Forever Sinners:
Chapter VIII—Fear
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A/N: Whoa….lots of talking last chapter. Bwahaha! This one is SUPER long. Longer than any of my other chapters…Yeah I'm weird. I gave up on the last sins…they are hard to show. Forgive me. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Well I'm typing inside a tree. Yes a tree. The squirrels seem to give Jhonen-clones bad memories. Something about getting a dead squirrel in the mail. Anyways, I'm safe here for awhile….I hope.
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Pepito walked along the streets of Hell. It was boring but at least he didn't have to force-feed anymore people with rats, snakes, and other unspeakable creatures[7].
In truth, he was somewhat disturbed at what he had found out. The man who was doing the random killings up on Earth had no identification. No name, no file, nothing. It was like he didn't exist, yet there he was.
He had looked into all the files he could to see how much trouble this one would cause, only to find that this person wasn't truly there.
Another Hell Demon wreaking havoc? No…he had checked with Father and came up empty. Senor Diablo was somewhat confused as well. He had a file on this person. Then…poof…it disappeared.
Pepito suddenly stopped in his tracks. Did someone steal it?!
No, that was impossible and crazy. Who would steal from the Devil?
Only those who have a lot to gain. Did this creep have followers?
Almost as bad as Mmy was. That Johnny wannabe. How he hated Jimmy. It was a great joy near-drowning him in freezing water.
Pepito glanced at his wrist-watch. "My shift's done. Better check out."
He turned on his heel and began walking in the opposite direction. Raising his right hand, Pepito struck the air before him—looking to slice a hole in it, which in fact he did.
Walking into the fiery hole, Pepito found himself in the area surrounded in fire. The ground was burned blood red as he stepped across it, hearing only the screams of the tormented.
Pausing, he turned to look at a certain point in this Hellhole (to paraphrase). A smirk dotted his features as Pepito walked over towards a particular sinner.
"Enjoying yourself, Meat?"
His reply was a soul-sheering scream of pure pain. The smile now was completely shinning on Pepito's face.
Meat's body had been broken in two.
"Shame. You should learn your manners." Pepito snorted. He was one to talk. "Good bye, Meat. Enjoy your cold shower."
Another scream this one sounding (if screams could) pleading. But the young Hell prince ignored the cry as he continued on.
Soon he was standing in front of a large black throne, Pepito's father sitting on it looking regal as he watched the torment take place.
"Is this throne really necessary?" Pepito stared at it in distaste.
"No, but it just pulls the whole place together, don't you think?" His father waved his hands around the area.
"I suppose. My shift's over, I'm checking out."
"Ah…alright then. Have fun." His father gave him a warm smile, one that hardly anyone would see, or imagine, on the face of Satan.
"Bye." A puff of smoke and he was gone towards Earth again.
Pepito dusted himself off, those smoke entrails were a bitch to wash out. Walking out of the alleyway, he moved towards the 24/7. It had been awhile since he had seen Todd and he was curious about that weird phone call he had gotten.
It was unfortunate he could not go visit Todd right away the next morning or for the few days after that. Father had kept him so busy. It was…it was almost like his father didn't want him to see Todd.
Shrugging it off, he continued not caring about those around him.
That is, he didn't care until someone ran into him from behind—causing both parties to fall on the ground.
He growled as he meet the face of a young teen, probably only sixteen years old, who had run into him.
"You should watch where you are going." Pepito stood up, abruptly.
"I'm sorry. It's my first day." The youth stood up as well, a head or so shorter than Pepito, dusting his black-and-white t-shirt off. Pepito blinked at the large Z across it.
I've seen that somewhere… haven't I?
"First day?" Pepito blinked a bit, confused. Humans only said that when they messed up on their first day of work. He didn't think they said it on any other occasion.
"I-I mean, I was in a hurry, sorry." Pushing a shaking hand through his raven hair, he apologized again.
"Are you alright?" Pepito pulled him out of the way of the oncoming people.
"Not…not really." He moved a pale hand across his cheek, a large bruise dotting his face.
"What happened?"
"I fell." He said quickly, too quickly.
"Right." Pepito was skeptical.
Strange…I didn't think humans could possess such color eyes. Black. Blacker than the pits of Hell. Wait their…he's blind?!
"Are you blind?" The question came out as awkward as it sounded.
"W-what?" The boy looked confused.
"Your eyes…they don't have any pupils…I was curious if you were blind…" Pepito continued, as if the situation wasn't uncomfortable enough.
"Oh well…you see…"
"EFF! EFF, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" The young boy soon hid himself behind Pepito, before the young demon prince could even react as a loud cry burst through the crowds.
"Your name is Eff…?" Pepito whispered.
A nod against his shoulder.
I've…I've heard that name somewhere… Pepito shook his head. "Who is that?"
"D." He shook a bit at the name.
"D? Is that his name? Just D?" He was trying to be humorous, but failing miserably.
"No." Eff did not continue. His pupil-less eyes became pleading. "Don't let him find me."
"Was he the one who hit you?" Pepito felt sudden sympathy for this boy. He reminded him of Todd for some strange reason.
"I…"
"EFF! EFF, WHERE ARE YOU!?" People began to part ways of the now very pissed off voice.
"…don't worry." Pepito said to the shaking body behind.
Finally, the crowds parted enough for Pepito to see who it was that made Eff become so fearful.
The person did not look at all frightening, at least to Pepito, but he was around demons all his life—so what did he know.
D looked just around turning nineteen years old, only a few inches taller than Pepito. Deep purple spikes hung downward, framing his pale colored face. His outfit consisted of a rather plain looking white t-shirt if it weren't for the sleeves being striped like Eff's and the red-and-black spiral in the center. Also, surprisingly, his eye color was a deeper shade of red than Pepito had ever seen. However, much like Eff's they held no pupils, but he seemed to get around quite well.
What was going on here? Who are these boys?
D walked past Pepito only a few steps before turning back towards him.
"Eff, I see you hiding there." D growled, by now he had caused quite a commotion and now had an audience.
Eff poked his head around Pepito's shoulder.
"Hello, D. Lovely weather we are having, don't you—" Eff began.
"No, I don't think so. You know why?"
Eff cringed, shaking his head no.
"Because my charge ran off and I had to look all over this goddamn city for him." His voice was dangerously low. "Come on, Eff, we're leaving. Now. You don't want to get into any more trouble, do you?"
Eff shook his head no again. He moved to get out of Pepito's shadow when Pepito stopped him.
"I don't think he should go with you."
"What?" Both boys said at once.
Someone in the crowd yelled their support for Pepito.
"I don't think he should go with you." Pepito repeated, his eyes narrowing.
"I think he is." D countered, growling loudly. "And I don't think you should get caught up in this. So, back off."
"It's alright," Eff said, quietly. "I'll be alright, don't worry, sir."
"No, I don't think so." Pepito growled, cupping his hands togther.
"Praying?" D smirked.
"No, but you should be…" Pepito gave a small smile, fire building his hands.
"Why?"
"I'm sorry, I've yet to introduce myself." He looked towards Eff. "I apologize for that."
Eff looked greatly surprised.
"My name is Pepito Diablo." Both boys stiffened, Pepito noticed. "My father is Senor Diablo…or rather…"
"Satan." D finished. A pause. "I see. I won't cause any trouble to Eff than."
Pepito allowed the fire in his hands to disappear. "Smart."
The people around the three boys where confused, if not a little worried.
"At least," D said as he began walking off, glaring at the two, "not today."
D was soon out of sight. Pepito grabbed Eff's arm, dragging him towards the nearest building, to get out of the people's stares.
Thankfully, the building was a 24/7. Looking in, Pepito noted that Todd must have been on break or it was not his day to work, for another cashier was at the register. Again pulling Eff, he sat him and the young boy into a booth.
For a few moments, silence. The people in the 24/7 were oblivious as to what had happened a few moments ago.
"Th-thank you." Eff said quietly.
"No need," Pepito waved his hand. "That guy was an asshole."
"Yes…he is."
"You should get a backbone. You can't let people walk all over you like that."
"I…I didn't always." Eff said defensively. "D wasn't always like this…"
"That's what they all say." Pepito murmured, but said to Eff, louder. "So, he your boyfriend?"
"No! Oh God, no!" Eff looked like he was either going to laugh or cry. "He's, to paraphrase, my friend. We…we grew up together."
"Oh…so…?"
Eff grew silent. "After…after we…" he paused to look at Pepito. "...were separated, he changed. It's not like him at all. We never got along, period, but we had a mutual understanding for one another."
"I see." Pepito didn't really, but he found it made people feel better if one pretended to understand.
"We hated each other." Eff said. "But…we still liked each other…it's hard to explain…But…but D wasn't always like this! Neither…neither was I…"
"….." Pepito didn't know what to say. This boy reminded him of Todd when he was younger, more than he would like to admit.
Looking for a substitute? His conscience rang and Pepito politely ignored it.
"I guess this is all Nny's fault…" Eff wiped some tears away.
"Hn…" Sudden realization. "YOU KNOW JOHNNY?!"
Eff's pupil-less eyes widened. "DO YOU!?"
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TBC?
C&C are welcome.
[7] It's the punishment for Gluttony.
XD OMG! I never thought this pairing was possible! Kurumi-sempai I'm out squicking you. Dear lord! PEPITO/EFF what a pairing.
Isn't D-boy a bastard in this? Don't worry I might make him nicer.
I would also like to thank Kurumi for giving me such good ideas of how the Doughboy's should look. Yup these are her ideas…I'm just politely stealing them.
~still shocked at how she paired Eff with Pepito~ I seriously didn't mean to do that…anyways…please give me reviews!!
~HIDES~