Chapter 12: Not All Things Are What They Seem
Things coudn't have been better for Akira in the last two weeks.
Aside from spending time with his new friends and being succesful in his job as a cook, he and Jun had begun to date.
And the same could be said for Jun too. Not only had she had resumed working at her agency after two months of depression, she had rekindled her friendship with Yuasa and even discovered a new friend in fellow supermodel, Lisa. The two had worked together well in the last two weeks, Lisa's prideful and confident attitude complementing Jun's beaming but still shy personality well.
It all began on that Thursday, almost two weeks ago, when Akira and Jun went shopping together in one of Tokyo's most lively shopping streets, the Ameyoko Avenue.
(Flashback)
Akira had just arrived at the place where he and Jun had arranged to meet, just at the beginning of the avenue. He was now wearing a red shirt covered by a black jacket with grey lining, black pants and brown shoes. Those were, in fact, the clothes he had bought when he went shopping with the others four days ago.
"Mmmm….. it sure looks different from last time i went here." mused Akira to himself. The last time he had visited this avenue was back on his world 26 years in the past with Miki's family. How strange it was: to visit a place familiar yet completely foreign at the same time.
"Akira! Over here!" came Jun's voice from behind him. He then turned around and gasped slightly. She was wearing a pink long-sleeved shirt, a light blue skirt that reached just at her shins and light brown mid-heeled sandals. She also wore a white and blue straw hat that, coupled with the colourful attire she had chosen, made her even more attractive.
She was walking towards him with a smile on her lips and waving happily at him when he spotted her. As soon as she came closer, she noticed Akira's surprised expression and so her smile momentarily dissappeared and she asked, worried "Everything alright, Akira?", pulling him out of his thoughts.
Regaining his composure, he replied hesitantly "Oh, nothing. It's just…." before his usual soft smile formed on his lips and he spoke "You look beautiful." with a warm, passionate tone, causing Jun's cheeks to turn red.
She remained like that for a few moments before her beautiful smile returned and she replied "Awww… you're so sweet!" in the softest, most enchanting tone one could think of. "And you know, has anyone ever told how good you look in red?" she added, her voice taking on a flirtatious tone.
This time, Akira's cheeks turned slightly red at the compliment. There it was again, that beautiful, soft, captivating smile that brought Akira so much comfort. He then replied "Well, glad you like it! Even though i do usually prefer darker clothing, i thought that you might have liked something more vibrant." in his usual upbeat tone, charming Jun even more.
They then began to tour the avenue and its many shops, trying on dozens and dozens of clothes.
"Well? How do i look?" Asked Jun later in one of the shops they went, after putting on a purple long-sleeved top with an outer frill along the arms and a very long ruffled light lavender skirt and turning her body around, causing the skirt to flutter.
Akira was mesmerized. The dress and the skirt went perfectly with her hair and soft, white skin. "I probably sound like a broken record, but the thing is, everything looks beautiful on you. Especially that purple dress. Love how the skirt flutters in sync with your hair too." he replied happily with his usual smile.
Jun, in return, gave back an even sweeter smile before replying "Awww… please. You flatter me." while putting the fingers of one of her hands on her face and lips and blinking her eyes rapidly in a hot and captivating way, turning Akira on. It was amazing at how someone as shy as Jun could pull out such an alluring, captivating and obviously sexy voice and look on her face. Then again, she was a supermodel: she had learned to pull off such looks with years of work and practice.
"Well, guess it's my turn now." he replied, after his wonder died down. He entered the dressing cabin with the clothes he had selected, before starting to get dressed.
For the life of her, Jun coudn't resist. She wondered what Akira's phisique looked like and so after a few seconds, she peeked ever so slightly, only to gasp in amazement after seeing Akira's muscular, athletic figure. She took in everything, from his wide shoulders, his biceps and legs slowly and with delight. He was already a handsome young man from his face alone, but his muscular and athletic build made him even more stunning.
Having noticed that she was staring at him, Akira smiled and without turning around spoke "Like what you see?" in his usual upbeat tone. Caught in the act, Jun's cheeks went beet red and she turned around.
"S-sorry about that….. i just….. coudn't help myself…." she replied in a half- nervous, half-embarrassed tone, causing Akira to chuckle. She almost sounded like a schoolgirl due to her voice taking on a higher pitch.
"Don't worry, i'm used to that." he replied happily, calming Jun down. Then he came out of the cabin, now dressed in a black suit with a white button shirt underneath, black pants and black elegant shoes. He even wore a red tie. He then asked "Well, what do you think? Refined enough?"
Jun, in response put a hand close to her mouth, covering it, while her eyes widened and shaked in awe and enthusiasm "Akira….. you…. I don't even know…. What to say…." she began, enraptured. Akira was already a handsome young man, but in that suit? Oh boy, to say that he was the most attractive man she had ever seen in her life, with the possible exception of Jason, was an understatement. Finally she managed "You look wonderful…" in her usual soft, beautiful tone.
Charmed by Jun's compliment, an idea formed in Akira's mind. He bowed slightly before he extended one of his hands towards Jun and with, a fake polite tone he asked "Jun. May i dance with you?" causing Jun to giggle before she took his hand in her own and replied "Of course, darling." with a sweet, teasing tone.
(End Flashback)
Akira smiled as he recalled dancing with Jun in the middle of the store for less than a minute before he tripped and fell backwards, with Jun on top of him. They were then scolded by the shop's owner for knocking over a few boxes of shoes, so they had to put them back on before buying those clothes. And they were giggling happily all the time. And that was only one of those memorable moments he shared with Jun that day. And from that day on they began to see each other sporadically.
This evening though, he wanted to try something different.
After much searching on several magazines, he found out where Jun's agency was and so he decided to pay her a surprise. So he made his way at the front of the building on the other side of the road and waited until the shift ended. Luckily, his wait only lasted a dozen minutes.
After which, he noticed several models and staff members leaving the building at the end of their shift. He was surprised to see several Beasts among them, both models and staff members. He smiled as he came to the realisation that even Beasts, people who had been mistreated, imprisoned for the only crime of being different had been able to find a job in this world.
Then he spotted her, chatting with other models, both human and Beast.
"We're so glad, you're back, Jun-Chan!" exclaimed a human girl with long back-lenght dark brown hair tied in braids on either side and amber eyes.
"The agency just wasn't the same without you!" added a young Beast woman with elf-like ears and red eyes.
"Glad to hear that." she replied cheerfully with a soft smile.
Akira leaned his back onto a street lamp, put his hands in his pockets and smiled upon seeing Jun happily chatting with those women. He was happy to see just how far she had come just in two weeks, from depression to happiness in such a short time.
But then Akira spotted a pale skinned woman with long white hair which had exited the building and was about to leave, before she, in turn, spotted Akira as well.
(OST: Yu Yu Hakusho misterious unreleased soundtrack: watch?v=YHbbaNQeu08&list=PLF572548D67DADC71&index=18)
They both gasped in shock as their eyes met each other, losing their composure. For what seemed like an eternity, they both felt as if time itself came to a halt, he world around them dissappeared and nothing but darkness surround them.
"It…. It can't be….." was all Akira could manage, his mouth dropping in shock and his eyes shaking. Those piercing blue eyes….. even though their owner was a beautiful and apparently harmless young woman, he coudn't mistake them. Images of the past began to flash in Akira's mind. Those eyes wielded the same pride, the same bloodlust and the same ferocity of a certain ghost from the past. They were the same eyes of the one who had managed to hand Akira his first, complete defeat, only surviving because of his former friend, Ryo's intervention.
The woman herself gasped as well, her lips parting from each other in shock and stopped dead in her tracks, her bag falling from her motionless arm. The young man that stood in front of her was the same man who had stolen her beloved one from her, the one who had robbed her of her pride, of her life. He hadn't changed one bit. And there he stood, completely fine, not even a scratch on him, as if that battle never happened.
"Lisa?" came a familiar voice, that of Jun. She had a worried look on her face, upon noticing her colleague and friend suddenly acting strange after an ordinary day of work. She put a hand on her shoulder before asking "Are you alright?" in an equally concerned tone.
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This caused Akira to break out of his trance, his eyes focusing back on Jun. All of his anxiety and shock dissappeared, replaced by happiness and so he waved before shouting "JUN! OVER HERE!" in an upbeat, joyful tone.
Jun gasped as soon as she heard those words, recognising Akira's voice instantly. She swiftly turned to the direction his voice came from and promptly spotted him, waving happily at her.
"Akira…." she spoke hesitantly before a passionate smile formed on her lips, her eyes widened in joy and she ran towards him, leaving Lisa alone still in the midst of her bewiderment.
After crossing the street she came to him and they greeted each other with a hug, causing many of the other models to look, fascinated at the sight.
"You… you came to visit me…" she spoke passionately after parting from the hug, her eyes meeting Akira's own.
"Guess we're even now." replied casually Akira with a soft smile. In the last two weeks, Jun had always been the one to tell Akira where he would find her for the last three times they dated each other. So it was only appropriate on Akira's part to pay his girlfriend a surprise this time.
"Look! Jun-Chan has a boyfriend!" exclaimed a model while pointing at them, earning their attention. Among the people that were leaving was also Yuasa who had noticed Jun running to Akira.
He smiled softly upon watching them hug each other. He realised that he was the reason Jun had found happiness again. Whoever this man was, he had succeded where Yuasa failed. He had made Jun happy for the first time ever since Kazumi died.
Many other models put their hands together in exhilaration or grasped their chin and face with them and their cheeks went red upon seeing the handsome man that was Akira.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAA! HE'S SO HOT!" They all squealed together, sounding almost like excited schoolgirs.
"JUN-CHAN IS SO LUCKY!"
"OH MY, HOW MUCH I ENVY HER!"
"IF ONLY I COULD HAVE SUCH A HANDSOME MAN AS MY BOYFRIEND!
Akira sweat-dropped at the seemingly endless torrent of excited squeals. Some of those models were adult women for God's sake and yet they were acting so childishly. But then again, all the girls back at school had pretty much the same reactions in the aftermath of Akira's transformation, much to Miki's dismay.
On the other hand, Jun was getting nervous due to the amount of people that were staring at her. She always had this problem, this fear of being watched even before she became a model due to her difficult childhood.
"A-Akira….. they're staring at us…." she spoke awkwardly with her own cheeks turning red at the models's praises.
"S-some colleagues you have…." added Akira with sarcasm and an awkward face. Even the girls back at school didn't overreact this much. After a few moments he made up his mind and spoke "Let's get outta here. All this squawking's going to give me a headache." with his usual soft tone, earning a smile from Jun.
"Right. Let's go." she replied simply with her by now usual soft tone. As they began to leave, Akira noticed that the white-haired woman was glaring daggers at him, her eyes seemingly filled with nothing but contempt, hatred and anger. Before he turned his back on her, he shot back an equally scornful glare at her, one that seemed to convey the message "Don't even think about it.".
This caused Lisa to gasp slightly for a few moments, before her deep scowl returned. She then watched, her face emotionless as Akira and Jun took their leave. She then procedeed to pick up her back and leave quietly, her face devoid of any emotion.
Yuasa noticed this however. He watched, worried, as she too, dissappeared on the horizon. This was the first time he had ever seen her like this. Not once did her face contort itself in anger, outrage or sadness ever since she as hired. Not once did her smug, arrogant but also gentle smile leave her lips.
Something clearly wasn't right, he believed. Any normal person would have just shrugged off what had happened, dismissing it as nothing more than a mundane occurence. But given all that Yuasa had seen, what he and his family had been through he no longer believed in coincidences. Something was going on. And it was only a matter of time before it would come out.
He then adjusted his glasses before taking his leave as well.
(Later)
Akira and Jun were walking together on their way to Akira's cart shop. Jun had decided this time to try out Akira's cooking. After all, by now he had become famous from all around the district, due to the quality of his courses.
They had taken a shortcut in the midst of an dimly lit alley and were happily chatting together about today's events.
"So how was work today?" asked Akira curiously with his usual upbeat tone, hands in his pockets.
"The usual. Taking pictures for the magazines, starring in commercials spots, posing for artists and so on." she replied with a casual tone, causing Akira to sigh.
"Still don't know how you girls manage to do this job. Seriously, don't you ever feel nervous sometimes at others taking pictures of you wearing all kinds of clothes, even skimpy outfits and doing all sorts of poses?" he replied jokingly with a smile, causing Jun's face to stir a little.
Slightly annoyed, she replied "Hey, it's not as easy as it sounds!" before a smile made its way on her lips "For one you have to look the part. Everything, from your face to your hair to even your hands and nails matters. Your appearance plays a key role in the jobs that you can take. Sadly many models don't get as many opportunities as i and others get because they aren't regarded as beautiful as others."
Akira listened, intrigued. Apparently being a model was much harder than it seemed. And also, for some reason, he thought that Jun looked so cute when annoyed.
"Plus we don't usually wear skimpy outfits. I mean, yeah, a lot of the time we wear outfits that leave much of our legs showing, but that's about it." she added, with her face taking on a somewhat gloomy appearance afterwards. Then she spoke "And you're right: it was very difficult for me back when i started out. You see, i've always had this brooding problem ever since i was a teenager, this fear of being watched, due to the difficult childhood i've been throught." with a somewhat melancolic tone, catching Akira by surprise.
He had heard of that before. Scopophobia, it was called. An anxiety disorder characterized by the fear of being stared at in public or by others. While by no means a wimp, before Akira became Devilman he was very shy and sensitive much like Jun. Yet, it was actually pretty disheartening to find out that Jun, such a kind, sweet woman had to cope with such a disorder.
He was pulled out of his thoughts, by Jun's voice beaming up "But then i met many kind people in the agency." her eyes then met Akira's own before she continued "If not for them i would never have come this far. And i'll never thank them enough, especially my manager, Yuasa."
"Yuasa?" asked Akira, earning a nod from Jun who replied "He's such a kind man. He never raised his voice towards me. He was always there for me, even when i would be late for my jobs or fail to show up at work." in a soothing voice, her melanchony gone.
Akira smiled. It warmed his heart to know that Jun still had people who cared about her, unlike him.
He then spoke "Glad to hear that Jun. At least you-" only for…..
"Well, well, what do we have here?" came a cocky, smug voice that rudely interrupted what Akira had to say. It belonged to a man with long curly brown hair and dressed in a black jumsuit with gold buttons that was leaning his back towards a wall, hands in his pockets. A delinquent, not unlike those four he beat up at the dancing club. Akira sighed: old habits die hard, he guessed.
Nonetheless Akira and Jun simply ignored him and walked past him, earning a surprised look on his face. "Hey, what a sec, guys!" he asked, a little offended at the fact that they had just ignored him.
"I would hold it right there if i were you." came another smug and intimidating voice, causing Akira and Jun to stop in their tracks and concern to fill their faces. Soon, nine more men all dressed like that guy appeared and put themselves in front of the couple, joined by the guy with the curly hair.
"Haven't your parents ever told ya that it ain't nice to not pay attention to someone who's calling for ya?" spoke what appeared to be the leader of this little gang that wore a red and black trenchcoat and had black hair kept in a pompadour. He stood right in front of his men, hands in his pockets, sizing Akira up, while his men chuckled menacingly along with him.
Those thugs probably expected that, since they were ten against two, the couple in front of them would be pissing in their pants right now. Instead they were visibly shocked, when Akira calmly sighed before he spoke in a sarcastic tone "Please, you're scaring the lady." while pointing his head at Jun, causing her to stir up a little. Seeing that this had no effect on the thugs his face took on a deadpan look and he spoke "What do you want?" in a serious tone.
Irritated, the gang leader replied "Ain't it obvious, pretty boy?" before pulling out a knife from his pocket "Your cash. Hand it over, all of it and i promise that i won't cut that pretty face of yours." he said, pointing his knife towards the couple.
Look at these guys, acting all tough and shit. Who did they think they were?
Akira then put himself in front of Jun, pulling his hands out of his pockets before saying "Clearly you have no idea of who you are dealing with ." a devious smile forming on his face, causing a worried look to form on Jun's face. Now she was about to get her first glimpse of his true nature.
"HA! I can see that you're built like a brick shit-house but with all due respect mate, do you really think you can take on all of us at once?" taunted the leader, while all the other thugs laughed. Having been bullied for a long time by Bokuto and his thugs before they became friends, Akira looked at people like these with much contempt. And he wasn't going to let these guys go away scot-free.
And so Akira's grin grew even larger, unsettling Jun. She swored to have seen a pair of fangs coming from his upper teeth. Then he spoke "Thing is, if i wanted to, i could woop all of your asses with just one arm. But that would be very humiliating for you, woudn't it? So i'll give you this one chance: swallow your pride and crawl back to whatever shithole you came from or else…" he paused, cracking his knuckles in the process "I'm gonna mess your faces up so badly, even kittens won't look at you."
That was the last straw for the leader. If this little punk wasn't gonna listen to his voice, he definetely would have listened to his knife.
"Ya cocky little bastard. Should have handed over the cash when you had the chance." he spoke, visibly enraged by Akira's taunts before he raised his knife and charged the half-devil while roaring "BUT NOW'S TOO LATE FOR THAT!" threatening to bring his knife down on Akira.
Only for his anger to turn into utter shock as Akira effortlessy caught his arm, before the knife would make contact with him, stopping the gang leader in his tracks. He then tried, to no avail, to pull his arm free of Akira's grip. But no matter how much he tried, he coudn't move an inch, the grip was just too strong.
"Told ya." taunted Akira, before, he squeezed the arm tighter, causing the leader to drop his knife. He grunted in pain, as he felt his arm being slowly crushed by Akira's almost superhuman strength to the point he believed, it would break in half. His eyes then moved from his arm being crushed to the half-devil in front of him who was readying his fist into an uppercut from below. "Hope you're ready for what comes next." he spoke but before he could deliver the blow…..
WHAM!
The leader was struck in the face by a bag with such a force that it sent him flying for a few meters, pulling him off of Akira's grip and causing him to land on top of two of his men, knocking them on the ground.
After his men helped him back on his feet, he shouted "WHO THE F-" only to cut himself mid speech and for he and his men's eyed to widen in surprise, at the culprit. It was Jun. And she didn't look happy. At all. Her face was contorted in a scowl, her eyes narrowed towards the thugs in front of her. Even Akira was surprised.
"J-Jun?" he asked bewildered. This was the first time, he had seen Jun like this. And he was in for one BIG surprise.
"You should have listened. That's my boyfriend you bastards threatened." she spoke in an intimidating, ticked off tone. What happened next shocked both the thugs and, to a lesser extent, even Akira.
Her scowl was replaced by a sinister, devious smile, the complete opposite of Jun's usual disposition. Then she continued "But i guess your heads are just too thick. Too bad." in a taunting tone while cracking her knuckles, taking Akira by surprise even more. Now he was going to experience his first glimpse of Jun's true nature.
"And besides, it's been too long….." she began, coming up at Akira's side, who stirred up a little upon noticing something on Jun's eyes. A golden glow, that as soon as it appeared, vanished in less than a second. If Akira wasn't half-demon, he might have even missed it.
"SINCE I LAST ENJOYED A GOOD PUMMELING!" She roared, before charging the entire gang, her hands balled up in fists.
(OST: Yu Yu Hakusho unreleased track: watch?v=AKMOwc8yhmI
She then leapt in the air, with surprising grace and agility before punching one of those goons in the face, knocking him out instantly. In response the other thugs, broke out of their bewilderment and charged towards the couple with ferocity in their faces.
Not to be outdone by his girlfriend, Akira swiftly closed in on another thug before punching him repeatedly in the face, also knocking him out all the while shouting "NOT SO COCKY NOW, HUH?"
He was interrupted by another thug, who tackled him from behind, hoping to throw him on the ground, but Akira did not budge a inch. Before he could retaliate though, Jun came to him and kicked the thug in the face, with her medium-heeled shoe leaving one nasty mark on his cheek and knocking him out.
The two exchanged a smirk before Akira spoke "Nice moves, you've got there Jun!" causing her to smile even more, before they got themselves back to back, getting into a stance and she replied casually "Practiced Karate at school you know.", causing him to chuckle.
The remaining seven thugs encircled Akira and Jun and at the leader shouted "GET THEM!" and they charged towards the couple. Of course it didn't end well for them.
As Akira quicky made short work of four of them. By backhanding one, hurling him towards another causing their heads to collide, knocking both of them out. He then was grabbed by another from behind, but with a smirk, Akira flipped him around and hurled him towards a garbage bin. The thug hit the bin with the head, caving it in and losing consciousness not long thereafter. The fourth and last thug, terrified by Akira's strength, lost his shit and ran away in terror.
"Bunch of sissies." stated Akira bluntly, before his eyes shifted towards his girlfriend. Jun was dealing with the remaining three thugs, the leader among them.
"Don't you have anything better to do than rob others?! MORONS!" She shouted before swiftly grabbing the thug on her left, punch it in the face, causing it to fall on the ground, grabbing another by the collar of its trenchcoat and smash him face-first towards a wall, instantly knocking him out and jumping on the other lesser thug just to make sure it was out.
Finally, she gracefully dodged a punch from the leader before grabbing him by the throat, kicking him in the balls three times, causing him to humorously cry out in pain, his tongue sticking out and his eyeballs comically bulging outwards before delivering a well deserved punch in the face with a snarl, causing him to fly straight into another garbage bin, this time falling straight into it.
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Akira was blown away. It was almost unbelievable yet so captivating to see a woman like Jun, suddenly going from shy, kind and sensitive to bold, ruthless and cocky and especially throwing itself head-on into a fight, something he believed Jun would have never done. Not to mention the grace of her moves, the surprising power of her attacks and her beautiful hair flowing seamlessly along with them. It only caused his attraction to Jun to grow even more.
With all the thugs knocked out, all of Jun's ire dissappeared and she closed her eyes before saying "Ahhhhh, i feel better!" in a laid-back, satisfied tone, causing Akira to smile.
"Well, what would you know. She has a temper." he mused in his mind. It was also mind-blowing to think that deep-down, Jun had so much determination, so much spirit, so much willpower. Maybe it was the side-effect of her true nature. For now of course, he decided to keep that for himself.
"That was actually very impressive, Jun. I didn't know that you could actually fight." spoke Akira with a casual tone, putting one of his hands on his hip.
In return, Jun ran one of her hands through her hair before letting it flow outwards, her eyes meeting Akira's own before she replied in an equal casual tone "Well, now you know. That's what years of practicing Karate does for you." then she walked around Akira, put one of her hands on his left shoulder before running it all the way around to the other then down to his right arm before saying "And you're quite the strong fighter yourself on top of being a looker." in a somewhat seductive tone. Watching Akira fight with such confidence, cockiness and glee turned Jun on. On top of being a sweet, kind and handsome young man, he was also a skilled fighter. The way he nonchalantly manhalded three of those thugs without a care in the world and the way he stood up for her without a second thought against all those thugs only served to further solidify her feelings towards him.
Akira on the other hand was getting nervous. She was way too close for comfort right now. At this point in their relationship he didn't want to get so intimate all of a sudden and so he put a hand on Jun's own before gently pulling it off his shoulder then grabbing it with his other while putting himself in front of Jun.
"There's still so much i don't know about you." he began, his black eyes staring into Jun's own, causing her to blush slightly "Perhaps we talk about it over dinner." he proposed with a smile.
Jun returned said smile before replying "Very well then. Lead the way tough guy." in a soft tone with a hint of tease. Internally though, she had realised that Akira didn't want things between them to be rushed. No, he wanted to take it slow, piece by piece until maybe someday their friendship would turn into love once and for all. After all even she wasn't really sure if she was in love with him by this point.
Then she realised that the way he approached him was exactly the same as when she cornered one of the staff members of the agency into a corner and kissed him. That happened right after the day she first became a Devilman. It was a time where she still had not learned to control her beastial instincts. It caused Jun great grief, as for a moment she wasn't herself, but her vicious alter-ego. It was only the first of many times she thought she would lose control, but as the weeks went on, she learned to suppress these urges.
But this time was different.
Because for one, Akira unlike that poor guy had not been scared shitless by that wild approach. Secondly he had implicitly made it clear that he wanted things to go slowly for the two of them. And Jun was okay with it. After all he still hadn't confessed to her that he was just like her and neither did she even though she suspected that he already knew.
And so they left once again bound for Akira's cart shop. Little did they know, however, that they were being watched.
(OST: Yu Yu Hakusho, unreleased track: watch?v=T58ULfo3FLY )
On top of one of the buildings, covered by the shadows stood an inhuman figure. A creature, stronger than any human being, so beautiful it almost looked angelic, tempered by eons of battle and slaughter. Its piercing blue eyes had watched the entire battle between Akira, Jun and the thugs, patiently taking in every single detail.
"Devilman." it began to speak, uttering the name of its hated enemy, memories flashing back on its mind after the couple left the alley, watching them as they chatted happily. But that only brought anger and outrage to the creature. "I have not forgotten what you did to me that night." its voice full of contempt and hatred. "I will never forgive you for what you did to me, to my wings, to my pride! To Amon!"
She had found her rival once again. For what seemed an eternity she had suffered in the fires of hell. Hatred kept her warm, she fed on her suffering and angst calmed her. But this time he will pay. For what he did to her beloved Amon, for shaming his name, for tearing her apart, for destroying her pride.
Just looking at him made her sick. After everything he did, he would even dare to show himself with a mate?! No. She will not stand it. Not after everything she went through.
"Rest assured, Devilman. This time, i will tear you apart, just like you did to me! You will suffer what i have suffered! And this time, not even your bones will be left once i am done with you!" she declared, raising her clawed hand towards the sky.
And by a stroke of luck, his mate just happened to be someone she knew, someone that apparently also happened to be just like him as she had sensed many days prior. A plan already formed in her mind. She was going to enjoy this. The fires of hell had strenghtened her powers. But she wasn't going to take any chances. She will do anything to win this time. Even if that means using people close to Devilman for her own purposes.
And so, with a maniacal laugh, she took flight, dissappearing in the dark of the night.
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