A.N.- Yea! Another DxD OC! Please review and follow :)
Devil of the Streets
Chapter 1
The cold northern wind blew against my face as I stepped back onto the cement covered strip. I looked up at the dark night sky and the neon lights and smirked. They say these streets make you feel brand new and these lights inspire you…yeah right.
"See ya tomorrow night kid. Usual time, usual payment." The club owner called and I just gave him a slight wave, not even turning around. He walked back into the brightly lit club full of dancing young people. I turned slightly and saw him stroking the small, plastic, package I had given him.
"If he keeps up like this he'll go broke." I said and chuckled. I walked down the strip towards my prowling grounds, fingering through the wad of cash in my hands.
After counting the money, I shoved it in my coat pocket and pulled a pack of cigs out of my jeans. I put the short white strip of tobacco between my lips and shoved the container back in my pants.
"All we need now is a lighter." I said to myself as I fumbled around through the small deck of playing cards I kept in my jacket. I pulled at a two of Hearts and smirked.
"Just the card I was looking for." I said and watched the magic circle form on the white playing card. The small piece of paper burst into flames and I clutched them in my fist. I brought the fire to the butt of my cigarette, lit it, and snapped my fingers. The card reappeared in my hand and I placed it back in my deck. Now, you're probably curious how I did that exactly, well I should probably start from the begging…
I'm a devil, well I use to be. Now I'm classified as a stray devil. I was forced to watch my Master get killed right in front of me by some upper class angel and his little group of holy servants. But, of course, I got my revenge. I'd already killed all his servants by the time I turned to see the angel pulling his sword out of the Master's chest.
"Well what are you going to do now servant? I killed your Master, what could you possibly be able to do to me now?" He said and I smirked. My Master had already weakened him and I was a Queen, my Master's strongest piece…of course I could take him. The angel went down with a few punches to the face and chest and the massive crater I left in his stomach from my fireball. I turned away from the broken, beaten angel and walked over to my Master. I held her pale white hand in mine, her short white hair laid limp all around her.
"James, my servant, that's you right?" She said, her voice was weak and the color was slowly leaving her face. Her bright yellow eyes seemed to dim and I actually felt tears stream down my face.
"Don't worry Master I'm here. I'll stay with you until the end." I told her and grabbed her hand even tighter. She was the one who saved me and now I had to try and save her…the best that I could.
"James, James Thanatos, do you remember the day I found you my love?" She asked in that kind, tender, voice of hers.
"Of course Master, how could I forget? You saved me from the streets and the…the hunger…all of it." I told her and picked her up, laying her on my lap. I had to be closer to her, I couldn't let her go.
"James, I'm so proud of you. Now get out of here and be safe. Don't let them catch you and hurt you. Promise me you won't get yourself into trouble ever again okay?" She told me and I couldn't help it anymore…I broke down.
"Ma…Master…MASTER! No please don't leave me…I don't even know where to go! Just a little longer please!" I wailed and threw my tear covered face back and looked at the sky. The rain mixed with my tears and drenched my clothes. "Don't you take her! Don't take her from me!" I screamed and threw my arms around her again. A magic circle appeared below us and my Master's body began to break away and disappear.
"No…please…ELIZABETH! Don't leave me!" I screamed and she gave me one last warm smile before disappearing into a black void. I just sat there…clutching at air…not knowing where to go.
"You…" I muttered and turned to the dead angel's body that lay next to me. I walked across the top of the building that our skirmish had taken place on and grabbed the angel by the neck. I slammed his head into the concrete floor and cried even harder. I knew that this wouldn't bring her back…but…I was so angry. I gave him one more, hard, slam and something flew out of his clutched fist.
I walked over to where the object landed and saw a small, brown, leather pouch. I flipped the tiny cover back and looked inside to see a deck of playing cards. The kind that those old mortals use to play Solitaire with or whatever it is they do.
"What are these for?" I asked, genuinely intrigued. I pulled out an ace of Diamonds and examined the card, what did it do? I walked back over to the deceased angel and held the card in front of his face, trying to find some clues. All of a sudden, a magic circle appeared on the card and a blinding pale blue light exploded out of it. The light flew straight to the dead angel and covered his entire body in this weird glow.
"Oh no…what did I do?" I said, scared I broke some sacred rule or something. I fell back and watched the card just hover there and start to absorb the angel. His body began to decay and the light on the card grew brighter and brighter. The angel's body eventually ceased to exist and the card sucked in its last bits of bright light before shooting the light off in every direction.
"What the…that's clearly and angel weapon of some kind…how did that happen?" I stood up and walked over to the small white playing card. I grabbed it out of the air and a shock flew through my body.
"Argh! What was…what was that?" I asked and examined the card in my hand. An ace of Diamonds, the strongest Diamond card, what does any of this mean? I flipped the card around in my right hand and looked it over. I was able to see a small, blue, magic circle on the center of the card and I became even more curious.
"A magic circle on…an angel weapon? How?" I asked and shrugged, may as well try it out. I channeled my, now unlimited, magic power into the card and watched as it was encased in ice.
"What is this?" I asked and closed my fist around the small frozen card. It broke and I felt an unlimited amount of ice magic flow through me. My entire body felt incredible and I couldn't exactly explain the feeling.
"Well well well…let's see where this goes." I said and looked up at the dark sky. This is what she would want right? She would want me to be safe. I thought it over and nodded to myself. "Elizabeth, don't worry about me my lovely master. I'm going to be just fine." I said and ran to the edge of the building. I stood on the edge and looked down at the city below me.
"New York city, they say it's the city where dreams come true. Guess it's worth a shot." I said and smiled. I strapped the deck of playing cards to my black skinny jeans, pulled the hood of my thin black jacket over my head, and jumped off the Empire State Building.
Halfway down, I held out my right hand unleashing a huge amount of ice from it. I made the ice take form and I landed on the small bridge I'd made without any damage to me. I just stood there, on an ice bridge that connected the Empire State Building to one of the nearby skyscrapers. I smiled and looked up at the dark night sky and felt the rain hit my face again.
"I know just what to do…" I said and skated off on the ice bridge, creating my own path with my new found ice abilities.
I turns out I could harness four elements total. Earth, lighting, ice, and fire. The Heart cards symbolized fire, Diamonds were ice, Spades were earth, and Clubs were lighting. After killing a fallen angel, regular angel, or other mythical monster, I was able to absorb their souls and powers into one of the cards. The number on the card they absorbed was equal to their power in real life. Let's say I killed a Cadre level fallen angel, he or she would take up a King or an Ace card. And if I killed a low level fallen one, he or she would take up a one or two or three level card and so on. I don't know what exactly governs the element they take on, that's just kind of a random thing.
Anyway, at this point in my life I'm currently a street merchant on the beautiful side walk of New York City. Drug dealer, assassin, and magician. Those are my occupations and I feel that I do them fairly well. At least well enough to eat. I still have the same clothes that I had on the night she died, I never went home. I was too scared about being called a stray and killed on the spot, so I just stayed in New York. I currently live on a small blue and red blanket on some random street corner; I should probably do a better job of keeping up with street names.
I continued to walk down the street from the club I had just left. The owner is one of my regulars and he pays pretty well, so I don't mind the trip uptown. I finally got back to my prowling grounds and took in the scent with a smile.
"Awe noting like urine and booze to make you feel welcome." I said and chuckled before walking back to my set up.
"Yo James, welcome back my man!" One of the other merchants called at me.
"Sup Marky my man?" I called back and waved at the guy. I turned the corner and saw a large group of people gathered around the other vendors I knew.
"Looks like business is good tonight, right boys?" I asked as I walked past what I like to call "Bum Merchant Row."
"Hell ya Jamey my boy!" One of the older bums called to me as he took a handful of cash for one of his many assorted items. I just smiled and kept walking.
I turned the next corner and saw some of the younger ruffians out and about again. I just smiled at the kids who were playing around my set up and approached them.
"Hey kids, how you guys doing tonight?" I said in my cherry tone as I patted the littlest one's head.
"James! Welcome back sir! We were just…uh…keeping everything safe for you." The oldest one said and I laughed.
"Of course you kids were. Well I'm about to start, you guys wanna watch the show tonight?" I asked and they all cheered in excitement, that child-like wonder, nothing better than that. I patted the five little heads in front of me and took a seat on the blanket in front of me. I took the thin hood off my head and laid my small brown leather pouch on the side of my blanket.
"So what card do we start with tonight, let's see here…" I said as I dug through my pocket for a card. I grabbed one and pulled it out…Four of Spades, perfect. I activated the magic circle and the brown light span around on the card. Just before the five boys could see it turn to earth, I closed my fist and threw the card into the air. By the time it came back down, it was a small, smooth, rock. The boys cheered in wonder and I put the rock behind my back, snapped my fingers, and pulled the card out the other side. They cheered once more.
"James you're incredible! You should go into show business." One of the boys yelled.
"We can help you! We'll be your managers." The oldest one called in response and I just chuckled.
"You kids are sweet, here…" I said and tossed them a five dollar bill. "Go get something to eat for tonight. If you kids are like me, I know you're starving." I said and they all tackled me.
"Thank you Mr. James!" They all yelled and ran off towards the nearest fast food joint. I love taking care of the kids, feels really nice.
"Alright then, on with the show." I said and pulled a Four of Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds out of my pocket. I held the Diamond and the Heart in both hands and brought the two elements together. I threw a fire\ice blast into the air and watched as the fire caused a small explosion and ice started to rain down like snow.
People started to gather around as I pulled out three cups and placed my Spades under one of them. Two young men, five young women, and three old couples; perfect. After turning around to check my appearance in the small piece of broken glass I keep on my blanket, I continued my show.
"Alright I need a volunteer." I sang and started to move the three cups around. "You my lady?" I said and nodded towards a really pretty blonde girl. She blushed and walked over to the cups.
"I think the card is under this one." She said and poked the one my right. Well the card was under that one. I chuckled and picked up the cup to reveal a small rock in its place.
"Sorry miss." I said and watched as one of the men approached the display. He looked pretty grim…I didn't like where this was going.
"This is such a fake!" The guy muttered and picked up the two other cups, no card. "What did I tell you? You're just some stupid kid trying to make a living off cheap tricks, go get a job." He said and kicked over my cups and my pouch with the nightly earnings.
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." I said and stood in front of him, ready to utterly destroy him if he tried anything with me or some innocent bystander.
"Oh really? You want me to leave this crummy little ghetto part of town?" He yelled, clearly drunk and out of control. "Why don't I teach you to respect the upper class you little wretch." He said and ran at me.
I smirked and easily side stepped his punch before delivering my own rock hard punch to his ribs. He ran head first into the wall behind me and I turned to see him sprawled against it, facing me. I snapped my fingers and the Spades card reappeared in my hand. I sent it down my sleeve and summoned a one of Clubs. Not very strong lighting, just want to scare him a little.
"What was that punk? Being homeless teach you how fight or something." The drunk guy yelled and ran at me again. I clenched my fist and pointed my finger at his feet. Zap, Zap, Zap. I shot lighting at his feet and smiled as he danced around. He was flailing around like a moron and I decided it was about time to give him the boot, literally. I kicked him right in the face and sent him flying off my blanket and a little farther down the street.
"Sorry about that ladies and gentlemen. I apologize but I believe that includes tonight show, if you would please donate something that would be greatly appreciated." I said and took a seat on the blanket once again. Amazingly everyone left some money, I got about eleven dollars in total and I felt it was a successful night.
"Guess its nap time." I said and turned to face the small piece of glass again. I ran my hand through my shaggy jet black hair and I examined my blood red eyes. If it weren't for my kindly smile no one would talk to me. I buttoned up my jacket, concealing my red, cut up, t-shirt and laid down on the blanket.
This was the life I was happily living…well at least it was up until that point.