"So, Azazel." Ash says while walking with the angel not far behind. "You're doing a thesis on Hell, right?" He asked.

"That's right!" She chirps with her wide smile.

"So it's basically like you tasked with it."

"Nope, this is a personal mission for me."

"Oh, I see." The boy chuckled before looking back. "I think you girls can walk on your own."

"I don't think so." Monica whispered. "Still don't exactly trust her."

"Do you have to be this close to me?" He says, referring to the demons all huddling close to him like he was a shield, Pikachu in the arms of one of the Cerberus, looking annoyed.

"I don't think anyone, even an angel, is that happy, especially to be in Hell, much less see the queen." Malina says while glaring at the aforementioned angel. "She could be hiding some Holy Water or something, waiting to ambush us."

"And I think you're overreacting a bit." Ash tells her.

"Hey, Ash." Azazel gets his attention. "I just wanna know, you're a living mortal, right? How did you get into Hell without dying?"

"Pentagram. Some knuckleheads decided to dig a hole for me to fall into and there just so happened to be one underneath."

"Hmm? How odd."

"I never thought an angel like yourself would be so interested in Hell of all places. You're not afraid of even meeting Lucifer?"

"Well, I have heard a lot of rumors about her. Including the stories the churches make up and such."

"Pretty sure most of those stories aren't far off."

"Well, they say Lucifer is a guy in every one of them. How do we know they aren't making up other stuff in them?" Azazel points out.

"She does have a good point. Even I thought Lucifer was a guy at first." Ash states.

"Oh, you're one of those guys, huh?" Zdrada laughed.

"Yeah, I get it." He said a little annoyed. "But I do have to say that Monica may also have a point. Pretty sure she knows more about Lucifer than any of us do."

"Well, I'm sure I have nothing to worry about." Azazel says, still cheerfully.

The boy only sighed, knowing he wasn't gonna get anywhere with her. The tired demon only patted his head.

As they traveled, Azazel started to question some of the demon girls, asking them many questions. She seemed to have filled up a whole page each time. Eventually, they were in a field full of, you guessed it, boulders. So a few of them needed to be pushed around by the aforementioned trainer, the angel taking down more notes since he was doing it without a struggle.

Then he felt his stomach alarm him of what time it was.

"Alright, we should find somewhere to set up and I can get lunch ready." He announced.

"What?" Malina asked, confused.

"Yeah, once we get to a clearing I can whip something up."

"With what supplies?"

"I travel for a living, I have enough rations to last a week." He explained to her as she nodded. "Trust me, you're gonna love what I have in store for you."

"Oh, I would love to see what you have in store." Modeus says, still drooling.

Ash only rolled his eyes before pushing another boulder out of the way. Before he walked past it, he saw another woman in front of him. This time it was another demon and she turned around and faced them. This one wearing sunglasses and a ponytail with a jacket hanging off like a cape.

"Oh hey, what's up?" She says with a smile while waving.

"Uh, hi." He says with a hand up as well.

"Man, been a while since I've come across anyone around here." The demon laughed. "So, what's up, my dude?"

So far, she seemed like one of the more relaxed and kind straight from the get-go. This made Ash happy to see.

"Well, before you ask, yes, I'm a human. So don't freak out." He warned her.

"Yo for real? Well, I wouldn't know." She again laughed again.

"Let me guess, never seen a human before."

"Bud, I can't see anything." She took off her glasses and pointed at her eyes. "I'm blind."

He took a second, seeing that her eyes weren't red but were gray and cloudy.

"Oh… oh… OHHHH!" He says as he realized. "Oh my, I am so sorry!"

"It's cool, it's cool." She says before putting the sunglasses back on, reaching out, missing at first before touching his head and patting him. "Don't let it get to you, lil' dude."

"Justice!" Cerberus said as the three surrounded her, giving Pikachu the chance to get out of their grasp and onto his trainer's shoulder. "Hi, Justice!"

"Hey, Cerberus, good to see you." She says rubbing one of them on the head as they cooed. "Who else is here?"

"I am." Monica said.

"Pandemonica? What brings you out here?" The woman asked.

"Well, I am currently on my way to get this human back to his world."

"Wait, you're going up to see Lucy?"

"That is precisely what I'm doing."

"Neato… Wait is he actually a human?"

"Yes, yes he is."

The woman then reached in the wrong direction for him. He looked back at Monica before taking and directing her hand to his head. She felt around his head, lifting his hat a bit before moving her fingers over the part where demon horns would be. The feeling made him uncomfortable, but he knew it was the only way.

"Oh damn. An actual human. That's a first." The woman chuckled.

"Right…" Monica then straightens up before putting a hand on the woman's shoulder. "Justice, this is Ash Ketchum. Ash, this is Justice. You're gonna need to be a little patient with her."

"Hi, Justice." Ash says while holding his hand out.

"Sup, dude." Justice says with a salute before Monica directed her hand to the boy's to shake it. "Sorry."

'Wait, Justice… is bli…' He then thought before cringing a bit as he realized. 'Oh… oh…'

"Still being able to touch a human. Wish I could see him right now." Justice says, keeping her chill demeanor.

"Well, I'll tell ya one thing. He's a cute one." Zdrada says while getting close to him.

"Zdrada! Oh, I already knew you were here from all this smoke." She says, still smiling. "Aha, is Malina here too? I can smell alcohol."

"Yes, I'm here. Problem?" Malina asked with a snarl.

"Nah girl, you're cool. Who else is here?"

"Modeus. She's currently speaking with Azazel, the angel." Monica states.

Ash looked towards the two, seeing the angel jotting down stuff that the lust demon was telling her. He had a bad feeling about what she was saying to the innocent angel.

"Damn, she's here too?" Justice says before putting a hand to her chin. "Let me guess, is it because of Ashy boy, here?"

"Uh-huh. And she won't leave the poor boy alone." Monica pointed out in annoyance.

"Dang, sorry about that, man. She can be a big handful."

"It's okay. I'm a little used to it by now." The boy tells her.

"Wait a minute, did you say there was a freaking angel here too?" Justice asked in realization.

"Yep. There's no need to worry though. She hasn't attacked us." Monica explained.

"Wow, all of you are going up to see Lucy? Sounds like a blast. Got room for one more?" Justice then asks.

"You wanna come too?" Ash asked.

"Yeah. The more the merrier, right?"

"Not wrong there."

"Sweet! Gonna have to help me out here. Since I can't see where I'm going." She says before the boy puts a hand on her shoulder.

"I can help you with that. Right now though, we're gonna take a break for a moment. Just to have lunch." He says before looking out into the much more clear field. "This looks like a good place."

"Oh, a mini chef. I dig."

"Have fun with that." Malina says while looking away. "Love to see what-" She says before she heard clanking and looked back to see he had set up a whole picnic table next to a pot that was over a fire.

"Take a seat anywhere." He says before pulling out supplies.

"Yay!" Cerberus cheered as they all went to get settled.

Modeus heard and looked giddy before taking Azazel's arm and skipping over with her. Monica had an expected look on her face, Justice was wondering what was going on from what she heard, and Malina and Zdrada looked shocked.

"W-Wha-" Malina says before looking at Ash's bag and picking it up. "What?" She opened it and looked inside. "The fuck kind of black magic is this?"

"Trust me, it's best not to question it." Monica says before guiding the blind demon to the table.

"Ya know, Modeus might have a point about what else he has in store." Zdrada whispers with a questionable smirk while flicking away a cigarette.

"Get away from me." The sour demon says while shoving her away and going to join them.

(Sometime later)

Justice took a bite of the curry and hummed in approval. "Oh man, this is delicious. Is this curry?"

"It is. Learned a few recipes from my journey. Comes in handy." Ash says while sitting next to her.

"Yeah, I gotta admit, this is good." Malina says while eating. "Probably better than anything I could ever make."

The boy smiled before looking at the Pokemon. Pikachu, Cyndaquil, Sableye, and Scyther were all eating Pokemon food from their bowls normally. Sableye looked at the bladed Pokemon, getting a glare that made him shiver.

"Hey, don't start fighting you two." Their trainer called over.

The two of them gave him apologetic looks before they went back to eating.

"I've never seen three Pokemon from here so close to each other and yet not trying to kill each other." Monica states.

"Well, maybe that's just it. They don't get to enjoy having a nice moment of peace." Ash explains.

"Is that really what you think?"

"I'm sure that's gotta be the reason. Right?"

"Wait, you caught and tamed Pokemon from here?" Justice asked.

"Yeah, I was shocked that I could catch them too." Ash tells here.

"Well, tell me what Pokemon you got."

"Uh, Cyndaquil, Scyther, Sableye, and Pikachu, who actually came with me."

"You got a mortal Pikachu too?"

"Yep."

"Sweet, uh… weird question, but I can touch it? I heard a lot about how soft their fur is supposed to be."

"I mean… uh… Pikachu!" He called as the mouse Pokemon perked up. "You mind letting Justice hold you?" He called over. His electrical friend took a second, finishing his food and running over, hopping into his hands. "Alright, knock yourself out."

Justice stopped eating before reaching out and picking Pikachu from the boy's hands and placing him into her lap. She then started petting his head, rubbing his cheeks which made him a little uncomfortable before she started scratching his belly which made him coo in happiness.

"Oh man, he sounds adorable, soft too." She says while still scratching as he rolled onto his back. "Wish I still had my sight so I could see how cute he looks."

"I can't imagine how that must feel." Ash says before thinking. "If it's not too sensitive of a subject, how did you become blind?"

"Oh, you're gonna love this." She says with a wide grin. "You see, long ago I was once the High Prosecutor, working just under Lucifer. It then that a demon known as Beelzebub tried to overthrow her and take the throne as the ruler of Hell. Being the one you have to get through to get to our queen, I took her on in an absolutely epic battle, unsure who would come out on top, but I did, and Beelzebub was soon banished… however, during the battle, I lost my sight."

Ash stared for a moment. "That sounds so cool!" He says with a bright smile as Pikachu chimed in with the same excitement.

"Hehe, you could say that." Justice says while pushing her shade up. "Unfortunately, it cost me the job of being High Prosecutor. As much as I loved such an awesome event being the last thing I see, if I could go back and fix this, I would've done so."

"Can't say I relate to something like that, but you seem to be doing good so far."

"Hell yeah. I may be blind, but I don't let that get the best of me. Hell, maybe I could introduce you to the kid who took my job."

"Actually-!" Monica then says while protectively pulling the boy against her, protectively. "I think it's best we avoid meeting her… AT all costs!" She held him closer, causing him to blush beet red.

"Aw c'mon, he seems perfectly fine. I'm sure she won't do anything to him." Justice says, keeping up her cheery demeanor.

"Your story sounds so amazing, Ms. Justice." Azazel says whilst scribbling, sweating profusely. "With this information, my thesis on Hell shall be so extraordinary!"

"Haha, hey, get what you need down." The older demon says, enjoying the attention.

"So, is this new High Prosecutor dangerous or something?" Ash asked before Monica let him go.

"The High Prosecutor serves as a judge of the sins that one had committed to be brought down here." Monica says before adjusting her glasses. "She's not necessarily the calmest. If there's one thing to note about her, it's that she takes her job very, very, seriously."

"Then, she's dangerous." The boy asked.

"Basically. I just… don't want you to get hurt." She says with concern.

That got the boy a little bit worried. Sure the girls so far were nice enough, some warming up to him along the way, but the thought of not only needing to deal with the Queen of Hell but the chance of running into this High Prosecutor who was actually dangerous, he was a little scared.

"Relax. Like I said, I'm sure he's fine. As long as he hasn't committed any sins that are reprehensive, he should be safe." Justice tried to reassure him.

He started to feel a little better. She had to have a point. Surely he doesn't have any sins that would warrant this High Prosecutor doing anything to him, right? Yeah, as long as that's the case, then all he'd have to deal with was Lucifer.

"Can we have more, master? ~" Cerberus says, coming over with their plate, breaking him out of his thoughts.

"Yeah, sure thing." He says.

"Master?" Justice asked with a raised brow.

The demonic Pokemon just watched with interest, finding part of what they were watching amusing.

(Later)

Once everyone was done with lunch they packed up and continued on their way. Ash just got done dealing with a duo Pokemon battle between two skeletons, knocking their Pokemon out. One of the skeletons stared in disbelief while the other hung its head in defeat before holding his arms up, allowing them to pass through.

"Good job you two. See? You guys can do great when working together." Ash says as Sableye nervously scratched the back of his head while Scyther just turned away with a huff. "We'll work on it later. Return for now." He calls them back to their balls.

"Sounds like a tough battle you just had there." Justice says before the boy pushes a boulder out of the way. "Is he really pushing these boulders on his own?"

"Believe it or not, he is. And for a teenager, it's pretty impressive." Monica says.

"Damn, kid's something."

Then they passed through the gates, then they came to a stop. Looking up at the seemingly endless tower that was now in front of him. The boy nearly gulped as he looked at it.

"Welp… we're here. The residence of the Queen of Hell." Monica tells him.

"T-to be honest… I'm a little nervous." Malina says.

"Yeah, never ever got this close before." Zdrada says while blowing out more smoke.

"I-I-I-I'm actually in front of the residence of the Queen, right now." Azazel says while panting and sweating. "So many questions and little time."

Ash stared for a moment, looking at Pikachu who looked worried before he sighed. "Well… here goes nothing."

With a step forward, he put a hand on the door and pushed it open.

To be continued…