For the record, I do not own Bughuul, though I wish I did. I only own the plot of the story, the Anderson family, and some of the kids that follow Bughuul around because I forgot most of their names so I made them up, except for Stephanie and Ashley. Enjoy! Also sorry if it is really long. I have a habit of when an idea enters my head for the next chapter, I just won't stop typing until I run out of ideas.

Angel-Demon hybrid

Chapter 3

When Kane woke up the next morning, his neck stung like a bitch and his throat was very sore. The last thing he remembered was passing out because of pain. His memory soon came back though at full force. His eyes widened as he remembered meeting the demon who was the cause of everything that was happening to him. He remembered in great detail what the demon's face looked like.

Kane ran over to his sketchbook and opened it to a new page and grabbed his pencil to start drawing. It only took him about ten minutes to get every detail down. When he was finished, he put the notebook down and went downstairs to go take a shower and get ready for the day. It was Saturday, so he was going to go to the library and see if he could find any book on mythology that had a demon that looked like the one he had just drew.

While Kane was in the shower, Bughuul had decided to appear in his bedroom. He saw the sketchbook open again and went to see what the teen drew this time. He saw that it was him again but this time it was his entire face and his body. Now what was Kane going to do with this? Bughuul was curious but before he could do anything, he heard someone walking up the steps to the attic.

Bughuul quickly put down the sketchbook and jumped up, silently landing and sitting on the beam that he sat on when he first saw Kane. He then saw that the person who came up was not Kane, but a younger boy who had dark blond hair that was short and blue eyes that were shades darker than Kane's electric blue.

The boy walked right up to the bed and began to look around, poking and probing at everything he saw. That was when this kid spotted the opened sketchbook and looked at it. The boy's face lit up with a smile full of trouble. He clung to the sketchbook and looked around to see if there was anything else worth taking.

Bughuul was just about to jump down and take the sketchbook from the child, when he heard more footsteps coming up the ladder and saw that it was Kane, who was done and dressed from his shower. He noticed that when Kane saw the younger boy holding his sketchbook, his expression of calmness turned to one of pure rage.

Kane yelled, "James! Get the hell out of my room you little shit! And give me back my sketchbook!"

James looked startled at his brother's outburst. He quickly reacted and shook his head.

He said, "No. This is my book now. I want it. Besides, it has cool drawings in it."

Kane growled and said, "I don't think I will. You are nothing more than a spoiled little brat. Now give me the sketchbook or I will go downstairs and tell mom that it was you who went into her jewelry box and stole the necklace our grandmother gave to her."

James shook his head and said, "No! It's mine! I found it and it's mine!"

Kane growled and said, "Okay. Have it your way. I am going to tell mother."

Kane ran down the ladder and to the kitchen, where his mother was making breakfast. James followed him and ran behind his mother's leg. Bughuul stuck to the shadows and watched the scene.

Kane said, "Mom! James went up into my room and stole my sketchbook."

James said from behind Mom's leg, "No I didn't! It's mine!"

May sighed. She knew how much Kane treasured the sketchbook. It was a gift from his best friend Nathan for his going away present. She knew that James was spoiled and always demanded things and stole things from Kane. She tried her best to make sure none of her kids were spoiled, but her husband decided to spoil James because he was the youngest.

She said, "Now James. You know that I told you not to take things from your brother's room. That sketchbook is very important to him and I want you to give it back."

James shook his head again, "No. It's mine now. Big brother can go get a new one."

Kane said, "It has some drawings in it that I wanted to look up in at the library today. I want it back."

May sighed and said, "James. If you do not give your brother back his sketchbook, you will not be able to have any sweets today."

James looked so horrified about not having sweets that Bughuul almost broke out laughing. The boy was spoiled.

James stuttered out, "B-b-but you can't do that!"

May said, "I can and I will if you do not return the sketchbook now."

James huffed and threw the sketchbook at Kane, who caught it and quickly looked through it, making sure none of the pictures were damaged. When he saw that there were none, he nodded and went back upstairs to finish getting ready. Bughuul followed him and remained in the shadows, watching Kane closely to see what he was doing.

Kane stopped fixing his bed and became stiff. He had that feeling someone was watching his, and he knew just who it was.

He said, "I know you're there. I can feel you staring. Why don't you come on out?"

Bughuul was surprised to say the least. No one had ever caught him like that before. He simply smirked behind the mask and walked out of the shadows, standing to Kane's left. He turned and faced him, his eyes cold and calculating.

Bughuul said, "I'm surprised Kane. No one has ever been able to tell if I was watching them before. This makes things even more interesting."

Kane all but snarled, "Yea right. Why can't you just leave me alone? What did I ever do to you to deserve this treatment?"

Bughuul didn't reply right away. He instead walked towards Kane, making the teen lose his composure and start backing up in fear. Kane kept backing up until his back hit the wall. He closed his eyes in an effort to not look at Bughuul's face.

Bughuul walked until he was right in front of Kane. He could see that Kane had closed his eyes and just shook his head. He slowly removed the mask entirely and let it drop to the floor with a small clack. He then placed his hands on either side of Kane's body and moved his head so his lips were grazing Kane's ear gently. He could feel Kane flinch at the contact.

Bughuul said in a low tone, "I can't leave you alone Kane. You see, you were the one who released me. You were the one who saw me first. You were the kid I saw first. For that reason I can't leave you alone. Not until the cycle is complete and another victim comes. But even then I would not leave you alone. No. You would not be able to escape me even then. If you are wondering what I am talking about, look up Pagan Deities at the library. When you find a book on them, look up all the deities whose names start with B. Then find the ones that are known to be evil and bring death. You are bound to find what you are looking for there. I'll be waiting for you to return and tell me what you found."

He licked Kane's ear lobe and nipped it, feeling Kane tremble against his hands. Kane gasped when he felt something warm surround his ear and suck at it. He let out a whimper at the feeling, gripping Bughuul's shoulders in an effort to stay up. He felt the demon's mouth release his ear, making him shiver at the sudden change in temperature. He then felt the demon latch onto the skin right below his ear. He let out a moan as the sensitive skin was being abused.

Bughuul could feel Kane starting to react to him. He smirked at that. He knew that the kid was sensitive behind his ear. He grabbed Kane's hips and and brought their bodies together. Kane let out a choked moan as he felt his lower body come in contact with the demon's body. Just when he was about to push his body even closer to the demon, said demon pulled away from his ear completely and pulled back so he could look at him face to face.

That was when Kane let out a gasp. The demon's face was not the same as it was before. His face looked completely human. His skin was deathly pale, he had sharp features. His eyes were so dark that they were almost black. His half full lips had a very light-blue tint to them. His hair fell down slightly past his shoulders like a curtain of black silk. Kane couldn't think at all. The person before him was hot. He gulped.

Bughuul smirked and asked, "Like what you see? I know you thought that the mask I wear was my real face. Now how do you feel knowing that the person who has been did all those bad things to you is looks like he is 17 years old and hot?"

Kane didn't answer and instead looked away to the side. He could feel a blush rise up on his cheeks. He then felt a hand on his chin and his face was turned back around, so he was staring at the demon right in the eyes.

Bughuul chuckled and said, "I knew you would react this way. You are the first person to ever see what I truly look like. You should feel honored Kane. For a demon like myself to show their true face to a mere human, it means that I have a lot of respect for you. It also means something else, but I will let you figure that out by yourself. Now I must go. I have some of my own little brats to deal with. I'll see you later Kane."

He gently pressed his lips to Kane's cheek in a small goodbye kiss. He then fully pulled away from the teen and bent down to pick up his mask. With Kane watching him, he slipped the mask back on and turned to walk away.

That was when he felt something wrap around his wrists and Kane shout, "Wait!"

Bughuul asked, "Yes?"

Kane gulped and began to blush. He asked, "Could we meet tonight? Please?"

Bughuul let out a low chuckle and turned around to face Kane. He placed his own hand around Kane's wrist and yanked, causing Kane to stumble into him. He quickly wrapped his arms around Kane's back and hugged him. Kane was surprised but submitted to the hug and wrapped his own arms around Bughuul's waist and buried his face into the demon's chest, inhaling his scent of ash, smoke, blood and death. He actually didn't mind the smell of blood and death. He actually found it addicting.

Bughuul smiled when he felt Kane respond to the hug. It looks like things were going faster than expected. At this rate he would have a new companion and a person that the children could look up to as a mother. He couldn't wait. He buried his face into Kane's hair and smelled him. He smelled like fresh air and the sea and the forest.

The two remain in the position for a few minutes before Bughuul pulled away and held Kane at an arms length.

He said, "Of course I can see you tonight. Lets meet here when your family is asleep. That way we can do whatever you want."

Kane blushed at the implied suggestion. Great. Now he had a demon that was flirting with him. He simply nodded because he was blushing too hard to speak. He couldn't tell, but he knew the demon was smiling behind his mask.

Bughuul nodded and said, "Great. See you then." He then pulled away and walked towards the playing film and walked right into it, disappearing down the hallway.

Kane just stood there, dazing into space. He quickly snapped out of it and finished getting ready. When he was done, he went downstairs and pushed the ladder to the attic up so his little brother couldn't get in. He ran out the front door shouting to his mother that he would be back later.

At the library 15 minutes later

Kane walked into the library and asked the librarian where he could find a book on pagan deities. She led him there and then left. Kane skimmed the shelves until he found a book that was called "A-Z Pagan Deities and What You Need to Know About Them." He took the book off the shelf and went to sit down.

He did what the demon told him to do and went to the beginning of the B section of names. He looked up the deities that were either evil or brought death and found a few. He read them and stopped at a name. The picture was very faded, almost as if the person who wrote the book was afraid of this deity.

He read about the deity. Apparently the deity's name was Bughuul. He was known to bring death wherever he went. Kane read one of the passages, which said,

"Bughuul is a deity that devours the souls of children. When a child is exposed to him, they would be manipulated by him and become his puppets. He will then have the children kill their own family before he takes them to his realm forever. If the first person who sees him is an adult or a teenager, he would normally wait until a child came along, for it was harder for him to control them for their minds were far more developed than that of a child's. It is believed that pictures and videos are the gateway to his realm.

In the past, there was only one case I heard of when a teen who had two younger siblings and two older siblings became the victim of Bughuul's manipulations. The teen himself survived but had been locked up in a mental institution for the rest of his life. When I went to visit him, it was apparent that the demon had destroyed the teen's mental state completely by giving him hellish nightmares in which if the teen himself was injured in the nightmare, he would wake up with the same wound in the same place.

The teen told me that the demon would sometimes appear in front of him and torment him, telling him bad things about his family and friends. He would also sometimes show him things that weren't real.

It was evident that it didn't take long for Bughuul to destroy the teen's mental state and take control. When he did, he made the teen kill his parents in a violent way. When the teen broke free from the demon's control, he was scared so much that he was sent straight to the mental institution where after two days I met him, he committed suicide because he was scared that the demon would find him.

If anyone is reading this I advise you, stay away from any pictures of this demon. Also if you find a Super 8 camera in your attic, do not open it and watch any videos. You will only release the demon and dig yourself an early grave. Keep your children away from this demon as well."

Kane was surprised at what he read. It was somewhat hard to believe that the demon that he spoke to and saw was really a horrible person who devoured children's souls. Then again, he did see a little girl when he was on that scavenger hunt. He put the book back when he spotted a book on demons and their ways of life.

He picked the book up and began to look for demons who interact and mate with humans. When he found the page he was surprised at what he read,

"In all my years I have never expected to be mates with a demon. It came as a surprise for me because I always thought that demons only existed in story books and movies, but I was wrong. When I first met my mate it was a very strange meeting. I had walked in on him feeding and had screamed, which got his attention. His mask was on at the time so I had not seen his true face. I ran and he followed and eventually caught me. I was thinking that he would eat me but instead he let me go and ran away.

The next few weeks I kept getting mysterious letters and gifts. I had no idea who it was until I met the demon once more. He was the one sending me the letters and gifts because he wanted to court me. He took off his mask and showed me what he truly looked like. He was hot! He explained that when a demon takes their mask off in front of a human, it was both a sign of respect and a sign that they wanted that human as their mate for life. It took me a bit of time to decide but I said yes. We first got married the human way and then we got married his way. Once we had married both ways, he turned me into a demon so that I could live with him forever.

If you are reading this you will probably think that I am lying and that I am making this all up but I'm not. Everything I just told you is true. If you have seen a demon and received mysterious letter and/or gifts, then that demon might be trying to court you. If you have met this demon face to face and he/she has taken off their mask to show you what they really look like, then prepare yourself because that might mean that they will try to officially mate with you."

Kane blushed heavily. So the reason Bughuul, he figured out that the demon that was hanging out with him was the same deity that the passage spoke about, showed him his real face was because he might want to mate with him? He sighed and put the book back. It was already 3:00 pm and his parents wanted him home by 3:30 pm. That meant he had thirty minutes to get home. Kane left the library and ran home. He couldn't wait to see Bughuul and tell him everything he found out.

By the time he got home, it was 3:25. He made it back just in time. He unlocked the door and walked in.

He called out, "Hello. Mom, I'm home!" He got no answer.

Kane walked to the kitchen and saw a note on the counter. He walked over and picked it up. It was a note from his parents. It said,

"Dear Kane,

If we are not home when you get back, then we went out with Josh and James to go look around the town. We won't be back until 8-9:00 o'clock tonight. There is mac n' cheese in the freezer you can make for yourself. Do not make a mess of the house.

Love,

Mom"

Kane frowned when he finished reading. So his family went out without him. He was always getting left out and it annoyed him. Oh well, it gave him time to talk to Bughuul earlier than he thought. He smiled at that thought and tossed the note in the trash as he left the kitchen to go to the attic.

He pulled down the ladder and walked up into his room. He noticed the camera was off and that there was no film in it. He walked over to it and saw that the box of films were missing. He began to freak out. If he didn't have the film, he couldn't see Bughuul. That was when he spotted another note on his bed. He ran over to it and read it,

"Dear son,

I cannot express myself of how horrified I am that you would watch these kinds of videos. This is wrong. Even James knows better than you. He has told me where the videos were and I took them. I have decided to burn the films later tomorrow. I will also ask you to give your sketchbook to your younger brother when we get back. If he wants it, he can have it. So I expect you to give it to him without complaint.

From,

Dad"

Kane was furious. His own dad cares more about the happiness of James than his other sons and his wife. Kane ran down to his parent's bedroom and searched it to find the videos. He didn't find them there. He then thought that his father might have put them in James's room. He went there next and found them under a pile of toys. He picked it up and went back into the attic.

He went and took out a random film and hooked it up to the camera and hit play. He backed away from the camera and sat on the bed.

He said, "Bughuul? If you're there then I want you to come out to talk. My family won't be back until late tonight. I really need to speak to you. So please... come out...please."

Kane finally couldn't take it and broke down crying. He was so upset about what his father wrote to him and about moving. He hated his family. He wanted them to disappear for good. Even better if he could just disappear from their lives.

He was crying so hard that he didn't notice someone walking up to him. He did however notice when he felt someone pull him into their lap and hold him, rocking slowly and whispering sweet nothings in his ear. He turned and buried his face into their shoulder, clinging to them like they were his life line.

Bughuul was furious. While he was resting one of his "children", who happened to be Ashley Oswald, said that they couldn't get to the human realm. He tried himself but couldn't either. He figured out that someone removed the film from the camera. The only other way out was through pictures taken by someone, but there were none.

It was hours before a film was connected to the camera. He knew because he heard Kane.

He heard Kane say, "Bughuul? If you're there then I want you to come out to talk. My family won't be back until late tonight. I really need to speak to you. So please... come out...please."

He rushed out and saw Kane on the bed crying his heart out. He ran over and sat down next to him and pulled him into his lap. He wrapped his arms around Kane and rocked him, whispering sweet nothings in his ear. He felt Kane move his head and bury it into his shoulder, clinging to him hard.

Bughuul ran his fingers through Kane's short hair. He swore that he would get back at the person who made his beautiful Kane cry. He gently kissed Kane's forehead and pulled away, placing his hand under his chin and pulled it up so Kane was looking at him in the eye. He saw that the teens eyes were red and there were tears pouring down like a waterfall.

Bughuul took off his mask and placed it on the bed before leaning in and licking away all the tears before kissing Kane's nose. Before he could fully pull his face away from Kane's, Kane wrapped his arms around his neck, leaned in and smashed their lips together. Now this time Bughuul's eyes widened in surprise. Kane's lips were as soft as they looked.

Finally he responded to the kiss and wrapped his arms around Kane's waist, pulling him closer. Bughuul opened his mouth and pressed his tongue against Kane's lips, begging for entrance. Kane opened his mouth and Bughuul thrust his tongue in, making sure to get every corner he could get to before wrapping his tongue around Kane's.

Kane moaned loudly into the kiss. It felt good. He faintly noticed that the demon tasted of death and blood but didn't care. He just wanted the pain to stop. For everything to stop. Kane reached up to touch Bughuul's hair and it felt like he was touching silk. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to be dominated by the demon. He faintly thought that perhaps being mated to Bughuul wouldn't be such a bad idea.

After a few minutes Bughuul pulled back so Kane could breathe. He licked his lips at the taste of Kane. He looked at Kane who had stopped crying but was gasping for air. Once Kane caught his breath, he looked up at Bughuul.

He then said, "I know who you are. Your name is Bughuul. You are a deity that devours the souls of children who are exposed to you. Once the children are under your control, you have them kill their family and then take them to your realm where you would consume their soul. There is one case though at which your victim escaped. He was a teenager, and teenagers are harder for you to manipulate. The book said you destroyed his mental state completely before you had him kill his family. Once he did that, he broke free and was sent to a mental institution. He ended up committing suicide. I also learned about the meaning of when you took your mask off to show me what you truly looked like. There are two reasons why. The first reason would because you have a lot of respect for me and the second reason would be because you want to mate with me and make me yours."

Bughuul raised an eyebrow. Did a book really say that a victim of his escaped, not that wasn't true, which it was, but he did not completely destroy the teen's state of mind. He had to say though, Kane did an excellent job at finding the info.

He said, "Good job Kane. I am very proud of you. You have found out everything I asked you to. For that you deserve a treat, but first I must ask. What or who made you cry?"

Kane looked down in shame. He didn't want Bughuul to know that he simply cried over a note that his father left him. Bughuul tsked and forced Kane to look at him. Kane flinched at the glare he was getting from the demon.

Bughuul said, "I will ask once more Kane. Who made you cry?"

Kane gulped before saying in a small voice, "It was my father. He left me a note saying that he was angry with me because I watched the videos that you own. He also said that I had to give my sketchbook to James because he wanted it. I hate my family. My mom doesn't really care about me, my older brother hates me, my younger brother annoys me and my father doesn't give a damn about me only about James."

Bughuul nodded. It looks like it was time for him to reveal himself to Kane's family. He then got an idea. He smirked which made Kane look at him with a questioning gaze.

Bughuul said, "Kane. I have a wonderful idea to give your parents a good scare. Are you going to help me?"

Kane saw that crazy look on his face and smiled. He nodded. Bughuul smiled back before grabbing Kane and pulling him back into a kiss, wanting to make sure he left his mark on the boy for the world to see that he belonged to him.