Louisiana, New Orleans_
Year: 2036
(A/N:Question. Does Taimanin Asagi take place before or after 2020? I'll change the date if it turns out to be the former)
Elijah Actaeon; 16 years old, skin color: lightest brown, born and raised in Louisiana, New Orleans. The young lad was known throughout New Orleans for his determination and willing to help those in need ever since he was five, and if there was one renowned trait he had, it was that he always held a bright smile.
However, nowadays that smile has seemed to vanish as Elijah was hit with hard times. You see, there was one person who Elijah worked hardest for, and that person was his mother, Villetta Actaeon.
She was a seemingly ageless beauty and well known throughout the city of New Orleans, having been known for her charity work and her singing career from when she was younger. However, the reason behind this particular tale is that Villetta had recently become very ill.
At first it seemed more so like the flu, and every night, Elijah would help his mother with dinner and tuck her into bed, a soft a warm smile on his face as he awaited for her to get better.
However, the days went by, and Villetta's condition only seemed to worsen with the passing of time. Elijah knew that she needed proper medical treatment, but with the salary he had, he knew he could only pay so much. So Elijah got to work.
Instead of one job, Elijah now has three. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Elijah would work at his regular job for a local diner. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Elijah would work at a nearby mechanics shop, repairing not only vehicles but also some old trinkets, stuff that originated from the 1920s. And finally, during weekends, Elijah would work at a local casino where men and women usually visited for the joy of gambling and to try and earn some extra cash. Now what did Elijah do there? Well, the patrons did love some good 'ol Swing music, and Elijah was the man to deliver.
With the money he was now earning, Elijah could easily afford any medical bills. He tried for every treatment he could at the time, however, whatever it was that his mother had, there seemed to be no cure for her.
Elijah continued to work himself to the bone so that he could find a way to cure his mother. At this point, his mother's room was set up like an actual hospital room, doctors always coming to check up on her and give her their treatments, though nothing seemed to work.
It had gotten to the point where Villetta entered onto a vegetative state, hooked up to a breathing machine, her pulse always being monitored. Days would go on, and Elijah smile slowly turned into an everlasting frown.
Seeing as how the treatments were only doing so little, Elijah tried alternative methods. He would go to church every Sunday to pray for Villetta's health, even going to fortune tellers and shamans to see if they had anything. However nothing changed, and Elijah feared that he would loose the one thing that always gave him the brightest smile since he was little.
However, little did Elijah know was that his life was going to change in ways he could have never imagined.
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Saturday, Casino: 9:30 p.m_
It was a busy day today and Elijah was currently sitting in a chair in the employee's lounge, hardly paying attention to the conversation that was being held by the band he works with.
Right now, Elijah's mind was too focused on his mother and what ways were left for him to try and get his mother cured.
One of the band members, Louis, a dark-brown man in his late 60's, who gave Elijah the nickname of "Sweet boy" on the account of Elijah's usual friendly and helpful personality, noticed Elijah's mood and spoke up.
"Ay, Sweet boy. What the matter with you mon ami, eh?" Louis asked.
"Huh?" Elijah muttered in question before he pulled himself together a bit. "Oh, sorry Louis. Just been thinking, that's all." Elijah replied to his friend.
This is when another of the band members, a white man in his early 20's, by the name of Shaun, spoke up.
"Listen, your momma's gonna be alright, I'm sure of it. But we know, and you know, that she wouldn't want you to stress yourself out in trying to help her." Shaun told Elijah.
"Look Shaun, I know that people want me to look out for myself, but if I don't try and take care of my mom, then who will?" Elijah asked back to Shaun.
Before their conversation could continue, the casino manager, Ava, a brown-skinned women in her early 30's with flowing raven hair, entered the lounge.
"Alright boys, time to get your act together. It's showtime, and it's a frenzy out there. So come on." Ava told her employees as they exited the room in single file, all except for Elijah.
Noticing this, Ava went over to tap Elijah on the shoulder, getting his attention.
"Hey. Didn't you here me?" Ava asked Elijah.
Elijah just numbly nodded as he rubbed his eyes with his fingers. Seeing this, Ava sighed.
"Listen, boy. Your mother is like an older sister to me, I want to see her get better too." Ava said as she put a hand on Elijah's shoulder. "But there are some things that we can't fix with what all we got in the world. Sometimes, it just takes an action of God to solve things."
"Right. God." Elijah replied dryly. He's prayed and yet nothing's happened yet. What's God doing for him?
"So why don't you quite your mopping and get out there?" Ava suggested, more so as an order as she needed to appease the full house.
"The guys are playing King of Swing. I've got about a minute-twenty." Elijah replied, Ava just gave him a look while putting a hand on her hip. "Please?" Elijah asked.
"Fine. Just don't miss your cue." Ava said with a sigh as she walked out the room.
As Elijah rested his head on the back of the chair, he could hear the sound of drums, piano keys, and trumpets starting to play at a quick pace. Soon the sounds started to go on a lower yet deeper tune before picking up in speed again, the trumpets being heard the clearest.
Knowing his time was up, Elijah sighed as he exited the room, fast walking to his group as his part was about to come up, the casino goers cheering as Elijah made his way on stage.
Taking hold of the mike, Elijah started to compose himself, for the most part, and began to sing.
When you feel your bones a shakin,
('When you feel your bones a shakin')
And your temperature is risen,
('temperature is risen')
And the groove begins to move you,
('groove begins to move you')
It's the King of Swing...
'King of Swing'
When you see those fires' burnin,
('see those fires' burnin')
And your fever is a risin
('fever is a risin')
An the drums begin a poundin
('drums begin a poundin')
It's the King of Swing...
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'
The drums and trumpets continued to blare as every casino goers tested their luck and tapped to the sound of the music.
Elijah held a straight face as he tapped to the music as well, but look deeper, and it was ju a facade to hide his misery and sadness.
Next was the solo trumpet blaring above the rest of the trumpets as they were blown in rhythm. Soon the music became low and deep once again, and Elijah steeled himself to get ready to sing once again.
When you feel your bones a shakin,
('When you feel your bones a shakin')
And your temperature is risen,
('temperature is risen')
And the groove begins to move you,
('groove begins to move you')
It's the King of Swing...
'King of Swing'
When you see those fires' burnin,
('see those fires' burnin')
And your fever is a risin
('fever is a risin')
An the drums begin a poundin
('drums begin a poundin')
It's the King of Swing...
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'
The music stopped and people cheered. The band was excepting the praise and waving to everyone. And Elijah? He just did a light wave of his hand as he got of stage and went to grab his things. He decided it was best that he clocked out early for today.
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It was now sometime after 10:00 at night, and Elijah made his way from the gambling joint back to his house. As he was doing so Elijah spotted an odd looking man standing outside his house.
Blonde hair, Caucasian skin, yellow eyes, wearing what seemed to be a stylized white suit jacket with a raised collar, a red and white striped undershirt, black gloves, a black bow tie and white dress pants. Though he seemed to have a bright smile on his face, meaning he had something to be happy about, something that Elijah was a little envious of.
Either A: this was some business person related to any of the numerous doctors Elijah had in order to find a cure for his mother, or B: this was a vanilla pimp. Either way, he was going to find out why he was here.
Elijah walked up to the man with a raised brow as with closer inspection, he saw that the man had a package under his right arm.
"Excuse me, sir?" Elijah called out to him, getting the man's attention as he turned his head to face Elijah.
"Oh! Greetings. Are you Elijah?" The white themed man asked.
"Yes. Do I know you?" Elijah asked.
"He really does look like Alastor." The man whispered to himself.
"You say something?" Elijah asked with a raised brow.
"Nothing! But, Uh, no, you don't know me. Though my friends call me Magne, and I knew your father." The man replied back to Elijah.
"Well that makes one of us. The man died before I was born." Elijah said dismissively.
"Yes yes, well, I heard along the Garden vine that your mother was very ill. Nasty business." The man started as he brought the package that was under his arm to show it to Elijah. "I have this thing that your father gave to me, last we met. I never saw what was inside it, but he told that when you were of age that I need to find you and deliver it to you." Magne said as he held the package out for Elijah to take.
"Huh, well, thanks I guess." Elijah replied to Magne as he took the box, though he still held his glum expression.
"Smile, Elijah. I'm certain that someway, somehow, your mother is going to come out of it." Magne replied with a smile of reassurance.
"Mm. That's what everyone keeps telling me." Elijah muttered as he looked at the box in hand. "Do you... want to come inside, I can make some tea if you like." Elijah asked Magne as he looked to face him
"As delightful as that sounds I need to get home to the Mrs. She doesn't like it when I stray too far from home." Magne replied back to the boy
"Hmm." Elijah hummed in acknowledgement. "Well, see ya, I guess." Elijah said as he started to walk up to his house
"And vice versa." Magne said as he started to walk off, a smile that showed accomplishment written on his face
Elijah enters his house, walking to the kitchen to set the box on the counter as he went to check up on his mother.
Entering her room, he saw that Villetta was still in her vegetative state, machines hooked up her as a breathing apparatus mask was still attached to her mouth, her chest slowly rising and falling as the heart monitor continued to beep.
Sighing, Elijah trudged back to the kitchen, glancing at the box that Magne gave him. His eyes lingered at it a bit, before he went to one of the drawers and pulled out a knife.
Taking it over to the box, Elijah cut it open, opening the flaps to reveal an odd looking Radio.
It was definitely a design he never saw before, especially the bottom part of the front, which looked like a smile of sorts.
However, Elijah was tired out for the day. Yawning, Elijah walked towards his room, not even bothering to change into his pajamas as he fell onto his bed.
Just as sleep was about to overtake him, Elijah muttered a few last words.
"I just wish that something or someone could cure mother already. I'd give anything to see healthy once again." And with that, sleep overtook Elijah
However, unknown to anyone in the house, the radio that Elijah had left on the kitchen counter started to glow an eerie mix of yellow and red as it started to hum a tune
"HmHMhmHmHmHm HmHmHmHmmm~"
Elijah's house, 7:00 a.m_
Elijah awoke to the sound of his alarm blaring to life. Rubbing his eyes, he slammed his hand down on the button to shut it off.
Getting up from his bed, Elijah yawned and went to his dresser, picking out a suit for him to wear for a day at the casino. Elijah got into the shower, after which he put on his suit, brushed his teeth, and headed toward the kitchen for some breakfast.
On his way, Elijah stopped by the door to his mother's room. Taking in a deep breath, Elijah turned to open the door. Once it was open, Elijah looked to see that his mother was still asleep, another day in her coma, another day she still sick, another day he couldn't hear her voice.
Sighing, Elijah was about to close the door, but he stopped halfway as he heard something that caused his eyes to snap open.
"Mmm." Villetta groaned in her sleep
Turning his head to his mother, Elijah saw that she was slowly opening her eyes, groaning from her slumber. She turned her head slightly as she saw the figure of her son.
"E-Elijah?" Villetta asked slowly as her vision became more clear.
Rushing over to her bed, Elijah knelt down by her bed and grabbed her hand with his.
"H-hey. Yeah, it's me. It's me, momma." Elijah said a small smile starting to form on his face.
"Elijah. Mmm. What-what happened?" Villetta asked as she finally looked around her room, seeing medical equipment hooked up to her. "W-where am I?" She asked as she pulled the breathing apparatus off her face, now being able to breath fine.
"You were very sick. The doctors hooked you up in your room. You've been like this for around a month now." Elijah said as he stroked his mother's hand.
"It feels like I've been taking a long nap." Villetta said before she quickly put a hand to her head. "Ugh! My head." Villetta hissed out.
"Are you alright?" Elijah asked in worry.
"Yeah-yeah. I'm fine. It's just. Ugh, it feels like I got ran over by a truck." Villetta replied to her son as she started to shake her headache off.
"Right, uh, do you need anything?" Elijah asked his mother.
"Well... I could use some food." Villetta replied as she yawned.
"Right. Food. Right, right. I'll get you some food." Elijah quickly replied as he got up. "I'll be right back!" Elijah said as he ran out of her room and into the kitchen.
As Elijah made his way to the kitchen, he started to dig through the fridge and the cabinets to find something for him to fix for his mother.
Pulling out a carton of eggs, some cinnamon, a stick of butter, and some bread, Elijah set all the ingredients on the counter as he was going to make Villetta some French toast.
As he started to open up the bag of bread and pull out a pan, a smile slowly continued to creep onto his face as he set the pan on the counter.
"There's that smile I was looking for~" a Radio-esc voice told Elijah
It was at this moment that Elijah froze in his tracks, his smile quickly disappearing as he turned his his head in all directions.
"Who's there?" Elijah asked as he looked for the origin of the voice
"A little to the left." The voice said prompting Elijah to do just that
Turning his head, he came face to face with the Radio he received yesterday, causing him to raise his eyebrow in confusion, before the radio actually spoke to him.
"There you go!" The Radio spike with glee, causing Elijah to jump in surprise.
"What the Hell?!" Elijah asked in surprise
"Hahahaha! What the Hell indeed." The radio spoke once more
"Who-what are you?" Elijah asked as fear slowly took over
"Well if you must know..." the Radio started as a large shadow loomed from it, taking shape of a broad, yet lanky figure with a wide, sharp-toothed smile and large deer antlers on his head.
The intimidating shadowy figure got closer to Elijah as he tried to back up, only for the figure to soon lunge at him. Elijah prepared for the inevitability of death... only to find his hand being vigorously shook by the shadow.
"The names Alastor! It's a pleasure to meet you my dear boy. Quite the pleasure!" The shadow, now named Alastor said as he soon stopped shaking Elijah's hand.
"...Huh, Uh, wha-just what the Hell are you?" Elijah asked in confusion as Alastor continued to smile.
"Well for future references, I'm a demon straight outta Hell!" Alastor said with pride as Elijah started to sweat in fear.
"A- a demon?" Elijah asked as his pupils dilated
"Oh, relax~ if I wanted you dead, you wouldn't have woken up this morning." Alastor replied as Elijah found gulping at the fact a demon was in his house the entire time
"Then.. then why are you here?" Elijah asked in a quiet voice
"Why, I'm here to help!" Alastor said as he wrapped an arm around Elijah's shoulder. "And in exchange... ask for your help." Alastor said as he pointed a finger at Elijah's chest.
"Wait, wha-what do you mean help?" Elijah asked with a raised brow
"Well, I was the one to cure your mother." Alastor replied, though his wide smile seemed more like a wide smirk at this instance.
"...What?" Elijah asked with wide eyes, his fear being replaced with ever growing worry for his mother
"Oh, relax, won't you? It's not like I'd purposely hurt family." Alastor replied to Elijah
"...Wait, what?" Elijah asked confusion evident on his face
"You see, your mother just so happens to be the great-granddaughter of my half-sister. This would make your great-great uncle." Alastor started like it supposed to be a known fact.
"Wha—wait a minute..." Elijah said as he put two and two together. Thinking back on it, there was a family portrait that showed his family's ancestry. There was an image of his great-great-grandmother, and stemming off from her portrait was the portrait of a smiling, well-dressed man that looked eerily similar to Elijah, the key difference being that Elijah's skin was more brown in color due to his mother and grandfather.
Widening his eyes, Elijah looked at Alastor. "That's you?" He asked as Alastor nodded with hum. "Then... how did you end up in Hell?"
"Think, my boy. What event occurred in New Orleans during the 1920s?" Alastor asked, smile ever still present.
Thinking hard on it, Elijah slowly looked at Alastor in shock as he put the puzzle together in his head. "There were an unexplained series of murders in New Orleans during the Great Depression. You're telling me that was you?" Elijah asked as Alastor nodded his head with a proud smile. "Why?"
"Hmm. Life had an odd way of changing people over the years. That's what makes it so entertaining~" Alastor said as he thought back to the days when he was still human, soon shaking his head as he faced Elijah. "Enough about the past. Let us talk about the present." Alastor said as he moved towards Elijah.
"What I did for your mother, that was free of charge. A family discount if you would. But if you wish to do more, then all you need do is make an eternal deal with me." Alastor said as a green aura started to glow around his shadow. "Be my vessel as I do some Earthly business for Hell, and you can get whatever you want out of it. You can make sure your mother can never get sick again, you could became the most powerful man in the world, you could live the high-life for eternity. All you must do is shake my hand, and we have ourselves a deal.~" Alastor said as he held out his glowing hand to Elijah, an immense power blowing through the kitchen as Elijah slightly shielded himself as he tried to keep his ground.
"So what'd ya say, kid? Ready to take ride on the wild side?" Alastor asked as Elijah looked at the hand with wide eyes
"... No thanks." Elijah said as he moved Alastor's hand away from him, the powerful aura fading as Alastor blinked several times.
"Look, you seem like an... interesting.. type of person, and I'm grateful that you cured my mother, truly I am, but I can't go around the rest of my life with a demon riding shotgun. I was raised better than that." Elijah said as he started to go back to making his mother some breakfast.
"It's not like I'd get you trouble. I'd only do stuff that I would find fun." Alastor rebutted to Elijah
"Yeah, that's what bothers me." Elijah muttered to himself as he turned the stove on. "Look, my answers no. And that's final."
"Very well. I can't force you into a deal, the whole demon honor system and whatnot." Alastor said as he slowly receded back into the radio. "But if you ever change your mind, I'll always be here." And with that Alastor went back into the radio, it's glow dimming, showing that Alastor wasn't going to make any more moves for the time being.
Looking towards the radio, Elijah saw that it was thus far inactive. Going back to making breakfast for himself and his mother, Elijah rubbed his eyes, hopping that this recent experience was all a figment of his imagination due to working himself to the bone. A very very realistic figment of his imagination.
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Casino, 10:00 a.m._
Elijah walked through the entrance to the casino, a smile on his face even though he was an hour late. Making his way to the employees lounge, Elijah saw that there was already a few patrons in the casino, going about their business, not really paying attention to Elijah.
As continued on his way to the lounge, Elijah was stopped by a feminine voice.
"Well well well. Look who decided to show up." Ava said as she waited a by a wall, inspecting her nails
Shit.
"You know, Elijah, looking after your mother is one thing, but coming to work late is another." Ava said as Elijah turned to face her, a nervous smile on his face. However, this caused Ava so raise a brow in confusion, since she hadn't seen Elijah smile for nearly a year now.
"What's with the smile?" Ava asked in confusion.
"Well, it has to do with why I was late. And the reason I was late was because, well, it's my mom. She's finally woken up." Elijah said with a light chuckle at the end, causing Ava's eyes to widened.
"Well why didn't you call me?! I could've given you the day off." Ava said as she walked towards Elijah.
"Well, I thought it would be best to do one more job before I take some time off, so..." Elijah trailed off with chuckle.
"Well, don't just stand there. Go tell the boys. I know they'll be excited." Ava said as Elijah nodded in return.
He soon entered the employees lounge where his band was at, closing the door behind him. Ava waited a few minutes before she heard hooting, hollering, and cheering from the other side of the door.
Chuckling to herself she soon faced the entrance to her casino, seeing that she had some new customers enter through the doors. Three men, Caucasian, their features making her assume that they were eastern by the looks of things.
Walking towards them, she flashed a friendly smile.
"Morning boys. You new around here?" Ava asked the trio.
The three of them looked at each other until the one with black hair and red eyes spoke up.
"Uh, yeah actually. We're only here in town for a few days and decided we would have a little fun." The black haired man started, though when he mentioned the word "fun" the man to his right, a tan man with blonde hair and brown eyes chuckled a little. "We heard there was a casino in town that attracted a lot of customers. Thought we could play our own hand." The black haired man continued as Ava nodded in understanding.
"Well, you heard right. Not only do we have many a customers comin' in here, we also got a great dining experience and and a killer band that knows their Swing music." Ava replied.
"Swing music? Never heard of it." The third man who had brown hair and green eyes spoke up.
"Than you've never properly lived." Ava said as she walked off. "Enjoy your stay boys. And if you lose all your money here, heheheh. You ain't getting back." Ava said with a chuckle as she went to go see how the chefs were doing.
"You know, if we make a pit stop here on our way back to the boss, I'm certain we can really enjoy ourselves." The tan, blonde haired man said as he licked his lips, looking at Ava as she walked off.
"Why do we have to go to this place again? Why don't we just grab the girl and get out of this mud hole." The brown haired man said to the black haired one.
"Because Black wants the mother and son package. Don't worry we won't be long." The black haired man said as his eyes went completely red for a second before returning to normal.
The trio decided to hang around for a bit as they secretly planned for a trap to be laid.
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10:00 p.m._
Elijah was on his home, the time was night, and he had a bright smile upon his face.
He moved onto his home street, his house in sight. As he continued on his way, his smile turned to that of a confused look as someone called out to him from behind.
"Excuse me?" A male voice called to Elijah.
Elijah turned to see a man with black hair and red eyes approaching him, tailed by a man with brown hair and green eyes.
"Can I help you two?" Elijah asked with a raised brow.
"Oh, we don't mean to bother you, you see we're new here and thought it would be nice to check out the local casino. Though I gotta say, we weren't expecting there to be an actual band included in the mix." The blacked haired man said as he and his friend got closer to Elijah. "And I gotta say, you got a real set of pipes on you." The man complimented Elijah.
"That casino lady was definitely right about swing music." The brown haired man said.
"Well, thanks. It's nice to get a little appreciation once and a while." Elijah said, though as the two men talked to Elijah, the young man felt something... off about the conversation he was having
"You know, we work for a wealthy man in Tokyo, Japan, and I'm very certain that he would just enjoy to listen to the song you can sing." The black haired man said as he clasped a hand on Elijah, though Elijah found the grip to be a little more hefty than it should of been, as if the black haired man intended to keep his grip on Elijah
Just behind the three of them, the last me ever of the trio, the tanned man with blonde hair and brown eyes walked slowly and carefully behind Elijah with a grin on his face. A syringe with a purple substance inside of it as he got closer to Elijah.
However, as he close to striking range, Elijah smelt something, or rather someone coming up from behind him. His eyes widened as his instincts kicked in. Elijah maneuvered himself does that the black haired man still had his tight grip on him but was now in the range with the man with the syringe. The blonde haired man struck, but widened his eyes as he instead stabbed his friend with the syringe rather than that of Elijah.
"Agh!" The black haired man screamed in pain, causing him to let go of his grip on Elijah
This allowed Elijah to get a certain distance away from the group as he the black haired man looked at Elijah in anger.
"Rule of thumb when hunting. Never stalk downwind of the game." Elijah said with a smirk
However the smirk quicker turned to shock and confusion as the three men started to change in size and form.
The black haired man became a black bull-like creature with fully red eyes. The blonde one became what looked like an orange stallion-like humanoid as the brown haired one became a brown bird man with horns and wings.
"Ah, rejects from the Nightmare before Christmas. Sorry, but Halloween town is further down south." Elijah said as a way to save face, though inside he was slightly freaking out at what he was seeing
Clutching onto the shoulder that had the syringe in it, the bull demon growled in anger.
"Get him!" The bull demon said in a deep, more demonic voice as the other two narrowed their eyes at Elijah.
Taking that as his cue to run, Elijah attempted to book it. Key word being attempt. Just a few seconds after he started to run, Elijah was pinned down by the bird demon. Elijah tried to struggle, but was soon held in place by the horse demon.
"Jesus... what do you guys eat?" Elijah questioned as he tried to struggle. The bull demon yanked the syringe from his arm and tossed it to the side, whatever was n there seemed to not have affected him as he made his way to Elijah. "What zoo did you guys bust out of?" Elijah questioned
"Well, if you haven't figured it out, we're demons." The bull demon said as he spread his arms, motioning towards the bird demon and the horse demon. "And our boss, he wants you and your mother with him in Tokyo."
At this, Elijah widened his eyes in fear, fear not for himself, but for what would happen to his mother.
"We were supposed to use that syringe as a way to get you to cooperate better." The bull demon said as he looked at the empty syringe on his left. "But it would seem we need to resort to older methods." A red glyph appeared above the bull demon's right hand, and from it spawned a small, disgusting, purple and pink tentacle creature writhing around on his hand.
"This will make you more compliant." The bull demon said as he walked towards the struggling Elijah
Elijah struggled in the demons' grasp as the horse demon chuckled to himself. "You nearly gave us quite the struggle, but it will all be over soon." The horse demon said as he hummed a chuckle. "Though on our way back, I was thinking we could pay one more visit to that chick at the casino, Ava was it? She has a nice ass. I bet she'd definitely feel real good." The horse demon said with a lustful tone, causing Elijah to scowl at him. "Though your mother, we've seen images of her, and he's still even half as good as she used to look, then I'm certain the boss will reward us a little quality with her, if you know what I mean."
It was at that moment that something within Elijah snapped. For what felt like an eternity for him, Elijah was without the comfort of his mother, and now he finally got her back. And now, this demon was suggested that he would do something to his mother that most would deem cruel, heartless, and worse than death.
Anger taking over at a greater pace than Elijah could have ever imagined, he opened his mouth wide as he went and bit into the horse demon's arm, tearing into flesh
"GAAHH!!" The horse demon screamed in pain as he let go of his hold in Elijah.
This allowed Elijah to punch the beak of the bird demon, and with a kick, shoved the demon off of him as he tried to get up, only to soon be tackled down by the bull demon, who was much stronger than the other two.
Elijah tried to struggle as the bull demon brought the tentacle creature closer to Elijah's face, Elijah unable to do anything but try and struggle while gritting his teeth in anger.
However before more could be done, everyone paused when a new voice entered the fray, though Elijah knew well who the voice belonged to.
"Hmm. Ambushing him just right outside of his house. Not to shabby, but, Hahahaha, I've done better." The voice of Alastor said as his shadow stood behind the the bull demon.
"Who the hell are you?" The horse demon asked as he gripped his arm in pain.
"Who am I? Why, I've been many things in life, and death, but right now, just consider me the helpful pest control." Alastor said with a chuckle as he then turned his attention to the bull demon. "By the way, what do you call a cow without any limbs?"
"What?" The bull demon asked in confusion before shadow tentacles shot out from behind Alastor's shadowy form.
They patched onto the demon, lifting him into the air, causing the bull demon to drop the tentacle creature in his hand, and allowed Elijah to get up and back away a bit from the commotion.
"AARRGGHH!" The bull demon screamed in pain as his arms and legs were torn off of his body, causing them to dissipate as the rest of the bull demon fell to the ground in writhing pain
"Ground Beef!! Hahahaha!" Alastor laughed with a sinister chuckle as he soon looked at the terrified horse demon and the bird demon
The bird demon charged at Alastor, only for time to seem to slow down for him as he suddenly couldn't feel his neck. The bird demon crashed into the ground, his body lifeless as his head rolled some ways away, his dead form soon dissipating.
Alastor looked back at the horse demon that tried to run away, only for Alastor to snap his fingers.
"AAAAHHHH!!!" The horse demon yelled in pure pain as he was engulfed in hellfire, his body turning to ash moments later.
All that was left was the writhing form of the bull demon, Elijah who was breathing hard after everything he just saw, and Alastor who was walking towards the bull demon.
With a twisted smile, Alastor plunged his hand into the bull demon's chest, tearing out his heart and setting it ablaze. Soon the bull demon dissipated as well, leaving Alastor to look at Elijah.
"What can I say? Family matters in my book." Alastor said as he moved towards Elijah, who still had a calm, yet shocked look on his face
After what seemed like a five seconds of heavy breathing, Elijah turned to Alastor. "Who-what where they?"
"I can tell what they aren't. Alive! Hahahaha!" Alastor joked with a lively laugh, only for his laughter to quickly die down as Elijah looked like he wasn't in the mood for jokes, prompting the demon to clear his throat. "Well, if I had to take a guess, they're apart of a race of demons born in the living realm, most forming a group called N.O.M.A.D. Real perverted types, very few good ones." Alastor replied with a smile as Elijah looked at him.
"They said they had a boss. Do you know who that might be?" Elijah asked as he stared at tentacle creature that writhed on the ground
"I mess with a lot people. I might know who it is, but I hardly remember anyone I humiliate. So that's a very slim "might"." Alastor said as he watched Elijah walk over to the tentacle creature. "What are you doing?"
Elijah looked down at the small tentacle creature for a moment before he quickly raised his foot and curb stomped it, roughly turning his foot on it as he killed the small creature, a noise coming from it to show that it was feeling pain. It lasted a few more seconds before the noise ceased, the creature dead.
Without even facing Alastor, Elijah spoke to him. "Your business on Earth. Does it have anything to do with the guys that attacked me?" He asked the radio demon
"It's actually the top priority." Alastor said as he crossed his arms behind his back
Elijah nodded with a hum as he looked towards his house.
"I think I'm ready to take that deal now."
At this, Alastor raised a brow. "And what brought this on?"
"Those guys, they said that they were going to rape not just my boss, Ava, but also my mother. I want to make sure that nothing like that can ever happen. Not just for my mother's sake, but for anyone else that this N.O.M.A.D might try and harm." Elijah answered as he continued to look at his house
"Chivalry then? But you must realize that I'm more of a killer than a savior." Alastor replied as he moved closer to Elijah.
"I figured. That's why I want to add something else to sweeten the deal." Elijah said as he turned to face Alastor, a look of determination on his face. "It's obvious that these guys aren't going to stop, so here's my proposition to the deal. Help me become a demon of my own. Teach me things that only you can teach, so that I can do right by those closest to me." Elijah said as he held his hand out for Alastor to shake
"Not that I don't like that you're speaking my lingo, but you must know." Alastor started as he swiftly moved to Elijah. "If you so choose this path, you won't get into Heaven." Alastor said with a wide smile
Elijah seemed hesitant for a second before he took in a deep breath to calm his nerves. "Then that's a fact I'll have to accept." Elijah said as he hand was still held out
"So be it." Alastor said as a green aura surrounded his own hand. "It's a deal then.~" And with that, The two of them shook hands.
A fiery green aura surrounded Elijah as Alastor merged with the boy, his stance becoming more broad, any wounds or attaches he had due to the demons were now gone as he was fully clean of any damage.
The green aura soon died down as Elijah opened his eyes, a sharp, red glint shown only for a second before a smile grew onto his face.
Within his head, Alastor need only utter a few words to describe his new predicament.
"This is going to be very entertaining.~"
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Six years later_
Elijah was now 22 years old and throughout that time he was living the best days of his life. His mother was all but healed. During that time, Elijah had worked full weeks at the casino, having resigned from his other jobs. A smile was always seemed to be his dominant facial feature. He wasn't a billionaire, but he sure was living his life like he was one.
What many couldn't tell, however was that he had secretly been turning into a demon throughout the years, having been under the tutelage of Alastor the entire time. Soon enough, he would be able to take on his own demonic form.
Speaking of Alastor, he did what he set out to do. Deal with the demons of N.O.M.A.D wherever he could, and most recently he and Elijah learned where most of them had taken residence in, along with their boss.
Japan, with their boss most known to reside in its capital city, Tokyo.
Elijah was currently finishing up work at the casino as Ava walked up to him.
"So this job in Japan, must pay a lot if you're that trigger happy to get there." Ava said as she put a hand to her hip.
"What can I say? Opportunity awaits. As fun as working here is, I want to at least travel the world a bit." Elijah said as he wiped down the countertop for the casino's bar.
"Well, you've been great for business thus far. You sure there ain't nothing I can do to get you to stay?" Ava asked.
Elijah just chuckled as he finished up with the bar. "Afraid not."
"Aw, well. Best of luck to ya though." Ava said as she walked on.
A few hours later, Elijah was saying his goodbyes to Ava and the band, just recently getting out of a hug with Shaun.
"I'm gonna miss ya brother." Shaun said as Elijah pulled back from the hug.
"Same here." Elijah said with a smile as Louis walked up to him.
"You ever come and visit again, think you can bring back a souvenir for me, sweet-boy?" Louis asked, looking older by the day
Elijah chuckled as he patted Louis on the shoulder. "I'll see what I can do."
"See ya around, Elijah." Ava said as Elijah walked off
Elijah just waved back at her as he made his way home.
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Elijah's house, 8:00 p.m._
Elijah had gotten everything he needed in an ornate red suitcase, a plane ticket sitting on his dresser.
"Are you sure we need to go by plane? We can just teleport there." Alastor spoke within Elijah's head
"I've waited this long." Elijah started as he finished packing his suitcase. "What's a few more days?" He asked as he made his way to the kitchen.
Getting to the kitchen, Elijah saw his mother in some of her usual ware as she was looking through stuff on the computer.
Hearing footsteps behind her, Villetta turned to see her son and smiled.
"Elijah." Villetta spoke as her son walked up to her
"Momma." Elijah said as he kissed her on the cheek
"I see you're ready to leave." Villetta said as she spotted the suitcase in Elijah's hand
"I came down to give you my fair wells before I left." Elijah answered as he saw the computer, Alastor's eye twitching as he spotted said object. "And you're doing...?"
"Oh, since you're going to be off, I'm looking for some jobs to take up on for the time being. I gotta make money some somehow." Villetta said with a smile as she got up from her seat and hugged her son
"I'm going to miss you." Villetta said as Elijah wrapped his arms around his mother in return
"Me to." Elijah said before he soon retracted from the hug. "I'll be sure to write."
Soon enough, Elijah was out the door, suitcase in hand as he and his mother waved at each other as Elijah walked towards a taxi he had called in advance.
The taxi drove off as Villetta sighed and went back into her house, closing the door behind her as she went back to the computer.
Looking through it, she saw a colorful ad for a job application. Looking though it, Villetta read what it was about.
"Manager job opening." Villetta read as she saw who made the ad. "Henry Emily." She continued to read as she saw the name of the job
"Fazbear's pizzeria?"
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With Elijah_
Later on a flight to Tokyo, Japan, Elijah hummed a tune to himself as he watched the passing clouds.
Looking through his window, Elijah saw the reflection of Alastor for split second before he saw his own.
"Not much longer now." Elijah spoke to Alastor in his head
"Then it's show time~" Alastor replied as the flight continued.
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Tokyo, Japan. 19 and half hours later_
Elijah had just gotten off the airport, now walking through the streets of Tokyo city, lights showing through the night sky as Elijah took in the air.
"You smell that, Al?" Elijah asked
"Tenderloins ripe for the taking?" Alastor asked
"If by tenderloin you mean N.O.M.A.D demons infesting the city? Then sure." Elijah said as he continued his walk, a smile gracing his face as usual
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Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo_
Shinjuku Gyoen, considered the Central Park of Tokyo, didn't have many visitors at this time of day, only those that would be considered as late-night lovers. The same could be said for two people who just entered the park not too long ago.
Asagi, a retired Taimanin, as well as one of their best ninjas, was asked to the park by her loving boyfriend, Kyousuke, for a surprise he had in store for her.
"Kyousuke, you've been leading me on for some time now. What's this surprise you were talking about?" Asagi asked with a smile as Kyousuke faced her
"Asagi, we've been dating for a long time now, and..." Kyousuke started as he pulled out a small black box from his pocket. "I've been thinking that perhaps we should escalate things further." He said as he opened it, revealing a wedding ring from within
Asagi gasps as she sees the box, knowing it could only mean one thing.
"Asagi will you marry me?" Kyousuke asked as Asagi started to tear up a bit
"Yes... yes I will marry you!" Asagi said as a few years escaped her eyes
Asagi holds out her hand as Kyousuke puts the ring on her finger, but the moment he does, Asagi starts to feel off.
"W-what's going on..." Asagi started with a grunt. "W-why can't I move?"
"Hmhmhm.~" a feminine voice chuckled from the dark.
Asagi heard the feminine chuckle and tries to rear her head as she spots her old nemesis. Ex-taimanin turned demon, Oboro.
"O-Oboro?!" Asagi asked in shock. "You were supposed to be dead." She continued with a scowl
"It's funny how the world works sometimes. One minute someone is supposedly dead, and the next they're alive and looking for some payback." Oboro said with a cruel smirk
Seeing Oboro get closer, Asagi looked back to her boyfriend. "Kyousuke! Run, get out of here!" Asagi warned him, and yet for reason he hardly reacted to the situation
Seeing this, Oboro just chuckled "Oh,...I don't think he'll be doing that." Oboro said as motioned for Kyousuke with a finger. "Come here Kyousuke.~"
Asagi was shocked to when she saw Kyousuke walk over to her nemesis with little to no resistance, however, she was not prepared to see the man she loved turn into a grotesque demonic monster
"K-kyousuke." Asagi said with a mix of sadness and fear. Soon she directed her anger towards Oboro. "What did you do to him?!"
"Well, Asagi, I found your boyfriend wandering the streets at night, and thought he would be perfect for my revenge against you." Oboro said as grabbed hold of her own left breast. "Though I needed to persuade him, in a way. I must say, he felt really good under me." She continued as she squeezed her breast. "And soon enough, he was under my spell, allowing me to turn him into what you see before you." Oboro finished as she licked her lips.
"N-n-no." Asagi said in a hushed voice as tears started to escape her eyes
"You especially should have heard him when he cried out for your name, hoping, praying you would save him..." Oboro said as she walked over to Asagi grabbing hold of her chin, leaning in to whisper in her ear. "But you never came.~"
Oboro pulled back from Asagi, activated one of her clawed gauntlets and slashed at Asagi's clothing, tearing to shreds as most of her naked form was exposed to the elements.
Just then several more demons, seven in counting teleported into the park , all with lustful stares towards Asagi.
"Now, Kyousuke here, along with these demons, are going to enjoy themselves and take their time with you." Oboro said as a cruel smirk formed on
Asagi saw the demons, along with the monstrous form of Kyousuke walking up to her with their members out. Seeing this, Asagi widened her eyes in fear and looked to Kyousuke as to try and get to the real him. "N-No! No please, don't do this!" Asagi pleases to the thing that was once her boyfriend, but the monster only grabbed hold of her as he prepared to force himself into her inner walls
The sight caused Oboro to cackle cruelly in delight. "Hahahahaha!~ You'll just have to sit back and take it like the slut you know you really are!~" Oboro said, licking her lips for the inevitable gang-bang
However, unbeknownst to the demons was that they were being watched by a brown-skinned man from a certain distance, who did nothing but scowl at the scene.
"You ready partner?" Elijah asked Alastor.
"Is that rhetorical?" Alastor asked back with a chuckle at the end.
Soon enough, the body of Elijah changed form. His skin became a dead grey, his smile became wide with sharp, yellow teeth, a well kept black and red stripped suit formed onto him as his hair became red with black tips on the sides. The final touches were the accommodation of deer ears and antlers atop his head, a red monocle on his right eye as his pupils became black slits, his iris's and sclera's becoming shades of red.
Alastor was now in control of his shared body with Elijah.
Summoning his microphone staff, Alastor raised a brow at the sight he was a seeing before him.
Just before the monstrous Kyousuke and the other demons could defile Asagi to their hearts content, they are halted as they start hears what sounds like a low-tuned trumpet of sorts start to play.
"What the-?" Oboro asked in confusion as she looked around for the source of the music, a little peeved that the orgy was interrupted.
That's when everyone heard a radio-like male voice start to... sing?
~~~Hey! Hobo man, Hey! Dapper Dan, you've both got your style, but brother, you're never fully dressed without a smile!~~~
Just then two shadow tentacles came out nowhere and dragged two of the demons off, as all they could do was screech in terror, as they were dragged to their deaths.
"Who's there?!" Oboro yelled out as she activated both of her gauntlets
~~~Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly! They stand out a mile, but brother, you're never fully dressed without a smile!~~~
Then three more shadow tentacles come out to drag three more demons away to they're deaths.
At this point, Oboro was started to get visibly scared, the monstrous form of Kyousuke and the remaining demons forgetting about Asagi as they became focused on whoever it was that was attacking them.
Speaking of Asagi, all she could do at this instance was watch as her attackers disappeared one by one. However, what Asagi didn't know was if her savior was friend or foe. All she could do was watch
~~~Who cares what they're wearing, on Main Street or Saville Row! It's what you wear from ear to ear, and not from head to toe...that mahatters.~~~
Then, two more shadow tentacles come out and grab the remaining two demons, leaving only Oboro, Kyousuke, and Asagi to be the only ones left in the area.
"Show yourself D-dammit!!" Oboro called out to the attacker as she looked around the garden at all sides.
~~~So Senator, So Janitor! So long for a while, remember you're never fully dressed...Though you may wear the best!...You're never fully dressed with out a smile, smile, smile, smile, darn ya', smile!!~~~
Finally, the music stops and after a few moments of waiting, Oboro, Kyousuke, and Asagi start to hear the clacking sound of... tapping shoes?
The sound gets closer and closer causing the three of them to turn their heads to the sight of what appeared to be a demon in red, and yet unlike the other demons in Tokyo, this one screamed chaotic and unnerving.
While Oboro and the monstrous form of Kyousuke couldn't see it, Asagi could. Surrounding this demon was an aura so powerful, so full of chaotic and killer intent, that she couldn't think of any creature that could compare to him. Rape was one thing, but there was always the chance of getting out of it. But with this demon, this entity? Asagi's fear grew as she knew that with this demon, there was no escape.
"Who the hell are you?!" Oboro yelled in anger as she got ready to attack.
"Well!~ Allow me to introduce myself. The name's Alastor!" Alastor with all the gracious a radio show host would have, showing off his wide grin and sharp teeth in the process
"What's the big idea attacking us then? Don't you know who we serve?" Oboro asked as she glared at Alastor.
At this, Alastor rubbed his chin with his finger. "Hmm. Nope! Not a clue in the world on who your employer, and quite frankly I could care less." Alastor said as he put both of his hands behind his back. "And as to why I attacked you. Well, why can't I? It's definitely been fun thus far, and it's not like you can actually do anything to stop me." Alastor waved Oboro off with a laugh
This did nothing but piss Oboro off as she grits her teeth and balls her fists in rage.
"We'll just see about that." Oboro said with a smirk. "Kyousuke, sic him!" Oboro commanded the monster beside her as if he were a common dog, something that angered Asagi
The monstrous Kyousuke follows Oboro's orders and charges at Alastor with a roar. What does Alastor do? He just stands there, opens up the palm of his right hand, summoning a green fire ball from it and sends it in Kyousuke's direction.
Kyousuke never even had a chance to dodge as he was hit with the attack, his body going up in flames as he screams and screeches in pain, his skin turning to ashes as his bones soon disintegrate into nothing.
At this, Alastor just smiles and looks towards Oboro, who w currently had a slight look of fear at how easily her new monster was killed, while Asagi was wide-eyed in shock as she just saw Kyousuke die right then and there.
Though apparently what fear Oboro had before seemed to turn into anger as her eyes flared into Alastor. She activates her gauntlets' claws and starts to try and slash at the Radio Demon. As she tries to do so, he just blocks each strike by twirling his megaphone staff to intercept each attack. What angers Oboro even more is that he still had that wide smile on his face the whole time, as if he was taunting her. He eventually uses his clawed fingernails to slice at Oboro's face, cutting off some of her hairs as well.
At this, Oboro had enough and in her rage, she actually out maneuvers his staff and stabs him in the chest with her claws.
"Ha! Who's smiling now bastard!" Oboro says with a cruel and satisfied smile as she got Alastor in what one would deem a vital place
However Oboro then looks up at his face to see something that terrified her to the core. Alastor sclera became pitch black with no visible presence of eyebrows as his sharp teeth became more visible, and his irises became red and appeared to have radio dials in them.
"DoN't ToUcH Me WiTh YoUr FiLtHy HaNdS." Alastor said in a more distorted radio voice
Alastor then grabs on to the arm of Oboro that stabbed him and with the slightest little effort, tore it off. Oboro could only scream in pain as she tries to cover the socket where her right arm used to be, blood spurting everywhere. If her fear was minimal before, Oboro's fear just skyrocketed as she looked at the twisted face of Alastor smiling at her. Knowing that she stood no chance, she pulled out a smoke pellet, and throws it to the ground, only to be gone the next moment. Alastor stares at where she was for a second, and then shakes his head rapidly to get rid of the look on his face and revert it back to his old one, looks down at the strands of Oboro's hair that was cut off and levitated it into his dress coat.
Then, Alastor turns his attention to Asagi, walking towards the barely decent woman as his hands and arms behind his back, carrying his megaphone staff, his smile never leaving his face.
Asagi looks at him in pure fear, though steeling herself just a little for what's to inevitably come to pass.
So you can understand the shocked face she made when she saw Alastor reach his arm down to her, holding out his hand and asking her a question that left her dumbfounded.
"Killing N.O.M.A.D demon's sure works up an appetite! How about you? I know! I'll make us some of my mother's wonderful Jambalaya. I'm sure you'll find the kick to be right out of Hell! Hohohohoho!~" Alastor said to Asagi as if they were best buds already
All Asagi could do was look at the face of the demon that fought off Oboro and her demonic allies, looking at him in sheer and utter confusion.
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(A/N: I hope you all like this first chapter.
Now, one thing to note here is that this story is not new, as it is something that I have written and published on Wattpad with much more chapters. I'm uploading this to to help spread this story out there, and to see how you all enjoy it.
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