Writers notes:
Sorry for the late arrival of next chapter. I was quite busy with my thesis and the only time I spend with my computer was my research. Well, it's done now, and I can finally smile again. :)
Ok. Back on to the story.
Chapter 6: Granddad and grandmother.
In Yagdrassil (hours after Mars' death)
Heaven was in chaos. Many of the younger gods and goddesses are afraid they might be killed by demons. Mars' death sounded uproar throughout the battle council of heaven. They wanted blood to be repaid by blood. Rumors and gossip are running around that the demons are beginning a hunting spree to kill all the gods and goddesses. The twins Veran and Vera are still in trauma after seeing a god slain right in front of their eyes.
Peorth never had a headache more terrible than this.
"What shall I do now? Yagdrassil is in a mess," moaned Peorth. Not to mention she was still heavily shocked by the scene, being as one of the administrators of heaven, she have to settle this mess out.
There's only one solution towards solving the problem:
Kami-sama.
And off she went to see him.
(Imma)
Imma sit on her chair and sweated. Another god killed. It was the second one, barely four days after the first case. How can Mars die? That god was known as a first class demon slayer. Who has the power to slain such a powerful god?
Imma knew well that senior first class demons are the only ones capable of holding out with Mars.
Which brings everything down to one person.
Him. Him the demon, the god and the mortal. The paradox.
Imma shivered, remembering Zhao, the god, cleaved into a few chunks, just a few feet away from her that day. He died quickly without remorse, but Imma knew that Zhao was the fault of his own death. He was overeager, impatient and careless. Mars had the same tendency as Zhao, but was nearly a thousand times stronger. What in the world is that Zazu is gifted with?
Worse of all, how could gods nowadays be so stupid and ignorant? If they continue down towards this path, gods and goddesses are doomed. Every single being that exists over the three realms must realize this.
Following traditions are good, but what happens if you follow them but judge them based on your own principles? Not based on the wisdom behind it? Sooner or later the idea and the goal will run off course. And eventually it will be based on their own greed and desires. This is happening all over on earth. Fighters, fighting for a certain cause, but are actually pawns of a greedy leader. A leader that uses other people by twisting their believes and ideas to follow his needs.
Did earth rub off its traits to heaven? Honor and justice was the main theme that sounded behind the battle council of heaven, but now it's just a bunch of overzealous gods and goddesses.
The hand phone in her pocket rang, and snapped Imma out of her dream. It played her favorite tune. Complete with bass, treble and all the acoustics music can have.
"Moshi-moshi?" Imma spoke into the reciever. (moshi-moshi means hello in japaneese, can be used only in phone conversations)
"It is I."
"Kami-sama," Imma said in a respectful voice. "May I know the reason my lord called?"
"Come over to my office immediately, we have matters to discuss."
"Yes, my lord," Imma replied, and put off the phone. Great, surely it's about Mars death. Can't she find a moment of serenity to herself?
"Better not to keep Kami-sama waiting," and off she went.
(In Kami-sama's office, or chambers)
"Time to let them know everything, I just hope that Urd won't be too shocked if the news gets down to her," Kami-sama murmured.
Peorth and Imma then entered his the audience hall at the same time. The hall looked like an opera theater, with them at the middle of a small stage. No other godlike beings were there, but they felt his presence.
A voice boomed out throughout the chamber:
"Peorth and Imma, I regret to inform you that you had to see another god death. I know this is a terrible burden to both of you, but I ask you to bear with it. Both of you are destined in a much larger plan that you can't even comprehend. I'll I ask the both of you is to accept the deaths and plan for your own future."
"What do you mean, my lord?" Imma asked.
"Both of you were destined to see the deaths. Both of you were destined to see him. Both of you are destined to have a your futures conflicted with him."
Peorth's and Imma's eyes widened at the same time. "Zazu?" Both of them asked.
"Yes. Both of you, especially Peorth knows what he is. He is a mixed hybrid of a god, a demon and a mortal. Yes, Imma, he is the son to my second daughter with Hild. However good you think the hacking partner of yours is."
"Oh great, he knows I hacked into his records. Bye-bye first class license," Imma mourned to herself. (Chapter 4)
"Your punishment will be not as what you think, Imma." Kami-sama continued.
"Imma, you arrived to chase the demoness back to hell but saw Zazu awaken and used his demonic powers. Peorth, you arrived at the scene and had seen Zazu used Yagdrassil's and Vanagdrassil's power simultaneously for the first time ever in your life. Do you know what does the implications mean?"
"No," both of the goddesses answered.
"Imma, when you arrived to hunt the demoness, your link to Yagdrassil's system helped him to tap his powers into the Yagdrassil network. It was not enough to awaken his godlike powers, but it was enough so his body will not be destroyed by Vanagdrassil's powers. Peorth, your arrival did nearly the same thing, but it awakened his angel. The angle focused and finalized Zazu's link to Yagdrassil powers."
Both Imma and Peorth were confused at Kami-sama's words.
"In other words, both of you were the catalyst towards his awakening."
"As I have said, both of your futures are tied to him. He is the gifted hybrid of the prophecy."
"That prophecy?" Imma asked.
"Yes, the one that you 'managed' to hack into my system."
"Gulp!" Imma swallowed. Peorth looked at Imma, and taught that Imma shrunk a few centimeters smaller.
"Other than this information given to both of you, I have other reasons why I called both of you," the booming voice echoed.
"Eh, I taught I was the one who intended to speak to him," Peorth said to herself.
"Your problems will be discussed soon," Kami-sama assured her.
"Both of you are to receive this order," the goddesses knelt forward as a gesture of respect. "Peorth, you are to bring Zazu to Yagdrassil soon. After his arrival at heaven, Imma, you will be his guide in Yagdrassil. Both of you will realize when will be the time to accomplish this task in the future."
"For now, Imma, you are dismissed. Peorth, we will now discuss the current situation in heaven," that brought a lot of relief to Peorth.
(In Vanagdrassil)
Hild dismissed her servants and called her council to be adjourned. She wanted to meet her grandson. Personally. She taught cast to Zazu earlier, indicating for him to wait alone at a certain place at her fortress.
(Focus to Zazu)
"Geez, is my grandmother like that? Even if I'm her so called grandson? That lightning really hurt," Zazu murmured. He had to cast his healing spell many times to remove that lingering pain that left behind.
"Well, she do need to maintain her image over her servants, you know. She has to exhibit a certain dominance over her subjects." Zarah replied. "Show any kindness or softness in front of your subjects, and sooner or later one or more of the demons will want to step on your head. Especially after that incident."
"That serious, huh? What incident anyway?" Zazu asked.
"Yes, she has to exhibit an aura of fear and respect to her subjects," Zarah replied, ignoring Zazu's second question completely.
Hild's voice suddenly echoed in Zazu's head. "My dear grandson, please wait for me at this location 25 minutes later." A map suddenly appeared within Zazu's thoughts. It appeared to be a detailed diagram of her castle, with a spot in the triangle facing the lavafall from the pentagram darkened.
"Zazu?" Zarah called out to him when he appeared gazing out into thin air.
"My grandmother called me," Zazu replied. "Do you know the way around the pentagram?"
"Not really, but we can find out."
It took a lot of asking, negotiating and demanding to get to the area. Most of the demonic being in the castle were really a pain in the ass. As Zazu's power was detectable only to a second-class demon standard, and Zarah being only an upper ranked second-class demoness, most of the demons ignored them, sometimes deliberately, just to show their superiority. Zazu clenched his fists as he wanted to whack the living s**t out of them, but held his temper in check. Only the top council members knew who his grandmother is.
They made it to the area in time through, using their common sense of direction. They walked into a ruby like corridor, with polished rubies shining all around them, reflected by the light from the lava. It gave the room a brilliant red glow.
THUMP!
Zarah hit into a force field halfway through. Zazu walked on, puzzled, as he didn't felt anything. Zarah scowled, "Your grandmother is blocking me from entering further. I have to wait beside the corridor for your return."
"Hey, you are not my babysitter, you know," teased Zazu.
"What???!!!" Zarah threw a fireball at Zazu, but was deflected by his hand. Now that impressed her for a while. He was always slow at anticipating incoming pain from her. It was the first time he deflected it. Usually he was running around the room, screaming or pleading for her to stop throwing fireballs at him. "He is getting better," she mused. She might not have the chance to bully him much anymore. Damn!
"I can handle myself well, do worry about me," Zazu ensured her. "I'm protected by the most powerful demoness in hell after all," he smiled. "Go enjoy yourself, explore the fortress, or something like that. I'll tell you by mind when I need you later."
"Yeah, see you later."
Weird, Zarah said to herself. "Why did I worry when Zazu is going to meet Hild? She's just the most dangerous being on all three realms after all," Zarah said to herself. She put the feeling away, and teleported off. She knew Hild would not do anything 'too' serious to her grandson.
Zazu continued to walk along the corridor; fascinated by the moving lights. It was wavy and moving, because the lava was moving downward as it's light reflected on the crystals. About twenty steps later he met a figure waiting for him in a comfortable reddish room.
A few more steps....
And then his eyes opened so wide that they might fall out.
It was the most seductive, alluring, sexy, exposing, enthralling, divulging female he ever met in his life. The dress was strategically covered and exposed at the proper areas to reveal the curves and shapes as much as they can without giving an impression of not wearing any clothing. The female looked like his grandmother, but looked as if she was 10 years younger, around a 30-year-old human female. He couldn't remove his gaze off from her 'natural resources', and felt that he will have a nosebleed coming soon.
"Oh shit!" Zazu said to himself. Something began to rise.
"Hey Zazu," said a seducing voice, "never expected your grandmother to be like this?" She began to move closer to him.
Zazu felt like his feet was made of lead. It couldn't move.
She moved closer to him, and touched him with the tips of her 'upper' body part. He felt as electricity was running from those two points. What is his grandmother trying to do to him?
Suddenly the corridor behind him vanished, and he was in a room with only a window. He finally managed to remove his magnetized gaze from her body. And looked around...
There was a soft reddish bed, with silky bedcovers, comfortable furniture and fluffy pillows, silky black curtains that partially cover the window, with a fantastic view of the lavafall, and toys.
A lot of those kind of 'toys'.
Zazu's eyes widened as he felt two hands grabbed his 'part'. That freaked him out.
"Sorry, grandma, but I'm still a virgin," and off he ran away from her.
Of course, Hild chased him.
Let the screaming began.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!" he screamed as he flew and ran upside-down across the ceiling towards the window.
"OWWWW!!!!" he screamed as he smacked the windows with his face, hard.
"HEEEELLLLPPPPPP!!!!" he screamed when his grandmother chased him while calling him a 'naughty little boy', laughing all the way.
"EEEEKKKKKKK!!!" he screamed as he flew pass the bed and threw all the pillows there at his grandmother.
"OH MY DEMON!!!" he screamed as his grandmother drew out a long whip. It looked really evil.
"NNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!" he screamed as the whip caught his ankle and she began to pull him towards her. He tried to fly away from her as hard as he can, but she was way stronger than him. He looked like a helium balloon, which the wind was blowing at it hard sideways, but held firmly by a rope.
"ARRRRGGGG!!!!" he screamed as he was approaching nearer and nearer to the clutches of doom.
"ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!, EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!" and more "ARGGGHHHH!!!!" was heard throughout the pentagram.
However, not many people were bothered by it. It was a familiar voice to them.
Luckily for Zazu, his virginity was not taken away.
"Relax, my grandson, I just needed a 'little' entertainment," Hild told him. Laughing all the way.
Zazu fainted.
"You're no fun," Hild made an unhappy face.
(A few moments later)
Zazu awakened. He felt a hand caressing his face. It was calming, gentle and soft at the same time. He felt dark power emitting from it. However, it was not for any harmful purposes, but rather to calm his soul down.
"Sometimes, a power to put your enemy off guard from his enemies works for a good reason, doesn't it?" Came the voice. It was soft, a type of voice that he never heard for a long time.
Zazu opened his eyes, and looked directly to his grandmother's eyes. "Hi grandma," he semi-scowled. "Please don't give first introductions like that to me anymore." He wanted only to lose his virginity to the first female that he really loves.
However, he succumbed to the caresses. It gave a very nice feeling to him. He felt he was comforted and loved, in a motherly sense. It was unique to him, as his mortal stepmother rarely did this to him.
Never he taught that a being that is the most evil and hideous in existence could be so passionate in front of him.
"Yes, I know, quite surprising for a demonic queen like me, huh?" Hild smiled. "You are the only one who knows this, my grandson. I never had a chance to take care of my daughters like this before," a twinge of sadness caught him.
"Don't you have my mother as a demonic daughter for you?" Zazu asked.
"Yes, but she distanced from me at a early age. She partially blamed me for separating her from her sister," a mix of sadness washed over her face, but it gradually subsided.
"Well, grandma, how are you now?"
Now that surprised her. Her subjects usually wished her to be fine, but never really asked how she was. Perhaps they taught that she was the ultimate power in darkness, she only needed to take care of herself. Perhaps she should amend the greeting procedures for her subjects later.
"Uh, I'm fine. Thanks."
From his face, Hild knew that he was not convinced. "Hey, I'm the ultimate power of darkness, ok? I can take care of myself."
The caressing stopped. Zazu wanted more, but decided to sit up instead.
"How's hell?" Hild asked, although she knew the answer already.
"It's fine, I guess. Although it was very hard to adapt," Zazu replied.
Hild felt a twinge in her heart. Why you lied to me? Do you want to take care of my feelings? He was not adapting at all to the new environment. Perhaps it was a nature for a being like him who lived as a human for 22 years to be like this.
"My dear grandson, do you know why I send you back up to earth?" Hild asked.
"No, grandma, do you want me to do my first task as a devil?"
Hild didn't reply, but simply said, "I saw you crying by yourself in the corner of your room." Zazu grimaced at that statement. "Hell has its beauties, my dear Zazu, you just don't realize much of it yet."
"I don't know. I'm just not used to so much harshness. The new environment gave me a feeling like I was ramming myself to a wall," came the reply.
"Well, try to adapt ok? I'll be there for you." Hild said. Then she spoke to him by mind. "Secretly, of course."
"Thanks, grandma."
Zazu hugged Hild and felt her soft embrace.
Zazu then asked, "How much you know about my mom? I don't even know her name."
"Well, your mom's name is Mildrew, and she looked as if the complete opposite of my other daughter. When she was 185000 years old, she was very fair demoness, and had a long, black hair that stretches well to her knees. Her beauty was unparalleled, as she could even compete with the most beautiful demonesses here without even making up."
"You know, you resembled your mother a little. The black, round eyes, and your black, smooth hair."
"Well, was she among the most terrifying demonesses out here in Vanagdrassil?"
"Quite the opposite," Hild remarked. "She was a loner in the demon society, the same as you are. Her goddess blood still reigns strong over her thoughts and emotions. She partially disliked some of the methods we pure demonic beings employ over here, and was found constantly arguing or distancing from her peers. She even partially blamed me for producing a half-demoness like her. She disliked my methods of ruling over vanagdrassil, and we were not close."
"She wanted to explore her goddess capabilities, but I never let her." Hild said, suddenly. "I'm afraid I will lose another daughter to Kami- sama."
Hild began to look very sad. "And it was one fatal mistake that I have regretted ever since."
"Why, grandmother?" Zazu asked. He began to wonder if his mother's death was connected to it or not.
"Mildrew was determined to find her goddess capabilities. About 20000 years ago, she broke her relationship as a daughter from me. She went off as a rouge demoness secretly behind my back, determined to discover her godlike capabilities. I was very angry at that time, and denounced her status as the princess of Vanagdrassil. However, I still loved her, and keep the secret of her special powers from everyone else."
"She was known as a normal demoness for the next ten thousand years or so, until I heard from one of my spies that she was found spending her time on earth." Hild looked like she wanted to cry. "The stupid spy I send could not keep his mouth shut. My subjects found out that she was practicing godlike powers. The society in vanagdrassil then declared her as a renegade issued a death warrant on her."
Hild began to sob. "I killed the spy immediately, of course, but it was too late. She hated me even more after discovering my spy. She went into hiding on earth after that."
"I taught she was a really stupid demoness to flee to a place where she was easily discovered. I taught she was asking for her own death until I found out that she fell in love with a mortal man on earth. That weak mortal couldn't cross any of the realms. She kept that as a secret from me. How could she!" Hild cried angrily.
"It was all to late for me to do anything. She went down in the Vanagdrassil records as a suicidal fool who fell in love with a mortal. Worse of all, I discovered from my subjects that she carried a child when she was in hell. I was busy that time with all my important duties and defending my own image."
"I'm such an ignorant queen! Maybe I should have left her with Kami-sama!"
Zazu tried to calm his grandmother down. "Grandma......"
"Worst of all, I cannot even declare you as protected under me because of her stupid status in the records!" Hild was crying uncontrollably.
"It's ok, grandmother. I'm alive, that's what matters, right? Anyway, only a few people down here know me as your grandson," Zazu tried again to calm his grandmother down.
Hild straighten up and stopped her crying. "You know what happened after that," she finished abruptly.
Zazu hugged his grandmother, as a sign of comfort. "You have another chance, grandma."
They conversed for another few hours, knowing more about each other's life.
(We shift our attention to Zarah)
"Well, he seems to be a little matured by demon standards already." Zarah said to herself. I felt so nice that day, when he comforted me.
A twinge of jealously went over her, as he has caring and support of the ruler of Vanagdrassil itself. Why can't she have any of those? Can't someone comfort her too?
Oddly, she wanted to be hugged by Zazu again.
"Argh!" she slapped herself. "I'm definitely getting brainwashed by his earthen attitude that he brings down here."
She tried to think of other things, hard.
(A few hours later)
"Before you leave for earth, do you want me to teach you anything?" Hild asked her grandson.
"Can you teach me a new spell?" Zazu asked.
"Sure, what do you want? Something beautiful, such as making Mount Everest erupt like a volcano?"
Zazu gulped. He definitely didn't want those kinds of spells.
Then an idea struck him. He remembered Mars getting fed up by his quick parries, although that god was a first class senior god, but he was not fast enough to harm him. "How about teaching me a spell to boost my speed?"
"What?" Hild nearly screamed. "It only increases your speed by 5 to 20 percent. Even I could only crank out 20 percent from the spell. Most of devils prefer not to memorize this spell because of the low benefits it gives. The spell is usually used by low class labor working demons, where they needed the extra speed to accomplish their menial tasks faster."
However, she remembered the battle between him and Mars. "Well, for your case, it might be a little more beneficial. If you add a percentage of speed to someone that's already fast, the increase will be much more for someone fast than someone slow, like adding 20kph(kilometers per hour) to 100kph, compared to adding 2kph to 10kph." Hild told her grandson.
"That's my idea," Zazu replied.
"Do remember, at your age you can only master three combat spells, like Zarah. No turning back until you reach my age."
No one knew her age, but she was reputed to be older than any demons in the realm. That is a long time to wait to expand anyone's inventory of combat spells.
"Yes. I'm willing to learn it."
"Okay, listen to me," the incantations then begin to form in his mind.
Free my mind, as free as the wind, Sooth my body, and make me calm; Feel thy time, for actions are bind,
Embed to my mind, imbue into my body;
Grasp the time, and control over it!
After inciting the words, his vision blurred and he felt a little drowsy. He looked at his grandmother, but her vision was distorted. He felt alarmed.
"Relax, time flows around you in a different 'speed' now," she told him. "In a few moments your vision will clear up, and everything around you might seem to slow down. Since you just learned this spell, you might not notice any difference yet."
However, Zazu could feel that the world was a little slower.
Hild conjured out a stopwatch with two decimal points to its seconds and activated it. "Okay, focus on this watch for a while."
Zazu focused, but couldn't see the seconds were ticking any slower.
"Okay, now let go of your powers, and looked at the watch again."
Zazu did so, and the drowsiness came again. After a while, he opened his eyes, and looked at the stopwatch. The length of a second still felt the same.
Hild then touched her forehead into his. She stayed there for a while, before raising her head again.
"Very impressive, your 'world' was sped up by 11 percent. Beginners who learn this spell usually gain an increase of around 4 to 5 percent. Maybe it will be beneficial to you after all."
A few moments later, Zazu waved his grandmother goodbye.
Zarah met him at the entrance to the pentagram. She looked a little weird. Perhaps she was bored of waiting for him?
"Well, start packing up your things and get prepared to go back to your home world," muttered a stone-faced Zarah.
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That's the end of chapter 6. Finally, Zazu will return to earth.
Note: About the virginity issue, it is a very important thing here in my country. A very high percentage of females here are virgins before they were married. Therefore I hope you understand why Zazu treasured his virginity so much. Even through he is a male. :)
Sorry for the late arrival of next chapter. I was quite busy with my thesis and the only time I spend with my computer was my research. Well, it's done now, and I can finally smile again. :)
Ok. Back on to the story.
Chapter 6: Granddad and grandmother.
In Yagdrassil (hours after Mars' death)
Heaven was in chaos. Many of the younger gods and goddesses are afraid they might be killed by demons. Mars' death sounded uproar throughout the battle council of heaven. They wanted blood to be repaid by blood. Rumors and gossip are running around that the demons are beginning a hunting spree to kill all the gods and goddesses. The twins Veran and Vera are still in trauma after seeing a god slain right in front of their eyes.
Peorth never had a headache more terrible than this.
"What shall I do now? Yagdrassil is in a mess," moaned Peorth. Not to mention she was still heavily shocked by the scene, being as one of the administrators of heaven, she have to settle this mess out.
There's only one solution towards solving the problem:
Kami-sama.
And off she went to see him.
(Imma)
Imma sit on her chair and sweated. Another god killed. It was the second one, barely four days after the first case. How can Mars die? That god was known as a first class demon slayer. Who has the power to slain such a powerful god?
Imma knew well that senior first class demons are the only ones capable of holding out with Mars.
Which brings everything down to one person.
Him. Him the demon, the god and the mortal. The paradox.
Imma shivered, remembering Zhao, the god, cleaved into a few chunks, just a few feet away from her that day. He died quickly without remorse, but Imma knew that Zhao was the fault of his own death. He was overeager, impatient and careless. Mars had the same tendency as Zhao, but was nearly a thousand times stronger. What in the world is that Zazu is gifted with?
Worse of all, how could gods nowadays be so stupid and ignorant? If they continue down towards this path, gods and goddesses are doomed. Every single being that exists over the three realms must realize this.
Following traditions are good, but what happens if you follow them but judge them based on your own principles? Not based on the wisdom behind it? Sooner or later the idea and the goal will run off course. And eventually it will be based on their own greed and desires. This is happening all over on earth. Fighters, fighting for a certain cause, but are actually pawns of a greedy leader. A leader that uses other people by twisting their believes and ideas to follow his needs.
Did earth rub off its traits to heaven? Honor and justice was the main theme that sounded behind the battle council of heaven, but now it's just a bunch of overzealous gods and goddesses.
The hand phone in her pocket rang, and snapped Imma out of her dream. It played her favorite tune. Complete with bass, treble and all the acoustics music can have.
"Moshi-moshi?" Imma spoke into the reciever. (moshi-moshi means hello in japaneese, can be used only in phone conversations)
"It is I."
"Kami-sama," Imma said in a respectful voice. "May I know the reason my lord called?"
"Come over to my office immediately, we have matters to discuss."
"Yes, my lord," Imma replied, and put off the phone. Great, surely it's about Mars death. Can't she find a moment of serenity to herself?
"Better not to keep Kami-sama waiting," and off she went.
(In Kami-sama's office, or chambers)
"Time to let them know everything, I just hope that Urd won't be too shocked if the news gets down to her," Kami-sama murmured.
Peorth and Imma then entered his the audience hall at the same time. The hall looked like an opera theater, with them at the middle of a small stage. No other godlike beings were there, but they felt his presence.
A voice boomed out throughout the chamber:
"Peorth and Imma, I regret to inform you that you had to see another god death. I know this is a terrible burden to both of you, but I ask you to bear with it. Both of you are destined in a much larger plan that you can't even comprehend. I'll I ask the both of you is to accept the deaths and plan for your own future."
"What do you mean, my lord?" Imma asked.
"Both of you were destined to see the deaths. Both of you were destined to see him. Both of you are destined to have a your futures conflicted with him."
Peorth's and Imma's eyes widened at the same time. "Zazu?" Both of them asked.
"Yes. Both of you, especially Peorth knows what he is. He is a mixed hybrid of a god, a demon and a mortal. Yes, Imma, he is the son to my second daughter with Hild. However good you think the hacking partner of yours is."
"Oh great, he knows I hacked into his records. Bye-bye first class license," Imma mourned to herself. (Chapter 4)
"Your punishment will be not as what you think, Imma." Kami-sama continued.
"Imma, you arrived to chase the demoness back to hell but saw Zazu awaken and used his demonic powers. Peorth, you arrived at the scene and had seen Zazu used Yagdrassil's and Vanagdrassil's power simultaneously for the first time ever in your life. Do you know what does the implications mean?"
"No," both of the goddesses answered.
"Imma, when you arrived to hunt the demoness, your link to Yagdrassil's system helped him to tap his powers into the Yagdrassil network. It was not enough to awaken his godlike powers, but it was enough so his body will not be destroyed by Vanagdrassil's powers. Peorth, your arrival did nearly the same thing, but it awakened his angel. The angle focused and finalized Zazu's link to Yagdrassil powers."
Both Imma and Peorth were confused at Kami-sama's words.
"In other words, both of you were the catalyst towards his awakening."
"As I have said, both of your futures are tied to him. He is the gifted hybrid of the prophecy."
"That prophecy?" Imma asked.
"Yes, the one that you 'managed' to hack into my system."
"Gulp!" Imma swallowed. Peorth looked at Imma, and taught that Imma shrunk a few centimeters smaller.
"Other than this information given to both of you, I have other reasons why I called both of you," the booming voice echoed.
"Eh, I taught I was the one who intended to speak to him," Peorth said to herself.
"Your problems will be discussed soon," Kami-sama assured her.
"Both of you are to receive this order," the goddesses knelt forward as a gesture of respect. "Peorth, you are to bring Zazu to Yagdrassil soon. After his arrival at heaven, Imma, you will be his guide in Yagdrassil. Both of you will realize when will be the time to accomplish this task in the future."
"For now, Imma, you are dismissed. Peorth, we will now discuss the current situation in heaven," that brought a lot of relief to Peorth.
(In Vanagdrassil)
Hild dismissed her servants and called her council to be adjourned. She wanted to meet her grandson. Personally. She taught cast to Zazu earlier, indicating for him to wait alone at a certain place at her fortress.
(Focus to Zazu)
"Geez, is my grandmother like that? Even if I'm her so called grandson? That lightning really hurt," Zazu murmured. He had to cast his healing spell many times to remove that lingering pain that left behind.
"Well, she do need to maintain her image over her servants, you know. She has to exhibit a certain dominance over her subjects." Zarah replied. "Show any kindness or softness in front of your subjects, and sooner or later one or more of the demons will want to step on your head. Especially after that incident."
"That serious, huh? What incident anyway?" Zazu asked.
"Yes, she has to exhibit an aura of fear and respect to her subjects," Zarah replied, ignoring Zazu's second question completely.
Hild's voice suddenly echoed in Zazu's head. "My dear grandson, please wait for me at this location 25 minutes later." A map suddenly appeared within Zazu's thoughts. It appeared to be a detailed diagram of her castle, with a spot in the triangle facing the lavafall from the pentagram darkened.
"Zazu?" Zarah called out to him when he appeared gazing out into thin air.
"My grandmother called me," Zazu replied. "Do you know the way around the pentagram?"
"Not really, but we can find out."
It took a lot of asking, negotiating and demanding to get to the area. Most of the demonic being in the castle were really a pain in the ass. As Zazu's power was detectable only to a second-class demon standard, and Zarah being only an upper ranked second-class demoness, most of the demons ignored them, sometimes deliberately, just to show their superiority. Zazu clenched his fists as he wanted to whack the living s**t out of them, but held his temper in check. Only the top council members knew who his grandmother is.
They made it to the area in time through, using their common sense of direction. They walked into a ruby like corridor, with polished rubies shining all around them, reflected by the light from the lava. It gave the room a brilliant red glow.
THUMP!
Zarah hit into a force field halfway through. Zazu walked on, puzzled, as he didn't felt anything. Zarah scowled, "Your grandmother is blocking me from entering further. I have to wait beside the corridor for your return."
"Hey, you are not my babysitter, you know," teased Zazu.
"What???!!!" Zarah threw a fireball at Zazu, but was deflected by his hand. Now that impressed her for a while. He was always slow at anticipating incoming pain from her. It was the first time he deflected it. Usually he was running around the room, screaming or pleading for her to stop throwing fireballs at him. "He is getting better," she mused. She might not have the chance to bully him much anymore. Damn!
"I can handle myself well, do worry about me," Zazu ensured her. "I'm protected by the most powerful demoness in hell after all," he smiled. "Go enjoy yourself, explore the fortress, or something like that. I'll tell you by mind when I need you later."
"Yeah, see you later."
Weird, Zarah said to herself. "Why did I worry when Zazu is going to meet Hild? She's just the most dangerous being on all three realms after all," Zarah said to herself. She put the feeling away, and teleported off. She knew Hild would not do anything 'too' serious to her grandson.
Zazu continued to walk along the corridor; fascinated by the moving lights. It was wavy and moving, because the lava was moving downward as it's light reflected on the crystals. About twenty steps later he met a figure waiting for him in a comfortable reddish room.
A few more steps....
And then his eyes opened so wide that they might fall out.
It was the most seductive, alluring, sexy, exposing, enthralling, divulging female he ever met in his life. The dress was strategically covered and exposed at the proper areas to reveal the curves and shapes as much as they can without giving an impression of not wearing any clothing. The female looked like his grandmother, but looked as if she was 10 years younger, around a 30-year-old human female. He couldn't remove his gaze off from her 'natural resources', and felt that he will have a nosebleed coming soon.
"Oh shit!" Zazu said to himself. Something began to rise.
"Hey Zazu," said a seducing voice, "never expected your grandmother to be like this?" She began to move closer to him.
Zazu felt like his feet was made of lead. It couldn't move.
She moved closer to him, and touched him with the tips of her 'upper' body part. He felt as electricity was running from those two points. What is his grandmother trying to do to him?
Suddenly the corridor behind him vanished, and he was in a room with only a window. He finally managed to remove his magnetized gaze from her body. And looked around...
There was a soft reddish bed, with silky bedcovers, comfortable furniture and fluffy pillows, silky black curtains that partially cover the window, with a fantastic view of the lavafall, and toys.
A lot of those kind of 'toys'.
Zazu's eyes widened as he felt two hands grabbed his 'part'. That freaked him out.
"Sorry, grandma, but I'm still a virgin," and off he ran away from her.
Of course, Hild chased him.
Let the screaming began.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!" he screamed as he flew and ran upside-down across the ceiling towards the window.
"OWWWW!!!!" he screamed as he smacked the windows with his face, hard.
"HEEEELLLLPPPPPP!!!!" he screamed when his grandmother chased him while calling him a 'naughty little boy', laughing all the way.
"EEEEKKKKKKK!!!" he screamed as he flew pass the bed and threw all the pillows there at his grandmother.
"OH MY DEMON!!!" he screamed as his grandmother drew out a long whip. It looked really evil.
"NNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!" he screamed as the whip caught his ankle and she began to pull him towards her. He tried to fly away from her as hard as he can, but she was way stronger than him. He looked like a helium balloon, which the wind was blowing at it hard sideways, but held firmly by a rope.
"ARRRRGGGG!!!!" he screamed as he was approaching nearer and nearer to the clutches of doom.
"ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!, EEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!" and more "ARGGGHHHH!!!!" was heard throughout the pentagram.
However, not many people were bothered by it. It was a familiar voice to them.
Luckily for Zazu, his virginity was not taken away.
"Relax, my grandson, I just needed a 'little' entertainment," Hild told him. Laughing all the way.
Zazu fainted.
"You're no fun," Hild made an unhappy face.
(A few moments later)
Zazu awakened. He felt a hand caressing his face. It was calming, gentle and soft at the same time. He felt dark power emitting from it. However, it was not for any harmful purposes, but rather to calm his soul down.
"Sometimes, a power to put your enemy off guard from his enemies works for a good reason, doesn't it?" Came the voice. It was soft, a type of voice that he never heard for a long time.
Zazu opened his eyes, and looked directly to his grandmother's eyes. "Hi grandma," he semi-scowled. "Please don't give first introductions like that to me anymore." He wanted only to lose his virginity to the first female that he really loves.
However, he succumbed to the caresses. It gave a very nice feeling to him. He felt he was comforted and loved, in a motherly sense. It was unique to him, as his mortal stepmother rarely did this to him.
Never he taught that a being that is the most evil and hideous in existence could be so passionate in front of him.
"Yes, I know, quite surprising for a demonic queen like me, huh?" Hild smiled. "You are the only one who knows this, my grandson. I never had a chance to take care of my daughters like this before," a twinge of sadness caught him.
"Don't you have my mother as a demonic daughter for you?" Zazu asked.
"Yes, but she distanced from me at a early age. She partially blamed me for separating her from her sister," a mix of sadness washed over her face, but it gradually subsided.
"Well, grandma, how are you now?"
Now that surprised her. Her subjects usually wished her to be fine, but never really asked how she was. Perhaps they taught that she was the ultimate power in darkness, she only needed to take care of herself. Perhaps she should amend the greeting procedures for her subjects later.
"Uh, I'm fine. Thanks."
From his face, Hild knew that he was not convinced. "Hey, I'm the ultimate power of darkness, ok? I can take care of myself."
The caressing stopped. Zazu wanted more, but decided to sit up instead.
"How's hell?" Hild asked, although she knew the answer already.
"It's fine, I guess. Although it was very hard to adapt," Zazu replied.
Hild felt a twinge in her heart. Why you lied to me? Do you want to take care of my feelings? He was not adapting at all to the new environment. Perhaps it was a nature for a being like him who lived as a human for 22 years to be like this.
"My dear grandson, do you know why I send you back up to earth?" Hild asked.
"No, grandma, do you want me to do my first task as a devil?"
Hild didn't reply, but simply said, "I saw you crying by yourself in the corner of your room." Zazu grimaced at that statement. "Hell has its beauties, my dear Zazu, you just don't realize much of it yet."
"I don't know. I'm just not used to so much harshness. The new environment gave me a feeling like I was ramming myself to a wall," came the reply.
"Well, try to adapt ok? I'll be there for you." Hild said. Then she spoke to him by mind. "Secretly, of course."
"Thanks, grandma."
Zazu hugged Hild and felt her soft embrace.
Zazu then asked, "How much you know about my mom? I don't even know her name."
"Well, your mom's name is Mildrew, and she looked as if the complete opposite of my other daughter. When she was 185000 years old, she was very fair demoness, and had a long, black hair that stretches well to her knees. Her beauty was unparalleled, as she could even compete with the most beautiful demonesses here without even making up."
"You know, you resembled your mother a little. The black, round eyes, and your black, smooth hair."
"Well, was she among the most terrifying demonesses out here in Vanagdrassil?"
"Quite the opposite," Hild remarked. "She was a loner in the demon society, the same as you are. Her goddess blood still reigns strong over her thoughts and emotions. She partially disliked some of the methods we pure demonic beings employ over here, and was found constantly arguing or distancing from her peers. She even partially blamed me for producing a half-demoness like her. She disliked my methods of ruling over vanagdrassil, and we were not close."
"She wanted to explore her goddess capabilities, but I never let her." Hild said, suddenly. "I'm afraid I will lose another daughter to Kami- sama."
Hild began to look very sad. "And it was one fatal mistake that I have regretted ever since."
"Why, grandmother?" Zazu asked. He began to wonder if his mother's death was connected to it or not.
"Mildrew was determined to find her goddess capabilities. About 20000 years ago, she broke her relationship as a daughter from me. She went off as a rouge demoness secretly behind my back, determined to discover her godlike capabilities. I was very angry at that time, and denounced her status as the princess of Vanagdrassil. However, I still loved her, and keep the secret of her special powers from everyone else."
"She was known as a normal demoness for the next ten thousand years or so, until I heard from one of my spies that she was found spending her time on earth." Hild looked like she wanted to cry. "The stupid spy I send could not keep his mouth shut. My subjects found out that she was practicing godlike powers. The society in vanagdrassil then declared her as a renegade issued a death warrant on her."
Hild began to sob. "I killed the spy immediately, of course, but it was too late. She hated me even more after discovering my spy. She went into hiding on earth after that."
"I taught she was a really stupid demoness to flee to a place where she was easily discovered. I taught she was asking for her own death until I found out that she fell in love with a mortal man on earth. That weak mortal couldn't cross any of the realms. She kept that as a secret from me. How could she!" Hild cried angrily.
"It was all to late for me to do anything. She went down in the Vanagdrassil records as a suicidal fool who fell in love with a mortal. Worse of all, I discovered from my subjects that she carried a child when she was in hell. I was busy that time with all my important duties and defending my own image."
"I'm such an ignorant queen! Maybe I should have left her with Kami-sama!"
Zazu tried to calm his grandmother down. "Grandma......"
"Worst of all, I cannot even declare you as protected under me because of her stupid status in the records!" Hild was crying uncontrollably.
"It's ok, grandmother. I'm alive, that's what matters, right? Anyway, only a few people down here know me as your grandson," Zazu tried again to calm his grandmother down.
Hild straighten up and stopped her crying. "You know what happened after that," she finished abruptly.
Zazu hugged his grandmother, as a sign of comfort. "You have another chance, grandma."
They conversed for another few hours, knowing more about each other's life.
(We shift our attention to Zarah)
"Well, he seems to be a little matured by demon standards already." Zarah said to herself. I felt so nice that day, when he comforted me.
A twinge of jealously went over her, as he has caring and support of the ruler of Vanagdrassil itself. Why can't she have any of those? Can't someone comfort her too?
Oddly, she wanted to be hugged by Zazu again.
"Argh!" she slapped herself. "I'm definitely getting brainwashed by his earthen attitude that he brings down here."
She tried to think of other things, hard.
(A few hours later)
"Before you leave for earth, do you want me to teach you anything?" Hild asked her grandson.
"Can you teach me a new spell?" Zazu asked.
"Sure, what do you want? Something beautiful, such as making Mount Everest erupt like a volcano?"
Zazu gulped. He definitely didn't want those kinds of spells.
Then an idea struck him. He remembered Mars getting fed up by his quick parries, although that god was a first class senior god, but he was not fast enough to harm him. "How about teaching me a spell to boost my speed?"
"What?" Hild nearly screamed. "It only increases your speed by 5 to 20 percent. Even I could only crank out 20 percent from the spell. Most of devils prefer not to memorize this spell because of the low benefits it gives. The spell is usually used by low class labor working demons, where they needed the extra speed to accomplish their menial tasks faster."
However, she remembered the battle between him and Mars. "Well, for your case, it might be a little more beneficial. If you add a percentage of speed to someone that's already fast, the increase will be much more for someone fast than someone slow, like adding 20kph(kilometers per hour) to 100kph, compared to adding 2kph to 10kph." Hild told her grandson.
"That's my idea," Zazu replied.
"Do remember, at your age you can only master three combat spells, like Zarah. No turning back until you reach my age."
No one knew her age, but she was reputed to be older than any demons in the realm. That is a long time to wait to expand anyone's inventory of combat spells.
"Yes. I'm willing to learn it."
"Okay, listen to me," the incantations then begin to form in his mind.
Free my mind, as free as the wind, Sooth my body, and make me calm; Feel thy time, for actions are bind,
Embed to my mind, imbue into my body;
Grasp the time, and control over it!
After inciting the words, his vision blurred and he felt a little drowsy. He looked at his grandmother, but her vision was distorted. He felt alarmed.
"Relax, time flows around you in a different 'speed' now," she told him. "In a few moments your vision will clear up, and everything around you might seem to slow down. Since you just learned this spell, you might not notice any difference yet."
However, Zazu could feel that the world was a little slower.
Hild conjured out a stopwatch with two decimal points to its seconds and activated it. "Okay, focus on this watch for a while."
Zazu focused, but couldn't see the seconds were ticking any slower.
"Okay, now let go of your powers, and looked at the watch again."
Zazu did so, and the drowsiness came again. After a while, he opened his eyes, and looked at the stopwatch. The length of a second still felt the same.
Hild then touched her forehead into his. She stayed there for a while, before raising her head again.
"Very impressive, your 'world' was sped up by 11 percent. Beginners who learn this spell usually gain an increase of around 4 to 5 percent. Maybe it will be beneficial to you after all."
A few moments later, Zazu waved his grandmother goodbye.
Zarah met him at the entrance to the pentagram. She looked a little weird. Perhaps she was bored of waiting for him?
"Well, start packing up your things and get prepared to go back to your home world," muttered a stone-faced Zarah.
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That's the end of chapter 6. Finally, Zazu will return to earth.
Note: About the virginity issue, it is a very important thing here in my country. A very high percentage of females here are virgins before they were married. Therefore I hope you understand why Zazu treasured his virginity so much. Even through he is a male. :)