Hey, it's me, Zenkai! I'm back with the new rewrite, ready to fire back up on all cylinders this time! First off, I made the story too hard on myself, trying to fit in too many characters and coming up with too many scenarios for this story, so this time, I'm cutting a few characters out of this story and adapting more canon elements and events into this while diverging from it as well! Before any of that, however, I need to clarify that I do not own Devilman, Devilman Crybaby, or any references made here, as all those are owned by their respective owners and companies. The only thing I own here are my OCs. Now, without further ado, OPEN THE GAME!
The young man groaned as he slowly started to wake up from his unconscious state, slowly pushing some rubble off of his body before he rose up from the ground. He shook his head, trying to regain his bearings as rubbed the back of his head. Whatever that energy was, it belonged to something powerful, almost as strong as...
"It's him." A gravelly voice said, causing the hairs on the back of his neck to stand up as fear gripped his heart. "The demon hero Amon has awakened!" The young man gritted his teeth, realizing just what his partner meant all those years ago when he talked about Amon. How his strength dwarfed all other save for Satan, how his might caused chaos and decimation in Hell. So this guy was stronger than they were? His body shivered, and yet, the young man smirked. "So, that's Amon?" He asked his companion, excitement lacing his voice. "This is gonna be fun, then! Let's do this, Bazel!" His partner was shocked at the declaration but smirked as he regained a drive. "Very well, then." The mouth on his stomach said. "Let's finish this!" With that, the young man sprouted a pair of black and blue wings from his back and took off, hoping to find Amon and take him out.
Meanwhile, a distance away, a young, black-haired woman wearing a red jumpsuit and a large checkered hat groaned as she got back up from the ground before looking up at the dust cloud. What happened to Akira? Why were those demons so interested in him? Her question was answered as something walked out of the smoke, a red foot stomping out before the rest of the body followed. It looked like what most people thought when they heard of the word "demon", but instead of having features of a goat, it seemed more wolfish, for lack of a better term. On top of that, it had black fur on its legs and chest, complimenting the beard that blended with its fur on its head. But all that was ignored as she felt his power, which practically dwarfed everything in the area. This was him, he was the one, the one they called Amon!
The demon had a smirk on his face as his yellow eyes looked over the area in front of him, viewing over the group of demons that surrounded him. This was the best that Saylos could bring? Pathetic. He could beat them with one arm behind his back! Besides, there were only three beings that could give him a challenge, and only one of them could beat him! His hearing picked up something shifting, and he quickly dashed towards the demon that moved, swiping its head off and spraying blood everywhere as he then tore the other two standing next to it by their waists. This spurred the demons around him to charge towards him, but they were merely just cannon fodder. He quickly tore through the army with no mercy, causing blood to fall everywhere. Before long, 3/4 of the group was shredded to pieces, leaving only Amon and whatever was left of the demons that Saylos assembled.
"So, you are still as powerful as ever, aren't you, Amon?" The tentacled demon stated, a neutral look on his face before it was replaced with a cocky expression. "Good. Anything else would be boring." Amon looked over at his opponent, an aura of smugness radiating from him. "Is that all you got?" He asked in a boastful voice. "You disappoint me." Before he could continue, he heard some struggling near the ground and turned towards the source of the noise, spotting a young human girl, struggling to get out of the rubble that was on top of her. He smiled as he leaned down and grab her, the girl squirming in his grip all the while. She may not be big, but she would make for a good snack. It has been a while since he ate, after all.
The red demon brought the girl closer to his mouth, and off in the distance, the young woman saw this, her pupils shrinking in terror. "YUMI!" She shrieked in terror, knowing that the young girl was about to meet her end. However, before Amon could close his jaws...
"Leave that girl alone, you bastard!" A voice yelled before something slammed into the demon's back and causing him to drop the human that was about to be his meal. She landed on the ground, injuring her back before she was suddenly picked up and carried away from her would-be killer. She blinked at the sudden change in her surroundings before she suddenly felt someone wrap their arms around her. "Yumi!" The female screamed, earning a surprised look from the young girl. "Sis!" She responded back, returning the embrace Mikiko gave as she was passed on to her from her savior.
"Get out of here, now!" The young man told them as they turned to look at him, taking in the features of their savior, who had black hair and eyes, a small scar under his right eye, tan skin, and a mouth on his well-toned stomach filled with fangs, wearing nothing more than ragged pair of black leather pants. "What about you?!" Mikiko exclaimed as he turned around. "I'm gonna hold them off for as long as I can. Now get going!" He stated, earning a look of awe from the two. "...You better make it out alive, man." She said in a quiet tone, earning a smirk as she leaped away with the young girl in her arms. "Don't worry." The young man said as he turned towards Amon, his black eyes turning blue. "We will."
He began to walk towards the red demon, who smirked before he did the same, anticipation building up in their blood as Saylos looked on in surprise. "He's here?!" He wondered out loud before his face changed in anger. "Damn! I can't fight both of them like this!" His eyes darted around the area as the young man and red demon began to sprint towards each other, and once they met at the middle, they each threw a punch towards each other, but in an instant, the young man's limb transformed, resembling that of a muscular bird's limb. The two were sent flying from each other from the power of their cross-counter, causing trenches in the ground before they picked themselves up, with the young man growing more muscular as his features became more feral, and they charged at each other once more, creating a crater upon impact.
The two struggled to push each other, electricity and flames sparking up around and on them as they grit their teeth in frustration. "This human..." Amon began thinking. "So this is the one that took over Bazeldeus? If so, then this will make an excellent fight!" With that thought, he smirked before grabbing the half-transformed Devilman and slamming him into the ground. The Devilman yelled in pain before he rolled out of the way as his opponent stomped the area he just got away from. He then jumped back and shot a ring of lightning towards Amon, binding him before leaping up to knee the bearded bastard's face, knocking him back.
Amon quickly broke out of the bindings before he began throwing punches at his opponent, causing blood to spray from his mouth before they jumped back and avoiding tentacles that suddenly shot towards them. "If you think I'll stand by," Saylos exclaimed as he leaped on to the battlefield, his tentacles retreating back to his head before delivering an ax-kick to Amon, who blocked the strike before he was drop-kicked by the Devilman in the back, who flipped back and jumped over to stomp on Saylos' head, who hissed and began to swipe at the young man before Amon grabbed the cyan demon and used him to bat away their opponent away. The young Devilman skidded on the ground to stop his momentum, digging his claws into the dirt before rising up and letting out a powerful yell as lightning coursed on his body. "Bazel, your turn!" He yelled into his mind, earning a grunt of agreement from the mouth on his stomach.
He transformed further, his skin greying and growing fur, especially on his legs, as his muscles increased in size, his limbs turned to resemble bird legs, stopping a short bit at his elbows and knees, before blue horns sprouted from his head. His hair shifted to resemble bat wings as his fangs elongated, and his eyes deformed to a large shape before the irises, pupils, and sclera shifted to a blue coloring. Bazeldeus then roared as he finished transforming, his power completely charged before he charged towards the pair, firing his forearms towards them as the separated limbs began to spin like buzzsaws. The two demons saw this and jumped up to dodge them, but Saylos was too slow and ended up getting slashed by the arm's claw, spraying blood from the wound on his chest as the demon screamed in pain.
"Is that seriously all you can take?" Amon mocked. "Pathetic, it should take a lot more than that to kill a demon, even of your stature!" The tentacled demon scowled at the insult, but whatever retort he was about to make was cut short as one of the flying limbs impaled him from the back, sticking out from his chest. The demon gaped in shock before falling forward to the ground, his blood pooling around him. Amon looked on in surprise, genuinely interested by what just happened. "He never did THAT before..." He murmured before Bazel ran up and socked him in the jaw, sending him sliding on the ground. Amon turned around in the air and halted his momentum before the grey, black, and blue demon slammed his foot down on the larger demon's head, sending him crashing to the ground.
The demon warrior growled in frustration before he grabbed his opponent's leg, picked himself up, and began swinging him around before throwing him to a building. Bazeldeus turned and aimed his still severed arm at his rival before bullets of lightning were fired from the stump, forcing Amon to block them, not noticing that the missing forearm was spinning rapidly towards him. However, Bazel then crashed into the skyscraper, ceasing the barrage of electricity. Amon lowered his arms quickly before turning around to grab the spinning limb, which he redirected and threw towards its owner. The grey demon crawled out of the building before noticing his limb spinning towards him at a rapid pace. He leaned out of its way before mentally commanding it to reattach to him before he flew back towards Amon, who met up with him halfway there, causing a shockwave and shattering all the windows within range. "Is that all you got?" Amon jeered. "I expected more from the one who took over Bazeldeus' will and strength."
The demon grunted before his tense expression was replaced with a confident smirk. "Oh, trust me." He began. "We got a lot more than that!" Amon's eyes widened in shock at the declaration before his head was grabbed and brought in to a headbutt. He winced in pain before he was brought towards the ground and repeatedly slammed around by his opponent before being dragged through several buildings and thrown off into a train station. The red demon picked himself back up, a scowl on his face before he grabbed a nearby train and slamming it into the incoming Bazeldeus, knocking him into a gas tank and causing an explosion. "Of all the stupid, asinine bullshit!" The red demon growled as flames suddenly burst on his skin. "The human didn't take you over... the two of you are coexisting! A human and a demon! What happened to you Bazeldeus?! Why are you defending these weaklings?! WHERE HAS YOUR PRIDE GONE?!" He yelled out in fury. They were of the three strongest of Hell's realm, so why were he and the human working together?!
The smoke subsided from the explosion, revealing that the grey demon created a barrier around himself, only a couple of singe marks on his fur being the sign of damage before he lowered the barrier of electricity. "My pride? I never got rid of it." Bazel inquired with a calm tone, lightning beginning to course through his body. "I grew. I became stronger because I found more to these humans. Things that made me proud of something other than myself. It is thanks to them, that I will protect humanity until my dying breath!" The answer just seemed to anger Amon further as his scowl deepened further before he let out a roar of anger and charged at Bazeldeus, who responded in kind. The two clashed before they began trading blows, creating small shockwaves as their fists collided. "If that's how you're going to do it, then fine!" Amon growled. "I'll slaughter you for the traitor you are!"
He then brought his fists down on his opponent, but Bazel dodged the blow before striking the red demon in the groin. This did nothing however as he simply grabbed the grey demon's head and began to drag him through the ground, creating a trench before he threw Bazel to a building. He quickly turned around and landed on the wall before leaping off of it and transforming back into his host, the pair letting out a powerful scream as the human rocketed towards his opponent. Amon fired a barrage of flames towards the rocketing human, who covered himself with a barrier before transforming back into Bazel as they neared Amon, headbutting his ribs and sending him flying back. They weren't done, however, as Bazeldeus charged at Amon and lifted him to the sky before preparing to piledrive him into the ground. The red demon saw this tactic and quickly spun them around, crashing into the ground on his feet before he smashed his enemy through the ground, causing blood to erupt from his back as he tumbled away from Amon.
Bazeldeus got back up before firing a blast of electricity, which his opponent batted away, but it was merely a distraction as a foot collided with his face before Bazel began to pummel him with rapid punches. Amon was barely able to block the blows, but he was quickly being overwhelmed as the strikes began to make contact. Eventually, he began to lose his ground as he was slowly being pushed back by his rival, blood falling to the ground before he was kicked a few yards away. He skidded to a stop, but his anger began to blind him as he charged up a beam of fire in his mouth before firing it. Bazel leaped over the attack and delivered an ax-kick to the demon's head, cracking his teeth upon impact before he swiped his claws at the grey demon. Bazel jumped out of the way, but he was too slow to dodge the roundhouse that sent him skidding across the ground.
He shook his head as he got up, but he was then crushed by Amon, who jumped on top of him before beginning to pound his fists on his body. Bazel screamed in pain, but grit his teeth as he charged up an attack in his stomach mouth and firing a bolt of lightning, hurtling Amon away from him. He quickly got back up as Amon did, a furious snarl on his face before the red demon let out a yell, the flames on his skin flaring up as their heat rose along with his power. He charged up to his full power rapidly, and when he finished, he gritted his teeth and charged at his opponent, who was starting to get tired. Bazeldeus knew that he won't be able to react fast enough to block this attack. He knew this might be the end.
He gritted his teeth.
That didn't matter right now anymore.
He was going to finish this fight right now.
"WE WILL NOT LET YOU DESTROY OUR WOOOOOORRRRLLLD!" He yelled, charging towards his enemy, electricity flaring from his body for one final attack.
However, something stopped them.
As they neared each other, a demon suddenly appeared in between the two and sent out a psychic shockwave, knocking the two warriors back. The pair stumbled back before picking themselves back up, but as Amon regained his bearings, he felt something attack his mind. He howled in pain as the unknown newcomer assaulted his mind as if searching for something. Once she found it, she brought it back out, sending the demon hero into a state of unconsciousness. The newcomer let out a sigh as Bazeldeus picked himself back up and gained a good look at this demon. It looked like a face that had a lot of hair, with arms and legs attached to it. Honestly, he didn't know what to think of this being. On one hand, it was a demon, but this demon just saved his and Ruben's lives. Just what was it?
"Greetings." She (based on the sound of her voice) said. "It is impressive you have lasted this long against Amon. Not many others can make that claim as well. I am glad I managed to rescue you in time." This confused the demon and the human in his subconscious. How did she know who they were? "Do not fret. I am your ally." The demon continued as if she sensed their unease. "Oh yeah?" Bazel growled. "How can we be so sure?"
The demon sighed, never closing her eyes before she began to explain. "I am Psycho Jenny. I have psychic powers, and I just used them to reawaken Akira Fudo from his state." She told him, and as if on cue, Amon began to float up. Bazeldeus got in a fighting stance, but the body kept floating higher and higher until it reached the clouds. Bazel's heart pounded slowly in anticipation as the air seemed to tense up before s flash of light erupted from the sky, blinding him. Once his vision returned, Bazel looked up at where the explosion was, spotting a body falling from the sky before it landed at far off a distance, eliciting worry from him and his host before they ran towards where the body fell.
Upon reaching its location, his eyes widened at the sight of the giant Amon-shaped crater, but more importantly, what was lying in it. Inside the crater, lied a young man with dark hair without clothes. Bazel transformed back into Ruben as he slid down the crater towards the stranger, ignoring how he also lacked clothing. He kneeled down and flipped the unconscious body, looking over the (admittedly hot) young man with dark markings under his eyes. "Who are you?" He whispered before the man in his arms shifted. As he started to wake up, the young woman from earlier found the two and gasped. "Akira!" She yelled, sliding down to reunite with them as Akira woke up with a groan. He blinked his eyes and looked around, curious as to where he is and who the guy holding him was. "What happened?" He asked in a hoarse voice, eliciting a smile from the young woman, who kneeled down to him. "We'll tell you later, Akira." She said. "We're just glad you're back with us."
Akira smiled, but his expression changed to a serious look. "No, it's not over yet." He stated. "There's still something left to do."
Later
Akira, wearing his usual clothes again, stood with a grim expression on his, staring at the blond that was a few yards away from him. All this started because of him. Almost every human died because of the actions of his now former friend.
No...
He wasn't Ryo to him anymore. Ryo never existed in the first place.
It was always Satan.
Akira tightened his fists in anger as he began to walk over to the angel in disguise. His heart pounded as his mind imagined wrapping his hands around the blond bastard's neck, of tearing the fallen angel apart with his bare hands.
But as he got closer, he remembered Miki. He remembered how she wanted him to give up his hatred on him. How she wanted him to keep his humanity. How she wanted him to keep being human. He was already a few feet away, ready for one final battle, ready to fight against the king of the demons. He got closer... and walked past him. He knew that fighting Ryo wouldn't bring her back. It wouldn't bring anyone back. It's not going to fix anything. All he can do... is let go.
Ryo looked down, his stoic expression falling as he realized that Akira stopped caring about this. No matter what happened, Akira will no longer care about him. He no longer mattered...
Off to the side, Ruben sighed as he saw what could've been a destructive battle finish before it began. The tension in the air paralyzed him before it let go. "Geez, you would've thought that the world was gonna end right there." Bazeldeus said, earning a nod from his host. "That's because it would've." A familiar female voice said behind the human, eliciting a yelp of surprise from the two. "Had they fought, only Satan would've survived, leaving only him and him alone. After that, this would start all over again."
"Wait, what?" Ruben asked in a befuddled voice, but before he could receive an answer, a bright light erupted from the clouds, blinding him. "AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!" He screamed.
"You see, my creation." Jenny began. "Our world is trapped in a time loop by God in an effort to punish Satan. However, we have done this for far too long, and I wish to put an end to this, even if it meant to betray the lord of demons. That is why I created the two of you."
"WHAT?!" Ruben and Bazeldeus yelled, but before she could continue, the light began to consume the Earth, rewriting everything for the next cycle and punishment.
However, something seemed off. Something was stirring, ready to change the course of the timeline forever, and if possible, fix everything for everyone.
Once.
And.
For.
All...
And we are done with the rewritten prologue! I hope you enjoyed this fixed version! Of course, I'm pretty sure you all have seen what I have changed, and the reason I took out Hannah and Tabath is due to very personal reasons. However, thanks to this, I will now be able to write chapters much more effectively now! Some arcs are going to change, as well as a few events, but beyond all that, it will all go according to keikaku! Until net time! Zenkai, Out!
