-san! No, there's no problem, but Dark is looking for you. Do you happen to know if we have a book entitled 'Document 1'? Lucia is looking for it," Daisuke said. A frown appeared on Tegami's face. She was silent for a moment before a knowing look downed on her face.
"Yes, we had that book. But we sold it yesterday. It's the only copy we had, too."
"Ah, sorry, Lucia," Daisuke said, turning to Lucia again. Her serious face shocked him.
"Who did you sell it to? I really need to find that book," she asked, sounding even more serious than she looked.
Tegami shrugged and put a finger to her mouth. "Let's see, he was tall. He had really long black hair and he was wearing glasses. Oh yeah, now I remember, he had really beautiful eyes. They were purple," she sighed. Daisuke looked back to Lucia. She was looking positively pissed off now.
"Goreli," she muttered.
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A/N: Cookies for anyone who can figure out what the anagram Goreli stands for. Because, yes, it is an anagram.