Something light is hitting my eyes. The sun? I could of swore I blocked out the window.

"Nnngh." I let out a groan when trying to move my body. It hurts to try and move at all. 'This isn't good.' Slowly opening my eyes, I found myself outside. Oh right after that… incident I came out to clear my mind.

It reeks of blood here. It was horrible, it's as if I was bathing in it. In fact I'm pretty sure I'm on something right now. Trying to move makes my body burn up as if I was truly lying in an inferno.

"Kid that was a beautiful display last night, but you can't push yourself like that or you'll end up dead."

'What are you talking about?'

"You took on one to many beast for the energy you had left after your fight."

'That's right, I killed someone yesterday.. I actually did it.' I moved my head around as much as I could to look around, only to see I was in a small clearing of what should be a peaceful scene. Yet it was dyed crimson with blood and is littered with corpses of danger beast of many kind. 'Seems like Akame is going to have a field day with all this food.'

Now that I think about it, it's cold outside. Even though the sun is shining right on me, weird.

"I'd love a feast like that again one day child, so prepare your body and give me a feast even better next time."

'You just really like killing don't you.'

"Of course, I was famous for it. Even before the time I became a beast to those of my half kin."

Closing my eyes, I relax a little. You're a really mysterious being aren't you Nyph. You and I have been together for so long yet I know nothing about you. 'Half kin? What does that mean?'

"Sigh, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you."

I could feel a small grin on my face. 'And I will listen.'

"In a village in the North, there was a tribe that lived there, they lived a life of harmony with what you call danger beast. You could say it was coexistence at it's finest. It was a very beautiful place. It was also the village that held my mother. A human."

A human mother, but he's a danger beast as well. No I'm merely listening and he'll probably get to that, I won't interrupt him. I could feel myself drifting off to sleep, as if his voice was truly calming my aching body. Yet I could still hear his voice loud and clear. Is it because I want to know more about him, or because he's an entity that exists within me?

"In the village there were dragons that could take the form of man. These dragons were the reason for coexistence. You can guess what comes from there. I'll skip the years, but I shall have you know, many people like me use to exist, half danger beast and half human. Where everyone wanted to stay peaceful in the village, I left it. It was a boring environment, yet even leaving it, it was still a place I cherished somewhere in my body. I found work as a mercenary, I earned a very 'respectable' name and became famous. Yet I grew a very.. peculiar taste for flesh, which I would happily indulge in. Yet the more I ate, the more beast like I became. I had to adorne armor just to hide what I was becoming, I truly became a beast unlike any other. I decided a life like that wasn't something I could keep living, so I returned to my home. Yet there wasn't anything there, nothing. It was as if it never existed. I had an idea what happened, the Empire came and eradicated the small village I called home. With no home, I went upon a path of destruction where I truly turned into a beast. I attacked the Empire and its citizens, I ate the corpses of all those giving into every single urge I had. I painted this land crimson, it was truly beautiful. I inflicted terror into everyone's heart. I became Nypherius, my blood turned to poison from eating all corpses, that of poisonous beings and even rotten bodies. After my rampage went on for long enough, the Emperor demanded my death. It took them long enough, sadly though I didn't last longer than Tyrant, that cunning bastard. If only I could of fought him one more time, I'm sure I could of had him. Well with my death I was turned into two imperial arms, the blood type that you had taken, and Murusame. Where my blood only had one user, Murusame did not. My blood was uncontrollable, I turned my user into my pawn and used my powers to create my temple along with some easily manipulated followers and their descendants. I placed my blood in there and awaited for someone that knows suffering just as I had to give my blood to. You know the rest from there. Wait… GAH YOU FELL ASLEEP?"

'Don't worry, only my body. You should know better than anyone about our communications.'

"That is true, I merely forgot."

'Hey Nypherius, what was your name from before?'

"There is no need, you can know me as Nypherius."

'I see. Well thank you for being my companion, even though you're truly a demon that has used my body for mass killing. Yet after this I understand why. The Empire is truly evil isn't it.'

"It always has been, an evil being calling itself justice. Yet how can it be justice by using corrupt means to attain that justice? Using corrupt methods as a base will never amount to anything besides more corruption. That's all this Empire has become now to prove it, corrupt."

'I see. I'm going to rest more Nyph.'

"Rest well child."


Slowly waking up, I rose out of bed. Wait, I'm in a bed? With a quick scan, I realized. "Oh I'm in my room."

"Zzzz." Snoring? Looking towards the source of the noise. I saw a purple tuft of hair.

"Scheele?" Why is she on my bed. Wait why am I back in my bad? What happened.

I watched her slowly stir around and rise up. There was a small trail of drool coming from her mouth. Don't tell me she drooled on my bed. Running my hand over the spot where her face was… not a good idea.

"Goodmoorning Leoooo." She said while yawning.

"Please don't drool on my bed..."

"Oopsie, I'm sorry." Looking at her, she seemed like a klutz how can she be an assassin? "You know, you should open up a bit more to everyone like you do with Leone."

"Why does it matter if I open up or not?" It's not like I have anything to talk about with them.

"Nobody would trust their back to someone they know nothing about. Try opening up to me."

"I uh... what… how?" How am I supposed to open up when I have no idea what to talk about? This girl isn't subtle about this.

"Well why have you closed yourself to people in the first place?"

"I uh.. I don't know.."


A wounded girl is on the ground, there is a gash on her side with blood pouring out of it.

A dead mother slashed to pieces.

A dead father hanging on a pike.

A dead sister hanging from a tree.

The faces of the dead I never knew.


"Because anyone close to me has suffered in some form. I was too weak, when I was a child I watched my family die. I was saved by a girl when being attacked by an animal, as a result she got injured. I fell in the middle of a snowstorm and was a burden upon a village of strangers. My hands are dyed red with blood of people whose name's I'll never know. It's probably best to keep people away, that way it won't be my fault if anyone is hurt unless done by my hands." It hurt to say that, my chest feels so tight. As I was saying all that I realized how true it was, if only I had strength, if only, they'd still be alive.

I could feel the warm tears flowing down my face. My body is shaking "I.."

I was cut off from my words as I felt a warm embrace. "Leo it's okay to be weak, I was weak once too, all of us were weak at a point. Well except for Braht and Boss, but we grow strong as a group, as a family. We'd love for you to join in the family and accept us as we have accepted you." Her words had a calming effect on me, she seemed like that of a mother.

"A f...family." My words came out shakily.

"Yes a family." She let go of me and stood up. " Now you should rest, and don't worry about the mission tonight." Scheele turned and walked away from me.

Before she had the chance to get outside my door I called out to her. "Wait! Let me get some food and join the others on their mission. If even one more person is gone from a mission the chances of death goes up." I jumped out of bed, ignoring the pain I caught up to Scheele. "Let's go."

I could feel her grinning at me. "I'm glad you and Tatsumi are a part of our family, I'm sure you both will do so much for us." Yep she's definitely a mother in this family.

I could feel a small grin forming on my face. "Yea, but please do me a favor and try to not let Tatsumi know about me.. I don't want him learning about who I've become."

"You already knew him?" She looked down at me, wonder in her eyes.

"Yea, I stayed in his village for awhile before I became Demon of the North. Some demon I turned out to be. Ha." It's laughable at how much of a demon I turned out to be. The only truth is the demon inside me.

"You look like a demon, but your heart is that of kindness." Looking at her, there was a kind smile on her face. There she goes saying something weird with such a kind expression.

"Th-thank you." This is weird but, I might just find a home here yet. A home where a family takes away each other's pain and leaves warmth in the heart.


A/N well another chapter done, I want to get bigger chapters in but there are also those little chapters to fill the spaces inbetween and I haven't had nearly as much time as I thought I would. I've been sick and having to be a frequent visitor to the everyday local hospital oh joy. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the many more to come since this is going to be a somewhat long story.