Sweet I'm on a roll! New chapter already, hope you all will enjoy it! Today you're in for a treat today you get to see someone else from megami tensei other then devil survivor. As well as a major-you know what just read and you'll find out.

Lastly I do not own any characters or places in this story…well unless I call ownership on an OC I create but will that happen? Heck if I know XD

Well regardless Enjoy!

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The next 'morning' Orihime woke to the smell of cooked food. She quickly opened her eyes to see that of Midori with a wide spread of canned and microwave food lying spread across a somewhat clean tarp.

"Whoa where did you find all this food?" Orihime asked quickly crawling up beside Midori.
"I found it, there's a huge shopping mall about a quarter mile from here. While you were sleeping I made a run there. Almost got attacked by a few demons along the way though but I think it was worth it" Midori explained proudly as she picked up a slightly cracked bowl of instant rice as well as a pair of traditional chopsticks.

"Wait hold on did you say demons? Don't tell me there are hollows in this world too?" Orihime asked hoping her assumption was wrong.

"Hollows, oh you mean those things with the bone masks?" Midori asked?

"Yeah they're usually pitch black and make this really loud roar when they see you" Orihime explained pretending to be a hollow herself to make sure Midori got what she was trying to convey. Midori nodded and continued to speak.

"Oh so those are hollows?" Midori exclaimed finally acknowledging what a hollow is "yeah I saw a bunch of those hollows outside." Orihime turned pure white.

"A-a b-bunch?" Orihime suddenly turned pale and quickly ran over to the stairs, readying her Shun Shun Rika only for Midori to stop her.

"Hey don't scare me like that" Midori gasped in shock quickly trying to stop Orihime from doing something stupid.

"But there are hollows out there we have to fight" Orihime exclaimed ready to use her power only for Midori to jump in front of her blocking her way of attack.

"Yes, there are hollows out there but if you use your power then it will only cause more harm than good right now. So please just sit down and eat" Midori explained giving Orihime a wicked glare. Even Midori knew that Orihime's power were unstable, that and a mix of too much magasuhi in her body could very well destroy a lot more than a few measly hollows.

"…" for a moment the two women stared each other down, almost like two wolves, as their dark colored eyes locked in a sort of mental combat. However soon Orihime blinked and Midori won the battle of wolves as she called it. Regardless Orihime had lost and begrudgingly walked back over to the tarp of food. Midori grinned and quickly walked back over to the food and continued eating.

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A half hour goes by before Midori declares that it was safe to leave but as Midori and Orihime ascend the staircase a large hollow stood before them, it's oddly bloated body blocking the way to the exit.

"Souls…" it growled bestially "…need souls…so HUNGRY!" Suddenly the large hollow let lose a bone chilling however Midori did not seem scared.

"Heh you may seem scary but I've fought tougher demons back in the lockdown! Now out of our way" Midori demanded flashing her hand forward. However the hollow wasn't about to be intimidated by the only remaining source for food in the area and there was no possible way it could take on the likes of one of those demons!

"RAAAAAGGGGGHHHH" the hollow roared as it charged Midori when suddenly, just as the hollow came within spitting distance of Midori, the world went bright red as an explosion rocked the subway causing Orihime to put up her guard.

"Mi*cough*Midori! Midori are you okay" Orihime called only for a loud monstrous voice to shout back through the darkness. "Midori!" Orihime quickly began to summon her fairies only for a loud masculine sounding voice to shout back at her.

"No don't do it!" shouted the voice. "Don't use your power!"

"But Midori" Orihime shouted back through the smoke.

"She's fine, just stay there and no matter what you hear don't move or use your shun shun rika" ordered the voice.

"Alright I'll leave it to you but who are you" Orihime shouted back only for the smoke to suddenly revealing that of a tall red haired man whose eyes were just as red as his hair. He wore the same outfit that both Naoya and Midori had worn in the past and in the man's hand was that of the hollow's bloody right arm.

"…" Orihime didn't know what to say but the sheer sign of shock on her face more than serviced.

"What were you expecting, a prince?" the man said in a rather cocky tone of voice as he threw the bloody arm aside.

"W-who are you" Orihime managed to cough out as the red haired man continued to walk towards her, wiping away a small trail of blood from his mouth. It wasn't his blood mind you but it sure was tasty.

"You don't remember do you? Then again I'm a whole different person now, Sera" the man explained as he continued to walk closer to Orihime.

"Sera, but my name's Orihime" Orihime explained.

"Sera, Orihime, whatever, you're still Sera to me. So come on let's head to that place I mentioned before" the man explained taking Orihime's hand.

"But I don't even know you, let me go" Orihime demanded quickly ripping her hand free from the man.

"Look Sera-"

"Stop calling me that!" Orihime growled now getting rather angry as her Atma tattoo began to react.

"Hey calm down, there's no need to transform. Look my name is Heat. Come on, you have to remember me" the man named Heat explained "Sera-" however before Heat could say more Orihime smacked him across the face, sending him to the ground.

"Stop call me that!" Orihime roared as the mask from her Atma form began to materialize over her face.

"…I'm sorry look…Orihime. My name is Heat, I'm a member of the Embryon, the team you…er Sera" Heat seemed to struggle with his words. It was as if something was wrong with him. "…ugh my memory seems to be a little off. Sorry about that" Heat apologized, standing back up. Orihime still was unsure of this man but she managed to calm down enough for the mask on her face to disappear.

"Look Heat, I don't know who you are but you're wearing my friend Midori's outfit so I have to ask… Do you know Naoya?" Orihime asked, ready to attack at any moment.

"Naoya? Hmm…let me see I remember Angel. I remember Serph…Sera, I remember Argilla, Gale, oh and Ceilo too! But Naoya, Hmm…" Heat seemed lost in thought. "Damn it why can't I remember anything? I remember my tribe, and their names. I even remember that weird guy with the silver hair, what was his name though? GAH to hell with it! Look I'm here now and I'm going to protect you until we reach Nirvana!" Heat exclaimed gripping his fist all in a determined manor.

"Nirvana?" Orihime asked, her confusion growing bigger every time she heard something new.

"You know Nirvana. It's…ugh…damn memory!" Heat growled smacking himself in the head in an attempt to jog his memory.

*SMACK*

"Hey don't hurt yourself Heat" Orihime exclaimed quickly running up to the man and grabbing his arm. Heat growled and gripped his fist ready to punch only to look at Orihime and immediately soften up…well for Heat anyway.

"Sorry… let's just go" Heat explained, taking his arm back and walking up the stairs.

"…" Orihime still was confused but she figured to heck with it! Maybe it was the demon blood that now flowed through her veins but she just decided that it'd be best to follow the man, this red haired man named Heat. Perhaps if she followed him, maybe she'd see Midori again or even Naoya?

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A quarter mile later Orihime and the man named Heat had arrived at what Orihime thought would be a normal stereotypical mall, only to find two things very different. One the mall was underground, which it in itself was crazy, and two the place was crawling with demons!

"So…these are demons" Orihime asked looking at one large demon garbed in crimson armor who was on a grayish blackish horse's back to which Heat nodded in acknowledgement.

"Yeah a bunch of them, stay close Sera" Heat explained reaching for what he thought would be a gun only to find no such thing. "Damn no gun. Looks like I'll have to rely on my Atma."

"Gun" Orihime gasped in shock "don't tell me you…"

"Yep, I'm a member of a tribe remember? Everyone in every single tribe has a gun or at least some kind of weapon. You'd be naked without it. And right now I'm about as naked as can be." Heat explained readying his guard in case of attack as the two entered the underground mall's main entrance.

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Inside the main entrance was that a large water fountain, to the left was a door that led to some sort of spring, to the right was a door that had a strangely familiar symbol on it, well familiar to Orihime at least.

"This symbol…I know it" Orihime muttered aloud as she and Heat passed by the strange door with a crimson red mark on it.

"Hmm wait I remember this! This is a terminal, come on let's go inside" Heat explained and Orihime quickly nodded as the two opened the door to reveal a large stone drum with odd symbols all over it.

"So this is a terminal…?" Orihime asked examining the strange stone drum before her.

"Wait what? That can't be right! It's so ancient. And where is the key hole? Speaking of that...where is my karma ring" Heat explained only to franticly search every corner of his clothing for said karma ring while Orihime continued to examine the terminal before her when suddenly.

"AGH" Orihime screamed as the terminal sprung to life, the Amala drum began to spin and a soft yet bright red glow began to fill the room.

"Heat" Orihime called out, shooting out her hand to her self-proclaimed protector.

"Orihime" Heat shouted back shooting forward only for the glow of the Amala drum to reach its peak, and then…nothing! The room lied empty, void of any sign of life, demon or otherwise. Orihime and Heat now were inside the Amala network being teleported to Lucifer knows where!

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Hours past, or perhaps it was mere seconds? Neither of the two could tell as they were sudden ripped out from the network and dropped off in a strange area that not even the all seeing light of Kagusuchi could be pierce thru this dark and mysterious labyrinth that the duo now found themselves in.

Heat was the first to awaken and almost his first instinct was to find Orihime who he quickly found behind a large oddly shaped object that one would for some reason call a peephole. Regardless of the large object beside him, Heat was far more worried about Orihime who was now out cold for some strange reason.

"Orihime!" he called "Orihime wake up. Please wake up!" Heat cried desperately again and again but no such luck. Luckily Heat could still hear her heart beat once he put his head against Orihime's chest. "Well at least she's still breathing." Heat sighed relived by some good news for once. Last time this had happened Sera was on the ground and he didn't know what to do! Then something happened, something strange or was it horrible? Heat couldn't remember? Wait; was it even him that was with Sera when it happened? "GAH!" Heat screamed clutching his head in pain. "What the hell! Just what the hell happened to me?"

"That I can explain…" a somewhat horse sounding voice began out of the darkness. Heat quickly looked up to see that of an old man garbed in a white suit of some sort with long blond hair sitting in a wheelchair who in actuality was very close to him with in a arms distance to be specific.

"Grr who are you? What did you do to Sera" Heat demanded quickly standing back up and grabbing the old man by the collar.

"Heh" the old man's only reply as Heat threw him to the ground.

"Stop laughing at me you bastard! I don't care if you're some old man! I'll devour you if you even think about touching her" Heat growled ready to transform.

"Calm yourself" the old man replied rather calmly as he carefully returned to his wheelchair.

"Why should I" Heat growled only for the old man to hold up his hand stopping Heat in his tracks both verbally and physically.

"You have something of mine, deep inside of you" the old man explained, gently reaching his hand forward, placing it flat against Heat's chest.

"What are you-AGH" Heat gasped in agony as the man's hand reach into his chest, it was as if old man was some sort of phantasm who could phase through matter. Regardless of what the man was, he was reaching into Heat's very soul!

"My, what an interesting soul you have. Barely a soul really, in fact I'm surprised that a human could even make such a thing out of what remained" the old man explained rather causally as he continued to dig deeper. "But your soul isn't the only one in this body. In fact your body is an oddity as well. Such… hmm, no I don't think you even realize what you're a part of. Heh well then…" the old man smiles and quickly rips his hand from Heat's chest, to Heat's painful relief!

"AGH!" Heat screamed as he collapsed to the ground, clutching at his chest as if his heart had just been removed!

"Such emotion even from something made out of nothing more than data" the old man chucked wickedly as he crossed his hands, placing his chin atop his hands as he watch the being before him struggle to return to normal. Perhaps he should've activated this new Atma virus? Maybe it would've been interesting to see such a strange creation of man. But if he did then it would spoil all the fun.

"Well that's enough of that for now, perhaps if you stop by again I shall teach you a thing or two" the old man explained before suddenly disappearing in a flash of light.

"…" Heat gasped, desperately trying to regain his breath as he watched the old man disappear. "B-bastard" Heat roared, well as best he could, before passing out.

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Well that's it. So Heat, Lucifer, and there's something inside Heat's soul that Lucifer wants. But is it just inside Heat's soul? What about Midori and Naoya? Are they connected to Heat in this way? Who knows...oh yeah me XD But I'm not telling…yet that is. Well teasing besides hope you all enjoyed this rather strange chapter filled with mystery and oddity.

Till next time…

Your Zombie King

Alex!