Note from the author: Thanks to the 2 days I had to wait for posting stories plus the amount of time I have during spring time, I got a few chapters close to done.
"We are demons from another world," Twill explained. He had awakened on Kenichi's couch a day later while Kenichi was doing his best to repair the stairs in his house. Luckily for him, his mother and father were gone on vacation for the week. He had enough time to fix the damaged stairs. "A hundred of our kind are sent here for the battle to become kin of our world."
"Hmm," Kenichi looked at the dark blue book beside him as he hammered a nail into a board. "I wouldn't believe you if I just didn't see those weird powers."
"We have to find our human partners, the ones that can read the words in our book, if we want to use our spells," Twill explained.
"And I'm your partner," Kenichi said. "But why did that kid disappear when his book was burned?"
"Because his book was burned, that demon was disqualified and sent back to our world," Twill answered. "The same would happen to me if my book was burned but if my book is the last one on Earth, I'll become king."
"So, about a hundred demons are sent here to burn each other's books until only one is left and that one will become King?" Kenichi said.
"Just about." Twill got up from the couch and stretched out his arms. He stared out the window at the street. "I want to out outside."
Twill walked out the front door and Kenichi watched him walk away. Kenichi looked at the shoddy job he did at fixing his stairs and then to the dark blue book next to him. Kenichi sighed, picked up the book, and walked out with Twill.
After walking for what seemed like hours, Twill finally stopped in front of a abandoned auditorium. Kenichi wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked around the dirty street. Few people walked around and the buildings around here looked ruined.
"Do you hear that?" Twill asked closing his eyes.
"Uh, I don't hear anything," Kenichi answered trying to hear whatever Twill was able to hear. Twill ran into the building and Kenichi followed him. Twill pushed aside empty boxes, fallen curtains, and whatever else was in his way as the two walked farther into the room. Soon, Kenichi was able to hear a violin playing. The two pulled a curtain aside and walked out into a large auditorium with rows and rows of falling apart seats. A huge crystal chandelier hung above it.
"That sound is beautiful," Twill said listening to the sounds of someone playing a violin.
Kenichi looked at the stage to see a lone girl playing a violin. She wore a violet dress and her wavy blonde hair fell down to her waist. She kept her eyes closed as she kept her chin on her violin as she played. Kenichi was surprised by how beautiful she was as well as how good her violin playing was.
"Wow," Kenichi whispered. He was amazed as he and Twill sat down in two chairs that were safe to sit in. They sat and listened to the girl playing, her not knowing the two were there.
She stopped playing and opened her eyes. Kenichi and Twill noticed a tall man standing up and clapping. He wore a white suit and on his side, a trumpet hung from his pocket.
"Bravo, bravo, Molly," He cheered. The girl on the stage smiled as he clapped but she noticed the two in the back. The man noticed and turned around to see the two in the back.
The girl ran into the back, her face red, and came out with a violet book.
"That guy's a demon!" Twill yelled jumping up from the chair.
"Mikeru!" the girl yelled with a embarrassed voice. The man took out his trumpet and placed it against his mouth. He took a deep breath and blew into the trumpet. A blast of musical energy fired out of his trumpet and at the two. Kenichi and Twill both moved out of the spell's way. The blast of energy destroyed the section of seats as well as putting a hole in the wall.
"What the hell was that for!?" Kenichi yelled.
The man walked towards Kenichi. "Please forgive her, I'm really sorry about Molly's tendency to hurt whoever's near her when she's embarrassed."
Kenichi looked at the girl Molly to see that she was hiding behind a curtain. The one half of her face that was looking out was deep red. She hid back in the curtain when she noticed Kenichi looking at her.
"What's wrong with her?" Twill asked.
"How did you guys find us?" The demon asked.
"He found it," Kenichi answered pointing at Twill.
"Well, a demon would be able to hear Molly's playing," he said looking at the shy girl behind the curtain. He held out his hand to Kenichi. "Anyway, my name's Muse and I'm one of the hundred demons in this battle for King."
"Why are you in the battle to become king?" Twill asked with a serious face.
The demon Muse laughed at Twill's question. "Well, I do want to become King."
"Is that it?" Muse looked at Twill curiously.
"It's for my dream," Muse answered. "You might not know it but music can do a lot of things. It can inspire, motivate, or even anger you. My dream is to bring music to every corner of our world. I believe music is the way I can help everything in the demon world." Twill stared at Muse and Muse smiled at Twill. "So, are you satisfied with my reason."
"I accept it," Twill said.
"Why do you care so much about their reasons to become King, Twill?" Kenichi asked.
"I have my reasons to care," Twill answered.
Inside the auditorium, on the balcony, two figures stood above the others. In the taller figure's hand, he held a green book.
"Wigar!" The taller figure yelled. The smaller figure, a green-haired child, lifted his arm and blasted the rusty chandelier above them. A blast of wind came out of the child's hand and hit the wires holding the chandelier up. The child's spell broke the chandelier's wires and the weight of the huge ornament fell down to the three below.