As the two walked, Kaminari kept almost unreasonably close to the man. He didn't seem to mind her closeness, in fact occasionally pulling her closer to him when people started to crowd up. The two remained silent as they walked, but Ashiya's own terrible feeling kept him on edge making Kaminari worry more. Were they being followed?

The two simultaneously relaxed when the feeling was finally gone. With only two blocks to go, Kaminari assured the man she could make it home safe, but he insisted he stay with her.

"Thank you, Ashiya," Kaminari said with a smile. "I'm sorry for whatever inconvenience it made."

"Nonsense," he said with a wave of his hand. "I most certainly could not allow a friend to be alone after asking for my assistance. Have a good night, Kaminari."

"You're the best, Ashiya. Take care."

She headed inside as he walked away. To her surprise, her mother was standing there in shock. "Hey, Mom," she greeted with a smile.

"Who is that man? He is far too old for you!" She exclaimed, immediately going into her regular rant about age difference in couples.

As she caught her breath to start a new point in her argument, Kaminari managed to get a word in, "That's Ashiya, one of Maou's roommates."

Her mother went from rampant to looking like she was enjoying a summer breeze. Even mentioning Maou seemed to put her mother's worried heart at ease. "That's nice, dear. He's cute."

"Mom, don't start this again," Kaminari told her.

"Your sister told me all about that Urushihara you've got a crush on, and frankly, I'm surprised you would pick someone like that over Maou or Ashiya."

"Ashiya doesn't have a job either," Kaminari replied.

"Yes, but he's the one keeping the three of those boys alive on a part-timer's pay. Honestly, you can do better."

Kaminari sighed dramatically as she placed her hand over her heart, "Alas, 'tis the curse of the hormonal times of my life." She yawned, "I'm going to bed. Night, Mom."

"Put some aloe on your burn before you go to bed," her mom said as she walked away.

Even though it was cold outside, she still managed to get a sunburn in the overcast day. She almost prided herself over the inconvenient feat, but when she looked at herself in the mirror, she realized there was no sunburn, but a note on the mirror. She pulled the sticky paper from the mirror, reading over the words with a frown. It was a message from Chiho, again ranting about her crush, telling her he's not who she thinks he is.

After brushing her teeth, Kaminari went to her bedroom and got on her laptop for more information about this Urushihara. There had been no general information about him, Maou, or Ashiya, but that didn't mean there wasn't more. As she carefully hacked into the police information, she almost immediately found Maou and Ashiya. They had been arrested around the time of the shootings and muggings almost a year ago. After hours of searching through the database for Urushihara, she was about to give up when she found some interesting security tapes that had someone that favored Urushihara on the thumbnail. When she pressed the play button, her brain seemed to break.

Almost all of Shinjuku was destroyed by Urushihara, who was flying around with black wings and a girl who favored the one she met in the hospital was chasing after him, she was wearing armored boots and had a long sword. But, the debris was just floating there. As the debris was slowly lowered to the ground, she could see some people floating in the sky. Once whatever happened was over, the debris started floating and was putting itself back together, and it looked like nothing had happened at all.

She soon found a wanted list, and buried under all the nameless people was a picture of Urushihara. No wonder Chiho didn't like him. She closed her laptop and sighed. Of course her sister would get involved with a group of criminals. Though, whatever Maou and Ashiya had been arrested for was probably just a mark on their record, it was still enough to consider them almost dangerous. But, she knew better. If Ms. Kisaki thought he was dangerous, he wouldn't work at MgRonalds.

There was nothing she could do with the information at the time. She didn't have Maou's number and didn't really care enough to get in contact with him so late anyway. With a yawn, she climbed into her bed and just let her mind wander away, trying to forget the video she had watched.

In the morning, her mind was solely focused on the video. Making her way to the amusement park was almost second nature as well as teaching Misa how to do her job. She just wanted to go home and not deal with the facts on her mind. She had watched the video twice while getting ready for work and still just couldn't understand what had happened.

Once her shift ended, she stood outside the amusement park and looked back at the city. She didn't want to go home. She didn't want to talk to Urushihara and tell him that she knew what was going on. She wanted to go to Europe again, in a world where she would be entirely alone.

With that thought in mind, she made her way to the bus and sat in the second row where she could stare out the window. Sometimes the best time to be alone is in a crowd of strangers, and that's what she planned to do.

Three hours into her dazed thoughts, someone sat by her. It brought her back to reality just long enough to notice the man who gave a smile and looked away. Her eyes moved back to the world outside. Buildings passed and time seemed like a distant concept rather than something she needed.

As the bus came to a stop a few blocks from Maou's apartment, Kaminari gathered the courage to get off the bus and talk with them about what she had found. The closer she got to the apartment, the clearer an argument could be heard inside. She immediately recognized her flustered sister, but not the other female voices. Kaminari officially confirmed how irrational her sister was about Maou, who she noted had registered as being 20, while Ashiya had been registered as 25. The four year age difference didn't matter on paper, but a 16 year old and 20 year old being coworkers and dating was frowned upon, at least by her standards.

She inhaled deeply and released a shaky breath. Just as she raised her hand to push the doorbell, the door opened. She stared at Urushihara who pushed her back and closed the door behind him.

He sighed in relief now that the loud noise had been muffled by the door. He smiled, "It will be a while before they notice I'm gone."

"It's too cold to stay outside," Kaminari argued as she pulled her coat closer to her.

"Suzuno won't mind if we crash at her place for a while. C'mon."

She followed him down the hall to the other apartment and opened the door. This apartment was almost as simple as the one Maou shared with Ashiya and Urushihara, but it had a few more things, like a bed and a decent sized table for more than five people.

"So, what brings you here?" He asked as he pulled a game system from his jacket pocket.

"I know," she said in a dangerous that made him stop his game.

"You know? Know what?"

"I don't know how it happened, but you destroyed part of the city. You had black wings, and you were fighting someone with a sword. There were more people flying as well, then the city got put back together like nothing had ever happened in the first place."

"So, you did find out," he replied with a sly smile. "You are good. I guess you have tons of questions."

"Yes," she replied while looking at her hands. She sighed as she ran her fingers through her pale hair, "It's none of my business, but why would you destroy a city just to put it back together?"

"Maou put it back together," he replied while going back to his game. "So, what are your questions?"

"You're not from here, are you?" She asked.

"We're from Ente Isla," he replied. "Maou, Ashiya, Emi, and Suzuno, too."

"Who are Emi and Suzuno?" She asked. As far as she knew, she hadn't met them yet.

"Emi Yusa, or in Ente Isla known as the great Hero Emilia. Suzuno is known as Crestia Bell, some assassin for the church."

"Why does the church need an assassin?"

"To kill off demons and betrayers of all things holy."

"Demons?"

"That's what Maou and Ashiya are. In fact, when they left Ente Isla, they were in the middle of a war. Maou was trying to take over, but the church fought back. Maou is a king, you know. The great King Satan, lord of all demons. Ashiya was one of his generals. His name is Alciel."

Kaminari watched as he played his game. It was hard for her to comprehend even though she had seen it with her own eyes. "You're the only one with wings."

"I was an angel until I got bored and decided to leave Heaven."

She simply nodded and fell onto her back, staring at the ceiling. "So, what's your name?" She asked as she looked over at him.

"Lucifer."

Her eyes moved back to the ceiling as she allowed the information to sink in. The two were silent for a while, the only sound in the room coming from the neighboring apartment where people were still arguing and the clicking of the buttons on Lucifer's game. Over and over, the video played in her mind. It was slowly making sense that these people from other worlds were in their world.

Kaminari gave a sad laugh as she got up, "Alright. I'm going home."

"Wait, that's it?" He was caught off guard by how few questions she had.

"Unlike Chi, I can't just pick up where I left off when someone tells me stuff like that. She's so caught up in Maou, you could tell her he was a fish, and she wouldn't care."

"Then, why are you so upset about it?" He asked.

"Because I don't understand," she replied as her body trembled slightly. "Nothing about this makes sense. Why aren't you as strong as you were that day? Why stay here? Don't you want to go home?" She sighed as she rubbed her temples. "Never mind. I don't want to know."

She left the apartment and headed home, her mind swirling with questions to the point of a migraine. She didn't want to see any of them again, even though she knew she would.

When she returned home, she opened her laptop and pulled up the video once again. After watching it over and over, she went back to the database and moved through the files until she found Urushihara. "You're welcome," she muttered as she deleted the file.

She closed the video and shut down her laptop. She didn't need that in her life. She just couldn't handle it.

"What's wrong with Kami?" Maou asked Chiho as they watched the girl work on the burgers.

"She only said she knows. I don't know what that means."

"Oh, she knows the truth about me and the others," Maou replied. "Urushihara said she had a hard time understanding, which I understand, but I think two weeks is enough time for her to figure it out."

"She's just learning how to cope now," Chiho replied. "If Urushihara told her everything, she's just trying to cope with the fact he's hurt innocent people. She's just not as accepting as me."

"You've heard Emi's story," Maou as he looked down at her. "You know what we've done."

"But you haven't done that in this world," she replied. "You've been kind and thoughtful and sweet-"

As Chiho continued using bizarre adjectives that were coming from her hormonal mind, Maou looked back at the older sister. Over all, he had a good judgment in a character, but the truth had broken her spirit. She didn't smile or laugh anymore, except when dealing with customers. She only talked to them about work things. According to Chiho, she had started locking herself in her room, only talking when someone spoke to her. It was too late to erase her memory, so there was no way he could make her forget.

Her reaction definitely explained why she was the smarter of the two. She was like the great Hero Emilia in that aspect. While Emilia simply wouldn't forgive him, Maou was starting to think that's what Kaminari was doing, trying to find a way to accept what he had done in Ente Isla. She didn't have to accept what he did, she had to accept Urushihara and Ashiya as well.

When Maou looked at the register next to him, Chiho was gone and her sister stood, staring blankly ahead, waiting for customers to come in. "Oh, hey, Kami. I didn't even notice Chi had left."

"She's crying in the break room because you weren't listening to her," she replied, her pale eyes meeting his. "Tell me, oh mighty one, why haven't you gone home?"

"Can this conversation wait until after work?" Maou asked in a panic. "I have to check on Chi."

She watched him walk away, then turned to greet the customer that walked in. Her customer-friendly smile almost faded as Urushihara walked to the counter. "Good afternoon, sir," she greeted solemnly. "Can I recommend our pepper fries?"

He didn't acknowledge her as he looked at the menu. "Where's Maou?"

"The break room," she answered. "I'll go get him."

"Don't bother," he replied. "Let him deal with Chiho."

"Is there anything I can do for you?" She asked.

"You can tell me what's wrong," he replied as he continued looking at the menu above her head. "I didn't know there was so much to choose from."

Śhe sighed, "I can't talk about stuff like that while I'm on the clock. It would take too long. And, if you're feeling adventurous, try our burger fries."

"Burger fries?"

"Two burger patties that have been cut into strips, dipped in batter, and deep fried. We drizzle ketchup and mustard on them too, and for an extra ¥56, you can make them cheeseburger fries."

"Gross, is it actually good?"

"There are better things, but they're not terrible."

"When do you get off?"

"About thirty minutes. Why?"

"I want two number ones, however you think they should be with pepper fries," he answered.

She typed up the order and told him the price, her mind on autopilot. As she handed him the two cups, one of the other workers came up with his order. He took the tray and went to a booth in the far corner of the room then waited.

"When did Urushihara get here?" Maou asked as he returned with Chiho.

"About ten minutes ago. I think he's waiting for someone, but he didn't say who."

"It was the weirdest thing," Maou said. "He got this job interview without applying anywhere, then got the job. He's not a criminal anymore. There's nothing about him anywhere."

Kaminari smiled slightly, "So, he got the job."

"Wait, you knew?" He asked.

"It can wait until after work," she replied with a smirk as she grabbed a wet rag and left to wipe down tables.

When Kaminari finally clocked out, Urushihara was still sitting there, waiting. "Who are you waiting for?" She asked as she adjusted her bag.

"You," he replied as he pushed a burger and fries to the other side of the table and started opening his own.

Unable to politely refuse, Kaminari sat down and opened the paper to eat the lukewarm burger. "Thanks, I guess."

"So, Chiho and Maou have been worried about you, then I get a job after we have our little talk. What's going on?" Lucifer asked.

"I felt bad for the way I reacted, so I took you out of the police database, then called a few people and got you a job interview. You're welcome." She sighed, "It was a little more than I could handle."

"Look, the way we get our magic is through human emotions. You were not the happiest person when you left, and every time you've been brought up at the apartment, Chiho would get depressed." Lucifer explained.

"But, like I said, I'm not Chiho," she told him. "I'm not obsessed and forgiving at the drop of a hat. I'm a bit more careful. And all of you have been so nice since I got home...but, it's not that easy. There are some things I can't handle while Chi can. If you decided to just get up and walk out of here, I would have some sort of breakdown trying to figure out what I said wrong. I can't handle putting effort into something that will just end."

"End?"

"If you decided to go back," she clarified as she pushed her hair from her eyes. "Some things, I just can't do."

"So, you don't think we're evil?" He asked.

"I think you're trying to start over, but I could be wrong. I don't think the great and mighty Demon king will want to stay much longer now that he knows he has to get an education to help him climb the corporate ladder."

"Yeah, that's what he said," Lucifer replied as he looked out the window. "It's been weird not having to stay in the apartment all the time. By the way, you picked the best place to get me a job. A movie theatre is perfect! I haven't felt so powerful since I destroyed the bridge."

"Emotions, right," Kaminari muttered as she sipped on her coke. "Well, is it fun? I've never worked there, but I dated the now manager. It was a mutual breakup with no bad feelings."

His eye widened, "That's why he hates me? He gets pissed every time he sees me."

"I don't know why," she replied with a frown. "He ended it, and I was fine with it, then I left for Europe for a year. Ohhhhh..." She laughed, "There were about fifteen rumors floating around on the trip that I was banging all the natives."

"Were you?" He asked with a smirk. "Might as well tell the truth. I'll know if you're lying."

She frowned, "Jeez, thanks. I'll try to remember that this jacket makes me look like a whore."

She picked up the tray with the collected trash and dumped it before walking out of MgRonalds, Lucifer whining as he followed her. "Kami, that's not what I meant."

She smiled, "Yeah, I know. I got tired of sitting there." She sighed as she pulled out her phone to check the time. "It's not as late as I thought it would be. Well, you've been free for a couple weeks. Let me show you around."

The two walked around the small sector, talking about various things that came to mind and some of the stores they passed. She told him about various places that looked abandoned but were actually some of the best restaurants in the city. He told her more about Ente Isla and the war he left behind. He told her the truth about the day he blew up the bridge, when he had kidnapped her sister. He expected her to be mad, but instead received a lecture on how stupid her sister was. When she expressed more interest about his life in Heaven and his life as Maou's general, he was more than happy to tell her in return for teaching him more about Europe.

"Isn't it a little late for you to still be out?" Maou asked as the two neared the angel's home.

"Hey, Maou," Kaminari greeted. "Is Chi heading home?"

"No, she's upstairs, if you want to come in," Maou replied as he headed to the metal stair.

Kaminari followed Lucifer up the stairs and into the small apartment that had become claustrophobic with the amount of people and boxes in the room.

"What's with the boxes?" Lucifer asked.

"These aren't yours?" Ashiya asked.

"I learned my lesson, okay?!"

"I wonder if the landlady wants us to sell more stuff," Maou mumbled as he opened a box. He sighed as he lifted up a bikini top like it was a venomous snake. "I think it is."

"Dang," Kaminari snorted as she snatched it from him. "There's no way. Is your land lady a hippo?"

"Hey! I was thinking about getting one!" Chiho exclaimed. "Maybe you should get one. You would look cute."

Kaminari dropped the clothing back in the box as she shuddered, "No way."

"She's too small anyway," Lucifer commented as he opened another box. "Hey, there's some winter stuff, too." He pulled out a large bright pink swim suit cover. "Oh, never mind."

"People aren't going to buy this right now," Maou grumbled. "All we can do is leave it in the boxes."

"Why not take pictures of the stuff and put them on the internet?" Kaminari asked. "People from everywhere will be able to buy them."

"She wants to keep it within the community," Lucifer said.

Kaminari shrugged, "That's on her, then."

"This stuff doesn't look Hawaiian," Maou said as he pulled out a bag of coffee.

"She went to Brazil," Kaminari said as she took the bag from him. Her heart was pounding as she stared at the slick, shiny bag. "This is so stupid! Why must you be wonderful and expensive?!"

"Sire, I found the letter," Ashiya announced.

Everyone in the room went silent as Maou took the envelope from his general. "It's okay," Maou said, his voice shaking slightly. "W-we can handle whatever is inside this envelope!"

No one in the room breathed he opened the envelope and pulled out some paper, a photo falling face down on the floor.

"So, who is going to pick it up?" Lucifer asked as they stood in silence, just staring at the picture.

Kaminari took a deep breath and let it go, picking up the picture and stepping away from the group to see the image. "Awh, what a cute puppy!"

"No, don't!" Chiho exclaimed while Lucifer took the picture and almost threw up.

Everyone was pale except Kaminari who was crying from laughing so hard. As far as she knew, the landlady wasn't even a person. Her purple hair was tied into a mess on her large, fat head while she wore aviator sunglasses, and peaked over the top, red eyes glinting in the harsh sun. Her skin was a dreadful dark orange color, like a bad spray tan, and it seemed she was taking some sort of "glamor shot" since the straps of what might as well have been just a thick rope fell over her massive arms, what little material there was struggling to hide her massive breasts. The evident g-string was nightmarish as well, being almost the same color orange as her skin. She was definitely going to be scarred for life, but making someone else look at the dreadful picture with some hope was too much to resist.

"You are the most evil person in this world," Ashiya grumbled, his face slightly green.

Kaminari simply laughed as she took the picture from the floor and threw it away. "Now that we have all been traumatized, let's see what else is in her, or at least organize the boxes a little better."

"I do not think we have actually met," the blue haired girl who had remained mostly quiet said as she made her way to Kaminari. Kaminari couldn't help but notice the girl's strange attire. Why was she wearing a kimono? "Good Chiho has talked about you a lot. My name is Suzuno Kamazuki. It is nice to meet you."

Kaminari awkwardly bowed, "My name is Kaminari Sasaki. It's a pleasure to meet you as well."

"Oh, I guess we haven't been introduced either," the girl with long red hair said as she stood up. Kaminari recognized her from when Chiho got her surgery and the world seemed to fall apart when Maou had returned to the hospital with her. "I'm Emi Yusa."

The group made an effort to look through all the boxes, piling clothing, coffee, candy, rocks, hammocks and pots then packing them away again, labeling the boxes accordingly.

Kaminari yawned and stretched before putting her shoes on and shrugging on her jacket. "Let's go home, Chi. It's almost midnight."

"Okay," Chiho agreed with a dreamy smile, but a dismal voice.

Kaminari rolled her eyes when she saw what was wrong with her sister. Maou was putting a jacket on he, but talking to Ashiya. "You dealt with that for a year?" She asked Lucifer as he handed her a bag of coffee.

"Yep."

"What's this for?" She asked him as she stared at the coffee in her hands.

"For helping me get out of here, and she said we could have some."

"Wait, what did you say?" Emi suddenly asked. "You've been leaving the apartment?!"

"Emi, it's late and I have to open," Maou said. "This can wait."

"I can explain everything," Chiho said as she headed to the door. "Don't worry, Ms. Yusa. It's not that bad."

"Goodnight," Kaminari told the guys as she waved, closing the door behind herself as Chiho and Emi walked ahead of her.

"You got Urushihara a job?!" Emi screeched as Kaminari caught up with them.

Chiho giggled, "She's got this massive crush on Urushihara."

"WHAT?!" Emi screamed so loud Chiho covered her mouth to make sure she didn't wake anyone, but some dogs started barking. "You don't even know him! He's a wanted criminal!"

"Look, he said he was good at hiding secrets, so I looked to see what they were. I found him on the criminal database and saw the video of when he destroyed the city, and I watched it get put back together. He told me the truth, and I stopped associating with them for two weeks. He actually visited me at work to see if I was ever going to come back. But, I found him a job. He's helping out now, and that's what matters."

Emi groaned, "Great. The one person that's actually a threat is out and about."

"He told me about Ente Isla, how he killed people, burned down villages, and how you thought you had killed him. But, he doesn't have that here. It's almost like whoever he was in Ente Isla was a lie, and he's finally where he wants to be. All of them seem to be that way."

"Well, that's not the case!" Emi yelled.

"If you didn't so focused on Maou all the time, do you think you could be happy here?" Kaminari asked her.

"As long as that loser is still alive, I'll never be happy!" Emi growled.

"You're not in Ente Isla anymore, Emi," Kaminari told her. "They didn't kill my family or burn down my village, but you're not the only one that's lost something to someone else. I know what it's like to watch your world fall apart. Maybe one day, you'll be able to forgive him and let that go."

"So that's why you've been happier," Chiho commented. "You never said anything."

Kaminari smiled slightly, some tears in the corner of her eyes, "Just because I've moved on doesn't mean I'm ready to talk about it." Her gaze moved back to Emi. "I'm willing to share the lessons I've learned, but that's about all I can say right now. Not even Chi knows the whole story. But understand, you'll be happy once you let it go. C'mon, Chi. Dad will have the search copters out soon if we don't hurry."

The sisters parted ways from Emi, too tired to continue the conversation. Chiho knew Kaminari wouldn't talk about it anyway. Kaminari, however, knew what she would be doing when she got home. It had been a while since she had last seen the photos, but it was time to see them again. After all, the anniversary was coming up.

They didn't announce their arrival, simply resetting the alarm and heading to their respective rooms. Kaminari sighed as she picked up her laptop and turned it on. She logged out of the account named Kaminari and logged onto the second account, Ishii.

A picture of a family of five popped up as the desktop background. A man with chestnut colored hair was laughing, his eyes closed as he held his arms up to shield himself from the oncoming water attack. He was dressed in a very professional manner, a red long-sleeve button down and black slacks. Despite his professional appearance, his socks didn't match, one being black, the other white. Behind him was a lady trying to not laugh. Her sapphire eyes glittered in the sun as her brown hair moved in the wind. She was wearing a blue tankini and pink translucent cover, a small child giggling as he watched the man get splashed. In the water initiating the attack was a teen with dark hair that was soaked, but still wavy due to its unruly curls. His green eyes glistened with happiness and mischief as the wave of water moved toward the man. In mid air was a girl with chestnut hair like the man's, launching herself at the boy in the water to try to get a surprise attack on him.

She must have been four at the time. It was the last photo she had of her family. Back when she was Kaminari Ishii. Kaminari had kept this part of her life secret from everyone. No one outside court during those long months of a trial needed to know what happened. Senichi, Chiho's father had been an officer on the case and had brought her home a few times to play with Chiho. With no family to take her, the Sasakis adopted her.

With a shaky sigh, she moved the cursor to a file labeled 'Bad Idea' and double clicked. She took a deep breath and released it as she looked through the images of the crime scenes she had gotten from the police database. There wasn't much blood at first, but a lot of stuff had been thrown around.

She sighed as she stopped on a picture of little Yamato. Her younger brother by three years lay motionless in the middle of the floor, covered in bruises from when her mother had tried to run away with him, but the man tripped her causing her to land almost right on top of him. The fall alone had killed the boy, but her mother's weight only made it more official.

She clicked to the next picture to find her father laying on the floor, still tied to the chair, a bullet in his chest. They said he suffered, that the bullet had been one that exploded and sent shrapnel all through his body, destroying all of his organs.

The next picture was of her mother, naked and bound to a bed, her hands and feet bound to the corners of the bed. They said she suffered as well. She had been raped and sodomized. There was a rope around her neck that had been tied to the headboard, where if she ever lowered her head, she would start suffocating.

She clicked the next picture, which was probably the worst of them. The entire room had been dyed red due to the blood. Reiji had been sodomized by multiple items, each harsher than the last. They said that was done after he died, though. No, her brother had been almost dismembered. They had cut through every limb, leaving only a few tendons to hold him together in one piece. The way they had displayed him on the bed was stretching him out, showing the tendons that barely kept him together. His eyes had been gouged out and placed on the nightstand.

Kaminari clicked the next picture. It was a large puddle of blood in the middle of the living room, four stab marks in the floor. She was so small, it didn't take much to pin her down, but the four knives that were used went through he wrists and ankles. After that, they had sliced her arms and in hopes of ending it all, stabbed her in the chest. The cops arrived while the teens tried to leave, and the paramedics managed to get her to the hospital in time. She didn't know how much time she spent in the hospital. It took months to fix her wrists and ankles and her arms had to be stitched up leaving long scars on her arms. She wore long sleeved shirts year round to keep her almost zebra printed arms hidden.

The people responsible were teenagers, around her brother's age. Some girl he had turned down for prom lost her mind over the rejection. And Kaminari had witnessed some of it. She watched Yamato and her father die while listening to the screams of her mother and brother.

Due to the brutality of the case, they would never leave prison, even though they were sixteen. With a shaky sigh and loud sniffle, she closed the Bad Idea file and opened Good Times. She didn't care how loud she was as she laughed at the videos saved in the file. It helped. She had all the pictures from Good Times printed out and all over her room, but the videos were priceless. The videos were saved on seven CDs, and eight flash drives, just in case she needed to get a new computer.

She smiled as she watched what was probably her favorite video. Reiji was trying to teach her how to skateboard when she was three. Instead of standing on it, she would sit down on the rough surface and use her feet to move herself around. Then, her brother picked her up and carefully stood on the skateboard before pushing off and skating slowly around, Kaminari giggling as she held onto her brother's neck for dear life.

By the time 4AM came around, she finally closed her computer. Maybe it was time to tell the story. The thought made her heart pound. She wasn't ready. As she yawned, she let the thought fade away. She sent Chiho a text to tell Kisaki that she wasn't feeling great, so she wasn't coming in. She avoided seeing those pictures because they exhausted her. They would always haunt her, but it was time to let that go. She had managed to forgive those teens for what they did. She decided to delete the pictures when she woke up.

"It sucks Kami isn't feeling good today," Maou said as he stood at the register. "Don't you visit people when they're sick?"

"T-trust me, you don't want to see her," Chiho replied with a nervous smile. She sighed sadly, "Mr. Maou, something very bad happened to Kami when she was younger. She never talks about it, and I don't know details, but that's why she isn't coming in today. Ms. Yusa went on a rant about what you did in Ente Isla, and it brought up those memories for Kami. She was up until 4 this morning watching videos and looking through pictures. But, she said she had finally forgiven whoever hurt her, and if she could, Ms. Yusa could, too."

"I don't know, Chi," Maou replied with a sigh. "I did a lot of bad things in Ente Isla. I don't deserve that forgiveness."

Chiho laughed awkwardly, "Kami is a lot better at this than I am, but I'm sure she would have said 'Does anybody?'"

Maou smiled, "I think I will go see her after work. I would like to know what it's like to be on the receiving end of true evil."

"She won't be awake until tomorrow," Chiho told him. "When she gets upset like that, she stays asleep. I think she relives it in her dreams. If you can take her nightmares away, that would be nice."

"I can do that," Maou said with a smile.

When Chiho finally got off work, the two walked together to her home. When they arrived, Chiho quietly opened her sister's bedroom door to see her sister crying in her sleep. She was curled up, holding a raggedy turtle close to her chest, the only thing she had kept from her former life. Maou silently looked around the room at all the photos, some containing people he hadn't seen before.

"Man, I could easily destroy part of a city with what she's giving out," Maou muttered as he approached the sleeping girl. He gently placed his fingers on her head, allowing some magic to release to keep her from waking up. Anger and hate rushed through his body as he got a small glimpse of her dreams. A small spark of red energy came from his fingertips and she immediately relaxed, almost becoming comatose. "I don't think I want to know what happened to her."

To get his revenge, Lucifer searched for Kaminari's past. He didn't like what he found. After finding that her name was Kaminari Ishii, he found the awful story regarding her family and even managed to find the pictures.

"Ashiya, are we evil?" Lucifer asked as he looked through the pictures.

"I would say that we were," the pale haired general replied. "Why do you ask?"

After hiding everything that would say it was about Kaminari, he invited the Demon to look at the pictures. "Human children did this because this boy turned a girl down. They were about Chiho and Kami's age when they did this. If we're evil, then what are they?"

"I was unaware of the violence a human could actually do," Ashiya said as he looked at the picture of the teenage boy. "Compared to that, we were merely soldiers conquering lands for our king. If we remember, we should show Emilia. Maybe she won't be so rude to King Satan."

"What about me?" Maou asked as he stepped in and took off his shoes.

"Well, I challenged Kaminari to finding stuff out about us, so I decided it was only fair to do the same, and I came across this." Lucifer said as the Demon king came to see the pictures.

"Lucifer, turn that off and never look at it again," Maou said. With a few clicks, the website was gone, but Lucifer and Ashiya were looking at the king, wanting to know what had gotten under his skin. "Kami called out today. Emi had gone on a rant about being friends with us and everything like she usually does, but Kami said something about if she could forgive the person that hurt her, Emi could forgive me. So, I decided to visit Kami, even though she was asleep. I had to use magic to get her nightmares to go away, but I saw part of her dream. She was there when that happened. That was her family, and she saw them die. Not to mention, she was attacked as well. Chi can't know that we know this, and don't say anything to Kami about it."

Lucifer sighed, "Well, Kami's right. If she can move on from this, Emi can get over what happened in Ente Isla."

"Tell me about it," Maou agreed. "Maybe we should do something for her."

"Sire, I'm afraid we don't have the room for it," Ashiya said as he looked at the stacked boxes against the wall.

"Lucifer, you can take her to a movie," Maou said as he got a cup of water then sat at the table to read a book.

"And have Emilia ruin the movie? No thanks. Besides, I'm trying to find another job."

"You didn't quit, did you?" Maou asked.

"No, but I think he's about to fire me. Kaminari left out the fact she dated the manager at one time and now he's all pissed when I come in. She said it was a clean break up, but it's not looking like it now."

"I like the thought of free movies," Maou said.

"I can only take one person, and it's not going to be you." Urushihara grumbled as he stood up.

"You can't go to movies alone. It's boring."

"Our schedules don't match to where we could see one. Monday nights I don't have to close, and I'm not going in there alone with a guy. Someone else would have to come, then they'll get all pissy because they didn't get in free. So, if I go, I will go alone or take Kami with me."

"Why not Suzuno?" Ashiya asked curiously. Lucifer didn't have the best history with Emi and Chiho, but Suzuno hadn't seen the bad things.

"I'll have to explain everything. That will ruin the movie."

"That's a lot of dates you two could go on," Maou smirked. "She's going to be transferred to the amusement park MgRonalds in a few days."

Lucifer expressionless face told the Demon King what he thought of his little joke. "Dates are boring and stupid," He said as he headed to the closet to grab his uniform.

"Have you been on one?" Maou asked curiously.

"No, but I watched the date you had with Chiho. She was too timid to do anything and barely able to hold a conversation when she looked at you. Why would you do something like that when you can just hang out and not have to pretend you're someone you're not? And some of the books I've read while looking up how to get our magic back have told me way more about dating than I care to know."

Maou shrugged, "Well, say what you want. I enjoyed my time with Chi that day, until you destroyed the station."

"You're welcome," Lucifer replied as he pulled his black hoody on. "I won't be back until late. There's some midnight premier happening and I've got to stay until everyone leaves."

"Later."

Maou and Ashiya watched the door close behind their purple haired roommate. "I think she's good for him." Maou said as he crossed his arms over his chest and smiled.

"He does seem to be more like himself," Ashiya agreed. "Now that he has responsibilities again, maybe he'll be more use to helping us get magic."

"I don't know if I want to go back, Ashiya," Maou replied. "Everything here is just so simple. I don't have to be a king in this world. And being human has helped me understand what I was doing was wrong. No one is afraid of me here. Besides, I don't think Lucifer will leave now, anyway."

"I highly doubt he is interested in having a relationship with Kaminari."

"Not yet, at least," Maou replied.

"Does that logic apply to you and Chiho?" Ashiya asked.

"I don't have time for dating," Maou said. "I have a company to take over."

"Sire, you don't have the education."

"But, I will. And when I do, I will be the best student there is!"