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The dragon from between
Chapter eight: Chose your side: Heaven or Hell!
A swirling vortex of pure darkness appeared in the wall. From there, came the form of Hiryuu that instantly crashed down at his futon. After checking the other demons and getting them to some place that their wounds would be tended, Morisato knew that Hild would demand a report only after two days. The time reserved for the others to heal and be able to report too. So, time was a thing that Hiryuu had on stock for trying to think about everything that happened back in Midgard.
"I'm a demon, that's ok. But I'm also a god. Actually, a goddess, but it doesn't matter right now. How could they do those things? I mean, demons ARE supposed to be evil, but it was too much. Savage onslaught is totally different than mayhem and mischief. Here in Nifihelm the people that receive such punishments are just that, punished. They do deserve what they get. But there were a lot of innocents that were not supposed to suffer like that!"
Suddenly, his door opened and Mara came inside. "Hiryuu dear, I was so worried when I heard of what happened! Here, let me check you and see how you are." Hiryuu was a little confused, Mara didn't sound that concerned. It was more like an act. Some thing to just be in his good sides.
And what an unorthodox check up that one was. Almost all his clothes were on the ground by now and her hands started to wonder to places that didn't need any check ups. "Err... Ms. Mara, I don't think that this is part of the check up. In fact, I'm really fine."
"Oh, but you've survived such a bad experience with so much bravery that a reward must be given to you." Said her as she proceeded to lie in top of him and started to take her clothes off.
After such an exhausting day and emotional distress, Hiryuu was ready to drop his defenses and let her comfort him in the way she wanted. However, bigger was his need to sort his feelings and so he gently pushed her aside. "Ms. Mara please stop. This is serious. I know that you want to do another thing but right now I'm really not in spirits to that and also I need to talk with you about what happened there."
Mara wouldn't have any of that. She was so near her goal that she totally overlooked the seriousness in Hiryuu's tone. So, rolling on top of him once again, she started to kiss his neck. "Hmm... come on, let's have some fun. I will talk with you about everything after we're done ..." purred her while giving suggestive little moans.
"DAMN IT MARA! I'M SERIOUS!" Shouted Hiryuu as he shoved her aside. Not rude but definitely more forceful than before. For her turn, Mara was stunned. He never addressed her without the miss part. And he also never shouted at her, even when she abused him with physical punishment for no reason at all. So, now he had all her attention. Sitting in the futon just across him, Mara looked in his eyes and darkly said. "Ok, you party popper, if you want to talk, let's talk. Spill it out."
Hiryuu instantly cringed at her tone. He really didn't want to anger her but honestly, her antics could be annoying. "Well Ms. Mara..." Then he said everything that he thought some time earlier.
After his speech, Mara took some time to digest that all. Man, this could be a problem. How could she convince him that it was natural to do that? "Well Hiryuu dear, as you yourself have already said. We're demons, supposed to be evil. Then, why would it be a problem in killing some bystanders? Didn't you have fun slamming that one in the glass?" She grinned internally, now he was trapped in her point of view.
"To be sincere, not really. I mean, it was funny to see him just hit the glass wall and stuff. Te look on his face when I grabbed him was priceless. But still, no permanent harm was done. Some bruises and that's it. The other demons however, raped and brutally killed those mortals. And the look of anger and fear on that little girl's face..."
Mara snapped. "Shut the hell up! Don't tell me that you're so damn shaken just because of some stupid brat looking at you this or that way!" Then Mara stood up and went away, the last thing that Hiryuu heard her say to herself was. "Man, what a sissy he is..."
"Oh well, I would say that even if it felt wrong I really liked the brat's look. Well, no use in musing over it anymore, better sleep, tomorrow morning I have to train with Misoguchi sensei."
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Time was spent during the all out sparring between Hiryuu and Mr. Misoguchi. The former one was already in a level that he could fare pretty well against his teacher but today it was different, the boy was very distracted. The elder god noticed that and during the sparring mach he started a conversation. "Well Morisato, care to tell me why you're so sloppy today?"
Supporting much more bruises than normal, Hiryuu realized that he really was zoning out during the fight and after a kick to the face, which snapped him out of the current space out, he said. "Hun, sorry sensei but yesterday something really bothersome happened. I would not feel very well to talk with you because it's a demon thing but as I don't have any one..." He interrupted the phrase to dodge a punch and throw his foe away. "You see, I've went to Midgard yesterday to the demon debut or something like that." Kick, punch, leg sweep.
"The demon debut hun? Well, I didn't know that you were already becoming a full-fledged demon. But continue your story." Block, dodge, jumping kick.
"Err... as a demon you know that I'm supposed to do some nasty things right? Well, I started to cause some mayhem and (couch, couch) lightly injured some security staff. If felt so good to do so, but it also felt wrong, like I shouldn't be doing that. And so, I've seen all that carnage that the other demons had done. I've started to doubt this side of me...." Fall, row, counter punch.
"Then, the silver swords appeared and started to attack the demons. I was so shocked that my former friends were attacking us. And I couldn't do anything since I knew that they were right. Now, I don't know what to do. I mean, as a goddess I had all those dark impulses that characterizes a demon. Now, as a demon, I can put all that out but still, I know that it's wrong, thus I fell guilt. More than pleased or satisfied. I don't know if I want to be a demon anymore. But I'm too dark to be a goddess also." Redirect throw fall, do a mistake, slam hard on the floor. "Ugh!"
Misoguchi waited his charge to stand up and take a guarding stance. Then, he bowed. "Let's stop for now Hiryuu. It's clear to me that thorn as you are it's a wonder that you are still able to fight me as you currently are. Your case is really complicated but listen to this. No god is a saint. Kami-Sama aside, all beings in existence have dark thoughts, even gods and goddesses. What you do with these thoughts and impulses is what matter. I mean, a god that acts merciless and crush his enemies is wrong only when he does it for selfish reasons or no reason at all. The same go for demons, not all of them need to be cruel as the lord of terror. The most important tough is the fact that you can't be whatever you want. You have to be what you are!"
Hiryuu stood still in his place as Mr. Misoguchi retreated. After a while, he also teleported back to his quarters muttering. "I understand now, thank you once again Misoguchi sensei."
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Another day has passed. Hiryuu was kneeled in front of Hild's presence. After the report from the not so failed demonic debut, the four surviving demons were established as third class demons. Now, it was only Hiryuu and Hild, as the former had requested a private meeting with the demon queen. "Well Hiryuu dear, so you requested this meeting because you want a special graduation gift?" Asked Hild with lust in her eyes.
Normally, this kind of thing would have really embarrassed Hiryuu, but a great characteristic of him was the fact that when something serious was in his mind, no faltering was allowed. "Sorry Hild-Sama, but I'm here for another reason. In fact, two reasons. The main one is also the main reason why I came to Nifihelm after all, and you still haven't told me anything about my demon father. I believe that this would be a good time for it."
Hild was not amused. The boy was too damn serious for his own good. But there wouldn't be a way to make him fight his own father if he didn't know the true. "Ok Hiryuu, you win. Everything started when the Lord of Terror, my father, knocked Pangeia, the queen of the white demonic dragons. As my father is a red demonic dragon himself, their son was born as a two headed dragon. When this happens the new dragon have all the benefits of the two colors. The white dragon heritage gave him the cold immunity and affinity. The red head gave him the fire mastery. Anyway, as a being from pure darkness, he was named Genryu, your father."
"Does it mean that not only in name but actually I'm some sort of dragon myself?"
"Yes. Continuing, the new demon was as powerful and crueler than my father. Not wanting competition, the lord of terror sealed Genryu away. After ages, when father left the scene and I became the queen, the seal was broken and Genryu was once again free. He decided to take Nifihelm for himself. After a mighty battle where half the forces of Nifihelm were destroyed, Kami-Sama himself decided that Genryu had to be banned again. If he could get his hands over Nifihelm, Midgard would be doomed. Then, in a final battle between me, Kami-Sama and Genryu, a huge explosion was detonated and no one saw him anymore, until we heard about your origins."
"Was my father really that cruel?"
"Child you have no idea, the things you see here in Nifihelm are just kid tricks for him. If he is back, he must be planning some way to take over here. And since Kami-Sama decided to never aid Nifihelm again, we won't have other choices than to ask for your help."
"Well, if it is like this than I guess I will do whatever is in my grasp to do."
Hearing this, Hild was pleased, it was not like he would go against her wishes, after all, she could force him but it sure is nice to keep good relations with her allies. "That relives me greatly. Now, what was your other motive to seek me?"
"Well, could you come with me for a moment? I need to talk with you and another person together." Said Hiryuu with puppy dog eyes.
Hild just shrugged. "Ok."
"With due respect..." Hiryuu grabbed the queen's hand and teleported to a grassy meadow. Strangely, the sky was simply white, with nothing more; looking to her left, Hild saw Kami-Sama.
"HIRYUU YOU KNOW THAT I'M A BUSSY ENTITY. WHAT COULD BE SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU REQUIRED MY VERY PRESENCE HERE? HUN? HILD ALSO IS HERE; GUESS IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THEN."
"Yes boy, if you joined me and him then it must be important."
Fidgeting some, Hiryuu gathered the courage needed to say what he must. "Well, I've contacted both of you because what I'm gonna say concerns you both, I believe. The thing is: I don't want to be a demon, neither a god or goddess tough."
Both elders were shocked. "HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A DEMON?" Shouted Hild. Kami for his part also was outraged, but he knew better than demanding whys before even listening to the boy's reasons.
"I knew you wouldn't take it well. The problem is, I have being around gods too much to think that what demons do is normal, I mean, I really like to do bad things but the guilty is crushing, besides, I often like to help people, thing that a demon just don't do. However, don't worry about our previous talk Hild-Sama, I'll help you in any way I can with Genryu."
For Hild, it really didn't matte if he wanted to be a demon or not. Just helping if needed and not being in the god's side was enough. "I see, very well, I accept your claim." However, her plan had backfired real badly. She said to the other demons to cause so much disgrace in Midgard that the gods would kill then and so Hiryuu would hate then, well, you can't always win.
Now, was Kami-Sama's turn to be confused. "Young Morisato, you've stated your reasons to not wish to be a demon and in doing that you almost said that a goddess life would be perfect to you, so why don't you want to be one?"
"I don't want to sound disrespectful but the goddess life also sucks for me. As I've said, I like to do some small atrocities like demons, and that don't go well with being a goddess. I don't want to be obliged to always act nice and fair, since it's not every time that I feel like the good Samaritan Also, I'm a boy, it would be just wrong to be female for the rest of my life. What I mean is, I have a unique sense of honor and of what is right or wrong."
"I SEE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST FOR US TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?"
"As Misoguchi sensei said, I have to be what I am. And as I've being raised as a mortal for as long as I'm alive, I believe that I'm more mortal than any other thing. Could I just live with my family in Midgard?"
"I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU HIRYUU. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BEING A HONORARY GODDESS?"
Hild was already bored, this part of the conversation didn't concern her however, it would be interesting to see what would come out of this. Besides, right now she had nothing to do.
"And what would that be?" Hiryuu never heard of honorary goddesses.
"WELL, YOU CAN LIVE IN MIDGARD AS A NORMAL MORTAL, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE ASSINGNED FOR MINOR JOBS. ALSO, ONCE IN A MONTH YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPORT IN HEAVEN. BUT THIS WAY YOU HAVE LICENCE TO ACT IN THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE."
"I guess it's fair enough. I accept Kami-Sama! Unless the job would be killing a demon."
"DEAL BOY. IT'S NOT LIKE THE DOUBLET SISTEM IS REVOKE EVERYTIME ANYWAY..."
Now, Hild was a little jealous. Hiryuu ended being a god, well sort of one. "If that is like this then I must request the same. You're gonna be an interim demon. Without the serious evil stuff if that makes you feel better."
"As I've said, it's fair enough. Just one more thing, if it's possible, don't tell this agreement to my parents ok?"
Hild and Kami-Sama agreed to Hiryuu's request and to seal the agreement, a nice lightning bolt struck Hiryuu.
"GHAAAA!!! What was that for?"
"THREE REASONS. FIRST, IT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO HIDE THIS FROM YOUR PARENTS, SECOND, BETTER STAY IN CHECK AS BOTH SIDES WILL BE WATCHING YOU AND FINALLY, I WAS MISSING ELECTROCUTING YOU." Replied Kami-Sama grinning like a maniac.
"Thanks gramps. I'll see you later then. GHAAAAA!!! Ok address you in a proper way, I got it!" Kami-Sama made his exit from the place and as Hild was getting away, Hiryuu stopped her. "Well aunt Hild...err... I can call you aunt right?"
"Only when there's no one listening!"
"Ok. Well I do have some doubts about this Genryu stuff. Could you tell me if I've inherited any feature from him?"
"Hun... I guess it could be useful to tell you this things after all. Ok, here it goes. First, you do have a lot of resistance to heat, but then again, all demons have. In your case it's just a little more. But the cold is another story. Just white demonic dragons can stand against it and being part one, you are immune to cold. Not totally immune tough. You just have an insanely resistance against it, perhaps only the absolute zero can harm you."
"Wow, nice... always liked cold weather more than hot anyway. And... can I transform into a giant lizard that breaths fire and/or ice?" This time, you could see the fascination and hope in his eyes.
"No, as a hybrid between a dragon and a non dragon, all you can do is manipulate better the element that you're more in tune with. And no transformations also."
"Oh well, what a pity. Anyway, aunt Hild, I want to tell you how grateful I am for being allowed and accepted here. Maybe I'm not fit to be a perfect demon, maybe I am. Only time will tell. After all, I'll have a really long life."
"If not killed, you'll have pretty much the eternity."
"So, again, thank you for all that you've done for me and rest assured, I'm gonna do everything in my grasp to help in the case of my father. Farewell my queen."
Hiryuu was going to come out of his kneeling position when Hild said. "Hiryuu dear, I already have an assignment for you."
"And what would it be my liege?"
"Hmm... to satisfy me in everyway that I can thing in the next three hours."
"Err... you're my aunt, it wouldn't be right to do such thing with you aunt Hild. Please, tell me that you're joking!" Hiryuu was really embarrassed, it really was a thing from Hild to request such a thing for his first assignment.
"What? Do you dare disobey my orders? I mean, I've always chased you and got nothing with it. I'm fed up with this! I'm gonna bed you little man, even if for that I have to make it a direct order, besides, I have a bet with Mara that I need to win. Besides, we're both demons, this kind of sin is very ok."
"So that's why they were so intended in getting me. I should feel great to be the target of such bet but my feelings should be respected too. You know, I've always being a pervert, why not do it? Thinking better about that, why have I being such a wuss?" Standing up, Hiryuu looked at Hild with the same hunger gaze that she was giving him. "To hell with that! Your highness, come here."
That night, the whole population of Nifihelm had a very hard time to sleep because of all the screams from the palace. The worst was that it lasted much more than the three hours that were established.
In her bedroom, Mara was munching her pillow in anger. "Damned Hild-Sama, Hiryuu's first time should have being with me! Just look how long they're into it! ARGH! I'm so envious!"
AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAuthor's notes: This originally wouldn't be a bet on who beds Hiryuu first, but I liked the idea. And since I got only one vote, well...
Anyway, I might have to slow down on the following chapters, 3rd term exams on college. By the way, do some one have idea of why I'm not getting emails from ? I mean, no author's alert or reviews are being reported to my email acaunt. Is buchering me for no reason or has anything changed?
Ja ne!