Devilman: Curse of Amon

Summary: After learning that magic is real and an entire magical community hides in and alongside the "normal world", it shouldn't come as a surprise to Harry to learn that Demons and Devils are real as well, and there is a very real war going on, Demons are reawakening from their long hibernation and trying to take back their planet from its most recent inhabitants humans. Harry's uncanny knack for attracting trouble like bees to honey causes him to become an instant target for Earth's former masters as they begin to converge and seek him out. Harry's only way to defend himself and his loved ones may be to bond his soul with a demon and hope that his spirit and his will is strong enough to withstand its constant attack on his soul...

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters owned by J.K. Rowling. I also don't own any of the Devilman characters which belong to GO NAGAI.

Chapter One: Reckoning

Antarctica

Fugishira Research Facility

A tall Japanese man stands outside of a large research building. He is bundled up tightly in a large parka covered Teflon Bio-Suit, engineered to keep his body warm in the frozen climate. A wool cap under the parka hood covers his goggles and headset. He continued to stare out at the snow and ice-covered drifts glistening in the setting sunlight, taking no notice as his assistant came running up to him. "Professor! Professor Tanaka! Professor Tanaka come quickly! We've found it sir! We found it!" the young man doubled over in exhaustion as he tried to catch his breath. Tanaka turned to face his companion, "Koji, what's the matter, is there something amiss at the dig site?" Koji straightened and smiled. "No Professor, everything's perfect. No, wait its better than perfect. We've found the tomb sir. We've found the Gakko no wa Tengoku, we found the

Gateway to Heaven, sir. We've located the tomb. And we ready to break the seal and enter the main anti-chamber."

Tanaka grinned under his scarf and parka. "Then let's go, hurry man, what are you standing around for?" Together the pair quickly made their way through the snow and ice toward the research facility. Soon a series of large pikes began to extend upwards from the ground below. Hiking beyond the concrete and metal pikes, Tanaka and Koji headed inside a four-story glass-and-steel structure. The four-story building was topped by a large conical microwave tower and spidery satellite arrays. Beneath the facility were seven levels of steel lined tunnels, laboratories, workrooms, and storage chambers, and at its base on the deepest level was a dig site, that was located by the Professor's team under an old oil drilling site. The underground labyrinth had been bored out of solid granite and limestone, expanding beyond the limits of the deceptively modest research facility that lay above it. "Koji, do you remember what I told you about the tomb."

Koji stopped and turned to face the professor as they entered the elevator that lead to the dig. "Not really just the basics, sir. You know that it's the final resting place of Earth's former masters the, Demons." Tanaka smiled," Yes, that is true but there is so much more to the story in fact, the tomb is so extensive that in the legends of the Gakko no wa Tengoku, it is said that the tomb extends into the true depths of Hell." Koji glanced at the professor clearly shaken. "You mean like that mine that was said to have reached Hell." Tanaka nodded as they exited the elevator and pushed through the glass double doors leading to the site. They were soon flanked by the security personnel sent to escort them safely to the site. The men subjected them to the routine security protocol, as they checked their ID and scanned their fingerprints and took iris scans.

Moments later Tanaka and Koji stood in front of a large steel door. Tanaka placed his hand upon a scan station placed in the center of the great door. There was a slight whirring sound, and then a slight whoosh as the door slid open. The moment they entered the anti-chamber they were ushered toward the large acropolis in the epicenter of the chamber. Once they reached the top, a large man greeted them and gestured toward a large group of scientists and technicians. They were gathered around a large circular stone embedded in the granite at the peak of the acropolis. "Professor Tanaka, we're ready to break the seal now that you've returned." the large man replied. His voice barely containing his enthusiasm. "Sir, I can barely believe it. The tomb is here and we're about to open it. We've about to see things that no one on Earth has ever seen before. And it's all because of you Professor."

Tanaka nodded slightly, "Thank you Sojiro, you have no idea what that statement means to me, having it coming from you." Tanaka turned his gaze to the crew who were currently attaching cables and latches to the tablet. Soon the tablet was attached to a large crane and Tananka's men were all waiting apprehensively as the crane roared to life and began pulling at the tablet. Tanaka glanced over at Koji and felt a slight chill at the hungry look that had appeared on his assistant's face. Koji's eyes were upon the tablet and it seemed to Tanaka that he was drooling. Tanaka started to speak but was interrupted as the stone was ripped free from its stone mantle. Tanaka slowly approached the edge of the vacant pit. Once again he felt a chill pass through his sol as he gazed down into the pit. It reminded him of an ancient tale his mother once told him, in which the hero accidentally releases a great beast upon the world, and the only way to stop it is for him to sacrifice himself to the beast. The pit's opening it seemed to Tanaka was like that of a giant beast's gaping maw.

Tanaka slowly backed away from the pit as a low rustling sound came from deep inside the pit. The expedition team glanced at one another and exchanged worried looks as the sound became a loud roar. "What's going on here?" Tanaka yelled over the roar desperate to have his words heard. "I don't know Professor, this isn't what we planned!" one of the techs yelled back. Tanaka glanced at Koji and paled. "Koji what's wrong with you?" Koji's face had become distorted with an evil glee filled look. He was wringing his hands together in fast anticipation. Tanaka's attention passed from Koji to the tomb's opening then back. Tanaka yelled to the foreman of the crew "Lower the stone! Put it back! Put it back! Put the stone back! Now!"

The roar ended as abruptly as it had begun. Then foreman began to lower the stone back onto the tomb opening when Koji whispered in Tanaka's ear. "It's to late Professor; it's much too late for you to stop us now. Thanks to you our kind will once again rule this world. You should be proud you've done the unthinkable, you Professor Kentaro Tanaka have single-handedly destroyed the human race." Tanaka felt ill a he realized what he should have known all along Koji's unearthly knowledge of the occult and his uncanny knowledge of the Demons and Daemons of the Old World. Tanaka turned to his assistant, "You planned this didn't you. You used me to get here. You're one of them. One of the De-..." Koji cut him off. "Yes I used you. You have no idea what it was like to pretend to be a filthy human. But I did it all in the name of bringing my kind back to this world. I never would have achieved it without you."

The stone tablet dropped into place and Tanaka yelled to his men "Run get out of here! All of you go! Now!" The men began to run towards the metal doors of the anti-chamber, when the stone erupted in a shower of tiny stone bits. A large black cloud swarmed from the tomb's entrance and made its way toward Tanaka. As the darkness claimed him. He had an epiphany, the first in his life. All those times e told his mother he didn't believe in demons and evil. If only she could se him now. 'This truly is hollowed ground no human was ever meant to trespass here. Oh dear God what have we done.' As Tanaka's vision became obscured by darkness Koji's voice rang out as he laughed and laughed his voice filled with an inhuman madness. "My dear Tanaka it has begun..."