Author Notes;
Sorry I brought Aliah back into this. -cries.- I don't think she'll arise anymore, so. xD Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! What's sad is, I've had this written since last week, but I've been so into my Rin cosplay, That I just keep forgetting to post it. I have the next chapter done too, but. Who knows when I'll decide to upload it. Enjoy~! Sorry for any mistakes. I'm to lazy to go through and check right now. -worstwriterever.-
"You're just as pathetic as your brother." Astaroth crossed his arms watching Amaimon shaking as he stood, a puddle of blood forming in front of him. Amaimon panted heavily, trying to stay standing. It was hard to contain his balance though. He barely heard the insult of his brother, it hurt, but, he was too weak to make him eat the words he spoke for now.
Astaroth scoffed, "Even more than your pathetic mother as well. I feel bad for her. Dying for you? What a waist." He had closed his eyes in his rant and turned his cheek, the words he spoke very literal.
Amaimon flinched, the situation and the word bringing back a memory; her face. Amaimon's teeth clenched as so did his fist his panting became faster and more violent. His body began to change. His arms tore through his long sleeved shirt. They were big and green. Horns grew from his head and a tail emerged. The other brothers watching from the stands sat up, watching closely now. This would get nasty for Astaroth. They could tell.
"My mother was NOT weak!" Amaimon yelled to Astaroth. Astaroth turned at this and starred at him.
"She was fowl and weak. That's why the world began to flourish after she died." He started laughing.
Amaimon's eyes pulsed as he began to laugh. He screamed out and stomped, the earth breaking beneath his foot. The crack whaled its way over to Astaroth, consuming him, but Astaroth moved out of the way before it could swallow him. He looked at Amaimon, but instead found a giant green fist in his face. Astaroth flew across the stage. Amaimon slammed his hand on the ground again, the roaring passing Astaroth as causing the earth to lift quickly, it hit Astaroth, launching him into the air.
Akeldama's eyes grew as he watched, wishing he could do something as amazing as this. Azazel disappeared, but no one really noticed. Amaimon's beating continued until Astaroth to broke into his true demonic form. There fight continued, Astaroth finally getting some damage back on Amaimon.
Amaimon shook his head, the dirt coming off of his hair. He looked up, seeing Astaroth running at him. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, slamming his hand on the ground, it rising and covering him. The large earth version of Amaimon grabbed the bite sized Astaroth up and squeezed him in his hand.
"To have the strength to bare nine evil children, especially the like of you, my mother could not be weak!" He slammed him on the ground. Amaimon panted, seeing Astaroth not moving on the ground, he took on a human form once again. The earth began to break from Amaimon. Akeldama stood and jumped out of the stands over to the disgusting blood mess, but, right before he got there, Mephisto came out of nowhere and caught Amaimon from the falling debris. Satan stomped over to Astaroth and grabbed him by his hair.
"What happened! I told you NOT to make a mess of my brand new coliseum!" Astaroth cringed, "Amaimon started it! He flipped shit!"
Mephisto cradled Amaimon as he laid bloody and faint in his arms, "What the fuck do you think you're doing! He's only a child, and you match him against yourself!" Mephisto stood, his eyes and body, just an extreme level of terror and way more fierce then anyone had ever seen. Mephisto calmed himself immediately, seeing their faces where becoming suspicious.
Astaroth scoffed, "He's going to die anyone! Might as well have just got it over with!"
Mephisto retained his rage and turned off, leaving with Amaimon. Akeldama looked back and forth and went to follow Mephisto.
"Akeldama…" Satan called to him.
Akeldama stopped and turned back, returning to Satan like a scolded puppy. He hugged his father's leg and watched Mephisto walk away.
"Daddy… Don't hurt them." He frowned, laying his head on Satan's leg. Satan was silent and pet his head. Satan lightly pushed on him. Akeldama let go and watched him pick up Astaroth and walk away. Akeldama ran off after Mephisto and Amaimon. Akeldama hopped from tree branch to tree branch, watching them beneath him. His face became determined and got in front of them, jumping down.
"Excuse me, but. You're going the wrong way." Akeldama looked up at Mephisto.
Mephisto looked down at him, his expression annoyed. Mephisto signed. "Show me the way then."
Akeldama smiled and took him to their home the other way. He pulled Mephisto upstairs and opened the bedroom door. Behemoth shot up and began to whine from his place on the bed. Akeldama went over and lifted Behemoth from the bed, watching Mephisto put Amaimon on it. Akeldama set Behemoth next to the unconscious Amaimon. Behemoth made a strange baby behemoth noise and rolled onto his face. Akeldama laughed. Mephisto went into the bathroom and got a wet washcloths and came back, whipping the blood from Amaimon's face. Akeldama pushed Behemoth closer to Amaimon. Behemoth made a cute noise and blush, nuzzling his warm body on his face. Mephisto looked at it, remembering the goblin he had for a pet. He smiled a bit after cleaning his face he took Amaimon up and dressed him in his pajamas after whipping down the rest of the blood. Behemoth rolled onto his face again as Amaimon was removed from him. He cried, tears running down his cheeks. Akeldama picked him up and held him to cease his crying while Mephisto tended to Amaimon. Behemoth was happily taken up and toothlessly chewed on Akeldama's hand. Mephisto set Amaimon back on the bed and looked at Akeldama.
"You're nothing like the other brothers."
Akeldama shook his head, "They often pick on me." He starred at Mephisto. "You're our oldest brother, aren't you?" He smiled as Mephisto nodded.
"You knew mother?"
Mephisto twitched slightly. He felt like this 'runt' had no right to speak of his mother. He nodded though, "She was my best friend and my light in everything."
Akeldama knew he was unhappy by his facial expression. "I wish I was good enough to have met her." His cheeks became rosy due to his refusal to cry. "Like you and Amaimon…"
Mephisto starred at the boys fake smile, he felt guilt and angry at the same time for feeling as if his mom was only made for him. She was made for all of them, but, he refused to believe it. He was anger by Akeldama's doubt for their mother, saying as if she only kept Mephisto and Amaimon because she favored them or something.
"Our mother didn't keep me and Amaimon because she only wanted us, she kept us because we were the only ones she had the chance to have. She often got into fights with 'father' because he would continue to take her other children from her. So don't blame our mom. She had nothing to do with your lack of love growing up. Maybe if you father wasn't so cold, you'd have the mother you so badly yearn for."
Kage stood outside the cracked door listening intently to the conversation. His eyebrow twitched, he was upset for many reasons. Firstly was the fact someone was talking to Akeldama like that. He always stood up from Akeldama when it came to the other brothers. Secondly, He didn't like Satan to begin with, but this made him even more anger. Kage was very attentive and forgot very little. Even as an infant, and he remembered the cold hands that took him from the warmth when he was born; that need that was never fulfilled. He quickly hurried down the stairs quietly and out of the house.
Akeldama looked up at his harsh words, a tear rolling down his cheek. He blinked and sunk again. He twisted in his feet and narrowed his eyes sadly.
"You seem like a good kid though… Watch out for Amaimon while I'm not here." Mephisto went to leave, "And also. Her name was Aliah. Our mother." Mephisto left after those words, going back to Satan's castle continuing his work for him.
