Chapter eight:

"For what you have done I sentence you to the holy shower." The God of the underworld orders throwing one arm out as if it's a gesture for it to be done.

Near is dragged away and as he looks to the God of this place he closes his eyes lowering his head. He appears to be accepting his fate knowing very well that there is no such thing as mercy down in such a place as this.

Mello and the demon follows them until they enter a shower room with one shower and the floor has dried blood on it.

Near is placed right in the middle of the shower area.

The knob is on the outside as if to keep any others from getting harmed or even killed.

One demon turns it and water begins raining down upon Near who lets out a pained cry though Mello turns away finding himself unable to watch this.

Mello's hands begin to tremble as he continues to listen to the pained sounds and it only takes a moment before his hands shoot up to grip at his hair. "No. Stop. Stop it." He slightly begs though he will never admit to it later. "Stop it!"

Suddenly everything goes quiet and Mello waits another moment before hesitantly glancing up to see if it has ended.

Mello is back where he had met the other demon in the forest. He lowers his hands to his sides with a shaky breath as he can't help but have what he had seen replay in his head. He feels as if it is either trying to torture him or trying to remind him of the stakes being presented right in front of him.

"Come now. Accept what I have proposed and you will be rid of your rival forever. Never to be seen again." The demon tries speaking in a sexualized voice as if trying to edge the blonde towards doing as asked to let Near end in the fate he saw. "You will be number one." The other demon begins to circle around him while Mello lowers his head down to stare at the ground letting shadows from his bangs cover his eyes. "You'll be next in line." It continues to try pushing him towards the one answer that it wants as his answer. "You'll get all that you have ever wanted. Fame. Respect. Freedom."

Mello's teeth clench rather tightly as he continues to listen to this demon that continues to circle around him. He finally snaps his eyes open glaring ahead of him. "Enough!" He snaps at the demon who stops to stand in front of him meeting his eyes with its very own eyes as it awaits his response. "It would seem that you gave me quite a tempting offer." He begins and the demon raises itself slightly in hope as if believing that this is confirmation so it is waiting for the blonde genius to say that he'll do it. "But I believe that you have some learning to do when it comes to humans. That though I may be mean and I may not really like Near that doesn't mean I don't have a heart. Yes some people may be like that however what you have presented in front of me it something that I simply refuse to be a part of." He stands tall legs spread to give a strong stance as he keeps his head held high. He is still glaring right at the demon whose eyes narrow then slightly widen in surprise. "I reject your offer! You have mistaken me for a completely heartless bastard when I am miles above the pedestal you tried to force me upon." He turns keeping his head turned just enough so he can keep a slight eye on the demon to try to watch for any funny business. "I will decide on my own what it is that I shall do and there is nothing you can do to stop or change it." He walks away with that and he doesn't hear the demon following after him. He makes it out of the forest before finally glancing back not seeing anyone causing him to let out an almost silent breath of relief. He turns away and heads off into the orphanage deciding that it is finally time to go secretly talk to Near in the bedroom. He knows very well that is something that he indeed has to do so why not get it over with now?

Back in the forest….

The demon moves to be the average size of an adult then a leg with a black stripper high-heel steps out of the darkness followed by the rest of a being. The dark demon figure gone now replaced by a curvy woman with large breasts and a medium sized butt. She is wearing a black skin tight leather top that only barely covers enough of her breasts for them to not be flapping around, black short shorts that are riding up on her ass not that she seems to care, black net leggings like socks that reach to just above her knee and fingerless net gloves that reach just past her elbows. She has wavy dark brown hair that reach down to rest against her shoulders, her skin is a little pale and her eyes are a rather dark blue color. She smiles to herself with her light reddish pink lips curve upwards as she stares in the direction that Mello had gone off into. "So. You wanna play that game. Well too bad for you I'm quite good at this game. You'll see. I always get what I want in the end." She begins walking with her hips swaying side to side while she walks with one foot being placed in front of the other. Her smile turning a little slowly into a smirk as she walks towards the orphanage that's just through the woods. "There are some things that you just can't plan for." She speaks to herself her eyes slightly close as they slightly narrow along with a slight tilt of her head downwards. She makes it to the edge of the forest and spots a soccer match just starting. She raises her hand and snaps her fingers suddenly causing everyone to slow then freeze in place as if time itself has come to a stop. She saunters out of the forest and walks right past the soccer kids that are frozen along with the world around them. She walks into the orphanage without a problem where everything has stopped in here as well. She continues to walk taking herself on a slight tour of the orphanage looking around herself as she walks along. She makes it to the front lobby when a voice comes from behind her causing her to slow to a stop in her walking.

"Comely."

The female turns around and finds Backup along with Alpha standing there.

Backup has his arms crossed over his chest and Alpha is standing there with the knuckles on one fist resting on his hip on the opposite side that Backup is on.

The female smiles in greeting to the two of them with a rather evil looking smile that goes along with expression that she is giving them. "Beyond. Always."