(17th June, 21:00, Full Moon)
Beast and the Beast
Chapter Twenty One – Sakai is Missing
(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.)
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Baal reached the castle and saw as all the demons dispersed at his presence, running away in various directions to avoid his obvious wrath. He saw Diablo standing by the castle door, arms crossed and looking rather angry; probably realizing the same thing as what Baal was.
Baal walked up to his brother, stopping a few inches from him. "I think there's a mortal in the castle." He muttered angrily and Diablo scoffed in annoyance.
"You think?" Diablo hissed as he walked into the castle, followed by a very annoyed Baal; he didn't like the idea of a mortal being in Hell anymore than Diablo did and both of them were thinking the same thing; Sakai caused it.
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Baal had reached his room upstairs and was both disappointed and angry that Sakai wasn't in it; he didn't like the idea of her being the cause of this and he didn't like the idea of her roaming the castle to start with; but he had promised her favor points for releasing Diablo and that entailed her to live in the castle.
With a growl he started to go to the third floor, perhaps she was up there, doing something innocent, or so he hoped.
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Sakai was still in the cleaning closet, she had stopped crying and was just wishing that she could turn back to a demon; she felt nervous and on edge the whole time while like this; afraid she was going to be discovered.
Just as she was thinking this she heard footsteps outside of the door; light human footsteps and immediately she knew it was Diablo.
She quickly got up and hid next to the door frame. 'Please don't let him come in here.' She cried out in her thoughts; this day would never end.
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Diablo was outside the storage room and he were picking up the scent of a human mingled with the human-like scent of Sakai. "Peas in a pod." He muttered as he reached for the doorknob and noticed the dust that had accumulated over the years had been wiped off by someone's hand and immediately he knew the person they were looking for was in here.
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Baal growled in frustration and just then he got the telepathic message from Diablo had he found them or the mortal at least; that he was sure of it.
Immediately he started running down the stairs towards the cleaning closet where Diablo said they were hiding; this would be interesting and he was disappointment because Diablo said he had smelled Sakai near the room as well and he was sure she had no intention of cleaning the castle; what else would she be doing there?
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Diablo put his hand on the doorknob once he was sure Baal was on the way; he wasn't sure whether he would've been able to resist killing the human before Baal arrived and he was sure he had a lot of questions for the human.
He turned the doorknob and opened the door in one swift moment; what he didn't expect to see was a blur of raven hair shoot pass him and a shoving feel as he was pushed into the room and the door shut and locked behind him in less than a second.
Diablo stared at the locked door and the scent of her human presence was overwhelming in the room; his eyes darkened to maroon as he felt his anger rise and with it his size started to increase; his skin flaking off to reveal red scales underneath.
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Sakai shoved Diablo inside and quickly locked the door; immediately she started to run towards the deepest recesses of the castle; she had no hope if she went outside with all the demons prowling the castle grounds.
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Baal reached the area where the cleaning room was and saw the walls on them crack. "Diablo! NO!" Baal yelled as he ran towards the room; only to be smacked in the face with debris as the room exploded under the sheer size of Diablo; his towering bulk shining crimson through the settling dust as he stepped through it; a roar escaping his mouth that made the ceiling shake; causing more dust to fall to the ground.
Baal pulled the debris off from him as he jumped to his feet, running to in front of Baal. "We had to use that human to get answers! What did you do you fool!" Baal screamed at Diablo; under the impression that Diablo had killed the mortal within the room; he couldn't see any other reason why Diablo would transform.
Diablo roared again and Baal got angrier and angrier at his brothers behavior! He couldn't even see the mortal under all the debris from the broken down walls; but he could smell human scent lingering around the area.
"Answer me!" Baal screamed and Diablo stared down at him, he took in a few deep breathes to calm himself and slowly he started to decrease in size; returning to his human visage.
Baal waited patiently as his brother returned to 'normal', being naked again. What was the point in getting clothes for him if he kept on destroying it by transforming over petty reasons?
"Answer me." Baal repeated as he had calmed himself down a bit as well; though his anger was still dangerously close to bubbling over.
Diablo didn't turn around to hide his nudity; it was obvious he was too angry to even acknowledge it. "It is a mortal, a female." Diablo said, some of his skin starting to flake off again as he was itching to transform and rip the castle apart in search of her.
"You probably mean 'was', god forbid if we can even recognize her after all the debris that fell on her! How can you be so irresponsible as to kill her Diablo?" Baal asked, his own anger rising. "And calm yourself!" He snapped now as he saw red appear on Diablo's skin again.
Diablo kept on taking deep breathes. "I didn't kill her." He forced himself to say with a smile. "She…" He continued to take deep breathes but nothing helped as he was slowly transforming again; his size increasing and more skin flaking off.
"She what?" Baal pushed, not understanding why he would go ballistic if he didn't kill her and where was she if she wasn't in the room? If he knew she was female he must've seen her, where was she then? "Diablo! CALM YOURSELF!"Baal screamed, taking out his anger on his brother.
Diablo kept silent for a few minutes as he just kept on taking deep breathes; he knew he had to go after the girl again but if he found her now he wouldn't even consider waiting for answers he would murder her on the spot for the audacity she had to shove him into a room!
Diablo was back to normal size and calm enough to speak. "She… she shoved me into the room and locked it the instant I opened the door; she knew I was coming." He said and Baal's eyes went from anger to confusion and then just went completely blank as he considered that answer.
"She… shoved you into a room? You? Diablo? The Lord of Terror got shoved into a closet and locked in by a mortal girl?" He asked, but not mockingly, more in surprise as he couldn't imagine that happening; Diablo scoffed in annoyance as he gave a nod. "I don't believe it." He said in surprise and then started to laugh. "I really don't believe it!" He continued to laugh as he leaned against the wall.
Diablo looked away in shame; he would murder this girl even if it was the last thing he did; no one had the right to embarrass him like this; no one, especially not a mortal. "Let's just go find her." Diablo muttered and Baal was still laughing when he nodded.
"Yes, let's do that, but why don't you firstly go and find yourself some clothing?" Baal suggested and Diablo nodded in annoyance as he started to walk towards the stairs.
Baal smirked as he started to walk to the doors leading out of the castle; there was only one way into the castle and only one way out; he would put it under lockdown. So unless the mortal jumped from the windows; which would kill her; she was stuck in the castle and they would find her.
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Sakai was in the lowest level of the castle; it looked like a dungeon and reeked like one as well, though she would have to be very observant if she planned to hide; they would come looking for her again and she had to be prepared.
She was pretty damn sure Diablo was on a warpath right now and she was the target of this; she had to make sure they didn't find her but the bloody problem was her scent! She was a human and they smelled her.
How would she manage to hide if they could sniff her out?
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It was an hour later and both Baal and Diablo were outside, placing the demons in front of the castle strategically so that she wouldn't be able to slip passed them.
Once Baal was satisfied with the layout he yelled towards the other demons. "The rest of you keep a lookout for the girl that lives in the castle and the human hiding in it. Neither may be harmed and must be brought to me immediately!" He yelled as he started to walk into the castle; Diablo following him silently.
He had found a few capes in his room and was pleased; at least if he got angry again he would have a replacement for the one he was wearing now and he was pretty damn sure he would get angry if he had to walk into either Sakai or the human in the next century.
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Once they were inside the castle Baal turned to Diablo. "She won't be able to leave the castle so I'm not going to worry about it right now; I need to rest, I'll look for her in the morning; I want you to do the same until you've calmed down." Baal said as he started to walk towards the stairs.
"You're kidding me!" Diablo spat out as he ran towards his brother in shock. "You're just going to let her 'roam' the castle while we 'sleep'?" He asked in disbelief and Baal nodded.
"Yes, she cannot leave and she cannot harm either of us, I don't have the energy to go treasure hunting now; besides, I want to locate Sakai first and find out from her what she has done." He said as he started to walk up the stairs; followed by an aggravated Diablo.
"As you wish brother." He hissed as he followed him angrily; he didn't like waiting but Baal was right, he needed to calm down before he went to look for the mortal, he had to at least have a fraction of restraint when he saw her.
"Goodnight then brother." Baal said as he took the turnoff in the stairs towards his room, Diablo scoffed and continued towards his own; he didn't like this one bit.
Especially sleeping with a human in the castle, even if she could do nothing to them. Though he knew it had more to do with his pride than his anger at humans; she had shoved him into the room and he was just going to let her be in peace for hours still? He wanted to find her and torture her for information; he didn't want to ask Sakai first because if she had a rational explanation he would be able to do nothing and that made him angrier than anything.
"Bloody humans." He muttered as he reached his room and slammed the door shut; he had the feeling he wouldn't be able to sleep a wink.