A/N: Okay! I think I'm starting to bounce back after all the school trouble I've been having. Therefore, I am motivated to make the next chapter to each of my stories! Woo hoo! I hope you are all happy as well. So far, my fic "Looks Can Kill" seems to be getting the most reviews, which is good because I like it too. I believe all of my stories are in good progress… except for "Trick or… Treat?". I don't know if I'm gonna finish that one. Who knows? Okay! On with "Salvation in the Darkness"!

By the way, here are some references when addressing the three demons in different ways:

First demon- (he's the guy with the ammunition and weapons)

Second demon- "the more panicky demon"

Third demon- "the bored demon" or "more quiet demon"

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"Um… hi?" Shuichi hesitantly waved at the crowd of people (or that's what he thought they were) and half-grinned sheepishly. After a few moments without a reply, the boy lowered his gesture, and his face faltered once he saw the few ugly looks he was getting. Great. What'd he do now?

There were three black, cloaked figures, a guy who basically looked normal except for the large, white wings expanding out from his back, and two human-looking dudes; one standing behind the winged-creature, and another whimpering in fright on the ground. All in all, the whole scene seemed a little intense, and Shuichi felt as if he just ruined it.

"Oh my god, not another one!" The trembling human man on the ground shouted to no one in particular.

"What the-! How did this kid get here!" One of the demons yelled in an irritated tone.

"He was in the church? How is that possible!" The second panicky demon shouted.

"…." Ryuichi stared at the stranger and squinted his eyes in a wondering manner.

"Ryuichi, do you know him?" Tohma asked , noticing the confused look on his companion's face.

"I… no." The brunette replied sceptically.

The last demon stood silent and looked on intently at the display.

Shuichi peered around at the odd group and argued in his head on what to do next. Well, introduction was always the proper thing, but the big scary demon men didn't look like they wanted to know his name.

'Oh well. No harm in trying, right?' The boy mentally shrugged. "Um, hi!" He said a little more confidently this time. "I'm, uh-" But before he had the chance to say his name, the biggest of the demon men sprung at him and thrust his knife at him. "Yeep!" Shuichi dodged just in time. 'I guess it will hurt by trying!' In that moment of thought, the shady guy had disappeared and reappeared right behind the boy in lightning fast speed. 'Huh! How the heck did he-' The fact that Shuichi was able to realize that the attacking figure sneaked up behind him was surprising everyone watching (including the demon), causing the assailant to hesitate in his steps, which gave Shuichi the opportunity to dodge once more.

The large cloaked figure retracted out of his fighting position and seemed to glare/stare at the newcomer strangely (as did everyone else). This made the pink-haired man uncomfortable and finally blurt out, "What! Do I have something on my face!" The attacker raised his eyebrows in mild astonishment at the sudden outburst. "And why are you attacking me? I didn't do anything! What has happened to this world? Why am I here? Where's all the normal people? Is this some kind of fancy play? If it is, then I wanna know, and now!" He screamed that last bit, breathing heavily after his rant.

The group, eyes still glued onto him, blinked twice in wonder. Who was this kid? He was very bold to yell at a demon general like that.

'This boy…' Ryuichi pondered to himself. 'He came out of the hold church. The one that they said would rise again when the chosen one came. He couldn't possibly be…… but he's just a kid!'

"Excuse me." The more panicky demon said from beneath his cloak. The phrase was directed at Shuichi.

"Hm? Me?" The boy pointed to himself.

"Yes. Who are you? And why were you inside that chapel?"

Well, at least this one wasn't attacking him, so he might as well give him a response. "I… I want my questions answered first." He said stubbornly.

"How dare you speak to one of higher status than you!" The large cloaked being came stalking towards him.

"Huh? Wha-! I was just asking-!" Shuichi waved his hands in the air and freaked. Great. He knew that this time he would die for sure.

"Wait!" The other commanded. "We will answer his questions first, if that's what he wants."

"What! But he just intruded on a very important matter! Besides, he's just human filth. What's the harm in killing him?"

"A LOT!" Shuichi shouted angrily.

"Weren't we fighting a few minutes ago?" The quieter demon inquired, his arms folded in a bored manner.

"Please, be patient!" The second one said to him. "K-san." He motioned for the taller figure to come over. He did so.

"What? I was just about to slice his cute little head off."

"Your anger is getting in the way of your senses. Can't you see the aura that emits from that boy's body?" He nodded toward Shuichi.

The demon, formally known as K-san now, peered the boy's way and squinted. Indeed, he could see some sort of power flowing from his body in an almost frightening manner.

"You are right. I do see it."

"Good. Now do you see the pattern it makes while flowing out?" The second one inquired.

"…….. yeah. His aura is forming into the shape of… angel's wings."

Ryuichi overheard this an narrowed his eyes. 'I knew it. They can see it too. This boy… he must be him.'

The quieter cloaked figure didn't let the strangeness of the lad get past him either, for he stared at the pink-haired man in an odd fashion.

"Huh? What are all of you guys talking about? Is it about me? Please, even though you may not exactly know me yet, I would very much like to know what's going on here." Shuichi asked in the most polite way he could.

Instead of answering, the first and second demon kept whispering to each other about the phenomenon at hand.

"Well, how are we supposed to know if it's really… you know… that guy?" K-san asked.

"There are two ways we can find out. One, his name (if he'll give it to us, though he's so stubborn I'm not too sure); two, we must see a demonstration of his powers (though he looks as though he doesn't have a clue to what's going on).

"Which one should we try out first?"

"Isn't it obvious? We'll get his name!"

"Aw, but I liked the second idea…"

"You'd most likely kill him before we even would get a chance to see what kind of power he had… either that, or he'd kill us."

"Hm. You've got a point." And with that, the two figures turned around and glared at the boy not but a few meters away from them.

"Uh, w-what are you guys looking at?" He asked nervously.

The second demon responded by commanding, "Tell us your name, boy."

"Yeah, otherwise this pitiful human is going straight to hell!" The war general pointed his bazooka at the human lying on the ground, still trembling.

Shuichi paused, sweat rolling down his temple. He had no other choice but to tell them, unless he wanted to be responsible for the death of another.

"My name is… Shuichi Shindou." He stated defiantly.

The whites of everyone's eyes seemed to become more visible as they widened considerably, especially the certain pair of eyes of two particular people.

The boy raised an eyebrow questioningly and said mostly to himself. "Did I say something wrong?"

The winged Ryuichi furrowed his brow in realization. "So… this is him. He's the one that will save us…"

The three demons kept staring at Shuichi, all curiously frightened by him.

The panicky demon's face hardened a bit. "So, I was right. It is him."

"Yeah. No doubt about it. That's the name that our lord told us this guy would be hidden under."

The third figure stayed silent, but awe-stricken nonetheless.

Tohma's realization finally dawned upon him after witnessing everyone's reactions. "Hm. Ryuichi seems to have known what was going on since the beginning. I guess I was too caught up with everything else to notice that this boy is him… at long last…" He felt almost teary-eyed.

Shuichi was too confused to say anything else, except exchange glances at every one of the creatures before him.

Suddenly, he heard the clashing of metal, and looked over to his right a little to find that the winged man and the largest of the cloaked demons with the gun were fighting head on! It was surprising to him, because it felt as if he had been forgotten about all of a sudden. What the heck just happened?

"Ha! So you knew too, huh?" K-san glared cynically at his opponent Ryuichi.

"As did you. You will NOT take him from us!" He shouted threateningly.

"And neither will you!" K-san shot back with the same intensity, a large blast of light forming between the two, blowing one another apart.

In the meanwhile, the second demon walked calmly towards the boy, set on taking him back to their lord's castle.

Shuichi couldn't help but feel a bit scared from the ominous feeling he was receiving from that guy, and had the urge to run… so… he did.

The pink-haired man turned on his heel and high-tailed it out of there, not even looking back to see what was going on. They were all a bunch of lunatics! That's what they were!

The usually panicky demon smirked invisibly under his hood, and sprinted off after him with inhumane speed. It would be all too easy to catch up.

Shuichi was running out of breath fast from the fear that was clutching his heart. He could feel one of the strange men breathing down the back of his neck, just ready to pounce on him. Why was he so important anyway! He never gathered this much attention back in the old days, so why now!

In a flash, the second demon had appeared in front of him and held up a hand to create a force field that Shuichi immediately rammed into. Rubbing his forehead and nose a bit, the boy groaned in pain. It was like colliding directly into a brick wall! What was that thing? Before he could think another second, the cloaked figure was now looming over him and slowly reached down to grab the him. Shuichi backed away as best he could, but knew he wouldn't be able to get out of this one!

But that was before he realized how light he felt all of a sudden. Opening his eyes, Shuichi looked down to noticed that he was about 100 meters in the air!

"What! When did I learn how to fly!" This was almost enough to make him faint. That's when he felt two strong hands holding him up by his armpits. Looking up, he saw that same light blonde-headed man earlier beside the winged creature… and this time, he had wings too!

"Hang on tight! I'll get you out of here into a safer place." He glanced down at Shuichi and gave a reassuring smile of determination. It looked like these guys were on the good side.

Tohma looked behind him to see that the same demon was following him, effortlessly slicing through the air like a spear in flight. "Damn!" He curse lightly, and sped up his wing's pace. At a rate like this, he would eventually get tired from carrying the extra weight. And with that idiot demon on his tail, where would he hide the boy! He peered below to see that Ryuichi was still holding off General K, so he couldn't get any back up.

'Great! How could the situation get any worse?' He thought miserably.

At that exact moment, the third and usually non-interactive demon sprung up from out of nowhere and was blocking Tohma's flight pattern ahead! The winged creature gasped and glared at the cloaked figure in front. There was no way out of this one.

They had him trapped!

Shuichi saw this predicament as well, and physically embraced himself for whatever impact was about to come.

This wasn't going to be a pretty picture.

A/N: Wow, haven't updated on this story in a while… oh well. I did now! It's not exactly the longest chapter in this fic, but hey! I had to get something out, right? I've waited long enough as it is. Hope I didn't confuse anybody with the whole demon trios' names thing… if there are any questions about who's who, just ask!