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"Kougaiji- sama."

"Hey. What are we doing today?"

"Your father has said that it is time for you learn summoning spells."

"Summoning fiends?"

"Yes Kougaiji- sama. Now these things to take time to grasp, today I will only be teaching you one of the many spells. To avoid accidents, I have written the spell on paper. This spell is for a powerful fiend named Engokuki." He hands Kougaiji a sheet of paper, "Please memorize this."

"Now?"

"Yes Kougaiji- sama."

"Ok..." Kougaiji scans the paper for a minute before opening his mouth for the first word.

He studies it for another minute then closes his mouth and narrows his eyes. "Has anyone ever told you that you have terrible handwriting?"

"Just read it Kougaiji- sama."

"Ok, ok. Ah... Evil spirit... wait?"

"Wake."

"Wake, arise from your... sss- shower?"

"Slumber."

"Right. In the demon plain and be made... mer...man...manifest. I surround? No, summon you from your sleep to wake in this world and pro...protest?

"Protect."

"Really? I'm going to summon a fiend to protect someone?"

"Apparently." The teacher was openly agitated now.

"Protect the souls of the living. Come, friends... fiends of flames, fires of hell, I call on you... Ok I really can't read that."

"Inhabitants!"

"Right, of course. Inhabitants in the other world, I draw upon your power in this one... Which one?"

"Your hand."

"My hand? Wow. Show me your strength of light, I conjure up your presence in a mighty... flan..."

"Flame!"

"Whatever. I conjure up your presence in a might flame, so that I may send my enemies back from where they came."

"Ok, good. Now, one more time."

Kougaiji groans, "Do you really want to go through that again?"

"No." The teacher says bluntly and glares at him, "But per your father's orders, this skill must be learned."

"Bastard." Kougaiji mutters under his breath but begins reciting again.


He had finally been able to memorize the spell completely. "...so that I may send my enemies back from where they came." Kougaiji looks around with a questioning look. Where's the demon? Then he remembers, and tacks on: "Engokuki!" The huge fire demon bursts from the air in front of his outstretched hand and he jumps back. His arm is shaking and strained from the exertion of magic and power. Huge winds whips his hair around; he'd never experienced magic this out of control.

Finally, not being able to stand the pressure, he falls back and he hand closes, the fiend disappears almost as fast as it had come. For a minute he just sits and catches his breath, surveying the damage. The training fields had been completely burned several yards in all directions. Slowly, his frantic eyes calms but immediately hardens to anger, "What the fuck was that? Why didn't you warn me?"

The normally serene teacher looked shaken as well, he murmured, almost to him self, "I've never had a student be able to do that on his first try..."

"What?"

The teacher looks at him, "You have immense power Kougaiji- Sama, more than anyone I've ever seen. Don't abuse it."


This wasn't good. If his father wanted to show him something in private, it couldn't be good. They were walking further into Houtou than normal people ever did.

A big, locked door. Kings don't unlock doors, but Gyumaoh had the key to this one, that couldn't be good either. It most likely meant it was the only key.

The big locked door led to a big, dark room. The only thing in it was a big blue throne. It seemed to shine even in the dark room. A shiver ran down Kougaiji's spine. His eyes zeroed in on the carved dragon figurine carved onto the top and sides of the seat. It held a clear white ball within it's sharp fangs.

"Why are we here?" Kougaiji bit out.

"I think you know why." Gyumaoh turns toward him and points to the sphere, "That is Raikouryu. One of the greatest and most powerful fiends ever sealed. It's powers are absorbed into the owner, and in that way, fights." Gyumauh gives Kougaiji a disdainful look but hands him a small, folded sheet of paper, "This is the spell to release this fiend." Kougaiji reads it and looks up, "You want me to use this?"

Gyumauh snorts, "Don't be stupid. This fiend has been sealed for hundreds of years, to returns it to it's original power would require countless sacrifices and planning. And regardless of that, I doubt you are strong enough to control it's power. You would be completely taken over and killed."

Kougaiji was still reading the spell, and with out looking up, mutters, "And we can't have that can we? You need an heir. But if you had completely given up on me using this, you wouldn't have given me the spell." He looks Gyumaoh in the eyes, "When it comes down to it, as long as I can use it to become stronger, even temporarily, you'd be fine if I'm killed."

Gyumaoh doesn't skip a beat, "How perceptive of you."

"Yeah." Kougaiji turns on his heels and strides out of the room."


BTW, Raikouryu is the demon in episode 35 of the anime. The one where Kougaiji is taken over and turns green...