Author: Hello! I wrote this for Citca-Kun's contest...but I ended up making it too long lol. It's 4 chapters. But don't take this story seriously. Really _; Well, I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own MTNN. I would have more money if I did T_T
It's a Tradition
Chapter 1: The Movie
Movies.
Boring, predictable human created trash. How humans could so easily be entertained was beyond him.
The crime was redundant.
The romance scary.
The comedy stupid.
And the mysteries were so easy that he wouldn't even call them mysteries.
He didn't understand how they could watch it, and for hours at a time. They wasted away their short lives in front of a box. But then here he was, sitting on the couch with a small human female sitting next to him. Scattered all around were TEN bowls of popped popcorn, extra butter of course. Yes, this thing they called a movie was pointless, but for him it could prove to be educational. So much of it was based on their perception of reality, that it was the best way to study and learn more about them. Human nature was one small area with which he needed help. But, that was what the creature sitting next to him was for.
Servant number one, Katsuragi Yako.
Although her crime solving skills were almost zero, her ability to uncover the motive behind the crime was astounding. As much as he hated to admit it, he never would aloud, he was impressed. But she wasn't good enough...not yet. She still had to evolve to something greater, though it was proving difficult. And if she wouldn't evolve like she was supposed to, she might as well be a slave to a superior species. Usually his torture took care of that, but with Yako, it wasn't working. Whether it was because her brain was so underdeveloped or something else, he really didn't know. It bothered him that she was a mystery he had yet to unravel. And so, here he was. Not only did it give him some insight into the human mind, it also gave him new ideas for torture. This was how he found out what made Yako's skin crawl.
That was always enjoyable.
Trying to get his mind to stop wandering, they were only 10 minutes into the movie, he glanced over at Yako. She was intently watching, shoveling popcorn into her pig mouth. She had already finished about 3 of the extra large bowls of popcorn, and was working on her 4th. He resisted the urge to knock the popcorn to the floor. No, that would have to wait until her last bowl. He grinned evilly, anticipating it already.
Turning his attention back to the movie, he was just in time to see an adult male fall down because of the ice, cursing as he got up. He chuckled darkly. Watching clumsy humans hurt themselves...that tickled his sadistic humor.
It was December, almost Christmas according to Yako. She had explained that it was some kind of gift giving day, celebrating the birthday of a person that all creatures in hell had heard of. They would use any excuse for a holiday.
Such lazy animals.
That being the case, she had insisted on watching a Christmas movie. Going to the store, there was a HUGE collection of these so called "Christmas movies". She was slowly looking through them...until he subtly threatened her life. They were back 5 minutes after that.
He continued to watch, his eyes glazed over in boredom. Something on the screen stirred his curiosity. The male was carrying something that looked like a pine branch. Sneaking oh so cleverly through the house, he reached the door of the female he was trying to court, but whom so far was showing no interest. Carefully and as quietly as he could, he somehow got the branch to hang from the doorway above his head. Smiling triumphantly, he then knocked on the door of the female. A few seconds later, the door opened and she appeared. Yako gasped quietly next to him.
Was that branch some kind of weapon?
Good. Murder would make this movie so much more enjoyable.
It didn't look like it could hurt anything, but then humans were very fragile. Nothing happened though, only talking. He shot a quick glance at Yako; she was tense and looked like she was holding her breath. So something was supposed to happen. It was very hard to focus enough to listen. Normally he just ignored most normal human conversations altogether.
He was still trying to focus when he heard Yako release her breath and felt her shudder. Sparing a quick glance her way, he saw her grimace in disgust. Shifting his eyes to the movie to see what made her so disgusted; he saw the guy was holding the girl. Looking closer he realized that he was kissing her. And she didn't look pleased. Forcing himself on a female.
Tasteful.
But then he had never had that problem. Females in the demon realm always swarmed to him, and even most human females stared at him with a look he knew well. That was one thing demons and humans had in common it seemed. But she wasn't resisting even though she didn't like it. Yako started ranting at that moment, after the shock wore off. The disgusted look was still on her face as she talked and talked. He caught something about how it wasn't fair; men are jerks...blah blah. He didn't quite understand.
"Why are you complaining louse?"
Yako took a deep breath.
"Can you believe him?! She told him a million times that she wasn't interested and he stilled played such a dirty trick on her!!!"
She huffed in frustration. Even though it was just actors playing a role, she looked genuinely disgusted.
"Trick?" He asked interested.
"The mistletoe."
Her look said 'everyone knows that'. It changed quickly when she felt the crushing pressure that his hand created on her head.
"It's a tradition for humans!" She shrieked out.
He took some pressure off so she could talk without hurting his ears.
"During the holidays we hang it up, usually by doorways. When two people are underneath it, they are supposed to kiss. It's like a rule."
She visibly relaxed when he released her head. She shuddered once before continuing.
"When I was younger, a guy I knew tricked me under the mistletoe with him..."
"Offering you food?" He said it more as a statement then question.
"YES! How horrible is that!? Tricking a poor girl into thinking there was a 10 course meal in the next room…how disgusting!"
She didn't realize that anyone with more than food on the brain would have realized such an obvious trick. But then her expression changed as she remembered what happened. The look on her face stirred something inside him. Yako was still very upset over it, and it bothered him.
"He forced you to kiss him? And you had to because of the mistletoe?"
"Yes" she grimaced "it was my first kiss too. It was disgusting! I've never been able to see anything that even looks like mistletoe again. And I was so revolted from the kiss that I haven't wanted to try again."
She looked down with an unreadable expression on her face.
"Not really good if you want a boyfriend. But that incident cured me of the idea."
He stared at her for a moment, trying to understand this feeling he felt. He didn't know what it was, but he didn't like it. Her attention went back to the movie, but it was already over, she had forgotten to stop it. But she didn't move to go rewind it; she looked like she was lost in her thoughts. Neither felt like watching it any longer.
Abruptly he got up, scaring Yako a little. As he walked past the girl, he knocked the popcorn bowl out of her hands, forcing her treat to scatter onto the floor. And as he proceeded to the door, he knocked over all the remaining bowls.
It made him feel a little better.
He didn't need to turn around to know Yako had a shocked expression that would soon turn to sadness and depression from her loss of good food.
"Movie time is over pig. I have things that I must attend to. Leave and return tomorrow. Don't be late..." he opened the door and turned around "...or else..." He didn't finish as he slipped out the door, greens eyes blazing. She could fill in the blanks. He grinned evilly. Such a perfect plan he had!
The ultimate torture.
He could hardly wait for tomorrow when she returned to the office. Maybe, just maybe...this would finally make her surrender to him.
He could only hope.
