Laharl: AHAHAHAHA! I'm the Overlord of Fanfiction! I rule this fic now!
Blu: -AHEM- YOU rule this fic, now? I think not! -Snaps her fingers and Laharl disappears-
Flonne: (O.O) W-where did you send Laharl?
Blu: Two words: Sexy. Women.
Raz: Ooh. You ARE evil.
Blu: Don't forget who rules, boy-o! Now then, Mint! Do the disclaimer!
Mint: Yes'em! Blu Rose don't own jack squat! Just this fanfiction and me and my fellow phantoms-turned-demons! Now on with the fic! Heehee.
Vassal titles
Mint--Screwy Witch
Raz--GradeA Fighter
Kisho--Courageous Swordmaster
Bella--Proper Priestess
Scarlet--Loyal Knight
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Love. One of the most CONFUSING emotions in the cosmos. There are many types of love: friendly love, sibling love, family love and the most occurring, true love. Whenever humans fall in love, they go crazy and keep daydreaming about the target of their affections or buy insanely expensive gifts to give to them and in the end...they leave them. Probably for someone either more handsome, has more money, or they just like, more than them. Okay, maybe not all relationships end like that. Some actually last forever and eternity. (Makes you wanna puke, don't it?) Angels, they have the ability to love as much as humans. But demons...well, demons can love, they just haven't found a way to admit out loud or have a reason to show love. At least, that's what Flonne thinks...
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"Are you sure about this? Is there no other way?" Kisho asked. It was the day after they got changed into demons and became Marona's vassals, and today was the day they were all going to the Frozen River--another stop on their tour of this netherworld. Everyone else, except for Laharl, was awake.
Mint was smiling crazily. "Yeah, but I wanna try out my new bazooka!" The screwy witch showed off her new weapon, which was as big as she was. "The people at Rosenqueen Inc. just got these babies in stock! I would've gotten one of those cool Monster Mechs, but it was outta my price range..."
Kisho sweatdropped. "I repeat: Are you sure about this?" The swordmaster sighed as he saw the possibly insane witch nod fervently.
"Yup-yup!" Mint walked over to the door to Laharl's chambers and kicked it open. She spotted her target: the casket that served as her King's bed. She smiled crazily as she aimed her bazooka. "WAKEY, WAKEY!" With a pull of the trigger a loud explosion followed.
-KABOOOOOOOOMMM!-
"Oh boy...!" Kisho sighed as he started to make a quick exit.
As the dust cleared, Mint could be seen standing there, her outfit covered with a bit of dirt. She stared at the result of her "wake-up call".
"I...I..." She stared at the huge hole in the wall NEXT to Laharl's casket. "I MISSED? NO FAIR!" The witch huffed angrily. "Ah, well, the explosion was AWESOME!"
Suddenly, the casket opened. Mint sweatdropped as Laharl sat up and yawned. When he saw her, bazooka in hand, he arched in eyebrow.
"What were you planning to do with that?" He asked Mint.
"Um..." Mint threw the bazooka aside. "Do with what?" She sweatdropped again. (Maybe he won't notice the hole...)
Unfortunately, he did. "WHAT THE HELL! WHY IS THERE A HOLE IN MY WALL?" Mint tried to sneak out of the room before Laharl could get her, but she felt all hope was lost when she felt a hand grip the back of her collar. "You..." You could swear that those demonic looking eyes glowed fire engine red!
"Um...Good Morning?" The witch laughed nervously.
A few moments after that, the screams of an insane demon witch and the evil laughter of a young Overlord were heard throughout the castle...
But let's ignore what happens to those two for a while and move on to the heroine of the story...
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Marona was fast asleep in the room that Flonne said she could have. Out of all the servants in the castle, Flonne was one of the nicest along with Jennifer, a beautiful human woman that was a genius, though sometimes, you gotta wonder how she ended up being Gordon's assistant... -sweatdrop- Er...back to the topic.
The chroma tossed and turned in her bed. Her face had a somewhat serene look on it. She appeared to be having a good dream.
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"...Marona...Wake up..." The girl in question opened her eyes and was amazed at what she saw: the ceiling of her bedroom on Phantom Isle
"Huh? What happened?" Marona looked around.
"You fainted when we beat Sulphur." A familiar voice said. The chroma looked and almost gasped. A human boy about 18 years old with ocean-blue hair and crimson colored eyes appeared out of nowhere. From his slightly transparent look, you could tell he wasn't alive. "We had to get you home and nurse you back to health. You've been out for two days." He sat down on the edge of Marona's bed near the girl.
"...Oh Ash!" Marona sat up and hugged the phantom. "I thought...I thought you killed you were dead... Please tell me this isn't a dream!" Tears started to fall from her eyes. She felt his hand wipe away her tears.
"It's not a dream. I'm not dead." Ash smiled at her. "We're safe now."
"-Sniff- Promise me you'll never leave me." Marona said softly as she laid her head on her guardian's chest.
"No. I'll never leave you." Ash's arms wrapped themselves around Marona. "We'll be together forever...and ever." The Phantom looked down at the girl in his arms. "Now do me one thing."
Marona lifted her head. "What's that?"
"Wake up, Marona."
"Huh?"
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"Wake up, Marona. Miss Marona, wake up."
"Huh?" Marona opened her eyes and saw not Ash, but Scarlet, standing besides her bed. "It was just a dream..." (It felt so real...)
Scarlet blinked. "Miss Marona, are you alright?"
Marona nodded. "Yes. Why do you ask?"
"Because...you like you've been crying."
Marona rubbed her eyes to get ride of any tears left over. "I'm fine. It was...just a bad dream, that's all."
"...Oh. I'm glad." Scarlet smiled. "For a moment, I was worried."
-KABOOOOOOOOMMM!-
Marona and Scarlet almost jumped out of their skins when they heard a loud explosion. "W-what was that?" Marona stuttered, still slightly shaken from the event.
"I don't know. Maybe we're under attack?"
"WHAT THE HELL! WHY IS THERE A HOLE IN MY WALL?" Laharl's voice rang through the entire castle.
"Huh? Laharl?" Marona sweatdropped.
"It appears Mint woke him up..." Scarlet said with a large sweatdrop running down the back of her head. (She just HAD to use the bazooka, didn't she?) "Mint was sent to wake Laharl up for the trip to Frozen River. I was sent to do the same to you."
"I hope Laharl doesn't kill Mint..."
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" A certain demon witch's scream echoed through the walls.
"Let's pray her body is still around so Bella can revive her..."
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30 minutes and a revival spell later, the troop was all set to go on the second part of Netherworld Tours! Mint stuck close to Bella, because she wanted to avoid Laharl, who was still angry at her enough to blow her little witch behind to kingdom come. Raz was on the other side of Bella, trying to get a date with her and failing miserably seeing as how the priestess took a vow of celibacy alive and still follows even if she's a demon. Scarlet, Jennifer and Flonne were chatting and Marona was trying to discipline Laharl for almost killing Mint. (Again.)
"You shouldn't try to do that her."
"That...WITCH tried to KILL me!" Laharl shouted. "Or would you prefer it if I were dead?"
(You probably wouldn't be as big a pain if you were a prinny.) She thought to herself. "No! I don't want you to die. I'm just saying, next time, if Mint goes a little overboard again, don't try and kill her!"
"Yeah, whatever. Let's just go and get this day over with."
(Why does he have to be like that?)
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The Frozen River is known for its ever-constant snowfall. So you can imagine that by now, it must be a demonic winter wonderland of sorts. Makes you wonder what sort of thing would spawn out here...ick.
But let us not focus on whatever demon or monster roams these snowy-white grounds. We could just focus on the little kid standing in the middle of the field. His attire was certainly odd. He was wearing what appeared to be leopard or maybe cheetah skin, a long red scarf that seemed to float just above his neck. The boy had turquoise colored hair and eyes of the same color and had a semi-bored expression on his face.
"Man, this place is boring!" The boy whined. "Why couldn't Alex have let me beat up Zetta with him? My vassals are tough too!"
For those who are confused I shall explain. What this boy is talking about is his big brother Alex, better known as Alexander, God of Destruction and his current plan on trying to beat Zetta, the Overlord of an alternate Netherworld, seeing as how they always tie and never seem to beat each other. The boy right here that's complaining is Nicholas, better known as Nicky.
"Hm?" Nicky turned his head to an entrance to this frozen place. "That's funny, I thought I sensed a strong demonic aura..." Then, the wheels started to turn in the demon's head. "Heh-heh! I know what I'll do! I'll take over this Netherworld, maybe then Alex'll give me some respect!"
He pulled out a drum and started to beat on it. Dark clouds gathered in the sky and lightning flashed. Five thunder bolts shot down from the sky. Standing in place of the thunderbolts were five Raijins.
"Now, look here! I want you to help me out with something..."
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The group was walking through the lush snow of Frozen River. Mint was running around, trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue.
"Whee! I love snow! It's been too long since I last saw it." The witch stated.
"How long were you dead, Mint?" Kisho asked.
"Um...I can't remember." She sweatdropped. "In human years, I think I should be in my...80s? 90s? I forgot."
"This place is so beautiful!" Marona said in awe.
"I know. I like to come here to think and clear my mind." Flonne said.
"When is this tour going to be over?" Raz said while rubbing himself to keep warm. "I'm freezing my ass off!"
"My, is Mr. Tough Guy getting cold?" Etna teased with a cat-like grin.
"I don't believe you're not a demon-sicle already in that skimpy little number."
"Wouldn't YOU like to know HOW?" Etna purred.
"This is starting to get naughty." Marona declared.
"I agree." said Laharl. "For once. Stop it, you too simpletons. I'm starting to get sick from your...UGH, stuff. Blech."
"Why'd you come anyway?" Marona asked the Overlord. "It's not like you LIKE things like this, right?"
"Uh...there was nothing to do and I didn't want to let you guys go alone with some bozos as protection."
"HEY!" The vassals protested. Laharl ignored them and their glares.
"Really? Gee, that's...nice."
"Hm... Hm? What did you call me!"
"I called you nice!"
"You can't call me nice! I'm the demon Overlord! DE-MON OVER-LORD!" Laharl pronounced in an angry tone. "Do NOT call me nice!"
"Okay, okay... You don't have to get upset." Marona apologized.
"Wow. I thought you were tough, but I guess you're just a bunch of wimps." A voice in front of the group said.
"Hm?" Laharl looked forward and saw Nicky standing there. "Who are you calling a wimp, kid! I'm Laharl the Overlord!"
Nicky sweatdropped. "Y-y-you mean...you're the Overlord of this Netherworld?"
Laharl smirked proudly and folded his arms across his chest. "Hmph. Got that right. Scared?"
"...Heh-heh...Hahahaha..." Nicky started to laugh. "HAAAAAHAHAHAHA! YOU! The-- HAHAHA! The OVERLORD! Oh boy! That's a joke! HAHA!"
Laharl's antennae-like hair stood up and his eyes glowed red. "WHAAAAAAT! How DARE you laugh at me!"
"I don't think this kid's from around here." Etna said. "Unless, he's got the guts to insult Laharl."
"Which almost all his vassals do." Raz stated.
"I didn't as YOU!" Laharl fumed. He turned back to Nicky. "Just WHO the hell do you think you are?"
Nicky got serious and placed his hands on his hips. "I am Nicholas! God of Chaos! BWAHAHAHA!"
"-Tch- Please. You sound like one of those Saturday morning cartoon villains."
A vein appeared on Nicholas's head. "Grrrr! You should have more respect! My big brother Alex is the OVERLORD of ANOTHER netherworld!"
"I don't care if your GRANDMOTHER is the overlord of the UNIVERSE! No one gets away with laughing at me!" Laharl pulled out his sword. "Prepare to go hell, brat!"
"N-now, Laharl!" Flonne interfered. "Maybe there's a better way to solve this?"
"Stay outta this, Flatty!" Nicky taunted as he pulled out his drum. He banged on it several times. The sky grew dark and five thunderbolts struck the ground.
"Huh? What's this?" Marona asked and she shook in fear. She grabbed the closest person next to him, which was Laharl, and held them tightly.
"Hey! Lemme go!" Laharl pushed Marona off him. When the light show was over, five Raijiins were standing in place of the bolts of thunder.
"What are these?" Laharl gave the Raijiins an odd look.
"Meet my Raijiin Squad! They can take you down in an instant!"
"Raijiin?" A couple of question marks appeared above her head. "What's that?"
"I don't know. I've never seen a Raijiin before." Etna said. "Though, they look pretty nasty."
Raz punched his fist into the palm of his hand. "All right. The tougher, the better."
"I can tell you're going to enjoy this." Kisho stated as he pulled out his sword.
"Oh yeah!"
"WHEE! I wanna play!" Mint pulled out the bazooka she used on Laharl.
Everyone: (O.O)
"Where'd you get that!" Scarlet asked.
"My little secret." Mint winked, causing most of the group to sweatdrop. She aimed at the Raijin. "Bang!" she pulled the trigger and made a rocket come out of it. The rocket passed the Raijiin and hit a wall of ice instead. "Ah, poopie!"
"What the hell kind of shot was that!" said Laharl.
"Your aim sucks. Seriously." Etna took the bazooka from Mint. "Lemme do it." She pulled the trigger and shot a rocket at two of the Raijiin, causing the demons to explode and turn to ash. "Cool. I have to get me one of these."
"There are also mechs in stores but those cost around 100,000,000 HELL." Mint explained.
Laharl growled. "Talk weaponry later! Just get rid of these guys!"
"Attack!" Nicky aimed at Laharl. "Take him out!" The Raijiin obeyed and charged towards Laharl, their fists radiating electric energy. One punched Laharl in the stomach and electrocuted him.
"GAAAAAH!" The Overlord was sent back by the force and landed on his back. Bella healed him with some magic.
"Those things look really strong!"
"No duh!"
Laharl stood up and dusted himself off. "Cheap shot!" He dashed forward and slashed a Raijiin down the middle. "Take that!"
"Have a little shock to the system!" Mint raised her hands in the air. "Omega Thunder!" A large bolt of purple lightening shot down from the sky and hit the remaining Raijiin, turning them to ash. "Heh-heh!"
"Remind me not to get on your bad side..." Kisho sweatdropped.
"Grrr..." Nicky gritted his teeth and pulled out his drum. "Now you're gonna get it!" He started to bang on it rapidly. A vortex appeared in front of him and a large yellow Dragon came out. "Meet my pet, Thunda!" The demon grinned. "He hasn't eaten his breakfast yet, and you loser should tide him over till lunch!"
"Wow...that's a big pet. Wonder how they housebroke it?" Raz thought aloud.
"You think you can beat me with a single dragon?" Laharl smirked. "Ha! I'll skin that reptile before it knows what hits it!"
Nicky smirked. "You sure about that?" Thunda had somehow disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Where'd it go?" Flonne panicked. The dragon appeared in front of Laharl and bit him on the shoulder.
"Aaahh!" Laharl dug his sword into the dragon's stomach, causing the monster to let go of him. "D-damn..." He clutched his bleeding wound. He suddenly felt the pain go away. He looked down at his wound and saw it wasn't bleeding anymore.
"Aww...poor Thunda." Nicky pouted as his dragon whimpered. He held up a potion. "Here ya go!" He gave some to his dragon and its wound healed. "There ya go!"
"A fast dragon. There's a first." Scarlet said as she pulled out her sword. "Maybe we should help Lord Laharl?"
"Of course! That's our duty!" Flonne said with fire burning in her eyes. "Friends don't let friends down!"
"My, aren't we energetic?" Etna said. She tossed Mint's bazooka aside. (Mint: Hey! I just got that!) "Prinny Squad!"
The Prinny Squad step forward. "Yes, Lady Etna?"
The demon vassal pointed at the dragon and its master. "Get 'em!"
"..." The prinnies didn't move a muscle. They just sweatdropped. "Dood...are you kidding?"
"Grrrr!" Etna picked up the Prinny Captain and threw him over at the dragon.
"Dooooooooood!" The Prinny hit its mark and...
-KABOOOOOOOOMMM!- It exploded of course, but it only fazed the dragon creature a bit and it singed Nicholas.
"KAH! What the--! How dare you throw a prinny at me!" Nicky fumed. "Thunda! Flamethrower, now!"
"Not so fast!" Laharl raised his hands into the air. "Overlord's Wrath!" He shot a barrage of Netherworld bullets at the duo.
"KYAAAAAAAHHH!" Nicky screamed. The attack didn't harm him, but it turned his dragon into dust. He looked at the singed spot where his Dragon had once stood. "Th...Thunda... They KILLED Thunda?... It can't be..."
Bella pulled out her staff and surrounded Nicholas in a pink orb of energy. She raised it up and let it fall down to the ground, hurting the demon. "Shouldn't we attack now?"
"For a priestess, you play dirty." Mint grinned. "Alrighty then!" She raised her arms into the air and circling yellow symbols surrounded Nicky. "Take this!" The symbols closed in and a thousand volts of electricity shot out.
"Ready to die?" Laharl said as he stepped forward. He raised his sword.
"Wait! Don't hurt him!" Flonne said. "He is just a child!"
"WHAT! This child almost killed me!"
Marona stepped forward. "She's right! You can't just kill him. It's not right!"
"Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do?" Laharl said, his eyes glowing red. "Forget you!" He turned around to find that Nicholas wasn't there. "What the-!"
"Um, Prince? Look up." Etna pointed to the sky, so Laharl looked up and found Nicky floating on a cloud.
"HAHAHAAA! You can't get me from up here!" The demon child stuck its tongue out at the Overlord.
"GRRRRRR!"
(Heh-heh.) He pulled out his drum and banged very hard once. A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and almost hit Laharl. "Hahahaha!"
"What in the hell? He's throwing down thunder and lightning now?" Laharl gritted his teeth. "It won't matter WHERE you are! I'll defeat you!" Another bolt of lightning shot down, this time, barbequing the Prinny Squad.
"-kof- Doood..."
A bolt of lightning almost hit Bella, but Raz pushed her aside and got struck instead. "AAAAAAHHH!" He fell down to the ground, smelling like a overdone steak. "-kof, kof- Ouch..."
"Raz...are you okay?" Bella asked.
"Yeah, you look a medium-well beefcake!" Mint said as another bolt of lightning almost hit Etna and Flonne.
"Will someone please stop this kid!"
"Oh, oh! I'll do it!" Mint lifted up her bazooka and aimed it at Nicky. "Hasta la vista, bratty!" With a pull of the trigger, the rocket was ejected.
"She's gonna miss." Everyone except Flonne and Bella said. Surprisingly, it didn't miss. It hit the cloud dead on and a really neat explosion followed. "(OO) She hit it?"
"I hit it! In your face!" Mint did a little victory dance.
"KYAAAAAAAHHH! I'll be back! Just wait till Alex hears about this!" Nicky stated as he flew off into the sky.
"...Well. That was...interesting." Scarlet said.
"And ANNOYING..." Raz added as Bella healed his wounds.
Laharl turned to Flonne and Marona. "Well, I hope you're happy."
"You wouldn't have killed him anyway, Laharl." said the Fallen Angel. "Your conscience wouldn't let you do that."
"-Tch- Conscience. Yeah right..." Laharl looked at Marona. "And you!"
"W-what? I didn't do anything!"
"You healed me back there, didn't you?"
Marona arched an eyebrow. "Huh? What are you talking? That wasn't me, that was probably Bella."
"Eh? I don't think I saw her use any magic." Flonne said.
The Chroma sweatdropped. "Oh. Uh..."
"Don't lie. I know you did it. I saw you out of the corner of my eye."
"R-really?" Marona stuttered.
"Yeah."
"So, isn't there something else you have to say?"
"Huh? Like what?"
Flonne interrupted. "She means, she wants you to thank her."
"What!"
"It's the least you can do, right, Laharl?" The Fallen Angel vassal prodded. "It's just two little words: thank you."
"...thanks..." Laharl muttered quietly.
"What was that?" Etna said.
"...thanks..." He said slightly louder.
Etna grinned her cat-like grin. "I can't hear you!"
"...THANKS! NOW GET OFF MY BACK!" He shouted so loud, you could've sworn a glass cracked somewhere in the Netherworld.
"Wow, that was loud!" Mint said as she tried to see if her hearing was gone.
"Let's go back to the castle! I want to end this trip as soon as possible!" Laharl marched off, an angry look on his face.
"Don't worry about Laharl." Flonne said to Marona as they walked in the back of the group. "He just hates things that have to do with love and like. He says he can't love, but believe me, Laharl can love! He just doesn't want people to know it!"
Marona and Scarlet sweatdropped. "Yeah…right."
"It's not that he hates humans. His mother was human--" She stopped and covered her mouth. Marona and Scarlet's eyes widened.
"What? His mother was human?"
"Oh! Please don't tell anyone that I told you! Please! Promise?" Flonne started to panic.
"S-sure. Of course. I promise I won't tell." Marona nodded. "Friends keep secrets, after all."
Flonne smiled. "Thank you, Marona…"
X-X-XNEXT EPISODE!
Etna: Ash, a lone phantom out for revenge. He's taking revenge for his death, which happened thirty years ago, out on the children of the ones who killed him.
Ash: (-.-) Is she talking about me?
Marona: Don't worry, Ash. She does this all the time.
Etna: When they need help, who are they gonna call? Me, of course! Together with my assistants, Mint and Pepper-
Laharl: Who's Pepper?
Blu: You won't know till the next chapter!
Laharl: Oh, it's you again.
Etna: Together with my assistants, Mint and Pepper, we will send this evil ghost back to the afterlife!
Ash: She won't really-
Flonne: Etna wouldn't do that.
Laharl: Yeah, I doubt she has the knowledge to. (Gets a book thrown in his face.) HEY!
Etna: Next time on Etna the Exorcist, episode 5: From Ash to Ashes.
Etna: Prepare for you retribution, Ash!
Ash: (whispering) I doubt she could beat me by herself.
Etna: I heard that!
(Several gunshots are heard in the background)
Blu: Review please! Next chapter, Ash shows up! So review or else you won't get it! Nya nya!