Chaoter 27: Snowed In
Yay, late again! Well not a day late, but pretty close. Also 10 favs/follows! Such achievements, I know. Probably like 10g added to my gamer score. Anyways here is the new chapter, not on time. And yes, longer again, since you guys are just so awesome and understanding with my lateness. Even though next Saturday is Halloween, I'll do my best to post again. Please enjoy! Leave a review saying what I'm doing right/wrong or if you want to suggest any ideas. (I swear I feel like I should change my time to Sunday...)
Asuna blinks her eyes open, her hand on her forehead, probably from her sleep. She turns to see the clock and widens her eyes. The clock read 10:30 and she hadn't been woken up.
"Xertic, you didn-" she sits up and sees the other side of the bed empty. Asuna looks around the room and lays her eyes on the window. Snow was coming down fast, and it looked heavy.
She gets up from the bed and walks over to the window. There must have been three feet on the ground, a massive blizzard. Asuna then turns when she hears a voice.
"Listen, do you want me to dig through all of that snow in front of my house, down the road, all the way to your place?... She has to stay here, no way are we getting out, too much precipitation. Yes, Mrs. Yuuki, she'll be fine, goodbye." Xertic swings into the room, sighing and levitating above the floor. He locks eyes with Asuna.
"When did you wake up?"
"A minute ago. What was that?" Xertic had on a blue jacket with black jeans, as well as green shoes that she hadn't seen before. He closes his eyes and stretches into a lounging position.
"Your mother thinks I could dig all the way to your house to get you home, but I convinced her otherwise. Lessons are canceled for today, as you may have guessed." Asuna walks to the door and looks down the hall.
"Why is it so… Empty?" She asks. Xertic holds up four fingers.
"I got good news, bad news, awful news, and the worst news possible. Good news is, I'm still here," he says, smirking. Asuna tilts her head.
"Who says that's good news…" She giggles at the sound of growling.
"Bad news, everyone is gone, so you're stuck with me…" His smirk turns into an evil smile. "Awful news, I'm lying, we aren't alone." He lands on the ground and walks to the doorway.
"And the worst news?" Xertic looks back with an annoyed expression.
"Guess who isn't gone…"
-downstairs-
Assol sits on the couch, writing in a notebook. He had to figure out a way of getting into that portal, or Lucifer would never let him do anything.
"Maybe I can use an enchantment…?" He closes the book at the sound of footsteps. "Finally, some move-" his mouth stops when he sees Xertic and Asuna enter the living room. He grits his teeth. "Oh great, my least favorite and third least favorite people…"
Xertic plops down on the couch next to him and smiles. "Cool, I made it to the top of one of your many lists." Asuna leans on the couch next to him.
"That's the reason you're not liked, Assol. Maybe if you didn't hate everyone you see…" Assol snaps towards her.
"Don't speak to me like a child, pathetic human. I can't even believe you stand this scum of a demon, always acting so tough when all he is is just a fake." Xertic glares at him.
"Don't talk to Asuna like that. We have to find out why the house is empty." He takes out his phone and dials in a number.
"Hello? Oh, hey big brother!" Azazel's daemon voice squeaks in the phone mic.
"Where are you? Why did you leave me with the scrublord?" He says boredly in the demonic tongue.
"I had urgent business, something that I couldn't take him with me, you know…" Xertic sighs into his hand.
"Azazel I know your mom was a succubus but come on…"
"Thanks for watching him, big brother! Gotta go!" She hangs up and Xertic pockets his phone.
"Assol, you will now be my butler for the day." Assol jumps up.
"Excuse me? I will do nothing of the fu-" Xertic aims a revolver at his head.
"Don't make me more pissed than I am right now, you can cook, can't you?" Assol growls as he walks into the kitchen. Asuna glares at Xertic. "What?"
"You shouldn't treat him like that, either." Xertic crosses his arms.
"He's annoying anyways, might as well put him to work." Xertic leans his back. "The kid does have a point, how do you stand me?" Asuna walks around the couch and sits next to him, linking her fingers with his.
"Because I know that you don't mean half of the things you say." Xertic looks at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Damn, you know me too well…"
-2 hours later-
Asuna sits on the couch, staring at her phone. A message pops up from Liz.
"Hey, you trapped too?" Asuna smiles.
"I have it worse, trapped with two demons..." Her eyes catch on something next to her. She stares at the black leather notebook for a few seconds before picking it up. She opens the book and gasps. In black ink was many words written in different demonic languages, but she recognized the sketches of Satan's Dagger. A knife suddenly pushes against her throat, making her freeze.
"If you scream he won't have his precious human any longer." Assol's voice hisses in her ear.
"What do you want?" Assol casually takes the notebook from her hands and tucks it under his arm, still holding the blade against her skin.
"Getting that blasted dagger is proving to be difficult, but i feel like you can be of use. Get me the dagger, Xertic probably doesn't even trust you enough, but who knows?" He asks, smiling. Asuna glares at him.
"Why would I ever help you?" She shoots back. Assol growls and snaps his fingers. a tablet enters Asuna's hands, showing a picture ofher mother and father.
"You can't see it, but snipers are currently aimed at them. I may be small, but i have connections, girl," he says, laughing. Asuna sighs and stands up, pushing the blade away.
"I can't believe I'm doing this, Xertic wont ever forgive me..." Assol spreads his arms out wide.
"If he does not, my friends and I will." He turns and leaves the room. Asuna sighs and rubs her throat, checking if there was a cut. After seeing no blood, she turns towards the stairs and quietly climbs them. She reaches Xertic's room and opens the door. Her boyfriend wasn't in sight, so she began looking around the room.
Asuna, don't think of this as betrayal, her shoulder demon says. You're protecting your family, he will understand. Yeah right. She moves some folders from his desk, then opens a drawer. She stares inside, looking at the blade.
"Why would he put it here..." she whispers to herself, taking it out and pressing it against her waist. She turns and starts walking when she freezes. Xertic leans against the wall, cleaning out his fingernails.
"Oh, hey Asuna. Doing some target practice? My arena is pretty awesome, isn't it?" He says, smirking and looking at her with one eye. Asuna backs up, smiling lightly.
"I can-" Xertic holds up a finger.
"Wait for it..." Assol walks through the door.
"Oh, you found it, perfect. Maybe you aren't such a stupid human." he takes the blade. Asuna looks behind him at Xertic, who winks. "Well, I guess since I have it, and Xertic isn't here, no stopping me from killing you." He raises the dagger.
"Electrocute 'em, Drake." Assol falls to the ground in pain as an electric shock goes through him. Xertic walks up to Assol and takes the dagger. he then throws it up as it turns black and morphs into a cobra, landing on Xertic's shoulder.
"Brilliant, young master. Good morning, my lady." The snake bows at Asuna, who stares, dumbfounded.
"What just happened?"
"I've never felt so much pain at once!" Xertic bends over to look at Assol.
"Seriously, squirt, I have cameras, like, all over this house. You really think I wouldn't have seen you threaten my girlfriend." He stands up straight and looks at Asuna. "No hard feelings by the way. Sorry I had to lie to you, Drake has been here the whole time." Asuna sighs in relief.
"So this jerk really wasn't going to get the dagger." She kicks Assol in the stomach. "That's for my parents." Assol clutches himself.
"Stop, I'm in pain already!" Xertic picks him up by the collar and wags his finger in his face.
"One more mess up like that and you're going back to Lucifer in two pieces. Drake, clean him up." The cobra crawls down to the floor and turns into a hellhound. It takes Assol's hand in its mouth and drags him to the bathroom. Xertic then turns to Asuna.
"Sorry you're parent were involved as well, but I suspected that he might try and turn you against me." Asuna crosses her arms.
"And it worked..." He puts a hand around her shoulder.
"Aw, i wouldn't have been too mad. I mean I'd kill you, but then send you an apology letter in heaven." Asuna shudders. and he then looks at her with his left eye, frowning, showing his jagged teeth. "I'm kidding." He walks to the door and snaps his fingers. A portal opens and the real dagger falls into his hands. He then tosses it to Asuna, who barely caught it. "Hold on to that for a few hours, so I see what you would really do with it."
Asuna stares longingly at the black and red blade, then puts it in its scabbard. "So, I guess he trusts me..." She smiles and pockets the dagger before following Xertic, as well as eventually making lunch.
Drake finishes cleaning off the last plate, Asuna standing next to him and putting them away.
"I told you already my lady, you do not need to help me." Asuna smiles.
"Don't be silly, it's fine." Gamelus walks into the kitchen, yawning and holding a burlap bag.
"What up guys? What did i miss? By the way, Drake, no need to shovel the snow, I melted it." Drake chuckles and begins polishing the silverware. Asuna shrugs.
"Assol threatened me, I betrayed Xertic, Drake electrocuted Assol, and Yui... wait a minute, where is Yui?" Yui pops up from Gamelus's hood in her pixie form.
"Hi mommy! Uncle took me out with him!"
"What was that about Xertic, Drake, and the pipsqueak?" Xertic peers in from the door frame.
"There's my little soul. Where the hell have you been, brother?" Gamelus smiles and opens the bag. It was filled with Nerf, Airsoft, paintball, cap, and actual guns.
"I was at Sinon's house." Drake raises an eyebrow.
"Murdering people?" Yui turns into her normal form and runs to help her mother as Gamelus shoulders the bag.
"In a way? Yes." He walks out of the room and up the stairs. Asuna looks at Xertic, who was watching him leave.
"I don't know what happened, but something tells me he actually scored a date." he shakes his head and walks into the kitchen.
-Sinon's house, current time-
Asada closes the door, holding a few targets with holes in the bulls-eye marks. She had told Gamelus about her gun problem, and he had decided to try and help her. They had spent the day out in the snow, slowly progressing from Nerf to cap guns, but she couldn't hold the pistol he brought.
"Don't worry, small steps." he had told her, before hitting three bulls-eyes in one breath. She smiles and looks out the window.
"Yeah, small steps..." She throws out the targets, lies on her bed, and puts on her Amusphere, seeing if anyone else finally had gotten their internet back.
I tried to be on time, but like i said above, things happen. Hope you liked it, and thanks for sticking around! *shuts off lights to work room* heh... Xertic called him a scrublord...