Aww, you guys are so wonderful. -sniffles- I love reviews… Moo.. Yeah, and now for reviewer acknowledgements…
To Devin: I see you Devin! Yes you!
To Zanger: Aww… Thanx for the comments!
To Stu: Thanx as well for the review. Hmm… Yes I know my grammar and stuff sux but it's only a fanfic but thanx for the helpful hints. Now, if I were to publish it I'd polish up ma skills. Oh yeah, I'm Christian too. Scary huh? Oh, and I don't think you'll hafta worry about the real intense love scenes.. Sorry, just NOT gonna happen… OO Just THINK OF their CHILDREN!! Hehe…Baal…erm… :P
Disclaimer: Okay. For the love of potatoes, no, I don't own anything of Blizzard and Squaresoft. And yes, my brain belongs to the Martians…
Oh yes, by the way…This chapter may seem a bit strange to you. It would have something to do with the dates automatically switching to Easter Day. Yes, I know Easter is a RELIGIOUS day and your probably wondering how in the world demons celebrate that but… don't ask. It was Easter when I wrote this so I FELT LIKE IT. Thank you. -bows-
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-The imp saunters up to your screen and says, "Later in the day, kupo."-
The two demons had arrived a little after. They were smiling, more than the girls had ever seen when they retreat to their rooms. When the enter their 'sanctum', Brian winces at his effort of having to cover up his injuries. The smile had been used to hide the fact that he had been brutally wounded in trying to keep Azmodan and Belial's attention from their captives, while Diablo did his little 'hero-act'. Brian growls at himself at having lost their rock-scissors-paper game to be the one to save the girls.
The fight had been an all-out bloodshed, a new version of IMmortal Kombat but in the end, the two had had to flee. Their archenemies had shown far greater power than they had expected, so they'd followed after their younger sibling. Yet, for some reason, they hadn't been followed.
On their way back, Melvin had told Brian that when they were to confront the humans, they had to angle themselves so as not to reveal their most-likely horrifying wounds. Selena had been with them too but Brian saw that she went instantly to her sister the moment they got home. To him, the little girl didn't seem the least bit disturbed by either the demons or the blood. In fact, Brian recalls when she had gone up to Azmodan, stepped on his claws, and escaped alive. 'That is one lucky kid,' he ponders as he changes from his blood-soaked clothes into new ones with just the snap of his fingers. The manual labor of taking off and putting on garments just took too much time. By this time, it was already midnight.
-The moogle, dressed in army clothes, strides about, shouting, "Hup, two, three, fo! It is now Easter Day, kupo!"-
On the next night of that last fateful night (hehe), the police had been called and the Three had lied, telling the girls that they didn't know those who had attacked. In turn, the police had asked the girls what the kidnappers had looked like but, strangely the girls couldn't quite remember, thanks to Mephisto's late-night hypnotism spell he'd woven over them while they were asleep.
And then, they had let the event slip into time and now, it was Easter Day…
While wondering what kind of a parent would shelter their child from this holiday, Rika explains to the trio of brothers what Easter was, so that they could celebrate with them too. Salem is cooking scrambled eggs in the kitchen, Rika knew because of the warm aroma drifting into the living room and Kyra is outside somewhere painting boiled eggs and stuffing the plastic ones with candy. Selena bounces happily beside the more serious blonde of the group, helping Rika explain too. Part of her hyperactive-ness had to do with the anticipation that came with waiting for her friends to come.
"…That's about it. Now, if you want, you guys can go help Kyra or Salem," finishes Rika. She sits on the couch as they vacate it. Selena runs off to Kyra. Looking into the kitchen to spy on Brian, she begins to wonder if supernatural entities could celebrate holidays…
-The imp sits down and sighs, "I is tired kupo. At Kyra, kupo."-
Melvin, Derek, and Selena are helping Kyra paint the eggs. Derek, not knowing how to paint, took a long time to decorate one, while the currently retired priest paints articulate, arcane symbols in a pattern on each egg. Kyra is impressed, comparing her blotchy, pink bunny paintings to his intricate raven motifs.
Just then, she hears the doorbell ring (oh how Brian hated that thing) and finally Selena's friends have arrived.
-The moogle dances speaking, "Kupo, kupo! During the party, kupo!"
"So THIS is where humans come from…" Mephisto states as he examines an egg. Then, he shifts his attention to all the pets that Selena's friends had brung over to the party.
An assortment of baby chickens and rabbits run rampant throughout the house while the females and the children are outside swatting at a papier mache animal with something called a 'bat'. The only 'bat' he knew had two wings and fanged teeth and would have much enjoyed biting people on the neck, while their 'bat' looked nothing more than just a stick. 'How odd humans are..'
Since the elder demon is in the kitchen, a movement near the living room entrance catches his eye and sends all the little animals running in fear. He sees nothing, but once he turns his head around, something charges in, roaring like a wendigo (to humans, they were Bigfoot and yes, they DO exist :P) with a stubbed toe, and pouncing on the table where the animals had earlier massed. Mephisto, currently at that table, bops Brian on the head (yes, it was Brian) more to disencourage his brother's actions than to smite him.
"Owww…" his little brother rubs his head.
"Stop this foolishness," Mephisto says coldly, staring at his brother with pupil-less eyes.
"I can't help it. Itsa' snake instinct and it just so happens that chickens and rabbits are on my diet." Brian looks around slyly. Suddenly, a bunny darts across the room and he grabs it by the nape.
"Well THESE aren't," Melvin says calmly at his seat.
The rabbit bites Brian's hand and, out of instinct, he flings it into oblivion. It screams "Meeeeeeeep!!!" all the way away.
"Stupid bunny…"
-An undead bunny walks by the imp and moogle. The imp says, "That's a weird bunny kupo." The moogle states, "That night, kupo! Icky bunny, kupo!"-
"Have you seen any sign of him in the last month?" asks Derek at the Prime Evils' late-night gathering at the kitchen table.
"Not at all. That Tyrael is a sneaky one. But it won't be long 'til he finally shows himself, I can assure you that," Melvin says, sitting straight in his chair and munching on a chocolate bar. "What do you think Baal? Baal?! Baal!!! Blast you to the High Heavens! Get over here and stop eating those rabbits! …You might get heartburn."
Brian, chasing one of the poor creatures, sighs and resumes his seat at the table.
"What?" he says, rather disinteresting-ly.
"Hey, do you know what a Spring Vacation is?" Derek changes the subject.
"Er…no," the others say in unison.
"But I have heard of it from one of Rika's conversations. She said something about it…like it was going to end soon. She seemed pretty upset about it. Then she said that she, along with Salem and Kyra, would have to 'go to school'."
"What IS a school?" Brian asks, now more interested.
"Dunno," Diablo shrugs and stares at a picture of the lovely Kyra…with some other guy… The picture is magnetized onto the door of the refrigerator that hummed and whined like a retarded dog on steroids.
"Sounds like something important," Brian comments, tapping his fingers on the table, restless.
"Yes. This 'school' may be of some importance to us. We shall go with them and see for ourselves…" deduces Mephisto.
"Good idea," says Brian.
-The imp flies by and stops to say, "Day 11, in the morning, kupo."-
"Bad idea!" shouts Kyra in a frantic flurry of insanity. "I knew it! It's all yo' fault!!! I listen tp you for one second about your whole 'Procrastination is good fo' you' crap and now…I'm gonna die!!!"
Kyra is currently running rampant through the house as Derek watches the girls to see if he could pick up any more information on what a school was. His current location: on the couch looking over the back cushion. Salem is sitting beside him, scribbling furiously, like a maddened scholar in Diablo's eyes, to write the twenty-page, three-thousand word essay that was due on the first day of school from Spring Break. Meaning: tomorrow. In fact, all three of the girls had homework due tomorrow. Lots of homework.
Rika is trying to build some kind of craft while Kyra was still shouting her head off.
'Wow,' thinks Derek, 'This 'school' could be a great weapon in our evil plots…'
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Moo… Well that's all for today kiddies! Aww..Don't you just wanna squeeze Baal?! Er…Right…I didn't say that.. OO Don't forget to vote for your fav character all you's people! Here's the results so far:
Salem: 2
Brian: 4
Selena: 1
Derek: 2
Kyra: 4
Rika: 3
Melvin: 2
Hasta la vista baby! Erm…