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Chapter 2 – The Wish

Kanda's eye flinched ever so slightly as he saw the first rays of sunlight creeping over the horizon and into the teenage girl's room through the window. The knowledge that it was already dawn only annoyed the demon even more. The girl had summoned him at midnight, which meant he'd been forced to wait at her house for a good six hours minimum. Granted, it might have gone a lot faster if he hadn't had to knock her out. His eye full on twitched at the memory. That human female had the nerve to summon him like that and the first thing she does is scream at the top of her lungs? He was just glad that he had been strong enough and fast enough to knock the girl unconscious before she hurt his ears. Normally demons weren't permitted to attack the humans who called them but the dark haired demon knew that if he hadn't, he might've killed her upon completing his business. But it was done and over now. After putting the girl in her bed and covering her up, since it was the least he could do, Kanda had occupied himself with some meditation while waiting for her to wake up. He didn't think she'd sleep right through the night.

His ears perked up slightly as he heard movement coming from the bed. Turning his dark eyes across the room, Kanda saw the human girl waking up. 'If she screams again, I'll knock her out again.' He promised himself as he uncrossed his legs and stood up slowly. However, when he saw her sit up in her bed, those weren't the same words he had used in his head.

Ryanna gave a tiny moan as her vision cleared, feeling a sharp pain in her left shoulder area, causing her to wince in pain as she tried to recall what had happened. She didn't remember going to bed, so how did she end up there?

"You scream again, and I will rip your damn throat out." A strangely familiar voice warned as the blonde girl turned her eyes to see the handsome demon over by her bookshelf. The instinct to scream rose, causing her to cover her mouth with both hands after hearing the threat he just gave. She didn't want to risk the possibility that he wasn't bluffing.

When she felt sure that her urge to scream was finally and completely gone, Ryanna slowly removed her hands from her mouth. "This is really happening, isn't it? You're not some figment of my imagination or a strange dream. Right?" She asked, staring at him.
"I am very much flesh and blood, if that's what you're getting at." The male demon said, his eyes narrowing at the young woman. "So I want to get this over with. Tell me why you called me here. What do you wish for?" He asked, standing up straight and turning to face the girl entirely.
"Wish? What do you mean?" Ryanna asked in confusion.

Kanda slapped his forehead in annoyance, gritting his teeth. 'Calm down. Just. Calm. Down. Cannot kill until business is done. Just suck it up and deal with it so you can go back.' He told himself. "…Fine. Let's start at the beginning. How did you discover the proper ritual to call forth a demon?" He asked, trying to control his temper. One thing he had to remember was that interactions between the Demon World and the Human World had diminished greatly over the past century. The advancement of sciences had caused a number of humans to lose belief in demons and the supernatural forces.

Ryanna just stared at him for a moment and recalled the book from Mr. Beaumont's store that she had discovered in the cardboard box. "I found a book." She told him honestly as she pulled herself out of her bed and going to show him said book. "I could only make out that it says 'Book of something magic'. Latin isn't my strongest language. I took German a few years back instead." The teenager explained, even offering him the book so that he could examine it and see that she wasn't lying. "I was bored and alone and thought it would be a good laugh to try one of the easier spells that was mentioned in here."

The demon couldn't believe what he was hearing. He took the book and looked over it. Sure enough, it was genuine. He could feel the power radiating from it. And it was now in the possession of, of a child? Kanda gave a sharp glare to her. "You cast a spell not knowing what kind of book this is? This is the Book of Dark Magic!" He said, ending in a yell. "This isn't a book for laughs, or fun. It's not a game! It's serious and even dangerous magical power." He rubbed his temples in irritation. He was summoned by an mere amateur, in boredom, for fun. Just his damn luck. This human was giving him a migraine worse than the stupid Rabbit or the friggin Moyashi.

Ryanna covered her ears as he shouted at her. "Well excuuuuuuuse ME!" The blonde snapped, removing her hands from her ears. "This isn't the Middle Ages, buddy. Not everyone believes in that kind of magic anymore. Let alone so-called dark magic that summons up demons like you. ...Speaking of which, you got a name? Or do I have to give you one myself?" She asked, moving and grabbing her fleece robe to cover herself up.
"Call me Kanda. Middle Ages or not, magic isn't something to be messed with. Or do humans these days spill blood for jokes every day?" He asked her in a mocking tone. Last he remembered, humans didn't make it a habit to draw blood for the sake of a laugh, in fun or boredom. "Or are you just that stupid?"

"I'm not stupid, Kanda." Ryanna growled, holding up her left hand to show the small cut she'd made for said ritual. "You honestly think I was going to spill a ton of blood for something that may not even work? The damn spell never specified HOW MUCH blood had to be spilled, ya know." She pointed out. "Not to mention, they don't give a lot of specifics. It took me ten minutes to figure out the damn elements part. Latin is a dead language and the instructions are vague enough as is."
"Blood is blood, stupid human." The demon said irritably. "And it wouldn't have been such a puzzle to you if you had been suitable for such spells, and not a bored idiot. Even the strongest of white mages feared to cast such spells."

"Um, hello? What part of 21st century do you not understand?" Ryanna asked, feeling her eye twitch in agitation. "And my name isn't 'stupid human', you jerk. It's Ryanna." She added firmly, moving to her purse and pulling out her phone. "This has to be some sort of weird, lucid dream. But you're cute enough to warrant a memo." She said, flashing a photo of the blue haired man.
"I don't give a damn if your name is mud." Kanda spat before seeing the phone. He had become confused to this thing, until he saw a light flash at him and heard some strange noise, wincing from the flash. Was this some new magic wand? He couldn't risk anything as he snatched the thing from her with a frown. "What is this thing? If you intended to harm me, I'm far stronger than you think."

"Hey! Give that back! Do you know how much those things cost to replace!?" Ryanna snapped, trying to get her phone back from him, but seeing the at least three if not more inches of difference between their heights now. "It's not a wand. It's a phone, with a built in camera." She explained, reaching for her device. "If you don't give me that back, RIGHT NOW, you'll regret it, pretty boy! I may not have a magic wand, but I have something even more powerful!"
Kanda simply snorted in disbelief. "More powerful? Someone like you, who can't even identify a book of dark magic? What could you possibly do to hurt me?"

Ryanna growled before remembering the voice commands on her phone. In particular, the ones set up for her music. "Play Phantom of the Opera Overture!" She shouted at the phone. The phone gave a chime as it recognized the command. [Opening - Phantom of the Opera Overture.] It replied. A few seconds later, the requested song began playing, or rather blaring into Kanda's ears.

The demon's eyes widened as he heard the thing in his hand talking before strange music began to suddenly play. "What is this thing?" He lowered it enough to take a look at it, but still held it out of Ryanna's reach. "It did as you told it to. What kind of magic is this?"
Ryanna let a smirk cross her lips. "This is modern day magic, Kanda. That's not a magic wand. It's a phone, a personal assistant. Or what you'd probably call a familiar. And what's more, if you don't give it back, you'll be in serious trouble. Because that flash earlier, it sealed a part of your soul into it." She lied, still smirking at the demon. "But if you try to destroy it before I can remove it properly, you'll destroy yourself!"
He looked at her dumbfounded. She was an idiot with dark magic, and yet she had a familiar? But it was doing her bidding. He looked at the thing again, the object still playing the song. "…Are you serious? This thing has my soul?" Kanda frowned.

"You want to take that risk, demon boy?" She asked, holding her hand out for her phone.
He studied Ryanna for a moment. She seemed pretty sure of herself and this thing's ability. She could be lying. But she could also be speaking the truth. Perhaps he shouldn't risk it? "Fine." He said, but instead of handing it back, he threw it at her bed. He could still throw it in annoyance, but the bed was soft enough to not break this familiar, or probably harm it, and this human wouldn't have complete satisfaction. Good enough for now. But he'd probably destroy it after she removed his soul from it.

Ryanna's smirk quickly vanished as he threw her phone onto her bed, sighing heavily in relief. 'Mom and Dad would KILL ME if they had to replace this thing.' She thought to herself, stopping the song and opening her gallery to show the picture she'd taken of him. "Well, looks like this isn't a dream. You showed up." She said, turning the phone to allow the handsome demon to see the picture of himself. "But I'd watch yourself, Kanda. One wrong move, and you're gone for good."

Seeing her smirk fade even for a second was enough satisfaction for Kanda. "Isn't that what I tried telling you? None of this is a dream. You summoned me, a demon." He saw the picture of himself and looked irritated. Maybe there was some truth in her threat. "Your threat would be meaningless if you would just make your damn wish and let me return to my realm. I've met many humans before, but you have to be the most annoying yet."

"What wish? I thought you were a demon, not a genie. Again, I didn't even know what I was summoning. That book only said how to do it. Not what happens after." Ryanna pointed out, moving and sitting on her bed. Hearing her phone begin to play 'Womanizer' by Britney Spears caused her pale in the face. That was the song she'd used for her brother as a joke. "Not. A. Word." She hissed as she answered the call. "Hello?"

Ryanna pinched the bridge of her nose, hearing her twin on the other end. "Richard. You're drunk. And it's not even 7:30. ...No, no. ...Were you up all night again? No you called me. Richie." She growled, annoyed that this was the second time since her brother had left that he had drunk dialed her while on his vacation.
The demon was growing more confused. Now this familiar sang another song. He watched Ryanna to see what she would do or say. Why was she talking to that thing now? He could hear a faint voice coming from it, but saw no one. "Why the hell are you talking to your familiar like that?" Kanda asked, not understanding the point of phones. Or was this just a modern girl thing? Whoever or whatever she was talking to seemed to be annoying her. Mentally, he found the scene at least somewhat amusing.

"Shut up." Ryanna hissed at Kanda, trying to focus on what her brother was blabbering about. Mostly for blackmail material to use later on when he got home. "No, no. No, Richie. ...No, dear brother. I'm talking to a rather handsome demon that I summoned in the middle of the night. ...Uh huh. Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure the Queen of France is a great pole dancer." She said with a flat expression. If she was right, and her underage brother went to a strip club, she was going to murder his friends.

"What's a pole dancer? What does that have to do with a queen?" Kanda asked, ignoring her wish of his silence.
"Be quiet or I swear I'll turn you into a rabbit." Ryanna hissed at Kanda. "And make sure everyone sees you as such."
"So you can blindly summon demons, play music, and capture souls. Now you claim you can turn me into a rabbit?" Kanda frowned. "You are the strangest of all women that have ever used magic that I have ever met."
"Just shut up." Ryanna snapped, trying to focus on her brother. The teen held back a sigh and smacked her own forehead. "No, Richard. No, I really don't think that there are little people who live in hotel carpets. Call me back when you're sober. Or I'll tell Mom and Dad you went out of town and let your ass get grounded until you're 50." She said before hanging up, muttering under her breath.

"Why were you talking to your familiar like that?" The blue haired man asked her, raising a brow. "And what the hell were you talking about relating to little people?"
"Forget it. I was speaking with my brother. My PHONE can be used to speak with other people over vast distances around the world, so long as I have the correct number to call with." Ryanna explained to him, standing up again. "Now. What about this wish business?"
"Phone? You said it was a familiar before." Kanda narrowed his eyes on her before sighing, hearing her question. "You summoned me, thus I must grant you a wish. But you only get one. But it's not free."
"I said it's LIKE a familiar. It's the term you'd know it by the most easily." The blonde pointed out. "All right. That sounds more like a business deal than a wish." She thought out loud before noticing her XXXholic comics on her bookshelf. "…Then what are the 'no can do wishes'? I assume immortality and such are out of the question."

"I'm not a genie." Kanda grunted as he leaned against the wall, exposing more of his midriff in the process. "If it's in my power, I grant it. But you must give me something equal in return, something I pick upon receiving your wish."
"That's what I'm saying, smartass. What's NOT in your power?" The teen girl grunted back, crossing her arms and turning her head away from him.
"If you even understood the spell to summon me, I wouldn't have to answer that, dummy." He said flatly.

"Quit it with the insults. I already told you that the book didn't give any specifics. It just said a demon. And it didn't specify anything else. Not what kind of elements to use, or what color chalk to use for the diagrams or anything." Ryanna snapped, her violet eyes narrowing at the demon.
"That's your fault for picking the combination you did, now isn't it? Further proof that book shouldn't be in YOUR hands. Make a damn wish so I can leave." Kanda grunted.

"Hold up. You said I can make a wish for something of equal value. How do I know what I'll have to exchange in this trade off? I don't want to wish for something that could cost me my sight or anything like that. You got a written contract or something for me to read over? My grandfather was a lawyer, so I know contracts can have loopholes."

"The payment will depend on how big your wish is. The smaller it is, the less I take. So forget me telling you right away. Don't way to pay big? Don't wish big. But then, you're wasting my time. You accepted all terms by adding your blood to the summons."
"Wait, you mean I could've used any type of blood, and that damn spell would have still called you here?" Ryanna asked with a shudder.
"Your own blood makes sure the spell is its strongest. If you were to use animal blood, or the blood of another, it weakens the summon and you could get lesser demon, and there's no guarantee they'll follow the rules. So don't mistake me for a weak, low class demon." Kanda said, seeming almost insulted by her question.

"Well pardon me. You haven't exactly said just what type of demon or what class you are anyways." The human girl pointed out. "Too many depictions of demons with horns so it doesn't exactly narrow it down." She added after a moment, now curious as to what classification he actually was.
"I'll let you study your own summoning ingredients. If you get it right, I'll tell you where you went wrong." He said, scoffing. "After all, one wrong item will summon a different demon, or none at all."

Ryanna pinched the bridge of her nose. "Yeah, maybe another time. It's too early for this." She muttered, glancing at the clock on her wall, showing it was now just after 8 AM. "All right. You say don't wish big for a big price. What would classify as 'big'?"
Kanda only gave a cruel smirk. "I don't feel like telling you. Clearly you're not brave enough to risk anything for a heart's desire."
"Like you know what my heart's desire is? Mr. Oh-so-high-classed-demon?" The blonde asked. "It's called being practical. I've seen shows that depict people getting what they want, but in ten years they are hellhound food. I have enough issues with normal dogs as it is."
"I am a higher classed demon." Kanda said. "Not that hellhound food is a bad idea, that is reserved more so for those who could use the treatment. You on the other hand…" He looked at her up and down, frowning a bit. He had to admit she was rather attractive, for a human and an annoyance. "Look too pure. Let me guess, you're a virgin?"

"WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!" Ryanna shouted at him, bright crimson in the face. As much as she wanted to deny it, Kanda was spot-on. But she had no intention of telling him that. "Unless you're going to tell me that old story that virgin blood has more potency or whatever in magic and that's why the damn summoning worked at all?"
"It has nothing to do with it." He replied flatly. "You used dark magic, remember? That condition might have more potency to white magic, but that's not what you used. My point was, it's doubtful you'll have to worry about being dog chow."

"Gee, I feel soooo much better knowing that. Just promise me that I won't meet with some horrible or grizzly end if I make a wish then I'll let you get out of here." The human girl said. Honestly, since she hadn't been serious about the summoning to begin with, she had no idea what she wanted to wish for. Or what she could wish for, given that Kanda seemed to indicate that anything she asked for would come with a price. "Let me ask a hypothetical question. Suppose I say I want to wish for eternal beauty, you're not going to take something like my luck or freedom of movement, are you?"

"Depends on how beautiful you're asking to become. If you want to look like a goddess, the price could be a shortened life span. Eternal beauty and eternal life are two different things." Kanda explained in a surprisingly civil tone of voice. "A courtesan could probably lead you to poverty. A beauty among commoners would likely lead to losing one of your senses. Sight, or perhaps hearing." He shrugged, not really caring either way.
"I know eternal life and eternal youth aren't the same thing. I've read enough stories to know that one. But thanks for being honest at least. I thought demons lie and cheat to do anything to get the better end of a deal with humans." Ryanna said, surprised.
"Depends on the demon you summon." Kanda said. "If lying gets them what they want, then they'll do it. I just want to go back to my realm. And granting your wish will do just that."

"Fine then. I wish for eternal wealth for me and my family." Ryanna said, sighing as she adjusted her robe. She wanted this whole ordeal to be done and over with. As handsome as Kanda was, he was starting to really get on her nerves. And Ryanna could only assume she was doing the same for his nerves.
"Denied." Kanda said flatly, crossing his arms and watching the girl. "If you want money, then summon a demon who deals with wealth. Pick something else. And try not to spend the entire day going through wishes."

Ryanna felt her right eye twitch in annoyance. "Well that much you could've told me beforehand." She growled, rubbing her temples. Just make a wish and he'd leave with something of equal value. Not wanting to wait around any longer, the teenage girl opened her mouth and decided to speak the first thing that came to mind. "All right then, smartass. If this whole thing is real, then I wish for you to stay with me and be my faithful boyfriend." Ryanna said, rolling her eyes. "There. I made a wish. Now will you le-?"

Now she had done it. Kanda didn't have much time to think about it or react fast enough as something surged through his whole being. A low, throaty, growl escaped him as a burning heat began to spread through his entire body. Every part of him felt like he was on fire. Granting a wish had never been like this before.

Ryanna glanced over at Kanda as she heard him growl, widening her eyes as he saw him gripping his head as though he were in pain. Her violet eyes widened even more when she saw markings appear on his forehead and under his eyes, glowing a deep red color. A moment passed before his eyes blanked and began completely glowing in the same red color. It made her think back to the same red glow that had appeared when he was first summoned. Ryanna only felt her fear intensifying as a blast of that same glowing energy shot from the demon directly at her, striking her left wrist with a burning sensation. Instinctively, Ryanna screamed in some pain before seeing the glow 'drawing' strange markings on her wrist that resembled the ones she had used in summoning Kanda in the first place. "What the fuck is going on?" She asked, watching as a few minutes passed before the lights faded, both from her wrist and from the demon.

With the glow gone and whatever power it invoked gone with it, Kanda slowly fell to his knees, slumping forward slightly as he breathed heavily. That didn't happen. It couldn't happen! He hadn't even had any time to react! And her wish had actually been granted?! By pure chance?! He hadn't revealed what type of demon he was to her, so there shouldn't have been any way she'd known what to wish for. Much less a wish like that!

"K-Kanda?" Her voice was timid, not sure how to react to what had just happened. Again, glowing lights that gave an ominous but passionate heat that had filled the room. Ryanna half jumped when she saw Kanda lift his head, his grey eyes bright red with anger, his nails extended and his canines elongated with rage.

"YOU IDIOT! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"

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Well now. Things can only get worse from here, right? Or will it get better?
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