I never thought I would end like this. My brother, my parents and my adoptive father are all dead. It wasn't fair. It's like not our care taker didn't deserve it, but they still killed my brother for it. He was just protecting me and I think it should be ok. I looked up at the sky, if I squinted I could barley see the sun through the overcastting sky. I was all alone now. I was standing on a grassy hill outside the village, so I could see its residents moving about their lives. As if nothing happened, as if the hadn't just killed their savior. I glanced at a nearby tree with a fairly thick mid-height branch. That would do. I got on the stool that I had lugged out here. I borrowed it from Mrs. Jenny; I wish I could return it. I tied the rope to the tree and made a noose, just like Ryuu showed me how to when we were trying to make a fort. I fit it around my neck and softly uttered what should have been my last words.
"I'll see you later Ryuu."

And that should have been the end of my story.
But of course it wasn't, that would have been too easy.

And back to Ryuu…

The next thing I knew I was standing. This both confused me AND pissed me off. Was I dead? Alive? I haven't got a clue.
"You're dead." A voice answered.
I turned to the voice and immediately wished I hadn't. Standing about two feet away from me was a… well actually I haven't got a clue what it was. It had a humanoid like shape, but it's skin was blood red, it had long talons instead of fingernails and it looked like it was about to kill me. But apparently I was dead. That was unexpected.
Then it dawned on me.
"Holy Shit I think I'm in hell" I muttered. That would explain why his surroundings looked like the inside of a volcano…
But no, he couldn't be in hell, that's were all the bad people went. He hadn't done anything wrong. He had sacrificed himself for the good of others, he had done the right thing, and so why was he here? This didn't make sense.
"Let me guess… Oh my god, I don't deserve this, why me? Ect. Ect. Well if you're here then that means you must have sinned. End of story." The demon said to me. I took up a defensive stance. "Who are you?" I asked it.
"Me? I'm what you might call a demon of hell, I take souls from here and bring them to their respective level of hell."
"Level of hell?"
"Yes, level of hell. There are quite a few. Each crime has a different level and you… Oh wow a kid killer! Don't get those often." The demon looked at me with mild interest. "Ryuu was it? Well I'm gonna hurry this up a bit because there's a little girl who just committed suicide that I need to take care of, oh whoops I guess she's here already"
I followed it's gaze and my eyes fell on the last person I wanted to see here.
"Mitsu!" I cried in a mixture of shock and horror. Why was she here? She was dead too? What had that demon said… suicide?!?
"Mitsu! You idiot! You killed yourself? I told you that you could live with Mrs. Jenny! Why would you do this…? Why…" I sobbed. My sister was dead. That was the reality.
" I'm sorry Ryuu!" Mitsu cried "I just didn't want to have to be alone…"
I sighed, that sounded like something she would do.
"Oh now isn't this cute? You two know each other! Well I hate to split up a family, but it's time for you two to face eternal punishment." The demon chuckled.
I got between the monster and Mitsu. I could probably take him.
"I won't let you hurt her!" I told it. The creature laughed.
"You think you can stop me?!" He grinned, and then he turned violent. "A little kid like you, defy a Demon?!?" He laughed.
Ok now I wasn't so sure I could take him.
He charged forward and I panicked. I shut my eyes and prepared for impact.
It didn't come. I opened my eyes, bewildered.
"Yea I don't think they can stop you. But I can." It sounded like a teenage girl!
I looked up to asses the situation. The girl had green hair and pale blue eyes. She was wearing a red shirt and some black pants. And she had also stopped a demon in mid-charge with her finger. It was squarely in the center of the demon's terrified face.
"Y-you, what are you doing here?" It stuttered.
"What, I can't get out of the house once in a while?" She joked before hurling the demon 20 feet in the air. A few moments later he landed with a bone chilling –CRUNCH–
She whistled "Wow he flew far didn't he?"
I looked at the girl in bewilderment. I had no idea whose side she was on. I hoped it was the same one we were on. She turned to me and looked me in the eye, then broke contact.
"Well I've got better things to do that defend two little munchkins, so you guys have fun." She chimed as she turned to leave.
"W-wait! What do you mean the rest of them?" I asked.
"You didn't think that there was only one of them did you? Oh no, there are thousands of demons living down here. They'll have figured out something was wrong by now. And they'll be pissed that one of their own is dead. So I'm gonna split before they show up."
I was actually speechless. But luckily Mitsu wasn't.
"So you're just going to leave us here?" She asked, terrified.
"Yea pretty much" The girl said indifferently. "Why, you guys wanna come?"
I couldn't say anything so I just nodded.
"Well I suppose I could take you with me, but there's only one condition…"
"What? We'll do anything!" I cried.
She seemed to consider something for a second. "Well you would have to become my minions." She smiled.
"Your what?!?" I asked.
"M-I-N-I-O-N-S. Kind of like slaves, but undead, I'll need both of you as well. So what's your answer?" She asked.

I thought for a second. This person didn't seem evil, and I they stayed then they'd be dragged into burning pits for eternity. And besides, I wasn't going to give up a chance to live again. I looked back at Mitsu, who just nodded.
"Fine, we'll do it. Make us you minions or whatever." I gave in.
Then I felt a searing pain in my back a yell from behind me told me that Mitsu had felt it too.
"And that binds the contract." She grinned. "Now you two are bound to me for eternity"
I only had one question left that I needed to know the answer to.
"Who are you?" I asked.
The girl looked over her shoulder to me. "Me? Well I won't go into detail, but I'm Hatori Nyx. Your new master."