When They get into it

A Demon Diary Fanfiction

by Kloudy Reignfall

Warnings and disclaimers: I don't own Demon Diary. (If you thought I did...then I'm sorry you have problems...) Also, there could be some Shounen-ai. Homohpobes beware! (Mmm... Come to think of it, Homophobes Get Out!) Um, and the name probably makes no sense for the first chapter. Um, that's it! Read on! :: Dorky Smile::Oh, and another thing: If my story sounds a lot like any other that you've read, I'm really sorry. There's only so many ways to start a fanfic.

Chapter Uno

Reading minds had its advantages and its disadvantages. At times it came in use, being able to hear what was happening in another's head, what their concerns were or why they were smiling. But mingled with those things were secrets, special things that you just weren't supposed to know. There were private thoughts...

Had you ever learned something that you instantly regretted? Eclipse, in one of his moods, sighed a long sad breath, thinking this. Too often he had stumbled across some piece of information he wished not to know. Yes, he could only read "surface" thoughts, but ideas passed constantly about the human mind. (Or demon mind. Whatever.) Besides, everyone's "surface" was different.

Eclipse stood beside a marble pillar and gazed out upon the grounds of the castle without a name. Near a clump of trees were the knight and the cleric. He focused his attention on Erutis.

The knight, for instance, had a rather wide surface. Still on her mind were the contents of this morning's breakfast, though by now it was well past noon. It was a hot day and at the moment she lay on the grass with her hands beneath her head and her legs crossed. Something about orange sherbert and parakeets passed over the surface of her mind. She must be asleep.

It was a relief to him that her mind was so blissfully blank. More than occasionally the young swordswoman thought of things that Eclipse tried to forget. Apart from being a girl and thinknig whatever strange things they thought (...periods? He shuddered.) she was also far more insightful than either of the other two whose brains he had to deal with.

He didn't know where she thought up some of this stuff from, but Erutis was constantly (though this might be a bit of an exaggeration...) thinking of things that Eclipse tried valiantly not to consider.

Things about himself and...

Things like...

At this Eclipse pushed the thoughts from his head. He squeazed his eyes shut and rubbed his hands against them in a manner quite unlike himself, as if trying to rub frightening images from his sight.

Donning his best mentor face (stern and slightly detached), he teleported to the library to check up on Raenef. Eclipse knew he couldn't just stand about forever and dwell. He had a, well, "Job" to do, and when in doubt it was always best to keep busy. (Even if keeping busy with said job included torturing oneself needlessly, pretending one was not madly in love with - !Ouch! ::Eclipse smacks author girl with a pineapple.::)

He scanned the room and instantly found his young master. It seemed as if he'd developed radar vision for Raenef within the time they'd spent together. As Eclipse strolled over to him he tried to remember just exactly how long they had known each other for. The days since he'd first seen Raenef were all a blur, fading smoothly into one another. He thought harder...

Three years.

Could they really have known each other for so long? Three years was so long, yet in the vast spectrum of things it was nothing at all.

...Three years and still Eclipse didn't know what he was feeling.

He came upon his lord, sleeping with his face tucked into the crook of one arm. Raenef was making little whining noises and muttering something, as usual. Eclispe leaned closer. It sounded like "BlahSomethingSomething- Mashed-Potatoes-in-the-hair-SomethingSomething..."

People often wondered who dropped Raenef as a child.

Despite the oddity of the situation, Eclipse couldn't take his eyes off of his young master. A shattered ray of light from one of the high library windows lit upon his face and little specs of dust danced about the beam, making Raenef look innocent and heavenly.

This brought further troubles to Eclipse's mind. Raenef was a demon lord - his demon lord! - and daily you could find him romping about with his human buddies, laughing and joking, sleeping peacefully at a library table laden with untouched books. He should be reigning in terror by now! Torturing small villages and capturing hostages! But Eclipse even thought this half- heartedly. He knew Rae didn't want to do any of that... and neither did he...

Raenef will never be a proper Demon Lord, but what I wouldn't give to be like him! He studied the peaceful blonde, a picture of innocence, and sighed again. Suddenly he thought What would Aurelied think? Eclipse visualized the high council room, and powerful Aurelied standing tall before a menagerie of demons. He'd die laughing if I said to him anything I am thinking now... And as if Aurelied had in fact been listening to Eclipse's mental conversation with himself (he can't do that, right?), a summons note fluttered in through the nearest paneless window, like a dying autumn leaf.

Well, they sure are getting creative with their presentations. Who are they trying to impress anyway? The note was as usual, summoning him (and not Raenef, though it didn't say so specifically) to a high council meeting.

Again Eclipse uncharacteristically rubbed at his eyes. He had a bad feeling about this meeting. Like a dog who knows that its human isn't coming home. (Although he wasn't sure why it was like that...) Raenef yawned and startled Eclipse from his state of worry. He resumed his tutor mask and looked down upon his charge.

"Not much progress, I see."

Raenef smiled hopefully, green puppy dog eyes wide. "I'm sorry?"

Oh, that smile! Eclipse's frown faded and instead he began to look slightly amused. He couldn't tell Rae off, so he told him about the meeting. Raenef frowned (He hated for Eclipse to go off to those stupid old meetings!) but yawned sleepily.

Said yawn was contagious and Eclipse felt one coming on. He stifled it and looked kindly at Raenef, who had taken to doodling drowsily on his work pages.

"It's rather warm today, is it not? The humans are asleep. Perhaps you should rest for a while."

Raenef blinked slowly and smiled, yawning again. "Okay." And they teleported to his room.

The boy flopped gracelessly onto his elegant bed and snuggled into a cool sheet. He was nearly asleep by the time Eclipse had finished telling him what time he was leaving for the meeting and when he'd be back. He had just mentioned that he was about to go take a rest himself for a while and pictured his quarters in his mind, when Raenef's small voice spoke out.

"Stay with me."

It was only a question, request, almost a plea, but of course Eclipse obeyed. He sat down again on the edge of the boy's vast bed, leaning against the headboard. Turning to find Raenef already asleep, he yawned with a sudden rush of fatigue and fell back against a plush pillow. The last thing he thought before sleep took him over was a simple memory:

"Will you stay with me forever?"

Even after he was asleep, and somewhere through his dreams, he felt the prescence of the knight's mind and her ever-oppressing thought.

"When will they ever just admit it?"

End Chapter Uno!

So, I promised myself that I wouldn't write a huge end note, but lately my self promises are not worth much. ::Erhem:: How was it? Good, I hope! I can say a lot of things about it and I could point out all my faults, but I'll let you guys do that. Huh, my readers? How bout it? Review for little old me? Anyway, I think I may continue it, if I get a bunch of reviews! ::wink wink:: (Heh. I've already written to chapter four... but I'm a little stuck...) But if I do continue it, I may not be able to type it and post it for a few weeks, or something. (I'm moving across the country. Ech. I'll be busy busy busy like a very large bee!) Um, yeah, just letting you know. Review. Email me. Read Demon Diary. Write more fanfic. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. And most importantly of all, beware me at 3:00 in the morning without an ounce of sugar! Mwhahahahaha! Eeeeeeeee! My first ficcy! I'm so proud! ::Cries in a "My baby is all grown up" imitation::