No one spoke as they let the reality of Kaminari being gone settle into their minds and hearts. Chiho had been beyond hysterics, blaming all of the demons for doing this to her. Once she calmed down, she apologized and kept quiet. Even Emi and Suzuno had come over to try to figure out what had happened. Emi had called her friends in Ente Isla and they were waiting for more information.
"Do we know the time difference?" Maou asked.
"It's roughly three days there is one day here," Suzuno replied. She sighed, "If the church summoned her, she's better off dead."
The statement caught Lucifer's attention, "What are they doing to her?"
Suzuno simply shook her head, "I'm afraid I can't say in front of Good Chiho," the assassin replied which caused Chiho to start crying again.
The only reason they were certain she was in a Ente Isla was because Lucifer had managed to find her. His strange trick of using fire across dimensions and using what was similar to the sonar blasts by focusing on someone thinking about Earth had helped him find her rather quickly. When he touched her, all the fear, hate, anger, and self-loathing shame moved through the flame to him. But, for the time being, she at least felt some safety.
No one breathed when Emi's phone rang. "What did you find?"
"She ran away from the church," Esmeralda replied. "She's been labeled a devil's concubine."
Emi covered her mouth with her hand, "Have they-"
"Yes," Esmeralda replied dismally.
"Is she?" Emi whispered, praying that the poor girl wasn't pregnant from the heinous act.
"No," Esmeralda replied. A relieved sigh assed through Emi's lips. "Emilia, this girl was summoned."
Emi's jade eyes moved to Lucifer who was sitting quietly staring at the floor. "Is there any way to break the spell?"
"If we find her, we can take her to the Devil's Castle. Celestial force isn't as strong there."
"She can't be far from the church, can she? Lucifer gave her some of his magic, so you should be able to track her."
"I'll tell Alfred," Esmeralda replied. "Emilia, she will not return as the same person she had been."
"I know," Emi replied dismally. "Right now, we just want her to come back." She swallowed hard, "Demon or not, just get her back."
"She could turn into a Demon?" Chiho whispered through her tears.
"I doubt it," Lucifer replied. "Kaminari was angry on a level I didn't know was possible, but she must have learned about Ente Isla's magic. She's not showing it or acting on it."
"What spell do they have to break?" Maou asked.
"She was summoned," Emi replied. "We might not be able to bring her back. Esmeralda and Alfred are going to take her to the Devil's Castle and summon a Gate there to bring her back. The celestial force there will be weakest so the church won't be strong enough to keep her there."
Suzuno turned a terrible shade of white, "She knows about the summoning ritual. She may not stay human for long even if she isn't acting out on her anger.
"What is the summoning ritual?" Alciel asked. "It sounds...permanent."
"Because it's supposed to be," Suzuno replied. "It requires human sacrifices to complete. Anyone would be angry if they heard the death of children had taken them to a place they didn't want to be."
"Yeah, that will do it," Maou commented. "I guess we'll have to wait. The church must have blocked off this world from opening the Gate. She wouldn't want us to kill the people in this city just to get enough energy to get her."
Lucifer remained quiet, his eyes moving to the world on the other side of the window.
He wasn't going to voice that she wanted to kill everyone in a Ente Isla, because it was such a short emotion. It amused him how much she knew about him. She was right when she believed all she had to do was ask him and he would destroy the church for her. But it was her deeper emotions, her sorrows and longing he would take care of. He was ready to hold her as long as she needed him. She had him under a spell of her own, though he knew she didn't know. What he believed love felt like was what he believed he was dealing with when he thought of her.
He knew the consequences, and that was really the only thing holding him back. If he loved her, he might lose the powers to protect her. He didn't want to lose that. But, at the moment, it didn't matter how much magic he had. The entire church had managed to lock the Gate. He couldn't get to her, but at least he had given her enough of his magic to protect her for any harm that could come.
When Chiho left for work, Maou stayed behind to discuss strategy to get to Ente Isla. "So, what happened to her?" He asked Suzuno.
She still didn't want to say in Lucifer's presence, but knew he could handle it better than Chiho. "She was called a devil's concubine. Any humans that had any dealings with a Demon and survived are considered to be concubines merely because they survived the encounter. They pulled the magic from her and stabbed her to a cross...then cleansed her." Suzuno's knuckles were white as she grasped her kimono. "She's nothing more than a harlot on the streets, marked by the church as someone who has dealt with the demons."
"Cleansed?" Alciel questioned.
"Having sex with a priest is considered a way of cleansing your soul from sin. Since she was considered a devil's concubine...it required more than one priest."
"I will kill every last priest in that abomination," Lucifer said through gritted teeth. "They will feel every cut, every burn, every bruise that she has ever had. And they will beg for death, but never receive it."
"I can't say I blame you," Maou replied. "I'm not going to stop you, either, but could you turn it down a notch? I think they're about to pass out." He looked at Emi and Suzuno who were looking a little pale.
Unable to really control himself in the apartment, he left. Wandering the city cleared his mind, and spending the energy on walking definitely helped calm him down. Before he knew it, he was completely lost in the middle of Tokyo. With no real direction to follow, he continued walking. He would end up home eventually. After a few more hours, he found himself in front of Kaminari's home. They had told her family she had been sent to a branch of MgRonalds on the other side of Tokyo and they had given her a temporary apartment to stay in so they wouldn't be seeing her for a while.
Now that he had his bearings, he headed back to his apartment. When he stepped inside, a realization immediately clicked in his mind. He jumped over the table in the middle of the room to get to his computer and immediately pulled up the article and pictures from Kaminari's past.
When he finally got to the picture of her mother, everything came together. There it was, hiding in in the most obvious place. The crucifix that the priests burned into those that were considered permanently unclean.
"Lucifer? What is it?" Alciel asked as he walked to the demon's side.
"The people that killed her family were from Ente Isla," he said as he used his cursor to circle the cross burned onto the woman's neck. "They took her to finish the job. They're going to kill her."
Alciel had never seen the Demon so distraught, and he had known him for centuries. The closest he had gotten was when Alciel forgot to bring home food.
"We'll get to her before then," Maou assured. "If Emi's friends can find her, she'll be coming back." Maou felt a rock in his stomach as he looked at the Demon general, "Your magic won't attract demons, will it?"
"If it does, its strong enough to keep them away. I buried the magic deeper this time so it can't be pulled out of her' no matter how hard those fools try." A bone chilling chuckle left a Lucifer's lips, "They'll have quite a surprise waiting for them this time."
"What did you do?" Alciel asked.
"She has my magic in Ente Isla. Limitless magic is at her fingertips. All she has to do is use it."
"And that won't turn her into a Demon?"
"I'm not a Demon," Lucifer reminded him. "My magic isn't true magic. She's more likely to turn into an angel."
"Two fallen angels, just what we need," Maou said sarcastically. "Let's just hope she's found somewhere safe to stay. The longer she's out of the church the better. But, if they find a Lucifer's magic, they'll be able to find her."
"It couldn't be that hard to ask people which way the intelligent harlot went," Lucifer commented.
"Intelligent?" Alciel and Maou questioned.
"She's only been missing two days in this world, which is almost a week in a Ente Isla. She's already mastered the language and how to read. More than likely, she mastered the language yesterday. She did it without magic. Besides, how many humans in a Ente Isla actually knew how to read?"
"That's true," Maou agreed. "Well, all we can do is hope she's okay. I guess we'll hear from Emi's friends sooner or later. Until then, I guess we can just keep trying to find a way to get our magic. We'll need it. The church is going to fight harder this time, but with a Emi on our side for once, we might have a chance if we cross over full power."
Lucifer focused on the image of the broken, dead woman in front of him, the mark of the church on her neck. When Kaminari returned, she would have the same mark. After researching the mark, he found it had no real significance, though it had been centuries ago when one of the churches of this world started branding their members, though theirs was on the wrist. The trend didn't last long, but it was still something that had been made note.
He clicked out of the internet page and stood up to get ready for work. He was closing again, but the horror movie was still bringing in enough customers to keep his magic sustainable. He needed more, which made him want to destroy the city once again, but Maou would kill him if that happened. There was nothing that could be done at the time.
"Sire, I believe Lucifer will be returning to a Ente aisle," Alciel said when the door closed.
"I know. I'm going with him. Someone has to make sure he doesn't kill everyone." Maou replied as he read a book.
"I'm serious."
"I am too," Maou said as he looked at his trusted general. "I don't know what he's feeling, but he knows what Kaminari is feeling. When he gets there, he's probably going to act on that. If she's as angry as I think she is, Lucifer might destroy Ente Isla."
"Let's hope she doesn't hold a grudge against the rest of the world. It wouldn't be very beneficial to return to a home where there were no people to rule." Alciel muttered, defeated by the situation.
"That's true, but I think she's only got a grudge against the church. They are the ones that killed children to bring her there." Maou replied. "If he asks, I'll help him level it. They don't deserve to rule over anyone."