Hi guys this is my first Fan FIC so I apologize in advance for any formatting errors or spelling errors. Without further ado on with the story.
Italics mean thoughts
Prologe
(Just outside True Cross Academy Town)
A figure was cloaked in fire that burned as hot as magma stood searching through the burning ruins of a small church in the country side. This monstrous figure stood at 8 feet tall from head to toe. It was covered in scales that glistened like rubies in firelight and had a 4 foot long tail that ended in a barb not unlike a spear head. It's face was like that of a lizard, and its jaw was full of razor sharp teeth with the lower canines traveling half way up the creatures snout. Its two long arms ended with hand that were tipped with talons that looked to be more like knives than fingers. Protruding from monster's back was a set of bat like wings. The creature reached down and grabbed something as it found the object of the its interest in this small out of the way church. That object was the head priest of the church.
"Were did you hide him," growled the monster in a voice that sounded like sandpaper.
"I will never let you sink your talons in him," the priest said.
"So its going to be that way is it. Well I guess I will just have to force the information out of you. Did you know I can mimic the sensation of burning without having to actually set you on fire? Why, you might ask. Well the answer is simple, so that you don't actually die from the flames. So I am going to ask you one more time… where… is… he?" The voice of the monster was so frightening the very ground began to shake in fear of denying its request for information.
The priest grew very pale and gave the monster what it wanted.
"The boy he lives in a cottage far out in the forest near the lake. It is impossible to miss, it's the only structure for kilometers."
"And who lives there with him?"
"Just a man who raised the boy from infancy. … I think his name was A… Akatsuya or something like that."
The monster dropped the priest and began to walk in the direction of the cottage the priest had told him about thinking to himself, Why would 'that' man associate himself with the boy.
Chapter 1 The Awakening
(At the cottage)
There was a cottage situated near the edge of a peaceful lake with a small clearing around it, and in this clearing there was a boy of 15 years of age chopping wood for his father. This boy was acustum to living in the rural country side and it showed on his body. The years of hard work necessary to live so far from modern society had strengthened him. His muscles were toned from working the land on which he lived. He was content to live in the land that he loved, but his father insisted he get a proper education that only the big city could offer him. So once he was old enough to go to middle school his father would send him to live with one of his friends in the city for part of the year so that he could attend the school there. To be honest the boy hated school, but he strived to do his best so he could make his father proud. The boy made short work of the stacks of wood that need to be chopped, and he went inside to tell his father. Just as the boy was going to open the door to go inside, his father came out to check on his progress.
"Oh," said the middle aged man that was the boy's father, "it seems you've finished chopping the wood."
"Yep, that's right. I just finished and was hoping you would go fishing with me one last time before I have to leave and go into the city for school," the boy said with a hopeful look in his eye.
Before the man could answer there was an earth shattering explosion just at the edge of the clearing. The man shielded his eyes and looked directly into the inferno that had appeared out of no where. As a shape began to form in the blaze the mans heart began to increase in pace and he told his son,
"Tatsuo, run to the house and look under the floorboards in the living room and you'll find a box with a key in it. Bring me that key,"
When the boy didn't move but just looked into the fire in a trans-like state the man ran and got the key himself. Just as the man was going to turn the key in his home's front door a maniacal laugh that shook the very air around them came out of the blaze. The man hurried and opened the door, but instead of the inside of his home there was a city street through the door.
"Tatsuo come on we must leave now!" the father yelled, but the boy, now identified as Tatsuo, was still in the trans-like state.
(Tatsuo POV)
This is strange, I think. It feels like something is calling me. Calling me to go to the inferno. It feels like my very blood is straining to get closer, that if I just go to it all my problems will just disappear. It was the voice coming out of the fire that got my attention.
"Well now, Akatsuya, how have you been doing lately," the voice said.
"What are you doing here Iblis. Why have you chosen now to take your revenge on me," my father says.
"Revenge?" says the voice, which I now know has the name Iblis, "Who says I'm here for revenge. What you did to me was beautiful. I hadn't had a fight that good in ages. No what I'm here for is my heir."
I blink a few times. As far as I know the only two people here are me and my father.
"What is he talking about, father," I ask.
"Ahah ha ha, I can't believe it. you told him you were his father," Iblis says, "Listen kid haven't you ever noticed that you and that old fool have nothing in common. I mean come on you have to at least have noticed that your hair is the color of lava while his is black as night."
"That enough Iblis!" my father yells. His face looks sad and I can tell he is about to say something that is going to change my life, "Tatsuo I'm not your biological father. While it is true that your mother was my wife, I had no part in your conception. That monster over there raped your mother while I was gone one day and she became pregnant with you. He is what is know as a demon, to be specific he is the Demon King of Fire. He is one of eight demons that bear the title of 'King'. This means he is one of the strongest demons in existence. Demons live in a place called Gehenna. It exist as a sort of parallel world two our own. Demons have the ability to poses things in this world but we have no way to get to theirs."
As he finished All I did was look from him to the monster and back again until it sank in.
"You mean all this time and you never told me that I'm half demon! What does this me will I turn into a monster like him?" I ask franticly.
"I'll get this one you old maggot, I will unlock your power and force you to take on a demonic form once we are in Gehenna, and you will rule beside me just like Satan's son will rule beside him. Now come on we must get going this world stinks of mortality and weakness." Iblis says to me.
I just stand there part of me is tempted to go with him and see how strong I can get but the rest wants to stay with my father and live with him. Not my father I remind myself, and I take a single step toward the demon. I see a hand shoot out in front of me to stop me from going with Iblis.
"I will not let you take my son away from me," says my father, "I know he may not be my son by blood but I am the one who has raised him and I am the one who will protect him."
That's right there is more to bing a father that who helped to conceive the baby.
"I wont go with you. I want to stay here with my real father the one who loves me and takes care of me," I yell at the demon.
"I see, so if I kill this man then I can take you," says Iblis with a maniacal grin on his face.
I take a step back. This creature is truly evil I … I have to run. I have to get out of her now before he kills me.
My father pulls a pair of pistols from his belt and says to me, "Go trough the door it will take you somewhere safe somewhere where he can't get you"
"But father I can't leave, you he will kill you"
My father opens his mouth to speak, but he saw Iblis flying toward them. Acting faster than the eye could follow my father pushed me out of the way and engaged the massive demon. The fight was epic. There were bullets flying from my fathers twin pistols and flames erupting from Iblis' snout and hands. I could only stand and watch the fight even though I knew I should have went through the door like my father had told me to but this battle just captivated me like nothing else could. I soon regretted my decision because apparently Iblis noticed my fascination with the battle and used an opening my father had left to hurl my father into a nearby tree. This allowed Iblis to simply walk up to me. The moment Iblis started to walk toward me I got in an defensive stance. All he did was laugh at my attempt to defend myself.
"Do you really think you could stop ME. Me of all the creatures you have met in your short insignificant life, I am by far the greatest and the most powerful of all. Now just come with me quietly and I'll leave your 'father' alone."
I… I don't know what to do. Should I make a run for the door like father said or should I give in and maybe save father's life. "I give…"
"Don't you dare give into that monster Tatsuo! I will never forgive myself if I let you be taken by the likes of him," my father yells at me.
My eyes start to tear up and I move away from Iblis to help my father get back to his feet. But I hear a growl come from Iblis as he rushes past me and gets to my father. I watch helpless as Iblis grabs my father by his throat and pushes him into a tree. Iblis's tail slowly comes up as it levels with my father. I shout in anger and despair as the tail ran right through my fathers chest. I don't know how it happened, but time seemed to slow and my blood grew hot with the desire to separate Iblis's head from his body. I began to walk toward Iblis with the intent to kill the bastard where he stood. My body became cloaked in fire, skin turn into ruby scale, two horns each a foot long sprouted from my head, face became reptilian, and hands turned into claws. When I reach Iblis his face registered shock at my appearance, but his shock turned to glee as he realized I had taken on my demonic form.
"Well, well my son it looks like you have accepted who and wh~~" Iblis tried to say be for my hand grabbed his neck.
I pulled him down to my level and looked him in his eye and said "I am not your son, and I will use this power to avenge my true father"
With that said I began to beat the demon king around like he was no more than a small school girl. With the last of my strength I throw the demon into the lake. Steam erupted from the water and I heard him say,
"You are strong my prince. You will an wonderful ruler of fire to replace me but for now I must leave."
With Iblis gone I was able to calm down enough to put out my fire, return my skin to normal, and get rid of the horns, but the tail seemed to stubborn to be banished like my other demonic powers. Giving up on the tail I rushed to my father's side and saw that he was still breathing, but his breaths were getting shallower. My father grabs my arm and leans in to tell me something,
"My son I am so proud of you, more than you will ever know. Now listen close when you go through that door you will be on the campus of True Cross Academy. Go to one of the offices and ask to speak with Johann Faust V and tell them that I sent you. Faust will know what to do he will protect you from Iblis. My time is up you must go now," and with that my father died.
With tears streaming down my face I went inside the house using a different door that the that lead to True Cross. I changed into a plain burgundy tee shirt, a pair of blue jeans and put on a pair of black military style boots. Now that I was out of my singed and torn cloths I excited the house and went to True Cross.
I found one of the offices like my father told me to and did as he had said. Faust quickly invited me up to his office in his mansion, but when I got to his office there were several people who were dressed in long dark cloaks and each had a gun. Now Faust on the other hand looked like a clown with his white cape and top hat. Faust walked right up to me and said,
"First of all, I should tell you that my real name is Mephisto Peles. Second, we are what are call exorcist. We kill demons and protect the world. Finally, I should let you know that I know what you are. I know that your half demon, and I know that your powers have just manifested. Now the question is what to do with you," He seemed to think for a second before he got an elated look on his face, "I know we (he motions to all the men in the room) should kill you in order to protect the world. Now you have three choices. One, let us kill you. Two, try to kill us and run away. Three, save us the trouble and kill yourself. Now which will it be?"
"I chose none of the above. I want to join you. I want to become an Exorcist and kill the bastard who killed my father. Oh yeah and you can't fool me I know you are a demon. I can just smell it," I respond.
"My my aren't we a perceptive one. I think I'll take you up on that offer, but you will be attending both the school for exorcism and regular classes like everyone else in the exorcist class. Deal."
"I will take you up on that deal," I say.
"Good well class orientation is tomorrow, but I will have someone show you to your room today. When you get there, you will find five sets of school uniforms already in the closet. Goodbye."
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