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How long had it been now? One month? Maybe two?

Arthur wasn't all that sure. It felt like it had been eternity since he had last seen that little demon by the name of Alfred.

No matter how many times Arthur told himself that Alfred was like any regular soul that had been turned into a demon, but something in his head just kept nagging at him. It screamed that something wasn't right.

But he couldn't just go and randomly summon the demon just to ease this uneasy feeling gnawing on his thoughts.

He needed a reason to do so. As of right now, he didn't really have one.

"Just call him already." a biting voice said from behind Arthur. The blonde angel didn't really need to turn around to know who it was.

"Allistor." Arthur said curtly.

The red-head gave the other angel a smirk before sitting down next to him. "Arthur." Allistor answered in a gushy baby voice.

Arthur sighed in slight annoyance but tried to keep himself calm. Allistor had always treated him like a little brother and always went as far as using a baby voice with him.

He was used to it, but that didn't mean he had to like it.

"Go away." Arthur snapped. He wasn't exactly in the mood for talking. He usually loved having a verbal duel with his self-proclaimed older brother. But today he just wasn't feeling up to it.

"Just do it." Allistor groaned.

The shorter angel shot the red-head a quick glare before saying,"No. I don't want to summon him for no particular reason."

The taller angel gave the other an incredulous look. "Oh, I'll give you a reason. What if he is being set on fire as we speak? He needs you to rescue him!" Allistor ranted.

Arthur looked at the older angel like he was crazy, but figured he had a point.

"That seems a little far-fetched, but I suppose it's reason enough. Stand back." the blonde commanded.

Allistor took on a look of eagerness and backed away so that the flames of the spell wouldn't hurt him. Despite him being immortal, the fires of hell that would escape through the portal would probably be enough to kill him.

"The god of the dead, Mephistopheles, binds thee to me. Come to me, Alfred." Arthur called.

The blonde backed up like Allistor had and watched as a dark purple pentagram appeared on the cloud they were currently standing on.

"Why does it feel like we're invoking the devil?" Allistor asked as the spell slowly took form.

"Shut it." Arthur snapped in annoyance. It may have looked like it, but he was certainly not calling the devil.

Allistor shrugged but continued to watch as the pentagram grew in size and power. He was never really good at doing magic like Arthur was and so seeing this spell take form seemed a little surreal to him.

"This is taking forever. Did you do it right?" Allistor griped after a few seconds of watching.

Arthur shot the older angel an annoyed glare but said nothing. He was more than confident in his ability to do magic. He was positive this would work. Sure it was going slower than he had anticipated, but hey. At least it was doing something, right?

Just as he thought those last few words, the pentagram exploded with the flames of what he could only assume was hell.

The explosion had come so suddenly and was so large, the two angels nearly failed to move out of the way in time.

"What the fuck was that?" Allistor all but screamed.

Arthur shielded himself from the heat of the flames as he yelled,"Don't use such vulgar words! You're an angel!"

Allistor raised his middle finger in Arthur's direction. The large eye-browed angel saw this out of the corner of his eye but brushed it off. No matter what he said, Allistor would still act this no matter what Arthur told him.

Instead, the blonde angel decided to just continue focusing on the retreating flames. If the spell had worked properly then Alfred would be behind those flames.

As Arthur thought about this, he couldn't help but feel a tad nervous.

Would the demon-child be different? It wasn't uncommon for newly turned demons to change both mentally and physically.

The angel seriously doubted that the boy would have changed physically but mentally was more than just a possibility. The boy had most likely been exposed to people being tortured and killed over and over again. Heck, the boy could have been subjected to some form of torture himself.

Knowing that all of that put quite a damper on Arthur's excited mood.

Would taking Alfred out of hell for the moment only subject the child to even more torture later on? Arthur wasn't all that sure, but it was enough to make him prepare for returning the child back immediately.

The first word of the spell was barely on the tip of Arthur's tongue before a dark object shot out from retreating flames of the spell and right into Arthur's legs.

The angel stumbled slightly but quickly composed himself so that he could check to see if it was Alfred.

Much to his relief, it was.

The young boy, while hugging Arthur's left shin tightly, gave the angel a bright grin that could rival that of an innocent angel boy.

"It's about time!" Alfred yelled happily as he squeezed tighter.

All thoughts of sending the boy back immediately vanished from Arthur's mind as he gave the child a smile of his own.

Allistor stared at the blonde angel with his mouth slightly agape. Arthur rarely smiled. Seeing the muscles in the blonde's face contort into a heart-felt, genuine smile was more than a little shocking to say the least.

"So this is Alfred, huh?" Allistor asked as he approached the smaller angel and demon.

Alfred whirled around in astonishment and stared at Allistor with wide eyes. "Who are you?" Alfred inquired.

"My name is Allistor. I'm Arthur's older brother." the red-head smirked as he ruffled Arthur's hair playfully. The blonde grumbled as he did this and half-heartedly swatted at the other angel's hand.

"Oh. I have a little brother too. His name's Matthew. But I haven't seen him since that night I met Arfur." Alfred said while looking around curiously.

"My name is Arthur! Not Arfur." the blonde angel all but screeched.

Allistor slapped Arthur gentley in the stomach as he gave him a stern look. "He's just a kid. They don't always say stuff right until they grow older. Besides, wouldn't 'You have a brother?' be a better thing to say?"

Arthur saw the red-head's point and bent down to Alfred's level. "Do you know if your parents planned on hurting him too?"

Alfred thought to himself for a few seconds before shaking his head. "I don't think so. They kept teaching him stuff and they refused to show me because they said I wouldn't need to know anyways." the small demon explained.

Arthur gritted his teeth as he heard the child say this so nonchalantly.

It was like Alfred had been raised knowing he would die at a very early age but the child was none-the-wiser as to what his parent's words really meant. They didn't even try to hide that fact. It made Arthur want to hunt his parents down and torture them as if they were already in hell.

Allistor, seeing his brother's mood change rapidly, decided to switch the conversation to some other topic.

"So how is hell? Nobody is hurting there, are they?"

Arthur immediately calmed down and leaned in to hear the child's response. He was sure it would be bad, but he didn't want to get angry until he knew how horrific an experience it really was.

"It's not very bad. Francis plays with me all the time so I never really get bored. Though I have to admit that it smells really bad down there." Alfred explained.

The demon-child's explanation seemed innocent enough, but Arthur just didn't want to believe it was that mild. From what he could understand, the worst thing that happened to Alfred in hell was smelling something bad?

"You've got to be kidding me." Arthur said in exasperation.

Alfred shook his head. "Nope. I'm not. Everybody else is nice to me too. They act scary sometimes, but they are never mean towards me."

Arthur didn't really want to believe it, but there was no hint of any lying on Alfred's chubby little face.

"Well, that's good. I suppose." Arthur said awkwardly.

The blonde angel peered at Allistor through the corner of his eye and gave him a look. The red-head shrugged and looked at the demon like the child might have already lost his sanity.

"It's fine. Seriously." Alfred said as he watched the two angels have a conversation with each other using the looks on their faces.

Arthur sighed before picking the child up. "Alright. I believe you. Do you still want me to summon you back to me every once in a while?"

Alfred nodded his head vigorously. "Yes, please! It's okay playing with the others, but I want to play with you too." Alfred said happily.

The blonde angel gave the child one last soft smile before placing him back down on the cloud. "Alright. I'll summon you back to me every seven days, okay?" Arthur asked.

The child nodded that he understood and took a few steps back so Arthur could perform the spell again. Before leaving though, Alfred waved good-bye to both Arthur and Allistor.

Once the spell took affect and Alfred was back in hell, Allistor turned to Arthur. "Cute kid. I can see why you like him."

Arthur let a faint smile creep onto his face as he looked off into the distance. "Yes. He's certainly something special. I can't really explain why, but I can't help but care about the lad." the blonde said.

"It's hard not to like the kid. But please promise me something Arthur." Allistor said seriously.

The blonde angel turned to look at his brother quizically. "What is it?"

Allistor took a deep breathe as he knew Arthur would most likely overreact at what he was about to say.

"Don't go falling for the kid. He's cute now, sure, but you know as well as I do that he is a demon. It's only a matter of time before he loses his innocence and becomes a raging murderer and mischief-maker like the rest of the them." Allistor said.

Arthur's eyes widened slightly and he was about to something along the lines of all Allistor said being proposterous.

But as he thought about it a little more, he couldn't help but realize that what the other angel said was true. Alfred was like any other demon. It wouldn't be long before he turned bad like the rest of them.

Arthur couldn't really tell as to when that would happen, but he sincerely hoped that it would be years just so he could spend a little more time with the boy.

The angel had never felt so strongly for a child, or anyone for that matter, and he desperately wished this new relationship would last.

"Yes, yes. Of course I know that. I'm not as stupid you may think." Arthur grumbled while crossing his arms.

Allistor gave his brother an apologetic smile before laying his hand on Arthur's shoulder and saying,"I'm not saying you're stupid. I'm saying you need to make sure you don't start loving this child."

Arthur laughed mirthlessly as he said,"I think I already have."

It's a rather boring chapter in my opinion, but it's sort of necessary for what I have planned in the future. I hope you guys liked it anyways! Please let me know what you think.