Blu: Oh no, oh no, oh NOOOOOOO!
Ash, Marona & Flonne: (Sweatdrop) What happened to her?
Laharl: Haaahahaha! My evil plan, that's what!
Etna: Prince gave Blu a piece of paper he wrote on and said it was her report card.
(Blu rolls up into a fetal position and cries more. Everyone sweatdrops.)
Ash: I guess he wrote that she failed the period.
Etna: Yup.
Blu: WAAAAAAH--Huh? Hey! Wait a minute! This says "from the desk of Laharl Krichevskoy!" GRRRRR!
Flonne: (O-O') Laharl...
Asagi: I'd run if I were you.
Laharl: Yeah right! Like some human authoress can stop-- (Gets transported to a Dead or Alive Volleyball game)
Blu: And that is that. (Turns to the audience) Sorry 'bout that! Anyways, I'd like to thank all the people who read and reviewed last chappie! And if you could, go read TheUselessSempai's new story, Ashes to Ashes (It's like this one, except it's Ash that goes to the Netherworld. Trust me, the beginning is good!) and review for him and boost his morale! Now let's start this bad boy up! Asagi!
Asagi: Right! Blu Rose doesn't own any of the Nippon-Ichi games! If she did, the anime would be out sooner in the U.S.
Mint: And now, on with the show!
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Love is one of the most confusing things in the entire universe! Er...universes. Anyway, love will have you doing stupid things, looking stupid, and saying stupid things in front of the cause of your stupid phase! ...But you love them, and if you're lucky, they may love you back--instead of running off with someone who may be more good-looking, talented, and better in every way possible--and you may live happily ever after. Or not. Not every love story is a fairytale in the making...
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"Hurry, hurry, HURRY!" Mint's frantic voice rang throughout the corridors of the castle. The witch kept pushing Asagi down the hall.
"What's got you so upset?" Asagi asked her. "I haven't seen you like this since the last time you tried to wake up Laharl."
"There's something I have to show you! Quick, quick!" Mint jumped in front of the black-haired mechanic and opened the door in front of them. Downstairs was dark and had little light except for a few torches. The witch pushed Asagi in the back. "C'mon, c'mon! Quick, quick, quick!"
"Alright, alright. Quit pushing me already! Sheesh..." Asagi muttered as she walked down the stairs, Mint close behind. Mint closed the door and caused an almost total darkness to fall on them. "Mint!"
"No one must know!" Mint exclaimed as she held out her hand. "Fire." A fireball appeared in her hand and lit up the room. Asagi's eyes widened when she saw the numerous demon corpses, old bones, and torture equipment. They were in the dungeons.
"AAAAAHHHH--!" Asagi's mouth was covered by Mint's free hand (the other was holding the fireball)
"Don't scream! Everyone will hear you!" hissed the Witch as she removed her hand. She dug in the pocket of her pants and pulled out an envelope. "Take a look."
A question mark appeared over Asagi's head. "Eh?" She took the envelope from Mint and read the heading on the front. "To Overlord Laharl... Laharl?" Asagi looked at Mint and gave her an evil look. "Mint, why are you giving ME a letter to Laharl?"
"Look at the letter, it's even worse!" Mint said in fear.
"You read it too? Now that's just low, Mint."
"What? It's not like I tried to kill him again! Just read it!" Mint shouted frantically.
"..." Asagi carefully opened the envelope and pulled out the letter. "Eh? It's from someone named Adel. I can guess that this is another fight for Laharl's throne."
"Read it ALL." Mint pushed. Asagi's eyes skimmed the letter. A few minutes later, her eyes bugged out and she grasped onto the letter tightly.
"I...I...can't believe this..." The mechanic stuttered. "This is bad..."
Mint nodded. "I know... How someone outside the kingdom found out about it?" The witch shook her head. "We've got a traitor in the midst!
"No, I mean, when Laharl reads this, he's gonna hit the roof!" Asagi moaned.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot about the prince..." Mint sweatdropped. "Well, maybe he won't be as angry as we think!"
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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" The sound of the demon Overlord Laharl rang throughout the vicinity. Guess Mint was wrong...
Laharl grasped the letter with shaking hands. "How could someone think something like that? It's too...UNBEARABLE to imagine!" His hair stood up and his eyes glowed red. "Hell help me, when I find whoever wrote this letter...!"
Etna gave Laharl a bored look. "You still haven't said what's in the letter." She took the letter from his hands and read it out aloud. "To Overlord Laharl, I challenge you to a duel in the Blair Forest--"
"Well THAT'S nothing to be worried about." said Ash. "People always challenge Laharl."
"Especially these days." said Flonne.
Etna continued. "Winner, gets the hand of the fair demon Queen...MARONA?"
Everyone's eyes popped out of their heads. "WHAT! MARONA?"
"I TOLD YOU IT WAS DISGUSTING!" Laharl choked out while trying not to throw up his lunch.
Marona stepped forward, eyes reduced to little white dots and a sweatdrop running down the side of her head. "Um... Are you sure it says 'Queen Marona' or did you just say that as a joke?"
"Nope. It says it right here in print." Etna shoved the letter into Marona's face. "See?"
Marona stared at the letter for a while and shook her head. "This...can't be true..."
"Yup, it's true. Right here in bold print." Etna grabbed the letter back from Marona and looked at Laharl. "So, I guess we're going to the Blair Forest, huh, prince?"
"Wrong! That's a stupid reason to fight! If he wants her, he can have her." Laharl growled while Marona sulked in the corner.
"But you have to accept." said the pink-haired vassal with a cat-like grin. "If you don't, your rep while be damaged."
The demon prince arched an eyebrow. "What?"
"People won't fear you anymore."
"..." Laharl closed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest. "Fine. And as soon as I find this guy I'm gonna make him suffer the pain of a thousand deaths! Haaahahaha!"
"...Should we tell him that you and Mint spread those rumors?" Kisho whispered to Raz.
"What are you, kidding?" Raz whispered back. "If he finds out, he'll have our heads! Literally!"
"But if he finds out and we didn't tell him, he'll STILL have our heads."
"...But we'd have a little time to write our wills."
"...You know, there are times when I hate you..."
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As the group walked through the Blair woods...
"La-lala-lalala-la. Lalala-lala... La-lalala-lala-lalalalaaaa!"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Laharl shouted at Mint, who was singing to herself loudly. "Some of us still WANT our hearing!"
"...Jerk..." Mint muttered.
"I can't wait to see what this Adel guy looks like. Maybe I'll get the chance to try out my new toy." Etna have a cat-like smile. "Heh-heh-heh..."
A question mark appeared over Flonne's head. "New toy? What is it, Etna?" The fallen angel asked.
"That's my little secret..."
"-sigh- I'm starting to miss Ivoire..." Ash said with a groan.
"Don't you like it here?" Flonne asked the chromas. "It's not all that bad, I mean, once you get past the bad things--"
"It's not that I don't like it here." said the blue-haired chroma. "It's just...I sort of miss it. That vacation to Ivoire ended so quickly. We didn't even have time to see our friends."
"I wanted to see if Castille got better." Marona remembered getting a letter from Castille after the fight with Sulphur, saying that the people at Bamboo Co. were helping her get well. It was a few months since then and she hadn't seen her best friend in a long time.
"You're not going to leave, are you?"
"Yeah, prince would be crushed if you guys left." said Etna.
"Are you sure? Because whether or not he hides his feelings, he doesn't seem to like Marona."
"...You can't always believe what demons say." Flonne explained.
"That's true." Etna muttered.
"They just don't know how to express love yet. But they're learning and so is Laharl. Before he was actually bit more..."
"Malicious?" Ash guessed.
"Bingo!" The pink-haired vassal answered.
"Simply put, Laharl is still getting used to love." Flonne's eyes began to glow with fire. But soon, he'll turn into the type of person his parents wanted him to be! I'll make sure of it!"
"You can tell why we call her "Love Freak"." Etna explained while Ash and Marona sweatdropped.
"I guess...that makes sense." Ash shrugged. "But then again, what do I know about demons?"
"Laharl CAN be nice..." Marona started. "But there are times when he can be so...so..."
"Annoying? Jerk-ish? Immature?" Etna started to count off of her fingers. "Bossy, rude, loud..."
The green-haired chroma sweatdropped. "That's enough you know!"
"I only scratched the surface."
"It's so odd, though..." Scarlet thought aloud. "Why would anyone want Marona? I mean--she's a bit young, isn't she?"
"Not in demon years." said Bella. "Her soul is that of a thirteen year old human, but her body is that of a demon child in its 1300s." The priestess nodded as Scarlet arched an eyebrow. "Still, almost everyone knows Laharl isn't married. He would've announced it, wouldn't he?"
"That IS right... Maybe he's thinking about the alternate Netherworld."
"Maybe..."
Kisho and Raz began to sweat. "Hey, stop thinking like that!" Raz wrapped an arm around each female vassals' shoulders. "Let's just go and kick this Adel guy's butt. Whaddaya say?"
"..." The knight and priestess took Raz's arm off of their shoulders. "Sure."
Raz started to sulk while Kisho patted him on the shoulder. "What did I do?"
"The wrong thing." said Kisho.
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The demons soon got to the Ritual Site, the area where Adel had told them to meet.
"Well, we're here." said Laharl. "So where is this Adel? I wanna show this bastard what happens when you mess with the Overlord!" He started to crack his knuckles and laugh evilly.
"Ahem." The group turned their heads to see a Rogue standing in the middle of the area. "Hi."
"...You're not Adel...are you?" said Flonne with a sweatdrop. When the thief nodded, the sweatdrop got bigger.
"Did you write a letter to the Overlord saying you wanted a duel?" Marona asked.
"Uh...yeah..." Adel blushed and looked away. "I wanted...to fight the Overlord." (What am I? NUTS? I'm gonna get creamed!)
"HAAAAHAHAHAHA!" Laharl laughed. "When I got that letter, I thought you were at least a decent fighter. But now...this is gonna be too easy!" His sword appeared in his hands. "I got this! I can take this kid down without you guys."
"All right. A show!" said Mint happily as she pulled out a bag of popcorn out of nowhere.
"We should get more easy fights more often." Raz said as he sat on the ground.
"...!" Adel's eyes widened a bit. "Don't think this is gonna be easy! I've got some friends with me! They'll be your DOOM!" The rogue turned around and whistled. "Hey, guys! Come on out!"
Three demons walked up behind Adel. They were a male brawler, an Amazon and a warrior.
"Heh-heh. Well, well, well, it's the Overlord." said the brawler, cracking his knuckles. "This should be interesting."
The Amazon twirled her spear excitedly. "I'll say. Imagine how FEARED we'll be around the Netherworld after we kill him."
Laharl grinned maniacally. "You morons think you're gonna win? Well you're wrong! The Overlord NEVER loses!"
"We'll see about that!" The warrior jumped forward, a large sword in hand. He swung his blade and Laharl blocked with his own. But collided with a KLANG! The two demons began clashing swords and seemed to be going nowhere till the warrior kicked Laharl in the stomach.
"Ooh! That has GOT to hurt." Mint said as she munched on her popcorn.
"Should we help him, now?" Ash asked the other vassals.
"I'm not sure about "we" but you can go." said Etna as she took a handful of popcorn from Mint. "Needs salt."
"Etna!" Flonne cried.
"You wanna fight? Go ahead. I mean, it's not like the Prince is gonna lose."
"Yeah, he's not the Overlord for nothing." Raz said as he grabbed the bag of popcorn from Mint.
"Well, we should help him." said Marona. "C'mon!" She ran forward, only to be blocked off by the Amazon's spear.
"Oh no you don't! You're not getting into this fight unless you get past me!" The Amazon's challenge was accepted when Ash's sword almost cut her head off. "I guess you wanna fight?"
"Get out of our way." Ash said in a low voice as he raised his sword. "Top Spin!" He spun around the Amazon like a top and for a while before stopping behind her. The Amazon stood for a moment before her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell down.
"Nice one!" Mint and Raz said with a grin.
"Why you little!" The brawler came running towards them and started to attack Ash with his fists. Most of the time, the blue-haired chroma blocked them, but a few connected and he thought he felt a rib bone crack. "Get ready!" The brawler kicked Ash up into the air. "King of the Beasts!" He jumped up into the air and proceeded to beat the living daylights out of him.
"Ash!" Marona said, concern in her voice. Ash landed in front of her with a thud. She ran towards him. He had many bruises and his left eye was closed and didn't seem to be able to open.
"Ma-rona." He pronounced weakly. The younger chroma casted a healing spell on her guardian and he sat up. "All right. Time to finish this." He got into his fighting pose and pulled the sleeve of his jacket down a bit. A powerful aura surrounded him. "You'll go no further. For her sake, I will not fail!"
The brawler smirked and cracked his knuckles before getting into his fighting stance. "Bring it on, punk." A red energy surrounded him. "OOOOOOOORRRRAAAAAAAHHHH!"
"C'mon!" Ash dashed forward, his fist started to glow with a blue aura. The two fighters ran towards each other. They both punched each other in the gut. Time stood still for a moment... Ash coughed up some blood. The brawler smirked...before falling down to the ground unconscious.
"Wow! That was like those anime fights on TV!" Mint said excitedly.
"That was amazing!" Flonne exclaimed with flames in her eyes.
"...Cool." Raz grinned while Scarlet, Raz, Asagi and Bella looked very impressed.
Meanwhile, Laharl was still dealing with the warrior.
"HAAAAAAAAH!" Laharl jumped back and back flipped into the air. A demonic aura surrounded his body. "Take this! Dimension Slash!" With one tremendous slash of his sword a huge energy blade cut the warrior in half and made him explode. Laharl landed on the ground and smirked. "Hmph." He turned to Adel. "Now, are you ready for your beating?"
Adel trembled a bit but stood up straight. "Never! It's not fair that someone like you can have such nice people as your vassals and you treat 'em like dirt!" The young thief pulled out a gun. "DIE!" He pulled the trigger and shot several bullets at Laharl. A few missed but some actually hit him. It didn't do much. Except make him even more upset.
"You little whelp!" Laharl growled as he stepped toward Adel. "I'm gonna tear you to pieces and throw you to the wind!"
"Ah... Never!" Adel jumped into the air and aimed at Laharl. A demonic energy surrounded the young rogue. "Totenkruz!" He pulled the trigger and fired a gigantic beam of flame down at Laharl. The flames overtook the young Overlord.
"Laharl!" The vassals shouted. Etna's eyes widened a bit.
"Maybe this kid ISN'T such a pushover..." The pink-haired vassal muttered to herself.
The flame soon erupted into a giant cross of flame. Adel smirked as he landed. "Oh yeah! Who da man? The man be me! Hahaha!" (There's NO WAY he'd have survived THAT! He's toast!)
Unfortunately for Adel, he was wrong. For out of the flames came a slightly scorched, blue-haired Overlord! And MAN was he pissed-off. Laharl growled and gripped the sword tightly before dashing forward toward Adel. "HAAAAAAAAHHH!"
"Huh? Aaaaahhh!" Adel jumped back just in time to only get a slight piece of his bandana cut off. "Uh-oh!" He ducked just in time to avoid losing his head.
"You little twerp! I was going to take it easy on you only beat you to an INCH of your life!" Laharl shouted between swings. "But NOW, after that little stunt you pulled, I'll show NO MERCY!" The young Overlord jumped into the air and gathered an immense amount of energy in his blade. "Winged Slayer!" He fell down, blade first. "HAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
-KA-BOOOOOMMM!- The attack created a huge explosion in the surrounding area. When the dust cleared, Laharl was standing over Adel's body. It was a miracle the poor dear wasn't turned into thief sashimi.
The demon prince smirked and started to laugh. "Haaaahahahaha! That should teach you not to challenge the Overlord!"
Adel opened his right eye--the only eye he could open seeing as how his left one was closed shut. "...You let me live... Why?"
"Because, to kill weaklings such as you is beneath me. You should be grateful that I didn't put your head on a pike..." Laharl folded his arms across his chest. "And...if you still want Marona, you can have her."
"WHAT!" Marona and Flonne shouted while Ash sighed.
"..." Adel tried to stand up, but he felt a pain surge through his legs. They must've been broken. "Owww..." He suddenly felt all the pain go away. He looked up and saw Marona looking down at him.
"Hi."
Adel blushed and sat up immediately. He faced Laharl. "So...you're going to make me a vassal right? And make my life miserable..."
"Hmm... Actually, I was just going to leave you here and threaten you to NEVER say that I'm married to...HER and never show your face in front of me again." said Laharl. He then smiled cruelly. "But your idea is MUCH better than mine. HAAAAAHAHAHA!"
The vassals all sweatdropped. "I feel somewhat sorry for the poor boy. He's just like most of us." Kisho said while the others nodded.
A big red question mark appeared over Flonne's head. "Huh? What do you mean?" Apparently, the love freak didn't get it.
"He doesn't have a choice about becoming a vassal." Etna explained. "You think that they WANT to serve as the prince's vassals? You're head must still have FLOWERS stuffed in there."
And with that, a new vassal joined the party. May mercy be on his poor devil soul...
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Next Episode!
Adel: To think I was a normal kid once. I played ball, hung out with my buds, it was all good.
Laharl: You DO know you're not human, right?
Mint: Shush!
Adel: But that was before I accidentally opened this box that had a hundred evil spirits and demons trapped in it. Now I have to catch 'em all!
Raz: Way to rip off another series.
Adel: But I'm not alone. I've got my best buds Raz and Mint helping me out. AND this cute green-haired mystery girl that always helps me out when I'm in trouble.
Etna: Geez, who could THAT be? (Looks at Marona)
Marona: Huh? What?
Adel: Watch out demons! Demon hunter Adel is coming at ya!
Laharl: Lame.
Flonne: Cool!
Adel: Next time on Demon Hunter Adel, episode thirteen: A Demon with Heart!
Adel: Let the hunting begin!
Laharl: Must we end ALL of our episodes like this?
Etna: Yup. This stuff grows on ya.