Chapter 7: Descisions
Look at that ending last time, the romance is starting. So, 7 is my favorite number. That's not useful in any way but whatever. Let's start the story.
Liz was watching through the window next to the school door, waiting for Asuna so that they could go to class. After a few minutes, she saw Asuna and... him. Liz honestly didn't know why she never liked Xertic when they were younger.
He was always acting strange, like never removing those gloves that he made sure were on him, or staying near that weird butler that he called "Drake", and never took off his jacket, no matter what temperature it was. But besides that, he was never truly mean or rude to her. He often teased her, but Liz used to tease him a lot more. But today, when she saw Asuna kiss his cheek, she got angry.
"Why would she do that? He's a jerk!" Liz complains right before the door opens. Asuna walks through and smiles.
"Hey Liz, do I need to help you with your homework?" Liz smiles mischievously.
"Not this time, but it seems you need a little help. I saw your little move outside." Asuna raises an eyebrow.
"What move?"
"Don't deny it. You kissed Xertic out there." Asuna's face turned hot.
"S-shut up... Why were you even looking?" Liz crosses her arms.
"Don't try and change the subject." Kirito walks up.
"Hey, are you girls coming? Class starts in two minutes. Can you afford another tardy, Liz?" Liz turns around and waves her hand.
"I think Asuna's crush is more important."
"It's not a crush!" Kirito tilts his head.
"What crush?" Liz proceeds to tell him about the sight outside.
"We were talking about his brother. Something happened to him and I wanted to make Xertic feel better..." Kirito looks at Liz.
"Yeah, it's not a crush. Maybe pity, but not a crush." Asuna scoffs and Liz shakes her head.
"I am determined to find some evidence that you have a crush." Asuna looks at the ground.
"Let's just go to class..."
-Xertic's House-
Xertic sat in a large pool filled with hot water. Drake sat at the edge, constantly checking the temperature and handing his master soap when requested.
"So, the young lady showed some sort of affection towards you, master? COngratulations." Xertic glares at his reflection.
"Don't congratulate me. Demons like us are not supposed to receive love. You know that more than anyone. But, my mother did show love for Gamelus and I, so maybe it is not so hard to believe." Yui, who was wrapped in a towel near the pool, perks up.
"Daddy, does this mean that I'm getting a mommy soon?" Drake starts laughing under his breath until a wave of boiling water drenches him. Xertic looks at his daughter.
"We will have to see Yui. For now, it's not definite. Drake, dry yourself off. A butler shouldn't serve his master in that state." He looks back at the pool and closes his eyes, smiling smugly.
"With pleasure, master..." Drake growls, regretting ever teasing the demon. Xertic climbs out of the pool and Drake dries him off before dressing his master.
"Alright, it's time for your worst nightmare, Yui. I hope you completed all of your assignments for me." Yui jokingly sulks. They all walk out of the bathing room and Xertic and Yui walk into a large library. Xertic sits down in a brown leather chair and snaps his fingers, the fireplace setting ablaze. Yui reaches up and pulls a brown book from one of the shelves.
"Ok, I think I know how to speak a fluent sentence now," Yui says, opening the book.
"Right then. Respond to this question." Xertic switches to daemon. "Who are you?"
"Yui, an A.I., the rightful daughter of the Twin Terrors, specifically Xertic Ravenclaw." The girl responds, speaking perfect daemon.
"Wonderful, Yui. Normal parents would be concerned that their daughter is speaking such strange words, but I couldn't be more prouder," Xertic states, switching back to Japanese. Yui blushes and giggles.
"Will you ever show me how to summon a demon, daddy?" Xertic shakes his head.
"I'm sorry, my child, but you would not be able to control it at this age. But, perhaps in a few years, when you will truly have a need for it." Yui sighs and Xertic closes the book. "Come on, it's about lunch time."
Later, at the dicey cafe, Agil was cleaning glasses while Klein quickly dirtied the clean ones with more alcohol. Xertic walks in and Agil smiles, pulling out a red liquid.
"Hey, Xertic, I already know what you need, so you don't need to worry about ordering." Xertic smiles.
"Ah, I don't think it would matter anyway. Drunkards don't pay attention too much," he says, taking the red drink. Klein frowns.
"Hey, I'm not that drunk yet. Anyways, what's so special about that drink?" Agil and Xertic look at each other.
"Xertic told me that he can't drink normal alcohol, so a man dropped off this liquid on his behalf. What is that stuff, anyway?" Xertic sips the blood from the cup.
"Nothing that's important. So, Klein is it? I see you are the average horny single guy of this friend group?"
"Neh, I guess you can say that, but I like to think of myself as a good-looking guy not looking for a relationship yet." Agil smiles.
"Sounds more like you, Xer."
"Shaddup!" Klein and Xertic yell at the same time, making all three of them burst out in laughter.
Xertic finishes the cup of blood and sighs. "Well, if relationships have become the topic. Something weird happened this morning, but I don't want to get inot it. I'm sure she's getting more teasing that I would get." Klein smirks.
"Hey, we are all guys. Of course, Mr. Big guy here won't be affected as much, being taken." He pats Agil's arm, who rolls his eyes.
"Alright, but don't say I was wrong. This morning, Asuna kissed my cheek." Klein nearly falls over.
"What?! That's not cool!" Agil glares at him and looks back at Xertic, who was in between laughter and confusion.
"Klein once hit on Asuna, didn't go too well. I think he still has the scar from the hit."
"Asuna was always a bit of a tsundere..." Klein sits back on the stool.
"I ask her out and get beaten, but you say nothing and she kisses you! That's just unfair." Xertic waves his hand.
"On the cheek, man. And to be honest, it felt more likea pity kiss, since we were talking about my brother. He kinda died. No, now I'm getting carried away. This is what I was talking about." Xertic growls under his breath. It's reasons like this that make me hate some humans.
Agil takes Klein's cup. "That's enough alcohol for you. Anyways, you handle that how you want, Xer." The door opens and Kirito walks into the door.
"I heard the conversation from outside. You would not believe how much Liz was bothering Asuna today." Xertic rolls his eyes and slumps over the bar as Kirito sits down next to him.
"I can't believe Rika saw that. Another reason why she annoys me, she won't let go of any source of gossip."
"Why do you and Liz hate each other?"
"It's not that we hate each other, we just compete on who can annoy the other more." Klein shrugs and takes another cup filled with liquor.
-That night-
Shouzou opens the door at a soft knocking sound. He opens it and looks down at a small black-haired girl, who smiles.
"Hi there, is your daughter home?' He raises an eyebrow.
"Yes..." Shouzou turns and walks up the stairs to Asuna's bedroom. "You have some weird friends. This little girl is looking for you." Asuna pockets her phone and sits up.
"Does she have black hair?"
"Yeah, she does, who is she?"
"Not important right now. Thanks dad," Asuna says quickly, pushing past her father and running downstairs. Asuna finds Yui interested in the lamp next to the door.
"Hi, Yui-chan. Did your father send you here?" Yui smiles and looks over.
"Hai, he wants to talk with you, come on." She turns and runs out of the door. Asuna follows her, and the two eventually slow down to a walk.
"So, Yui, you know about Xertic being... different, right?" Yui stares at the full moon.
"It's ok, you can say that he's a demon. Daddy warned me when he and Uncle saved me, but I didn't mind. Just today, I was able to speak daemon with him!" The girl beams and Asuna giggles. Her innocence made her even cuter. "So, what should I call you?"
"You could just call me Asuna, or whatever you want." Yui gets excited.
"Can I call you mommy?" Asuna blushes and looks away. "Uncle Drake was making fun of Daddy because of something from this morning. Daddy told me that I shouldn't call you mommy yet but if you let me call you it then it's ok!" Asuna sighs.
"Alright, you call me your mother." Yui cheers and hugs Asuna before running inside. Drake climbs out of Asuna'sshadow and shakes his head, smiling.
"It seems that lady Asuna has also fallen for Yui's charm. None are safe, not even us demons." He says in a somewhat trance, leaning on a rake. Asuna jumps and smiles nervously.
"I guess so... where's Xertic?" Asuna asks. Drake points up towards the roof.
"Every full moon my master sits on the roof and watches it the whole night. He doesn't sleep, just watches it. I bring him tea every two hours." Asuna nods and Drake snaps his fingers, a ladder forming against the wall of the shack/house. Asuna climbs up the ladder and it disappears. Xertic was sitting on the edge of his roof, smiling at the full moon.
"So perfect..." Asuna walks over and sits down next to him.
"Hey, you called for me?"
"Ah, so Yui got you. I'll have to thank her. Yeah, I wanted to show you this. One of the reasons I built this house here." He points at the view that the moon was in. The black trees that were used to hide the house were separated at one section of the yard. The clouds were positioned perfectly to show the moon at a large size. The moonlight lit up the whole yard perfectly, and the stars were positioned perfectly. Asuna gasps at the sight and smiles.
"It's beautiful..." Xertic leans back, his teeth smiling.
"You know, I was told you got a hard time at school today from this morning." Asuna blushes and looks away.
"Y-yeah..."
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I was a little confused. I mean, a monster like me getting affection? Highly unlikely for a bloodthirsty, soul-eating creature like myself." Xertic says, turning his gaze back on to the moon. Asuna sighs.
"I don't know what came over me... I just wanted you to know someone cared..." Her breath hitches as he takes her hand.
"You don't need to prove that you care, Asuna. I told you I would protect you when we were younger, and I'm not going to turn my back on you. However... If Liz is right, you know how dangerous it would be, right? I don't even want to think about the danger that you would be in if we began dating. I can't let that happen." Asuna looks at the ground.
"I know, I know... But, maybe... we could try...?" Asuna couldn't see it, but Xertic's frown instantly turned up into a half smile.
"So you do have a crush on me?" Asuna widens her eyes and lets go of his hand while he covers his eyes in his mad laughter.
"Did you seriously bring me up here for that?!" Xertic grabs his waist and tries to take a breath.
"No... no... I just had to... Oh god I can't believe that worked!" He sits back up and sighs.
"Jerk..." Asuna relaxes a bit and takes his hand.
"But seriously, are you willing to take the risk?" Xertic quickly stopped laughing and looks at her with his rarely-used serious look.
"I... I think so..." Asuna nods and looks him in the eyes. Xertic leans in and whispers something in her ear.
"Consider yourself lucky that you aren't the only one with the crush, Asuna." She blushes heavily and the two shared their first kiss, the moon illuminating the entire roof. Drake was quietly raking from below, and smiled as he could sense his master's heart rate raising.
"I guess they were right after all, master." He whispers to himself, smiling.
-Underworld, Satan's throne room-
A demonic guard opens Gamelus's door and picks up the boy by his throat.
"You are coming to see the Dark Lord." Gamelus glares at the guard as he is handcuffed and led to the throne room. A demon slowly opens the door, shaking heavily and trudging away. Gamelus rolls his eyes. When I was a child I'd be even more scared of that, but now I'm older. I've grown up a little, Xer. Gamelus walks into the throne room and two demonic guards stand in front of the door, equipped with sharpened spears and a sword each. He sighs and looks to the throne. A large black firgure sits in the gold chair, leaning on it shand. The shadow pulls away to reveal a large red-skinned man with sharpened teeth and long claws for hands.
"Gamelus, one half of the Twin terrors. I see you have a negotiation?" Gamelus gets on one knee and bows his head.
"Yes, my lord, I do. If you will listen, that is." Satan smiles mischievously. He was going to enjoy this.
And done. Just an announcement, I will be going back to posting weekly, since I wont be on vacation. So dont think these will be out every day. Sorry, but I cant do that ever week. Thanks for reading as always!