Hello readers! Yes I know, this is another fic I ended up writing when I supposed to focus on my assignments or my other fics... I really need to write it down coz it kept bugging my unorganized mind. I stole the idea of warlock and demon from Bartimaeus trilogy muhahaha!! I loved the trilogy a lot so I decided to make a warlock-demon fic with One Piece characters in it. However, It's not a crossover I merely borrowed the idea of warlock and demon and their bond from the novel. It's purely One Piece fanfic!
Enjoy!
Title: Warlocks and Demons
Pairing: SanjixZoro, hints of NamixLuffy, maybe MihawkxZoro
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece or Bartimaeus Trilogy. I'm just borrowing the magnificent characters and ideas from them for the sake of fun!
Chapter 1
"Who dare disturb my slumber?!" A low trembling voice growled from the cloud of eerie smoke emerging above a recently hand-drawn pentacle.
"Cut it out will you? It's sucks." A young warlock yawned from where he stood a few feet away.
"What now?!" The mysteriously horrible voice suddenly slipped to an angry snarl from a terribly annoyed young man, who stepped out from the cloud of said smoke without any trail of grace or dignity. His appearance was just like an ordinary young man with poor sense of fashion, unless he had a pair of horns coming out from his weird green hair and a pair of dark green dragon-like wings sprang out from his back.
"Go and check whether my Nami-swan is safe or not and then put a bundle of her favorite orange roses in her room with my message in it." The blonde warlock started, ignoring his demon's glare.
The demon opened his mouth to throw a protest but being cut off by his master.
"Note it: Dearest Nami-swan, I sent one of my servants to check on you and left this beautiful roses to compliment your equally radiant beauty. I can't wait to meet you tomorrow in the class. Love, Sanji." The young demon growled at the mention of him being the servant and resisted the urge to instantly pounce at his annoying skinny master who was only being protected by a pentacle drawn around his equally skinny long feet. The demon kinda got used to it now and had started to learn to get his revenge through insults. Insults that hopefully will distract the young man enough to burst out and accidentally step out of his little pentacle for a split second and then he can have his sweet revenge.
"Geez, not only that you're a pervert, you're an idiot too." The demon started.
"What was that?!" The young warlock barked.
"Goblin isn't counted as a warlock's minion, I thought you already learned that at school. You only have me to order around and for you being able to summon me alone is beyond me." The demon continued. It was true. He was one of the strongest and most dangerous entity existed and every warlock wouldn't even dare consider to summon him unless they're sure they could control him. Yet there he was, suddenly being pulled out to the human plane a few months ago by some idiot-looking amateur and proclaimed that he was his new master. The warlock was the youngest and the least experienced warlock ever to call upon such a powerful being such as him. It made him reconsider the title he once had. Maybe he's not as strong as he used to be? The master's ridiculous daily orders weren't helping his confidence either, not that he liked being ordered around by some skinny teenager who happened to know some spells. He stared at the warlock, watching his every move and waited for the young man to take his bait. He could clearly see the man's face grew hot by his taunting and he narrowed his eyes murderously at his demon but no words coming out from his mouth. He took several deep breaths as if to cool down his temper and his face constantly turned back to its normal shade.
"Shut your fucking demon mouth and finish the job before I loose my mood and give you the punishment spell." He snarled between gritted teeth.
Shit, he was pretty good at this! The demon thought dejectedly.
The last two words were indeed powerful as the demon almost visibly squinted at the mention of it and dashed to his next destination in a blink of an eye. The punishment spell was the last thing he wanted right now.
"Damn warlocks and their spells." He grumbled under his breath, flew his way towards the direction of girls' dormitory. The cold night wind made him shivered a bit, but the thought of playing the part as a messenger of teenage crush sent greater shiver down his spine so he sped up, wanted to get rid of the job for the night.
"Hi Zoro, another roses for Nami?" A slightly younger demon took form of a skinny boy wearing red vest, shorts, and straw hat greeted him. He was perching on the windowsill, the red-brown fur on his large monkey ears, hands, feet, and long monkey tail ruffled and his face looked tired.
"Hi Luffy. Yeah you know him, he's been trying to woo your witch this past few months. Only succeeded in repelling her if you ask me." Zoro retorted lazily. He secretly felt jealous for the bond Luffy and his master shared. His master must be valued him more than just an ordinary servant; she even let him called her by only her name. He, on the other hand, must address his master with his title 'Master' before his name. What an annoying prick. But polite and manner were never existed in Zoro's vocabulary, no matter what his master had expected him to be.
"Hmm," The boy looked at the other, uninterested.
"Rough day huh? What did she drag you into this time?"
"Another stealing mission from the marketplace downtown. They put eleven goblins to guard the old clay pot Nami asked me to steal."
"Damn," Zoro muttered showing his sympathy to his friend, knowing how hard it would to get an old fragile pot from those crazy little creatures without breaking something.
"Who's that, Luffy?" A girl's voice called out from the bathroom door on the right side of the bedroom. The demon boy quickly straightened his back and jumped in the room in agile movements.
"It's Zoro, he has something for you." He reported.
Zoro quickly put the roses along with the note on the nearest table and flew back out of the window while saying hasty goodbye to Luffy. He knew better than to stay any longer or the wicked girl would take advantage on him. She once told him she would tell Sanji that his demon had peeked on her in the bathroom while in truth Zoro only saw Nami in her bathrobe on another visiting duty Sanji put him into. She blackmailed him to do numerous stealing crimes for her in payment of his 'perverted debt'-that's the term she used. He didn't want to look even if he knew she would appear in front of him completely naked, but of course his idiot master wouldn't listen. Oh, how he hated humans.
"Zoro, you must come back quickly, master needs you!" A familiar voice without physical presence suddenly called. It's the goblin his master had used as his lesser minion. Demons could communicate with their masters or with each other from any distance and time. Call it convenience, but there's nothing pleasant about it if it's for one man's self-interests. The goblin's squeaky voice sounded shakier than usual.
"What is it, Usopp?"
"Master tried to summon an afrit but his power wasn't strong enough. The afrit has been devouring his life energy, hurry!!"
A strange wave of unpleasant feeling welled within his stomach. His master's strength must be waning fast he didn't have the energy to call Zoro himself when he mostly needed it and sent Usopp instead. And because it's not a direct order from the master to him, no spell binding him to answer it. This was his first real chance to break free but why did he fly back like someone had burned his tail? He blamed his sense of pity for humans, but something in his head said that wasn't the only cause.
Upon arriving to the warlock's room, he saw a horrible creature Usopp had mention before. He must be the afrit his master had tried to summon. He had massive hawk wings and huge claws instead of feet but he had a man's face and body. Zoro caught a glimpse of the blonde warlock laying limp on the floor and he felt the presence of the goblin hiding somewhere near, unable to flee without his master's order. The afrit's sharp hawk eyes shifted at the presence of another demon, made Zoro froze at the massive aura he emitted. This afrit was way too strong for him to defeat and he knew the other demon knew that. Realizing the afrit partly ignored him and continued on sucking his master's life energy, Zoro took the opportunity to attack first. He drew his three swords and strike in a deadly speed only to be easily dodged by his opponent. Suddenly his body had already being jerked backwards by impressive force which also knocked all of his three swords, making him crashed painfully against the wall and before he even fell, and a merciless hand gripped his neck, pinning him to the wall.
"Did you think you stand a chance against me little demon? I am way above your level to challenge." The afrit growled from an inconvenient distant. Their noses were almost rubbing to each other.
"Or maybe you're no longer willing to live. I'll gladly help you end your miserable life quickly if only you asked nicely."
"Go-to-HELL!!!" Zoro managed to say between strangled coughs.
"I'm feeling generous, so I will grant you the honor to be my first prey today. Your pathetic master can wait a little longer." The afrit practically purred into the young demon's ear.
Oh shit!!
Zoro tried to loosened the other's grip, using both his hands and his feet kicking wildly in vain. He was overpowered and there's nothing he could do to save himself. What was he thinking trying to attack this demon when he could just run away from the scene? No, he shouldn't even come back here in the first place. No one had the power to save him now. He watched in horror as he saw fade green glow of his life energy began to emerge from his chest and drawn towards the afrit, then he gradually started to feel numb and dizzy. He was almost lost his consciousness when he felt his body crashed the hard floor and it was quickly followed by nothingness.
* Afrit is a demon entity which belongs to a higher class than those of Genies. (Zoro and Luffy are of Genie class, which was commonly summoned by young warlocks) There are variant types of ability and strength within a class but they're still can be considered equal.
* In this fic, demons dwell different plane from humans and it's not hell. Demons which I referred to are not the same with those who liked seducing and deceiving humans into committing sins, they're beings different from humankind with various appearances, abilities, motives, and characters.
more of One Piece characters will appear as the story goes on and I guess more pairings too...
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