(17th June, 09:00, Full Moon)

Beast and the Beast

Chapter Sixteen – The Evil of Anger

(Please note this story has vast similarities to Beauty and the Beast, yet I claim no ownership over Beauty and the Beast, only my inspiration is stolen from the movie/book.)

Right, so I've decided I'm going to put more 'environmental quality' to my story, you know, add a few lines to make it more dramatic and 'pretty' in a sense.

Feedback is welcome and appreciated, thank you for the reviews so far, I wasn't really expecting to get reviews on a Diablo story.

Do you prefer this way of writing or the previous one with almost no explanations of surrounding, etc?

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Sakai felt like she was in a dream, everything was hazy and her vision was filled with smoke as she opened her eyes; she tried to look around the almost barren room; only to be met with the sulfuric smoke around her, layering her skin with a grayish substance that looked similar to ash but she identified it as brick matter and cement, it was oozing from the ceiling, firstly in a puff of smoke and then settling as cement dust.

She could see the thin particles swim before her vision and it took her a moment to realize she was struggling to breathe in the thick haze of smoke coming from above, she could hear loud thumps from the room above and she didn't know what to think about it until she started to hear voices.

"Calm yourself!" She heard a voice resonate from above with almost perfect clarity, he was yelling loudly and she felt herself shiver as she stood up and ran to the glassless window for air, taking a moment to examine her arms, they were matted a grayish color from the cement dust, it resulted in a funny pigment on her green skin.

The dust still spewed from the ceiling, coming out of the window in puffs as she examined the landscape provided from the view of the window, it was horrible, rivers of lava ran along the surface like an inland waterway and there wasn't a tree in sight; the land was blackened to the color of charcoal and she could see various demonic activities occurring below that could only be described as inhumane. Instead she directed her attention to the sky and was both surprised and appalled at what she saw; the sky was the color of molten lava and it swirled around heavy grayish clouds, soundless thunder could be seen above the clouds, creating webs of electricity that seemed to be endless.

She could see the window of the room from where the commotion came and once again the voices caught her attention, she heard incoherent drawling, that almost sounded like growling, come from above and then the voice she heard previously.

"Diablo!" The voice yelled and she found out two things on that second, that horrific huge red beast was in the room above her and she had no idea how he got there and that he was the one making the roof almost collapse. She looked back into the room and up at the ceiling, she could see cracks forming along the surface and panic surged in her, what would happen if the roof DID collapse? She continued to watch in a sort of trance as the cracks continued to snake along the surface.

"Diablo, if you don't calm down right now I'm tossing you out of the window!" The opposing voice screamed now in a sort of hiss, but it sounded puny and inferior to the sound of Diablo growling and groaning in fury from above.

Sakai felt a giggle escape her mouth, even in her trance she could appreciate the beauty of that comment, she could barely imagine the force of a ton shifting that beast an inch and here a demon was threatening to 'shove' him out of the window like a ragdoll; not even to mention the force it would take to break down the wall to get him out of the window, or create one that was big enough for him to fit through. Considering it could take the stampede of the giant above that would break through usual flooring like it was rice paper.

She heard the roar of Diablo as he continued to pace the room and how he got up there still eluded her and suddenly she heard a voice so terrifying it made her freeze over and turn several shades paler.

"Baal, don't try to calm me down in a situation like this! You might be my brother but it will bring you no good that you're threatening me!" He hissed out and Sakai felt her body shake awake as if a thousand needles stung her at once.

She had freed the brother of Baal and this puny inferior voice she had heard was Baal, the King of Hell? She felt her body shake at the closeness she had to both of them, she was mere feet away from them, even if they were separated by a rapidly eroding roof.

"Because you're destroying my room and GOD FORBID you're going on like a child about an easily controlled situation!" Baal screamed and Sakai leaned against the wall as she felt herself get faint, this couldn't get worse, his room was above hers, could it really be that close?

She ran for the door, putting her arm over her head to avoid more of the dust covering her, the smokescreen of dust still around her and it made her choke as the particles entered her lungs. When she reached the door she looked back into the room, she couldn't even see the window through the smog.

"Run girl… just run." She muttered to herself and suddenly she fled down the stairs, running as fast as her two legs could carry her, away from Baal and Diablo, away from two extremely powerful demons, away from being crushed beneath their weight and anger and away from what she got dragged into.

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Baal glared at Diablo with an anger that could melt the glaciers, he had grown sick with his brother's anger over something as pathetic as the angels figuring out a way into Hell that did not consist of passing by Mephisto.

"I swear it's that bloody human you brought along!" Diablo bellowed as he continued to pace. "Entertaining a human! Hah! I can't believe you would stoop so low! You of all demons!" Diablo roared as he stomped his foot hard against the floor, a crack appeared and a loud hollow sound came from beneath.

"Diablo!" Baal roared in return, advancing on his brother menacingly. "You will cease this anger immediately! If you destroy my room beneath I swear to GOD I will return you to your seals or use you as a pillar to keep the roof up!" Baal snarled as he was standing right in front of Diablo, making him cease his pacing.

"Since when had you been concerned about a room, it's because that pathetic little morsel is sleeping in there isn't it?" Diablo asked with a mocking undertone that could only be identified as an insult. Baal glared daggers at his brother as his chest heaved in anger, his eyes shone a brighter amber that almost looked like liquid gold at his growing anger.

"Do not test my patience." He said very slowly as he took a menacing step towards his brother. "The human has nothing to do with my room; it is purely the fact that you'll be destroying something that is mine." Baal finished, his eyes still swirling dangerously as he stood rigid.

Diablo scoffed and suddenly smirked, his facial muscles pulling tight around his glowering orbs for eyes, even his horns seemed to perk up with the action of his smile. "The human or the room?" He asked scornfully, losing the smirk and replacing it with a grimace; that in turn made his face look dire and dark.

Though nothing could compare to the look that Baal gave in turn, every feature on him turned dark as he ran the answer Diablo gave through his head a thousand times in a second; and his iris seemed to burst as his eyes turned completely amber, filling up the entire eye socket as his rage soared.

With a one swift movement Baal had pushed Diablo right through the castle wall, debris scattered around the room as he heard the roar of his brother, plummeting over four stories down, considering the height of the castle.

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Sakai was outside, treading across the charcoaled ground carefully, afraid of burning herself and receiving quite a few glances from the demons around her, when she heard the horrible roar of Diablo. She and every other Demon around the castle and even beyond turned towards the noise and she sucked in her breath as she saw the huge red demon plummet to the ground.