Neon Genesis Demon
Prologue
Hild stared out over Hell.
Unlike Heaven, Hell had not been leveled or ravaged by the Rogue Demons. That didn't mean Hell hadn't changed. Sadly, a Demon from five hundred years ago would probably not be able to find his way around the present Hell.
Of course the souls in Hell continued to be tortured, Hell WAS still Hell after all. But the general attitude of the Demons had changed. While they still carried on with acts of chaos and mayhem on the mortal world, the Demons no longer made it personal with the Gods. In fact, many Demon could be seen in the company of Gods these days. Many Gods now strolled the streets of Hell. But even with the Gods, there was still a problem.
Hell was empty.
Well not empty as in there wasn't anyone, but empty due to the constant fighting for almost four hundred years. There just wasn't as many Demons as there should have been.
The first major loss had been when almost half of Hell had left and gone rogue. There was then the losses when the other half of Hell had gone to retake Heaven for the Gods. Not that the Gods hadn't had severe loses as well, but they had mostly recovered by now. The Demons had been slow to recover, mostly because many still didn't like the idea of fighting their 'brothers'. That had ended after a major attack by the rogues against the main computer core in Hell. Slowly the rest of Hell began to fight back, but it was costly.
The only bright side was Mana.
She had fought Demon after Demon successfully and inspired the rest of Hell to try harder. Mana's only misstep had been with the Mortal named Dawn. For fifty years Mana was out of action, serving her sentence. When she came back, she hadn't been the same and nearly died. After that, she had fought with a viciousness Hild had never before seen in her. That, and her fighting skills, had caused Hild to promote Mana to Class 0 and placed her in charge of training the demons.
And she had done well as a trainer. The Demons Mana trained had vastly more success against the rogues then their untrained brethren.
The Rogue threat had finally been eliminated rather explosively when the Angels were revived. Or at least that was what they had thought at the time.
Shortly after the Angels returned, Mana had asked for and been granted time away from Hell. That time had stretched out for almost forty years. Mana had only returned after being convinced by the Goddess Sayoko's kids.
Now, the Rogue Demons seemed to be returning, and in strength. This round had started with an assassination attempt against the Shogun of Japoness. The incidents had only increased since then. It was rare for the forces of Heaven and Hell to actually engage the Demons, mostly because the Rogues would leave almost immediately after their act of chaos. Mana had engaged and defeated several Demons after one incident, but that was only pure luck she had been nearby.
Hild was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of the door opening.
"I told you I didn't want to be disturbed." Hild said, believing it to be one of her hand maidens.
"But you didn't tell us." came a male voice.
Hild whirled about to see three figures standing in her chamber. All three wore black demon cloaks with the hoods pulled up to hide their faces.
"Who are you?" Hild snapped, "How dare you enter my private chamber!"
One of the figures pulled back the hood to reveal the face of a demon, a demon that should no longer exist.
"Draco?" Hild said, "It can't be you!"
Draco smiled, his red eyes staring at the Queen.
"Oh but it is my former Queen."
"You're dead!"
"Oh but I was." Draco replied, "As was he." He pointed to one of the other figures. That figure removed his hood. Once again Hild was in shock.
"LOKI?" Hild shouted, "But you……"
"Gungir is a rather interesting experience." The god replied, his red eyes staring at Hild, "I suggest you try it sometime."
"What do you want?" Hild said, raising her arms.
"That is what our friend here is for." Draco said, indicating the last cloaked individual. That person removed their hood. Hild was stunned.
"Wha…..?"
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Several hours later.
Terra 2.
Otaru's Restaurant.
Mana Kirishima and Sayoko Aida sat across from each other in a booth. The restaurant was empty at this time of day, so they could talk about whatever they wished. Sayoko's younger brother, Keima, ran the restaurant with his wife, Lime, and her two sisters, Cherry and Bloodberry.
Mana rubbed the side of her head.
"Urd is such a pain in the ass." She said.
Sayoko chuckled. Mana turned and stared at her Goddess friend.
"What's so funny?" the Demoness asked.
"Aunt Urd said the same thing about you." Sayoko replied. "You know Hild sees both of you as her daughters."
"Ugh." Mana groaned, "Don't say that! It's bad enough when Hild says it."
"But it's true!"
"First," Mana stated, "she's my Great Aunt, considering her sister was my grandmother."
Sayoko winced. "Yeah, I know."
Mana sighed. "Sorry. I hate mentioning her."
"It's alright." Sayoko said, waving her hand. "Continue."
"Second. Urd flat out told Hild she would never consider me as a sister." Mana shrugged, "Maybe because I'm so much younger then her."
"Actually I think it's because you're a Demon." Sayoko replied, "You remind Urd what she could have been."
Mana shrugged. "That could be a good thing. I'm not your average Demon."
"I'll mention that to Urd the next time I see her."
"That will please her to no good end."
The door to the restaurant then burst open, admitting a familiar blond hair demon.
"Hey Mara." Mana said, "Pull up a chair and……."
"You need to come to Hell." Mara said hurriedly.
"What?"
"You need to come back." Mara repeated, "Now."
"What for?" Mana asked.
"Yeah!" Sayoko added, "Hild hasn't ordered her anywhere since….."
Mara cut Sayoko off with a look.
"Hild is dead." Mara stated.