"Alright so, lemme set the record straight. You, Four Arms and Pink Guy over there were holed up in here during the Extermination."
"Yeah."
"You were jumped by Five fucking Exterminators."
"Mmhm."
"And you killed all of them whilst also getting a weird wire claw thing?"
"Yes."
Mikazuki's response to all of Husk's questions were rather simple, and yet, by the time the Cat Demon was able to process his words, he found himself being hit by something more powerful than all of his hangovers combined, though for once in his life (and afterlife), it didn't escape him as a groan. No, instead, Husk found himself laughing in amazement as he slammed his palm into the countertop, causing some glass cups that Shino was filling to bounce up in the process.
"Oh man, you crazy motherfucker!" bellowed Husk in amusement as he pointed a claw at Augus, who remained neutral as he leaned backwards to avoid being smacked in the face by Husk's claw. The pilot did wince a little when the cat demon smacked the handle of his Ultra Large Mace, which was leaning against the countertop, though he quickly went back to his usual, neutral self when he saw that it wasn't about to fall over any time soon.
Thereafter, Augus glanced behind himself and saw Akihiro glancing at both himself and the cat demon with a raised brow, making it rather apparent to the former Ace that he was surprised to see how casually Husk was when speaking to him, though the pilot in white waved a clawed hand at him to tell him that this was normal at this point, prompting Akihiro to nod in understanding as he went back to doing his job.
As he did so, however, a blur suddenly blasted up towards Akihiro, with said blur zooming up his leg with such speed that it nearly launched itself up into the ceiling, though thankfully enough it didn't go that far, as Niffty managed to cling onto Akihiro's Full City shoulder before she launched herself skywards and stared at the behemoth of a man with widened, starry eyes. Vice versa, Atland appeared amazed at her agility, though he didn't say much else as he watched her gush over him like a schoolgirl.
"Omigosh! You're one of Mikazuki's friends? Akihiro Atland, right? Oh my, you're very big! So much taller than Mikazuki! Even from your shoulder, I can probably see all the way from Pentagram City to Damnation Peak!" blurted out Niffty as she zoomed all around Akihiro, making him just a little uncomfortable as he found himself unable to properly respond to the energetic imp's comments. "Whoa! What are these weird bags on your back? Do they have dust in them? Let me clean that up!"
Before she could do that, however, Akihiro activated one of his sub-arms and used it to pry Niffty off his back. Thereafter, he threw her right at Mikazuki, who nonchalantly activated his own sub-arm hidden within his Lupus Rex forearm and snatched the cyclops out of the air. Little Niffty pouted quite a bit as the pilot set her down on the chair beside him, though she didn't bother complaining as she leaned up on the counter and eyed Norba Shino intently.
"Oh! You're pink! That's a great colour, it really compliments your look!" praised Niffty, and at that, Shino's face brightened up immensely as he smirked at Niffty and gave her a thumbs up.
"Finally! Someone understands my taste!" bellowed Shino, with his smirk appearing impossibly large as he slammed his Shiden arm into the countertop and shook the entire building in the process. "Alright kiddo, whatever you want is on the house for today!"
"Is he always like this?" asked Husk, with him raising a brow as he held his mug of alcohol up and gestured it towards Shino, and at that, Augus simply shrugged a tiny bit as he watched Niffty order several cups of milk from the Ryusei Go's pilot, who obliged by pulling out what she had asked for with quite a bit of dexterity.
"Usually, yes…" commented Mika with a nod as threw a raisin into his mouth, and as he did so, his ears perked up when he heard the distinct jingle of Channel Six-Six-Six coming from a close by TV.
Channel Six-Six-Six… Mika's heard of that channel on occasion. The best (and possibly the only, if some rumors were to be believed) news channel in Hell, the station was hosted by Katie Killjoy and Tom Trench, who were charismatic, to a certain degree, and, according to Husk, full of bullshit. Mika himself didn't exactly care much for it as he didn't enjoy watching television, not that he had much free time to do so anyways, though considering how he didn't have much else to do at the moment, he reckoned that he may as well see what Six-Six-Six had to offer for now.
"Good afternoon, you rotten mistakes of nature! I'm Katie Killjoy!" greeted the titular face of Six-Six-Six, with her gesturing towards her chest as she introduced herself.
"And I'm Tom Trench!" added in the secondary face of the channel, with his gas mask mouthpiece moving with each word he spoke as he introduced himself. Upon hearing their voices, Norba blinked and turned his attention towards the screen above, with him smiling all the while.
"Oh jeez, they're on again!" laughed Shino with a smirk as he jerked a thumb towards the TV hanging above them, prompting Augus to raise a brow as he rubbed his chin. Husk, on the other hand, didn't seem to care as he downed more alcohol.
"You watch the news?" asked Mika, only for Shino to laugh it off and wave his hand dismissively.
"When the only other channels feature cannibal chefs, gore porn and straight up {REDACTED}, you eventually learn to appreciate some of the less excessive crap," explained Shino, prompting Mika to nod in understanding while Husk spat out his drink.
"You didn't need to remind me that crap existed, pink guy!" bellowed Husk in anger as he pointed a claw at Shino, who shrugged as he turned back to the TV above them and continued watching the program.
"As you all know, it's been… let's say about a day since the yearly Extermination has ended!" announced Tom after he took a quick look at his watch for confirmation, and after he did so, he nodded in satisfaction before continuing. "And as per usual, as soon as those spear holding fucks left the place we oh so generously call home, the turf wars begin! "
"Indeed, Tom! We have it on good authority that, within Pentagram City, the self proclaimed Kingpin of Mecha, Sir Pentious, and the Bombastic Queen of Destruction, Cherri Bomb, are at each other's throats once more!" added Katie as Augus raised a brow, with him recalling the name of the first guy all the while. "As per tradition, demons all over Hell are duking it out to gain territory over one another, and based on all the info we've obtained, following the death of Pentagram City head honcho, Slattern, many demons are clawing their way up to the top to fill the void left behind by him, though none have come close to attaining that position when compared to either Sir Pentious or Cherri Bomb! They are certainly fighting tooth and nail for this hotspot in Pentagram City, and thus far, no one has been able to match their ferocity!"
"Well, if she's that furious on the field, then I'd like to see how astonishing she is under the sheets!" quipped Tom Trench in a rather out of character moment as Shino snickered a little at that, though Augus said nothing on it as he simply listened.
"Oooh, I'm sure you do, Tom… but even so…" commented Katie dismissively… as she poured some boiling hot coffee(?) onto poor Trench's crotch, prompting him to groan in pain as he slammed his chin into the tabletop. "I think you have higher priorities to think about rather than getting Cherri Bomb to lower herself down to your measly level, yes?"
"Oh not again-"
"And coming up next, we have an exclusive interview from the daughter of Hell's very own head honcho, who's here to discuss her passion project!" continued Katie, with her ignoring the agony Tom was currently in as Shino winced a little on Trench's behalf. Husk, for his part, laughed hard enough to fall onto his back as he found Tom's ordeal to be downright hilarious, and as for Mika and Niffty, the former had tuned out by then and the latter was too busy drinking milk to care. "All that and more, after the break!
"Suck it up you lil' bi-"
Off air
"Well, that was certainly… something…" commented Mika as he used his Lupus Rex sub-arm to help Husk off the ground and back onto his chair as Shino snorted in apparent agreement. Niffty didn't even know what was going on as she continued drinking her milk.
"Trust me, what you just saw is pretty tame," assured Shino as he stared past Augus and raised a brow when he saw Akihiro wrestling with a random demon that was getting a little too drunk for his liking. He noticeably winced when Atland straight up German Suplexed the drunk devil out of the building, though he was quick to dismiss it as he turned back to Mika. "Though I gotta wonder… what exactly does the Princess of Hell wanna talk about, anyways?"
"Beats me. Doesn't really matter, anyways. It's her passion project, not ours," pointed out Mika as Shino shrugged in apparent agreement, having found some truth behind Augus' words as he moved to offer a cup of fine, Hellbrewed wine to a patron of theirs, who was kind enough to offer Shino a tip for his services. Norba didn't exactly know what he was going to do with an eyeball… though he wasn't one to deny a tip as he pocketed it regardless.
"Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen the princess before. Do you think she's cute?" asked Shino as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, and at that, Mika recalled seeing a picture of the princess of Hell at one point. In a way, she was, indeed, cute, but even so… she wasn't as cute as Atra. "Or if she has big boobs?"
"Shino," muttered Mika in amusement as Norba laughed it off, smirking a little as he took note of Augus' mildly amused expression.
"Ha! Gotcha!" quipped Shino as Husk snorted and waved at the pink guy, who glanced at him with a raised brow. "Ho? What can I help you with, kitty cat?"
"Firstly, the name's Husk! It's not hard to remember! Secondly, I need a refill here!" protested Husk, and in response to that, Shino simply offered him an entire bottle of alcohol, prompting him to smile widely and chug the thing down. By the time he stopped for a breath, the bottle was already a quarter empty. "Ah… that's some good shit…"
"Best we've got, Husker. That one's on the house. Consider it a gift to thank you for keeping our little gremlin safe," assured Shino with a wink as Husk laughed and jerked a thumb at Norba.
"I like you, pink guy," assured Husk with a semi-sarcastic smirk, and at that, Norba snorted as he nodded.
"Yeah yeah, and it's Norba Shino, alright! Don't cha' forget it!" proclaimed Shino with a smirk, and after Husk waved him off, Mika couldn't help but snort in amusement as he glanced at the cat demon.
"I still don't understand why you came looking for me," admitted Mika offhandedly as Husk lowered the bottle from his lips and burped, much to Shino's amusement, before responding to Augus' inquiry.
"Red fuck asked me to come find you. Didn't want to, but when I heard where you were, I thought I'd give it a shot," explained Husk as he shrugged. "Got banned from Klub Kaiju back in the day, but I think the guy that placed the restraining order on me was killed in an extermination like a decade ago."
"Well, then why didn't you visit sooner?" asked Shino, sounding somewhat curious, prompting Husk to laugh heartily as he eyed Norba with a sarcastic gaze.
"The stuff in this damn place sucked ass back in the day, but it was cheap, and back then, I didn't have that many options, so I just came here and drank this place dry!" answered Husk as he emptied the contents of the bottle Shino had given him before tossing the now empty bottle over his shoulder, knocking another demon right in the head in the process. "There's another club that's more tolerant of me, but honestly? Coming back here does get me a little nostalgic, so I can't really complain."
"Fair enough. But if I may… why is she here?" added Shino as he pointed towards Niffty, who was downing her fourth cup of milk as the Ryusei Go pilot motioned towards her. Mika himself seemed keen on finding out the reason as well, and their answer came rather quickly.
"Oh, her? She asked, so I just let her tag along," answered Husk nonchalantly, prompting Shino to wince a little as Mika snorted in amusement. Yeah, that was certainly something the cat demon would do…
"Fair enough," commented Mika with a shrug as Husk went back to drinking his problems away, and at that, Shino sighed to himself as he wiped a glass cup with a cloth, seeming a little restless all the while, prompting Mika to raise a brow at him. "Something on your mind?"
"Oh? Well, of course," confirmed Shino with a shrug. "It's… the Exterminators-"
"We already talked about this, Shino. We can't show them off," reminded Mika, frowning a little as Shino pouted a tiny bit, much to Augus' amusement as he sighed.
The pilot still recalled their little… talk after they had beaten the five Exterminators. Shino seemed keen on flaunting their abilities to the other demons of Hell, with him considering it a way to show them that they were not to be trifled with, though both Akihiro and Mikazuki had considered that to be a terrible idea.
While yes, lesser demons, be they Hellborn or Sinner, would certainly come to fear and/or respect the Tekkadan trio if they were to ever learn of them killing up to five Exterminators, the higher ranking demons of Hell would undoubtedly see them as a threat of sorts, one that would have to be dealt with in one of two ways. They would either try and recruit them, a prospect that Mika didn't really find enticing as Alastor was already irritating enough on his own, or they would just try and kill them. The second option was fine to Mika, as he could potentially handle whatever an Overlord could throw at him, though he wasn't too sure if the same could be said for Akihiro or Shino…
"Yeah yeah… it's for our own safety and all that. But still… it kinda sucks that we can't show off a tiny bit in Hell," lamented Shino as he lowered his head down a little. Before long, however, he shook his head and seemingly got over his small bout of sadness as he placed his hands on his hips. "But I guess I'll just have to find something else to brag about!"
"Like that time you dropped a building on top of me?" reminded Mika, prompting Shino to slouch a little as Husk spat the alcohol out of his mouth in shock.
"He fucking what?" demanded Husk, only for Shino to slap both his hands over Mika's mouth.
"NOTHING!" assured Shino in embarrassment, with him not wishing for anyone else to know about that embarrassing moment as Augus snorted, and right then, the jingle for Channel Six-Six-Six could be heard coming on, signifying the end of the commercial break as Norba sighed and lowered his hands from Augus' mouth. "Jeez… you can be really cruel sometimes, Mika."
And to that, Mika simply snorted in amusement as he shrugged, neither confirming nor denying Shino's claims as he turned his attention towards the television hanging up on the ceiling, where Katie Killjoy was on screen alongside another demon that was unfamiliar to everyone present.
Unfamiliar to everyone except Mikazuki, anyways…
"Welcome back!" proclaimed Katie right as Channel Six-Six-Six went back on air, with the aforementioned demon zipping in from offscreen with such speed that she may or may not have dislocated her neck upon returning to frame. Mika raised his brows in amusement at that while Shino and Husk shared a quick laugh, though they were quick to get over it as Killjoy snapped her neck back into place and turned her attention towards her guest of honor, who was giving her an odd look as she puffed her red cheeks up. "So, Charlotte!"
"It's… Charlie," corrected the Princess of Hell as everyone present, or at least everyone that was watching the broadcast, had a good look at just how miss Charlie Magne looked like. Shino found himself smirking a little as he looked Miss Magne over with a critical eye, and as he did so, Akihiro, after having thrown some bastard out for being too horny, walked over to check on his pals.
"Well, she's certainly quite a looker. Too cute for my tastes, though. Are we sure she's the Princess of Hell? Seems too soft for someone of her stature," asked Shino for some clarification as Akihiro stared up at the TV before shrugging. Likewise, Mika remained indifferent to the whole situation as he observed Charlie with a bored expression.
"She is. White face, red cheeks, blonde hair. She looks like Lucifer," confirmed Mika, prompting Shino to scoff a little as Akihiro raised his brows questioningly.
"Are we sure that isn't makeup? It seems too white to be natural. Come to think of it… do you think the white on Lucifer's face and the red cheeks are makeup?" commented Atland curiously as he rubbed his chin, and to that, Mika shrugged.
"Probably not. It's Hell. I've seen weirder things than white faces and red cheeks," assured Augus, and to that, Akihiro simply nodded as he dropped the issue for now and turned his attention back towards the TV. He had a job to do, yes, but even so, he was interested in knowing why the Princess of Hell was live on air…
"Whatever," continued Katie in response to Charlie correcting her on how to say her name. As she spoke, the reporter held a pen up in the air and jammed her thumb into its top, a gesture that, at the very least, intimidated Magne to a certain extent as she hid part of her face behind the papers she had on her as Killjoy spoke. "Now, if you may, perhaps you could tell us all about this little passion project you've been pestering our news station about!"
"She sounds like a bitch!" commented Niffy out of the blue as she lowered her… tenth cup of milk, and at that, both Akihiro and Shino winced while Husk laughed at the accuracy of the cyclops' statement. Mika, however.
"Niffty, no swearing," scolded Mika, frowning a little as he eyed the tiny demon, to which she pouted.
"But you do it sometimes!" complained Niffty, prompting Augus to sigh a little as he realized that… shit, she was right, though before he could come up with an excuse, the little cyclops flashed a smile and continued. "But for you, Mikazuki Augus, I'll do it!"
"Thank you."
"Well…" continued Charlie as Mika turned his attention back to the screen, with Shino offering Niffty another cup of milk all the while, if only to keep her from running around the bar like she did just now. As he did so, Augus found himself narrowing his eyes a little at Magne as he watched her explain this little passion project of hers… and if he were honest… he was still surprised that this was the princess of Hell. She just looked too… nice, for the lack of a better term, to have that title!
"Oi, Mika, you're staring a little too intently at her," chastised Shino as he gently bonked the pilot in question over the head with the flat side of his Assault Knife, causing him to blink and glance at him. Norba responded to his gaze with a smirk as he rubbed his chin playfully, with him hiding the Assault Knife down under the countertop in the process, and thereafter… "You think she's hot or something?"
"No. She just doesn't look like she belongs in Hell," responded Mika as he exhaled sharply. Raising his brows at that, Shino found himself staring at Charlie for a brief few seconds before he shrugged, seeming to agree just a little with that statement as he went back to doing his job, though he did keep his attention on the screen all the while.
"W-Well, as many of you may know, I was born here in Hell… and growing up here… I always tried to see the good in everything around me," continued Charlie as Mika, Akihiro and Shino shared a bewildered look between each other. Hell, even Husk found himself lowering his bottle of alcohol down from his lips when he heard that, though he was quick to get over it with a shrug. Yeah… now, it was definitely a lot harder to believe that this was the Princess of Hell. Of course, Shino was quick to laugh it off when Katie Killjoy, in her infinite wisdom, saw fit to stab some Hellborn bug that was crawling on the reporter table with her pen, causing some of its brown blood to splash onto Charlie's cheek, prompting her to stutter a tiny bit as she wiped it off. "Hell is my home a-and you are my people-"
"Are we 100% sure that this isn't an imposter?" clarified Akihiro, with him seeming genuinely baffled at Charlie's little speech as he stared down at Mika with widened eyes, and in response to Atland, the Ace pilot shrugged. At first, he was sure that this was the Princess of Hell thanks to memory and similar appearances to Lucifer and Lilith… though at this point in time, he wasn't sure anymore.
"-we… we just went through another extermination… and we lost… so many souls. And it… it just… breaks my heart to see so many of my people being slaughtered like that every year, without even being given a chance to change!" continued Charlie as Katie appeared to be growing increasingly bored with her speech. Likewise, Husk seemed to have tuned out of it as well as he was already fast asleep, and likewise, Akihiro saw fit to tune it out as well, though unlike the cat demon, he had to go check on something.
"Hey, Akihiro! What the Hell is that noise?" asked Shino, with him referring to the sound of Beam Weapons being discharged in the distance. Akihiro responded by shrugging a little as he stared out of the door to Klub Kaiju, and not even a second later he pulled his head back in when a sustained Beam blast struck the spot his head was once at, much to his shock as he shut the door to Klub Kaiju within the blink of an eye.
"I think it's the turf war," answered Akihiro as several explosions could be heard in the background, prompting Shino to smirk a little as he pulled his Flauros Rifles out from under the counter. The rifle barrels nearly smacked Mika in the face as he pulled them out, though he didn't seem to notice that as the Ace pilot kept his attention on the TV screen above him.
The words of Charlie Magne, while not exactly of interest to Augus… did make him feel oddly nostalgic, as her naive mindset reminded the pilot of a certain other blonde…
"The turf war? Between the Snake and Cyclops?" asked Shino in anticipation as he appeared to be raring for some action, and in response to that, Atland opened his mouth to respond… only for him to be silenced when a demon was thrown into Klub Kaiju via its window, causing him to wince all the while.
Said demon crashed into the ground with enough force to create a small crevasse on impact, and likewise, their body demolished several tables and chairs before it came to a grinding halt in front of the countertop, where Shino and Niffty stared down at their single eyed face with raised brows. Their sudden appearance was even enough to snap Husk out of his alcohol induced slumber as he stared down at the demon with widened eyes.
Mika, on the other hand, didn't even look away from the TV.
"I can't stand idly by while the place I live in is subjected to such violence!"
"Oh hey there, Cherri," greeted Shino in a rather nonchalant manner as Cherri Bomb was quick to jump back up to her feet and dust herself off like she had not just been thrown into the establishment at 50-or-soMPH. As she did so, she smirked and attempted to wink at Norba, though it didn't really work for obvious reasons.
"Oh hey there pink guy! You know the deal, put it on my tab!" proclaimed Cherri before she left Klub Kaiju through the door and re-entered the chaos outside, prompting Shino to scoff a little as he nodded. Thereafter, the Ryusei Go pilot went back to wiping a glass cup, with him acting as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened, prompting Husk to stare at him with a raised brow.
"You know Cherri Fucking Bomb?" grumbled Husk, seeming interested in that little tidbit as Shino simply shrugged.
"She has a tendency to come crashing into the place from time to time whenever she gets into turf wars. It happens a lot, y'know? We exchanged names once and the rest is history," explained Shino, smirking a little as Husk processed that information and shrugged. Sure, he could go with that, he reckoned, and thereafter, the cat demon slammed his head back onto the countertop and went back to sleep as Akihiro sighed and walked up towards the counter with an irritated look on his face.
"Her tab's growing larger and larger by the hour, Shino…" grumbled Atland as he ignored the angry yells from the patrons in the background, with all of them demanding some form of payment for their ruined beverages as Shino promptly ignored them, seeming more interested in speaking to Akihiro as he shrugged.
"Meh, she's a friend, so I'll let it slide," assured Shino with a wink as the Gusion's pilot rolled his eyes and grumbled a little to himself. By all means, he would've continued the argument, though he knew that there was no getting through with Norba, especially when it came to girls, and as such, he opted to drop the issue for now as he turned and got ready to head back to work, though he did pause for a short while when he noticed how Mika has yet to look away from the TV screen above them.
If anything, Augus seemed to be staring up at the screen with more interest as he narrowed his eyes curiously, prompting Akihiro to stare up at it with a raised brow as he listened.
"Sooooo… I've been thinking… isn't there a more… humane way of handling overpopulation here in Hell? Perhaps we could create an… alternative way to train souls through… redemption?" continued Charlie, and at that, Akihiro and Shino stared at one another with amused looks on their faces as the former facepalmed while the latter pinched his cheek to make sure that this was all real and not some weird dream he was having.
"Yep, I'm convinced that we got an imposter on screen," quipped Shino with a sigh. Akihiro silently agreed with that statement as he nodded, though as for Mika… the pilot found his heart clenching up a tiny bit as he narrowed his eyes a little more at Charlie.
Her optimistic naivete… her hopeless compassion… her willingness to do what she perceived to be 'right' no matter the cost… it was almost as if Mikazuki was staring at a young Kudelia Aina Bernstein once more, and that in itself was more than enough to make his heart skip a beat or two as he felt a shudder go up his spine.
He really did miss them, huh…
As Augus found his mind returning to his two lovers, however, Akihiro, rather abruptly, felt a hand drop onto his shoulder, prompting him to turn around and stare up at a rather large demon who scowled down at him in an attempt at intimidation… an attempt that didn't go too well as Atland just stared at him indifferently. Said demon appeared to be a shark type, and considering how he's never seen him around before, Akihiro reckoned that he must be a new patron.
"Can I help you?" asked Akihiro, with him opting for a more polite approach to the situation as he turned and stared at the shark demon with a raised brow. In response to his question, the shark curled his lips up and bared his teeth as he offered him a toothy grin, revealing a single golden tooth within his massive maw as he responded. Atland offered no reaction to the gesture, even as he saw his own reflection in the demon's teeth.
"Yes, perhaps you can. That bitch just dropped in and ruined several tables that were reserved for my gang," explained the demon as he gestured towards the little crevasse that Cherri Bomb had created after she was thrown into the establishment. A handful of other demons, mostly fish based Sinners, if Akihiro had to guess, were emerging from whatever remained of the tables as the shark demon continued. "Normally, we'd go out and beat her ass for fucking up our spot… but seeing as how she's gone, and how we're in a decent mood today… we're going to just-"
"Sorry pal, no free refills!" cut off Shino as he finished wiping a cup dry, cutting the shark demon off right there and then as he shrugged nonchalantly. The shark seemed to be rather baffled by that statement as Norba smirked, having worked here long enough to know just what some demons asked for when discussing how their favorite hangout spots were ruined. Free refills were, simply put, nonexistent in Klub Kaiju, and likewise, there were no refunds.
Scummy? Sure… but this was Hell, and being scummy was a regular occurrence around here.
"Well I think yes, and that's what this project aims to achieve!"
"And refunds?" inquired the demon, only for Shino to scoff.
"No refunds! The sign outside said so!" confirmed Shino, with him glancing past the shark demon as he spoke. He took note of up to twelve other demons present, all Sinners no doubt, getting up onto their feet and brandishing various cobbled together weapons as they glared at Shino and Akihiro with murderous intent.
"... are you certain?" asked the shark demon as Shino rolled his eyes and reached down below the countertop, with his mechanical digits grasping onto his Assault Knives all the while.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm opening the first of its kind: a hotel that rehabilitates sinners!"
"Well, it's not our fault that you can't read the fine print, now isn't it?" shot Norba as he smirked a little at the shark demon, who grimaced rather intensely as he shut his eyes and exhaled sharply through his nose. As he did so, Charlie began to speak in a rather nervous manner on screen, something that made Mika smile just a tiny bit as he recalled when Kudelia had first extended her hand to him all those years ago… though before long, he found his attention finally being ripped away from the television screen when he heard the shark demon gnash his teeth together in a rage. "Now, mozey on, please! I've got more patrons to work with, and if you give me the excuse of you being a patron as well, trust me; having you as one of our guests just gives Otachi's name a bad name, and trust me, she doesn't need your help in doing that!."
And with those words uttered, the shark demon, seemingly having reached the end of his fuse, roared out in range and sprung forwards, with him aiming to bite Shino's head straight off his body all the while, and yet, before he could even come close to doing so, Mikazuki widened his eyes and allowed his pupils to dilate rather intensely as he sprung up from his seat and shot his Lupus Rex arm out towards the shark.
Cold, golden claws wrapped themselves around the shark demon's neck as Mikazuki hoisted him up into the air and glared at him with his icy blue eyes. All around him, the twelve other members of this demon's gang appeared to be taken aback by Augus' unexpected show of force, though before they could react, Mikazuki grimaced and threw the demon back, causing him to land on his rear all the while.
"Maybe I'm not getting through to you…"
"Maybe Shino's not getting through to you…" growled Mika, reaching behind himself and grabbing onto the handle of his Ultra Large Mace as he spoke. The sharpened digits of his Barbatos Form 3 hand wrapped themselves tightly around the weapon's handle as Mikazuki kept his glare leveled on the demons that were currently standing in front of him, and by his side, Akihiro was clenching and unclenching his fists in preparation for what was to come whilst Shino already had his single Flauros cannon flipped up and over his shoulder.
"Leave this place. Now."
The growl behind Mikazuki's voice was unmistakable, but even so, the demons that insisted on making a ruckus weren't keen on leaving empty handed as they found themselves poised to lunge forwards, and at that, Mika exhaled sharply as he ignored the crowd in the background making bets on who would win this little battle as he grimaced.
And with that, the sound of Mikazuki's golden claws scraping against one another, alongside the snap of Charlie's fingers via the television above them, signaled the start of quite the bar fight.
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"Oh my god... Charlie Magne... Charlemagne!" - my proofreader
