"So this is Iwatodai, the source of everything" A man stepped out of the train carriage and started stretching his arms and legs. He was wearing a full black outfit, with black trousers and black shirt, come with a black flat cap, a black leather jacket, black gloves and a black frame glasses. One can say he adore the color black just by looking at his outfit. On his left hand was a black suitcase and on the other hand in his pocket
"Maybe you shouldn't draw more attention to yourself. Your outfit is already enough" a voice rang from behind him, but there was no one there. In fact, there wasn't a soul in sight at the train station. The voice continued with a sigh "I honestly don't know why you adore the color black so much, but who in the right mind would wear something like that"
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk" the man crossed both his arms while letting out a mocking disapproval sound and shook his head lightly "Such a mind like yours can never truly understand it. Black is the color of mystery, of power, of sadness. It truly is the best color of all, followed by blue. There's no color that suit me better than black!"
"Sometime I wonder if there are any brain in that head of yours!" the voice continued with an irritated tone. Irritated by his companion's comment, the man reached into his jacked and pulled out a white cat with some black fur at the tip of its tails, both tails.
"Any last words before I throw you onto the rail" veins started to pop out of his forehead "That white fur of yours gonna look prettier with a little intestines on it"
"I'd like to see you try" the 'cat' replied, veins popping out of its forehead as well "You wouldn't dare"
"Would I now?" more veins popping out of his forehead, but it was quickly replaced with a smirk "Remind me again who beat you and got you begging for your life?"
"I never beg. It was you who beg me remember? You're welcome" a smirk appeared on its face as well
"Oh? Do i now? Then remind me who was the one that cried 'Please take me with you, I don't want to die' after got their whiskers cut off by me?" more veins started to popped out of its forehead
"Then let us see who really beg, shall we?" In a flash, it reached out and scratched the man's face, causing him to drop it "On your knee so easily? How weak!" it smirked while the man quiver in pain
"You ungrateful beast" he yelled and jumped at the cat, but missed and landed face first while his cat laughing hysterically without noticing that it about to fall off the platform. With a swift kick, he sent the cat flying down the platform
"YYYYYOOOOOOUUUUUU AAASSSSHHHOOOLLEE!" It screamed in vain while falling off the platform and onto the rail, electrocuted.
"Enjoy hell" he dusted off, picked up his suitcase and started to walk away epically when the clock stroke twelve. Suddenly, all the light went off, and everything seemed to be painted in an eerie green and in the air, there's a light scent of iron, of blood "It started". He increased his pace and walked out of the train station, ignore the coffin in the ticket booth and the now-electrocuted white cat climb on his shoulder. Outside the train station, the moon glow with an abnormal bright yellow light. One can almost feel the sensation of Death in the air, the pressure, the power.
"Careful, I sense a few demons ahead, properly Obariyons and Gremlins, but be careful nonetheless" the 'cat' warn him as he approached the cinema
"Cool, just when I need some gems" his eyes sparkling with greed and started to run toward the cinema just to be stop by a claw at his neck
"Don't you dare, last time you let Obariyon cling on to you just to get it to talk, we spent 3 hours just to pry it off your back for a few gems. It's not worth it!"
"B-B-But but, we need gems!" sadly, his pledge fell on deaf ears as the cat refuse to retract its claw unless he walked away. He dropped his head in defeat and walked away back to his original direction. But as soon as he left the station, a fire ball flung at him. By instinct, he moved his head slightly to the left, avoid the fire ball with ease. Across the street from him, stood a small green creature holding a spoon, on it was the internal flame of hell. The creature lift its spoon and swung it at him, another fireball flung at him, aim for his head again. Moved his head to the right, he evade the attack with ease.
"Ukobach. Out of the frying pain, into the fire, heh? In the case literally." He laughed and avoid another fireball for his face. He slowly reached inside his jacket and pulled out a silver tube.
"Come! Azumi!" the tip of the tube started to open, inside it glowed a soothing green. Ukobach flung another fire ball at him, but this time, he didn't budge. As the fire ball come close to his face, it was put out. Behind him now was a floating fish-like person, the tip of 'her' 'hand' still lingering some water drop. "Freeze him" heard his word, 'she' brought up 'her' 'hand', ice started to form at the tip of it, and with the flash of light, the Ukobach turned into an ice sculpture, then broke apart.
"It is done" 'she' said as she started to fade away into the tube "Call me again sometime" as she disappeared completely, the tube closed itself and he slowly put it back inside his jacket and started walking again. It was a quite walk, coffins everywhere, but no more demon in sight. As he walked, he noticed a few buddle of blood on the street but he ignored it ultimately
"Why bother live in a dorm anyway? We could have stayed in a hotel or an apartment. Why stayed at the dorm?" he glanced at his cat and slowly took out a pamphlet from his jacket and handed to the cat "Iwatodai coed dormitory? I still don't get it"
"That's mean we're going to live with girls!" his eyes started sparkling again, but this time more like a pervert "Of course there would be other boys, but there would be girls, GIRLS!"
"Human" the cat let out a disgust sigh "Anymore reasons I should know as well?"
"Mitsuru Kirijo, the next heir of the infamous Kirijo group" he lost the perverted face and it turned serious "Also live there. Our investigation would be much easier"
"I see, do you planning to go to school as well?"
"WHAT?" surprised by the question, he unintentionally shouted at his companion "Why would I want to go to school?"
"Since you dropped out of school a long time ago, I think this would be a good chance. After all, I don't want an idiot to be my companion" it stated mater-of-factly
"I-I don't need school! I'm doing perfectly fine!" he stuttered, tried to hide his face
"Really? What is the name of the closest planet to the sun?" it smirked at him
"It's… Why should I want to know that? It's not like you can answered that, you're just messing with me" he shouted in embarrassment
"Mercury. Everybody knows that, even idiot" it smirked and made a mock shrugged
"You-you-you….." he no longer tried to his reddened face, stuttering with words, can't seem to find the right word "are really mean"
"That all you got? I'm impressed" it jerked back in 'surprise' "You 'really' are 'smart'."
"Shut up" their conversation was cut short as they arrive at the dorm. Ignoring the cat who won't stop teasing him about his general knowledge, he opened the door and walked he expected, there was no one there at all.
Even though there was no one there, he felt as if he was being watched from somewhere. Glancing upward, he spotted a surveillance camera. Ignored it, he made his way toward the sofa and sat down, setting his suitcase beside him and the cat jumped off his shoulder onto the sofa and quickly made itself comfortable.
After a while, the light turned back the sensation of Death is gone. He relaxed his muscle and change into a more comfortable position. After a few minute, he heard footsteps, not one but 4.
On the top of the stairs stood four people, one of them he recognized. Mitsuru Kirijo have a beautiful red hair covered one of her also red eyes. She still wearing her school uniform with a red ribbon at the neck. And he thought he was the one who obsessed with signature color
Behind her were a young man with grey hair and a bandage on his fore head, he wore a red sweater vest outside his school uniform and gloves. The other one was a brown hair girl, she just like the other two are still wearing her school uniform but in addition she also wore a pink sweater jacket, come with a red ribbon. Behind them was a middle-age man with long wavy brown hair and a goatee. He was wearing a tan jacket over his long turtleneck. Somehow, he seemed like someone you shouldn't trust. Ignore that thought, the man stood up and removed his hat, let loose his short unkempt brown hair. Politely, he bowed and offered a handshake, which obviously, none accepted. "I'll be living here from today, pleasure making your acquaintances" he said a smile.
"Drop the act! Who are you?" Losing his patience, the grey hair teen stepped forward and shout at him
"Such manner!" he made a mock gesture of getting hurt, but replied with a smile "But I understand. A strange man come into your house said that he will be living here. Even I would be crossed"
"I told you to drop the act! WHO ARE YOU?" growing impatience, he shouted again
"Names are pretty but you don't need to know mine! I will not reveal my name to you tonight, for all of you will forget about our meeting afterward" he started making his way toward the sofa again and sat down, making himself comfortable. "But as our meeting gift, I'll answer all of your questions. Ask all you want. Don't let the memory-erase business get you down!"
"This is a waste of time! Just cut the chase" the cat grown impatience as well
"Getting impatience, aren't we?" he laughed and pick up the cat, putting it on his lap and started petting it, ignored the stare of 4 other people in the hall.
"Did that cat just… talk?" the brown hair girl rose the obvious question, the one he has been prepareed for
"Yes, this is Ser Pounce-a-lot, and I love him" he brought the cat up for a kiss but earned himself another scratch to the face
"Do not kiss me or call me by that name" it scolded and jumped off the man lap on to the table "Let me introduced myself, my name is Yomi, a Nekomata and I am a woman"
"A very old one" *Scratched* "AHHH! Right in the eyes! Why?!"
"That idiot over there is Shinkai" ignored the screaming behind her, she continued with the introduction "That's all you need to know, not like you'll remember it anyway"
"What are you people?" the grey hair teen shouted again, his eyes haven't moved away from the man ever since he entered the dormitory. There is something very mysterious about the man and he can't seem to figure out
"They are devil summoner!" the middle-age man said in shock, much to the other surprise but only made Shinkai laughed "Why are they here I don't know, but we need to be careful."
"How do you know about them Ikutsuki-san?" the grey hair teen looked at him with surprised "What is a devil summoner?"
"The title is self-explanatory" Shinkai answered with a smile "We summon demon to fight for us"
"What do you mean by demon?" The brown hair girl took a step back, fear cover her face
"I'll have to show you then" he stood up and reached into his jacket, causing them all to jump into more defensive stance. He sighed and pulled out a silver tube "This a Kuda, a summoning tube, it drains MAG from the user to summon the demon within. This one hold the demon Poltergeist, the spirit of mischief, who really playful and like to mess around with human" the tip tube started to unscrew and from it glowed a soothing green light "Come! Poltergeist" as he called, the tube glowed and from it something flew out. Floating in front of them in a light green small human-like figure, with hallowed and empty eyes and a mouth. If just looked at it quickly, it looked like a stuff doll with three hole on its head.
"Why did you call me? Do you need me to flip girl's skirts again?" Yomi practically facepalm "Or do you need me to take photo of the woman bathroom again?" Yomi have her claws out "Or do you…."
"That's enough Pol, you'll kill me if you continued" he quickly stop the ghost from continued making 'Pol' very confuse "You can go back now"
"Ok, call me again sometime. See you all later" he waved his hand at Shinkai and Yomi, and turned to the four confused-people on the stairs "Goodbye pretty ladies and handsome men"
"YOU PERVERT! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING INNOCENT POL?" As soon as Poltergeist disappeared into the tub, Yomi lunged at Shinkai stomach, caused him to drop down on the ground, holding his stomach in pain "Anyway, ignore the pervert. Do you have any more questions?"
"You still haven't answered my question Ikutsuki-san! How did you know them?" the teen turned toward the middle-age man, now known as Ikutsuki, causing him to jumped in surprised "I have so many question running in my mind, but I want to know this one!"
"They are urban legends" Ikutsuki answered, his eyes still glued to the man who still on the floor, quivering in pain "When thing go crazy for no reason, it's usually the devil or so they said. Whenever the capital in danger, the agents of Yatagarasu will protect it. There are legend of a giant robot in the years Taisho 20, people turned into monster, god and devil walked among men. There are witnesses who claim they saw a giant robot marching through the capital, or a girl insisted that her brother has turned into a monster. They were called mad and after sometime, they disappear."
"Ahhh, the agents of Yatagarasu. Love those guys" Shinkai who still on the floor but no longer seem in pain "And the story of Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, he's my hero, you know? Always wanted to be that man"
"When the incidence happened, the Kirijo group search for a devil summoner, but none were found, many criticized your dad for chasing after a legend" Ikutsuki continued "He even when to all Soda Joints in Tokyo just to seek out a devil summoner, but none were found"
"You went to Shin-Sekai? The old man there loved me, give me a discount from time to time" Shinkai said, now on the sofa, making himself comfortable again
"But now, one has shown up at our door step for no reason at all. What a turn of event" Mitsuru finally rose her voice, her eyes haven't left Shinkai for a second "Tell me! Why are you here?" even though it's a question, it sounded more of a command
"I think we both know why, my dear" he smiled at her and picked up Yomi and started petting her again
"The Dark Hour have been on for 10 years now! Why are you here now? Why not then?" the was fire in her eyes, metaphorically of course, that demand answer
"I simply didn't care back then. I thought the agents of Yatagarasu must have sent an agent to resolve it. Guess I was wrong"
"Are you saying that you not with the Agent of Yatagarsu?" Ikutsuki looked at the man with great interest, 'maybe he can be use' that properly what the sly man must be thinking.
"Not really, I'm more of an independence branch. Not all the devil summoners are under the Crow."
"That only answered half of my question. Why are you here now?" Mitsuru asked, correction, demanded again
"Why I am here now is none of your concern, just know that I'm here to help" he pause to look at the clock "or maybe, don't know anything sound better in my head. Would you look at the time, it quite late now, you should go to bed. You have school tomorrow, yes? It's been fun talking to you guys. But in the morning, none of you will remember this" he let go of Yomi and with a flash of light, standing in the hall is no longer a cat but a beautiful woman with white hair cat ears on top of it, she wore a plain white kimono with a black obi.
"Show off" Shinkai remark was quickly reward with a death glare but she ignored him and continued
"Sorry, nothing personal" she held her hand forward, a pink energy started to form around it. Three out of four quickly grabbed the gun that have been hidden the hold time but before they can pull it out, they felt blades at their throat. Behind them were two skeletons with two swords on each hand, and both at their neck
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You see, demons don't like being seen, that why they conceal themselves. You see demon every day, you just don't aware of their existence. Only people who can utilize the MAG in their blood can see them, and attract them at the same time. We are magnet that attract all the demon around us, such a prize to be a devil summoner. You see Poltergeist because I expose him to you, or more like I told him to expose himself. That's why you can't see those Turdaks, I have them at their neck the moment we met. Just to be sure."
"Damn it!" Akihiko cursed while looking at the blade at his neck and curse himself for being so careless "How can I not see this coming?"
"I've just explained it. Trust me, it's a bliss. Also, I warned you, didn't I? I told you that I would erase your memories after our little Q&A time, and I saw no objection. What? You think I was bluffing?" he started laughing but his laughter was cut short by the irritated Nekomata's glare
"Why do you need our memories erase anyway? We can help you, you know?" The brown hair girl looked at him with puppy eyes, try to persuade him
"That trick won't work on me girl! I erasing your memories for your own sake, don't want a sidekick who can't see demon running around and get hurt by my carelessness. As they all said, ignorance is bliss. Now close your eyes and let get this over with" he made a mock weeping gesture which irritate Yomi even more
"Would you please shut up! I'm trying to concentrate here, or do you want to forget about yourself again?" she yelled at him and turned her aim toward him
"Please don't! One time is enough, I really don't want that to happened again" he held both his hands up in defeat "The last thing I want is to find myself in bed with an old hag"
"How dare you!" She dismissed the energy and ice started forming at her fingertip
"Wait! Let's not be hasty here! Let's talk this out okay! I'm sorry, Ok?" he started panicked and started backing toward the door
"Go to hell" and with a flash of light, Shinkai is no more, what's left is an ice sculpture that look like him
"With the dork out of the way, maybe we can talk peacefully" she waved her hand, gestured the two Turdaks to lower their weapons.
After the blades were gone, the two of them appeared next to her, standing with their swords crossed their chest like her bodyguard "Come here and sit down! Don't be shy!" she gestured them to sit down and took a seat herself. After a few moments of hesitation, they moved toward the sofa and sat down as well.
"Before we proceed, why don't you all introduce yourselves. The only person I know are Miss Kirijo here, and I don't even know her very well." even though her voice is calm and warm, the tension in the air did not disappear. They sat and stared at each other for a minute or so, before Akihiko take the risk and rose his voice.
"Let me go first. My name is Akihiko Sanada. I'm a third years at Gekkoukan Highschool, and the captain of the boxing team" the grey hair teen introduced himself quite proudly if she may say
"I'm Yukari Takeba. I'm a second years at Gekkoukan Highschool" the brown hair girl introduced herself as well but she seemed reluctant to do so
"My name is Mitsuru Kirijo, i suspect that you may have already known. I'm a third years at Gekkoukan Highschool just like Akihiko. It's a pleasure making your acquaintance." The red head introduced herself as well, quite formally indeed.
"And I'm Shuji Ikutsuki, I'm no student, you see. I'm the school chairman" and lastly the middle-age man introduce himself as well "We also have a new transfer student, but he still sleeping"
"Thank you. Now, you ask why we are here now, yes?" she turned her attention to Mitsuru "he wouldn't admit if you ask him but we are here for a reason, an actual reason, not the one he have in his mind. 10 years ago, an explosion took placed here, yes? It had created the phenomenon you known as the Dark Hour.
Back then, it was nothing, just the day have an extra hour. The demons still stay the same, no changes in power like we feared. That's why we didn't care about it, we'd thought that the Crow would eventually solve this. But...
Recently, there have been a disruption."
"A disruption?" they looked at her, confusing as hell
"Yes, a change. The demon in this area become more active, and they have become stronger as well. We're here to investigate"
"Investigate? Who sent you?"
"No need to be alert, my dear. We're here because of no one. This disruption, the Crow haven't feel it yet for it still very weak, but 'he' sense something was wrong, so we're here" she gestured her hand at the block of ice "you see, he has a larger amount of MAG in him than anyone in the world when he was born, which made him very sensitive to demons and power. Eventually, the Crow will sent an agent here if this disruption grow, and if we're lucky, a Kuzunoha. In the meantime, we'll tried our best to help"
"Why are you telling us this?" Mitsuru pondered, this is not something you would casually tell other people
"No need to hide from me, girl. You're far from being normal. I can feel the power inside you and he can too. I'm telling you this because I hope that you would aid us in the day to come, and in return, we'll help anyway we can. Is that okay, dear?" she rose her voice a bit, not for the front row, but for the soaked man behind them
"I really don't want to drag them into this mess, but moral help would be appreciated. But then again, Succubus already provide great moral help such a—" he didn't get to finish he sentence as a block of ice hit him right on his forehead, knocking him unconscious. Yomi didn't even try to hide that she shot that ice at him.
"Then we have a deal?" she looked at them hopefully while offering a glowing handshake. After a while, Mitsuru reached out and shook her hand, seal the agreement "Then the deal is seal! You must know that our kind took deals very seriously, we won't break it, I certainly hope the same goes for you. Now let's us all rest, the night is late and you will need some rest for the next day. May I asked if you have any spare room we can stay in?"
"Yes, we do actually, Yukari will help see you to your room" Mitsuru turned to Yukari and gave her the directions
"Yes… Yes follow me, please!" she started making her way toward the stairs, gesturing them to follow her.
She stood up, picked up the suitcase and gestured the two Turdaks to carry the unconscious Shinkai and started to follow Yukari. As they disappeared into the shadow, Mitsuru let out the breath she didn't know she was holding
"To actually meet a demon and a devil summoner! I think I might go crazy." Akihiko joked as he dropped himself onto the sofa with a thud "So what do you think about them?"
"She seemed reasonable enough, he on the other hand, can prove the be quite troublesome" she still have her eye fixed to the top of the staircase where the pair disappeared "however, I can't shake off the feeling that they haven't told us everything"
"I'm just glad we have another helping hand" he sighed and continued "This time from a professional it seems"
"Now, now" Ikutsuki clapped his hands to bring those two back to reality "There is no use pondering over that now. You have school tomorrow, right? Time for bed". He stood up and made for the door as he bid Akihiko and Mitsuru good night. This going better than I planned, a devil summoner will sure boost things up a sly smile appear on his face as he disappeared into the night.
"This is his room" Yukari stop at the end of the 2nd floor hall "Just throw him on the bed and get on with it" at Yukari's instruction, the two Turdaks open the door and threw him at the bed like a basketball, of course they missed by miles and he landed flat on his face while they high fiving "I didn't mean it literary. And don't act like you did it well, you missed" they just looked at each other and then looked back at her and shrugged. Yomi, however, was laughing hysterically. Yukari on the other hand was trying her best not to laugh, but after a while, Yukari gave up and started laughing as well. They kept on laughing for a minute straight before eventually stopped.
"Now… follow… me! I'll… show… you… your… room" Yukari tried her best to talk while catching her breath and gestured them to follow her
"My room? Why do I need a room? I'm not sleep with him?" Yomi just looked at her with a dumbfound look on her face
"Of course not! He's boy and you're a woman, don't you afraid that he might goes wild on you while you were most defenseless?"
"Don't worry my girl. It is I who you need to be worry about going wild!" an alluring smile creeped onto her face "He's all talk but no bite. But if it makes you feel any better, I can do this" she turned toward the Turdaks and instructed them something. The Turdaks enter the room and a scream broke out
"Unhand me! I summoned you! Not her! Damn it woman, stop treating me like an- Hey! That's hurt! Stop it! SSTTOOPP-!" the rant went on for a minute before finally stop and it was replaced with mumble sound. Yukari gather her courage and looked inside the room. It was terrifying, Shinkai had now been strip and perfectly wrap in 3 layers of blanket like a sushi, with a piece of cloth in his mouth to stop him from talking.
"Better?" a creepy smile appeared on Yomi face
"Do you really need to strip him?"
"It was a beautiful sight" she let out a long satisfying breath and revealed the camera she has been hiding under her sleeves "And a perfect blackmail material"
"You scared me" Yukari looked at the smiling woman wearily. She bid Yomi and the Turdaks good night and returned her room, too tired to think.
He woke up as the first light of the sun enter his room, eyeing around him. He spotted Yomi was sleeping next to him in cat form and at the door were 2 Turdaks, who appeared to be sleeping, leaning on each other. With all his strength, he spited the cloth in his mouth right at one of the Turdaks head, waking it up. Signal one to untie him, and one to move Yomi away, careful enough not to wake her up. He started to get dress as soon as he escaped, silently thanks the two Turdaks and dismiss them back into the tubes. Open the suitcase, he took out a pen and a piece of paper, and put the paper neatly on the table. Using his MAG as the ink, the writing will be invisible to naked eyes, but not to her. He quickly grabbed his suitcase and exit the room, quiet enough so that Yomi would not wake up. He quickly made his way down the hall, and to his surprise, he found Mitsuru sitting on the sofa, reading.
"Good morning, did you sleep well?" she nodded at him politely, closing the book on her hand. He can almost not notice the dark circle under her eyes if he had not looked closely.
"I did. But the same can't be said to you, it seems." He set down his suitcase and took a seat opposite to her
"Am I that easy to read?" she let out a light chuckle "Anyway, are you heading out now? I'm about to head to school myself, do you want to accompany me?"
"I am, in fact, heading for your school. So yes, I'll be glad to" he accepted her offer with a light nod
"ç'est magnifique, let us be on our way" she put the book inside her bag and walked for the door, he followed right after.
"I'm surprise that you don't have your own private driver" he rose his voice after 5 minutes of total awkward silence which earned him a light chuckle from her
"I decide that I need to exercise more. But also, because I want to talk to you" and then they keep on walking, silently.
"You are not very good at this talking thing, are you?" he rose his voice again after another 5 minutes of total awkward silence. Stole a quick glance at her face, he can see it redden up from embarrassment, but it quickly disappeared.
"I'm really sorry, I just don't know how to start a conversation" she talked in a quite calm voice, which impress how she able to hold her composure "I'll be blunt, why are you here?"
"Yomi already told you guys, we're here to investigate."
"What is this disruption you speak of?"
"I don't know, that's why I'm here, to find and fix it before things get out of control"
"Why are you heading for our school?" this is the question she has been longing to ask
"There is a great deal of demonic power coming from your school. I don't know why, but I'll find out soon enough" his answered made her jumped, maybe because of…"I also want to look around a bit. Don't worry, once we're inside the school campus. You won't be able to see me"
"I don't understand? How am I not being able to see you after we enter the school?" his statement pique her interest
"Demon don't like being see, so they conceal themselves. If a demon can, so can I."
"You said that yesterday too. Do you really mean that there are demons all around us?" the thought alone terrified her
"Not all around but yes…" he paused for a second before his eyes focus on something "Look at that lamppost, concentrate, and you'll see" she looked at skeptically, but did what he said nonetheless. As she focused her eyes to the lamppost, what she saw terrified her. On the lamppost, there was a small figure, almost of a child, with scale for the skin and some sort of tiny demon wings on his back. What he was doing is very graphical, he's literary eating the whole lamppost with his shiny sharp teeth
"W-Wh-What is that?" she stuttered, trying to find her voice
"That is a gremlin, his kind is the answer for the 'unexplainable' machinery break down. Car stop working, washing machine won't work, computer won't turn on. Sometime it's because of them, sometime it's just the machine fault" she noticed the gremlin had stopped eating and now staring at them "Advert your eyes! When I said demon hate being observe, they really do." But it was too late, the gremlin quickly went frenzy and started charging at them. In a moment of fear, Mitsuru close her eyes.
*BANG*
"A gunshot?" she opened her eyes again and look at the demon in front of her, now a lifeless corpse. She started to look around to find the shooter, but ultimately shock when she saw the man behind her holding a 44' magnum in his hand, smoke still coming out of it
"This is why I tried not to drag you guys into this, but it's too late now" he sighed and hided his gun inside his jacket "But we delay long enough, let's proceed" and with that, they continued their walk until they reached Gekkoukan High, total awkward silence between them "This is where we must say goodbye. I'll be one my way, please try not to look for me while you at school or you might encounter something you really don't want to see" he bided her farewell at the school gate and vanished.
"This school is really big" he looked around in awe as he entered the main hall, there is student everywhere, and amidst them, Demons. Suddenly, a certain blue caught his eyes. There stood a boy, with deep blue hair cover one of his eyes, his grey eyes look so plain but at the same time, Shinkai can't took his eyes of it. He stood there next to a familiar figure whom he met yesterday, Yukari is her name, or so he recalled. He looked so distracted, he didn't seem to pay any attention to the girl next to him. There something about that boy that resemble Death itself, but Shinkai can't seem to figure out, like something, or someone, is blocking from looking further into the boy. After a while, the boy left the main hall and headed for the left corridor. "Wai—" before he could raise his voice, an enormous demonic power surge threw him.
He started looking around cautiously, but the power disappeared almost immediately. The school bell rang, and everyone rushed for their class. As the school ground became empty, he started his investigation. There are a lot of demons in this school, from Ukobach to Anzu. They're everywhere in the school, but all seem so docile. As he treaded through the school ground, none of the demon try to attack him, they just looked at him, then returned to whatever they been doing. He approached the corridor lead to the gym when he was stop by a hooded figure
"Hee-ho, stop" that figure is a Jack Frost with a hoodie "Who would cross the Corridor of Death must answer me these questions three. Hee, Ere the other side he sees, ho"
"Ask me the question, corridor-keeper, I'm not afraid"
"What… is your name?"
"Shinkai Taichou"
"What… is your quest?"
"I seek the source of the demonic power of this place"
"What… is your favorite color?"
"Black"
"Right, off you go"
"Oh, thank you" and the corridor-keeper vanished right in front of him, or maybe he was just hiding behind the door, we'll never know. As Shinkai crossed the corridor, he noticed a tree, standing all alone in the garden, it looked so normal, yet demonic power surged out from it. So much negative feeling coming from that tree he can feel hatred in the air. So much hatred run through him, he would properly go mad if he stayed any longer. As he approached the tree, his instinct screamed for him to run, run away as fast as possible if he wanted to live. Each step he took, the power got stronger. It's like the tree is trying to scared him away
"A Jubokko? In the school ground? It seems this school have more mystery than I thought." He stopped right in front of the tree. The demonic power coming from it is undeniable, this is a Jubokko, a vampire tree. But why would such a tree here in the school ground? How much blood did it take to become this strong? So many questions running through in his mind, but none he has an answer for. After study the tree for a few minutes, he walked away, for the school bell just rang, and it would be unwise to fight such powerful demon when there are students everywhere
"Poltergeists! Come" three Poltergeists appeared by his command "Keep an eye on this tree, try and keep the students away from it, won't you? I'll have candies ready for you when you get back, so don't be too playful and forget your duty, okay?"
"You got it, Boss" one of the Poltergeist (Somehow has found an officer hat) stepped up and do a salute "We'll guard this tree with our lives, figuratively" with that said, the three of them flew into a nearby bush and giggle started coming from it. He sighed and headed toward his original destination, the gym. The school gym is a very big and spare space, sport equipment scattered all over the place. Picked up a shinai, he felt a sense of nostalgia wash through him. Setting down his suitcase, he brought up the sword and quickly get used to it. He started swinging it, horizontally then vertically, each move connected with the other. Just like the good old time a small smile creeped its way onto his face.
"Excuse me" a timid female voice rang from behind him "Is anyone there?"
"Someone can see me?" he asked himself in disbelief, she wasn't supposed to see him. Only demons can see him and… "Devil summoners" he murmured. He turned around to face the girl that called out to him. Stood there at the door, was a girl with short teal color hair. Even though she called out to him, she doesn't seem to see him, for she was still spinning around, looking for the source of the voice.
"I can feel you. So please come out!" the girl pledged him one more time. The girl can sense me, but can't see me, this is interesting
"Aren't you supposed to be in class by now" he might as well chat with her a bit, he's getting lonely "You shouldn't skip class, you know?"
"I'm not skipping class, it is break time. Now please come out" and she repel weakly, this girl have claws, well tiny claws but still, claws. Most people would leave by now, but this one is quite brave. But then, not every day you get to talk with an invisible devil summoner "I know you there. Please come out!"
"Alright" he made himself visible again, which made the girl jumped as she saw a man appeared out of thin air "You have a quite strong sense there, girl. Perhaps the 7th one? Women instinct, they called it?"
"W-W-Where d-did y-y-you c-c-come f-from?" is she shaking out of fear, or excitement, he couldn't tell. But the girl looked like she about to pass out
"I've always been here" he jested "but you're the first one to caught me"
"What do you mean you always here?" the girl still seem a little panic, but somehow still be able to hold her composure
"I meant what I said" he shrugged "Now girl, tell me. Do you feel them as well" he looked at her with great interest. She seemed to have some MAG leaking out from her, but it's so weak, like a disable Ukobach, and a very weak one too.
"Them who?" she looked at him with open eyes, not understand what the weird was saying
"Them! All around us! Do you feel it?" he must have looked like a mad man now "Lurking there at the corner of your eyes. Always there but at the same time not there. Do you feel it?"
"You scared me" the girl took and few steps back "I'm calling the security"
"No need for that young lady, I'll be on my way soon enough" he fixed his hat and picked up his suitcase "Just one more question. Why are you here?"
"I-I-I…" she can't seem the find the word "I don't know. I just have the urge to come here, by some unexplainable desire" Interesting, the girl was drawn here by my MAG, perhaps? Or she just here by coincidence
"Thank you, young lady. And do be careful, these are crazy day" he tipped his hat and vanished, leaving the girl standing there with a dumbfound look on her face
"Oi, Fuuka" a voice called to her snapped her back to reality "You don't think you can just left us like that, do you?"
"Moriyama-san!" realizing the source of the voice, she started to panic as three girls approached her "I'm sorry. I'm just…"
"I'm not here to listen to excuse" That girl Moriyama have the most arrogance look on her face "If you really sorry, then you will buy lunch for us all"
"B-B-But I just bought you lunch yesterday. My allowance…" And she a bully as well. Can't have enough of her kind these day
"But we're friends, right?" Oh! The 'friends' card, that's a low blow "that what friends for. Beside, didn't you say you're sorry? This is your punishment for leaving us"
"O-Okay" And she bought that? God this is so irritating the more he looked at those girls from the rooftop, the more irritated he get. Slowly reached inside his jacket, he pulled out…
"Great" she turned her head like a little b**** "Let's go gi—" before she could finish her sentence, water started pouring down upon them (spare for Fuuka) "Whe-Where did that come from?"
"Moriyama-san, are you alright?" Fuuka asked with her timid voice, only to earned a glared from them
"Of course not, you air head. I'm soaked! UGHHH! I'll have to change now, and quick" and with that the three girls ran away, quite furiously while cursing about killing whoever did that
"Did you do that?" Fuuka asked nobody, or maybe, someone "That was very mean"
"You're too good my girl" he gave her a light chuckle before appeared before her again "Take the fight back to them, won't you?"
"Who are you?" she asked him the most importance question, the one he has been waiting for
"Someone you shouldn't have meet" he slowly put his hand inside his jacket and pulled out his gun "Now, let's have those memories of yours erase"
"What?!" she looked at him with feared "Please don't kill me"
"It'll only hurt a bit, and you won't remember a thing" he loaded a Charm bullet in "Now close your eyes and let's get this over with" he brought the gun up her forehead and…
*Scratch*
"AAHHH! Why the face? Why always the face?" Fuuka opened her eyes again and found the man in front of her rolling on the ground, screaming while holding his face. Standing next to him was a white cat, who is clearly the one responsible for the scratch
"You moron! What are you doing?" Did that cat just talked? This is really confusing "You can't just shoot a girl in the head like that"
"But she saw me" he… cried?
"That's because you made yourself visible to her. What the hell on earth were you thinking?"
"I-I-I…" he seemed to be lost for words
"I'll not listen to excuses. Now girl" Fuuka literary jumped when the cat looked at her "Just forget all of this. Not like anyone going to believe a story about talking cat and invisible man, but do try to keep it for yourself, okay?"
"Y-Y-Yes mam" the cat have the point, who on earth would believe a story like that
"Good" she seemed satisfying "we'll be on our way" and with that, the pair disappeared. Leaving Fuuka with the most dumbfound expression on her face
"What the hell where you thinking, leaving me behind?" Yomi have changed into her human form and haven't stopped her scowling for 5 minutes now. Sometime she amazed him by her abilities to speak for a very long time before catching breath
"You look so cute when you were sleeping. I couldn't bring myself to wake you up" Suddenly, she felt blood rushed to her face. Quick as a lightning, turned away from him, hide her flushing face
"Don't think flattery can save you this time" hiding her face, she held up a piece of paper 'going to Gekkou to investigate, please have dinner ready when I get back'
"Well, have you?"
"Of course, I haven't, who do you think I am, your…" she suddenly pause and flushed at the thought Wife? I can't say that, it is embarrassing
"Mom? Grandma?" and he ruined the moment. The redness on her face quickly disappeared. She suddenly squatted down, much to his surprise, her hand suddenly burst into flame
"YOU IDIOT" a perfect shoryuken to the chin sent him flying for the stars
"NNNNAAAAAANNNNNNNIIIIII?" his words echo through the air until there is nothing
"Anyway, what did you find?" she asked after he had landed
"Apart from the enormous amount of demons and a giant Jubokko in the garden, nothing much"
"Yes, I se… What? There's a giant Jubokko?" she looked at him with disbelief
"Yes…" He continued explaining to her the situation while they as they kept on walking "And that's all I have"
"A strange boy with blue hair, a girl who attracted to your MAG and a Jubokko. Today morning seem eventful" she summarized what he said and let the information seep into her mind. A mysterious blue hair boy, a girl with leaking MAG, and a Jubokko who apparently is very strong. Let out a sigh, she looked at him "What do you intend to do?"
"Nothing at the moment" his answer didn't surprise her much. Knowing him, he would properly need more time to look into it
"The sooner we solve this the better, especially the demon. We don't want anyone to die because of our carelessness" like her…
"Never again" somehow had him saying that made her much more comfortable
"Where are we headed?" she finally noticed that they have been walking for 5 minutes straight
"We need information…" he paused and looked at her "Who would be better than the soon-to-be Student Council's President?"
"Who?" her question earn her a sigh from him
"That was a rhetorical question"
"I know that" her face started to redden up "I mean who are you referring to?"
"Our dear Mitsuru of course" he stopped in front of the student council room "she practically own the school, and a little bird told me that she currently running for the President title and she is on the lead, a very long lead compare to her opponent" he entered the student council room and take the middle seat "They already call her the President. Quite arrogance, don't you think?"
"Why are we here, then? She not the president yet, so why would she come here?" she tried to point out the flawed in his plan but he just laughed it off
"I sent a Jack Frost to leave her a message a few moment ago. She'll be here soon" he soon to realize a flaw in his plan and stopped laughing "Assuming he know the way, or remember the message at all"
"I wouldn't count on that if I were you"
"God, how could I be this stupid? ..."he face palmed"He has properly stolen a uniform and called himself Gekkou Frost by now. I should have sent a Mokoi, at lease he might get the job done"
"Might?"
"Well, admit it, he's not the brightest kid, either"
"Brighter than you, in my opinion" she mocked him but he promptly ignored it. He just hope that Jack finished his task and doesn't get distracted while doing it.
"Hee-ho, I'm back" the door burst open and two figure stepped in. Mitsuru looked at him wearily while Jack Frost, now in a Gekkoukan uniform, just be cheerful as always "Mission Hee-ho Complete"
"What's the urgent bussiness?" she looked at him, quite angry "Couldn't we talk later? I'm in middle of a class right now."
"We could, but I'd rather we talk now" he placed both his arms on the desk, intertwined his hands into a net and rested his head on hit "There's a big problem with this school"
"Couldn't you just tell him to tell me? You don't need to call me here" she pointed at a distracted Jack Frost, who didn't even pay attention to the conversation
"Him? You kidding me? His little head cannot withhold too much information at the same time. It took him 30 minutes to get you and he's now wearing a uniform" he pointed at Jack Frost who, apparently, have found a wig "Beside, I want to talk to you personally, it'll be easier. Don't worry about your absence, I'll sent an Alp to alter their memories later"
Somehow hearing him say that made her very uncomfortable. If he can easily alter people memories and vision, he can almost be non-existence, and that thought alone is scary. Hesitantly, she took a seat opposite to him "Very well then, I'm all ears"
"First thing first, your school is a demon's nest" his statement brought chill down her spine. A demon's nest? How? Why? "Secondly, there's a very powerful Jobokko in the garden"
"A what?"
"A Jubokko, a vampire tree. The tree is grown by human blood"
"And it's in our school garden? How? Nonetheless, we must destroy it"
"I agree, but I wanted to look into it a bit first. I want to know why it is there? Did someone planted it? Where did the blood come from? I want to know it all" he looked at her in the eyes "and I'm gonna need you"
"Me?" Mitsuru seemed to genuinely surprise "What do you need me for?"
"Information" a smirk creeped up his face "You technically own the school, so you must have access to the school files and 'restrictions'. All I want to know is: have there been any missing case lately?". She looked at him wearily and started thinking. After a minute or so, she remembered something
"Not recently, but 4 years ago, something happened" she recalled the school most infamous case and scandal "25 girls missing in three month and never to be found again, if I recalled correctly. I'll get you all the information i can get my hand on after school"
"Thank you! And sorry for the trouble" he nodded at her and stood up, pulled out a tube "Alp! Come!". To his command, a young woman with a playful smile and a devil tail appeared.
"Shinkai, dear! You haven't called me for a while now! Did you forget about me" she started touching his face while floating around him, but stopped when she notice the angry-looking Yomi next to him "If it isn't the cat? Still as grumpy as usual, I see"
"And you still as slu—" Yomi shot back but was disrupt by Shinkai
"Ladies! Not now!" he held his hand up, signal them to stop "Alp! I need to ask you a favor! Can you follow Mitsuru there and help her with her 'memory' problem?"
"You really don't have to" the thought of erasing one's memories terrified her "I'm sure I'll figure something out"
"Please, I'm insist! Now off you go" he turned to face Alp "Thank you"
"Anything for you, sugar!" she kissed him on his cheek and looked at Yomi challengely, then flew off ahead of Mitsuru
"You really don't need to do this" Mitsuru insist
"This is my duty. My action had made a great impact on your reputation, and i'd like to see that remove. I'll do it whether you like it or not" he looked at Mitsuru with warm and caring eyes "I'll see you back at the dorm" he bided Mitsuru farewell and vanished along with Yomi, not giving her a chance to talk back. Helplessly, Mitsuru let out a sigh and return to her class, hoping for the worst
"What about me, hee-ho?" and so Gekkou Frost was left there all alone, afraid but this is also the beginning of a new adventure. Stay tune for "Everyday school life with Gekkou Frost" next week
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Author:WAIT A MINUTE! THIS CHAPTER CAN'T END LIKE THIS!
Jack(Gekkou) Frost:Why can't it? Hee-ho. It's my story
Author:THIS IS NOT YOUR STORY!
Jack(Gekkou) Frost: It isn't, hee-ho?
Author:No! This is Shinkai's story!
Jack(Gekkou) Frost: That guy blows any way, hee-ho. I'm much better than him
Author:You're not
Jack(Delinquent) Frost: You wot, hee-ho? Wanna come at me, hee-bruh?
Author: *sigh* let's continued with the story
"That was weird"
"What was?" she looked at him with corcern
"It felt like something missing, did you feel it?"
"No, I didn't. What missing?"
"Nevermind... Wait!? When did we get back to the dorm?" Shinkai looked around him, he felt like he just woke up from a long dream
"About an hour ago? What? Is something wrong" she asked with even more concern
"Nothing. Just a little headache, damn those sake!" he cursed under his breath
"What?"
"Nothing!"
"Would you like some tea, it cured headache"
"Yes, please" stood up, she quickly grab the tea pot and started making some tea for him. Had a quick looked at the window, he saw that the sky has already turned orange. Let out a sigh, he let himself slide down the sofa into a more comfortable position. The TV is on but there is nothing interesting about it. Grabbed for the remote, he quickly turned it off and slide even further down the sofa.
"Bored?" Yomi asked with a plate and two cups of tea. She put one down for Shinkai and the sat down next to him, grabbed one for her own as well
"Very~~!" he stressed the final sound to make it more dramatic "I can literary die right now"
"Then read a book, it'll sure kill efficiently" not a bad suggestion, if he may say. Reading books helps relieve stress, kill time efficiently and increase one knowledge as well
"Not interesting" he promptly refuse "I not really need a book right now" and with that, they returned to the deadly silence
"How about some music to lighten up the mood" an excellence suggestion, if he may say
"So, what do you have in mind?"
"A duet? You still have that Karaoke machine, right?"
"Sure! Why not?"
"I'm bac—" Akihiko was cut off by the sound of music
Beat the twisted evil things
Just do it, go for it.
Never...—
"What the-?" Shinkai was rapping furiously while Yomi hit every note perfectly "Where did that Karaoke Machine come from?"
"I… bought it?" they paused and looked at each other "Wanna join?"
"Sure! Why not?" he shrugged and took the mike
"I'm ba—" Yukari was cut off by the music
You, you got what I need but you say he's just a friend
But you say he's just a friend
"Is that a Karaoke machine?" Akihiko, Yomi and Shinkai was having a perfect duet "Where did that come from?"
"I… found it?" he, Yomi and Akihiko just shrugged "Wanna join?"
"Sure! Why not?" she shrugged and grabbed the mike
"I'm bac—" Mitsuru was cut off by the music
Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all... yeah!
"What the—" Akihiko and Yukari was having a duet while Shinaki just dance like a mad man, Yomi somehow is lying flat on her face "Where did that Karaoke machine come from?"
"I… stole it?" they just looked at each other and shrugged "Wanna join?"
"No" well that was quick.
"Sorry guys, party over" he announced to the other participants
"Aww man!" Akihiko whined "Let's do that again sometime, maybe next time with Shinji?"
"Yeah that was unexpectedly fun" Yukari said while fixing her hair "Let's do that again sometime."
"You still haven't answered me where did you get that Karaoke machine?" Mitsuru looked at him with eyes that demand answer immediately
"It's a secret" he just grinned and push the Karaoke machine to the corner of the hall and put a sheet over it. She sighed and handed a case file over to him while he just looked at it "What's that?"
"It's everything I can get about the case 4 years ago. You might want to look over that" His happy face quickly disappeared and replaced by a grim one. He slowly took the case file from her. He could tell by looking at it that there isn't much to dig up, but it may prove worth a while.
"Thank you. I'll look into it" he nodded at her, and quickly open it
"What are you guys talking about?" Akihiko approach almost made him Shinkai "You look all so grimy"
"Apparently "he took a look at the files "We have a serial killer on our hand"
"WHAT!" they both looked at him with surprise "What do you mean by 'serial killer'?"
"It's only a theory" he showed them the files, which is the name of the missing girls "Someone kill these girls and use their blood to feed the Jubokko"
"Jubokko? What is that" Akihiko almost bit his tongue trying to pronounce that
"It's basically a demon that grown by human blood" he explained while looking through all the name "Google it"
"So what do we do now?" Akihiko gritted his teeth and sat down furiously "We can just let it be, right?"
"No, but I have to looked into it first" he pushed all the files back inside the file case and close it "for now, please have patience!"
"Patience?! How I can be patience when there is a serial killer running around the school ground?! How can you be so calm" he went all out at him while Shinkai just stood there and took it
"Akihiko!" Mitsuru intervened "I know you're not comfortable with this and neither do I, but he's the professional here, there's nothing we can do
"Fine" Akihiko accepted reluctantly "You're the professional here"
"Don't worry about the tree. I have demons watching over it" he smiled and eased their mind "should there be any changes, we'll know!"
"Somehow hearing you say that make me much for comfortable" Akihiko just sighed "I just hope that you'd solve this problem as soon as possible"
"I will! You have my words!" he turned happy again "Now, there is no use gloomy over that. Is dinner ready?"
"Hold your horses. I'm making it" Yomi had waked up at some point and already making dinner with Yukari help
"You're really good at this Yomi-san! Can you teach me?" Yukari looked with awe as Yomi skillfully sliced open the chicken breast with a knife
"Of course! Look closely, my dear!" and she literary started dancing with the knife.
"Oh, you're back!" someone entered the hall while he was not looking. Turning around, he saw the exact blue hair boy at the school that morning. The boy just nodded at Mitsuru and walked pass her and up the stairs "That's Minato Arisato. He's the new transfer student we told you about. He's a little quite though"
"I see" an exciting smile creeped up his face "I can't wait to get to know him"
"One more thing" Akihiko approached Shinkai "I'm patrolling the street tonight, wanna come? It'd be fun to have a training partner"
"Patrol? For what?" he looked at him with open eyes
"Shadow outside Tartarus"
"Now you just lost me" he said with a deadpan and looked at Mitsuru
"I'll explain it tonight" somehow, he has a feeling that he's not going to like that
"Let me see if I got this right. Each night at 12 o'clock, the Dark Hour appear, and with it a tower. That tower is basically the shadow's nest and coincidently, it's yours school. Is that right?" after dinner, they spent haft an hour explaining the situation to Shinkai and Yomi, who doesn't have a clue what they were saying
"That's the gist of it"
"Shadow are creature of the Dark Hour and the cause of Apathy Syndrome, they feed on human souls and turn them into an empty husk" he continued "And you fight them by shooting yourself in the head with you gun, I mean, Evoker?"
"I don't know about the 'soul' part but yeah"
"And you have been fighting it for what now, 10 years?" he really admire their effort
"Not us, the Kirijo group have been fighting them for 10 years. We're just a branch" Mitsuru explained further more
"I think I understand" he dropped his head and started thinking "Maybe that why your school is demon infested. If these shadows really what you tell me they are, then we're in a big trouble"
"What do you mean by that?" she looked at him wearily "if they are who we tell you they are?"
"To sustain their physical form, demon must feed on MAG, or Magnetite. Magnetite is the by-product of the physical world and usually undetectable. Frankly, the richest source of Magnetite is human, or more specific, our souls. Now you see why demon so keen on the hold 'give me your soul' business, they craved for it and would do anything to have it. Most of the time they tricked human, but the lesser demon like Jack Frost take their daily MAG by the leaking"
"The leaking?"
"Unlike we adult, children cannot control their Magnetite, and sometime, they leaked it and attract the demons around them. That is why children are easily possessed by demons and sometime can see things we adult cannot see"
"What about us, do we have magnetite in us?" Akihiko asked with worried
"We all do. The difference between you and me is that I'm aware of it and able to use it, that's why I'm a devil summoner. Back to the topic. The shadows feed on human emotions, which practically their souls, and left them as an empty husk. That's mean there's a lot of Magnetite inside them"
"So, because our school turn into Tartarus at night, they attract the demon" Mitsuru silently curse her grandfather
"Yes. When I visit your school, I can almost feel the Magnetite in the air. The demons there were docile, but who knows what would they do if they were provoke. After all the MAG they've consumed, I wouldn't take the risk"
"Is there nothing we can do?" Akihiko clenched his fists tight
"The best idea is to get to the bottom of this and eliminate the root" he take a quick glance at the clock "And lucky for you, we're here to help"
"Your help will be much appreciated in the day to come" Mitsuru smiled at the paired
"Now, didn't you say you are going to patrol the street? Let's be off" he stood up and grabbed the suitcase and headed for the door, Yomi have already changed to cat form and already on his shoulder
Akihiko seemed to be lost in thought "Oh…! Yes! Let's" he stood up, grabbed his jacket and quickly made his way through the door
"Things just get worse and worse" Mitsuru sighed after they've left. She picked up a book and the clock stroke 12
"Have you ever wonder, If water turned to blood, would blood turned to water as well?" Shinkai trying to pick up a conversation
"Yes, I have" Shinkai genuinely surprise "I once asked Mitsuru do conduct an experiment, but she told me to use my own blood, so I gave up"
"Man, what a party popper" he suddenly remembered a story "There was one time, Yomi—" before he could continue, he felt a claw at his neck
"Don't talk of me like I'm not here, dear" she smiled at him, a creepy smile
"Y-Y-Yes…" his face went pale quickly "Anyway, have you ever-?!" he stopped and started looking around
"Have I ever what?" confused, Akihiko stopped as well and looked at his partner "What's going on?". Shinkai, however, did not answer, he held up his finger and pointed at a moving black spot that seemed to be moving at them
"What's that" he felt an enormous amount of MAG leaking out from that black thing
"It's… a shadow? Impossible, I have never seen a shadow as big as that outside Tartarus" Akihiko took a step back, frightened at the sight of a giant shadow. As the shadow get closer, he finally had a good look at the beast. It has no body, but more like multiple arms got tangled with each other. Each of its hand was holding a giant sword, expect for one holding a blue mask with the roman number 'I' on it.
"That's not the only thing you have to worry about boy" Yomi raise her voice, he can tell that she was afraid as well just by listening to her
"What do you mean?" Shinkai quickly open his suitcase and pulled out a pair of glasses with red frame and handed to Akihiko
"Put it on, it will help you see better" Akihiko nodded nervously and put it on, and what he saw terrified him. Alongside the shadow, there were demons. Those skeletons the other night, giant spider-like creatures, two-headed beasts, and a giant bird flying above it "Ukobach, Obariyon, Alp, Orthus, Turdaks, Tsuchigumo and Feng hue. He has an army with him"
"W-What do we do now? As much as I like training, I don't think I'm gonna come out of that alive" he smiled wryly
"You properly wouldn't. We run now!" he turned his heel and started running, Akihiko followed right behind him
"Mitsuru! Mitsuru! Can you hear me?" he yelled at the communicator
"I'm here Akihiko! What is it?"
"Prepare for battle, I have a giant Shadow and a demon army headed your way" he smiled excitedly. If Shinkai was a normal person, he would properly say that Akihiko is insane. But he wasn't, by any means, a normal person, for he was also grinning like a maniac
"I don't understand! Can you…" he turned his communicator off and increased his pace, Shinkai followed right behind him
"Not every day you get to fight for your life, right?" Shinkai asked while grinning
"Yeah, let's go all out tonight" Akihiko responded, also grinning like a maniac as they ran through the night
"You're here! Explain!" Mitsuru were waiting for them at the dorm entrance, holding a rapier in one hand
"We discovered a giant Shadow and a giant army of demon while patrolling" Akihiko talked while catching his breath
"And you drag them here?" she looked at him with a raised eyebrow
"We have no choice, they should be here any second now, be ready" Shinkai put both his hand inside his jacket and pulled out 2 revolvers, at the same time opening his suitcase revealing a case full out bullets, neatly arranged, Yomi changed into her human form and had all of her claws out, Akihiko took stance, and Mitsuru put up her sword
"Where is Yukari?" Yomi looked around, worryingly
"I had her take the new boy to safety"
"Here! Take this!" Shinkai pulled out another pair of glasses, this one have white frame and handed to Mitsuru "You'll need it to fight them" she quickly put it on and get ready as she saw something coming. Slowly, Shinkai pulled out 2 tubes and started chanting
"HERE THEY COME!" Akihiko yelled and all of them started charging at the demon
"Gozuki! Mezuki! Come" at his command, two giant demons emerged from the tubes. One with an ox head, and another with a horse head. The keepers of hell served as the vanguard as they charged through enemy with their axes, slaughtering everything that came near them, only to be stop by a giant Orthus. They quickly evaded the fireball coming from the Orthus mouth, and started to circle the Orthus, occasionally cut off the head of the Ukobach unfortunately enough to approach them.
*bang**bang**bang*
Gunshot after gunshot. Shinkai emptied another round of bullet onto a Tsuchigumo in front of him, causing it to collapse. Quickly grabbed and loaded a round of frost bullets, he sent every Ukobach and Alp in sight a gift, copper candies. Loaded a round of force bullets, he jumped to the left, evade an attack from a Tsuchigumo behind him, and emptied his gun onto it. Dusted the dust of his jacket and stood up, he loaded his gun again as another wave of demon approached
*thud*
Another demon fell to the fist of Akihiko, barely avoided the fire ball coming for his face, he sent the Ukobach an uppercut to the chin, dropped it dead. Sidestepped, he narrowly avoided the sword that was coming for his chest from a Turdak. Using the momentum, he launched a powerful punch at the demon, sending his head to the sky. Quickly grabbed his Evoker, he brought it up his forehead and pulled the trigger "Polydeuces!" a giant figure appeared in front of him. It has a long blonde hair and was wearing some kind of amour, his face was covered up, only his eyes visible. A big needle in place of its right hand "Dio!" to Akihiko command, the Greek hero roar, and thunder rain down upon his enemy. Akihiko quickly sheathed his Evoker and jumped back into the fray, grinning like a mad man.
*thud**thud*
Another demon fell to Mitsuru blade. She and Yomi standing back to back, killing all demon at sight. With a waved of hand, a pink energy flew off Yomi's hand into the horde, pushing them back. With another wave, Yomi command the charmed demon to attack their own kin and watched them killed each other. Mitsuru thrusted her sword forward, impaling an Alp that trying to flank Yomi when she not noticing. Yomi gave her a silent nod of gratitude and continued controlling her own demon army. Suddenly, an Ukobach jumped on her out of Mitsuru's reach. Gracefully, she stepped back and brought her claws up, sliced the demon into five. Behind her, Mitsuru evade another fireball aiming for her face, quickly grabbed her Ekoker, she brought it up her temper and pulled the trigger "Penthesilea". A woman gifure appeared in front of her, she was wearing some kind of noble attire with a piece of chest plate, her face was all covered up by a helmet, completed with a crown on the top. She wield a short sword on her right and a rapier on her left "Mabufu" by Mitsuru command, the Amazon queen brought up her sword, coldness started to gather around it. With a swing, she froze all enemies in front of her.
"There's a problem!" Shinkai yelled "The big Shadow and Feng Hue is not here"
"What do you mean?" Akihiko asked as he punched a demon brain out "Where are they?"
"I felt another presence on the rooftop" Shinkai replied while putting a bullet through a Turdaks skull "It could be them"
"Go ahead" Yomi yelled out to him "We'll hold them back here". Nodding at her, he grabbed his suitcase, quickly closed it and dash for the stairs. He pulled out a tube and started chanting
"Moh Shuvuu! Come!" a little girl in a hoodie emerged from the tube by his command
"Onii~~Chan! Are we going to play" she asked innocently
"Later! I need you to fly me to the top." he grabbed on to her
"Promise?" she looked at him with puppy eyes
"Yes! Now please hurry!" he panicked. A moment of delay can cost someone life. Moh Shuvuu giggled and spreaded her wings, or more like hair, and quickly, they ascend.
As they reached the top floor, he motioned her to followed him and kicked open the rooftop door. Floating there in front of him was the Feng Hue he been looking for, and right underneath it, the giant abomination of a shadow, moving toward the motionless blue hair boy. Looking to the right, he panicked to see Yukari lying there, motionless, while in front of him, the blue hair boy just stood still like a statue. Quickly pulled out another tube, he chanted
"Come! Yoshitsune!" a samurai appeared in front of him, with a sword in each of his hand "Delay them" by his command, the Japanese samurai charged at them pair while he and Moh Shuvuu rushed for Yukari. He quickly got on his knee and tried to check her pulse "She still breathing! Can you heal her?"
"You're overextend yourself, Onii-chan. You might die if you use more MAG" she warned him while looking at Yukari "She not worth it"
"Please! I begged you" his pledge must have been very bad, for Moh Shuvuu let out a sigh and moved next to Yukari, start healing her
"Heed my warning, Onii-chan" she looked at him with weary eyes "Or you may find Death knocking on your door"
"Thank you" he nodded and turned to Yoshitsune and the blue hair boy. Yoshitsune was trying his best to fight off two enemies at the same time. He quickly brought both his sword up to block a giant blade that was coming for him, but with one blade stopped, there still 20 coming for him. Jumping back to avoid having his chest impaled, he was greeted by a gust of wind from Feng Hue flung him toward the balcony. He quickly rolled to the left, evaded the flying sword for his head and stood up again, assuming his stance when 5 swords coming at him at the same time
"Sorry, boss. I tried my best" and his head was off. Quickly brought out his guns, Shinkai quickly emptied them onto the shadow, rounds after rounds. Jumped to the left, he narrowly avoided a flying sword coming at him, emptied another round on it. Jumped to the right, he avoided 2 swords at the same time, emptied another round. As he reloading, the shadow throw 5 swords at him at the same time, by instinct, he lied flat down, avoiding all 5, but he was not fast enough to evade a giant gust of wind come from below, flung him upward and hit the ground hard, coughing blood. Quick as a fox, he rolled to the left, avoid the blade that was aiming to impale him. As he tried to stood up, a hand smacked him in the side, sending him toward the wall. Shinkai was unable to move this time as the shadow approached to finish its business. Suddenly, he heard a roar, a monstrously roar. Looking up he saw a black figure floating above the blue hair boy. It wore an all-black outfit, up where a head should be, it was replace by a dragon-like helmet. Floating behind it, 8 coffins chained to each other form a circle around him like his shroud, or wings. Shinkai also noticed that on its right hand is a sword, a very big one. The monster roared again and charge forward, pinned the shadow down and ripped it apart in a matter of second. Before the Feng Hue able to cast Zan on it, it brought up his sword and sliced the bird head of with one swing. Holding the shadow's twitching arm in its hand, it squished it in the most gruesome way. The beast roared and disappeared into the night.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the blue hair boy screamed and collapsed onto the ground. With all his strength, he made himself stood up, and started moving toward the boy
"You're overextending youself, if you continued, you'll die" Moh Shuvuu called out for him from behind but he didn't care. He need to see the boy! Kneeling next to the unconscious boy, Shinkai can felt his own conscious fading and blood started coming out from his mouth and nose. A blue butterfly? His last thought before blacked out was about a blue butterfly in a dark and gloomy night.
And that is the real ending of the chapter, now it's time for
PROFESSOR JACK FROST
Prof Jack: Hello boys and girls, hee ho. My name is Professor Jack Frost and I have some usual fact for you hee-guy
Gozuki and Mezuki
Prof Jack: These guys are the guard man of the Chinese Hell, hee ho. You heard it right, only in China. How many hells are there in the world, you ask? Well, let's see (Open Wikipedia) ah yes, there is Tartarus, Yomi, Hell, Chinese Hell, Idian Hell, Norse Hell... In conclusion, there is a lot of hell. But i bet the Chinese one is the scariest, just looking at one of those guy face is nightmarish enough, am i rite? Hee-ho burn. Well, see you next time