1x02
Ah! Akuma-sam . — Ah! My Demoness
A / N: I want adequate title, so tell me which is nicer: Ah! Akuma-ore (which would be the more correct translation of "Oh! My demoness"), "Ah! Akuma-sama" or "Oh! Akuma-des."
And I decided that the third person is more appropriate for these cases.
[Voice of Urd] Ah! The desire of the looter.
Demon Castle (Mara Lair), Chiba.
Later, Mishki approached slowly Mara, who he had been lying in the coffin in the absence of something more like a bed. He wondering what to do with it, didn't want to leave it there, wounded but couldn't stay there, or would have to answer uncomfortable questions if someone else had ...
He started at the beginning, that is, remove the jacket, shirt and coat and examine his wounds; it were more spectacular than serious, so it had bandaged with strips of a sheet before examining the pockets of clothing for any identification ...
Nothing! This girl had nothing in his pockets. The closest thing to an ID was a card where there were half a dozen cards written in Japanese, in English, in Cyrillic types and other languages ?that he didn't recognize.
- "Mara, First Class Demon, Unlimited". Is a kidding?-Read incredulous.
That ruled out the possibility of receiving a reward for help or (this thought suddenly came to mind) hold for ransom ... In short, it Mara wasn't worth a yen.
He turned to look at her. She still half naked, apparently asleep, despite the surreal situation, he was fully aware that she was very pretty; she had breasts that seemed designed to be cherished, a very kissable mouth (even those uncomfortable vampiric teeth), hands who asked that someone cogiese and very harmonious curves ... Noto is warmed, was it possible to feel desire for her? She looked so vulnerable ...
"After all, who would know?" I thought looking at her legs, they were provided, neither too wide nor skeletons, and long enough to reach the roof. Blond hair and brown eyes torn red-eye, or seen, rather than cancel their attractive, highlights him.
Just when he was considering whether or not they desire to take it, the girl opened her eyes and stared.
- Are you still here?-she said furious.-I told you disappear ...-
Mishki back, intimidated, this strange young man raised as if perfectly. The injuries he had seen were closing on their own ... something that was supposed to be impossible.
"What is it?" He wondered.
He thought that was very rude to ask, so he's opt for a less direct question.
- Who are you?-wonder.
She sighed angrily.
-Mattaku... I thought you knew. I am Mara, First Class Demon, Unlimited.-was presented again with a patient didn't feel. She sat on the altar and cross our legs.-Since you helped me, I'm willing to grant you a desire.-explain.-You can ask me anything to conceive your imagination, but only one thing. Them before you decide quickly .-
Mishki reflect.
- Any ... thing? -
-Anything.-
-In other words, I could ask ...-
Mara folded arms. Puff, those modern humans were so predictable ... Only interested in one thing.
-If you want to be rich, I can give you more riches than you'll spend all your life .-
"Whatever ..."
Mishki could know nothing of demons, but was sure there wouldn't grant wishes for people ... No, silly. He was probably stay at a Wiccan Neopaganism fan of the kind that ran around.
- Really? And could ask for the destruction of the world?-He suggested, but as a joke before than wanting to seriously.
The alleged demoness pale and felt challenged. Is that always touched her every megalomaniac? Look to ask the destruction of the world ... that was beyond his powers, but he wasn't admitting it to him.
- Are you crazy, man? I lose my job! Of course I can't grant you the destruction of the world! -
-I thought you said "anything" .-
"Definitely she isn't a demon. Don't know how did that appear from nowhere, but has no magical powers. Not only that, even looks like a demon! But it seems a fan of black magic ... yes, that must be it. "
That explained everything, and if the woman was a crazy black magic fan was believed that a demon, was still in danger, but a real danger of being turned into food for supernatural beings ...
-You taste ill.-
- Naniii? -
- You taste how bad, man! The humans no serves as food, so you aren't a temptation for my stomach. Come, decide your wish!-
"As she has to read my mind?"
Not only was it very pretty, but it also was clever, or at least had some degree of female intuition ... I thought about what else to ask, ¿riches? No, certainly not the could give ...
Ah, yes! That was a good idea!
"I've never had any luck with girls. If I ask to stay with me and tells me she can't do it, I know she lying. And if you tell me if, I know that this crazy hopeless, but at least I'll have she. Yes, that is. "
Because the man had felt the desire to possess the demoness at the time he had seen her naked body.
- Well? -
- I want you to stay with me forever! -
Being human, Mara it would have been speechless. Of course, she knew that beautiful was human standards, and once over the centuries had taken lovers from among men. For fun, of course, but ... This was the first time someone asked something, and she wasn't sure what to do.
First thought of refusing. Then a new idea came to mind. This guy had not specified which is wanted her to stay by his side. What if, maybe ...?
Turning his head slightly and rubbed his chin with his thumb and forefinger in a calculator gesture.
A half smile touched his lips.
-Very well. I will grant your desire.-agreed with a twinkle in his eyes.
Wrapped a red light while Nidhogg processed desire, raised his hands and made a stream appear between violet ray that took shape in a black sphere floating in the air, full of negative energy. Smile more sharply and threw the field against Mishki, who noticed that a stream of energy coursing through him ...
When the energy is dissipated, he found astounded at the mirror under each of his eyes had appeared a mark showing a red line that ran through the sides, quite similar to the triangles of Mara.
- But that began to say ...?-start to say, stroking a line .- What is this? -
She watched his hands as if not believing what he had done. The support on the throne and crossed legs.
-Oi, Shimobe.-command with authority.
- How to "Shimobe?".-Protested the rising .- Don't consent to anyone, that believed Aoshima, call me his slave! And unless someone like you who dresses like a yankee witch! -
shouldn't have said that. For Mara must be noted that even being a demoness, was somewhat vain.
Waved his hands and hung upside down from the ceiling.
-Come back criticize my clothes and I reduced to cosmic dust. Bow down to my feet and asked sorry!-demanded before releasing it.
That order Mishki exuded such power that was found lying at the foot of the demoness before you even realize what I had done. He heard her laugh clean this situation.
- This isn't what I asked.-protested weakly, at that time was the only answer that came to mind.
Mara laughed harder.
-Fool human!-Mocked him while he lay on the throne with pleasure, she has forgotten how fun it was to torment the lower species .- Never trust on a devil! I fulfilled your wish, as wanted. You be by my side ... just like my servant .-
"I didn't want this," thought Mishki.
He don't answer that. If they had, would have only gotten Mara still laugh over it, and would not give him that pleasure. Nor was begging him to win anything, except look like an idiot.
Someone with more experience in dealing with magical creatures (and goddesses and demons fall into that category) would have thought to anticipate that possibility. Sure, of course, the demons aren't exactly as depicted in books and movies ...
Some are evil and powerful beyond all measure, of course, but others are simply unhappy people, beings who enjoy hurting others or impose their rule, even people looking for something without knowing exactly what ... It doesn't take cosmic powers to be a real devil, Aoshima is the proof.
But one thing is common to all the devils, are First Class Unlimited or Third Class Moderate: by asking a desire, do so with extreme care, so there is no way that they interpret their own way. A desire may well be met so that it makes most unfortunate to those who ask.
This was the first lesson about dealing with magical beings had just learned Mishki the hard way.
Mara stared at him from his lofty seat and shake a leg up and down, thinking. What could ask that his new servant? It was a shame it was a mere human, but hey, something is beginning ...
The bad thing was that humans, unlike the Family, the men were very fragile, very short lived and their magical powers were absolutely void, all they had positive was their rapid reproductive rate, which allowed quickly replaced, and intelligence, which raised them above the animals ... and some emphasized as males. Asgard theorists argued that if the gods and demons were equally fertile than humans and have their disproportionate crime rates, would have become extinct thousands of years ago. Mara knew, and also knew that inspired awe among them ... something he liked.
The truth is that the demoness secretly considered a weak race, primitive and stupid, unable to unite for a common cause, playing to be God without having any idea what they did (They made genetic research! His more advanced weapon was a primitive, inefficient, unstable, mammoth and dangerous nuclear explosion device, k'so!) and with the same magical power than a sheet of paper...
Returned to Earth and leave these speculations to focus on his current human: they support a finger to his temple and established mental connection with the Nidhogg, the counterweight of the supercomputer Yggdrasil demon that managed the Universe. Post a picture of him and asked for a complete file, ignoring the system's reluctance to give the data. Humans had become experts in informatics, and even though there was the slightest possibility that a human managed to connect itself to the system and cheat Nidhogg (unless, of course, that a god or a demon to give them the key, which only a madman would do), security had been tightened ...
Sabato Mishki-des, Nidhogg informed him after establishing the connection, was the name of humanity. He added, was a possible candidate katusa of demons on Earth ...
Katusa. Japanese corruption of "Katsa" (0). People who are allied with the demons willingly or unwillingly. The story that knew them colloquially as "had made a pact with the devil."
False. The katsa were one thing and that made contracts with demons quite another. A katsa served his demon. A contractor got his wish and then distanced himself from the devil ...
Decided to test him with something "easy": she had to take that God would think she was dead ...
-My first order is very simple.-explained the demoness.-Near here is an old temple of blue roof, the Tariki Hong. I want you there and bring you a very special CD. In and out. Something simple .-
-If it's so simple, why don't you do yourself?-objected Mishki, sniffing to the toast.
- Urashii na! (1)-snapped Mara cast a spell that made him go through all these place.-That's why you, Shimobe. Retrieve for me the black of the cover CD that says "Demons" or faileth you ... if the thing guarding the temple haven't done before .-
- Is the "thing"? -
There was the trap, Mishki deduced. That "thing", whatever it was, was problematic for Mara. So she needed to make the bait.
-I think you what you call a robot ... It doesn't matter, soon you'll know what I mean. You bring me the CD and I'll see how thank you.-He put the coffin in his site.-You can go .-
- What? -
- That you long! I want to rest. Tomorrow I'll give you more orders. Oh, another thing! -
Mishki turned to face her. Mara stared at him.
-Don't tell ANYONE that demons exist. It is better not to disclose such information in humans ... but, anyway, nobody would believe you even get it out in the Maicho Shimbun (2) .- pointed with a chuckle.
The young man shuddered, but he controls just enough to turn around and go from there ...
Once out of sight of the building, went to the student dormitory in the 4x4, he decided that this was nonsense. Do demons exist? And supposedly had just become the servant of one? Yeah, right, and what else? Surely that was nothing but a joke in bad taste ... Perhaps Aoshima or Mishima, would be very typical of them to do something. What else could be expected of people like them, spent money like water? Aoshima is recalled that on one occasion had spent a whopping 50 million yen (3) to equip a car for rallies only to impress a girl (4) ...
"Sure, in comparison to hire that crazy and decorate the floor has turned out very cheap."
When he get home, had taken a decision; he wouldn't go to that temple to steal any CD by a mad like her, and of course not mention or a word of it. That Aoshima was consumed in its own juice wondering if his "joke" had been successful or not ... Wondered how this would be the Mara in reality: She does it resemble to the played character?
[Spotlight Hasegawa, wearing a lab coat, pointing to a slate inscribed with a stick]
Ah! Akuma-sama Shochiski ("Ah! Akuma-sama" Foundations of Vocabulary )
(0) Katsa: "Volunteers" in Hebrew. In reality, this term is used to volunteer agents working for the Mossad in foreign countries free (the State of Ysrael don't pay him).
It has nothing to do with the plot, but because I needed a term to describe people who are dedicated to Mishki new work (serving a demon) and doesn't exist in Norse mythology.
(1) Shut up! (In Japanese. I mixing Japanese expressions to emphasize your spells or loudness) In equal line, "Shimobe" is a Japanese term means "slave" ("Snaga" for the Tolkien's LOTR fans)
(2) Maicho Shimbun: A reference to the manga "Eagle," whose hero works for this newspaper.
(3) 50 million yen: Approximately 240.000 pounds. The Japanese yen is at this level: 120 yen = 1 € = 2,3 pound as the last change.
(4) Obviously reference to the anime Ah! Megami-sama, chapter 10 of the anime first season.
The devil doesn't consent to take it lightly.
On a bad connection, the visit to the temple ends in disaster.
Yikai: Ah! The Spy in the temple.
[Voice of Mishki]: First a devil, and now I have to win three goddesses?