Disclaimer-i do not own any of the characters from Yami no Matsuei. Also, if the description of the demons seems familiar and you believe you know where they come from I do not own them as well although I was not aiming for it to be them. once you read you will know what i am talking about.

Chapter 8: The Truth about Demons and Devils

The next day Tsuzuki and Muraki arrived at the ministry. Walking into his and Hisoka's office, everyone was shocked to see the purple eyed guardian at work and on time.

"Tsuzuki, you're at work and on time for once," said Tatsumi staring at his friend as though he had grown two heads.

"I wanted to call in sick but Kazutaka wouldn't let me," pouted the purple eye shinigami.

"I did not want to be late for my first day of work," said Muraki wrapping his arm around Tsuzuki's waist.

"You could learn something from the doctor," giggled Watari. "And maybe then you won't be late for work anymore."

Tatsumi chuckled at the pout on his friend's face. "Watari, you and Muraki have a case." He gave Watari the case file.

"Your first case as a Shinigami. You must be nervous," said Tsuzuki.

"Not really." Muraki winked an eye at his lover and turned to face his new partner. "What is the case?"

"It seems a brother and sister were killed in a car accident," said Watari sadly. "They were only nine and ten years old."

"Poor little things," said Tsuzuki sadly. He looked at the file. "It seems that the mother didn't buckle them up and they went . . . through the windshield."

"Knock, knock," came a female voice behind them. They turned around to see Alicia standing behind them. "And how is my favorite big brother doing today?" She wrapped her arms around him pinning his arms to his side.

"Fine, now that you are here," Muraki said smiling at his sister.

"So, have you found a place for me to put my brothers' mansion?"

"Um, well, I uh, you see . . . " Tatsumi said nervously scratching the back of his head.

"What is it?" asked Hisoka.

"Well, Miss Muraki, the only place you could put his mansion would be next to Lord Enma's private gardens," said Tatsumi.

"Well, let's go," said Alicia hooking her arm around his arm and dragging him out of the office. "And stop calling me Miss. You make me sound like an old woman."

A few minutes later, they arrived at Lord Enma's garden. "Wow, it's so colorful," said Tsuzuki.

"Here's the perfect spot," said Alicia smiling. It was on the other side of a large pond. "Are you ready to be back inside your home, brother?"

"Yes," said Muraki.

"You didn't like bunking with me," Tsuzuki looked up at him with sad puppy eyes.

"Of course I did but it was crowded with me, you and Saikai." He kissed his lover on the forehead.

"You mean Saikai is here as well," Alicia said smiling. "That's good. I was so worried about him."

"You needn't worry about him because the lord said Mr. Saikai could stay," said Tatsumi.

"Good. Now to bring the mansion through." Alicia raised her hand and a pentagram burned itself into the ground glowing a bright blue. Suddenly slowly rising out of the center was a huge two story mansion made in the Victorian style. Rising out of the pentagram also was a large rose garden with several cherry trees.

"Wow, this is your home?" asked Watari looking in wonder.

"Yes," said Muraki answering his partner. Then he looked over at Tsuzuki and leaned close to him. "And it is your home as well," he whispered in the purple eyed man's ear and pulled him close.

"There, finished," said Alicia.

"Are you sure Lord Enma will want someone in his garden?" asked Hisoka.

"The kid is right," said Watari. "Lord Enma might not like someone trespassing in his private sanctuary."

"Now ask me if I care," said Alicia smirking.

"Come on Asato, let me show you the inside," said Muraki grabbing Tsuzuki by the hand and dragging him inside. "I want to show you something special."

"Uh oh, well boys it's been real."

"VERONICA!" they heard a scream come from inside the mansion. Suddenly a window was flung open on the second floor. "You," Muraki pointed at his sister angrily. "What have you done with Veronica?"

"Well, well, I uh, you see . . ."

"Alicia."

"I gave her and all those other dolls away to charity," she said.

"You WHAT!"

"I told you before I hated those creepy dolls. Their eyes kept following me everywhere I went."

"How could you? Some of those dolls were worth thousands of dollars. And how could you give Veronica away. She was a gift from my MOTHER!"

"You needn't worry about her I sold her to a little girl for one yen," said Alicia smiling. "She really liked the doll. The first thing she did was comb out those blond curly locks."

"Wait right there!" he yelled down to her.

"Well boys, it's been fun. Gotta go. Give this to him." She placed a note in Tatsumi's hand. Then she was surrounded by feathers and disappeared.

Muraki burst out of the door. "Where is she?" he roared.

"She's gone but she told me to give you this," said Tatsumi handing him the note.

Muraki opened it and read. "Ha, ha, you are so easy to fool. I put your precious, porcelain dolls in the cellar. Bye bye big brother."

"Come on Muraki," chuckled Watari. "You can unpack later. We still have a case to get to."

"And so do Tsuzuki and Kurosaki," said Tatsumi handing them their file. "Now, get to work."

"Yes sir," said Tsuzuki grabbing Hisoka by the collar and pulling the young guardian away.

xxxxx

The next morning Alicia arrived early at the ministry and went in search of Watari's lab. After an hour of searching, she came upon the blonde hair guardian's lab. Looking inside, the older man was hard at work working on some sort of an experiment. Alicia walked inside and stared at the yucky green substance and back at the scientist. "Whatcha doing?"

Watari yelped and poured too much of something into the beaker and there was a small explosion. Once the smoke cleared, Watari's face was covered in soot while Alicia didn't have a scratch on her.

"No!" screamed the blond. "All those long hours of perfecting my formula have gone up in smoke." He began to bang his forehead against the table.

"It wouldn't have work anyway," said Alicia. "You cannot change a man into a woman no matter how hard you try."

"Well, I changed Tsuzuki and Hisoka into children one time."

"That's different. You're talking about changing nature. Can't be done." She began to pick up a beaker and mixed some substances together.

"So, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" he asked watching her as she continued to mix the liquids together. "Your brother won't be here for another thirty minutes."

"I didn't come here to see Kai. I came to see you."

"To see me, why?" asked the blonde puzzled as he picked up a rag and cleaned his face.

"I've come to ask you to stop using Mr. Tsuzuki in your experiments." She smiled as the dark red liquid turned pink. "Give this to Mr. Tsuzuki."

"What is it?" Watari asked sniffing the liquid. "Smells good."

"Just a cleanser. This will cleanse his system of all the toxic crap you have fed him over the years."

"Hey, my experiments weren't crap," he said sulking.

"Of course they are but if you truly want to see something amazing. Just let things go as they are," said Alicia smiling.

"What do you mean?"

"If I tell you something will you promise not to tell anyone else."

"I promise," he said excited as he took a seat.

"It has to with your friend and the fact that he is a devil."

"Well, I've often heard Tsuzuki refer to himself as a demon but I've never thought much about it," said Watari frowning puzzled. "Are you saying that he really is a demon?"

"Not a demon, a devil. Well, in his case, half devil."

"What's the difference? I thought they were all the same."

Alicia stared at Watari as though he was the biggest idiot to walk the face of the Earth. "Of course there is a difference. Demons are mainly animal like or monster like in appearance. But a devil is a fallen angel and as you know angels have a human appearance except for the wings, the supernatural powers and so on." She frowned at the astonished look on his face. "I can't believe how inadequate your library is. Surely this is in there."

"Well no, it says nothing about any difference between a demon and a devil."

Alicia snorted in disgust. "I bet those outdated, unreliable pieces of crap in your library tells you that demons and angels and devils have no physical forms."

"Yes."

Alicia was filled with disgust. "Not only is Enma letting dangerous spirits run rampant to ruin innocent people's lives. He's also giving his worker inaccurate information." She took a seat on the other side of the table. "No, Mr. Watari, demons, devils and angels definitely have physical forms. Like I said, demons look like animals and monsters. However, devils still look like angels but their wings are black because they are fallen angels."

"But I always thought devils were horrible creatures with goat feet, horns on the head and long pointed tail."

Alicia snorted. "That is a misconception due to Christianity. Devils do not look like that."

"Anyway, a couple years ago I came across two young dog demons that were terrorizing a small fishing village in Shingu near Osaka. I had the little pups trapped and was about to get rid of them when their parents attacked. I have to say; they were fierce. One was a full-blooded demon and the other was a half demon. We fought. I almost lost but I got the upper hand on them. But it was the pleading of the half demon that made me let them go. Turns out, those two that was causing all the trouble were their children. It seems that they were bored and wanted to have some fun. They said they didn't mean to scare anyone. They just wanted someone other than their sibling to play with. Anyway, I gathered the villagers together and we all had a long discussion."

"That must have looked weird talking to a pack of dogs," said Watari.

"Actually, these demons were able to transform themselves into a humanoid form."

"Really?" Watari's eyes widened with interest.

"Yes, according to the full-blooded demon, only certain demons can take on a human like form and then change back into their demon form," said Alicia.

"What did they look like in human form?" asked Watari.

"Well the full-blooded demon was very very handsome with pointed ears, a blue crescent moon in the center of his forehead, two lavender stripes on each side of his cheeks and wrists with amber eyes and he had long silver hair that reached down to the crook in his knees. And the half demon had long white hair, no markings, large golden eyes but that demon had two of the most adorable white doggy ears sitting on top of his head. I wanted so much to touch them but the other demon growled at anyone that got too close to his mate."

"This is more information than we have in our library."

"So I've noticed. That is difference between working for ministry and working as a Kurenai warrior. We have more update, accurate information to go by. Now what made these demons so interesting to me was the fact that the half demon was the one to give birth to their children."

"What's so strange about that?" asked Watari.

"The half demon was a male as well."

Upon hearing that Watari fell off his stool. Quickly getting to his feet he stared at her as though she was crazy. "That's not possible."

"Actually yes it is," said Alicia smiling. "You know that there are some species that have both sex organs. You might say it is nature's way of making sure the species survive."

"I see. So what does this have to do with Tsuzuki?" asked Watari.

"There is not much known about devils or their mating habits since the majority of them are in hell. Only a few might still be walking the Earth but you would not be able to tell the difference between a devil and a human unless the devil decides to reveal himself. Anyway, I was thinking. If a half demon was able to give birth wouldn't you think a half devil would be able to give birth as well." She smiled knowingly at the scientist. She could see the wheels turning in the blonde hair guardian's mind. "Just imagine all the scientific data you would be able to get from him."

Suddenly the blonde hair guardian's eyes lit up with excitement. "I see what you mean. This would be amazing if he did get pregnant."

"Okay, once you give him this cleansing solution. I think we should wait a while before we give him a fertility solution." She winked at him. "Just to make sure he gets pregnant."

"But suppose he does not become pregnant like a half demon?"

"Well, the worst that will happen after taking the fertility drug is he might become sick." She shrugged her shoulders. "Now, we can't tell him or Kai this or they may take precautions."

Just then Muraki and Tsuzuki walked into the lab. Muraki leaped on his sister and put her in a headlock. "You brat. Veronica's hair was frizzy because you stuffed her in that box."

While the sister and brother argued, Watari held out the beaker of pink solution to Tsuzuki. "Try this."

"No thanks, I refuse to take anymore of your experiments," said Tsuzuki cringing away from the beaker.

"This isn't an experiment. It's just a cleansing solution. It will clean out all the toxins from all those experiments I forced you to drink," said Watari smiling at his friend and pouring it into a cup.

"Who are you and what have you done with the real Watari?"

Watari just laughed at his friend's skepticism.

"Are you being honest with me?"

"Yes I am. I've decided not to try my experiments on you anymore."

"Has the world ended?" Tsuzuki asked shocked.

"No silly, I believe that your body has probably become use to all the strange potions I have given you. So, I'm letting you off the hook for now and I'll use someone else for my experiment," said Watari.

"If it's true than why don't you use Terazuma." Tsuzuki smirked. "He can sure use some sort of potion to change his personality." Tsuzuki turned the cup up to his mouth and drank. "Mmmm, tastes like oranges. Wow, what was that Watari? I feel all warm and tingly inside."

Alicia giggled and said, "Well, I guess I better be going?"

"What are you going to be doing around lunch time?" asked Muraki.

"Nothing, I'm on a nice vacation so I will be at home for two weeks," said his sister.

"Could you meet me in front of the Wacko Department Store in Ginza." Muraki whispered in her ear.

"Sure thing, but why?"

"It's a surprise," he smiled.

"Okay, I'll see you then." She turned to the other two. "Well, I'll see you guys later." And walked out.

xxxxx

When it was lunch time, Muraki was leaving to meet his sister. He was never so glad when he was told Tsuzuki was still on assignment and would be out all day. Now, he can get his gift without the other knowing about it. Just as he walked out of the ministry building, he was met by Tatsumi. The secretary cleared his throat and stepped in front of Muraki.

"Muraki I would like to speak to you about your sister."

"What about Alicia?" he asked frowning.

"Do . . . uh, do you think she would go out on a date with me?" he asked turning his face away from the doctor and blushing.

"You want to go out on a date with her?" Muraki looked at the other man shocked. Tatsumi nodded his head. "Well," Muraki scratched the side of his nose, "I don't know. The only thing I can say is you will have to ask her." Suddenly a thought came to him. A wonderfully, wicked evil thought came to him to pay her back for packing his precious dolls away like they were old clothes about to be discarded. "Why don't you go by to see her tonight at eight o'clock and ask her then. All she does is watch television all night so you won't be disturbing her."

"Are you sure?"

"I am positive. Besides, she needs someone in her life." He took out a pen and a piece of paper writing down Alicia's address. Muraki knew that Alicia goes to bed at seven thirty. It was a rule of the monastery and the rule stuck. He also knows that she will not be able to go back to sleep once she has been woken up. That'll fix the brat for packing his poor Veronica in that smelly fish box. He handed the address to the secretary. "Well I have to go and good luck."

He disappeared and reappeared in an alley near the department store. Walking out of the alley, he saw Alicia leaning against the wall. "Shall we go in?"

"Sure but what for?" asked Alicia. "Why in the world did you want me to meet you here?"

They went to the jewelry counter and began looking at the rings. "Because, I am going to ask Asato to marry me."

Alicia turned to stare at him with eyes widened and her mouth hanging open. "Are you sure about this brother? You have not known him long."

"You said yourself," he said smiling down at the rings. "We are bound by the red threads of fate. I love him Alicia and I want to spend the rest of eternity with only him"

Alicia smiled. 'Well, it seems like our little experiment is happening at the right time. I'm hoping it will be a success. I can't think of two people who would make wonderful parents than those two.' "Kai, I am so happy for you." She jumped into his arms kissing his cheek. "I wish you all the happiness in the world." She hooked her arm around his arm. "Shouldn't you be here with your intended?"

"He's on assignment for the day."

"I get it. You're going to surprise him. How romantic."

"So, I need your help picking out a ring."

Just then a young woman walked up to them. "Welcome to Wacko. Can I help you?"

"I'm looking for an engagement ring," said Muraki.

"Wonderful, might I be the first to congratulate you and your lovely fiancé," said the woman.

"Blah, not me, I'm his sister," said Alicia flinching. "This is for someone else."

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"It's all right," said Muraki smiling. "Now, can you show us all your engagement rings."

"Yes sir." She opened the glass case and pulled out several trays of diamond engagement rings. They looked beautiful and sparkly but not a one caught his interest.

"Maybe you shouldn't go for the traditional diamond engagement ring," said Alicia smiling, looking at the beautiful jewelry. "Maybe you should get something that matches the eyes."

Muraki stood before her and gaped at the case filled with amethyst rings. But the question still remained, which one to choose. He looked at them all and again he could not find what he wanted until he spied the ring he wanted. It was an amethyst ring cut in the shape of a heart with tiny diamonds surrounding it. "That's the one."

The attendant took the ring and placed it in a box and rung up the total. "I'll pay for it," said Alicia taking out her credit card. "You don't have your money anymore, remember." She whispered to him. "I'll talk to Mr. Tatsumi and find out how I can transfer your money back to you. Okay."

"Okay," he smiled. 'You'll be talking to him sooner than you think.' He inwardly laughed at the situation. He wished he could see her face when Mr. Tatsumi interrupts her sleep but he had more important things to deal with tonight like asking the man he love to marry him.

After making their purchase, Alicia took her brother out to lunch to celebrate him popping the question to Tsuzuki. They talked for hours about her work and then his work. Once their long lunch was over, the two went their separate ways.

xxxxx

Unknown to the siblings they were being watched by a pair of curious blue eyes from out of a dark alley. "So, this is where the dragon has been hiding all this time." The dark figure chuckled. "Enjoy your peaceful little lives' dragon twin of heaven for it will not last long. Soon, everything and everyone you hold dear shall be swept away like sand in the dessert." The mysterious figure began to laugh and then disappeared.