Hey, Nightstress here. This is the second fanfic that i actaully typed o.o go me... seeing that i'm so lazy and slow with typing i'm very surprised i got this chapter typed in fast. Well :D;; this is basically gonna be like a re-write of the Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor game. Seeing that there is no offical name for the MC yet i have dubbed him Noh Takaya in my game. Before you say anything about P3 his last name was not intentional. At first it was Takayama but the game only let's you have 6 letters .;;; and i didn't really notice until like near the end of the 'day before; on the game ^ ^;; so it just stuck. *hopes that the name will spread :D;;;; kinda knows that that hope will fail* Anyways...seeing that this is the day before so nothing really happens... and it might be on the boring side a tad but i'm gonna make the 2nd chapter better seeing that there is not much i can do atm with this day. The pairing is Naoya x Noh with maybe some hints of Atsuro x Noh and Gin x Noh on the side? And lots of Demon Love :D;; Okay enough ranting you may read now. Oh and excuse my simple typing ^ ^;;; i was tired. Sorry for mistakes ._.

Disclaimer: SMT Devil Survivor does not belong to me.

Chapter 1 – Before it all

Noh nodded dazedly to whatever Yuzu was saying as they walked around waiting for Atsuro's call. He was really looking forward to meeting Naoya today, seeing for the past few weeks he seemed to be too busy to visit him. They ended up at Omotesando looking at some of the clothes in the window displays.

"Speaking of Aoyama…Hey, Noh…What time is t right now?" Yuzu asked. Noh snapped out of his daze to check his cell.

"It's 16:30." His mind suddenly remembered the email on the COMP.

"16:30, ugh… I was just thinking about that email in the COMP…" She shivered a bit remembering it.

"You know, the one about someone being attacked by a 'carnivorous beast'…"

Noh seemed to pale for a moment.

"Naoya lives over at Aoyama…maybe we should check over there just in case?" He suggested worriedly.

At the same moment, several police cars zoomed down the street, sirens wailing.

"Those police cars…They're heading towards Aoyama…"

Noh bit his lip getting a bad feeling from this.

"Ah…ahaha! There's no way that's email was true…but yeah maybe we should go check it out?"

"Let's go, then."

They ran over to the residential area in Aoyama as fast as they could. Looking they saw the police we're going to the building Naoya lives in. The police roped up the scene and a crowd of onlookers gathered around.

Naoya seemed to have just come and walked over to Noh and Yuzu.

Noh unconsciously let out a relieved sigh and hugged Naoya. Naoya was used to the normal greeting and loosely hugged back.

"Naoya…!?" Yuzu looked at him in surprise.

"…I'm surprised to see you, Noh. What are you here?" He asked smoothly while giving Noh a little pet on the head to release him.

"We were worried!"

Yuzu decided to step up too.

"Th-That's right! We thought something might have happened to you, Naoya!"

Naoya simply looked back at his apartment.

"…Oh, you mean the incident in the building."

"Of course that's what we mean! What's going on, anyways!? That weird email you made us read made us all jumpy!"

Looking back at Noh, Naoya gave his usual smirk.

"I see…You're right…Sorry about that. I didn't mean to frighten you. The person who was eaten was a student, like yourselves. He lived next door to me…"

"He was eaten…? No way! Is what that email said really true!? But, we got the email before the incident happened, so…Noh, what does this all mean!?" Yuzu exclaimed in shock.

Noh looked at Naoya suspiciously before answering. Something was up but he stayed calm. He definitely knew Naoya wasn't the murder so that means…

"It's telling the future."

"…You're thought process never ceases to amaze me. Usually, one would suspect that the one who sent the email carried out the murder. No wonder you're my cousin…"

Naoya placed a hand on Noh's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze.

"I understand why the two of you came here, Noh. But, our meeting here is an accident. We shouldn't be talking like this. Hurry and find Atsuro immediately. It's going to being soon…"

Yuzu was still confused.

"Begin…!? What are you talking about?"

He looked away having no intention of answering any more questions.

"…There isn't much time left. Listen carefully to me, both of you. Do not turn away from what is about to happen now. Do not be afraid to stand up against it. That is when the door of truth will open… Over come your fate."

He leaned over and whispered into Noh's ear softly.

"I'll email you later so don't worry."

Naoya quickly walked away. Yuzu was not very happy about that.

"Oh…! W-Wait a second! …He's gone."

She and Noh both looked at the direction he walked off to.

"Something…didn't seem right with him, huh? I wonder what's wrong."

Noh's cell phone rings jolting them both from their thoughts. The caller ID says "Atsuro".

"Ello." Noh causally answered.

"Yo! I figured out how to crack the encryption on those COMPs! I need yours so I can unlock them. Meet me in front of the Electric Museum in Shibuya!" Atsuro explained before hanging up.

"Um…Why don't we meet up with Atsuro? I'm all confused from everything that's happened so suddenly…Maybe Atsuro's figured something out on his end!"

The Electric Museum is north of Shibuya along the Yamanote line, east of Miyashita Park.

Atsuro walked over to Yuzu and Noh waving.

"Yo, what took you guys so long? How far away did you go when you were killing time?"

"We went to Naoya's place." Noh answered.

"Huh!? You guys went to see Naoya?"

"Oh, yeah. Well…" Yuzu began telling Atsuro about what happened in Aoyama. She also mentioned how what happened matched the email you received, and what Naoya said.

"Wait, what? Are you saying that the email actually came true?" Atsuro seemed to be in a bit of disbelief.

"Hmm…Anyways, if you ran into Naoya, why didn't you call me? I had some stuff to ask him."

Yuzu looked down.

"Sorry. So much was going on that we kind of forgot you."

"Oh, well. That's okay. Bringing it up now isn't gonna change anything."

Atsuro gave a smile trying to lighten the mood.

"So, what's going on? Is what was written in that email actually coming true…? C'mon…There's no way an email can predict the future. Are you sure you didn't just fall for one of Naoya's pranks?"

Noh just gave Atsuro a blank look.

"Would he really do that?"

"When you put it that way…Well, Naoya's human, too. He must have a sense of humor." He simply laughed off.

"But someone really did get killed! The police were there!" Yuzu seriously reminded.

"I can't believe they'd be part of his joke!"

"Hmm…If Naoya was telling the truth, that email wasn't a warning, right? Unless someone really did predict the future, it's probably just a coincidence."

"There's more in the email." Noh pointed out.

"What do you mean? Oh yeah, it mentioned an explosion and a blackout, too. If it really was predicting the future…It would be odd if those don't happen. Still, they seem pretty unlikely."

"What…? But…" Yuzu looked unsure.

"Who cares, anyway? Once I crack these COMPS and look inside, it'll all make sense."

"Hrmm…I'm still not convinced, but tell us what you've figured out for now." She perked up a bit.

"You did figure something out, right, Atsuro?"

"Yeah, well…I was completely fooled. I think Naoya knew I'd try to get inside one myself. It seems these three COMPs are always monitoring each other, so I can't crack one alone."

Atsuro had this glow in his eye as he continued to explain.

"See, the COMPs are constantly transmitting certain signals to each other. Without that input, several parameters are set in such a way that makes it impossible—"

Yuzu flinched away from the knowledge being rushed at her.

"Argh, my head…Enough with the explanation, just hurry up and do it!"

"Man, you never change… Anyway, I'm gonna unlock the systems, okay? Turn your COMPs on, you guys!"

While waiting for Atsuro to finish, Noh looked up and saw someone who looked like Naoya. Although Shibuya is a popular area, the street is empty and he seems to stand out. His handsome face is expressionless, but gives off a cold feeling.

"Okay, done! I'm restarting the COMPs!"

Atsuro's voice broke Noh out of his trace and made him look back.

'Decryption confirmed. Booting program.'

The screen flashed as a bunch of codes ran on the screen.

'…Condition green. DEMON SUMMONING PROGRAM ready to boot. Booting DEMON SUMMONING PROGRAM.'

'Peaceful days are over. Let's Survive.'

Suddenly monsters broke out from the COMPs. All three of the teens quickly backed away from them.

"Wh-Whoa! Monsters came out of the COMPS…!?" Atsuro looked at this in shock. Yuzu was fairing no better.

"Aaaah! Wh-What is this!?"

The pixie looked around looking relieved.

"Ahhh! I thought I was going to suffocate in there…! So this is the human world? Hmm. Then these humans must be the ones who summoned me."

The pixie gave an evil smile at them.

"We will fight, than! If I win, I will have my freedom! Let's go!"

It danced around happily before pointing at them.

"Hehehe! Get ready! I'm not gonna let you guys go! You have to die so I can go free! Hehehe!"

It floated over the Yuzu and began to attack.

"Aaahh! Don't come any closer!" In panic Yuzu soccer punted it.

"Hey! Don't hit me back!" The pixie angrily growled while continuing to attack.

"…Hellllp! …Noh! …Atsuro!"

"Yuzu! Damn it… We're coming!"

Yuzu was currently back handing the pixie, which looked to be struggling some.

"W-Wow! You're pretty tough… For a human, anyway!"

The Kabuso looked over at Atsuro hungrily.

"Gyarrrr! Humans are tasty demon food!"

"Whoa! What are you!?" Atsuro yelled before the demon charged at him. Atsuro brought up his fists in defense and began to attack. The Kabuso flinched back after being him a few times.

"Gyaaaarh! Why do the human's attacks hurt!? Nobody said anything about this…"

Atsuro looked surprised himself.

"Wh-What the!? That should've hurt me way more than it did!"

"This is weird. Humans are supposed to be soft and chewy! Not hard!"

The Kobold looked over that Noh and gave a feral grin.

"FIGHT ME, HUMANS! ME…WIN!"

Atsuro seeing this shouted over to Noh.

"Be careful, Noh! You've got to get them before they get you! You have to fight!"

Noh nodded while getting into a fighting position. Noh dodged out of the demon's attacks and responded back with sharp punches.

"GRYAAAH! YOU STRONG! THIS…FUN! FIGHT SOME MORE!" The Kobold howled in delight.

"Th-The attack worked! Our attacks work on these guys!" Atsuro then looked at the COMP.

"……! Is it because of the COMPs!?"

The 3 continued to attack their respective demons. Noh was the first to finish.

"ME LOSE. IF ME DEFEATED BY ONE WHO SUMMONS ME, BECOME MASTER. THIS CALLED CONTRACT. …ONLY HEARD OF THEM…"

It smiled like a happy puppy at Noh.

"ME KOBOLD, DEMON OF WAR. TO MEET YOU, NICE!" It licked Noh on the face before disappearing. He quickly rubbed his face to get rid of the slobber. He did not like doggy kisses.

"…Yes! We can win, you guys! We can't die here!" Atsuro exclaimed with more confidence and quickly defeated his demon.

"Gyahh! I'm surprised I could actually be defeated! Gahh…I've heard that if I lose, I become your servant. Oh well…I'm the monster, Kabuso. Pleased to meet you…" It turned it's gaze at Noh and waved at him lazily before disappearing.

Yuzu then finished the pixie.

"…Ugh! I can't believe I lost…to a human! But I'll abide by the contract. I HAVE to lend you my powers. I'm the fairy, Pixie. Don't you DARE waste me!" It declared arrogantly before grinning at Noh.

"See ya later cutie!" It quickly floated to Noh and gave him a peck on the cheek.

Yuzu just stared at it in shock as it disappeared giggling.

"Why that little--!" She glared at the space it once was.

"Well…I'm still alive…We're all still alive! Aaaaah, that was so scary!"

Noh looked at the two and noticed there was a number floating above their heads. Still a little freaked out he waited for the group to cool.

"What's going on? What was that!? Atsuro, what did you do!? AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT KISSED NOH!!"

"I don't know, either! I just undid the encryption! The program activated itself!"

"Then…The COMP is what made this happen just now? That doesn't make any sense! That's just impossible!"

Yuzu grabbed her COMP with a serious face.

"Let's go to the police! We can't hold onto something this dangerous!"

Noh thinking this over in his head thought that wasn't the best idea to do.

"We should check them out." He replied calmly.

"Check them out!? What more is there to see!? I mean that Pixie might rape you or something!"

Atsuro sweatdropped but kept a serious face.

"Calm down, Yoohoo. I think Noh's right."

Yuzu gaped at him.

"Huh!? What are you saying!? What'll we do if demons come out of these things again!?"

Atsuro began to lose his patience seeing that this was no time to be panicking. Noh just watched the two hoping that they will calm down.

"Will you settle down a little!? I know why you're freaking out! I was there too, you know? But even after what just happened, is it right to throw everything out immediately? We don't even know if that's the safest thing to do at this point."

Noh then remembered Naoya's words from earlier.

"Naoya said to keep them."

Yuzu groaned.

"Ugh… He did say that we would need them…"

"I'm going to take a deeper look into these COMPs, okay?" Atsuro tried to lighten the atmosphere.

"Y-Yeah, okay. But if something comes out, we're making a run for it! I've had it with this!"

Atsuro connects the COMP to his laptop and begins examining the files.

"Ah…I get it. So that's why…" He mumbled.

"What, did you figure something out?" Yuzu asked expectedly.

"Yeah. First, this process is named the Demon Summoning Program."

"Demon!? You mean, like…from books and myths and all that stuff!?" She slightly raised her voice.

"How should I know? I can't wrap my head around how a computer can summon them…"

"Rituals can summon them." Noh stated matter of factly.

"Rituals… You mean like in fantasy manga? I suppose it's possible to convert the spells and procedures to programs, but… Anyways, the other function I found in this COMP is named the 'Harmonizer'."

Noh just cutely looked at him tilting his head.

"So…it harmonizes?"

Atsuro smiled a bit.

"I suppose so. The word 'harmonize' means to match, or adjust. It's similar to the summoning program, and I have no idea what principles are behind it. But it seems to match some wavelength so that our attacks work on demons. And, likewise, it attunes their attacks to lessen the damage we take from them."

Yuzu sighed at the knowledge Atsuro was spouting.

"I'm totally lost… I don't get any of this! What is Naoya trying to do!? Summoning demons, protecting us from them… What does he want us to do!?"

"Maybe we fight demons?" Noh suggested.

Yuzu was getting frustrated from all this.

"But why!? Are we supposed to bring about world peace or something?"

Atsuro seemed to notice something.

"Huh…? Wait a sec… That's it!"

"What? Don't tell me it's really for world peace…"

"No, it's not that. Do you guys remember that email?"

"The one with those predictions? Y-Yeah…"

"I thought about how the COMP's functions would work in conjunction with it…Take this, for example…The death in Aoyama was blamed on an animal attack, right?"

Yuzu slightly paled at remembering.

"Huh…? Yeah…"

"What if it wasn't an animal…but a demon, like the ones that appeared earlier?"

Yuzu looked at Atsuro with widen eyes.

"…! Wh-What are you saying!? If you're trying to scare us, knock it off!"

"I'm not trying to scare you. I want to sort this thing out."

Noh moved in closer to Atsuro so he could hear what he was saying better.

"Okay, to start out…If the email delivered to our COMPs really did predict that…Then we would have known when and where the attack was due to occur before it happened. So, if we wanted to, we could've been there at that moment. In addition, the COMPs are modified to summon demons and fight against them. So, what conclusions can we draw from this?"

"We could prevent them?" Noh came up with.

"Yeah…That's what I think, too."

Yuzu came back into the conversation confused.

"Huh…!?"

"There's been a lot of weird stuff in the city recently. The internet's full of rumors. There have always been strange things happening, but there have been a lot of them lately. What if they were all ignored by the public…but they were actually caused by demons? And what if we can use these COMPs to fight those demons?"

Yuzu grasped he head in disbelief.

"Then…are you saying these COMPs were made to fight the demons who are doing all this!?"

Atsuro just nodded his head.

"Yeah…That is, if demons are really the cause of these things."

"I'm so not doing that! Why don't we just give these back to Naoya or somebody else?"

Noh sighed but understood Yuzu…However.

"You don't believe Naoya?"

Yuzu looked a bit guilty.

"No, that's not what I mean, but…"

"Naoya's really good at planning things in advance. I don't know why he chose us to have these, but there must be a good reason behind it. I mean, I don't want to have to fight monsters like that again, either…But…if we get attacked by demons like the other victims, I can't give this COMP up…Without them, we're just normal people. We don't stand a chance against demons!"

Yuzu looked away a bit, still not wanting to do this.

"If…If you're right, Atsuro, and this weird stuff is being caused by demons…And even if these COMPs were made to fight those demons…Then, why us!? The police should be the ones dealing with this stuff!"

Atsuro wanted to face palm himself at the moment.

"We can give them to the police, but if we do, we'll never get them back. That said, do you think we can really protect ourselves without them, Yoohoo?"

Yuzu looked down. It was obvious from her expression that she wanted nothing to do with this.

"I'm sick of all this…Why is this happening…?"

Noh began staring at the numbers above their heads and was currently fixated on Yuzu's just wondering what it means.

"…? What's wrong, Noh? Why are you staring above my head? Is something there?"

"…There's a number there."

Noh explained that ever since the battle, he has seen numbers above people's heads. Most people walking by have a 7, but the three of you have a 1.

Yuzu gave Noh an odd look.

"A number over our heads? What are you talking about?"

Atsuro gave a confused stare at Noh too.

"I don't see anything, but you look serious…What's going on? Man…Is that because of the COMP, too? We know so little about all this…I feel like my head's about to blow up!"

"Hey, why don't we go back to Naoya's place, after all?" Yuzu tried. "All this about the COMP, the email, and everything else…We really need him to tell us."

Noh thought for a second.

"Will he even be there?"

Yuzu shrugged.

"It's better than sitting around here. C'mon, Noh. Let's try to see him."

Atsuro nodded and gathered his stuff.

"Yeah…I need to talk to Naoya, too. Let's go to Aoyama, Noh!"

Back at the Aoyama residential area it seems the police are still investigating. The police barriers were also still up.

Atsuro looked around but saw no way of entrance.

"Man…We'll never get near Naoya's room like this…"

Yuzu glanced around too and noticed something.

"Hey! Over there!" Yuzu points towards a mailbox filled with newspapers.

"Hmm…Isn't that Naoya's mailbox?" Atsuro pointed. Noh now knew why he didn't visit him for a while.

"We were lucky to see him."

Atsuro looked down.

"I suppose so. It looks like he hasn't been to his apartment for quite a while…"

Suddenly, all three of their COMPs' email alerts went off. Opening the COMP, Noh saw that the sender was from Naoya. It congratulated them at using the COMPs which they will need to survive and to go to Aoyama Cemetery to meet someone. There was also system mail saying that they have become demon tamers and explaining a few things along that there will be a tutorial. Yuzu was the first to respond.

"What… Who's writing these? Can he hear what we're saying or something? This is crazy!"

"Haha… Naoya's insight is his greatest strength. He's a genius when it comes to knowing what people are going to do next." Atsuro took a shallow breath before continuing.

"Anyway… Did you guys read the other email?"

Noh looked back at it.

"'Demon tamer,' huh?"

"Yeah, I wanted to point that out. Remember what those demons said during the battle? About submitting to us, contracts, lending their power… Sounds familiar?"

Yuzu began shaking her head.

"Wait a sec! Gah… I can't keep up with all this! It's all so unreal…! Um, so, basically… The demons we fought can now be summoned from the COMPs? And they'll be our allies?"

"Yeah, but I can't say for sure until we actually try it out… After we got that email, something called 'Teams' got added to the COMP menu. Maybe this is why Naoya entrusted us with these COMPs."

"Geez!" Yuzu said annoyed. "If that's what he wanted all along, he could have just told us!"

"Haha, yeah, I think so too. Sometimes he's so smart I can't understand him… In any case, the email from Naoya… It said to go to Aoyama Cemetery, right? It mentioned someone 'who will influence our actions,' but…who could that be?"

Yuzu just shrugged looking a bit worried.

"Sounds like someone we're destined to meet…Do you think it'll be human?"

"Who knows…? Considering all that's happened, anyone would be suspicious…"

Noh just stared at the two.

"It did say 'person'…" He reminded hoping that it would lighten them up some.

"Yeah, you're right. It does say 'person,' after all. This is Naoya. He would have said 'monster' or 'someone' if he meant otherwise."

Yuzu gave up.

"…Fine. I'd rather ask Naoya about this than sit around feeling scared and stupid! Well… I guess I've got no choice! If you two are going, I'm coming too! Let's go!"

Yuzu started off towards the cemetery leaving the boys behind her. Atsuro walked up to Noh and began to speak after Yuzu was out of hearing range.

"I didn't want to say anything because Yuzu was getting all emotional… But, I found something in the COMPs' functions. Let me explain it to you."

Noh silently nodded as they both walked to follow after Yuzu.

"The function called Skill Set looks like it'll let us use powers like magic spells, too. If we have to fight demons again, it'll help if we set our COMPs to let us use them. It looks like you choose the Team Setup option to distribute points to us."

Noh looked down at his COMP with a curious look before checking the Team menu. He currently had a skill on called Agi.

'Good thing it gives a description…a fire skill…'

He proceeded to look down the empty skill lists and saw nothing. He saw the a icon with the Demon he fought earlier and set it next to him on the empty space figuring that it was now on his team. Looking down at Team 2 which had Atsuro's picture in the middle icon, he saw that he was also setting up his team and skills.

Yuzu finally noticed that the boys were far behind, ran back a bit and shouted.

"Would you too hurry it up!"

Atsuro gave an embarrassed grin.

"Yeah! We're coming!"

"Here we are… So, who would be at a place like this?" Atsuro wondering while glancing around. Noh just stood there looking at the dark sky now noticing how late it was becoming. Yuzu shivered as she hugged herself, looking a little spooked.

"Don't tell me it's a ghost… I feel like there's something out there… All those graves!"

"Hang on a second…Aoyama Cemetery…That rings a bell…" Atsuro said worriedly. Noh snapped his head back to look at him.

"The email!"

Yuzu looked at him odd.

"Huh…!?"

Suddenly an explosion set off causing Yuzu to scream. Atsuro and Noh looked at the direction of the explosion tensely.

"W-Was that an explosion!? It sounded like it came from the other side of this forest!" Yuzu panicked.

"An explosion in Aoyama Cemetery around 19:00… It's just like what the email said!" Atsuro looked at Noh who had narrowed his eyes at something in the distance.

"Look! Something's coming…!" Yuzu was officially freaking out.

Across from them on the other side of the Cemetery stood a large horned demon.

"Tch…That woman! I never knew humans could have such power!" The demon scowled. A strange man in a orange cloak came out from the side of the Cemetery going near the demon.

"Wendigo! Wait…!" He pleaded. Wendigo just laughed at him.

"Gwahaha! Fools! You're nothing like that woman! Do you really think you puny things can stop me!?"

Wendigo raised one of its huge claws and brought it down on the man leaving him in a pool of blood.

"Ugh…Lady Amane…I'm so sorry…"

Atsuro and Noh paled while Yuzu screamed at the site. Wendigo then notices them from the other side before growling at them.

"Hmm? You humans are pests! Kill one, and another takes its place! I'll kill you all!" Before it could take more steps toward them a girl come from behind him. She also wore an orange cloak. Her hair was short and a light purple with a giant white-light blue seemingly flower ornament on her head. Her expression remanded calmed.

"I've found you, Wendigo. I won't let you get away this time."

Wendigo certainly looked displeased at the girl entrance.

"Grah…! So the wench thinks she can catch up to me!"

"Hey! You guys need to run away! It's dangerous here!" Atsuro said to girl over there. Yuzu was scared and terribly wanted to get away.

"Forget them, Atsuro! We need to run before we die too!" She went to go to the exit but a bunch of demons showed up blocking the paths around the Cementery.

"Wh-What the!? How many demons are there!?" Atsuro looked around just to see how many there was.

Noh looked too but saw no way unblocked.

"Looks like we have to fight."

Atsuro looked pretty pumped.

"Argh! I am SO gonna get you!" He was ready to take out some of his pent up anger.

The girl looked at them.

"Hey, you guys! It's too dangerous here! Run!"

Atsuro seemed to scoff.

"Yeah right! That's not really an option right now!" Atsuro and Noh pulled out their COMPs with Yuzu following their lead.

'Those are COMPs…Why do they have them…?'

"H-Hey! Say something!"

"…I guess I have no choice. I'll cooperate with you. But Wendigo is far too powerful a foe for you right now…Leave him to me! I will follow your orders. Direct me as you please."

Noh's COMP screen lit up.

'The priestess joined your party!'

He just looked back at the demons worrying about it later. The trios COMPs all began the tutorial.

'The COMP has activated the Harmonizer for battle mode. Functions will be limited.'

"Hey! The COMP's saying something! …This must be the tutorial that email mentioned!" Atsuro pointed out. Yuzu also looked at her COMP.

"They showed up when were fighting too! I guess some functions won't be usable…"

"Hey, Noh! Are there any functions you can't use on your COMP anymore!?"

Noh looked above Atsuro's and Yuzu's head.

"The floating numbers vanished."

Atsuro scrunched up his face in concentration.

"……!? It must be those numbers they talked about at the Electric Museum! I'm confused! …Oh wait! It looks like there's more to the tutorial!"

'Each demon race has special skills called Race Skills. There are two kinds: -Automatic Activation Skills –Command Activation Skills. Use the Race Skills to gain the upper hand in battle. You can view the Race Skill's effect with the HELP menu.'

"So I've gotta use these demon's skills, eh? Well, whatever it takes to survive!"

Yuzu still looked unsure.

"I… guess we have no choice. I'm glad we have demons on our side and all, but still…"

Noh just looked at the two before going to attack the nearest demon. Looked like the COMP has more tutorials. As much as Noh found them helpful…why couldn't they tell them before a combat situation?

'A team consists of three units: You, the summoner, and two contracted demons. Be cautious of the following: -The leader is in the middle – If the leader is defeated, the whole team is destroyed. – So long as the minions live, the leader takes less damage. – If you defeat a leader first, the EXP and Macca of the remaining monsters is halved. It is to your advantage to kill the minions flanking their leader.'

Noh again wondered why they don't tell them this beforehand. Kobold appeared next to him happy.

"ME READY FIGHT FOR MASTER!" Came Kobold's happy replay as he and Noh quickly took down one of the demons.

Noh watched as the defeated Demon disappeared.

'I guess defeating demons summoned by others does not enter them into a contract…oh well'

Atsuro and Yuzu looked at Noh in awe before going ahead and attacking too. More tutorials popped up on the COMP.

'Have you noticed when the words EXTRA TURN appear? Those with EXTRA TURN displayed are at an advantage, and will receive more turns. This is how EXTRA TURN works. –Higher speed grants higher chances of getting EXTRA TURN. – The attacking side gets the more often than the defenders. Your actions during battle may also give you EXTRA TURN or cancel your opponent's: -Exploit a foe's weakness. –Land a critical attack. Use these tactics to increase your chances of getting or cancelling a foe's EXTRA TURN. A miss, or an attack that is resisted, absorbed, or reflected may aid your foe. Pay close attention to your foe's status on the COMP's top screen to avoid this.'

Yuzu read the tutorial intently.

"So to make their extra turns disappear and get them for ourselves…we've gotta hit 'em where it hurts or land a critical attack!" Yuzu summoned her Pixie who waved excitedly at Noh.

"Hey there cutie!" She blew a kiss over at Noh who kept a straight face but waved back. Yuzu yanked the demons ear in a bit of anger.

"Pay attention! We're supposed to be fighting."

The pixie pouted.

"Fine. Fine. Whatever girly." Pixie promptly casted a Zio skill and the two resumed fighting.

Atsuro and Noh shook their heads at the scene. Noh looked back the Wendigo to see that the Priestess was already taking care of it.

"Wendigo! Go back from wince thee came!" She said while pulling out a COMP.

"Am I seeing things, or is she holding a…COMP?" Atsuro wondered but continued to fight with Kabuso by his side.

The priestess casted Maragi Wendigo who backed away after being burned.

"Ghhh… Humans…! I've learned your smells! This is far from over!" It quickly teleported away from the site. The priestess already started to move after it.

"I can't just let him go! I can catch him if I go now. Please excuse me." She hurriedly said as she left.

They all nodded and finished off the rest of the demons.

Atsuro gasped after they finished.

"We made it through, somehow… I'm still shaking…"

Yuzu was trying to convince herself.

"Th-There's nothing we can do about it… What we just went through… A…A person was killed…"

She turned her head over at Atsuro.

"Hey, the animal that attacked that person in the apartment… It was a demon, wasn't it?"

Noh looked up into the night sky.

"Probably…"

Yuzu shivered and turned away.

"Yeah, that's what I thought…"

"Demons, huh…? Looks like we're prepared for the worst… In any case, I never thought that Shomonkai would be fighting against demons… They were using COMPs, too, and the demons didn't really scare them. That explosion must've been caused when they were fighting earlier."

Atsuro unconsciously balled his fist.

"They knew about the demons was before we got out COMPs!"

"That means… The demons have been around for a long time, right…? What are the Shomonkai…?"

Noh could only shake his head.

"I don't know."

Atsuro also shook his head.

"Yeah… we really don't know anything here… Anyways…There's no doubt that that Shomonkai girl had amazing powers. That big demon, Wendigo, seemed to be afraid of her, too… Could she be the person mentioned in that email from Naoya?"

Noh thought for a second.

"She might be the one."

Yuzu just sighed.

"I wonder, too. She seemed really strong, and I got this feeling from her…"

Atsuro clenched his head with one hand.

"The emails, the demons, and now the Shomonkai… Damn it! Too much to think about! All we can do now is pray that nothing more happens today…"

As soon as those words left his lips all the lights around them shut off.

"What the--? The streetlights went out!"

Yuzu covered herself.

"What's going on!?"

Noh tried to reassuringly pat her on the back.

"The email came true." He answered solemnly. Atsuro looked puzzled for a second.

"The email…? O-Oh, yeah! That's it!"

"What's wrong, Atsuro?" Yuzu looked at him warily.

"…Noh's right. It's a blackout! Remember what was in that first email? It said there'd be a blackout!"

He looked down processing what's going on in his head.

"Is this for real…? We don't know if it's city-wide, but so far it's all coming true…"

Yuzu quickly checked her phone to see that it had no service.

"No way! I can't use my phone!"

"Huh…? Why not? How can you not have reception in a place like this?" Atsuro looked at it oddly.

"Is this because of the blackout?"

"But the phone centers have their own backup power, right? This doesn't make sense!"

"I don't know! I just can't use my phone!"

Atsuro sighed.

"I hope it's only temporary… I'm really tired."

Yuzu tried to look around.

"It's pitch-black… I never thought Tokyo would be so dark at night… Hey, what are we going to do now…?"

Before Atsuro could think he heard some shuffling nearby.

"Wait…! Someone's coming!"

The priestess from earlier walked over to them.

"So you are all safe. It's as I thought… You're demon tamers, as well."

"…! Aren't you that girl from a little while ago…!?"

"I am Amane Kuzuryu, maiden of the Shomonkai. It's nice to meet you…"

Atsuro gave a little smile.

"R-Right. I'm Atsuro Kihara, and she's Yuzu Tanikawa." Atsuro introduced himself and pointed at Yuzu.

"It's a pleasure. Oh, and you are…?" She looked at Noh.

"I'm Noh Takaya."

"Kihara, Tanikawa, and…Takaya. I shall remember your names. The Wendigo seems to have released his minions into this cemetery. I have set a simple barrier around this place tonight. It's best if you stayed here."

Yuzu looked up scared.

"M-Minions? You mean, demons!? You said we should stay, but…this is a cemetery!"

Amane simply stared at Yuzu her face as stoic as ever.

"It's better than dying. Wait here until dawn, then head for the station. Now, I must go."

She walked away but Atsuro tried to speak again.

"Hey! W-Wait! …what's going on!?"

Yuzu did not like the idea of staying in the Cemetery.

"She said to stay here until the sun came up… Wh-What should we do…?"

Seeing that there was a barrier to protect them from the demons around at the moment here, Noh didn't think leaving would be best.

"Let's follow her advice."

Atsuro even though not liking to stay here either nodded in agreement.

"We don't have a choice. If she's right, then it's too dangerous to go anywhere now…"

Yuzu shut her eyes.

"B-But… This is a graveyard… Are we going to be okay?"

"We'll be fine." Noh tried to calm her. Yuzu sighed but took the words to heart.

"Y-Yeah… I don't think I can go far anyways…My legs are like jelly…"

Atsuro looked around before sitting on the ground.

"We don't have a choice. Let's take turns keeping a lookout…Ugh…I've never wanted it to be morning so hard in my life!"

They all laid on the ground. Yuzu laid unmoving on the ground trying to sleep. While Atsuro and Noh leaned their back against each other for support as they sat both with COMPs out.

Atsuro was testing the email function and sent Noh an email. Noh asked Atsuro to teach Yuzu too while he looked to see a mail from Naoya. The first told him a bit about the Laplace mail. The second one was more causal though. Asking him if he was hurt and how he has been doing. Noh smiled missing the simple conversations they would carry on and how they worried over each other's well being.

After sending a reply, he looked to see that Yuzu had finally fell asleep and that Atsuro was currently handling look out. After whispering to Atsuro to wake him up when it's his turn, he yawned and leaned over on Atsuro's should as a pillow before falling asleep.

Atsuro smiled at Noh before looking at the dark sky waiting for the dawn.