Blu: I'm back with a vengeance! MWAHAHAHA!

Laharl: Oh goodie. So how are you gonna torture me this time?

Blu: Why Harlie, I would never do anything to you unless you did something to me.

Laharl: Yeah, yeah, yeah. (Mumbles) Lying, good-for-nothing...

Blu: Anyways, thanks to the people who read and reviewed! If you luv Blu and believe in herm clap your hands! Or just review at the end of the chapter. Now then, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: If I owned Disgaea or any of the Nippon Ichi games, would I be writing fanfiction? I think not!

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You already know about Overlords, right? So I guess you'd know that a few have rivalries. Some do it for revenge or to prove that their better than them. Rivalries can go from being really weird to downright serious and dangerous. But you most definitely don't want to get in the middle of a rivalry...because they can get NASTY...

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In an area of the Netherworld, known as the Stellar Graveyard, there was a female ronin with dark blue hair in a ponytail and a long dark blue skirt. In her hand was bloody katana; the blood obviously belonging to the demons whose bodies surrounded her.

She looked up at the night sky, dotted with several white stars. "Rose...where are you..." A Great Wyrm arose behind her and was about to slash her into pieces before she ducked and stabbed her sword into the dragon's heart. When the demon fell, she spat on its corpse.

"Hmph. These demons are weak. All size and no strength to match that of the great Katana." She looked up again at the night sky. "O where, O where has my enemy gone? I know you're here. Somewhere..."

As the ronin walked on to another area of the Stellar Graveyard, a dimensional portal appeared and out popped a few summons. The disfigured demons slowly approached the demon corpses.

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Meanwhile, at the Overlord's Castle, the demon prince Laharl was sitting on his throne with a bored look on his face.

"Ugh... Isn't there ANYTHING going on? Doesn't anyone need my help?"

Etna turned to Laharl and shook her head. "Nope. Nada. Nothing outta the usual."

"AAAGHH!" Laharl pounded his fist on the armrest of his throne. Just then, a prinny came running into the throne room.

"Prince! Dood, something weird is going down at the Stellar Graveyard!"

Laharl got off of his throne and walked over to the prinny. "Really?" He folded his arms across his chest. "Finally, a new foe for Overlord Laharl to destroy!"

"You don't even know what the problem is." Marona said with a sweatdrop.

"Of course I do! It's just some low-class demons who are trying to get in on my turf." The demon prince smirked evilly. "But those fools made one mistake and that was messing with me!"

"Whatever happened to 'only the strong can take on the mighty Laharl'?" Ash asked said Overlord.

"When did he say that?" said Kisho.

"A few days ago."

"Hmph. Well, I just so happen to be bored. Not even going to the Item World can satisfy me these days."

"Oh, I see." said Ash with a roll of his eyes.

"The Interstellar Graveyard?" Scarlet asked in confusion.

Bella turned to the knight. "Ah, I've read about that in a Netherworld tour guide. Supposedly, it LOOKS like a graveyard and has the most beautiful sight of the stars."

"Sounds like the perfect place for a romantic event." said Asagi.

"If you ignore the surroundings."

"Uh, dood? Actually, there are some of those...weird phantom summon things there and some demons running amuck." The prinny explained. "Also, there may be a strong demon out there as well, but we're not sure, doods."

"Summons? That must mean that Sulphur is--" Ash started.

"Gonna get trashed!" Laharl laughed evilly. "Haaaahahahaha! Finally, I'm gonna get another chance at those things!"

"He seems happy." said Raz with a sweatdrop.

"Yeah, sure. And Mint is sane..." Kisho muttered.

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The group of warriors was marching into their destination.

"This is gonna be so much FUN!" Mint said happily.

Ash, Asagi, Marona and Flonne sweatdropped. "You think facing off against evil summon demons that want to kill us is fun?" Raz asked. He sweatdropped when Mint nodded and giggled like a madman.

"Dear god... Wait, can demons praise God?" Asagi asked. The other demons shrugged.

"Never met a demon that said anything holy. ...Besides Flonne."

Marona looked up at the sky. The stars were twinkling in the night sky. "Wow! It's so beautiful out here!" The young chroma turned to Ash. "Do you think we could come here when he have the time?"

"If Laharl gives us another day off."

"HEY! What are you two doing?" Laharl said at the front of the group. "Keep up or else!"

"...But that seems VERY unlikely."

"When that happens, demons are gonna get all happy-like and peace shall reign over the Netherworld." Raz said sarcastically. "And Laharl will act like a nice little kid instead of a king-sized pain-in-the--" Before the fighter could finish his words, a large rock made contact with his head. Laharl stood there, arms folded across his chest, a smirk on his face.

"What were you SAYING?" The demon prince hissed a he picked up another rock.

Raz rubbed the large bump growing out the side of his head. His eyes swirling and mouth in the shape of an O. "Nothing... Owwww..."

"Anyone ELSE want to say something about me?" Laharl gave them the evil eye as thunder crashed behind him and dark clouds loomed above his head.

The vassals shook their heads. Mint was still looking at the special effects behind Laharl with awe.

"Ooooh! That's amazing, can you just do that whenever you want or does there have to be a moment of something?"

-THUNK!- And down fell the witch.

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A few moments later, when a rejuvenated Raz was carrying an unconscious Mint, the group came across an area where there were five Great Wyrms standing in front of the entrance to the next.

"Dragons!" said Marona.

"Hmph! Told ya!" Laharl said proudly. "Nothing but a bunch of weak demons."

"You think THOSE are WEAK?" Asagi asked the demon prince.

"Great Wyrms are most definitely not low level demons." Kisho stated. "But, what are they doing here?"

"..." Scarlet narrowed her eyes and stepped forward, rapier in hand. "Something's wrong."

"What?"

"Look at them. Can you see something that is out of place?"

"Eh?" Laharl looked back at the demons. "Hey...there's a strong dark energy coming from them." Just then, a dimensional nexus appeared in front of the dragons. Out pops a pink summon. It opened its mouth wide and showed its deformed teeth.

"Just one summon?" Raz arched an eyebrow. "Is this a joke?"

"If it is, it's not funny." Etna said as the Wyrms moved forward and the summon went behind them.

"This fight won't be much fun!" Laharl said as he dashed forward and slashed a Wyrm in half. "Hahaha!" Another dragon slashed Laharl in the ribs and sent him flying back into Ash. "Oof!"

"You okay, Prince?" Ash asked as Laharl got off his back.

"Fine! He caught me off guard is all!" Laharl cursed. A few dark clouds loomed above them. "Huh? Is it gonna rain?"

"Does it rain in the Netherworld?" Marona asked before a bolt of lightning came down and shocked Laharl and Ash, leaving them slightly burnt.

"...Are you okay?"

Laharl glared at the mechanic. "Do I LOOK okay? That damn thunder spell ruined my hair!"

"Bet it takes hours to fix." Mint said, finally regaining consciousness. "Especially the bunny-ears. -Giggle-" A Wyrm opened its mouth and blew a jet of fire towards Raz and Mint. "Oh no you don't! Mega Ice!" A blast of Ice shot out of her hand and put the fire out. "Oh yeah!"

Raz dashed forward and started to rapidly punch the Wyrm in the gut and ended with a kicked to the head the knocked the demon into a piece of large rock.

"Two down, one to go." Kisho started to pull out his sword, but Etna easily pulled out a gun and shot the last dragon a couple of times in the head.

Etna blew the barrel of her gun while Kisho sweatdropped.

"That leaves only one." Laharl smirked. Ash dashed forward and punched the thing aside before he could get a chance at it. "Hey!"

"Sorry. Were you going for it?" Ash said with a sweatdrop as the summon disappeared.

"Why you--!"

"Do you think Laharl's getting jealous of Ash?" Flonne asked Etna. The pink-haired vassal shrugged.

"I don't know. But Ash IS the exact opposite of Laharl. Kind, calm, TALL."

"Will you SHUT UP!" Laharl shouted, his eyes glowing red and hair sticking up straight in the air.

"Sheesh, prince, are you THAT jealous?"

"I am not jealous!" Laharl huffed before spinning around on his heel. "C'mon! We're not done yet! I still sense a powerful dark presence up ahead."

"Goodie! More victims!" Mint squealed.

"Onward to victory! Haaahahaha!"

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As the group of vassals walked on into another area, Scarlet stayed at the back of the group and looked down at the ground.

"Is something wrong, Scarlet?"

"Huh?" The pink-haired knight raised her head to look down at Marona. "No. Nothing's wrong." (It's just that I'm feeling a tremendous presence nearby... But WHAT? It feels so familiar...could it be...?)

Laharl halted and the group stopped.

"What's wrong, Laharl?" Flonne asked.

"Someone's here."

Katana walked out of the shadows. Scarlet gasped and tried to hide herself. The ronin arched an eyebrow. "Hm? What are children doing out here?"

Laharl's hair stood up and his eyes glowed red. "WHAAAAAAT!"

"You shouldn't be here. There are monsters about."

"Y'know, sometimes it sucks to look younger than you are." Etna sighed. "We're demons, lady."

"And I'm no kid! I'm the supreme Overlord!" Laharl growled.

Katana blinked. "The Overlord? That can't be. How can a little kid rule an entire Netherworld?"

"WHAT!"

Katana looked past Laharl and spotted Scarlet. "Rose? ...Rose! Answer me! Or are you too much of a coward?"

Laharl arched an eyebrow. "Eh? My name's not Rose! That's a girl's name! I am Laharl!"

"Rose! I know that's you! I recognize that pink-hair anywhere!"

"..." Scarlet stepped forward. "...Hello, Katana." She said in an emotionless voice.

The ronin smirked. "Well, it's nice to see you again, Milady Rose."

"..." The knight narrowed her eyes. Everyone else looked pretty much confused.

"What the hell is going on!" Laharl shouted.

"Isn't it obvious? These two know each other!" Flonne explained.

"Why does she keep calling Scarlet 'Rose'?" asked Bella.

"I assume you want to finish what we started." Scarlet grasped her rapier. "Too bad. I don't have my former title anymore. There's nothing to fight for anymore."

"That what YOU think!" Katana growled as she pulled out her katana. "When you and I first met, it was a draw. I said it was a fluke and that the second time I would win. The second time, it was a draw again. And it was like that for the third, the fourth, so on and so forth. And...when you achieved the title of Overlord after killing the current one to push your powers even more, that made me want to kill you even more."

The vassal's and Laharl's eyes turned as big as saucers. "What! Scarlet was an overlord?"

"I can't believe she was an Overlord before she died..." said Raz. "All this time, and we never knew."

"Why didn't she tell us?" said Bella. "What happened so long ago...?"

Scarlet sighed and closed her eyes. "It was so many years ago... I was a normal human girl like any other. Until some demons attacked my home world in an attempt to take it over. They succeeded and in the process of their takeover, my parents and my friends--they were murdered by those...monsters! I was so angry that I focused my life to kill demons! I made it my goal to slay the demon that started all of it."

"Oh my..." Marona gasped.

"I couldn't just go after the Overlord the way I was. I started to kill low-class demons. Then mid-classed. When I started to slay high-level demons, I had shed the blood of so many...so many battles. So much blood. At that point, I felt as though I had become that which I hated. But I didn't care. I would've became a demon on the path to unlocking my power. And then it happened. ...I killed the Overlord. I officially became a devil. But...I couldn't take it. After a few days...I just left."

"That doesn't explain how you died." said Ash.

"Yeah, what happened?" said Flonne. "Please, Ms. Scarlet?"

"..."

"I bet you did the cowardly thing of killing yourself, didn't you?" said Katana.

"..." The female knight didn't say a word.

"ANSWER ME! Ugh, forget it! It's impossible to get you to say something personal, is it, Rose? Or Scarlet, or whoever the hell you are now!" Katana raised her blade. "Prepare for one final duel!"

"...Fine." Scarlet raised her rapier. "But after this, you must leave and never return."

"Heh. What makes you think I'm going to be the loser?" Katana and Scarlet disappeared from sight.

"Whoa! Where'd they go?" Mint gasped.

"Uh, we have company." Etna pointed over the dimensional portal that opened up. Several summons popped out of it in all their deformed evilness.

"Great! These loser are back for more, eh?" Laharl smirked evilly as he folded his arms across his chest. "Fine then! Let's go!"

"What about Scarlet?" Marona asked.

"What about her? It's her fight, so she'll deal with it! Now, ATTACK!"

While the others charged off into battle with the summons, Scarlet was still fighting with Katana. The samurai slashed the knight on the leg. Scarlet lunged her rapier into her stomach. Blood spilled from both of them. After a few moments, they were panting, tired.

"-Pant- -Pant- You haven't lost your touch." Katana smiled. "Nice to see serving a child hasn't made you lose your edge."

"Shut up!" Scarlet lunged forward and slashed Katana in her arm. The ronin retaliated by slashing her in the stomach. Scarlet spat up some blood. She felt all her wounds leave her suddenly. "Huh?" She turned her head and saw Bella, giving her an encouraging nod.

"That's not fair!" Katana gasped. She stood up straight and clutched her bleeding arm. "You broke the rules."

Scarlet smirked. "What's the matter? You've done this lots of times when we fought BEFORE. Oh, wait. That was when you had a clan."

Katana growled and positioned herself for one final attack. "This is it. The final blow." She started to glow with a dark blue demonic aura. "I WILL win!"

Scarlet frowned. "Wrong. I shall win this." Scarlet started to glow with a red aura. She multiplied into four separate copies. They disappeared and reappeared around Katana.

"W-what?"

"Sword Dance!" The four Scarlets began to dash in and out and slash Katana repeatedly. The ronin fell to the ground with a dull thud. She coughed up some blood. Scarlet looked down on her with a frown. "Bella..."

Bella walked towards her and nodded. "Of course."

"Haaaaaa!" Laharl slashed the last summon in half. "That's the last of them!"

"Laharl looks happy." said Ash.

"Yeah. We should figure out how to summon up those things whenever the prince is in a bad mood."

The blue-haired vassal looked down at the pink-haired demon. "You're kidding...right?"

"Hey, I think Scarlet's done too." Raz said, pointing to Scarlet and Bella, who were standing over Katana.

"Yay! Scarlet won!" Mint cheered.

Bella knelt down besides Katana and revived her. She stood up and turned to the knight. "Are you sure--?"

"Yes." Scarlet nodded.

"But are you sure we should let her live?" said Bella. "She may try and come after you again."

"..."

"Hey!" The two turned their heads toward the group walking towards them.

"Where's that Katana chick?" said Raz.

"Huh?" Scarlet turned her head and saw Katana wasn't there. "She's...gone now."

"You kicked her butt! For sure!" Mint gave her a thumbs-up and Scarlet sweatdropped.

"I really never wanted my past to catch up with me." Scarlet placed a hand on her face. "I hope...I didn't do anything..."

"What are you talking about?" Marona said.

"I never thought I would be allowed to live again. I deserve some sort of punishment for what I've done!"

"Would you shut up!" Laharl shouted. "The past is in the past. You were an Overlord, you killed people, and you shed lots of blood. GET OVER IT! You should forget about that and think about your current job: being my vassal." He folded his arms across his chest and nodded.

"...La...Laharl." Scarlet closed her eyes. Tears slowly came down her face. "Th-thank you..."

"Eh? Quit it! Don't say that!" Laharl said. "Let's just get back to the castle. I wanna go to sleep."

"What just happened?" A big question mark appeared above Marona's head. "Laharl shouted at Scarlet, but it sounded like he was trying to help her get over it. But... I'm confused."

"Don't be." said Etna. "The prince isn't exactly someone who'd come out and say a nice thing. He'd never just give you a tissue and a shoulder to cry on but he's getting there."

"What Etna is trying to say is, Laharl can't express his feelings in a nice way, so he acts mean and selfish to hide them. But, he's getting there and soon, he'll be able to say the word "love" without difficulties. Tee-hee."

"Um...Okay..." Marona sweatdropped. She looked at Laharl. (He's not as bad as he acts after all. He just...needs to get a bit friendlier... And maybe, someday...)

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NEXT EPISODE!

Etna: The demon Overlord Rose has been sentenced to another Netherworld to become the vassal to another Overlord.

Scarlet: Excuse me, my name is Scarlet now.

Etna: But can a tiger change its stripes?

Scarlet: Isn't the saying "a leopard can't change its spots"?

Etna: What in the world! Rose has started a rebellion against Laharl and has taken over throne!

Laharl: Like she can do that.

Scarlet: That's what YOU think...

Etna: She can't do this injustice! I was next in line to be Overlord! That's Rose, I'm gonna defeat you and get back my rightful throne!

Laharl: I'm gonna stick my foot up your rightful--

Marona & Flonne: Censors!

Laharl: Damn censors!

Etna: Next time on Demonic Knight Etna, episode: twelve: Bloody Rose!

Etna: Frankly, Ms. Rose, I don't give a damn about you!

Ash: Was that supposed to be a funny?

Scarlet: I feel so embarrassed...