Chapter six:

Near skids to a stop while the other figure tumbles away from him. He stands tall with his wings spread out wide and open. He lets out a hiss of warning and Mello blinks seeing that the figure is Backup who has darker wings than Near. He hisses as Alpha comes out and heads over to Backup checking him as he gets up to his feet.

"That human has been exposed to us now knowing the truth." Backup hisses glaring at Near. "You know the demon code. It forbids us to be known like this. He must be killed and dragged to hell for knowing!"

"You won't touch him." Near warns the two. "We have been working on him possibly becoming mine and until I know for sure it's a no you cannot harm him."

This seems to strike the two and they don't look happy about it but they seem to be forced to accept that this is how it is.

"We'll be watching you closely." Backup hisses in warning at Mello. "One bad move or attempt to expose us and we won't hesitate."

Alpha goes over to Near. "You do know why we are here." He states and Near slightly glances away as he folds his wings against his back. "This must be done now."

Near takes a step back obviously knowing what he's talking about.

Mello decides that he needs to step in. "Excuse me but this is our choice!" He tries as he doesn't feel like being killed by them right now.

"Back down! This doesn't concern you!" Backup snarls at Mello and Mello is about to start a fight with him but Near putting his wing out to stop the other causes him to pause then look to the other.

"You don't have authority to decide that. It is between the two of us. If anyone has the authority to do anything it is the Lord of Hell." Near informs them getting rather to the point and he has a slightly stern tone. "So back off!"

Backup moves closer to Near exchanging growls between them.

Mello has never seen such a side to Near before and he can't tear his eyes away from it as Near looks so strong and a little scary.

"You're inexperienced!" Alpha suddenly exclaims slamming a foot against the ground. "You weren't even supposed to be up here yet!"

"Well I am and I officially have business to do. So you'll have to excuse us but we have some things to discuss." Near turns and leads Mello away from them as the two watch them go.

They don't say a word until they are pretty far away from the two demons.

"This is getting dangerous." Mello mentions to himself not caring if Near hears him.

"It's been dangerous since you found out my secret." Near informs him as he glances to him while they are standing side by side in the woods.

"Right…." Mello then turns meeting Near's that have a red shine to them though they are stormy grey. "And good to know that you're back to how you were before."

Near shakes his head softly before looking away. "We have a problem now though." He informs Mello who listens. "The moment that it's decided for which path you want to take will mean that either way we'll both be taken down to Hell. We can't keep letting it be up in the air forever. We don't have a lot of time."

Mello bites his bottom lip in contemplation at this and he can't argue because he is smart enough to know that Near is right in what he is saying.

They really can't use excuses forever as eventually it'll be taken out of their control and they'll probably be forced to do it in whatever way the two decide. All this judging from what Mello's seen and heard from the spat between the three demons.

Mello isn't sure what they can do as of right now. He doesn't like it but it's starting to look like his only option is to go along with Near if he wants to avoid what will lie in store for him otherwise. He glances away. "We'll figure it out. Get rid of your demon parts and we can head inside."

"It's turning them invisible. Not getting rid of them but yes heading inside is a good idea." Near responds and he closes his eyes to concentrate while Mello waits.

Back with Alpha and Backup they have a crystal ball between them that is floating in midair.

Inside the ball it has black fog and a figure with glowing red eyes and horns can be seen in the fog. A demonic voice speaks from the ball as if coming from it. "What's taking so fucking long?! I thought you two would have been done this by now and be back with that young demon!"

"Things are a bit more complicated than expect great lord." Alpha informs the figure in the ball. "It seems that he is working on making a human who knows our secret into one of his own. We technically don't have the authority to do anything about it as it stands."

"Give us permission to just take them both right away and we can just get this done and get them down to Hell." Backup adds as he's annoyed at this setback that has presented itself to them.

"A young developing demon who is working on claiming a human soul?" The figure in the crystal ball hums in interest upon hearing this from the two demons. "How interesting."

"Great Lord?" Alpha questions as he blinks trying to figure out what is going through the others mind from hearing the news that the two had to report to him.

"You will leave things for now."

"What?! But our mission will be delayed!" Backup tries to remind the Lord talking to them through the crystal ball. "Won't that be dangerous?"

The Great Lord hisses in warning through the crystal ball before speaking again. "A demon that has already taken interest in collecting a human slave at such a young age means that the boy could be a much better demon than I originally thought he would be. Back down and observe the situation for now."

"Understood." Backup mumbles glancing away.

"Good. I expect an update in the next two weeks if the human is not claimed by then." The figure in the crystal ball disappears in the fog and the crystal ball just becomes a normal looking crystal ball again.

Alpha looks to Backup knowing that he doesn't like this at all and he shares the same feelings about it but neither of them can do anything about it as it stands at the moment.