Hey readers! Already we have the second chapter being posted, which will bring you into the first fight our two protagonists go through together and the chance to see what the first spell, along with what type of attacks Tsumi has.

As I said last time, I will be leaving for a three week period on the 29th and I will probably not be back until around the last week of July and during this period I have no access to the internet at all. This means that if you would like to see your character in the upcoming Zofis like arc, send them in as soon as possible. If you've submitted before, send me a pm to make sure I have your character saved in my files.

Anyways, other than that enjoy the second chapter of Demon Battle Rises.

xKiha

"Why is this happening!"

Tsumi bit into his lip with ferocity, strong and tiny white fangs slowly pressing into the soft skin of his delicate lower lip. Facing the demon child and his book reader that had become his enemies with Kimiko panicking beside him left the child absolutely horrified. He had nothing to say that would cover up what had just happened to them both, but he still wasn't thrilled to meet her eyes, seeing that she was seeking answers just by the look inside the brown irises.

To tell her that she could and should be doing the same thing right then felt so heavy, holding his book close to his chest. He drew in a breath, turning to her and softly saying. "Kimiko...I need you to read the first passage."

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"Tsumi!"

The little demon boy forced his eyes open, not wanting to awake yet as the sun began to glisten in the gentle creases of his thin eyelids. A soft and exhausted grunt left his lips, tiny hands going up and slowly rubbing his eyes before the little demon boy finally blinked and was allowed sight. Above his futon stood the already dressed Kimiko, the girl giving him a soft and comforting smile. "Good morning little man."

"K-Kimiko." Rubbing at his eyes much more furiously before softly forcing himself to smile to her.

"Well, it's Sunday afternoon, so we should probably bring your back to your family today. You said they would be coming back home today, right?"

The demon child felt a sudden burst of nervousness fill his body as he shifted on the futon, remembering all of those lies he had been telling her. For the past two days he had been sleeping over at Kimiko's household, her little siblings more than thrilled to have another friend around them. Her mother seemed to understand when Kimiko pulled her to the side, letting him spend time in her house and acting rather hospitable towards him even though they were only strangers. Of course he was grateful for all of this and even managed to forget all of his troubles for a short while, but as he should have remembered, it couldn't stay so good.

She still thought he had parents to go back to even though there was no way even if he did have a set of parents that they would be able to come and pick him up, even though he'd be constantly wishing they could. "Oh, yeah."

The girl sat down and only then did Tsumi notice that she was wearing a very different outfit, a white t-shirt with a blue X around the chest and denim capri pants. She just looked comfortable and he couldn't help but feel a bit out of place when he pulled on his body suit and cloak. She seemed to be casual, not caring too much about if she looked pretty or not, just wanting to dress as she felt like. While he on the other hand, was only wearing the clothing he had been brought over in, which the more he began to interact with humans, the more he hated the cloak. He had yet to see a human not stare at him with confusion or a giggle for what he was wearing.

However, a lot of teenagers around Kimiko's age seemed to enjoy calling him names like, "goth" or "emo", both of which he couldn't define but knew had a negative connotation.

"Hey, Kimiko."

The teenager directed her attention to her own little friend, smiling sweetly as she watched him pull his shoes on and then pull his book close. "Yeah?"

Tsumi thought about how he was supposed to tell her. Somehow, 'hey I'm actually a demon' or 'I lied, my parents aren't even alive and that book is actually used for battle', just didn't feel right. His fangs sinking into his lower lip, a rather bad habit he had carried with him since he was back in diapers which managed to leave scars covering almost every inch of the inside of his lower lip.. "Well...Oh, never mind, I forgot what I was going to say."

She gave him a lopsided look but just couldn't find anything to say in return when she saw the very serious look on his face, figuring he had something heavy on his mind right now. "Alright, if you say so, but is something wrong?"

"No, no of course not. I'm perfect."

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Tsumi gave Kimiko a nervous look, inhaling the scents of the salty sea air of Hokkaido. The both of them were walking through the small city together, Kimiko believing that they were going off to the parent's place while they were doing nothing of the sorts and instead were both walking to who knows where thanks to the directions Tsumi was making up as they went along.

The demon child clasped the book close to his chest, unable to find any words as he just followed behind her.

"Hey," The little boy blinking as he was introduced to the voice of Kimiko, looking up into her hazel eyes. "I woke you up late so you skipped breakfast and lunch. How about I buy you a crepe real quick?"

Opening his mouth to protest really didn't work for young Tsumi, his stomach growling much too loud for the boy to even consider refusing it anymore while the teenager only laughed. "I guess that decides that!"

So the both of them ended up with crepes soon enough, Kimiko with banana and Tsumi with chocolate. The girl just seemed so happy to be with him, smiling in a trusting manner that managed to make the demon sick, they couldn't be partners. But, being a demon who refused let his book reader even touch the key to their partnership, what more could he do? Holding his purple book under his right arm while holding the warm and sugary crepe in his trembling left hand.

'What if she hates me when this is all over? She's going to find out even if I don't want her too, it's not like I can just fake a family and go into some random house. This has to end…there's no other way…'

Well, a least Kimiko seemed to be enjoying herself as the two continued on.

'He's just not doing any better.' Kimiko narrowing her eyes with concentration as she walked alongside the little boy. 'He just looks scared, like I've done something wrong or I am doing something I don't know about…'

While lost in thought she failed to notice another person, a boy about a year above her locking eyes for only a moment. His eyes a cold silver as he sent his own thick and powerful shoulder into the girl's shoulder, knocking her to her knees in only a moment. This barely gave her time to react, her barely touched crepe hitting the ground in a matter of seconds and splattering on the pavement in a mess of whipped cream and banana slices.

"Oh! I am so sorry!" The girl turned to apologize, bowing as her brown satchel slipped down her shoulder and the silver eyed boy took no time in reacting. Before the somewhat clueless girl could even move, her satchel full of valuables was grabbed and pulled away from her. "W-What are you doing!"

The silver eyed stranger laughed in a tone that could only be described as somewhat demonic if not satanic, the girl letting out a stunned shout as the boy turned and just began running through the busy streets.

"Sorry, Tsumi." A suddenly rash and impulsive look in Kimiko's eyes as she looked to the young boy, shifting her jaw. "I really don't want to lose that satchel. You just stay put; I'll be back in a few minutes. I promise, I'll be back very soon."

Without even giving the boy time to reply to confirm he understood or to protest that he didn't want to be left alone the teenager took off after the stranger.

'I can't just let her go by her own, what if it's dangerous?" The demon child unable to think of anything else, after all she is the stranger who wasn't afraid to let me into her house only because she cared about me.

So he broke out into a run to follow behind her and being a demon it honestly wasn't super hard to find himself on her tail as the girl gave him a somewhat irritated look as the both of them continued after the stranger. "I told you to stay put, Tsumi."

"I-I won't let you face a bad guy alone, you might need me!"

For a moment Kimiko hesitated, the girl drawing in a breath before nodding. "Okay, okay. But, be very careful, Tsu, I don't want anything to happen to you. Not when I still have a family to bring you back to."

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The teenager stopped in the middle of a currently abandoned soccer field, the two humans locking eyes for a moment before the silver eyed boy laughed. "That was fun." Then throwing Kimiko back her satchel, the girl managing to catch it with her shaking hands and giving him a confused look as the boy continued to laugh. "Of course, if anything, all you want to know is why I could take your bag in the first place."

"Well, a bit." Kimiko muttered, Tsumi standing beside her as he clasped the book to his chest.

"I am surprised you haven't figured it out." The boy laughing as he slowly reached into his bag and pulled out a silver spell book. "I want to burn your book so I can get stronger."

'Great, now he's going to bring her into the battle.' Tsumi tried to remain quiet as he pulled his spell book even closer to his chest.

"Battle?"

Oh she did it now, the silver eyed teenager cocking his head to show he didn't understand why she was confused. "Part of the demon battle, burning one another's books until only one is left and they become the next demon king?"

"Tsumi?" The girl turned to the little boy, frowning softly while her hazel eyes begged him for an explanation to this newfound information.

The little boy couldn't find his voice, clenching the book closer and squeezing his eyes shut while Kimiko whispered his name once more to show she still was wanting the answers he had been trying to hide, that she was needing a real answer to explain why she hadn't been told any of this apparently very valuable information.

"Well, if your little friend won't tell you what's going on, I'll just show you."

The teenager smiled, snapping his fingers as a young boy around Tsumi's age walked over to the teenager's side. His hair a long tangled mess of jet black, eyes just as silver as his book reader's. "Now?"

"What are you doing?" Kimiko backed up, her voice gaining an octave and pitch as she looked from the silver eyed duo as the reader opened their book. "Tsumi!"

The demon child only whimpered, not wanting to say a word as the boy held out his right hand. "Janduro!"

In a flash there was a glow of light, the little boy shooting a rather large metal ball out of his hands. Kimiko letting out a shout of fear as Tsumi pushed her out of the way and took in a deep breath when the ball missed them and struck the ground behind them both.

"What's going on!" Kimiko's face growing pale as she turned around to see the attack's result, whimpering when she studied the iron ball now where she once has been. "Why is this happening?"

Tsumi bit into his lip with ferocity, strong and tiny white fangs slowly pressing into the soft skin of his delicate lower lip. Facing the demon child and his book reader that had become his enemies with Kimiko panicking beside him left the child absolutely horrified. He had nothing to say that would cover up what had just happened to them both, but he still wasn't thrilled to meet her eyes, seeing that she was seeking answers just by the look inside the brown irises.

To tell her that she could and should be doing the same thing right then felt so heavy, holding his book close to his chest. He drew in a breath, turning to her and softly saying. "Kimiko...I need you to read the first passage."

"The first passage?"

He nervously handed over the book, the teenager blinking as he opened if to the first page for her while the first spell glowed a violet color. "He's right, I'm one of a hundred demon children sent to the human world to fight. We are fighting to choose a new king of our world, the key is the books. Just like the one you are holding, each demon child comes with a spell book and only one human can read the book and unlock the demon's power. The demon's book is the most important thing, because once it is damaged it will start to burn and once it begins to burn, the demon child fades away and returns to the demon world. The last one standing becomes the king."

The girl trembled, getting to her feet as she held the book tight. "Is that okay with you, to fight with me?" Her eyes diverting. "I know I'm not all that strong, but if we're supposed to be chosen partners and I can help you become a king, I know I want to be able to give you my all."

He couldn't believe it at first, that she was offering to be his fighting partner as he forced himself to nod uncertainty. "Yeah. As long as you don't mind, it's going to be hard and anything but pretty. This fight has been said to be violent and bloody, harsh and able to shape a demon into what the hard and unfeeling world has chosen for them."

Kimiko smiled to the little boy, nodding. "Of course."

Tsumi swallowed his emotions, unable to find any words as he got to his feet and held out his hands. "Then read the spell!"

The teenager drew in a breath, staring at the page which was glowing with pure power. "Alright!" Slowly shaking away all of her fear before the spell's name left her lips. "Rachido!"

The little demon boy clenched his eyes, waiting for the surge of power to leave his body but found that nothing did. The silver eyed demon and his book reader bursting into laughter as they managed to process what just happened. "Your spells don't even work!"

Kimiko of course looked right to Tsumi, the little boy blinking with uncertainty as he softly said. "That should have worked, after all this is only the first spell, nothing major or legendary about the first spell..."

Well they honestly had no time to react because the silver eyed duo quickly sent another metal ball at them, Tsumi panicking as he noticed they were not after him but his reader, racing after the ball and taking a hit from the thick metal item only to protect his spell book and the reader who turned to see him and looked like she may go into a panic attack from the view.

Needless to say the ball was pretty heavy, the little demon boy biting into his lip to pretend it didn't hurt at all as he struggled to get out from under the huge thing. "It's okay." Pushing it off his body and wiping dirt off his cloak. "At least, you can read the book."

Kimiko only looked at the little boy, biting into her lip before reaching out and ruffling his hair. "No, if I can read it, this means we are going to make this stupid spell work."

He didn't understand what she was saying at first, trying to calm himself down as his partner watched the duo before her, listening to her say something that at once sounded stupid. "I know our spells can take you down, that they're more useful!"

The silver eyed teenager frowned, holding his book tighter. "Really? Well, which of us can actually use a spell?" Holding out his book as he called out the spell once more.

As he was doing this, Kimiko looked to Tsumi, her voice serious. "Get in front of me right now."

He was unable to refuse even though this action mortified him, watching the girl give him a look begging him to do just as she said. He then nodded, putting himself in front of her as the ball continued to go after the both of them.

Kimiko watched him panic; drawing in another breath as Tsumi turned to her while his voice went weak. "K-Kimiko! What are you doing!"

"Hold on, kid." The girl smirking nervously, holding out the book tight in her shaking hands. "Rachido!"

Tsumi suddenly felt a burst of energy fill him, a powerful and toxic gas shooting out of his mouth in a ray that melted right through the metal ball and shot right at the two of them.

The silver eyed duo let out sounds of shock, Tsumi shaking his head in shock as he realized just what happened as Kimiko let out a shout of pure joy. "I told you we could do it!"

The silver eyed boy then proved himself to be nothing but a coward, whimpering as he grabbed his demon child and fled before Kimiko could even consider going after him.

"I-It worked." The girl directing her attention to the little demon child who began to look at his hands and then to her. "Uh, Kimiko?"

The teenager smiled, obviously proud of the fact that she was able to bring out his true power and prove that she was strong. "Don't get upset, we're partners and that's all that matters."

For a moment Tsumi thought he could believe that, but when he looked at her all he could see was the smiling family that took him in and the ever trusting Kimiko. Sure he had managed to stop her from being struck with any attacks today, but how could be sure that he could always be there to stop attacks? He just couldn't put her in battle, he just couldn't make her fight and it felt wrong.

"No, I can't." The little boy then turning around and beginning to walk away, a slight stumble in every step the demon child took..

"Tsumi! Tsumi!"

He could hear her cries for him for a moment, just continuing to walk away without even thinking about his book, which found itself in the arms of the only human able to read the novel. He just couldn't work with her, because with the luck he began to experience, he just couldn't live with himself if anything at all happened to her. He couldn't let it.

'I am only doing this to protect her, we just can't be partners. Goodbye Kimiko.'