Blu: HELLO! Are you ready to see Ash?

Readers: YEAH!

Blu: First off, let's give big props to Slayzer! I still can't believe what Zetta said. Now I want Makai Kingdom even more! -Eyes burn with intense flame-

Laharl: -Looks pissed off-

Marona: What's wrong with him?

Etna: He doesn't like Zetta because he's the 'Most Bad-Ass Freakin' Overlord in the Cosmos'. (Whispering) Though, in my opinion, he's an idiot.

Flonne: Careful Zetta doesn't hear you, Etna!

Raz: Yeah, I was a part of his army once, I should know!

Etna: He's a book. What's he gonna do, give me a paper cut? Heheh.

Mysterious Voice: Ahem.

Everyone: (Turns around to see...) -GASP!- OVERLORD ZETTA!

Zetta: Damn right! Now who the hell dares to mock the great Zetta!

Nippon-Ichi Characters: -Point at Etna-

Etna: Well thanks a hella lot, guys!

Blu: Before we all get killed, I'd like to say that I own none of Nippon Ichi's wonderful games. (Ties a blindfold around her eyes.) Okay, Zetta! Hit it!

(Sounds of pain and chaos are heard in the fade out...)

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Sulphur. Said to be the most evil being in Ivoire. His summons of himself destroyed countless places, and he polluted the air and water. Blood was a constant thing to be seen during those times... Yeah right, the people of Ivoire haven't seen Laharl on a war path (It isn't pretty, lemme tell you!)... But, I guess, in their opinion, That IS the ultimate evil. Good for them he's trapped in some Netherworld...

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The day at the castle started off with a bang.

-KABOOOOOOOMMM!-

"DAMN IT, ETNA! I'M GONNA KILL YOU TWO!" -CRASH!-

"That was so cool!"

"Now all we have to do is this..."

"WHAT IN THE NETHERWORLD? Don't even THINK about using... AAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

...Heh, heh. I told you it started off with a bang. To help all of you who are lost, I shall explain. You remember when Mint used a bazooka to wake up Laharl and made a huge hole in his wall? Several days after that, she and Etna got a few...BOMBS from a friend of Mint's named Pepper: a phantom merchant from the kingdom of the fearsome Overlord Zetta.

Today was the day of a little picnic to the sea of Gehenna(sp?) and everyone except for Laharl had gotten up. Instead of doing a normal method like shouting at Laharl to wake him, they did the demonic thing of putting a circle of bombs around his casket and lighting them with a few fire spells. The result being a "cool explosion" as Mint had put it.

And just in case Laharl would try and kill them...Etna bought a Bottlemail (Also obtained from Pepper) to seal him up.

"We'll just let him cool off till we get to the beach." Etna explained. "Maybe by then, he won't blow us to Celestia come."

Mint looked at the Bottlemail in awe. "Oh, can I hold it?" Etna gave the witch an odd look as she handed it to her. Mint started to shake the bottle-like creature furiously.

"Careful no, we can't have an Overlord with brain damage." Etna grinned. She looked inside the bottle and saw Laharl was knocked out. "That takes care of that." The pink-haired vassal dusted off her hands. "Now, let's get downstairs."

The redhead vassal saluted. "Aye-aye, Miss Etna!" Mint put the Bottlemail into a bag and ran out of the room, followed by a happy-looking Etna.

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The Sea of Gehenna, said to be a great tourist spot in the Netherworld! Though I still wonder why...it's so god damned hot! Ah, never mind that. Getting back to the point, it's a great place to visit if you're new to the Netherworld.

A figure is standing near in an are known as Wasteland of Woe. If you look closer, it seems to be an Angel. A young one, in his 1100s apparently. He was wearing white and green outfit with a green beret on his head with tufts of his yellow hair sticking out beneath. His green eyes looked around curiously.

"Eh? Where am I?" The Angel asked himself. He folded his arms across his chest. "I thought that nexus would send me to the Overlord's castle. But instead, I'm...I don't know WHERE I am!" He threw his arms up into the air in frustration. "No fair!"

A spark of purple appeared in the middle of the area he was standing in. The Angel turned his head to the spark. "Huh? What was that?" The spark got bigger and bigger. It grew into a vortex. A few monsters popped of it. They were purple ghost-like things with no feet or eyes. Just deformed hands and teeth.

For those of us who haven't seen this sort of terror before, those are Sulpur's summons. But not just any summons, these were pieces of the infamous (At least on Ivoire) Sulphur. Of course, our little Angel boy didn't know that.

"Um...Hello." The Angel said. "I'm Sidney. Are you a demon?" The poor foolish Angel's reply was a growl from the summons and a few tossed Grudge Bombs--balls demonic fire. "Oooh my!" Sidney trembled before running off screaming like a little idiot while more summons appeared.

Before the Summons could go after Sidney, another figure appeared out of the nexus as well. This one being a human. He had ocean blue hair and a red scarf that blew in the breeze. The summons turned to this new comer and forgot about their previous target.

"Summons?" The figure said in surprise. He frowned. (That must mean Sulphur is still alive somewhere in the Netherworld.) He pulled down his sleeve a bit and concentrated. "You'll go no further. For her sake, I will not fail!"

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Meanwhile, an area near the Land of Woe known as Fervent Melody, the vassals were all walking with some sort of item in hand: a blanket to sit on, a couple of baskets of food, etc... The only thing missing was Laharl, who was still in a bottle after a unanimous decision from almost all the vassals except Flonne, Marona and Bella who just didn't want to get into things like these.

"Shouldn't we let Laharl out now?" Flonne asked Etna as the walked in the lead, side-by-side.

Etna gave the Fallen Angel a glance. "No."

"WHAT? Etna, you promised that you'd let Laharl out as soon as we got here!" Flonne pouted before her eyes flamed with fire. "You can't go around breaking your promises! It's not right!"

Etna gave her cat-like grin. "Remember? Demon."

Raz was chuckling in the back next to Kisho. "I've heard of Prince in a Can but Prince in a Bottle! That's hilarious!"

"It won't be hilarious if the prince gets out..." Kisho muttered to the Fighter. "We may die...AGAIN."

Raz sweatdropped and scratched the back of his head. "Ooh... Got a point there."

Mint kept gingerly shaking the bottle. "Shakey, shakey, Prince Harlie."

"Mint! Cut that out!" Marona said. "It'll only make Laharl even angrier."

Mint stopped shaking the bottle that instant and quieted down. Looks like the number one thing that frightens her right now is Laharl.

"WAAAAAAAAHH!" A scream cut through the air like a knife through hot butter. All of a sudden, Sidney zooms past Etna and Flonne, into Mint, resulting in the Witch letting go of the Bottlemail. When the Bottlemail fell and crashed, a flash of light erupted from it. When the light faded, Laharl was standing there, looking mighty pissed off.

"GRRRRRRRR! ETNAAAAA! MIIINNNNT! I'M GONNA MAIM YOU SO BADLY, NONE OF THE TOP SCOUTS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR STRANDS OF DNA!" The Overlord bellowed as his hair stood up.

"Wow. You know what DNA is, Prince?" Etna asked. "Geez, you must be smarter than I thought."

This only sufficed into making Laharl even more upset. "WHY YOU!"

"KYAAAAAH! D-d-demons!" Sidney screamed. He kneeled down on the ground and bowed his head. "Oh please don't hurt me, please don't hurt meeee!" The Angel begged.

Laharl and his vassals looked down at Sidney. "What?" They all said simultaneously.

Sidney looked up at Laharl, tears streaming down his face. "Oh, please have mercy on me! I just got here!"

"Huh?" Flonne looked down at him and saw the little white angel wings protruding from his back. "Oh, you're an angel? Do you know who I am? My name is Flonne."

Sidney looked up at mention of her name. "F-flonne? The angel that tried to take over Celestia with demons?"

"They actually think Flonne is smart enough or strong enough to get US to obey HER?" Etna said.

"The older Angel Trainees said that if I behave bad, I'll end up like you: exiled from Celestia."

Laharl rolled his eyes. "Are ALL Angel Trainees as stupid as Flonne?"

"Maybe stupider." Etna added.

Marona stepped forward and looked down at Sidney. Actually, she was looking at his wings. "So this is a real angel... They really are as beautiful as the books say they are..."

"Blech. I think I'm gonna hurl." Laharl said.

"What is an Angel doing down here?" Scarlet asked.

Sidney stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes and straightened his green beret. "-Sniff- Some of the bigger kids from Celestia pushed me into the nexus to the Netherworld and I ended up here. And I met up with some ugly looking demons that appeared out of another nexus."

"..." Laharl concentrated for a moment. (I sense a dark energy nearby...)

"Oh...don't cry... You're safe with us." Flonne said to the younger angel.

Scarlet turned to Marona. "Marona, I feel a dark power somewhere in this area."

The Chroma nodded. "I know. I can feel it too." (This evil presence feels familiar... But what could it be...?)

Suddenly, a purple swirling nexus appeared in the center of the land. Summons started to pop out of the

"Hm? What is that?" Scarlet asked, slightly shocked.

(Summons! In the Netherworld?) Thought Marona.

"Really nasty-looking monster?" Mint asked as she pulled out her little red spellbook. The Witch grinned wickedly. "Take this. Mega Wind!" A wild breeze of green wind knocked out the Summons. But a few more popped out of the nexus.

"I guess these things are tougher than they look." Raz said.

"They keep multiplying like rabbits!" Mint screamed.

Laharl smirked and started laughing. "Haaahahaha! These guys obviously don't know who they're standing up against!" He pulled out his sword. "I could use a little anger management!" Laharl dashed forward and sliced a Summon in half, but another threw a Grudge Bomb at him.

"HAAAAAAH!" Raz punched and kicked a few summons aside. "Ha! Eat this!" He kicked a Summon into the far distance.

Kisho and Scarlet were back to back, surrounded by a group of summons. "Are you ready, Scarlet?"

The knight smirked, confident in her skills. "As I'll ever be." She pulled out her rapier and started running around a section of summons quickly. "Hurricane Slash!" Her speed increased greatly and a tornado was created in the process. Several of the summons got tossed around like rag dolls when it was over.

Kisho dashed forward and pulled out his katana so quickly, you couldn't even see it. When he sheathed the sword, his group of summons fell down.

Mint was taking out a few summons with Mega Fire spells with Bella taking a few out with her Star Staff. The Priestess raised her staff in the air and a large transparent pyramid of energy rose out of the ground. Lightning crackled inside and turned the summons to ash.

Etna and Flonne were tag-teaming against some of the creatures along with the Prinnies (Who were being tossed around like penguin-like grenades) while Sidney was just standing behind them.

"Are you gonna fight or what?" Etna asked the Angel Trainee as she barbecued a summon with a fire spell.

"Oh no, violence is wrong, isn't it?" said Sidney, acting like any other goody-two-shoes angel.

Etna rolled her eyes. "Honestly." She grabbed the Angel and raised him into the air (She must be strong to do that!) "Ready?"

"W-w-what are you doing!" Sidney stuttered.

Flonne's eyes reduced to dots and she started to spazz out. "Et-etna! What are you doing!"

A devilish look appeared inside of her red eyes. "Bombs away!" She threw Sidney at a summon, resulting in knocking the monster out.

"Oooh...my head..." The Angel moaned with swirly eyes.

"Angels make good long range weapons." Etna smirked devilishly as she looked at the Flonne, who was speechless.

When the last summon was chopped down, courtesy of Laharl, everyone was tired and wounded.

"Heal." Marona casted a heal spell on herself and her allies when the fight was over.

Laharl walked up to the nexus. "Hmm..." He slowly stretched out a hand to touch the portal...

"GWWWOOARR!"

Laharl pulled his hand back. "Hm?" He backed away from the portal. A large creature appeared out of it. It was white with only an upper body, head, and hands that had no arms whatsoever. And to make things worst, it looked like it was dripping blood from its non-existing lower waist. This creature could only be known as..Yamino.

"W-w-what is that thing?" Flonne and Sidney stuttered at once.

Marona stepped forward. "...Yamino."

Raz looked over at Marona. "Eh, you know what this thing is?"

The Chroma nodded. "Yes."

"What! If you tell me that you're the one who summoned this thing--!" Laharl fumed. The Terror demon behind them growled loudly and threw Laharl aside with a swipe of its hand.

"Laharl!"

"Damn... That thing's got a good punch." Laharl stood up and raised his sword. "But, I'm the Overlord! No one can defeat me!"

"Nice to see that even in times of terror, the Prince can still maintain his personality." said Etna while the others prepared for battle.

Laharl dashed forward and leapt up into the air. "Die!" He sliced off one of the Yamino's finger. The demon growled in pain and punched Laharl into Raz and Scarlet.

"Braveheart!" Marona casted a Braveheart spell on everyone, doubling their strength.

"You're mine!" Raz punched the terror demon in the chest, but it had no effect. The fighter was pushed back by some unseen force. Kisho dashed forward and sliced at Yamino once before being knocked to the side by its hand.

"Holy Arrows!" Flonne and Sidney shot glowing arrows at the demon. They went through Yamino and made the monster cry out in pain.

"GWOOOARRR!" It jumped into the air and landed around Scarlet, Etna and Mint, the landing causing dark energy to surround them. Laharl slashed the monster once in the back before jumping back and raising his arms into the air. Orange balls of demonic energy appeared above him. The demon Overlord grinned evilly.

" Die, fool! Overlord's Wrath!" The energy balls dropped down onto the Terror Demon, giving it tons of damage. When the light from the explosion faded, the Terror Demon was gone.

"We did it!" Flonne and Sidney hugged each other happily.

"I knew we could!" Raz pumped a fist in the air while Mint was crying, happy to be alive.

Laharl folded his arms across his chest and smirked proudly. "Of course. I wouldn't lose to some Low-class monster. Haaahahaha!"

Marona let out a sigh of relief. (If the summons are here, then maybe Ash...)

There thoughts were disturbed by a flash of light that filled the area. When the light faded, Yamino was still standing.

"What! That damn thing doesn't know when to die!" Laharl cursed.

"Oh no..."

"Don't tell me, all of that was for nothing..." Kisho said sadly.

"If we die, if must die fighting. The end of a true warrior!" Scarlet said bravely.

(Says her!) thought Raz and Mint. (I don't wanna die!)

The group prepared for battle again, but a voice filled the air.

"Rising Dragon!" A blur of a figure appeared out of nowhere and took hold of the Terror Demon. It rose high into the air in the form of a dragon (Complete with dragon-like sound) and knocked Yamino down to the ground below. And let's just say that it fell more than unconscious. The attack made a huge crater in the ground.

The figure landed on the ground in front of Laharl and his vassals, his back turned from them as his red scarf blew in the gentle breeze.

"That...was...COOL!" Mint said.

"I'll say." Raz said, scratching the back of his head.

"Who is this warrior?" Kisho asked.

"I know one thing, he took out that thing in one blow." Etna said. "Which is more than I can say for you, Prince."

Laharl frowned, not even noticing the look on Marona's face.

"A-ash?"

The blue-haired figure turned around. His red-eyed gaze on the group. "Huh? Who said that?"

Marona ran forward and hugged Ash around the waist. Everyone except Bella's eyes bugged out of their heads. "Ash! It's me! Marona." The demon chroma buried her face into his jacket.

Ash stared down in surprise. "Ma-marona? Is that really you?" It looked a bit like Marona, but could he be sure? Marona looked up at her guardian, tears streaming down her face. "...Marona. How...how did this happen?"

"-Sniff- It's a long story Ash..." She wrapped her hands around the Phantom's waist. "Don't you ever leave me again."

"Marona..." Ash's eyes softened. Even with her new, odd look, Marona was still Marona at heart.

"What the hell is going on, Chroma!" Laharl interrupted the lovely moment with his usual obnoxiousness. "Who is this guy!"

"Laharl! Can't you see this is like those reunion scenes on TV?" FLonne said with fire in her eyes. "This is a love-filled reunion and you can't just butt in like that!"

Marona dried her tears. "Um... This is Ash. My guardian when I was human."

"Guardian?" Everyone asked.

Marona nodded. "Uh-huh. Ash is a Phantom too."

"Oh, I get it!" Mint said. "Wait, no I don't."

"I think what Marona means is that she killed herself to find Ash, am I right?" Everyone turned around at the sound of Bella's gentle voice. "They seem to have a...bond of sorts." That was the first time she spoke more than one sentence! And in a row!

"Wow...very deep. A bond!" Mint chanted.

"You can only guess where this will lead to..." Kisho whispered to Raz and Scarlet.

"Indeed, he'll want to do that..." Scarlet agreed.

"Huh?" A big question mark appeared over Raz's head. "What're you two talkin' about? Who's 'he'?"

As if to answer his questions, Laharl stepped forward. "-Ahem- If your Chroma's guardian then I can only assume that you'll want to stay with her."

Ash arched an eyebrow. "Huh? What do you mean?" He looked at Marona. "Marona, who is this kid?"

A vein appeared on Laharl's head. "Another newcomer? Fine, I am Laharl, the Supreme Overlord of the Netherworld! And Chroma over there is my vassal."

Ash sweatdropped. "Chroma?"

"He means Marona." Flonne explained. "That's the name he gave her but everyone else calls her 'Marona'. He's the only one that calls her 'Chroma'."

Ash looked from Flonne, to Marona, then to Laharl. "Well, yes. I am Marona's guardian after all. I can't leave alone in a world like this."

"She's not alone. She has us." Raz said, folding his arms across his chest.

"Still, I'm, gong to stay with her." Ash announced. Marona smiled while Flonne was crying.

"So nice! The power of love..."

"Oh no, here we go again." said Etna. "Yet another of "love phase" of Flonne's.

Laharl smirked evilly. "Then you'll become my vassal as well!" He pointed at Sidney. "And him too!"

"WHAT!" Ash and Sidney shouted.

"Why do I have to become your vassal?" Sidney whined.

"Don't question me, Angel! I am Overlord and what I say goes!"

"Whoa, power rush." Raz said.

Mint put her hands on her hips and sighed. "At times like these, I wish I had a bazooka..."

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NEXT EPISODE!

Etna: The Netherworld has a new threat and her name is Asagi of earth! A bonified demon slayer, Asagi seeks to destroy all demons like any other demon slayer, but her main goal is to kill a certain Overlord.

Laharl: Hmph! Let her try! No human being can defeat the Mighty Laharl! Haaahahaha!

Etna: Don't get overconfident, Prince. This girl's not like other slayers.

FLonne: Eh? Really?

Ash: What's so different about her?

Etna: She's got the strength and endurance of a demon!

Marona: A human with demon capabilities...

Gordon: Chalk one up for the human race!

Etna: Will our powerful Lord Laharl beat down the demon slayer?

Laharl: The hell I will! I'm the star, remember?

Etna: OR will he fall to the blade of Asagi?

Mint: Heehee, I'd like to see THAT!

Etna: Next time on Demon Empire, Episode seven: Asagi the demon slayer.

Etna: Let chaos and bloodshed reign.

Laharl: No way in hell am I gonna lose to some human!

Etna: Oh we'll see Prince. We'll see...

A/N: Please review!