The Devil is a Part-Timer

The Demon's Kitsune Mage

Chapter One: Kinaka Hikari

"And that's it!" A voice coming from the door marked 203 said before a cat's meow called out. "I know Yukan'na," The voice, a female by it, answered as movement was heard through the door. A rush of water was heard for a second as the faucet was used before some clinking sound was heard. "And here's your breakfast." The cat meowed before eating since no more noise was heard from it. "I need to get food." The girl said before more movement was heard, and a second later the door opened. Coming out of it was an eighteen year old girl with waist-length creamy golden hair that was put in a high ponytail with ruby red eyes as she finished putting on her purple hoodie over her gray shirt with dark brown pants and silver-blue converses as the rest of her outfit. Hanging from around her neck was a strange necklace that sparkled slightly in the light reflected from the moonlit snow.

"Man," A man in his early teens with spiky dark green hair and red eyes by the name of Sadao Maou said as he laid on the floor while shivering. "Of all the days it has to be today that the heating system broke down." The other two tenants in the room shivered too as they tried to keep warm. One of them was a man in his mid-to-late twenties with medium-length platinum blond hair and brown eyes by the name of Shiro Ashiya who was making dinner while trying to conserve the heat coming off the stove. The other tenant was a teen, who looked eighteen or nineteen, with purple hair that covered the right side of his face but was still shorter on the left side and light purple eyes just stared at the screen of the laptop he was sitting at with a fleece blanket wrapped loosely around him.

A low rumble reverted through the apartment and made everything shake for a few seconds until everything went back to their stilled position earlier. "An earthquake?" Ashiya asked as he placed three bowls on the table. They were filled to the brim with some kind of brown broth that had mushrooms and small rings of green onions in it(I don't know what it's called! I had it at Koto once and it tasted like chicken noodle soup, but without the chicken). "Appetizer?" Maou asked as he and Urushihara sat at the table until a blast of hot air ran through the room, making them sigh instantly.

The heating system was finally fixed.

The next few minutes were in silence as they ate the soup until Urushihara suddenly froze and looked out the window. "Are you okay?" Ashiya asked before he grabbed his jacket, which was black in color, and ran outside. "URUSHIHARA!" Both remaining tenants shouted before grabbing their winter coats and running after the fallen angel. It's been a two years since the accident with the bridge and the police have finally stopped hunting Urushihara down nearly seven months ago so now he is free to go outside again. Just as they were catching up to the running fallen angel, they reached the intersection where Maou first met Emi and heard the voice.

"Help!"

The owner of the voice was a girl around eighteen but was slightly short for her age with a black hat perched on her waist-length creamy golden hair while wearing a purple hoodie that would sometimes flash a gray shirt underneath, dark brown pants that were shredded at the knees, and silver-blue converses that would sink into the half-foot of snow as she ran from a thug that was covered in a dark substance that was either oil, tar, or something else. "Someone help me!" She shouted as she ran towards them but had her head held down so that she didn't notice them at all.

"Come on!" Urushihara shouted as he grabbed a nearby lead pipe, either left over from building or rusted from the fence behind them, and thrusted it into Ashiya's hand before running towards the girl. The other two realized the plan instantly and ran towards the thug as Maou grabbed a bat someone left behind. The girl was still calling out for help until she felt someone pick her up and run away from the thug. Thinking that it was another thug, she struggled in her captor's grasp until they would let her down so she can do a roundhouse kick to his, or her, head.

"Hold still!" The person shouted as they almost dropped her. "Do you want to be hurt when we're trying to help you?!" Her eyes opened instantly to see a light purple eye, the other one covered by purple hair, on an annoyed face before looking behind him to see a dark green haired man and a whitish blond haired man beat up the thug from before with a lead pipe and a baseball bat. "Oh." She said before being put on the ground as the thug ran in the direction he was coming from, away from the two men who were shouting at him.

"Weirdo.." The teen with purple hair mumbled before walking towards the other men and leaving her alone.

Unknown Pov

I am the one that's saved and he calls me 'Weirdo'?! Augh! The nerve of that guy! If I ever see him again... "Excuse me Miss?" A voice asked, startling me out of my thoughts. I quickly turn around to see the platinum blond haired man, the spiky dark green haired man, and that purple haired freak! "Yes?" I ask as I try to not sound nervous. I've never talked to guys before so...don't judge me! "Why was that thug chasing you?" He asked curiously although I felt that somehow deep within me I knew them from somewhere but can't remember!

Oh, he asked me a question about the thug!

"I don't know why," I said truthfully as I remember the frightening experience. "I think he was after my necklace." I took off my necklace so that the three of them could see it. It was a diamond about two inches thick and four inches long in a golden holder with a silver chain. "It's called the Diamond Crystal," I said as they stared at it in amazement. "Rumor has it that the crystal, which was fashioned out of a glowing diamond underground, has mystical powers and can transform its wearer's form into anything they can think of."

I think that I should leave now... As I hung the charm around my neck again and turned around to go in the direction of my apartment. A hand suddenly grasped my shoulder, making me freeze in shock. If that thug is back I'm going to do a roundhouse kick to his head! "Do you need help getting to your place safely?" A voice, which I instantly recognized as the platinum blond male's, asked curiously making me calm down from the shock.

"I don't want to let you three keep me company far from your house and then going back there afterwards." I said as I waved my hand furiously until it felt like the air was slicing it and held it to my chest. "It depends on where you live," The dark green haired male replied. "We live at Villa Rosa, apartment 201." Villa Rosa?! Is he serious?! "I live at Villa Rosa," I said as I gestured to myself. "Apartment 203." "Well it doesn't look like we'll be too far from our home considering that you live two rooms away from us." The purple haired freak said coolly. Does he ever not get on people's nerves.

"No he doesn't." The platinum haired male answered me suddenly. Did I say that out loud? "Yes you did." The dark green haired male answered me. "Let's just go." I said as I turned around and started walking in the direction of the apartment. Why do I feel like I know them somehow?

We arrived at the apartment and as I went up the stairs I heard no footsteps behind me. I looked behind me to see that they were just staring at me shocked. Why are they doing that? "What's wrong?" I asked, snapping them out of their trance. "Every girl that either enters or exits the apartment always trips on the stairs," The purple haired teen answered truthfully. "And yet you didn't trip on them." Every girl tripped on these stairs?! Wow, guess I'm the first girl to not trip on them, considering that I walked down them to get to the store but was interrupted by the thug.

Wait...

"I AM SUCH AN IDIOT!" I shouted as I smacked my forehead, and made the other three jump in surprise. "What's wrong?" The platinum blond haired man asked as I walked back down the stairs, and still surprised them since I didn't trip on them. "The only reason I went out was to get some things from the store until that stupid thug came out of nowhere, grabbed me, and scared me so much that I kicked him where it hurts and ran." They froze in shock after I said that, probably from the part of where I said I kicked the thug.

"We'll help you with the shopping," The platinum blond said as he and the dark green haired man stood at my sides while the purple haired teen huffed behind me. "We have to get some things too." That seemed reasonable...unless it's because they don't want any thugs to come out of nowhere and catch me. "Lets go." I said as I lead the way to the store, the platinum blond and dark green haired man quickly following in my strides as the purple haired teen walked behind us probably in annoyed silence.

As we entered the store, I finally knew a little about my neighbors: they were foreigners but they had Japanese names. Do they have Japanese in them at all? The platinum was Shiro Ashiya, the dark green haired one was Sadao Maou, and the purple haired teen was Hanzo Urushihara. "Your name is a mouthful," I said to Urushihara as we waited for Ashiya and Maou. I already have my items but it seems to take them a while to get theirs. "Can I come up with a nickname to call you?" He glares at me through his visible eye as if he was challenging me to do it - HOW LONG DO THEY DO THIS?!

It's been nearly twenty minutes and they still haven't finished?! When they come back, I am so going to give them and earful! "Just try coming up with a nickname." Urushihara said to me sternly, probably knowing that I'm already steamed up from the other two. "Are they making out or something because I'm going to check out in the next five minutes if they aren't done finding their items!" I shouted, not caring that I attracted stares from strangers. Those two are so going to be knocked out if they don't move their asses now!

"If you can't think of one then you have to call me by my name." The smug teen said behind me, instantly making me realize what he was talking about. "Rui." I said as I looked at him and watched as his face turned from smug to shocked. "You can't call me by that!" He shouted as he flailed his arms, probably attracting more attention. "You said that if I didn't come up with one then I have to call you by your name, which to me is a mouthful so I'm calling you Rui," I said as I backed it up with what he said earlier. "And nothing can change my mind.

"WHAT THE HELL IS TAKING THEM SO LONG?!" Just after I said that, the two that I was talking about walked up to us with two shopping baskets full of various foods and ingredients. "Sorry," Maou said before glaring at Ashiya. "Someone didn't know whether to get one type or another so we got both." "I hope yopu guys have a lot of cash to pay for all that," I said as we stood in line for our turn at the register. "Right Rui?" He turned an angry shade of red as I turned to him with a smug look on my face.

"I TOLD YOU TO NOT CALL ME THAT!"

"Hey," Maou said as they stopped at their door and I stopped in the middle of walking to my door. "We never caught your name." Oh... Why did I forget? "Sorry about that," I said as I scratched my head and held my groceries in the other hand. "I was mad about you two taking so long so I wasn't in the mood to tell it." Ashiya and Maou looked at me curiously until Urushihara answered them. "It was nearly twenty minutes for you two to find your stuff." He seemed bored and wanted to get in their apartment instead of talking to me.

"Oh and by the way," I said as they turned to the door, but turned their heads towards my direction. "My name is Kinaka Hikari."