A large surge of energy burst forth from the inner magic circle causing Manami's braids to thrash backwards from the strong momentum. She held her ground as best she could and shielded her eyes from the white light that emanated from her opal pendant. Gravity seemed to be increasing as it was becoming harder to not only breathe but just to move. Manami gritted her teeth and with all the strength she could muster she slowly began walking towards the middle of the circle.

The blinding magic and the resulting wind like ribbons that pushed her back caused her to stumble backwards as if forbidding her from taking another step forward. But, Manami kept walking. She could just see the outline of her vessel she just needed to grab it!

"AAUGHH!" She let out pants and grunts of frustration as she vainly reached for the pendant with her right hand.

"Come on!" She willed herself to take one final step and finally. She clasped the vessel firmly in her hand.

The rays of light and rushing force of energy funneled through to one single point, that point being right overhead of Manami and the necklace. The sound of whistling wind and emanating light grew louder as they all merged into a single line ready to take the shot. Overhead was an arrow of white fiery magic that roared and fluttered before violently descending downwards with a loud lighting clashing sound!

Manami let out a shout of surprise as the pendant was struck by the magic…..

…..then there was silence….and it took a while before Manami was finally able to open her eyes as they were still adjusting to the darkness of the room….

The first thing that caught her attention was her familiar's molten gold eyes. They were such an intense shade of gold that she couldn't tear her gaze away from them; it was as if they were staring into her very soul, it was nerve racking. She somehow managed to tear her eyes away from his so she could take in the rest of his features.

His skin was a bloody red. It was as if he had just bathed himself in blood and the only thing that disrupted the sea of red that was his smooth skin were the flecks of gold on his shoulders and down his arms. His hair was also red but it was a much more saturated fiery red with natural amber highlights and sprouting out from his soft silky locks where two large black ram horns.

Sprouting from his back were a set of large dark marron colored bat wings that were tainted an ashy black at the top of the wings' tips. The skeletal structure of the bat wings was visible and out for display due to the thin veiny membrane of the wing. On both outer sides of his wings you could see thick black bones acted like some sort of armor as they were thicker than the other bones present on the wings. They went all the way up towards the top of the wing where the bone became long and sharp like an elongated shark tooth that protruded outwards from the tip of the wing. As she gazed at his large wings she noted that he was very tall. She actually had to slightly crane her head upwards, but just out of the corner of her eye she saw movement.

It drew her eyes down where she saw that his dark red skin shifted colors to an almost black color from his elbows down to the points of his sharp claw like nails and from his knees to his sharp crowned eagle feet. The gold flakes present on his shoulders could also be seen on his hands and some on his feet most notably on his nails ... She saw movement again and that's when she saw what it was. It was his devilish red forked tail that caught her attention she didn't notice it before but now it was curling up and wagging…could this mean he was happy, anxious, excited…amused? She was never good at deciphering body language... Sensing her uneasiness he gave her a sadistic grin revealing to her his pearly white teeth and his sharp front canines that were filed to a point much like a vampires. She gulped a nervous wad of saliva as she was once again entranced by his captivating eyes…What was she supposed to do now? What should she say? She opened her mouth and let out the first set of words she could think of.

"Y-y-you have beautiful eyes…" She stammered.

"Oh?" He said with an amused voice as he drew closer to his new 'master'.

Embarrassed by the sudden invasion of her private space she took a step backwards. This sudden display of meekness caused her new familiar to let out a sigh his smirk shifting from one of amusement to one that was downright condescending.

"Hey are you really the one that summoned me?" He asked with a curious playful tone.

"O-oh! Yes! I am, as y-you can see I-I'm the only one here a-and I have the vessel." Manami explained wondering if her new familiar was just confused on what happen.

"It was a rhetorical question." He stated bluntly.

"O-oh uhh y-yeah umm….S-sorry…" She muttered as she caressed the surface of her vessel nervously.

The demon's mirthless smirk fell slightly as he stood there with a blank face silently watching the nervous witch that was in front of him thinking only one thing and one thing only.

Not only did I not want to become a witch's pet but I just had to be paired with such a weak looking one…Just my luck…

"Um…M-My name is Okuda Manami…w-what shall I address you by?" The witch asked after a few seconds of eerie silence.

In all honestly Manami didn't really know what to do at this point. The bonding ritual was basically complete as she already had part of the demon's soul in her vessel but did she just walk out with them should they talk…? She was at a loss.

"So just so I get this straight my soul is in that little old necklace you have there right?" He asked completely ignoring her attempt for a conversation.

Not sure how to take the disregard against her attempt at communication Manami slightly took a step back a bit surprised by her familiar's attitude towards her…He was nothing like Koro….

"Umm only a fraction o-of it is…" She responded as she finally decided to put on the necklace instead of just holding it.

The demon eyed the piece of jewelry thoughtfully before returning his gaze to her.

"And if you were to die what would happen to me?" He asked curiously tilting his head with a laid back smile.

That question caught her off guard to….This wasn't going at all like she had envisioned.

"Um…I…I think you would be set free f-from your p-previous bonding contract with m-me a-and you could go on living in your previous domain…o-or you could be sent to the F-familiar Re-bonding p-program…" Manami stated thinking long and hard about her answers as she didn't want to give any misinformation to her new familiar.

"I see, I see…" He said thoughtfully tapping his clawed nail on his chin in thought.

"Uhh so…why did you w-want to kn-"

"Does that mean if I kill you I can be paired with a better witch?" He asked nonchalantly with a lazy smile.

Her heart beat stopped, her purple eyes drowning in fear.

"W-what…?"

Akari took in a deep breath trying to calm her raging emotions. She had to get through this, that way she could tell Manami what really happened. It was all that demon's fault. That demon killed her sister. She wanted revenge on that demon.

The magic orbs were ready to receive their elements. The air orb was made using a droplet of mercury, a silver coin, Dragonfly wings, and primroses. Making the air orb made Akari feel bitter towards the demon because Aguri's elemental disposition was air and that demon was an air elemental demon.

For water she used a lotus flower, a spider lily, lapis lazuli, mercury, aquamarine, a sea snake's tail and a few sea shells that she picked up when she was with Aguri at that beach….

Flashes of that demon standing over Aguri's corpses were brought to light but she pushed them back as she redirected her attention to the next orb, fire. She plopped some ashes, sulfur and a salamander tail into the orb watching it slowly shift from green to red.

Earth was next simple enough she put some sea salt, sage, and a few crushed ants. The last one was ether which contained quartz, spider leg, and apple seeds.

Slowly taking in a few deep breaths Akari allowed herself to be immersed in the warming embrace of the void. Long bright green strands of magic began to fly out from her direction lifting up the small brooch from the ground swirling it around before entrapping it in an orb of magic. As it did so Akari began her chant.

Heed my command and catalyze my dreams.

You who are trapped in a cage of madness I, your master, will give you the key to your chains.

Proclaim yourself as my familiar

So I may set your wings free

Our time has come your salvation has begun.

If the shadows try to consume you

I will become the light that destroys the dark you see

If the light wishes to annihilate you

Then I shall use my body to shield thee

I won't let even god take you from me

So emerge and swear you allegiants!

A blinding flash of light shone forth from the center of the magic circle. Blasting forth with merciless energy; however that did nothing to deter Akari who was already making her way towards the center with a scowl, her mind preoccupied with the notion of revenge against the demon who killed her sister. She reached out and snatched the vessel in her hands watching as the magic rays that had previously pushed her away from her goal merged to form a large white flicking arrow that would grant her power. Without warning it struck down hitting the brooch that Akari had held out in anticipation.

With a shout Akari was sent stumbling backwards from the shock waves as her vision was temporarily impaired from the blinding light. Slowly her vision returned, but even before it was fully back she already knew that she was no longer alone in the room….Something else was there with her. Rapidly trying to blink away the last of the haziness Akari stared at her newly acquired familiar.

Its skin was an icy cold blue and random patches of snake's scales decorated its exposed otherwise smooth skin. Slightly poking out from its asphyxiated colored lips were two dainty sharp snake fangs. Its sky blue hair fell pasts its narrow shoulders while its long bangs were brushed to one side effectively veiling over one of its bright azure snake eyes. Its pupils were nothing more than predatory black slits that contracted and expanded like the lens on a camera. Sprouting on top from its sky blue tresses were two long horns that resembled Fargo snail shells.

From the top of its elbows all the way down to the sharp clawed tips of its fingernails the creature's skin hue shifted from blue to an almost bleach white. Her eyes followed the ombre of its arms and although its overall upper appearance looked very feminine and fragile just below its hip bone was a large powerful snake tail that shifted colors from dark blue to cyan. The tail easily probed up the whole creature effortlessly which gave an insight to the demon's underlying strength seeing as it stood tall and erect like a solider or statue without faltering in the slightest. But, despite its efforts to appear menacing by creating the illusion of height even its large tail could not hide the fact that this demon was short perhaps no taller than she or maybe even shorter if it wasn't trying to elevate itself on its tail. It also seemed to have small feathery powder blue wings on its lower back that it extended to its full length as it puffed out its chest to appear impressive…She let out an annoyed 'tch' Just her luck…a demon…it just had to be a demon…

"Hello my name is Shiota Nagisa. I am your new familiar." The demon greeted after Akari was done evaluating its physical attributes.

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Akari didn't say anything, didn't make a move to approach her new familiar she just glared at it with a deep burning hatred. Startled by the sudden animosity towards him Nagisa slithered back in surprise his wings folding into themselves.

"Umm It's very nice to meet you!" Nagisa said kindly with a friendly smile wondering if his new master was perhaps just a little shy.

"Do not address me so casually." Akari growled with narrowed eyes.

"O-Oh umm sorry master…" Nagisa responded thrown off by the whole turn of events.

"Yukimura, Akari."

"W-what?"

"That is my name but you will address me as Mistress Yukimura or simply Mistress." Akari demanded as being called master remained her too much of that other demon.

"As you wish Mistress Yukimura." Nagisa obediently replied.

This feeling he had…it was akin to how he felt when in the presence of his mother, cold and oppressive. Perhaps Mistress was just distrustful of demons due to their bad reputation…he's sure she will warm up to him when he proves himself to be a good familiar….at least he surely hoped so…

"Then let's go." She stated coldly already making her way towards the door.

"Oh and put on your human disguise already, your demon form does not please me." Akari ordered.

"Of course…" Nagisa responded softly before small white snowflakes arose from his tail turning into swirling snow ribbons that covered the entirety of his body before dispersing.

No longer did he have a tail, wings, fangs, or claws. He appeared to be a small cute boy with porcelain skin, azure eyes and light blue hair that was gathered into a small ponytail.

"Does this form please you?" He asked a bit nervously as he tried his best not to fidget… He was a little self-conscious about his body both his demon and human body as he often got teased (by karma) over how feminine he appears.

"It's fine." She responded nonchalantly.

That made Nagisa feel a little better….but overall this bonding to a witch thing was not going as expected….From what Koro-sensei wrote in his letter his master was very warm and go lucky…and they seemed to get along swimmingly….Nagisa had hoped it would be like that with him….but he guesses that everyone gets a different master with varying quirks and personalities….he just wished he been paired up with someone….less hostiles and more….what's the word….well just someone less hostile would be nice. He let out a sigh before quickly following suit of his master who was already striding off on her own making sure to keep a respectable distance between them with him trailing behind.