Marriage Allegation
By the Fujoshi a.k.a Otaku no baka
I had writer's block so this chapter came out a lot later than expected. Also I had to redo this part again and again since I have a lack of beta. I feel that Amaimon might be too OOC but I did try to put him into a situation if he was falling in love and never did before. I'm not happy with this chapter but its better than nothing. I want to finish this story even though its going to be freakishly long.
Man I have to really fix all my stories. I can see all of the grammar mistakes I did and I wince at them. It always surprises me to see people interested in my work considering my lack of beta for 25% of my stories. Or a bad beta in some cases. I still don't have a permanent one so if you want to beta this story only let me know. V can't beta my work due to finals so I am doing it all on my own.
crypticAssassin: Thanks! I'll try to make this as IC as possible with some shout outs to the manga. You will see more drama as well as battles in the future. Rin isn't going to give up with a fight, Yukio is going to be put in the middle of it, Mephisto is going to be a manipulative bastard as usual, Shiemi is going to be more obvious to what's going on, (but still naive,) and lastly Amaimon just wants to get laid and maybe go to the Hershey store with Nii-chan and his woman.
Shadethedemon: The story is going to get more and more awkward considering that Mephisto has put his brother on a 'chastity' belt sort of speak. The actual sex won't come until much later on but it doesn't mean Amaimon can't try nor do other things.
Everyone else: Thanks a lot for the reviews and just reading it.
Random A/N: Chocolate as you know has different ranks and variety. Cacao beans, or another word for cocoa beans, are the basis of chocolate. Percentage of cacao determines how bitter/potent a chocolate bar is in Dark chocolate (which is just fat and sugar, no milk.) 75-90% is very high while anything lower is less. Milk Chocolate is basically Cacao chocolate mixed in with milk. White chocolate is cocoa butter, sugar, milk and salt. Couverture chocolate is chocolate rich in coco butter and high quality, usually used for dipping, coating, and molding.
Lotte Confectionery is a Korean company that makes a variety of snacks, such as those Kola filled biscuits. Collon, even though it sounds weird, is not only an Ireland town, but also a biscuit flavored snack roll that is made by the Japanese snack company Glico. Pretz as you know are similar to Pocky and also made by Glico but are pretzel sticks that come in a variety of flavors, from Takoyaki to green tea. Melty kiss, which is made by the group that specializes in chocolate in Japan Meiji, is chocolate around a chocolate center or other flavored centers.
PSN: Playstation Network.
Warnings: None in this chapter.
I still don't own Ao no Exorcist.
"Amaimon."
It was six in the morning when Mephisto came down to make coffee in his pink robe to find his younger brother asleep on the makeshift fort he designed last night. It was a complete mess in his poor living room; pillows and covers all over his floors as well as various trash and fast food containers.
He scowl at the lump on the floor along with that beast Behemoth next to his master.
The Prince of Time reached down; at least he managed to change into his shirt of KHR and green boxers instead of sleeping in his clothes as usual. He picked up the phone next to the two; Amaimon was lucky that it wasn't heavily damaged when he had his spat in Gehenna and a quick wave of his magic made it good as new.
Mephisto flipped it open; wondering how many missed calls the demon had. He saw an unopened text message; deciding to be nosy he checked it out.
"Shiemi?" He recognize the number, raising an eyebrow. The Prince of Time clicked on the scroll down button and seen her name pop up several more times, spanning several pages.
Mephisto sighed and rubbed his temples with two fingers. "Why." He already had it from the repairs of their battle the other day. This was another tack on top of his growing migraine. His brother's infatuation with the girl; does this mean that Shiemi liked him back? Or was she being nice for courtesy's sake?
"Amaimon!" He shouted, watching with a small sense of masochist satisfaction when his brother jumped along with the hobgoblin and they both crashed into each other.
"Aniue." The Earth King pushed Behemoth off and groaned, hissing his brother's title.
He chatted with his fiancee until daybreak; reassuring her alarm from his absence. Demons didn't require a lot of sleep but Amaimon was still exhausted from being in Gehenna on top of battling his brother.
"Is Assiah making you lazy? Really look at this mess."
Amaimon didn't respond, instead giving him a tired glare. He was tempted to give him the finger but instead he rose up and started to clean the house.
Mephisto felt better already at that look. "Come; today we are going shopping."
Amaimon yawned for the umpteenth time, stretching his arms behind his head. He still had on the shirt he slept in and donned sky blue shorts with white clouds. His legs and arms felt weird without his green stockings but at least he had on calf length combat boots.
The Earth King wasn't sure where his brother took him in his pink limo; an unfamiliar supermarket.
The minute they entered the place Amaimon ran off, ignoring his brother's outcries. He wanted to get away and see his fiancee, not deal with this.
'Amaimon there is a festival coming up so I need to buy a few supplies here along with the groceries.' The Earth King rolled his eyes and tried to recall the items on the list his brother wanted.
'Aniue usually lets the servants do this.' He was in the dairy aisle; staring at the rows of milk and cheese with vacant, uninterested eyes. The demon pressed his nail to his lips before picking up some brown eggs along with the double churned organic butter his brother liked.
He walked around the store at a brisk pace, ignoring how some on lookers stared at him with curiosity and the kids pointing at him. The area wasn't used to seeing a demon shopping before?
Amaimon gathered up the coffee beans his brother liked as well as the hot chocolate he wanted before running into Mephisto in the snack aisle.
His brother looked exasperated but honestly the Earth King didn't give a damn. He felt rebellious; the younger demon knew he would pay for it when they arrived home.
The Prince of Time wasn't dressed fancy for a change, opting to wear only a loose frilly pink shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a scarf around his neck, as well as some pink and white stripped slacks.
Mephisto sighed and ran a hand through his hair, his ahoge springing up in response before walking over and pulling Amaimon by his pointy ear. The demon winced but didn't cry out.
"Do not walk off again." His words were clipped. The Prince of Time had it; he had to make his younger brother put on pants and at least wash his face. Then the demon refused to get out of his limo, wanting to sleep. Lastly, his foolish brother ran off and ignored his demands of staying put. Didn't he realize that he was doing this all for him?
Amaimon grumbled as he was let go and rubbed his ear with one hand. "Aniue-"
"Not a word."
Amaimon mumbled under his breath again and put the few items in the cart. He walked with his hands in his pockets next to his brother, watching the snacks out of the corner of his eye.
There was a buzz near his palm and he pulled out his flip phone. 'Oh it is my fiancee.'
Shiemi gave him a cute message asking about what he was doing. He felt his mouth twitched and replied back.
"Shopping with my stupid ass brother. It is such a bore."
It was only a few seconds that he received a reply. Amaimon wanted to laugh at how the blond girl conveyed her emotions via digital.
"I can't believe you said it like that! Isn't Pheles-san your brother? Don't you care about him?"
Amaimon thought about her words. His brother was the second eldest sibling next to Satan himself. He was one of the youngest from Gehenna but also one of the strongest in raw power. His brother had more skills and...what was the word aniue used? Finesse. Yes Samuel big brother had that but the Earth King was rugged and could survive almost anywhere on little to nothing.
Amaimon wasn't spoiled per say but Mephisto always had a strange relationship with him. He known him since he could remember, the elder demon saying that unlike the other siblings he was an open blank book, eagerly and open heartily waiting to be written down with knowledge and information. So he dotted on him and was the only one who could and would venture into Assiah on a daily basis.
Amaimon thought about the past, the times that he seen the plague, the great earthquakes, and the revolutions. How his brother would point out every fault of humans as if they were beneath him.
Then he thought about the now, of his brother crying over Behemoth breaking his Custom model full Armor Unicorn Gundam figure.
"Yes but he is still an asshole."
Mephisto didn't trust his brother. Amaimon wasn't a talkative person but he was even more silent than usual; too focused on his phone again. The rapid thumb clicking as well as the half hidden chuckling was reaching his demon ears.
The Prince of Time decided to ignore him for now but kept aware of his presence. His otouto was the only person who could piss him off besides the few occasions of his half brother. Even Beelzebub wasn't as bad as the demon besides him. It was because Amaimon was such a wild card; even after all the things he taught and showed him he was barely, slightly better than Rin in terms of age mentality. It was probably because the demon persisted abstinence for so long and had to release that tension somewhere.
'Why does my brother remain such a brat?' Mephisto shook his head; he was even worse now, more unpredictable.
Amaimon bit his lower lip at the last text message, "Would you like to go on a picnic?" His heart felt strange once more but he didn't fight against it. The Earth King replied back, formulating ideas and feeling the emotion making him smile brightly. He requested his fiancee to prepare a few things before he arrived later.
Closing the phone and placing it back in his pocket, he slowed down and glanced around the aisle area. There were rows and rows of candy bars; nut and fruit, quasi chocolate material, Swiss white, ninety nine percent cacao, seventy percent cacao, couverture chocolate, milk chocolate, and even beef jerky filled chocolate. Perfect.
The demon twitched. It was only going to be himself, his kinsmen, and his wife to be but he hasn't indulged in sweets in weeks. As punishment for destroying part of Faust mansion he had to eat the bare minimum on top of what he missed gone in Gehenna.
He couldn't help himself. His finger reached out and plucked bars and bars of candy. Once the flood was released he couldn't stop.
Mephisto knew it was a mistake to go down this aisle but it was too late. He could stop time and escort his wayward brother out of the marketplace but it would only delay the inevitable. The Keeper of Time considered using his authority but Amaimon might fight him in the store and the last thing Mephisto wanted to do was embarrass himself.
Again.
"Amaimon! That is too much!" There was at least twenty brands and kinds of chocolate in his brother's hands, half of them threatening to fall out before he dumped them in the cart.
"No aniue; I need this for the fondue."
'What in the world?' Fondue? Mephisto wanted to put his palm in his face. The further they walked down the aisle the further Mephisto felt his wallet cry out in agony. Maybe it would had been better to let the servants do this but he wanted to give them a break after what happened.
Chips, cookies, marshmallows, cupcakes, pretzel sticks piled into the basket. There was even such things as Kit-kat bars, Melty kiss candies, Lotte snacks, salted caramels and gummies. Mephisto couldn't even see and heard something else fall on the over filled cart.
"What now Amaimon!" They wasn't even halfway done with the shopping!
"I was trying to decide if I should choose the Cafe Au Latte Pretz or the Purin Collon."
The elder demon's ahoge twitched and curled in further. His brother knew how to get on his good side. He ran out of the hard to find snack of Purin Collon and one of the reasons why he was in this store. The reclusive super market had rare snack goods and items.
"Get both." Mephisto gave in, for now. He was going to punish his brother badly when they got home.
Mephisto watched with a careful eye as Amaimon used all of his hands and even his tail to carry all of the groceries into the mansion unassisted. That was one good thing about his brother; he made an excellent pack mule.
He walked in his home slowly, taking off his dress shoes. The demon contemplated on how he was going to punish his sibling; maybe he would string him up on the tallest building? Tear out his tongue so he would be unable to talk for a week? Or he could force him to eat nothing but gluten free and sugar free foods for a month?
When Mephisto reached the kitchen settling on a thought, he saw no sight of Amaimon.
"Wha-" Even the Prince of Time wasn't expecting this; all the food was placed away and he couldn't feel his otouto's energy signature at all. Did he conceal it before leaving?
Cursing in German, Mephisto walked back into the foyer preparing to leave. He took his umbrella as an afterthought; he could bludgeon his stupid brother on the head with it.
It was going to be a long day and he knew he needed to play on the PSN once this was over with.
Amaimon sailed through the air, jumping from tree to tree using the heels of his boot clad feet.
He used his magic to put away the food and then ran upstairs as quickly as possible with several bags. The Earth King knew his brother could sense magic and only had ten or twenty seconds to do this, a few minutes at the most, so he cleaned and changed quickly.
The demon put the infinity key in his mouth as he hopped around putting on his boots and gathering supplies. He settled on wearing his usual outfit, sans coat and green stockings.
Spitting it out, he placed it inside of his closet lock and thought about his woman before vanishing.
Ironically Amaimon ended up in the forest near the area that he fought with Rin. He didn't take a moment to observe how his kinsmen repaired all of the damage, instead speeding off as quickly as possible.
His brother was going to kick his ass but right now he didn't care. He had a smile on his face outside of fighting and gripped the handles on the backpack he pilfered. The Earth King could feel the wildlife as well as the gentle ambiance, touching his face like a breeze as he neared his fiancee's home.
