Disgaea Jewel of the gods Chapter 36: The Queen
"That's your mom?" Almaz asked. "But she looks completely like a human."
"We found out that Laharl's half human half demon when we were trapped in the netherworld for banished people." Adell said.
"So she fell in love with a demon and had a kid?" Raspberyl asked. "This… this is amazing!" She had stars in her eyes. "You're living proof of the 'forbidden love' Can I have your autograph?" Raspberyl asked Laharl.
"What the… NOT THE TIME!" Laharl screamed.
"If you're Laharl's mother, then why are you working for Seedle?" Flonne asked. "You must know that he's an enemy of ours!"
"I don't want to work for him. But he's the ruler of the underworld, where all deceased live in, I have no choice. It's either this, or I have my soul reborn as a monster."
"Wrong! A papaya may think it only has two options, become ripe and be eaten, or get soiled and die naturally. But it always forgets that it can fall off of the tree at any time!" Mr. Champloo shouted.
"…I'm guessing you're telling me to escape from the underworld, and run away from Seedle?" Laharl's mom, Gwen asked.
"I'm surprised you understood that." Mao said.
"There's many strange people in the underworld, I get used to them over time. Anyway, I can't run from Seedle. He would have his minions track me down and kill me, and I'm not as skilled in magic when I'm in Prinny form, a form I'd transform back into if I leave the underworld without his consent."
"Then join us now!" Flonne suggested. "We can help you, and you'll stay in your human form!"
"Flonne, you do notice the group of demons right behind me who would report to Seedle if I betray him right?" Gwen asked.
"Oh yeah." Flonne said.
"And even without them, Seedle watches every move I make with magic. He'd definitely find and kill me if I double cross him."
"It looks like reasoning isn't an option for you. We have no choice but to oppose you." Rozalin said.
"We aren't letting Seedle have any advantages. Get ready!" Kurtis yelled.
"I wish it didn't have to come to this. Fine, everybody bring my son, and Rozalin. Kill everybody who gets in your way, but spare Etna and Flonne." Adell ran up to Gwen, and attempted to punch her, but he was blocked by a rifle demon. Adell tried to roundhouse kick it, but his leg was grabbed, and he was thrown across the area.
"Vaesa Aergun!" Mao transformed into a giant fiend, and fired many bolts of electricity at the group of enemy demons, before firing a plasma cannon blast from his mouth. From the smoke a rifle demon rushed to Mao, and blasted him point blank with a plasma blast.
"Midare Fubuki!" Yukimaru formed several after images around the rifle demon, before delivering a barrage of punches, and slashes forcing it upwards repeatedly. She then spun around, forming a makeshift tornado that repeatedly wounded the rifle demon with wind before it fell to the ground, and died.
A mystic demon repeatedly rushed into Gordon before it bit into him, and drilled him to the ground. Gordon retaliated by knocking it upward, with Jennifer upper cutting it even higher into the air. She then grabbed Thursday, spun him around and threw the super robot at the wolf demon who punched it through the ground killing it.
"Spinning sword dance!" Almaz spun multiple swords around, before he repeatedly slashed a zombie like a buzz saw, stabbed some swords into it, and slashed through it. "Does anybody have an idea?"
"Let's just kill the woman. If a dead person is killed again they're permanently erased from existence." Mao said. "And before anybody says anything, no I don't give a damn if it's the shrimp's mom. She's an enemy of ours, so she has to die."
"I wasn't going to argue with you." Laharl said. "If she's in our way, she has to die."
"Laharl, you can't mean that!" Flonne yelled. "Even demons have to care about their families. And I know you wouldn't want to do this!" Laharl ignored Flonne, and got out his sword. "I know you care for her Laharl." She continued. "She's your family."
Laharl rushed towards Gwen, and attempted to slash her, but she dodged. He then fired an overlord's wrath at multiple zombies and orcs.
"I don't want to do this either Flonne, but they have a point." Etna said. "We have no choice but to kill her."
"But can't there be another way?" Flonne asked. "How about we just escape? Then nobody has to get hurt."
"She'd hunt us down Flonne. And if we can't reason with her, our only option is to beat her." Etna got out her sear and flew to Gwen. She attempted to impale her, but Gwen blocked with her staff. She countered by launching a fireball at Etna that sent her rocketing into the sky, before there was a chain of flame explosions.
"Never leave your backside wide open." Adell sent Gwen upwards with an uppercut, before kicking her upwards repeatedly, and then smashed her to the ground. Mr. Champloo then got her up, delivered a flurry of powerful punches and kicks, before jumping into the air to deliver on last air kick.
Hanako kicked a bomb like it was a soccer ball to a group of zombies and orcs. Taro then buried underground, with one of his horns growing extremely large, and charged repeatedly into the monsters before making a makeshift tornado that lifted them up, and had them fall back to the ground, finishing them off.
"Splash!" Sapphire shot out groups of lasers that hit 2 rifle demons, and orc, and a mystic beast, before firing multiple blue spheres at them.
"Giga Star!" Laharl's mom screamed. A cloud of mist was formed above the heads of Laharl Adell, Mao, Etna, and Flonne. From it, a giant eye ball popped out, and fired a laser beam at the five. "Omega Heal!" Multiple feathers fell from the air, before an image of a priest appeared. Her wounds and pain were mostly healed.
"Dimensional Slash!" Laharl slashed the air, and a green wave of energy killed the remaining minions of Seedle left. "Overlords Wrath!" He fired the balls of flaming energy at his mom, but she destroyed them with her magic. He then tried to slash her repeatedly, but each attack was dodged.
"Damn her. Most of our efforts on her were useless then." Mao said.
"The queen used to be an incredibly skilled witch while she was alive." Etna said. "She was on the verge of mastering Peta spells until the prince was born."
"When Laharl was dying from a disease as a young child, she gave up her own life to save him." Flonne added. "After that he was led to hate love, and nearly all emotions."
"I never knew. That's so sad." Raspberyl said.
"So what? He isn't letting his past stop him from trying to beat her. Why the hell should we? Let's just beat her down so she runs away." Mao asked.
"Didn't you want to kill her before?" Adell asked.
"I changed my mind. The brat would probably be all whiny if I killed his mom after all."
"Mao if you're worried about Laharl's feelings, you could just say it." Almaz said.
"What are you- I don't give a crap about him!" Mao shouted.
"He won't admit how he feels will he?" Rozalin asked.
"Well he IS the dean of Evil Academy." Raspberyl said. "It wouldn't be like an honor student to watch out for others, so he'd try to hide it."
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIM! The only reason I'd want to keep him alive is as an experiment!" Before anybody could reply he immediately used Shine beam on Gwen while she was fighting Laharl.
"Rose liberation!" Rozalin formed a ball of energy, before freezing it in ice, and hurling it at Gwen. 'I'm one of her targets as well, but she's mostly focusing on Laharl because he's her own son. Maybe we could take advantage of this.'
Gwen formed multiple water droplets in the air. They then froze into ice spikes, and were hurled at Rozalin. Unfortunately for her, this led to her being exposed to Laharl's 'Overlords Wrath' from behind. Sapphire threw her axe at Gwen, which somehow split in two. They both chopped through Gwen's body, wounding her. Mao then used Dark X Slash on her, before she had time to react.
"You can't focus on both the girl and the shorty at the same time if they're far away from each other." Mao said. "While you focus on one of them, the other can attack you from behind, and then we'll just beat you down with an onslaught of our attacks. Give up yet?"
"I can still accomplish one thing Seedle ordered me to do." Gwen panted. She shot multiple lasers into the air, and they fell down like arrows on everybody. She then ran to Laharl, put her hand on his chest, and sent a wave of mana energy through him, bringing Laharl to his knees. "Rozalin can't be killed, because Zenon would then possess somebody else. The jewel of the gods can carry on with you even after death though." She flew into the air, and began to gather energy.
"Wait a minute, is she…?" Sapphire began to ask. "Seedle's ordering her to kill Laharl, her own son." Kurtis said. "He doesn't care whether or not she'd be against it. He never cares about people's emotions."
Gwen started filling a ball of energy with electricity. Her eyes were beginning to tear up. "I'm sorry." She fired a giant laser blast at Laharl. Unable to move, he just prepared for the incoming attack. 'This is going to be how I die? It's kind of funny when you think about it. My mom, the one who gave up her own life to save mine from a disease is going to kill me.' He braced himself for the incoming attack, beginning to tear up.
Adell ran up to Laharl, slugged him on his back, and jumped out of the way. "You didn't really think we wouldn't do anything about this did you?"
Etna flew into the air, and formed multiple flames in the shape of spears. "Spear Storm!" She threw them all at Gwen, sending her to the ground. Flonne then used 'Divine Ray' to finish off Gwen. "Please, I don't want to kill you. You gave me the medicine that helped me stay alive 3 years ago. Stop trying to fight us."
With all her strength, Gwen stood up. "I know that I can't win against you. I'll take advantage of the fact that you allowed me to live." She turned around, and began to walk away.
"Hold on, why don't you just quit working for Seedle right now?" Adell asked. "You said that you don't want to work for him, and if you're not in the underworld, he can't re-incarnate your soul."
"I told you before he watches every move I make. I wouldn't be able to last forever against his monsters, nor could I last against Seedle himself. Joining you would put me open to more danger, since I wouldn't only have to go against Seedle, but Baal as well. I can't join you." She turned away. 'You have loyal friends Laharl. I hope you'll realize that.' She teleported away.
"You alright kid?" Adell asked Laharl.
"I'm fine." Laharl jumped off Adell's back. "So who's going to find out that code that the old man gave us?"
"I have a 1.8 million E.Q. If I'm not solving it, you might as well try to train a blind chimp to do it." Mao said.
"Then it's me, Mao, Jennifer, and Hanako." Raspberyl said. "This might take a while though. It'll be a whole day with little to no sleep at the least."
"Let's go back home then. Hopefully we can find out what that jewel's made if." Adell said.
Zetta was racing across an entire netherworld searching for Baal. "Damnit, I can't find the bastard here either." He left the netherworld, and began searching for another one. "If that bastard thinks he can threaten my netherworld, he's got another thing coming to him."
He was back in space searching planet after planet, trying to find where Baal was after he fought him on the human world. 'Maybe splitting up with those guys wasn't the best idea I had. Still, being shown up by them against Seedle's just infuriating. Now I'm looking for one demon in the whole universe. There has to be an easier way.'
He stopped, and thought for a minute. "Alright then, let's see if any angels know where he is. Time to go to Celestia."
While I'm disappointed how this chapter came out, I still think it moves the plot along pretty well. And it came out a lot quicker than I thought it would. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, see you next time.