Chapter 31. Ozzies part one, tears part one.


"Hm," Jack opened up one of the orbs, finding halos inside. It was the third one he looked into and it was the one that entrapped him. "More halos here!"

"So that means there were Angel's inside them?" Blitzø asked. He, Shred, and Loona met with Poch, Jack, and Moxxie at the base.

"Seems so," Jack confirmed.

"Ok, but what was up with those barriers?" Poch asked, standing on one foot.

"No clue. Stolas is about to come here and hopefully he can find something. He's just waiting for it to be clear of Stella," Blitzø said.

"I doubt these orbs are angel related. Probably has something to do with our DD group….hm?" Poch looked at one of the orbs they destroyed and saw something in the Halo pile, "what's that?" He hopped to it.

"Poch?" Loona looked at him hop away.

"What was up with that barrier anyway? It turned black near the end," Shred asked.

"No clue, but when it did, you guys changed color," Blitzø told them, "Shred was white with some red in it while the angel was blue with white on it."

"Wonder what that means."

"Hey guys! I found something!" Poch called out. From the pile he was at he pulled out a black disk with a white sphere in the middle and white strands pulling out from it. On it was some sort of device which Poch was holding it by.

"What is that?" Jack asked as Poch hopped closer.

"No idea. Think it's something like the medallion we found last time?"

"Could be...also why you on one leg?"

"Also also, when could you fly!?" Blitzø asked.

"First of all, I twisted my ankle due to feedback from that last chaos slash. Secondly I guess cause of Shiva's ability," Poch answered.

"What's his ability?" Loona asked.

"I...don't remember…when I completed my trial and gained Shivarna, the info dumped in my head was about his abilities, how they work, how I can still call upon Shiva and Klarna, and how I can separate them while unsummoned."

"Separate while unsummoned?" Jack asked.

"I think it's something ability related, cause when I was flying I couldn't warp."

"Huh. Maybe you can ask Shivarna? He can talk."

"I guess I could. Or maybe I can try and review it again? Like another info dump?"

"Wouldn't that fry your brain?" Shred questioned.

"I don-"

Stolas came in through his gate. "Sorry about all that. Octavia snuck back before the-" he froze when he saw what Poch was holding.

"You missed out on a helluva early Cleansing Sto-" Blitzø started.

"Poch!...Drop that disk, gently! Right now!"

"Huh?" Poch tilted his head, "Why, what's wrong?"

"What you're holding is very dangerous! Now put it down gently!"

"O-Ok," He gently set the disk on the ground.

"Now step away from it."

Poch hopped back a few steps.

Stolas came up to the disk, looking at it closely but not touching it. "Where did you get this?"

"It was inside that orb along with an Angel," Jack answered.

"Your highness, what is that?" Moxxie asked.

"...A soul extractor."

"Soul extractor?" Loona questioned.

"A modified one at that." He grabbed it by the device on it.

"What's a Soul Extractor?" Poch asked.

"A device used to pull out souls. If you touch it in the wrong area your own soul will be forcefully removed from your body."

"Really!?"

"Why'd an angel have it?" Jack asked.

"And does it have anything to do with those barriers?" Dundy asked, holding a carved out watermelon filled with sliced fruit.

"Barriers?" Stolas asked.

"Dundy, where did you get that fruit?" Moxxie asked.

"Was a gift from one of the demons I rushed to a home before the gates came. Echo got a chocolate basket that he's giving to Millie's parents," Dundy replied.

"Wait, what barriers?" Stolas questioned again.

"Oh, well these orbs released these barriers to hold the guys in while they fought some boss. Really want a challenge for them," Blitzø answered.

"It was a stone face we each had to face...oh and uh...Stella."

"Stella fought one!?" Stolas went wide eyed.

"Yeah, Moxxie was with her, trying to talk the pigeon out of it," Jack said.

"Was she mad!? She should know that demons can't kill these Angel's!"

"She seemed mad about that. Maybe it's cause they're humans," Moxxie interpreted.

"She doesn't know your humans though...also, Jack did you call her a pigeon?"

"Yep!" Jack said with pride.

"Y'know shes not a-"

"Dont care!"

"...anyways, tell me more of what happened. I'm both curious and worried about how the soul extractor comes into play."


"Hm...so you're saying the barriers turned black at the end and during that, you saw strange colors on everyone inside," Stolas said after hearing the recap.

"Yeah. We only saw it on Shred and his boss," Blitzø told him.

"I was too busy trying to convince your wife we need to run, and trying to live, to see the others," Moxxie added.

"I'm sorry you had to deal with her," Stolas apologized.

"It's fine."

"What concerns me is the fact that these Soul Extractors were inside the orbs and the device attached to them. I'd like to check to make sure that nothing happened to you all so can you gather the rest at the base? That includes you and your wife, Moxxie."

"Yeah I guess that's a good idea. I can teach Poch how to fly after this," Jack said.

"Poch can fly?" Stolas said.

"Yeah, it's Shiva's ability apparently. Show them Poch."

"Huh? Oh, ok," Poch wrote for Shiva, "Shiva!" He made the same motion he saw Klarna make but it only gathered Shiva in front of him. "What? Then how'd did he...Klarna," Klarna appeared behind Poch, the hound looking back to face his brother's shadow demon. "Klarna howd you-"

Before Poch could finish, Klarna raised his arms, guiding Shiva above before he crossed his hands, moving Shiva to Pochs back. Poch felt a sharp sting as parts of Shiva embedded himself into his back, extending outwards to form wings.

"Thanks Klarna," Poch said before Klarna dismissed. He hopped up and stretched his wings out, floating before he flapped to gain some height.

"Whoa! I thought your power was warping!" Moxxie exclaimed.

"That's Shivarna's power. Shiva and Klarna's powers are different, I just don't remember what they are. I may ask if there's a way to get an info dump again or just ask Shivarna."

"Well before that, let's get you all checked out," Stolas reminded.


The exterminators plus Millie and Moxxie sat in a magic circle made by Stolas inside the base lobby. Blitzø, Solis, and Loona were allowed to sit inside with them.

"Alright, you should only feel a slight tingle as this goes on. Move as much as you want but don't leave this circle. This should only take thirty minutes," Stolas explained.

"Thirty minutes!?" Jack exclaimed, "what are we gonna do till then?"

"Hold on!" Millie started counting everyone around the circle. "We got enough to play Among Us!"

"Amogus?"

"What's among us?" Blitzø asked.

"It's a game where crew members are trying to complete tasks, but the catch is that there's an imposter among them trying to sabotage and kill everyone. If the crew mates get all their tasks done or vote out the imposters, they win, but if the imposters kill everyone or sabotage something before it could be fixed, they win," Millie explained.

"We played it last girls night. Was alot of fun! Oh since we got a full lobby we can do that town of us mod!" Shelly said.

Millie gasped. "You're right!"

"Wait, how do we even play this game?" Blitzø asked.

"Just download it on your phone. You can get the mod online."

"Ugh that sounds like a hassle, but I'll give it a try, does sound like some fun but not that much fun." Blitzø and the rest took out their phones.


Twenty five minutes later.

They played more rounds than expected, sharing a few laughs and yells with every accusation. They were having more fun than they thought.

"Its Poch," Loona accused during a meeting. Dundy, Shelly, Moxxie, and Blitzø were out, turning around so they couldn't cheat or show facial expressions.

"Wha- How's it me!?" Poch asked.

"Wait, where's the body?" Solis asked.

"In electrical," Loona answered, "right when Poch left I went in and found a dead Moxxie."

"Yeah I was fixing lights!" Poch defended.

"The body was right next to the door, how'd you not see it?"

"The lights don't instantly get turned on, as it was getting brighter I was already outside!"

"Likely story!"

"Yeah a true one! Wait where's everyone else?"

"I'm doing asteroids and Millie's there with me," Jack answered.

"I'm at admin," Echo said.

"Can confirm, saw him walk in there when going to bridge, where Loona just left," Shred added.

"So no one saw Poch?" Solis asked.

"He was in reactor but that was last round," Jack said.

"Oh so yeah it's him."

"Wait hold on! Why would I help in reactor if I'm the imposter?" Poch defended.

"I don't know, how'd you find the last two bodies?" Jack asked.

"They were near me and it'd be weird if I didn't report them."

"So you just forgot this one?" Loona accused.

"I didn't see it!"

"Yeah I'm voting Poch," Loona voted.

"Same, sorry dude," Jack voted.

"Seeya Poch!" Shred said as the rest voted on him.

"You all suck," Poch pouted as he voted Loona. He was voted out and as it said he was ejected he smirked, "Good game guys." The screen showed defeat for everyone but him since he was the jester.

"What!?" Loona was flabbergasted.

"Aw dang it!" Shred snapped.

"How'd no one tell Millie was an imposter!?" Blitzø asked.

"Millie!?" Jack looked at the female imp who looked away with a playful smile.

"Yeah I saw her kill Dundy on cameras so I tailed her to report all the bodies she killed, just to look sus," Poch smirked

"Honestly, how did none of you suspect her, she had the worst poker face," Stolas said, "the spells finished by the way.

"Whatd ya find?" Jack asked.

"Nothing. Your souls are fine, which is both a relief and a concern."

"Maybe those devices on them made them do something different?" Dundy asked.

"Could be...I'll have to look into it while you all collect Halo's. Who's on that duty?"

"Me, Shelly, Solis, and Echo since Jack's gonna teach Poch how to fly."

"His ankle may be twisted but he'll be fine one one leg," Jack smirked.

"What about landing?" Poch asked.

"You don't need two legs for that!"

"Why do I have a hard time believing you?"

"While we're out," Jack turned to Millie and Moxxie, "you two mind doing me a favor?"

"What's up?" Millie asked.

"Can y'all go to the radio room and try to find a marking for me and have the cameras search outside for that marking?"

"What's the marking?"

He wrote for Dust. "Dust," He had Dust form into the symbol he saw in his dream, "this symbol."

"Hmm," Millie inspected it.

Moxxie took a picture. "Well get right on it!"

"Yeah, well let you know what we find!"

"Thanks M&M! Cmon Pocho!" Jack said, hopping up and heading out.

"Yeah I'm coming," Poch hopped on his leg. Loona grabbed his arm.

"So you don't fall," She told him.

"Thanks...crutch," Poch smirked.

"Don't make me trip you," she smirked back.


Loona, Blitzø, and Shred were outside watching Poch and Jack fly around, Jack teaching the hellhound how to. Loona was a bit tense seeing Poch nearly crash when learning how to swoop, but relaxed now that he's getting the hang of it.

"Ten bucks says he crashes hard on his first landing," Shred said.

"Make it fifteen!" Blitzø demanded.

"Can you guys shut up?!" Loona growled.

"Oh sorry, didn't mean to rag on your mate," Shred smirked.

"Do not make me bite you!" She barked.

"Yeah, yeah," His phone rang and he answered, "hello?...oh hey Gen….really!?...Alright!...he's inside...sure" He jumped off the bench. "Be back soon!" He activated his watch and went through a gate.

"Ok? Welp guess now's a good time to ask you," Blitzø looked at Loona, "Loony, do you mind at least leaving a note next time you use the book to go cuddling with Poch?"

Loona's face heated up. "Wh-wh-wh-wh-when did you-!? How did-!?"

"Woke up with the need to piss, saw the book was missing, was bout to panic til I saw the gate open, hid ready to bash someone's skull in, and then saw you come in out of Poch's room. Knew it was his cause I saw him in the bed."

"But, how'd you know I cuddled him!?"

"Was kinda obvious. So, ready to admit you love him?"

"Dad it's not like that!"

"What is it then?"

"It's just…" she sighed, "when he first got shot, I...I had a nightmare that he was dead so… I slept with him that night just so I didn't have it...I only slept with him to keep that nightmare away."

"I'd understand that sweetie except that was months ago. Are you saying you still get those nightmares?"

"Well...no...it's just in case."

"You sure it's not cause you sleep better with him huddled against you?"

"Well ye- Dad!"

Blitzø smirked, catching his daughter. Loona was about to bark at him but a crash from the field distracted them. They looked and from the smoke they saw Poch, groaning and raising up with cracked wings.

"Poch!" The imp and white hellhound said together.

Jack flew down to check on him. "You ok dude?"

"...here…" Poch said.

"Huh? Here what?"

"Where was….it looked like...the lobby!" Poch reforged his wings and floated up, quickly turning around and flying to the base.

"Dude where you going!?" Jack shouted. He looked at Blitzø and Loona. Blitzø shrugged while Loona got up and went after him. Jack followed along with Blitzø, going into the lobby.

"Interesting," Stolas said. Inside the lobby was him, Poch, and a blue imp in a shrouded cloak with a veil on his head, holding a tall staff. On its veil and shoulders was a circle with its bottom portion missing with another, smaller one of the same type inside.

Loona looked at him with surprise. "That imp." She said lowly.

"Dack clu gigr sain nure," The imp said.

"Oh, uh I'm Poch," Poch told the imp.

"Poch, who's this?" Jack asked as he, Loona, and Blitzø approached them.

"Oh, hey guys. Sorry I darted off like that. As for him," He gestured to the blue imp, "His name is Nure apparently."

"Danko," Nure bowed.

"What he say?" Blitzø asked.

"He said hi. Can yall not understand him?" Poch asked.

"He speaks an ancient tongue. I understand him because I studied it a long time ago," Stolas explained, "But you apparently hear him speaking in English and I don't understand how."

"Daar ninto ey on ren bara," Nure said.

"My daggers?" Poch looked back at his weapons.

Nure walked closer to Poch and reached for where his weapons were. "Os."

"Wait!"

Nure took hold of the daggers and unsheathed them, the colors of them fading. Everyone was surprised that he was able to take hold of them without permission.

"How'd you do that!? I didn't give you permission!"

"Ein noro osstan kana, el elts sinort."

"Half of its creator!?" Poch and Stolas exclaimed at the same time.

"What? Creator of wh-" Jack began.

"Jack!" Millie came down, "we found something!"

"Oh shit!" Jack ran up the stairs and dragged Millie.

"Who's that?" Millie asked about Nure.

"Tell later!"

"Hmmm," Nure inspected Pochs daggers, "delec suno arana don. Exis nei la?"

"Oh um...that would be my brother...hes...hes dead," Poch told blue imp.

"Ah. Suneta."

"It's fine. Part of his soul's still with me."

"Breka doi nute. Halo ye, nort cair ye doth nile dono."

"Well I can make tears in space that lead to other places in hell with the red one and earth with the blue one. The tears act as walls to people other than me and I can only go where I can see or been."

"Duro kasha niche?"

"Yeah. I can form the Chaos Blade for a few minutes."

"Hm….dara louche niche drack?"

"Wait what!? I can do that?"

"Nara locke doni Sara kus wene la chu."

"Modify them? In the lust ring?"

"Dixen nerl volt terror," Nure turned to Stolas, "ye belt sen."

"You want me as well," Stolas wondered.

Nure nodded and turned back to Poch, giving back his daggers. "Ele torn torso alnen."

Poch blushed. "She's not my girlfriend! What makes you even think that!?"

"Darak honcho wele else? Nesh flings donko."

"You did?"

"Mind explaining Poch?" Stolas smirked.

Poch glared at the owl. "Shut it!"

"Dink, Dolores dela. Bonconce delter." Nure walked away, opening a yellow gate in front of him and stepping through.

"Wait, how will I find you?"

"Dracon len dra wen day sen."

"They will?" Poch looked at his weapons.

"Skeb li, nal do." Nure left through his gate.

"Hm."

"So uh," Loona came closer to Poch, "wanna explain?"

"Oh, right," He sheathed his weapons, "apparently...that imp is one of the creators of my daggers."

"One of?"

"Yeah. He said he'll talk about the other one when I see him for modifying them."

"Modifying them?"

"Said he'd explain more when I see him next. Thing is...I've seen that guy in a dream last night, and twice more today, one happening just before I came he-"

"Comin through!" Jack said, jumping down from the radio room and running past them, holding Moxxie with Millie on his back.

"Wait!" Millie pulled him back to stop him, "when Shred gets back, can you tell him I'll be back in like ten minutes."

"Oh right! I need to go see Gen, he had something he and Albest needed to tell me!" Stolas said, opening a gate, "Be back soon!"

"Ok, guess you three will do. Seeya!" Jack dashed off.

"Wait, where are you-" Poch was too late as Jack had just left, "-going."

"Welp, I'm going to the office, the new computer I ordered should be there now," Blitzø activated his T-watch, "try not to get frisky while I'm gone!" He waved, leaving the two groaning hellhounds alone.

Poch hopped to the nearest bench, rubbing his sore leg and twisted ankle. "Ah...glad I didn't charge too much."

"I'll get a brace for you," Loona said, going to get the medkit.

"Thanks….y'know...Nure said he saw you too when he first contacted me."

"Really?"

"Yeah...said it had something to do with physical contact."

"O-oh," Loona walked up to him, kneeling down to put on a brace for his ankle, "I don't remember us touching when you had that dream."

"Same but...he said it came from us cuddling at night,"

Loona nearly jumped. "U-us cuddling? Th-that's crazy!"

"D-definitely...I mean...it's not like you and I slept together last night."

"Pfft c-course not, I mean, why would I?" Loona avoided eye contact.

"Yeah exactly."

They both laughed nervously before going silent as Loona placed on the brace.

"...think I should soak this in the medicinal bath?" Poch broke the silence as she finished and sat next to him.

"Could help. Is it that bad?"

"It's not super bad but we're gonna see Nure tomorrow and I'd rather not be one legged the whole time."

"Heh. Would be funny though…..want me to come in with you?"

"Huh?"

"You'll be numb like last time so it'd be best if someone else was in there with you."

"W-well yeah but it's only my ankle I need to soak and heal. Besides, unlike last time, you don't have anything to wear while going in."

"...I could...just wear a towel."

"Yeah but...the towels aren't that big...you'd be practically nude and...i'm sure that's something super bothering for you."

"..." Loona pondered for a moment, about how embarrassing it would be to be in a tub nude with some guy, how quick she'd cover herself, how quickly she'd kick the guy's ass if he tried to peep or get closer. She even imagined Vortex as the guy with her and her feelings remained the same. Then she thought what if Poch was the only one with her. That seemed to ease her embarrassment. She imagined him close to her, both nude in a tub, casually having a conversation. In her mind it felt a bit awkward and weird but….it didn't bother her….. in fact it seemed like a nice time to her...because it was him. "I wouldn't mind...it sounds like a good time if I'm just naked with you." She said, thinking about it. She glanced over at Poch and saw his face red and his jaw dropped, looking at her completely flabbergasted. Her face heated up when she realized what she said. She shot up. "I'm gonna go get that bath ready for you then check on Dad! Cause I bet he's probably having trouble with the computer! Yknow how he is right!?" She smiled awkwardly at him.

"Uh huh," Poch nodded, still jaw dropped.

"Great! I'll get going!" She rushed off to the bathhouse.


Loona walked into the meeting room, taking a seat, thinking about what she just said.

"That you sweety?" Blitzø asked from the lobby.

"Yeah, it's me," Loona answered.

"Something wrong?"

"No, nothings wrong."

"Where's Poch?"

"He's...soaking his foot."

"Oh ok. I almost got this computer setup! Think you'll like the new features!...now how do I...ooooh."

Loona stared at her phone, her home screen page was of her and Poch when they officially became friends. Seeing it made her think about what she said earlier and the day before when she first saw him nude and returned the favor. What bothered her was the fact that it didn't bother her that it was him seeing her nude rear or her bare breast, and the fact that she even considered taking a bath with him. She didn't understand this feeling she had when it came to him. She knew he was special to her but didn't understand what kind to make her ok with his eyes being on her nude self, or made her cuddle with him at night, and why cuddling made her sleep so well, or why she loved his smell so much. All of those gave her that unknown feeling, with only a small bit being there when they talk or are alone together.

Her phone dinged, it was a message from Poch. He sent a pic of Shivarna relaxing in the tub. Under it was a message saying -Summoned Shivarna to talk then he decided to soak with my foot lol-

She chuckled and texted back. -Won't he get numb?-

-He's a shadow demon so it won't affect him-

-Oh nice.-

-How's the ankle?-

-Numb but like, that's supposed to happen-

-Well duh. Hope that helps it-

-Who you tellin?-

-A one legged jackrabbit-

-Watch it, I can still kick ?-

Loona couldn't help but laugh at that. She wondered what to say next then thought about what she was thinking earlier about the unknown feeling. She wanted to experiment with it and figure out what it means. She had an idea and texted.

-Hey I think I got a mole on my chest-

-Oh yeah? Is it heart shaped?-

-Don't think so- she took a breath and turned on her camera, facing it at her. She grabbed the bottom of her shirt and pulled it up with her bra, taking a picture of her bare chest and sending it to Poch while pulling her shirt down. -You see it?- she asked him. Her cheeks were red, but not out of embarrassment. She waited for him to respond but didn't get one. "...was...was it a bad one?" She looked back at the pic and noticed she didn't really show her face and her lips were kinda seen looking like she was frowning. She didn't wanna look mad. She pulled her top up again and started up her camera. She smiled while taking another pic. She checked it and felt a bit off. She did another, flashing a peace sign with her thumb lifting the shirt up a bit, sticking her tongue out and winking. She looked at it and felt that it was a bit bimbo-ish. "Maybe…"

She started taking a series of pictures each with a different pose. One where she tried to look like casually taking a selfie, one where she cupped her breast with one arm, and one with only one boob showing. She took a few more after that and looked through them. She was thinking some looked alright but wondered if he'd react well.

"Should I slip my pants down?...Poch does like seeing my ass…" Realization sunk in that she was sending these to Poch. her face heated up, she pulled down her shirt, closed her app and messages, and sunk her face in her hands. "Ugh! Why am I doing this!?...what's with this feeling?" She felt her chest, feeling her heart beating rapidly. "What kind of friendship is this?...He's special to me but...what kind of special is this?..." Loona didn't have the answer, and she decided to just get her mind off it and watch something on her phone.


Loona took the grimoire and headed to her wall to open the gate. She thought Blitzø was asleep when she took it, but,

"Don't squeeze him too hard sweetie!" Blitzø said from the couch.

Loona groaned and made her way to Pochs room.


The next day came. Loona and Blitzø walked into the lobby, ready to join the others for breakfast.

"Morning everyo-," Blitzø paused when he saw Jack, "what happened to you!?"

Jack had cuts and bruises all over him, covered in bandages. He smirked. "Nothin much. Just a duel."

"We don't know what happened either," Moxxie said.

"He just stood at the place we went to and would just get these injuries out of nowhere. Said he was fighting someone and he was talking to himself," Millie explained, "We suggested a doctor, but he refused, saying that he won."

"Cause I did win. Against what, I don't know, but our next fights gonna tell me more!" Jack said with enthusiasm.

"Next fight?"

"Yeah, just gotta find the place!"

While they talked Loona looked around and saw Poch was cooking with Shivarna, the two seeming to finish up. She walked up to the counter.

"Hey, Poch," She said to him.

Poch jumped when he heard her and he turned to face her, nervously smiling. "H-heeeey...Loona...how's it...how's it going?"

"You ok?"

"I'm fine! Really! Wh-why wouldn't I be?"

"Ok? So what do you think Nure is gonna do to your daggers?"

"No idea. I'm honestly more interested in him telling me how they were made. As far as I know they just materialized and my dad somehow got a hold of them."

"Did they materialize in front of him?"

"No idea, never really had a chance to ask him."

"Oh right. Sorry."

"It's fine."

"How's your foot?"

"It's fine. The bath really helped."

"That's good...um speaking off...about what I sent."

Poch blushed. "Uh, I gotta go see Stolas! He said he wanted to discuss something with the team about something he found, but before that I think I'll ask him something, seeya!" He darted off, dismissing Shivarna, "Go ahead and eat without me!"

"Well...that was weird."


Poch and Stolas came down from the radio room after a few minutes.

"Alright, now that everyone's here, gather around please!" Stolas said.

Everyone sat somewhere close to Stolas. Loona sat herself next to Poch, the brown hellhound looking at her flabbergasted and red cheeked, looking away when she looked at him quizzically. When she looked at Stolas he glanced at her, shook his head, and paid attention to Stolas.

"Now, I have some news on both the medallion and the sigil you found," Stolas started, "the reason the medallion looked so familiar is because I've seen its counterpart, the demon connector."

"Demon connector?" Jack asked.

"It's a human made artifact used back when demon summoning was a thing. It telepathically connects the human to the demon, allowing them to see from there eyes and communicate. Though this artifact is a bit... different."

"In what way?" Dundy questioned.

"We threw the medallion in the essence of hell and it changed into a different connector, and when Albest tested it on me well...he took control of me."

"He took control!?" Millie said surprised.

"Yes, and I was powerless to stop him...he made me do….so many things…" Stolas said with irritation.

"Wow...so wait...does that mean those two armored angels," Echo began to surmise.

"Were being controlled? Seems so. And we have a feeling it's related to the Dhorks."

"The Dhorks!?" They all said in shock.

"I thought they were mind wiped!" Poch said.

"We did but we apparently didn't wipe their footage of us all. Plus there's still that other angel, Toket," Stolas said.

"Yeah, that bird with Nugen. Think he's working with them?"

"I would think so. With recordings of us and his well...presence, it wouldn't be unexpected. Also, when reviewing the memories they noticed a faint glimpse of that symbol you got from the Lion boss. Plus we suspect there could be more to those bases you went too."

"Wouldn't their memories tell you that?" Solis asked.

"I only extracted recent ones, you didn't expect to get everything single thing did you?" He chuckled.

"Oh well...that makes sense."

"Now then, since you're still unofficial here in hell, this incident is still not something related to the corps. Sure they came to investigate but since you were all involved, it complicated things, so Rex and Albest have decided to let you investigate the two bases. The sooner the better, but let's do it after today."

"And after tomorrow. Millie needs tomorrow for practice," Shred said.

"Me? What for?" Millie asked.

"You'll see."

"Speaking of, boss, mind coming with me somewhere tonight? I need your help with something in the pride ring," Jack asked.

"Only if I get to use your guns with blades," Blitzø negotiated.

"Deal."

"Well, Loona, Poch, are you ready?" Stolas asked.

"Huh? Oh right! Nure!" Poch remembered.

"Yes. I'll take us somewhere on the lust ring and hopefully we'll be close by." Stolas opened his gate.

"I swear, we better not walk into someone fucking on the streets."

"Or masturbating," Loona added.

"Don't jinx it," Poch chuckled.

They all walked through, appearing near some club.

"Alright, so how do we find this place?" Loona asked.

Poch shrugged. "I don't know. I could try sniffing for-"

"Uh, your daggers are glowing."

"Huh?" Poch looked back to confirm that what she said was true, lifting the back of his shirt up. He drew them. "He did say these would guide me but how- hm?" Poch turned and the glow became weaker. "Hmm." He formed his chaos blade and pointed it out, circling around.

"What are you doing?" Stolas asked.

"Apparently dowsing," He stopped when the glow was at its brightest, "this way." He led them down the road, following the swords glow, making a few turns. They came past a strip club where a bat demon lady in lingerie stopped them.

"Hey there cutie," She said seductively, placing her hands on his chest, "nice sword. I bet the other ones just as impressive." She got closer, sliding her hand down lower.

Loona snarled at the bat, bringing out her claws.

The bat got a little scared but didn't back off. "Oh my. A jealous girlfriend?"

"N-no she's not my-" Poch tried to explain.

"Oh then you're free? Let me give you this club's sample," she went in for a kiss.

Loona barked and bit at her, making her back up. "FUCK OFF!"

"Whoa! Ok then! Jeez! Clingy much?" She walked away with a scoff.

Loona was about to approach her. "I'll show you-"

Poch grabbed her hand, "hey," looking at her sympathetically.

She calmed down once she looked into his eyes. "...sorry."

"It's fine. You ok? You're usually calmer than that."

"I'm fine...it's just… I hate it when someone sees you as some sex object, you're way to special to be that. Uh, I mean, at least...to me you are…"

"Well yeah...so are you...were a...special pair huh?"

"Yeah...guess we are," She smiled.

"Yeah that's probably why you...you um...you uh… " Poch blushed.

"I what?"

"N-nothing! Onward!"

They kept going and eventually came to an old manor. It was two stories and the entrance was at the corner with Gargoyles on the sides of the stairs. The lights were off and the place looked oddly abandoned.

"Fancy." Loona commented.

"Hmm..I feel some sort of spell in place...like some veil is covering the area," Stolas said, feeling the area.

Poch looked at his sword. "Hmm."

"I can try to-"

Poch raised his sword up. "HYA!" He sliced it down, tearing a hole into nothing. The tear expanded and showed the entrance to a concealed space, the manor inside having the lights on. "There." Poch sheathed his weapon.

"Howd you-"

"He said it was how we were gonna find him so...yeah."

They went in the veil and up the stairs, entering the house. Inside was a short hallway that led up to a round room where Nure stood in the middle. They approached him and found that the right led to the dining room and kitchen, the left led to some living room and behind Nure was some sort of workshop with the stairs being next to it.

"Droco di nan," Nure said with a bow.

"Thank you for having us," Stolas bowed.

Loona and Poch looked at each other and shrugged, bowing themselves.

"Nos caving fon dois," he turned and headed to his workshop. He sat in front of a table with a box in the middle. There were chairs in front of the table. "Durian co."

"He says, "have a seat."" Poch told Loona.

They took a seat in front of Nure. Nure grabbed a bag of yellow candy and handed it to Loona. "Drekem do son li."

"He says suck one to understand him," Poch said.

"Oh, ok," Loona took the bag and placed one in her mouth, sucking on it. "Huh. Lemon flavored."

"Drak sino understand me now," Nure said.

"He said-" Poch began.

"I can understand him," Loona said.

"Oh ok."

"Now, I suppose you have questions about the Hell-scaper and the Earth-tearer." Nure stated.

"I'm guessing you mean my daggers?"

Nure nodded. "Yes. They were weapons created a thousand years ago," he placed his hands on his chest, "with me being half of its creator."

"A thousand years ago? How are you alive?" Stolas asked.

"Allow me to explain." He waved his staff and an image appeared in front of them. It was a figure of a human with a slip of paper in their hand. "Before the unknown period, there was something not uncommonly practiced in the human race called demon summoning. You write on a slip of paper a demonic circle, then make a sacrifice to summon a demon and form a contract with it, binding the demon to do your bidding in a sense," the image had a demon silhouette appear, "The stronger or more personal the sacrifice, the more powerful the demon summoned. However there was one taboo the demons had to follow, especially the succubuses. They were not allowed to impregnate or become pregnant by a human. That taboo was broken however," the image showed a lady demon and a male human looking at each other, "one such pair broke that rule. They fell in love and had a child. Said child was named Evan," a singular demon was shown, he was slightly different looking somewhat human, "He was kept hidden in the human world, his mother only seeing him in rare moments so as to keep him secret. He barely came to Hell. I was a friend of his mother so we knew each other well enough. He wanted to create a way to go to both hell and the human world so as not to burden his mother. That's when he found out about a power of his," a red spiral came in one hand of the image while blue swirled I'm the other, "he was able to condense the nature of space into an object and use it to tear open a gateway to the world of said space. However whatever weapon he used, no matter how strong, broke. We decided to fix that. We came up with an idea together. We'd make a vessel to contain the nature of both spaces," two gray appeared, "we created two daggers. One to bold the nature of earth's space and the other to hold the nature of hells. When Evan placed the space in the vessels I created, he added some spells to the space he added for insurance reasons, like only allowing him the use of its powers. When they were placed in the daggers the changes," the colors of the daggers changed, one to red and the other blue, "they became what you see now." He waved the images away.

Poch couldn't help but draw his daggers, looking at them. "So the red one was called the Hell-scaper and the blue one the Earth-tearer?"

"Yes. The spell and addition of the nature of spaces produced some...unexpected results. Like the gates he tore being usable by only him, acting as walls for others. The ability to call upon his daggers, something I think you'll be able to do in the future, and then, its combined form."

"The chaos blade right?"

"Yes. A powerful weapon that combines both spaces, weaponizing the distortion caused by it. Though it can't stay like that for long, as the feedback from said distortion causes injury."

"Trust me, I know."

"Your leg ok?" Loona asked.

"Its fine,"

"Though Evan did find a way to use the Chaos blade permanently," Nure said.

"He did!?"

"Yes...however this was before he died….in the human world during its unknown period."

"What?" Poch was taken back along with the others.

"He was spending a year with his father, it was there he learned how to constantly use the Chaos blade with no feedback, and came back to be with his mother. Then the unknown period started. Travel to the human world was banned. Noone had a means of going in, not even by human summonings...by ordinary means that is. Evan waited for months but still no change on the ban. I wanted to talk him out of it but I too was curious about what was going on so we found a way to stay in contact. It took days before we finally established a connection. When we did...he was already close to death...before he died he told me that on earth there was some war going on, a war between demons with monsters of shadow and Angel's with creatures of light.

"Wait….you don't mean-"

"Shadow demons and light angels!?" Stolas finished with shock.

"I don't know the details but I'm assuming you have the some similarities with those demons?" Nure asked.

"Something like that," Poch said.

"I'll explain later. Please, continue," Stolas insisted.

"Well, he apparently got caught in the middle, and fatally wounded. Before he could be killed he used his powers and the Chaos blade to create a rift and threw the blade in, he told me it would appear far into the future and chose a new wielder. I gave his mother my condolences before preparing to meet the new wielder. Seems my awakening was off a bit but nonetheless, here I am."

"So that's why they seem to just manifest...I wonder how my dad got them?" Poch wondered.

"Before you ponder that, lemme tell you what I meant by modifying your weapon. Since I made the base I think I can give it the ability to change forms."

"Forms?" Loona asked.

"Yes, as in weapon forms. Up to three other forms beside its blade form. With that it should give you more versatility while in battle. Though you'll still get feedback since it's still combined."

"Really?" Poch thought about it some. "Well...it would help me in battle when I need it. What weapons can I have it form?"

"That is for you to decide," Nure pointed to his left, pointing to a row of shelves, "at the end of the shelves there's an assortment of weapons that I also created to be the base weapons before we chose daggers. Choose three and I'll integrate them within the daggers."

"Alright," Poch got up, "be back soon," Poch went to the shelf.

"I'll come with," Loona said, following.

"I'll stay here and bring Nure up to date on everything," Stolas said.

"Thank you," Nure said gratefully.

Loona and Poch headed down the aisle and got to the shelf. There was an assortment of black weapons with gray outlines. Poch started examining them.

"Hmmm...what should I choose?" Poch asked himself.

"Can't choose another blade…" Loona spotted a weapon of interest, "hey, remember how you said you knew how to use a...kisuragamari?"

"Kusarigama. Why?"

"Found this," Loona pulled a kusarigama off the shelf.

"Oh sweet!" Poch took it and inspected it.

"I thought you only knew how to use daggers and a sword?"

"Well ever since Celis taught me how to use two daggers, we sort of ventured off, trying new things, and I was a pretty quick learner."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah," Poch smirked, "Think fast!" He threw the chain at her. she was about to grab it but as he held both ends, he maneuvered the chain away from her hands and around her neck, yanking it back to pull her in his face, There noses touching. "See?"

"Heh, not bad." She grined. They both realized how close they were and turned red.

"Um...lemme get this off you." He backed up and pulled the chain off her. "Think I'll take this."

"Cool. I'll hold onto it."

"Thanks." He handed it to her. "You can just wrap it around your chest."

"Alright," She did so.

"So...speaking of chests...why did...is there a reason you…" Poch tried to find the words.

"What?"

"Um….Reason you...didn't tell me about this spear!" He grabbed a spear next to her. "I think I can use this with my combat brace. Do a bit of spear kicking with a side of blade kicking, ya know?" He looked at Loona who had her arms crossed and looked unamused. "...I should probably check to see if it fits on my brace," He cut a gate and grabbed his brace from it, attacking the spear to the clip. It fit in easily. "Heh, whaddya know easy fit." He looked at her again, seeing no change. He sighed. "Ok, I'll ask for real."

"That's all I'm asking for."

"...Why...why did you send me so many pics of you posing while flashing your tits at me?"

Loonas face flushed red. "Those sent!?"

"Yeah they sent! Whaddya mean "Those sent"!?"

"I didn't mean to send all those to you! I was just trying to find a good one to send!"

"Wha- why!? Why'd you wanna send me topless posing pic? Why the first pic!?"

"I...well you didn't respond so I thought it was because it was a bad Pic so I...tried to give you...a better one."

"Ok but...you realize you sent me pictures of your tits right?"

"Well...it's just you so...i don't...see a problem."

"Well there kinda is."

"There is?...did you...not like them?"

"What, no of course I liked them! How could I not when you got such a nice rack?" He felt like punching himself in the face.

"...Thanks," Loona shyly smiled, looking away, slightly wagging her tail.

"The problem is...well...why me? Aren't you...isn't that...embarrassing for you?"

"...not if it's you."

"What….what do you mean?"

"...when I first...showed myself to you I….I didn't really feel...embarrassed about it...same for when I showed my breast...i….when I know it's you I'm showing myself to I just...feel alot more...comfortable...I guess."

"Y-you do?"

"Yeah...if it's you….I don't...feel awkward...uncomfortable… or even...ashamed really."

"Wh-...what if...I asked to see you?"

"Huh?"

"What if I wanted to...see your butt again? Like how you did before I left your place."

Loona blushed. "Th-the same way?"

"Same way."

"..."

"...sorry I should pu-" before he could finish, Loona turned around, checked to see if Stolas or Nure were watching, they weren't, grabbed her pants, and pulled them down with her panties. Poch turned red and stopped her. "W-wait I meant hypothetically!"

"Oh…" she turned redder, "oh! Sorry!" She pulled up her bottoms.

"I-it's fine. I mean heck I never mind seeing your ass," he almost punched himself.

"Uh...thanks...maybe I'll...show it more to you."

"That'd be cool. I MEAN, you don't have to, in fact i should send you pics of me in return….though i'm not nearly as sexy as you are."

"I wouldn't say that, I mean...you're pretty sexy...and cute."

Poch blushed. "Yeah but...you're way more though...and I'll prove it tonight."

"How?"

"By sending you...a full body nude."

"Huh?" She looked at him flabbergasted.

"Yeah, then you'll see that no doubt you're both cuter and sexier."

"Then...i'll send one too."

"What?"

"To prove that you're sexier and cuter."

"Oh...well go ahead you'll still be wrong." He smirked nervously.

"Not as much as you'll be." She smirked shyly.

"Heh….ju-...just to clarify this is...totally something special friends do."

"Oh of course! Nothing weird about it!"

"I mean yeah, guess it be wierder if we didn't do it!"

"Obviously!"

They both laughed nervously while screaming in their heads.

"They always this...dense?" Nure whispered.

"You have no idea," Stolas whispered back.

"So uh...you gonna take that spear?" Loona asked.

"Huh?" Poch looked at the spear he had on the brace he was holding. "Well….id have to kick straighter but...I feel like it'd be helpful so yeah." He took off the spear and placed his brace back through a gate.

"Alright," Loona took the spear, "What's the last weapon?"

"Hmmm," Poch looked around, "wouldn't hurt to get something for long range."

"Like a gun?"

"How would that work?"

"Uh...chaos bullets?"

"Hah! No….hm?" He spotted something. It was a round cyclone shaped four bladed shuriken with a round grip in the middle. It looked familiar. He took a hold of it. "Hmm," he gave it a spin in his hand, stopping it. He stepped to the side and did two wide swings before thrusting his arm forward, spinning the shuriken on top the back of his hand before pulling back and grabbing it, throwing it in an upward arc, the base coming back to him, grabbing it.

Loona clapped. "Impressive."

"Kinda like this boomerang I had when I was younger. The hand trick was something Celis taught me. We played this game on the roof where we had to knock out the candle lights on these candlesticks we put up and Celis would always win cause I kept hitting the stick and not the match. He was way more precise than me."

"Oh yeah? That why Klarnas got precision too?"

"Maybe. Maybe I got Shiva cause I'm adaptable. Celis thought so, said it fits me. Funny thing, I asked him not to make bone jokes when I used him but I think I inadvertently gave him the idea too."

"Really?" Loona chuckled.

"Yeah. The puns he made were so bad….I'll tell you about them later. Sound good?"

"I'd like that." She smiled.

"Welp, I got my choices. Let's give them to Nure."

They went back Nure.

"So these are the weapons you chose?" Nure asked.

Poch nodded.

"Very well," Nure set the weapons on the table, each facing one side of the box in the middle, "Daggers please."

"Oh right," He drew them, "You ca- oh wait, you don't need my permission," he handed the blades over.

Nure set the daggers in front of the green side of the cube. He took his staff, waved it around, and said something in a magical incantation. The cube lit up and a wraithlike beam shot out of each side, a green one coming out the green side. "There. Now go on and pick your substitute from the other shelves. They have tags to describe abilities."

"Substitute?"

"Well this process is gonna take at least a week so-"

"A week!?"

"Did I forget to mention that?"

"Yes! How am I gonna get home!?"

"Uh...that T-array Stolas told me about."

"There's no waypoint set at my house, let alone a Terminal nearby."

"I thought there was one set at your base?"

"Oh he lives in the human world actually," Stolas explained before turning to Poch, "You could just use my grimoire. Since Blitzy or Loona always has it, you could just call them, and if there's an early cleansing then they'll just call you. I bet Loona has you on speed dial." Stolas smirked.

"Ugh, No she doesn't." Poch said.

"Uh...I actually do." Loona confessed.

"Oh...well alright. I dont cause I don't use speed dial."

"Why?"

"I find it easier to go by contacts. Anyway I guess I'll be bugging you for a way home for a while."

"It's fine. You'll just owe me."

"Or you can consider it payback for all the times I let you come over and let's not forget girls night."

"Heh, dick." She smirked, "C'mon let's find you a sub." She headed to the shelves of weapons.

"Yeah I guess every dom needs a sub."

"Pfft you're too short to be a dom."

"Want me to prove you wrong?"

"Gonna try and dominate me too?" She said a little but seductively which surprised her.

"Sorry what?" Poch was also surprised.

"So, what type of weapon you going for?" She tried desperately to change subjects.

"So dense…" Stolas sighed.


Seven Minutes Later

"How bout these?" Loona grabbed a scythe of the rails, "It can go on your brace and it's got good reach."

"Yeah but scythes are Jack's thing, plus I don't think I'll get many kicking options with this cause of how the blades curved around the staff part."

"Alright. Seems like our only options are swords and staffs."

"And spears but i also need something that can make up for my chaos slash."

"Well I'm not seeing much that can do that."

"Neither am I," Poch sighed. He heard Stolas bickering with someone in the room near them, "Who's Stolas talking to?"

"No idea," Loona looked at the slip of one, "This one might work. Says it extends up to five miles when the grips twisted."

"Lemme see."

Loona tried picking it up but as soon as it slid off the rail, her arms nearly caved to its weight. "Oh fuck! This is heavy!" She struggled to hold it.

"Yeah I'm gonna go with no on that. Shivarna!" Shivarna appeared and Picked the sword up for Loona, placing it back on the shelf with ease.

"Phew. Thanks."

"Welcome," Shivarna said before dismissing.

"Let's try something else," Poch suggested.

"Agreed." Loona replied.

"Loona? Blitzy called, he says he really needs you at the office." Stolas called out.

"Right now?"

"Yes, it's super urgent! Come quickly!"

"Alright, guess I gotta go."

"I'll text ya later," Poch smiled.

"Text ya later," she waved, heading to Stolas. When entering the room she saw Rex pinching the bridge of his nose. "Rex? What are yo-""

"Ask later!" Stolas grabbed her by the shoulders. "Let's go go go!" He pulled her into his portal. "Good luck Rex!"

The two entered the lobby of I.M.P. where Blitzø came out of his office.

"Hey Loony, hey Stolas," Blitzø said.

"Hey dad. What'd you need me for?" Loona asked.

"Huh? Whaddya mean?"

"Stolas said you asked for me?"

"Sorry I um...I may have lied," Stolas confessed.

"What? Why!?"

"So Rex could talk to Poch."

"Why?"

"It's...complicated."

"Oh really?" She said looking somewhat annoyed.

"Yes...so what pose are you going for when you send your nude?" Stolas asked.

Loonas face turned bright red.

"What this about nudes?" Millie asked, having come out of the meeting room.

"Nudes?" Blitzø peeked in.

"Nothing! Nothing at all! We got any clients!?" Loona asked.

"A few actually. Wh-"

"Well let's go ahead and do them! I'm bored!" Loona pulled Millie and Blitzø along to go do some assassinations.


Loona groaned as she and Millie walked out the portal.

"There's also this thing called the Jack o pose, it's kinda hard but not if you're flexible, Shelly and I can do it pretty easily," Millie said.

"Millie, I'm not doing that!" Loona groaned.

"Well what pose are you gonna do for Poch? You wanna entice him don't ya?"

"I told you it's just to prove a point, as friends!"

"Loona, friends don't casually send nude pics to each other."

"Yeah, well we're special to each other! It's a… special friendship!"

"Uh huh," Millie looked unconvinced.

"Just….don't tell dad...or anyone!"

"One condition. Gotta join us for next girls night."

"Ugh, fine." Her phone buzzed on the desk, having been charging. She went over and grabbed it, looking at the screen seeing she missed a few calls and texts from Poch. She read one message saying "-nevermind. Found a way to the pride ring at least. You're lucky I got an exterminator discount.-" Loona facepalmed. "Shit! I forgot Poch needed a way home!" She quickly texted back.

-Dude I'm so sorry! I was out with Millie!-

She waited for a text back, hoping he'd respond quickly.

He did. -It's alright. I managed to get to Stolas's place. Lucky for me Stolas was there so he gated me home.-

-That's good. Still I'm really sorry. I can make it up to you tomorrow.-

-Nah that's fine, plus I'm gonna be busy with Tom tomorrow. Gonna help him with something he's doing this week so I may also be busy on other days.-

-oh-

-don't be sad. It's just for this week.-

-Im not sad.-

-you're pouting-

-I am not! What are you, watching me rn?-

-yep. Hacked your camera.-

-as if- she rolled her eyes.

-don't you roll your eyes at me-

-how the fuck!?-

He sent a "I'm watching you" Gif.

-stalker- she texted while smiling.

-lol. Well I gotta go.-

-guess I'll talk to you tonight?-

She blushed when she remembered what they agreed to do tonight. -Yeah guess you will-

-cutie- she added a wink emoji. as soon as she sent it she realized how flirty it sounded. before she could rebuttal, he replied.

-alright ms sexy with a side of cute-

It felt like steam came out of her ears. She didn't know how to respond so she just set the phone down and tried to calm down.


Loona locked the door when she entered her room. She made sure to drill it in Blitzø's head not to disturb her. She went and sat on her bed, going on her phone to text Poch.

-Hey- She messaged.

-You home?-

He messaged back.

-Yeah, I'm home. you?-

-In my room. Alone.-

-Same-

-you…..ready?-

She fidgeted a bit, getting nervous.

-yeah just let me get my clothes off-

-wait-

-how bout this-

-once we both take a pic, we wait till the other is ready and send at the same time. Deal?-

She gulped.

-Deal-

She set the phone down and took a deep breath. She stripped off her clothing, laying them on the ground. She had time to think up a pose earlier. She pulled her nightstand back, setting her phone on it. She laid on her bed, face down, raising her tail and butt up while keeping her face in her pillow, looking shyly at the camera, holding the pillow while blushing. She brought one leg forward and stretched the other one out, arcing herself in a way that made her breast visible. She reached over and pressed the timed camera, bringing her arm back and waiting for it to capture. Once the picture was taken, she took her phone and slid the nightstand back, laying on her back.

-I'm set- Poch texted.

-Same-

-on 3?-

-on 3-

"One….two...three." She sent the picture and so did he.

His pic was him bashfully looking at the camera, holding his arm while smiling, fully nude and at full mast. She felt a strong tingle in her body along with the heat. She tried to think of what to say but she kept deleting the words she typed. It was then that she received a call from him, nearly locking up in surprise. She eventually hit answer after a few seconds, hesitating a little, bringing the phone to her ear. "Um...hey."

"Heeey!...um...so...h-how are ya?"

"Uh...I'm alright."

"C-cool...um...so...guess now you gotta admit that you're the cuter and the sexier one huh?"

"Uh...well...I...I don't see how."

"Really?...I mean...how can you not?...you got that nice soft ass, those curves...that slender body….softer than you think ample breast...that look you give while looking at the camera just...makes your heart wanna explode know what I mean?"

As he went on she felt her body temperature raise and her face went deeper in her pillow.

"Uhhhh, well that's just from an...honest perspective y'know? I'm just...saying what any other person would say if they saw this...heck I guess I should count myself lucky."

"Shut up." Shivarna was heard saying.

"Was...was that-" Loona heard the shadow demon.

"Y-yeah. He took the photo." poch chuckled. "….anyways...im… I'm gonna go ahead and sleep."

"Nude?" Shivarna asked.

"Yes, I'm gonna sleep nude. Why?"

"...Kinky."

"Go away!"

Loona couldn't help but chuckle.

"Anyways, I'll uh...I'll see you later."

"Yeah...see ya later." He hung up and she placed her phone away. She pondered what to do next, thinking about sleeping with him again with the excuse of the nightmares again, but he'd be naked so it be a bit awkward to sleep next to him while he's naked. She then thought if it'd be weird if she stayed nude as well. A part of her mind thought that crazy but a louder part encouraged her to.


'What am I doing, what am i doing, what am I doing!?' Loona screamed in her head as she walked bare naked into Pochs room. She came to his bed, seeing that he was also nude under the covers. She pulled up the blankets and slowly shuffled herself in, laying next to him. She looked up at the ceiling, glancing over at him, noticing how peaceful he slept. She sighed. "You're still cuter," she said, getting close and cuddling him.


The next day the I.M.P. crew had moved back onto the office, the exterminators who didn't work there staying at the base, ready to contact for an early cleansing. Right now it was just Loona and Blitzø there,the rest being on their way. Loona was waiting in the lobby in her office chair, waiting for Poch and Jack to come, mainly Poch. She was trying not to think about what they did last night and the fact she slept nude with him. She heard their voices inside the meeting room.

"Seriously can't believe he let you borrow that!" Jack said as he and Poch exited the room. Jack had a few bruises and scrapes on him.

"I know right! Now I hope there's a secret base at those facilities!" Poch said. On the back of his hip sheathed a long black blade with a chain on the end. It was identical to Rex's katana.

"Hah," Jack noticed Loona, "Hey Loona!"

Poch stiffened up and blushed. "H-hey Loona!"

"Hey...uhm...how'd you sleep?" Loona asked, a bit nervously.

"I slept alright," Jack said.

"Slept pretty...good….you?" Poch asked.

"I...slept alright." Loona said.

"Great!...um...did you uh...you...keep the...the thing from last night?"

"Thing?….oh!" Loona blushed, getting what he meant. "N-no...but I didn't really delete it….did you?"

"Well...I didn't delete it either...don't be mad."

"Why would I...l-look im...I'm ok with you having it...just...don't be...weird about it."

"Wei- wait, why are you ok with me having it!?"

"Cause it's...you."

"Wha….what do you…"

"Ahem!" Jack coughed, reminding them he's here.

"Oh, uh sorry Jack. L-lets go see if Boss has any kills for us."

"Alright, but I'm pestering about this," Jack and Poch walked to Blitzø's office.

Loona sighed and leaned back. Millie jumped in, excited. She rushed to Loona as soon as she saw her.

"Loona! Check this out!" Millie showed her some red grip with a round black slab on top of it with ridges deciding it.

"Wow. it's a stick." Loona said sarcastically.

"That's what you think, until," she pressed a button and the slab extended into a large bat, flames erupting from it.

"Whoa!" Loona backed up a bit.

"Shred got Gen to make me it! I can't wait to use it!" She sheathed her new weapon. "I'm trying to convince him to give Moxxie and Blitzø something too. Any ideas?"

"Eh...maybe a flintlock pistol? I don't know."

"Hm. Also I heard Poch is borrowing Rex's sword! That true?"

"I...haven't gotten a chance to see it yet."

"Really? Thought you'd be the first he'd show."

"We talked about...something else."

"Oh? What was it about?"

"N-nothing."

"Oh is it about your nudes?"

"Shush!" She clamped her hands on her mouth. "Not so loud, dads still here!"

"Oh sorry," Millie whispered, "Well was it?"

"Kinda...I...I told him I was..ok with him saving the picture...as long as he wasn't weird about it which...i doubt he would."

"Uh-huh. And you two are still just friends?"

"Y-yeah."

"Loona, what kind of friends send naked pics to each other?"

"It was one time! Besides...friends totally do that...at least the special kind."

"Special friends huh? Answer me this then. If he asked to see you nude again, would you?"

"Well...y-yeah i guess."

"Why? Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"

"Not...really. If it's him I'm...not really bothered by it."

"Really? Would you take a bath with him then? Or sleep with him nude?"

Loona nearly chuckled, having already done the latter. "I mean...I did think about it once."

"Loona, what kind of a friend is this? You gotta admit these things aren't your typical friend thing."

"That's cause...he's special."

"Alright, what makes him special?"

"I….He just is."

"In what way?"

"I...I don't know."

"Well I do, and lemme tell ya, there's gonna be problems if you can't figure it out either, and soon you're gonna lose him."

"What!?" She said in not a whisper.

"You heard me."

"What do you mean?"

"That's for you to figure out," She got up, "now I gotta go meet up with Shred and Moxxie. See ya!"

As Millie left, Loona pondered what she meant, an inner dread starting to grow about losing Poch.


Loona laid on her bed. She didn't see Poch at all for the rest of the day. She texted him a few times and he promised to show the sword tomorrow but otherwise they didn't say much and she didn't see him for the rest of the day. She wanted to talk about something but didn't know what to bring up. Millie's words about losing him haunted her. She sent a text.

-hey so whens the raid?-

She waited for his response. He didn't make one. She thought maybe she should send another text but she didn't wanna seem desperate. She shuffled around, trying to watch YouTube, go on social media, her insta, but she couldn't pay attention as she was waiting for a reply. She waited at least thirteen minutes before she sent another text.

-Poch?-

She waited again, ten minutes this time.

-hello?-

More time passed, she dreadfully stared at the message screen, waiting. Nothing came.

-you there?-

She waited once more. Nothing came. She waited half an hour then grew desperate, giving him a call. It rang a bit before the voicemail answered.

"Hey, this is Poch. Can't talk now, leave a message." A dial tone followed.

"Um...hey its Loona...just...calling to check on ya….um...j-just message me whenever." She hung up and plopped on her bed, groaning. It was late so she didn't expect him to respond soon and she didt wanna risk getting caught sneaking into his room so she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.


Loona was startled awake by her phone ringing. She had just gotten deep in sleep. She groaned and answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Loona?" Poch said.

Loona woke up and shot up. "Poch! Hey!"

"Hey! Sorry about earlier, I was busy."

"With Tom right?"

"Y-yeah. Sorry. I wasn't trying to ignore you, honest!"

"I know...sorry if I messaged too much."

"It's fine...meet me at the fields near the base tomorrow. I wanna show you the sword I was leant."

"I'd like that."

"Sweet! See you tomorrow!"

"See ya," they hung up and she laid back, smiling. She waited for a bit til she snuck in his room


Next day.

Poch was sitting on the bench near the fields when Loona came out of the base to meet him.

"Hey," She greeted.

"Sup," He smiled, getting up. He drew the black blade, showing it to Loona, "Check it out. It's Rex's blade. He calls it the Nagai nokogiri."

"And that means?"

"Long saw." He leaned the chain to her. "Pull my chain."

"Really?"

"Trust me."

She reached over and pulled the chain. The blade started to shake and rattle and there was a grinding sound. He brought the blade around to show why it was rattling. On the edge of the Katana were small saw blades revving on like a chainsaw, which violently vibrated the whole weapon. Poch took a lumber of wood and tossed it up, letting the piece fall to the sword's edge. Once it made contact it was cut cleanly in half.

"Whoa! Saw blade!" Loona commented in awe.

"Right! And check this out!" He faced the side, raised the blade up and struck down strongly. In a split second a white strip extended from the blade, ripping into the ground before pulling back. "They stretch out with how hard I swing when I squeeze the handle!"

"Nice! Guess that helps with the lack of a Chaos slash!"

"It does!" He pulled the chain, stopping the saw. "Though it overheats if on for too long."

"Always a draw back."

"Right? Though I can't wait to use it tomorrow when we go to those bases!"

"That's tomorrow?"

"Yeah...Speaking of which, I'm gonna be busy tomorrow too...in fact I'm… gonna be busy with Tom this whole week at least so,...we may not be able to hang out for a bit."

"O-oh." She was sad to hear that.

"...but I got time before we discuss our raiding plans for tomorrow so….wanna chat and watch some anime?"

"Sounds good to me," she smiled.


Blitzø had everyone gathered in the meeting room. On the board were two pictures of the dhork bases they were all captured on.

"Alright team! The plan is to raid at night when it's dark! We're gonna have to split in groups at least two exterminators at each base cause we know those fuckshits have angels!"

"About that," Moxxie started.

"I don't see a hand raised but I hear talking."

Moxxie rolled his eyes and raised his hands.

"Sharpshooter in the front!"

"Were under the assumption that those bases have a secret underground facility of some sort but Millie and Loona scoured the place we were at and found nothing angel related till they found us. The only angel we saw was the White Stoneface that came out of the ground."

"Good question Mox! Luckily Shelly looked into that! Go on shell!"

"Ahem," Shelly coughed, "earlier today I went to the area and used my clairvoyance. There's definitely an underground tunnel connected by some shaft, but I don't know how big it is cause I had to leave before I got spotted. It is possible that those D.D. guys are just in the place Poch and Jack were held but we cant be too sure, could be other Angel's hiding there."

"Thank you, Shelly!"

"Welcome big boss!"

"Ok so we can split up in groups of three exterminators and one demon, since we're gonna need some to stay back and open the gateway back just incase of emergency," Dundy explained.

"Doesn't help that I dont have my daggers either," Poch commented.

"Will be fine! Trust!" Blitzø smiled. "So! Who's going who and who wants to volunteer to go with?"

"Well since Jack and I have some experience in the first place, I say we go."

"I'm good with that," Jack said.

"Alright, I'll go to the second area then cause I could use my powers to fully scope out the place beyond the shaft," Shelly volunteered.

"I'll go with you," Solis said.

"Thanks hun!"

"Miller and I will tag with Jack and Poch," Shred stated.

Millie gasped. "Are we gonna do the-!?"

"Yep!" He smirked with his fangs.

"And the-!?"

"Yep!"

"Yes!"

"In that case I'll go with Shelly. Seems like a good time to get a few shooting points," Moxxie stated.

"Oh, wanna learn from a master?" Shelly smirked.

"Yes please."

"So I guess the Russian German power duo are going with you also," Blitzø claimed, "and that means me and Loony are staying back! Sweet, now we can have some father daughter bonding since Poch won't be hogging her!"

"I don't hog her!" Poch said.

"Oh please, you practically live together!"

Poch rolled his eyes. "Anyways, we all good?"

"Yeah, I think that covers everything. Well stay in touch through the T-arrays I guess."

"But there's no terminals we can use," Moxxie said.

"Albest hooked us up with a private line," Jack said.

"Oh cool."

"So were all set?" Blitzø asked. Everyone nodded. "Great! We'll start tomorrow afternoon!"

"Good with that." Jack stretched, cringing a bit, rubbing his right arm, "ah, still sore."

"You ok, Jack?"

"I'll be fine."

"What's been up with you and these injuries lately?" Moxxie asked.

"Well...let's just say I'm going through some...trials."

"Trials?" Shelly asked.

"It's...complicated, but I'm fine guys, really."

"Alright, if you say so dude," Shred said with a small look of concern. He turned to Millie. "Hey Mils, wanna practice?"

"Sure!" She hopped off the chair and activated a T-array to get a gate to the wrath ring, wielding her bat excitedly.

"You think of a name for that?"

"I'm gonna call it the flame buster!" She said as they went through.

Poch got up. "Alright, I'm out."

"I'll make you a gate home," Loona offered.

"Oh, no, uh...that's fine. I actually need to pick something. I'll text Stolas for a gate."

"Oh, ok. Talk later?"

"Sure thing. See ya!" He dashed off.

She waved him off and when the others left, Blitzø approached Loona.

"Sweetie?" Blitzø started.

"Dad, if this is about our bonding time-" Loona began.

"No no, it's not that it's um...has Poch gotten into any trouble with succubus?"

Looma raised a brow. "No. Why?"

"Well...it's probably nothing but last me and Jack went out to...wherever he needed to go, we had some...issues with some nearby succubus."

"Issues how?"

"Well Jack was in some sort of trance and he asked me to watch his body while he did...whatever the fuck he did, but that's when some guys came up to us and asked a few things about him, the succubus however asked if he had any relations to humans. Which was an odd question that I denied but he didn't look too convinced. Thing is he wasn't the only one to ask something like that, and they were all succubuses. I haven't told Jack about it yet."

"Really? Well I can ask him later, but why didn't you tell Jack?"

"He seemed preoccupied, plus with what's coming up, he didn't need the distractions."

"Huh...surprisingly considerate of you."

"Of course, I'm always considerate!"

Loona rolled her eyes but grew some concern. She worried that those demons were getting hints about their humanity but didn't know how they could so she kinda shrugged it off.


Loona sat on the couch, looking through social media on the Exterminators, seeing if there was any talk about them with humans, the concern she shrugged off coming back. She luckily didn't find anything other than appreciation and some pictures snapped when they fought angels. She found one from the recent cleansing where those orbs were involved. She came across one where the barriers showed them in different colors. Looking at the comments it seemed like everyone was either confused, thought it was cool, or both. One comment stopped her though. It said, 'Why do they have such living colors?'. The use of the word living, unnerved her. She looked at the replies but there weren't many, only two, one asking what they meant and the other saying it could mean nothing. She looked for any other comments but there were so many, however luckily there was nothing about humans. She breathed easy knowing that. A red gate opened up near her, startling her. Poch emerged from it.

Poch sighed then noticed Loona. "Oh, hey Loona."

"Hey dude. You ok?"

"Im fine for the most part, just came by to drop something off for Blitzø then head home. Was expecting him here."

"He went to take a shower."

"Oh...well i'll just leave this here then," He set an envelope on the table, "mind getting me home?"

"Yeah sure but...did something happen? You look...down."

"I'm more so...confused to be honest."

"About what?"

"...you...you ever think that...your parents may be different from when you last remembered them?...Like...what if they've...changed...that they're not the same anymore."

Loona thought back to her original parents. Her drunk dad and and skank of a mother, two hounds that barely cared for her, the reason she basically raised herself. "...I doubt it….why would they be?"

"Maybe something happened to them to make them change...a realization or...i dont know...im just speculating, sorry."

"No it's...it's fine...Lemme get the grimoire."


Next day.

The operation was at hand, from the communications it seemed as though Pochs team were in a big fight while Shelly's team found something of interest, also fighting something off. They called in recently on progress but Loona wasn't listening much, everything was going fine anyway. She was thinking about what Poch said about parents changing. She looked through her contacts, eyes settling on a number she saved but never called. Part of her wanted to erase it but another part was a small hope that Poch gave her.

"...hey dad...I'm gonna….I'm gonna go somewhere." Loona said.

"Where?" Blitzø asked.

"Just...need some privacy."

"You ok sweetie?"

"I'm fine, really, just...need to do something alone."

"Well...I can handle things here, go on ahead."

"Thanks," she reached for the book but stopped, "I should...ask him first." She brought her phone out and called Poch. After a few long rings, he answered.

"Not now Tania!" Poch said.

"Tania? Who's Tania?"

"Oh! Loona. Sorry, Tania's a friend of Tom's that keeps bugging me about their project. What's, WHOA! Jack, watch it! Anyways, What's up?"

"Well...is it ok if I go to your place for a bit. I...need some...space to call someone."

"Who you calling?"

"..." she looked back to see if Blitzø was listening in before whispering, "my mom."

"Whoa really? You sure you do that?"

"...yeah...I'm sure."

"Ok... I'll see you there soon ok?"

"Yeah ok….thanks."

"No prob."

She hung up and sighed.


Loona looked at her phone, sitting on Poch's bed. She was on her mom's contact screen. She was anxious, nervous, and uncertain, but she knew she had to at least try. She took a deep breath and hit call, puting the phone to her ear. It rang a few times before someone answered.

"Hello?" An adult female voice answered.

"H-hi…"

"Whos this?"

"It's...Loona."

"...Oh….it's you,"The woman said in a pessimistic way.

"Yeah...hey mom….how's it...how's it going?"

"...Guess I'm alright…"

"Cool...I've been ok myself...got this Assasination job with Blitzø where I'm the receptionist."

"I'm sorry, did you say Blitzø?"

"Yeah."

"Someone actually hired that guy? How desperate were they?"

"Uh no he uh, made his own business."

"He made his own? Makes sense, no one else would hire his sad ass so he made his own business. Heh, I'd hate to see its sorry state."

"It's actually doing pretty well. We even got two exterminators working for us."

"Wait...you mean those demons that fight angels?"

"Yeah! One's an Imp named Jack and the other is a hellhound named Poch! Their both really c-"

"How the fuck did that stupid excuse of an imp hire guys like that? Whose dick did he suck?"

"I- Mom, they chose to work with us. It's actually a pretty good business."

"A good business? Run by that pathetic demon? Bullshit!"

"Hey, he's actually a pretty good boss. He may be a nut but he knows what he's doing...mostly."

"Oh please, him?"

"Yes, him!"

"And you're saying you're the receptionist?"

"Yeah."

"Well at least he found a good spot for you, on a desk and out of the way."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means you get to be tucked away and be on your phone without annoying anyone or being a pest."

"I- I am not a pest! I actually helped a good bit, hell they'd be lost without me!"

"Hah! Look at you sounding all important. That imp paying you that well? Heh maybe I should have bargained for child support but I expected him to return you soon."

"Return me?"

"Well yeah, when he found out you're not really useful."

Loona was taken back by what she said. "The fuck does that mean!?"

"Hun I don't know how to tell you this but you were a particularly…lazy hound."

"Lazy!?"

"You were either stealing food from me, doing who knows what in your room, or just leaving to go party or some shit. you hardly did anything around the house unless i yelled for it."

"Excuse me! I never stole from you, I was literally taking care of myself! You hardly did anything for me so I had no choice! You were either drunk on your ass on the couch, bitching at dad, or just bitching in general! You were hardly a mother!"

"That's the thanks I get for putting a roof over your head? Talk about ungrateful!"

"I'd probably be more grateful if you actually put an effort into raising me! Sad that an Imp was a better parent than you!"

"Well sorry for being such a bad mom! Maybe I would've been if you weren't an accident."

Loona paused for a moment, taking in what she just said. "W...what?"

"You werent planned. You were an example of a broken cheap condom."

"I...I was an accident?"

"Yes. If you weren't you'd probably be less of a headache."

Loona growled. "Well...you know what...I may be an accident BUT IM STILL TWICE THE HOUND YOU ARE, BITCH!'' She hung up, blocked the number, and threw the phone on the bed. She was seething with rage, wanting desperately to punch something but there was also something else behind that boiling anger. She paced around, fuming, growling madly. She looked over some of Pochs clothes in a basket next to his drawers. She went over to it and grabbed one of his shirts, putting it straight to her nose, smelling it deeply. She kept sniffing it hard as she sat on his bed, flopping her face onto his pillow, letting his scent comfort her. As she laid there, she felt her breathing start to break and tears go down her eyes, but she ignored them.

"...Loona?" Poch called out from his door.

Loona looked over to see him there and shot up. "Poch! I uh...I was just," She wiped her tears away the best she could, the brown hound slowly approaching, "I was just...laying down for a bit...had...had a tiring conversation with someone...A-As for you shirt it was...um...I-" She was stopped when Poch got on the bed and pulled her in for a hug.

"...I heard...at least the last bit."

"..." She hugged back, "...with what you said yesterday...i guess i thought maybe she changed….that maybe she was better...well...she wasn't...guess being an accident doesn't help."

"Hey, none of that...who care if you weren't planned...that just proves that some accidents are awesome as fuck."

"Pft hehehe...Thanks."

"You're welcome...wanna watch a movie?"

"...i'd like that."

"Alright, cmon." He pulled her and led her to the living room. They sat down and he let Loona choose a movie. She chose lord of the rings. "Wanting to continue?"

"Yeah." She smiled.

"Cmere," he pulled her into him.

"What are you-"

"Relax," He placed her head on his lap, giving her neck a small scratch, "Comfy?"

She blushed. "Uh...yeah...you don't have to-"

"I want to."

Loona smiled as he rubbed her cheek, watching with him happily.


The Two yawned, finishing the movie.

"Enjoy it?" Poch asked.

"Yeah, if i wasn't so tired, we could watch the last one." She stretched.

"We can watch another day...wanna sleep over?"

"Can I?"

"Yeah, mind if I take the right side?"

"What do you mean?"

"On my bed. Which side did you want?"

"Wait, you want me to...sleep with you."

"N-not like that!...I just...figured you'd wanna be...close to my scent." He blushed.

"I mean," She blushed too, "I...that sounds...nice….but um...mind if i get comfy?"

"No, that's fine."


Loona felt red in the face as she climbed in the bed with Poch. She was in her undergarments while Poch only had on boxers and a shirt. They came close to each other, smiling.

"You ok?" Poch asked.

"I'm ok...mind if...i get closer?"

Poch smiled and got closer to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "This good?"

"...It's great," She held him close, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

That night was the best night for her and she couldn't tell why.


Next day

Loona was at her desk, still thinking about last night as she read a magazine. The gate opened and a tree fell out with Moxxie popping out with a chainsaw. Blitzø and Mille came out, the female imp scurrying in and yelling about how jazzed she felt. She didn't pay them any attention. The other gate opened and out came Poch, Shred, Shelly and Solis. She smiled at seeing the brown hellhound, him coming to her.

"How'd it go?" Loona asked.

"Went great! Shelly bet me to only use the sword with my teeth, big mistake using saw mode like that."

"Please tell me she took pics!"

"If she did, you're gonna have to pay me to see them."

"Cheapskate."

"Just an opportunist."

"Heh...so...there's a party going on tonight, Tex sent me an invite, Wanna come?"

"His girlfriend finally letting him message other girls? That's good. Sadly I can't tonight….and I know I've been ditching you for a bit but I promise by the end of this week I'll make it up to you."

"You don't have to….but...can i sleep over again tonight?"

"Hmmm sure, but give me a heads up first."

"Sure thing."

His phone rang. "Ah...gotta go, see ya!" He dashed off.

She waved him off, excited for tonight.


Loona slammed her door open, walking in, trying not to cry more than she already has.

"Sweetie?" Blitzø said from the couch. Before he could say anything else she already rushed to her room. "...You're having a bad night too huh…"


End.

Next chapter. tears part two