Here's Chapter 9, told in Agiel's POV! Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Beelzebub belongs to Ryuuhei Tamura, not me.
Chapter 9- Profiles
(Agiel's POV)
Training has just finished for the day and now Furuichi, Aoi-chan, Izuma, and I are walking through downtown Ishiyama from the arcade.
"So Agiel, how are the new clothes feeling?" Furuichi asks me.
"It feels constricting and kind of itchy," I say truthfully. Then again, after wearing only a bikini and a trench coat, it's only natural that I find it hard to wear clothes that cover my full body. Right now, I'm wearing a pair of blue jeans, and a beige sweater with red hearts on it, as well as some warm boots and a black scarf.
Furuichi smiles at me. "You look kinda cute in those clothes, you know?" he compliments.
For some reason, I feel my cheeks heating up slightly at the compliment. "Thanks," I reply.
"Yeah, they kind of look cute on you, Agiel," Aoi-chan compliments.
Right then, Furuichi stops at a stand that says 'Fresh Croquettes' on the sign.
"Guys, you want a croquette?" he offers.
"That'd be nice," Aoi-chan says.
"Thanks," Izuma thanks him.
"Sure," I say. I love croquettes a lot. Whenever the Pillar Division goes out for our monthly dinner at the restaurant, I always have croquettes. It's always a lot of fun to cut them down when they try to fly away.
Izuma turns to Aoi-chan. "By the way, I don't believe I've given a formal apology for trying to have you delinquents expelled," he tells her. "On behalf of the Horsemen, I apologize."
Furuichi smiles. "No problem," he says. "Even if that volleyball match was to ensure our safety in St. Ishiyama, it was kind of fun."
"By the way, how did training go, Aoi-chan?" I ask.
"It went well," she says. However, I see a light blush tint her face.
"Ooh, did something happen between you and Izuma?" I tease.
"Eh?!" she nearly shouts. "N-No!"
"Training went well," Izuma says, laughing slightly. "I must admit, her grandfather's quite the master. He practically beat the basics into me. I can see why Principal Isurugi recommended that I train with him."
We pass by the Ishiyama shipyard when Izuma suddenly tenses up. Aoi-chan notices this. "Izuma-senpai, is something wrong?" she asks.
"Do you sense it yet?" Right then, we all sense it. A large amount of demonic energy radiating from the warehouse in that shipyard.
"Let's go check it out," I tell them. "Something's happening in there."
We make our way to the warehouse and sneak inside, making sure to be quiet. "Empty…" Furuichi muses quietly. However, from the corner, we see a door slightly ajar, leading to a recreational room. From that room, we hear the sounds of conversation and laughs.
"It seems like this place is like a base," Izuma murmurs. "But for who?"
"Guys." We turn and see Furuichi standing before a shelf with files on them. "You should see this."
"What is it?" I ask. Furuichi holds a sheet of paper and starts reading it.
"'Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, the Youngest Prince of the Demon World. Son of the Great Demon Lord and Lady Iris. Served by the Demon Maidservant Hildegarde. Contracted to Oga Tatsumi. Mission Status: Cancelled.'" He looks up. "This is Baby Beel's profile."
"Eh? But what for?" Aoi-chan asks.
"Hold on." Furuichi sets the profile down and looks through the shelf. After finding another one, he reads it aloud as well. However, a look of shock crosses his face. "'Takayuki Furuichi, the friend of Beelze-sama's contractor. The contractor of the Pillar Division. Mission Status: In progress…'" His eyes widen in horror. "This is my profile!"
I frown. "Wait a minute…" I go up to the shelf and take another profile. "'Yumi Tanaka, the Konketsuji girl. Daughter of Tomohiro Tanaka and the Demon Maidservant Elsa. Mission Status: In progress.'"
"Here's another one!" Aoi-chan whispers. "'Kaname Izuma, the human-demon hybrid. A descendant of some lower-class demon who was banished to the Human World. Mission Status: In progress.'"
Right then, I notice a small seal in the bottom corner of Yumi's profile. "This is… the Kagirinai Kumori's hit list!" I realize. "And the reason why Beelze-sama has a cancelled status on his is because he's no longer their priority! The ones they're after now are Izuma, Yumi, and you, Furuichi."
Aoi-chan is visibly stunned by this. "What are we going to do now?" she asks.
"You'll die." We turn and to our surprise, we see a knight with glaring green eyes from the visor.
"Who are you?" I ask, glaring at him.
"The name's Mordred," he introduces, unsheathing his sword. "And I'm afraid that you're stealing something of ours. Put them back and I'll let you go."
Izuma glares at him. "Who said we're gonna return them to you?"
"Hmph. Death it is, then." Mordred then lunges at us, raising his sword. In response, I unsheathe my sword and jump backwards, slashing at him.
"You guys, get out!" I shout at the others.
"I'll help you, Agiel!" Aoi-chan shouts after me, pulling out her wooden sword. We get into a defensive stance and face Mordred.
He sneers at us. "You think a Pillar General and a better-than-average human can defeat me?" he taunts.
I glare at him. "Don't underestimate us, you jerk! Aoi-chan, now!"
Aoi-chan immediately charges towards him. "Shingetsu Sword School Second Style… One Hundred Petals, Storming Sakura!" she shouts, slashing at him.
I use this opportunity to get a strike in as well. "Dark Sword… Bloody Grave!" I shout, slashing at him.
Unfortunately, this isn't strong enough to defeat him completely. "It'll take a lot more than that to kill me, fools," he taunts. "Even though you two aren't on the hit list, I guess it wouldn't be so bad to kill you two as well! Now die!"
However, right then, Aoi-chan appears right behind him, using her cool Black Techs move. "Shingetsu Sword School First Style... Wave Rock Chrysanthemum Straight Line!" she shouts, slashing him and ultimately defeating him.
I grin at her. "Sweet! You know, that Black Techs move is super cool!" I tell her.
"Thanks," she thanks me.
"Stupid girls..." We turn and face Mordred. "I'll get you next time." He disappears in a cloud of black energy.
Right then, Furuichi and Izuma appear. "Let's get out of here," Furuichi says, looking around. "More might come after us now!"
When we get out of the warehouse, we decide on our next plan. "We need to warn Heca-chan and Yumi-chan," I say. "I'll get Alaindelon to deliver those documents to the Demon World. Also, it seems like we need to train even harder."
"Good idea," Furuichi agrees.
