Chapter seven:
Mello doesn't spot anyone when Near is presentable to go and so they head a little quickly towards the building being careful.
They are trying to not really raise suspicion right now.
"We should separate. You can come to my room later after making sure no one sees." Near whispers before heading off in another direction just in time as a group of orphans walk by giving a nod to Mello before continuing.
Mello heads off for now not paying any mind to them. He turns as he passes by a window slowing down to a pause as he sees Alpha and Backup come out of the forest looking normal other than being frustrated. He turns away and heads off in the direction that he had been going in before he had paused. He doesn't really talk to anyone that he passes by as he wanders around the orphanage a little as he lets himself think silently to himself.
What could he do about all of this? It seems like no matter what he does he'll be dragged down to Hell anyways. It's like he's not even presented with a choice here and he is just stuck.
He pauses and he kicks the ground growling out of frustration. "Why did this have to happen? Why me?" He whispers to himself. "Damn it!" He heads off wandering back outside the forest not fully sure why. He however feels anger ready to boil over so what better area to be secluded to let out than the woods right? He finally stops once deep in the woods with quite a bit of darkness around him. "Fuck!" He punches a tree with one of his fists. "This just fucking sucks fucking balls!" He punches the tree a few more times before placing his hands against it as he slumps bonking the top of his head against the tree. "Damn it! Damn it to Hell!" He stays like that for a few moments before his head shoots up hearing a rather unfamiliar giggle. He steps away and begins spinning around as he looks around himself. "Who's there?" He demands as the forest falls silent then not long after there is another giggle. He turns to the direction that it came from only for his eyes to land upon a dark shadowy figure with glowing red eyes staring at him with a red wide smile.
A smile that looks almost unnatural.
"Who the fuck are you?" Mello demands glaring in that direction tense ready just in case.
"If there's a problem in your life then I can help." The shadowy figure tells him as it's voice echoes around the blonde who tilts his head slightly to give a slightly confused look to the creature there. "You want to forget. You want to make it so you never knew. So you would never be faced with such a choice. I can make it all go away."
Mello blinks in surprise only slightly relaxing and brings his head back to its rightful angle. "You can?" He questions and the creature nods it's head as he can tell by its movements.
"Yes. I can make it all go away." The figure confirms but after a moment of thought something crosses Mello's mind.
His eyes narrow in suspicion wondering if this being is another demon. "What's the catch? What is it you are planning for in return?" He questions and the figure chuckles.
"Smart boy." The figure moves slightly closer and Mello tenses even more than before. "Yes. There is something that I want in return." The figures smile is rather wide and it's making Mello feel a bit unnerved looking at it. "In exchange of changing things for you I want that little newbie demon."
Mello blinks and thinks about it for a moment before blinking in surprise as he realizes what the other is talking about. "You mean Near." He gasps slightly.
"If that's what you call him." The figure responds still grinning. "Unlike him I am a full-fledged and fully trained demon. I can't do a lot more than what he can do. I can make you forget all about this. I can take away what happened and change your destiny. But only if you hand him over to me."
Something doesn't feel right about this but Mello does want to forget all about this and pretend that it never happened.
Mello finally comes up with a question to ask. "What will happen to Near if I do hand him over to you?" He questions staring right into the eyes of the demon.
The other demon chuckles and tilts its head though it looks like it's body is tilted to the side almost as if bent over. "Oh? What's this? Are you perhaps worried about him? My how interesting. Why do you ask boy? He's the one that got you into this mess in the first place. Surely you'd be quite glad to just get rid of him hm?"
"Fucking respond." Mello snaps glaring at the demon. "Or we are done here." He warns with seriousness in his voice.
The demon straightens and is no longer grinning. "Well then. If you want to know so bad... Perhaps I shall show you what will happen to satisfy your curiosity. It's not like you'll remember this at all when you accept my offer."
Mello's eyes slightly close to give a suspicious look to this other demon. "You sure seem quite confident in yourself." He mentions and the grin returns to the other demons face.
"Why I take great pride in believing that I know humans quite well. So I trust my knowledge of how they are. Doing anything to try to avoid being in a hellish situation. I see no reason why this should be any different. Especially as we are talking about Hell itself." The demon stands tall even towering over Mello who manages to not take a step back away from it. "But worry not about that for now." The demon stares into his eyes. "You wanted to know what will happen after all."
Mello feels like he's being pulled into the eyes as his gaze seems to disappear into the red of the demons eyes before everything turns black. He blinks after a few moments as his sight comes back to him and he finds himself in a rather strange room.
There in the room is glowing a reddish orange with quiet flames all around, a gran black throne with a rather large looking demon sitting it with one of his legs crossed over the other and an elbow on an arm rest fist against his cheek. There is also screams of the tortured souls in the distance ringing from somewhere behind them where the entrance seems to be almost as if the area is like a cave.
In front of Mello and the shadowy demon is Near on his knees demon parts out and head down with two much bigger demons on either side. The two demons are each holding one end of a black heavy looking chain that looks to have flames on each part of it. The chains wrap around Near's torso but no one seems to be getting hurt by the flaming chains.
When the larger demon speaks his voice slightly echoes and Mello looks up to the grand intimidating beast.
"It is time to decide your punishment. For breaking the laws placed for demons and controlled by me your great God of the underworld."