Author's rant: ... Honestly... The reaction from the first chapter is not really positive with only 3 reviews, 8 favorites and 10 folowings... *sigh*... Oh well, a rough start it seems since compared to Naruto, Bleach, blablabla... Devil Maker: Tokyo is not really popular... *sigh*...
Before we start the second chapter, I need to say about a few things:
1/ The "second button" detail in the last chapter in case you guys didn't understand it: In Japan, the 2nd button of a male's school uniform is referred to the button closest to the heart, so usually during graduation or other special events, the girls would ask for the 2nd button and/or the guy would offer the girl his 2nd button.
2/ The Yuki that Ushio summoned in the last chapter was Yuki rank 7
3/ About the number of devils that Ushio will have under his wings... well, I'm not really sure but I can say that it will be... many
4/ The link to the image of Narukami Shirayuki had been added in my profile. If you want, you can check it. And due to my mistake, I desribed the wrong color of her eyes. Luckily, I fixed it.
Okay, that's all of my rant. Enjoy the show, minna-san...
Chapter 2: Information
Unfamiliar ceiling?... Where am I?...
When Ushio could finally opened his eyes, he found himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling while he was in an unfamiliar futon. And then the memory hit him: The bird woman who had tried to kill Issei, he saved the pervert, receiving a light spear at his left leg, Shirayuki's hair became white, the strange voice, the girl named Yuki... While he couldn't understand how or what he had done, he was graceful that Shirayuki was safe...
And speaking of Shirayuki...
Huh, why do I feel my torso so heavy?
Looking down, he saw his only best friend, whose hair now had returned to its usual black color, was sleeping while hugging him tightly that he could feel his bones was complaining in discomfort. Looking closely at the sleeping Shirayuki after Ushio's blush subdued since his best friend was only clad in a white tank top with white panties, he could see the stains of dried tears's trails on her milky white cheeks. Looking at that made Ushio felt like he was a jerk for making his best friend cry to sleep. Deciding that it was time for him to get up, Ushio tried to get her arms off but when he succeeded, her legs quickly hooked onto his waist and clamped onto him tightly while her arms wrapped around his waist tightly. After about ten minutes later, Ushio could finally get out of Shirayuki's grip and found his glasses before he stepped into the bathroom. After relieving himself, Ushio stepped outside...
"Ara, you're awake, Ushio-kun" said a feminine light tone as Ushio found himself staring at a slightly older version of Shirayuki who was clad in a violet kimono while sitting in seiza way next to the futon Shirayuki was sleeping in. This was Narukami Yukiko, Ushio's landlady and Shirayuki's mother. If anyone didn't know, they would probably think that Yukiko and Shirayuki were sisters, not mother and daughter
"Narukami-san" bowed Ushio while Yukiko just giggled behind her kimono sleeve
"Ara ara? If my memory serves me right, I did tell you to call me Yukiko, or maybe Yukiko-chan if you like, right Ushio-kun?" said Yukiko with a teasing smile as Ushio blushed
"B-but it would be improper..." trailed off Ushio as he continued to blush though Yukiko seemed like she didn't hear her daughter's target of affection
"Ara, I wonder if Shirayuki-chan could handle Ushio-kun's beastly urge and prevent him from cheating with that beautiful and sexy lady?... " said Yukiko mostly to herself as she put a hand on her cheek "... Maybe I should help my daughter..."
' 'Beastly urge'? 'Cheating'? I really have no idea what in the world she is talking about? ' thought Ushio cluelessly as he had a very large sweat-drop on the back of his head
"... Anyway Ushio-kun, please follow me. I believe that you really need some food now, especially you have been unconcious for two days..." said Yukiko as both her and Ushio got out of tthe room but Ushio cut her off
"Wait, Naruka... eh, I mean... Yukiko-san..."
"Just Yukiko is enough" said Yukiko
"... I have been unconcious for 2 day?" continued Ushio
"... Yes, you have Ushio kun..." said Yukiko softly "... And don't worry, I had already brought an absent notice to Shirayuki's as well as your homeroom teacher ."
"I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble, Yukiko-san" bowed Ushio again but Yukiko just waved her hand dismissively "But why Shirayuki, too? I though..."
"It's not really a big deal anyway. And about my daughter, she refused to leave you and insist on staying by your side no matter what I and Yuki-san said... "
"Yuki-san... Ah, I remember now..." said Ushio as said person decided to make her appearance
"How is your health now, Master?" said Yuki as she gave a small bow toward Ushio.
"... Um... Yeah... thank you very much for saving me there, Yuki-san..." said Ushio as he noticed that now she had a white jean shorts now, not just black panties... this thought quickly brought a small blush on his face. "And can you please stop calling me 'Master'? Please call me Ushio..."
"As you wish, Ushio-sama" said Yuki and then she continued "And don't worry, I will only call you 'master' or 'sama' when there is no one else around"
"Ah... Well... it's acceptable... I think..." said Ushio as he couldn't shrugged off the weird feeling to be refered as 'master'. He of course didn't mind but that weird feeling just kept bothering him. He wondered what kind of reaction Shirayuki would have if she...
"Ushio-kun! Ushio-kun!" cried a too familiar voice as Ushio was tackled to the floor by a crying Shirayuki. Before Ushio could recover from his shock, he felt his shirt become wet because of his best friend's tears
"How could you leave me like that?" cried Shirayuki as Ushio flinched when he heard her choking voice "When I woke up without seeing you, I though what had ha... happened in the last two days were just my imagination a... and you h... had in... fact passed away..."
"... I... I'm... sorry..." said Ushio as he hesistantly wrapped his left arm around Shirayuki while his right hand gently caressed her long hair
"It's... okay..." choked Shirayuki as she snuggled into Ushio's chest "...Maybe... I'm a... little... overeacted... But please... don't do that again..."
"Ahem..."
Clearing her throat loudly, Yuki quickly gained the attention of Ushio who released Shirayuki from his embrace, much to Shirayuki's annoyance
"I believe that you should get off Ushio-sama now, yuki-onna" said Yuki with a smirk directed at Shirayuki, though there was a part that made Ushio confused
"Yuki-onna?" asked Ushio questionably and this made Shirayuki visibly flinch
"Yes, Shirayuki and I are yuki-onna" said Yukiko softly as she dropped the bombshell
[An hour later]
In a Japanese style living room of Narukami's household, a silent Ushio was sitting in seiza way across from Yuki with Shirayuki, who now clad in a white kimono, and Yukiko sat next to him, much to Yuki's annoyance, as his brain was overloaded now and no one had the right to blame him after being informed so much information like that
First of all, his best friend and her mother were in fact yuki-onna and not human. Everytime she used her power, Shirayuki's and Yukiko's hair would turn silver and they could manipulate the ice and to some extend, water
Much to Shirayuki's fear and surprise, Ushio had received this information quite well and Shirayuki had quickly found herself tackled her target of affection to the floor again after hearing that he didn't hate her nor held any grudge against her for being a yuki-onna and even said that she looked beautiful with that silver hair. He had even thanked her for saving his life, much to Yuki's annoyance...
But the next information coming from Yuki... The existence of the Factions: Devil, Angel, Fallen Angel, Noirse, Shinto, Youkai... The Great War between Angels, Devil and Fallen Angels and more importantly, the death of the Bible God and the original Satan... The Sacred Gears that Yuki assumed was the reason why that Fallen Angel had attacked Issei... Well...
"... Are you okay, Ushio-sama?" asked Yuki which broke the thick silence inside the living room.
"... uh... I'm okay, I guess..." said Ushio after snapping out of his daze "... I have never believed that Angels,Fallen Angels and Devils exist so... it is a little hard to believe ... And while I'm not really a religious person... but... to hear that the God is dead... Now I understand that why this information is kept in the dark... But I don't understand, Yuki-san. What do this information have to do with me being 'The Light Sigil' as you call me? Not to mention that you haven't explained anything about what 'The Light Sigil' is"
Clearing her throat again, Yuki said slowly
"The Light Sigil is the one who has the 'Light' energy in his/her body and by using that energy, The Light Sigil can summon Devil-counterparts, which I am one of them, of figures in mythologies, legends, stories... that are well-known by people, regardless of that figures are good or bad, to fight along side him or her. We devil-counterparts are very different from the usual devil of Devil Faction, who have the Holy weakness, we devil-counterparts need the 'Light' of the The light Sigil in order to materialize our physical bodies, which means we have no fear of crosses, Holy Water, etc. We also need it to balance the 'Dark' energy we use to activate our skill because our 'Dark' energy while very powerful, it is also very wild and hard to mold if there isn't any 'Light' energy to balance. The sigil on the back of your left hand is the proof that what I said are true..."
"Ridiculous!" said Shirayuki hotly which cut off Yuki's speech "If what you said were true then my Ushio-kun could even summon Amaterasu-sama or maybe even Izanagi-sama if he wanted?"
"The devil-counterpart of Amaterasu and Izanagi" corrected Yuki "And yes, he can. In fact, one of the two Ushio-sama's predecessors had summoned Amaterasu more than 1500 years ago in order to defeat a rebellion leaded by a devil-counterpart named Yamatano Orochi"
As everyone's jaws dropped to the ground, Yuki continued in a calm tone
"Though Ushio-sama can summon as many devil-counterparts as he want as long as he has enough 'Light' to provide us, there is often one that reflects his origin element, the element that The Light Sigil is more atune with. There are three element: Celestial which is equivalent to Holy of Angel, Underworld which is equivalent to Unholy of Devil and Otherworldly which can be considered as a mix of both Celestial and Underworld. This particular devil-counterpart is usually very close to The Light Sigil to the point that Ushio-sama's predecessors even had married their origin devil-counterparts..."
*SLAM!*
"What do you mean by 'married'?!" asked Shirayuki in a very hostile tone as she slammed the table hard. For some odd reasons, she didn't like this. Not even one bit. At her side, Ushio was still deep in his thought to pay attention to the 'married' part
"I mean exactly what I said, yuki-onna" said Yuki with a superior smirk but before Shirayuki could say anything, her mother beat her on it
"Yuki-san, you said 'often'. Did you imply that Ushio-kun here may have more than one?"
"Yes. In fact, Ushio-sama here has all three elements" said Yuki as she bowed her head toward Ushio which snapped him out of his thought while on his side, both Shirayuki's and Yukiko's eyes widened in surprise "I am Yuki, your origin devil-counterpart of Celestial element. I will be in your care from now on, Ushio-sama"
"... Ah... Um... I... Nice to meet you, Yuki-san" said Ushio lamely while at the same time Shirayuki was seething. How could she not when out of the blue, this bitch just appeared and now she could see that this bitch could become a very dangerous opponent in her quest of her Ushio-kun's heart. Not to mention there was a chance that she might have at least one more opponent! Now Shirayuki could only pray to Izanagi-sama that her Ushio-kun's other origin devil-counterpart would be male... At least keeping her Ushio-kun from straying into that yaoi path was much easier than competing with some unknown beautiful girl.
Turning to an amused Yukiko, Yuki asked politely
"Is there any spacious area in this household? Ushio-sama need to summon his other origin devil-counterparts. Ushio-sama need as much protection as possible..."
"Why would I need protection?" asked Ushio. Usually, Shirayuki would beat him on it but since her mind was still occupied with plans to conquest his heart, which he was totally unawared of, Ushio became the one who asked
"Since when you had started using the 'Light' energy to summon me, the 'light' has started altering your body, Ushio-sama." this made everyone let out a gasp "When you reach... I think about twenty one... You will age MUCH slower than normal while your sense will become sharper. You will also become much stronger than a normal human can become, even can rival with an Archangel or Satan. No disease can infect you. You can only be killed by the time and weapons. Poisons may have a chance but it will be much harder. But at this time, you're still in the developing state so you're still vulnerable. The summoning will not only give you more protection and help you become more familiar with your elements but also give you certain abilities from us. Oh, and the training, too..."
"... Wow..." It was all Ushio managed to say
"... And more importantly about gaining more protection for you, if any Factions, especially Angel and Devil know about your existence as The Light Sigil, they may try to make you join their Factions or..."
"Or what?" asked Ushio when Yuki stopped talking
"...They may try to kill you..." said Yuki quietly but enough to be heard. This made Shirayuki gasped in horrow and quickly embraced Ushio in an overprotectively
"Why do they want to kill my Ushio-kun?! He has done nothing wrong to them!" growled Shirayuki loudly as Yuki could only sigh before she dropped the largest bombshell
"... Ushio-sama has done nothing... but his first predecessor had... In The Great War, the side received the largest loss wasn't Angel, Devil or Fallen Angel... It was humanity, which was caught in the crossfire... Angels need human's faith in God to have more power while Devils need human's greed to gain more power... Ironically, no prayer or deal could save them... The God no longer care about humanity as much as he cared before the Great War and only care about eliminating all devils and demon. The Seraphs were too occupied with the war to look at what that war had caused to humanity. Devils overpriced the deals with human and took countless human souls in order to gain more 'greed', which enheanced their power while at that time, angels were mass produced by using the souls of the dead that God deemed 'worthy' without caring about the souls's true nature and desire to peacefully rest, which leaded countless angels Fell and became Fallen Angels... Until one day, The first Light Sigil appeared and he was the one who summoned the devil-counterparts of God and Satan, which helped him kill both the Bible God and the original Satan and finally put the end to the endless Great War between the three Factions..."
[An hour later]
After having a large delicious meal, which had nearly turned the kitchen into some sort of battlefield between Shirayuki and Yuki as both of them had insisted he had their own dishes first and none of them had backed down until Yukiko had given a smack on each of them's head , Ushio now found himself stood in front of two large magic circles prepared by Yuki in an empty shed of Narukami's household as he reflected what he had heard in his mind.
Three years ago, when he had decide to run away from his neglectful adopted family and started living by himself, he had wished to become stronger, to have the strength and power to live... And now how ironic, he received the 'power', though he didn't know that his 'power' was like this...
The power that could help him slain God and Satan.
And Ushio couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"Yuki-san, may I ask you something?" asked Ushio
"You don't need my permission, Ushio-sama. Please ask and I will answer as best as I can" said Yuki after checking the magic circles to find any problems or not
"... What should I do with this power? I mean... I'm just a normal highschool student... All I want is a peaceful life... I have never wanted to have this kind of power... I am not some kind of hero that can pull something like killing the God and Satan or defeating a large army of devil-counterparts so that I can protect humanity... And this power... it makes me feel like I am going to enslave anyone that I am going to summon... I... "
Suddenly, Ushio was pulled into a hug by Yuki as her head rested on his left shoulder and her breasts pressed against his chest which made him blush furiously. After a few arkward seconds, Ushio hesistantly warped his arms around her waist. Physical contact with fairer sex was something that Ushio was still a little uncomfortable with but somehow, Yuki's hug made him calm down while give him a soothing and gentle feeling
"Great power comes along with great resposibility, Ushio-sama. It's your power, so it's your choice on how to use that power" Said Yuki gently "I don't expect you to fight and protect humanity liked what your predecessors had done... but no matter what your choice is, I will always follow you and stand by your side... not 'Forever'... but 'Always'... "
"... Thank... Thank you, Yuki-san..." said Ushio as he unconciously tightened his hug and unknowingly made Yuki blush. "But what about..."
"What the hell are you two doing?"
Turning around, Ushio found an angry looking Shirayuki stood beside her mother as Yukiko had an amusing smile on her face. Quickly releasing his hold onto Yuki, much to the devil-counterpart displeasure, Ushio said frantically as he comically sweated
"Ahh! It's not like that!... I... Yuki-san... we..."
"It's just a little bonding time between Ushio-sama and me before we start the summoning. What is your problem, yuki-onna?" said Yuki cutting of her master's stuttering
Growling dangerously at Yuki, Shirayuki let out a curse in her mind as an omnimous aura started leaking out from the young yuki-onna. How dare that bitch tried to steal a mach before her? She would never let this slut who had known her Ushio-kun for not even a day outmatch her! But first...
*TUG!*
"Ouch! Its urt! Its urt, ira-uki-san!" yelped Ushio loudly as Shirayuki stomped angrily toward him and pinched his cheek, HARD!
"You looked like you really enjoyed it, didn't you?" asked Shirayuki in a dangerous voice
"O! Its ot ike at!" cried Ushio desperately only to receive a shout that threatened to break his eardrums
"Then do whatever you want!" shouted Shirayuki angrily before she stomped out of the shed. Looking at the confused Ushio, Yukiko couldn't help but giggle
"Ara, this is more interesting than any soap opera I have ever seen"
[After half an hour to explain and calm Shirayuki down]
"Put your hands on both circle. Close your eyes and think about your desire. Focus your mind on that desire and call for it." Instructed Yuki as Ushio followed her words. At the side, both Shirayuki and Yukiko were watching closely and ready to leap into action in case something wrong happened
After two minutes closing his eyes and focus his mind but received no result, Ushio gave up and opened his eyes but much to his surprise, he found himself floating in a pitch black void as a familiar voice echoed to his ear
"My, The Light Sigil. What are you doing here?"
"Who are you?" asked Ushio carefully as he looked around in an attempt to pinpoint the source of the voice
"I am a part your true desire" said the voice "Don't you know about your desire?"
'My desire?' thought Ushio skeptically "Then why can't I see you?"
"Of course you can't see me! I am just a part of your strong wish. You can only find me, not see me!" said the voice in a mirthful voice
Find?
What was his TRUE desire?
To be together with HER again?
To come back in time before SHE became an idol and change the past so that he could live without worrying that he would be separated from HER?
Somehow, a part of his mind was telling him that those weren't his TRUE desire
And then the realization hit him
The reason that he could summon Yuki in the first place.
The desire that he had used to summon Yuki
"Ara, it seems you finally found me" said the voice as everything around him became white
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"Argh!" cried Ushio painfully as he was blasted away from the magic circles. Opening his eyes, Ushio found himself staring at the worried eyes of Shirayuki and Yuki who had just caught him a second ago.
"Are you okay, Ushio-kun? Are you hurt? What happened?" asked Shirayuki rapidly but before anymore question could come out...
*BOOM!*
... two violet magic circles appeared above the two magic circles on the floor as lightning and sparks shot out from the magic circles and slammed into each other, creating a loud explosion. Opening the window of the shed to let the smoke go away, Yukiko said in a confused voice
"What's the matter? Did the summoning go wrong?"
Before Yuki could say anything, two people came out from the smoke screen
The first one was a beautiful yet cute girl with orange red eyes, short black hair with a large strange black hairclip on the left side of her head. She was clad in a very revealing black and white outfit with black and white necklace and two shoulderguards floating near her shoulders.
The second one was also a person that could be described as a stunning beautiful girl. She had long dull black grey hair and half-lidded eyes. She was clad in a quite revealing dull black battle dress which showed everyone her B-cup breast, two armguards on her arms and a strange tiara on her head. On her back were two large black bird wings.
Standing in front of the shocked group, both of them said at the same time
I am the starting point of the universe/I was once an archangel
Everything was created out of me/The very first angel created by God
People think that I am just a tumultuous state/I reform in Hell where the fallen souls are deserted by God himself
But in fact, I am more than that/And send them back to the Heaven
Summoned by the 'Light', resonating with your desire to protect the people you hold dear
I come forth
No matter how hard he tried, Ushio still couldn't move any of his muscles as he kept staring at the two beauty in front of him... The pressure that they were emitting...
I am Chaos/Mephisto,
Your origin devil-counterpart of Underworld/Otherworldly element
... 'frightening' or any other words combined would never fully describe what he was was feeling now
I ask you: Are you The Light Sigil?
(Chapter end)
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Author's note: Before anyone say, yes I changed how the Bible God and the original Satan died while adding some minor dark twists about the Great War. Annoy with me? Well, tough luck.
About the abilities that Ushio will receive from Yuki, Chaos and Mephisto in the future, I and my co-writer already has some ideas but if you have any good ideas, leave us a review or a PM. As long as it isn't godlike (overpowered is okay, though), all the ideas are welcomed and appreciated.
Plan for the next updates (may change depend on my flow of writing and real life): Sarishinohara (my writing flow now is demanind me to continue), The Ring Wizard champion (because I haven't updated it for a while), The devil who walks the path of humanity (my main story, duh) and Naruto Musou revised