My Heavenly Demon
'The Guardians' a worldwide clan of humans blessed with holy weapons and magics to maintain the divine balance of good and evil by keeping the demon population down. What happens when a guardian encounters a demon that changes everything? Based in a fantasy era that is a mix of Edo Japan, Renaissance England, and a more modern way of thinking.
Tezuka x Fuji and mentions of Oishi x Kikumaru
AU|Yaoi|Lemon|OOC|Fluff|Bondage|Violence|MPreg|Non-Con|Kidnapping
Chapter Four
"Are you sure it is a good idea to have him come with us?" Oishi asked Tezuka as he put on his armor. Morning had come and gone and they were getting ready to leave.
Tezuka fastened the buckle that held kurenjinguburēdo to his back. "No. It isn't" he said and tugged at the strap to make sure it was secure. I have given him some armor, and he has tenshinosasayaki. He will be fine against the other demon."
"Yeah, against the other demon. What about the guardians?" Oishi asked. Tezuka never responded, just shook his head and left to check on Syusuke. He followed his friend. He was sure this would end badly for them.
"Syusuke," Tezuka said as he walked into his room. The demon stood in an outfit he didn't recognize and Eiji was helping him with the armor. Syusuke wore a pair of fitted pants that was dangerously low cut, his top that was primarily buckled and straps, and a pair of boots that came up over his knees. All of which were pristine white in color. The armor was from when he was a young teen when he was not as muscularly built as he became. A breastplate, a pauldron, and bracers. He had plaited his hair. The demon looked at him with a happy smile. "Can you still use your wings like that?"
"Yeah." Syusuke spread out his wings and fluttered them a bit to prove his point. Tezuka stepped into the room and helped him put on the belt that would hold tenshinosasayaki. After it was secured Tezuka grabbed his shoulders and they exchanged glances. A silent question on the human's part, he gave a firm nod in response. He knew the human was worried about him. He didn't blame him. He was worried too. "It'll be okay," he promised. Tezuka bent down, placing a kiss on his lips.
"Nya," Eiji said, reminding the two that they were not alone. He grinned wide, almost Cheshire like. "Those marks, those belong to you, ne?" Tezuka shot him a look, which made him cackle and take refuge near his own lover. "Nya..."
Syusuke grinned, his fangs glinting in the sunlight streaming in from the window. He stepped closer to the tall human and laid his head against the hard breastplate. "Let me out," he said softly.
"You'll return?"
"Of course."
Tezuka nodded and moved away from the demon. The four made their way to the door. Tezuka removed the talismans and wards that kept Syusuke prisoner. Before letting Syusuke go, he bent down, stealing a long and passionate kiss. He was rewarded with a happy purr. "Go. We're right behind you."
"Be safe." Syusuke murmured before slipping by the guardian and taking to the sky. He could sense several demons in the area. The one he worried most about was the one quickly approaching the town. He quickly headed toward it. It did not take long, not by air. The other demon noticed him, and let out a loud growl, one that was meant to state his domination. Syusuke dropped down, landing in front of the demon.
The demon had to stand twice as tall as Tezuka, and twice as bulky. He was far from attractive, resembling a goblin or an ogre with hoofed feet and huge talons on each of his eight fingers. His skin a gray-green and eyes as red as blood. Horns adorned his head, resembling ram's horns. He wore a partial breastplate and a loincloth. "You!" he howled at Syusuke.
"Me? What of me?"
"Demon disguised as an angel." the demon stated the obvious.
Syusuke sighed. "I am aware of what I am. What do you want of me?" His tone serious, his face set in stone, his eyes set in a deadly glare. A clawed hand hovered over the hilt of his katana. "Moreover, what is your name?!"
"Tsuno-jū." The demon responded. "Do you not know your own worth? A rare demon possessing qualities of that holy and unholy. The things you are capable of." Tsuno-jū purred.
"What do you mean?" Syusuke asked, looking over his shoulder. The guardians were coming. He pulled tenshinosasayaki from its sheath, leveling it with the tall demon.
Tsuno-jū let a roaring laugh. "You do not know of your own capabilities! That's rich." He flexed his fingers, loud cracking sounded from his knuckles. "I will have you, and I will show you just what that angelic body of yours can do!" He lunged forward.
Syusuke met him halfway, his katana blocking a full-on strike from Tsuno-jū. Swipe after swipe he blocked with tenshinosasayaki. He smirked just as he sunk his katana to its hilt into the demon's leg. He gave it a twist and pulled it back out as he jumped back. Tsuno-jū gave a loud roar and lunged for him, he took to the air, flying out of reach. He shook the blood from his katana. "What exactly can my body do that I do not know?" he asked.
"C'mere and I will show you!" Tsuno-jū yelled, receiving a scoff in return. He opened his mouth, along serpent-like tongue sprung free, wrapping around Syusuke's ankle and holding him tight. The angelic demon struggled for a moment before stabbing the tongue with his blade. Tsuno-jū let out a scream and pulled his tongue back, his hold unrelenting. Once Syusuke was in reach, he grabbed him about the waist with one hand while the other grabbed the pristine white wings, holding them still with a powerful grip. The other demon let out a pained yelp. "Aw, are your wings sensitive?"
With a hiss, Syusuke swung his katana, striking the ugly demon in the face, just missing his eye. With a loud yell, Tsuno-jū tossed him. He slammed into the ground just as the guardians were marching up. He heard several gasps before he got to his feet. He stopped for a moment to look at the group of humans, all stunned except Oishi and Tezuka. He gave a faint smile before taking off again. He dodged a large fist.
"You got my face!" Tsuno-jū howled as he tried to catch the nimble demon, the eye near the wound closed.
"It's an improvement, trust me." Syusuke taunted cruelly. He took to the air again, his wing's kicking up dust as he did. Cerulean eyes searched the humans for his lover. The entire group was watching him and Tsuno-jū. They all looked completely baffled at the scene. Tezuka was watching him. Distracted momentarily, the other demon was able to grab him again. He was brought face to face with Tsuno-jū.
The demon growled loudly at him, the sound causing his chest to vibrate.
"You. Will. Be. Mine." Tsuno-jū hissed. He was met with an uninterested looking Syusuke, who just looked at him and blinked. He growled again, both of his large hands completely encircled the small demon's body, snapping and breaking could be heard from within his fists, as he carefully applied pressure to the breastplate and pauldron, crumbling them as if they were nothing but brittle practice armor. He grinned and took Syusuke by his braid, allowing the armor to fall away, each piece hitting the ground with a thud. His talons made quick work of the buckles of the angelic demon's top. He hissed, eyes catching sight of the marks on the demon's neck and shoulders.
Tezuka looked at Oishi, who shook his head. The human armor was clearly too weak for a demon of that size and strength. That was irritating, to say the least. What was even more annoying was that he was watching as his lover allowed himself to be manhandled and disrobed. Even though those dainty hands still held his katana he made no move to defend himself. What was he doing? He watched as Syusuke's pants were shredded. Leaving him in only his boots and bracers. It was pretty sexy, but not with the dirty demon's grubby hands all over him.
"Is he going to…?" A nearby male guardian asked, chuckling.
"Seems so..." another male guardian responded.
A female guardian sighed. "We need to do something!"
"Why?" The first male guardian asked. "It's just another demon. Let him have his fun, then we can dispatch him."
Seething, Tezuka once again looked to Oishi, who once again shook his head.
"And, what do you think you are doing?" Syusuke asked, unfazed by his lack of clothing. Even though the group of guardians and his lover watched on he was not at all embarrassed or ashamed.
"Making you mine," Tsuno-jū stated as if it were obvious. As he reached to untie his loincloth, the winged demon Swung his blade, severing his hand from his wrist. He let out a scream and grabbed his bloody stump with his other hand. Syusuke fell to the ground, grinning like a madman.
Leaping into action immediately, Syusuke sliced through the demon's other wrist, severing the hand. Tsuno-jū let out a loud scream, a roar almost. Next to go was the demon's ankles, he ran past the demon's legs, taking out both ankles in one go. The demon hit the ground screaming. The first wound already healed. Syusuke gave a frustrated sigh. He picked up Tenshinosasayaki's sheath and sheathed it. He took to the sky, dropping down beside Tezuka. He smiled sweetly. "May I?" he asked, Tezuka gave him a confused nod. He grabbed the hilt of kurenjinguburēdo, unsheathing it with ease.
"How is a demon handling a holy weapon?" The first male guardian from earlier asked.
Syusuke looked at the guardian. "I am not just an ordinary demon," he said with a wink. With that, he was off again, wielding kurenjinguburēdo as if it were nothing. He dropped down on the writhing demon who lay on his back moaning and groaning. Quickly he brought the holy blade down, severing Tsuno-jū's head. He sighed. It was almost too easy. He shook the blood from the sword and brought it back to its wielder, picking up tenshinosasayaki as he went. The guardians parted as he made his way through. "Thank you," he said and handed the blade to Tezuka. "I'd incinerate the corpse if I were you," he said. "Oh wait," he said as if something just occurred to him. With a snap of his fingers and a few mumbled words, the corpse went up in flame. He smiled.
Tezuka stared at his lover. He knew he was holding back when they fought. Though the whole being able to ignite things came as a surprise. With the other guardians confused and looking between the naked demon and the burning corpse, he mouthed 'go'. Syusuke nodded and took to the sky before anyone else could comprehend what was going on.
When Tezuka returned home, Syusuke was waiting for him by the door, clean and dressed in a light pink yukata and his hair loose, spilling down his shoulders like a brunette waterfall. He leaned in and grabbed the demon's chin, pulling him into a deep kiss.
"Welcome home," Syusuke whispered as the kiss broke.
"Come." Tezuka grabbed his lover by the wrist and pulled him along. Once they were in his room, he threw the bolt and took off his weapon, boots, and armor. Syusuke watched him with interest. "Take off your yukata," he commanded. Syusuke quickly did as told, revealing his naked body. "Are you uninjured?" he asked, looking over the fantastic body. He saw some bruising but nothing more.
Syusuke chuckled. "I'm fine. Nothing worth mentioning," he said, yelping as Tezuka pushed him down onto the bed. He blinked. "What's wrong?"
"You let him disrobe you. You could have stopped him at any time. Why did you let him get so far?" Tezuka asked. He could not understand why. Syusuke took Tsuno-jū out in a blink of an eye, he was more than capable of doing so a lot sooner.
"Oh." Syusuke sighed. He scooted across the bed and away from his obviously annoyed lover. "Several reasons. I was allowing him to occupy himself while I searched his body for a weak spot, mainly. Another, I wanted to see how far he took it. He had no particular weak spot, by the way. Because he wore a breastplate, I think it may have been under there, I could not get through the demon armor, that is why I went for his wrists." he said, almost falling off the opposite side of the bed.
Tezuka sat down on the edge of his bed. "Stop backing away, I am not going to do anything. Do you trust me at all?"
The words hit Syusuke like a knife to the heart. Of course, he did! He quickly closed the gap between him and his lover, wrapping his arms around him from behind and burying his face into Tezuka's neck. "Yes, I trust you." he murmured. He pressed a kiss into Tezuka's neck. "Forgive me..."
"My angel, there is nothing to forgive," Tezuka responded and turned so he could pull Syusuke onto his lap. The demon tucked into him, his large wings wrapping around them both. "The guardians were impressed with your display." he began, earning a hum from Syusuke. "They are also intrigued that you can effortlessly wield a weapon larger than yourself, a holy one at that. Impressed even."
"Does this mean they will not be hunting me down?"
Tezuka shook his head. "I do not know. We will find out soon enough. Now that they know you exist I can not imagine they will just let you go." he sighed.
"Speaking of my existence. Tsuno-jū said something earlier that I do not quite understand."
"What's that?"
"That I have capabilities. Well, my body does… He insisted he'd show me. I do not understand. I have lived all this time, and the only thing I know I can do other than magics is to wield holy weapons. Even tenshinosasayaki is partially made from seraph bones. Other than my feminine and angelic appearance, I do not know what I am so capable of" Syusuke explained. Perhaps he needed to pay a visit to his parents.
Tezuka thought for a moment, other than being completely seductive without trying, he could not think of anything either. "It is possible he was just making things up. However, he had gone through great lengths to find you." Syusuke nodded. "Earlier, the magic you performed..."
"I summoned hellfire to incinerate the corpse," Syusuke answered before the question was fully asked. "I can cast spells and summon a number of things. Mostly unholy, I can cast some holy magics." he elaborated slightly. He nuzzled into Tezuka's neck. "I'll show you all my tricks one day."
With a hum, Tezuka nuzzled Syusuke back. "I will go meet with the rest of the guardians. Get dressed and go help the maids or Noriko." he said. His lover nodded and unwrapped his wings from around them, folding them against his back before climbing off his lap.
Oishi met Tezuka outside the headquarters for the clan. "For your sake, I hope this is good news," he said to his best friend, who simply looked at him and nodded. This would most likely be a very stressful meeting for Tezuka.
Walking into the large room, the two took their respective seats along a large table that easily sat thirty or so men. Apparently, this was big, as their elders were sitting in on this meeting. It was rare for them to drag the dusty old geezers into the meetings. It was only when something big was happening did they actually bother.
"Today we discovered an interesting demon while out to deal with Tsuno-jū. There was little demonic about this creature. Such a beauty, with pale skin, bright eyes, and white wings. Pristine. Not only this, but he was able to take hold and wield kurenjinguburēdo, Tezuka Kunimitsu's blade. Never have we witnessed a demon to be able to do such a thing." The female guardian from earlier said.
"Are we sure it was a demon?" One of the older guardians asked.
"He." Tezuka corrected. "The demon is a male."
"Indeed, he sure is…" said the female guardian, blushing like a virgin.
"Anyway." Oishi piped in, catching the glare that Tezuka was sending the woman, though to anyone else, it looked like his normal stone expression. "We are sure he is a demon. His leathery bat-like wings, claws, and the fact that he summoned fire to incinerate the corpse of Tsuno-jū… To speak in his favor, despite being hellspawn, it would appear he'd sooner kill another demon than let it harm humans and our other creatures."
The Guardian from earlier that was all for Syusuke's being forcibly taken by Tsuno-jū, scoffed. "Please, it was clear he was defending himself against the beast!"
"Perhaps, but we only saw so much of the actual fight. In the end, he was certainly defending himself, as he was about to be forcibly taken by a beast over twice his own size in front of us." Oishi said. "Which, if I recall correctly, you were all for. Any creature would defend themselves against such an act."
"What shall we do regarding the demon?" asked another guardian.
"Leave him be." Spoke one of the elders, all eyes turning to the dusty man. "If he can wield holy weapons and is willing to defend us against his own kind, I see no reason to dispatch him so quickly."
Most of the guardians nodded in agreement, a few scoffed and grumbled. Tezuka let out a breath he had not realized he was holding. The guardians were going to not bother Syusuke. Meaning he could allow the demon to roam free without worrying about not seeing him again. Though, after today, he was sure the fact that he caught Syusuke with his blade was sheer luck. The demon certainly knew how to defend himself.
The meeting adjourned shortly after the decision was made. Oishi watched his best friend, who despite the stone expression, was beaming. Knowing the man for all his life made it easy for him to read the subtle changes. The two left together, walking shoulder to shoulder. "You must be relieved."
"I am," Tezuka responded. "Though Tsuno-jū had said something to Syusuke that has his confused, and I am a bit perplexed as well. I would like to think it was nonsense, but perhaps it wasn't."
"What?" Oishi asked. His eyes finding a particular redheaded neko playing with some children. Big blue eyes met his and he was given a big grin and a lazy wave before Eiji became a pancake under a pile of children. He snorted quietly.
Tezuka followed Oishi's gaze just in time to see the neko be tackled. He shook his head. "That he has capabilities, that clearly Syusuke is unaware of."
"How could Tsuno-jū possibly know that? No one knows anything about Syusuke. Apart from him clearly being a skilled fighter and powerful demon." Oishi asked.
"I do not know. I am willing to say that it was just some rubbish he was feeding Syusuke to get what he wanted." Tezuka responded. They arrived at Tezuka's house, opening the door they were greeted by a smiling demon who stood all pretty in his pink yukata. "Hello, Syusuke."
"Welcome back," Syusuke responded.
Oishi touched Tezuka's arm. "I will look into it, see if it holds any water." Tezuka nodded. He looked to the demon who smiled at him. "Goodnight, Syusuke."
"Goodnight, Shuichiro."
With that the raven-haired guardian took his leave, leaving the two lovers to ogle each other. Tezuka gripped the small demon's chin, pulling him up into a kiss. He received a delighted purr. "You're safe, my angel. They have decided to leave you be as long as you are not causing trouble. There were a few unhappy with this decision, but that is bound to happen. You can now come and go as you please. Do carry tenshinosasayaki with you when you do leave."
Syusuke nodded. "I will. Now, come. Noriko and I worked hard on dinner."He said and grabbed his lover's hand, pulling him off to the dining area. He was happy with the outcome, though he knew it would not come without its own issues. One thing at a time. Right now, he was more concerned with getting the guardian fed and then bathed.
A/N: Don't forget to let me know your thoughts!