Blu: No! NOOOOOOOOO!
Ash: -sweatdrop- What's wrong with her now?
Flonne: Apparently, she took the name of a soon-to-be main character from a Nippon-Ichi game that hasn't been released yet.
Blu: I saw her character design in a forum for Makai Kingdom and she looked so cool...
Ash: That'll teach you not to write about characters whose profile you've never even heard.
Blu: Guess I'll have to call this a semi-AU now. No WAY in hell am I gonna rewrite chapter seven! (Eyes flame with the power of youth!)
Etna: Looks like someone's watched a LITTLE too much "Naruto".
Laharl: Anime freak!
Blu: Munchkin from hell!
Laharl: (Eyes glowing red) WHAT? (Pulls out his sword)
Blu: Uh-uh-uh. Want me to get the girls from Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball in here?
Laharl: -nose bleeds at the thought-
Mint: Laharl's a pervert!
Laharl: What did you call me? I HATE sexy woman!
Etna: I'm starting to get confused. After seeing the picture and Laharl's hatred for girls with junk in their trunk, I'm wondering what his sexuality is...
Laharl: YAAAAAAAAH!
Blu: Before Laharl explodes, lemme say I own neither Disgaea, Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, or Asagi and Disgaea 2.
Laharl: There's a sequel to Disgaea?
Blu: On with the fic!
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Thanks 2: hikariniwa, Lacto3.1415, Kid-author, Ryumasa the Ryuhaitou and The Useless Sempai for reviewing.
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So far, all we've talked about are the alternate Netherworlds that are in alternate universes. But we haven't talked about things like alternate earths in alternate timelines and things like that. One very interesting story is set on an alternate earth that has been conquered by an Overlord. The result is human beings being turned into monsters and or worshippers of his. But, there's one person on this earth that hasn't been changed yet...
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In a city that looks the goddamned apocalypse hit it, inside of an abandoned house, there is a woman. One of the few people that isn't a demon. Her name is Asagi, and originally, she was an average mechanic. But a few years back, an Overlord from the Netherworld came and brought total chaos upon the earth.
The raven-haired mechanic was standing in front of what seemed like a portal made of steel. She wiped the sweat off the brow of her forehead. "It's finally finished... It's about time." Asagi touched the steel frame of the portal. "With this portal, I'll be able to go to the Netherworld." Her hand balled up into a fist. "And I'll be able to kill that bastard!" She punched the steel portal hard. "...Oooww..."
So much for little Ms. Tough Savior of the Earth. Uh, Alternate Earth.
After making sure her hand wasn't broken, the would-be heroine turned on the switch and in the middle of the steel contraption appeared a light blue nexus portal. "Today, I shall boldly go where no average man, or woman, has gone before!" Asagi ran into the portal and disappeared in a big flash of light.
Now isn't that brave. But what's this? Her coordinates are wrong? It's set to a Netherworld in a ANOTHER timeline! Wonder what'll happen to her... It may not be pretty.
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Meanwhile, in a Netherworld we all know and fear...
Ash and Sidney were sitting in the middle of the throne room. The Angel Trainee was lying down on his back, downright tired. Their second day in the Netherworld, and Laharl made them do...chores. And the worst part of all was that he pushed them hard.
"-Pant- -Pant- I'm beat..." Sidney said plainly.
"-Pant- What the heck is that kid's problem?" Ash said. Like Marona, he was transformed into a demon, only he didn't listen to what Laharl had named him. When he had a little time, he was with Marona and everything was fine until Laharl came in and told him that he had a new chore to do.
"I thought that Laharl wouldn't be pissed off for THIS long." Etna said. "Geez, you'd think he would get used to this... He's been working everyone like dogs, but you're definitely getting the worst of the deal."
Ash looked at the pink-haired vassal. "What do you mean?"
"He's made you clean the throne room with a TOOTBRUSH, cook dinner for EVERYONE... He even made you WASH his shorts..." Etna nodded. "Yup, he's got it in for you."
"Sucks to be you." Mint said.
"I almost feel like I'm responsible."
"But...you WERE responsible."
"Keyword, Mint: almost."
"It's so unfair for Laharl to drive you like that." said Flonne. "It wasn't your fault that he got stuck in a bottle."
"Yeah, that honor belongs to the destructive duo over there." said Raz, jerking a thumb at Etna and Mint.
"Is it our fault that we can't help using those weapons of destruction we buy from Pepper?" Etna said with her hands on her hips.
"Yes!" The Fallen Angel said. "If Laharl finds out about where you get your "weapons of mass destruction" he may hurt Pepper."
The demon rolled her eyes. "I'll get you the Prism Rangers third season DVD if you keep your mouth shut."
Flonne's eyes widened. "The one with the deleted scenes and lost episode?" Etna nodded. "...Trader? What Trader? I don't know a Trader."
"Guess everyone can be bribed." Kisho and Raz sweatdropped. "Even Angels."
Marona walked over to Ash and knelt down besides him. "It's okay, Ash. Being a demon's not all bad."
Ash looked up at Marona. "Marona." (I still can't believe she killed herself to be with me. Maybe she still needs me...) He smiled up at her. "It's great to have a body again, even if it is a demon body. The one thing I don't like is that pain in the--"
"AAASSSHH!" Everyone turned their heads and saw Laharl standing in the entrance to the throne room. He was holding a sword that had blood at the tip of its blade. The look on his face seemed to translate "You know what to do".
"Oh goodie...It's him." Ash said sarcastically as he got up. "See you later, Marona. If I can make it." The once-Chroma got Sidney by the arms and started pulling him to and past Laharl as the demon Overlord walked in.
"Why are you doing this?" Marona asked. Laharl looked around, thinking the question was for him.
"What? What are you talking about, Chroma?"
"She means why are you torturing the living daylights outta Ash and the Angel Kid." Mint explained. "...And us..."
"...I have no Idea what you're talking about. Besides I treat my vassals the way I want to."
"But...can't you at least...ease up on Ash and Sidney?"
Laharl gave Marona a look. "What!"
"J-just don't work them so hard. Don't make them clean the floors with toothbrushes or wash your underwear... You know, stuff like that." The chroma explained.
"...Hell. No." Laharl growled. "I treat my vassals the way I want to! You don't like it, I may just sell you to some other fool!"
"WHAT! Y-you can't do THAT!" Marona shuddered at the thought of being sold like an object.
The demon Prince folded his arms over his chest. "I can and I might. There haven't been any chromas in the Netherworld... You may just fetch a good price."
"N-n-nooo!"
Flonne stepped in. "You wouldn't really sell Marona, would you Laharl?."
Laharl growled. "I will if she keeps on being the pest she is! And I may just sell that damn Angel too! One Love Freak is bad enough..."
"You can't sell Sidney! He doesn't even want to be here!" Flonne grabbed Laharl by his shoulders and started to shake him. "It's not his fault that he ended up here on accident!"
"Stop shaking me, Love Freak!" Laharl pushed Flonne off of him. Just then, a pink Prinny came walking in and up to Laharl. It took out a letter from its little fanny pack and handed it to him.
"For you, dood." The Prinny went back out as though it were nothing.
Laharl looked down at the letter. "Eh? 'To the Overlord'..." He ripped the envelope open and looked at it.
Dear Overlord Laharl,
I have come to settle the score, once and for all. I'll be waiting at the Forest of the Dead. Come if you're really as strong as you say you are.
Signed, Asagi the Demon Slayer
"What is it Laharl?" Flonne asked.
"It's a challenge. It's been a while since anyone challenged me..." He closed his eyes and started laughing softly. "Hmhmhm... This should be good. I was afraid it was going to get boring. Haaaahahahaha! I'll take that Demon Slayer and make her wish she never thought about challenging the great Laharl!"
Marona sweatdropped. "Doesn't he even care about how tough this Asagi person is..."
"He's one of those 'Fight first, ask questions later' type." Kisho said.
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A little later, the gang of demons was on their way to a part of the Forest of the Dead called Hero's Tomb.
"Why would this Asagi the Demon Slayer want to challenge Laharl, I wonder?" Flonne thought aloud.
"To try and steal the title of Overlord, what else?" Laharl said.
"Good thing this guy came along though. It was starting to get dull around here." said Etna.
"You must love causing chaos." Ash said while looking around. "That's what demons like, right?"
"Right. You look pretty demonic yourself. Got any secrets?" Etna purred.
Ash blinked. "What? I was born HUMAN. Not DEMON, human. I would've known if I was a demon, now wouldn't I?"
Etna nodded her head and had a "yeah right" look on her face. "Uh-huh. Sure."
"How much of a challenge will this demon slayer be?" thought Scarlet.
"Hopefully not TOO weak. I want to have a little fun" Laharl smiled evilly. "Hahahaha!"
Sidney sweatdropped. "Th-this is unfair... I never wanted this..." The Angel Trainee whined. "I wish I was back in Celestia. I'd rather be bullied than deal with demons!"
"Ah, suck it up!" Laharl snapped.
"Wow, someone's testy." Mint stuck her tongue out at the Overlord.
"Prince Harlie is cranky, eh?" Raz joked.
"Shut it, idiots!"
As silence settled in again, the group finally approached the Hero's Tomb. And there in the middle stood Asagi.
"Greetings, Overlord!" Asagi said with flames of hatred in her eyes. "Now is the time for my revenge!"
Laharl arched an eyebrow. "A woman? This is the great demon slayer? I could crush you in an instant!"
Ash stepped forward. "What do you mean by 'revenge'? What's Laharl ever done to you?"
Asagi folded her arms over her chest. "That...bastard took over my home world!" (!) Her eyes widened. "Where is he?"
A question mark appeared over everyone's heads. "Who?" asked Flonne.
"Don't play dumb with me! Where is the Overlord?" Asagi pulled out a gun.
"Right here!" Laharl said, slightly annoyed at the human woman's blindness. "King Laharl, Supreme Overlord of the Netherworld!"
"..." Asagi almost dropped her gun. "You...you have got to be KIDDING!" She tried to stifle a laugh but it all came out. "HAHAHA! Quit playing, little boy. I want to see the Overlord Laharl, not some little kid!"
Laharl's antennae-like hair stood up and his eyes flashed yellow. "WHAAAAAAAAT!" Thunder and lightning crashed and flashed in the background. "I AM THE OVERLORD! STOP LAUGHING, FOOL!"
Marona tilted her head slightly. "Did Laharl ever take over a world?" She asked Etna.
The demon vassal looked at the chroma. "He took over Earth. Maybe she's talking about that." She looked at Asagi. "But no weakling would just go and challenge an Overlord. If she doesn't have a trick up her sleeve, she's a good as dead."
"You're kidding! The Overlord Laharl isn't some little kid." Asagi turned from Laharl, who was still upset, and looked at the group. "Let's see...which one of these guys is the real Overlord?" (I've never actually seen him before. But he has to look strong, right?) Her eyes scanned each vassal until she came upon Ash. (HE looks strong enough.)
Asagi pointed a finger at Ash. "So at last we meet, Overlord! Were you so afraid of me that you had some little kid role play?" The mechanic shook her head. "Tsk-tsk. For shame."
Ash's eyes widened in fright. "WHAT! You think I'M the Overlord?" He pointed at Laharl. "THAT'S Laharl."
"No more lies!" Asagi jumped back and pulled out a piece of paper. "I'm SO glad I got that spell for summoning demons. Prepare for your defeat Laharl, cuz I know what you're weakness is!"
"Weakness?" Etna and Flonne said. "Uh-oh."
"Don't tell me she's going to-?" Marona didn't even get to finish.
Asagi started to glow with a light blue aura. "Superb Solemn Sexiness! Demons, appear!" Three medium-sized blue flames appeared in front of her. Out of each flame came a figure. They were...
"Female Ninja Demons?" Etna said with an arched eyebrow.
Raz stared at the demons with widened eyes. "No! SEXY female ninja demons!"
The Ninja demons posed in sexy poses. They had on small black ninja outfits that showed off their long legs and hugged their hips. They each had blue hair put up into a ponytail and were all holding some sort lethal weapon: one had a katana, another had a bow and arrow and the other had a spear.
"GAH!" Laharl closed his eyes. "Can't...STAND IT! I absolutely HATE sexy women!" The Overlord spat on the ground when he said those last two words.
Ash sweatdropped. "What's so scary about some demon ninja girls?"
Asagi stared, her eyes reduced to dots. "WHAAAT! I thought you hated sexy women!" She growled to herself. "Gaaah! Forget about it! Ninja demons, forward!"
The Ninjas stepped forward. "Hah!"
"Oh boy!" Sidney panicked, pulling out a staff.
"This may be a problem." Marona said. The chroma looked at Laharl, who still had his eyes closed and was now holding his sword.
"Feh, these demons are weak, they don't stand a chance against me!" The Overlord said, grasping his blade tightly.
"How do you expect to FIGHT when you can't even SEE?" Ash and Marona sweatdropped.
"He's got a point there, Prince." said Etna. "Guess we'll have to fight for you."
"So I'm going to let my title as Overlord fall into the hands of idiots?"
"Shouldn't say that to the people who are saving your ass." Etna said with her hands on her hips.
A ninja pounced forward and swung her sword at Etna. The demon vassal ducked just in time only to get a few strands of her hair cut off. The pink-haired demon got mad.
"That's it!" She pulled out a gun and shot the ninja demon several times in her vital points. Etna blew at the barrel of her gun. "Smokin'."
"Braveheart!" Marona shouted as she casted the spell on Ash and Scarlet. "Go get em!" At that moment, the ninja with the spear jumped forward and lunged at Laharl. Marona pushed him aside and only got a scratch on her arm.
"What the hell!" Laharl shouted in anger. "Who did that?" His eyes, still being closed, didn't know he was almost about to be a demon shiskabob.
The ninja turned to Marona, anger burning in her red eyes, and lunged towards the chroma. Marona jumped/rolled out of the way just in time. Scarlet dashed to the side and lunged her rapier deep into the demon's stomach.
Ash dashed toward the last ninja demon, dodging all of its arrows. The ninja demon pulled back on its last arrow and waited for a while. The arrow started to glow. When she let go, a tremendous beam of light shot towards Ash. He stopped dead in his tracks and let himself be taken over by the flash.
"Ash!"
The flash of light faded. Nothing was there except for the slightly charred ground. The ninja demon had a look of victory on her face, until she felt something painful. She looked down and saw a sword protruding from her stomach. Ash pulled off his sword and flicked off some of the blood.
"-pant- -pant- ..." Ash looked down at the ninja's corpse.
"A-ash?" Marona stuttered.
"Is it over yet?" Laharl opened his eyes and spotted the dead ninja demons. "Guess they weren't THAT tough."
"Nope, just a couple of low-class demons." Etna kicked the corpse of the demon she shot then looked at Asagi. "Well, what are you going to do now, Miss Demon Slayer?"
Asagi looked furious. She pulled out her gun and pointed it at Ash. "I...I WON'T LET YOU LIVE!" A magic circle appeared in front of her gun. "Go to Hell!" She pulled the trigger and a tremendous shot was fire from it. It hit Ash, dead-on, almost killing the poor demon Chroma.
"Aaaaahhh..." Ash was on the ground. He could taste his own blood. His right arm and leg were in an odd position. He suddenly felt all the pain go away. Bella and Marona had casted a healing spell on him. Ash sat up and looked at his hands. "That's better..."
"You..." The hand of Asagi's that was holding the gun was shaking. "I'll kill you...Laharl... I'LL KILL YOU!" She aimed at Ash and was about to pull on the trigger when something happened. Laharl dashed towards her in her moment of unstableness and punched the mechanic in the face. Asagi flew a few feet and hit a tree.
Laharl stood there, breathing hard. He raised his fist into the air. "I am the Overlord, you idiot! Are you deaf or something?"
Asagi sat up, to almost everyone's disbelief. The mechanic spat up some blood then wiped it off the sleeve of her jacket.
"Damn demons... Why don't you all just die?" Suddenly, the remote in the pocket of Asagi's jacket started to malfunction. This remote was what would get Asagi back when she defeated Laharl. If she DID defeat him. "Wha-what?" Asagi pulled out the remote. "What the--? Something's wrong."
The remote started to crackle and smoke. A small jolt of electricity went through it. A large flash of light erupted in the Forest of the Dead.
"What!"
"WHAT IN THE HELL!"
A large boom and flash of light occurred. When the light faded, no one was there...
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NEXT EPISODE!
Asagi: Yes! I've finally made it into the Space Police Force!
Laharl: Now the mechanic is doing it!
Marona: All these people are weird...
Ash: Weird's the understatment of the year...
Asagi: For my first big case, I have to deal with a bunch of big time crimes from Mafia bosses!
Scarlet: The mafia...?
Kisho: Since when were the Mafia in space?
Asagi: The culprit is identified as a blue-haired, red-eyed, scarf-wearing male. Hey, he's not bad to look at either.
Laharl: Is she talking about me? DISGUSTING!
Etna: She means the OTHER blue-haired, red-eyed, scar-wearing guy.
Ash: (Oo) Me?
Asagi: This guy is so coniving and can match my skills in fighting. Who is this mysterious bandit and why do I feel like this about a bad guy?
Flonne: How beautiful!
Mint: It makes you want to cry.
Laharl: Yuck.
Asagi: Next time on Space Officer Asagi, Episode eight: Torn between Love and Duty.
Asagi: It's so wrong, but it feels so right!
Ash: (looks as red as a tomato by now)
Marona: Are you okay, Ash?
Etna: Congratulations, Asagi, you've just won "Best way of making a main male character blush like hell" award.
Sidney: Long name.
Asagi: Really? Oh, thank you, thank you! You like me, you really like me!
Laharl: Can we please put an end to this?
Marona: Peace and Love!
Laharl: GAAAAAH! (X.X)
Marona: (smile) Hee hee. I've always wanted to do that.