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Nagisa knew he should have just waited for the class to start the actual summonings of demons next semester. Koro sensei kept hitting on the importance of getting the pentagram right and most of all doing the summoning with adult supervision since one wrong move could end with the devouring of ones soul. He would have waited until next semester except nobody believed that the blue haired boy would be able to do it.
He double checked his work and made sure the pentagram was perfect. He looked up from the book he had on demon summonings and made sure to tweak the candles a little bit so that they weren't off. He could say with pride that this was the exact method Koro sensei used when he summoned a weak demon the other day to show them how it was done. It wasn't the teacher's fault that it stirred up talk about who would have the mind for summoning and who wouldn't afterwards.
He was going to summon a demon all right and he'd show all of them when he entered into a contract with said demon. The kids in the main campus laughed at him for his dreams but he didn't care. He was going to be one of the best demon hunters to have ever lived as soon as he was up from under his mother's thumb. She didn't want him to be one and voiced it many times but Nagisa ignored her for the most part.
This world also known as the human world was where the humans dwell. The underworld or Hell was where the demons were. People trained to become demon hunters to kill the demons that caused trouble in the human world. The lower demons possessed things like bugs, animals but never humans. They were pesky and a real pain to be rid of but they weren't bad. They just didn't have a physical body in the human world. Upper leveled demons were different. They could possess humans and cause some real damage. There were seven princes of Hell and one in particular was rumored to be the only demon in existence that had a body that could manifest in the human world without possessing somebody. If rumors were true it was because that particular prince of Hell had a human mother.
Nagisa idly wondered how mother demons acted with their kids. Did they hit them for missing something? Or smack them? He didn't know but he knew not all demons were bad so he had to wonder of the dynamic of demonic parentage and all that. It always fascinated him one way or another and he was going to be able to ask that too.
Lighting the candles, he opened the book to the chanting spell and chanted the lines that he rehearsed a million times in his mind. He kept himself calm and his mind blank knowing that people who fell victim to the demons were those that panicked or had so much on their mind that they missed something. Just like that the candles lit out and just as he began to believe he messed up somewhere, he was suddenly staring at mercury colored eyes.
"Heh, you don't-"
He clamped his mouth shut when the reality of what he did hit him. He summoned a demon and not just any demon but one with red colored hair and mercury eyes. The demon didn't look too happy either as he looked around his cramped bedroom and he must have thought of something before he turned back to Nagisa and shown off those fangs.
"Why don't you let me out of here," he commented with a smirk.
Nagisa wasn't stupid though. He didn't enter into a contract with him yet and that meant he'd be able to consume his soul. Shaking his head, he quickly thought of the best way to submit the demon to a contract. Fools let the demons out before even making one making their souls tasty treats but he wasn't going to do that. He liked his soul thank you very much.
"I have to make a contract with you first. It's binding and it will be the only thing that gets you out."
With the smirk gone, Nagisa felt like he somehow maybe messed up. If he did then he wouldn't hear the end of it at school, he may also lose his scholarship if it became public knowledge and then his mom would use that as an excuse to drop him from the classes he worked so hard in so that he could keep it.
"You didn't call me because of something else?"
Nagisa shook his head and it was plain to see that the demon wasn't happy.
"Whoever put you up to this should probably start running because once I devour your soul, then theirs will be next."
"I summoned you to enter a contract with you," Nagisa quickly told him. "Before I let you out of the pentagram I think that I'll go over the finer points. No killing, maiming, or hurting without my saying so. There will be no being seen by my mother again without my saying so. You won't do anything without my saying so. Does that cover it?"
"You're not bad. Making sure I don't do anything without your say? I guarantee you that when I devour your soul I'll savor it."
"Not how that works. The contract won't be null and void until I set you free and then hearing that why would I do such a thing?"
The demon smirked.
"Come on and set me free. I've been waiting for a tasty soul to come along. Many aren't that great, I'll tell you that."
Nagisa just shook his head.
"How stupid do you think I am? No don't answer that," he added seeing the demon about to speak. "Okay I'll let you out of the pentagram but first I have to bleed onto the pentagram to seal the contract."
He hated this part but it must be done otherwise the contract he so perfectly brought together would be void. He took a knife and sliced his finger. Once the pentagram lit up a red, he knew the deed had been done. He waited until the demon was outside of the circle before a thought occurred to him.
"Hey what's your name?"
"You can call me Karma."
He must've been mad. Nagisa looked back down at the circle almost not being able to believe that he actually done it. A big sigh escaped him as he started to pick up the candles.
"So what should we do oh annoying master of mine?"
Nagisa glared at Karma before actually thinking what he should do now that he'd obviously went against his teacher's wishes and summoned a demon. What kind of demon was Karma anyways? It would be just his luck if he got a higher level demon or even worse a prince of Hell. At least he could tell his classmates that he wasn't weak willed and was able to do it.
"I gotta clean up this mess before my mom comes home-"
"NAGISA!"
"Oh damn," Nagisa mumbled under his breath. He quickly headed out quickly into the living room to see what his mother wanted.
He definitely didn't want her coming into the bedroom and seeing all the things needed for demon summoning. She would go ballistic and tell his teacher making him lose his scholarship. He would like to keep this under wrap for as much as possible.
Karma followed behind but seeing as how his mother made no comment about it, he was unseen. Nagisa could breath easy just thinking about it. He wanted to know what had his mother home early though. He knew she wasn't due for another thirty minutes at least and he would have cleaned up before then if he had known.
"You're really determined to keep that scholarship aren't you Nagisa," she told him, disappointment clear in her voice. "However you could do so much better if you were actually back in D class instead of that dreadful E that you seem committed in staying in. Even demon hunters want to succeed in studies don't they?"
"Mom I have no intention of leaving E class and as long as I keep my grades-"
He grabbed as his reddened cheek and just stared at her in silence as she seemed to be fighting to stay calm. If only his mom didn't need to do this to him. If only dad was still around. Would she had done this if dad was still with them? Probably not but then her eyes lit up again as brought out her bag.
"I got you a nice dress you could try on," she said ignoring the fact that not ten seconds ago she slapped him silly. "Why don't you try it on so mommy could see that she got the size right. We can talk about your E class later."
"Mom," Nagisa paused and took the dress. It was purple with a rose midway, just the type of frilly dress that he hated to be associated with. All those frills on it made him shudder at just the thought of having to put it on but she seemed not to care.
"Nagisa I forgot to mention that I reserved the right to talk to your principal. Maybe if I can't get you to see the light maybe he could come to see you as a student that should be in D class and-"
"But he's gonna ask if it's okay with me and I'd tell him no so he wouldn't do it," Nagisa corrected her.
He knew he did wrong when she grabbed him by his arms and whipped him in the face with her closed hand. Why didn't he think and just said nothing? It would be the same if he acted as such later but at least he wouldn't have to worry about it now. Now that he thought about it Karma was probably watching this display in amusement wondering what he'd do next to set her off. He didn't mean to but at least it got her to forget about the dress she'd probably just force onto him later on anyways.
"Go to your room now and think about what you done. If I determine that you have thought long and hard, I'll call you out for dinner. NOW!"
Nagisa didn't hesitate and locked the door behind him. At least now he could clean his room in peace. He looked up and saw that Karma was right there observing him. He wasn't smiling though he did seem to know something that Nagisa didn't. After a moment he did smile and he could only guess for what reason a demon would.
"I guess I have competition," he finally said as Nagisa paused in clearing the chalk out of the carpet. Why didn't he do it on cardboard or something? Chalk was messy to get out.
"What competition?"
"It seems like your mom is dead set on hurting you and I see you as being killed by her hands long before you enter high school, maybe next year if this keeps up. Are you really that weak? She's going to kill you and instead of defending yourself you let her pummel you."
"She gave birth to me and raised me," Nagisa answered, putting his arms over his knees. "She didn't have to raise me and it's just been hard on her now that dad found another woman."
"So you just let her hit you and punch you?" Karma asked with a raised eyebrow. "Doesn't seem very logical to me and you are making excuses for that bitch when she shouldn't lay a hand on you. I saw the whole thing. As long as you don't speak out she doesn't do much to ya. I wonder if she'd even let you eat dinner."
"You're a demon you wouldn't understand," Nagisa countered. "She is just having a rough day and I made it worse by not keeping quiet. If I kept my mouth shut and just let her rant-"
"She'd still hit, punch, and refuse to feed you. Man I'm glad I'm not weak like you. It's actually pitiful the amount of hits you'd take from her. You really want to survive and put this all behind you, kill her. In fact, order me to and I'd devour her soul without a second thought."
"You aren't doing that. Besides she raised me like I said," Nagisa reminded him making the demon roll his eyes. "She wanted a girl and could have gotten one but she kept me even when dad clearly left me. She stayed by me and if I were to hurt her in any way I'd never forgive myself."
"How am I going to get your soul if she kills you?"
Nagisa glared at him for that.
"She's not going to kill me. It gets better. Yesterday she even asked if I was alright."
"That's like asking if you're alright before killing you. She doesn't even care that your face is going to bruise up tomorrow. Maybe you should tell someone-"
"Why are you against her so much anyways? You want to eat my soul. Don't tell me you're coming to care for me now."
Karma snickered.
"Like that will ever happen. Listen I was just telling you what I got from what I saw. I've seen millions of things from the times I've been summoned. Tasty souls that forget to bind me to the contract with blood and there's a lot of others out there that get hit just as much from their parents as you do. You're nothing special. To a demon you're just a soul to be devoured."
"Just like people not all demons are bad though. I was four and this demon saved my life. Don't ask me to tell you the story I was four so I barely remember. All I know is that a demon saved me and I'll never forget it until the day I die."
"So next year then? Either way it seems you are going to die. You refuse to do anything about the hitting and if she doesn't kill you, your soul will be devoured."
Nagisa sighed.
"She's not trying to kill me. I told you she does this only when she's had a rough day or I do something to set her off. She barely hurts me-"
"How many times did it take intervention from another source for you to be okay?"
Nagisa paused.
"Maybe five times? I can't remember and it's not like she means it. So drop it."
"Ok." Karma didn't seem it but he was ever so watchful. All demons were though, Nagisa reminded himself. He had to keep his guard up around him and make sure the contract stayed bonded or else the demon was going to do what he pleased.
"Nagisa open the door now!"
"Oh snap more entertainment," Karma drawled sarcastically. "Don't piss her off and everything will be fine then right?"
Nagisa suddenly hated him as he put the carpet over the pentagram he hadn't finished cleaning yet. Making sure it didn't show one bit of the pentagram, he opened the door and hesitantly let her in. Karma was off to the side watching and he knew he was going to have something to say about each encounter despite him warning him it was nothing. The real crime was obviously having a father that wanted nothing to do with you.
"Yes mom?"
"Did you learn your lesson yet? You don't talk back to mommy Nagisa. That's why I'm in charged because mommy knows best. So when I say listen I expect you to. I just had a hard day and knowing you could have done better on that test really shook me up. An 85 Nagisa? You need to study more if you are going to go to a great high school-
"If she doesn't kill you first then you'll be able to go to a great high school she means," Karma interrupted despite her not hearing him.
She did hear Nagisa telling him to shut up however and froze. Nagisa froze up when he realized he said that out loud and Karma just stuck his tongue out. Who was stupid enough to berate someone that wasn't even seen by the person anyways?
"Nagisa did you just tell mommy to shut up?"
"No mom, I didn't...I can explain-"
"Shut up! No child of mine is going to disrespect me!"
"Sure you don't want me stopping her," Karma said realizing what she was doing had to hurt. "It would be over real quick and she'd never do it again."
"No," Nagisa said aloud realizing too late his mistake and getting his hair yanked and being smacked over and over just hurt.
"You will listen to mommy Nagisa. Rebelling won't work and has no place in this home."
"Mom you're hurting me."
It was the wrong thing to say when she was already pissed off but thinking too late that she'd listen to reason got Nagisa wanting to prove to Karma that she wasn't bad. She'd stop if her child told her that she was hurting him right?
"WHY DON'T YOU LIVE WITH YOUR FATHER AND HIS SLUT THEN NAGISA! IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT HERE THEN GO TO HIM-OH WAIT HE DOESN'T WANT YOU! HE DOESN'T EVEN PAY CHILD SUPPORT FOR YOU ANYMORE! SUCH AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD! GO TO BED AND WE'LL TALK IN THE MORNING!"
By the time she was out of the room, Nagisa hurriedly went and fixed the ties in his hair. He remained quiet as Karma came up beside him observing. It wasn't a bad thought what Nagisa tried but with a woman like that he should have kept his mouth shut and let the punishment be over with. If he never opened his mouth in the first place this could have been avoided.
"You alright?"
"You care now?"
"No just checking. She kicked you a little hard there and that was before she grabbed you by the hair and smacked you repeatedly. Does she do this everyday?"
"No."
Karma raised his eyebrows and turned him around to see a purplish bruise forming on his cheek. Great, he didn't want to see that but it was too late to back out now so instead he looked him in the eyes. Blue eyes stared downcast making Karma sigh.
"It happens more than you seem to want to believe. How does no one in school know to report this? I know for a fact that child protective services ain't that shitty."
"Bullies."
"What's up with answering with one word? I'm not your mom and I certainly wouldn't hit you unless you ask me to but that may make you a little bit of a masochist if you do."
"Trust me when I say that not all demons are that bad. They certainly can't be worst than her."
"And you don't say anything because you feel you owe her. Your dad left to get away from your mom not you. You should call him and make sure but I'm rarely wrong and I think he'd love the opportunity to sit down with his son and talk about what mommy dearest is doing."
"I'm going to bed."
"When was the last time you saw him anyways?"
"Last month. We talk once a month. Maybe I'll call him and see if we can talk a little early though. It's nice when he does that."
Karma sighed.
"You summoned me so you did something right okay kid. Don't beat yourself over the fact that mommy dearest seems dead set on hurting you."
"You actually said something nice." Nagisa brightened with a smile. "You can't take it back either because I heard you say something to cheer me up."
"Whatever," Karma lamented. "It's not like I have to say much to do that. Go to bed before mommy dearest comes in and shoves you out the window."
Nagisa was snuggled under the covers before realizing that the demon was still there. Where would he sleep? He scooted over and allowed some room for him if he wanted to but Karma just looked at it and huffed.
"Demons don't sleep. Didn't you read that in your demon hunting class?"
"Karma?"
He paused and looked over at the weird blue haired kid that somehow was far stronger than he let on. Sighing he listened to what it was Nagisa had to say but he just smiled.
"Thank you. I mean it."
Karma huffed again before shaking his head.
"Whatever."