Chapter 23

This is a fanfiction based on Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, and the fanfiction Loona the Caretaker. All OC rights belong to their original creators and owners. The characters of Loona the Caretaker belong to MetalBrony823. Slade OC belongs to Blurey08. Kyorichi OC belongs to ninjashin11, and the characters of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel belong to VivziePop. I own nothing. This is pure fanfiction just for fun.

Cody's meeting with his lawyers and accountants didn't take long. They explained how it all worked and how a proportion would be invested in secure stocks so that he could make more money. A few papers needed their signature, and luckily there wasn't anything fishy about them, according to Verosika.

They relaxed at the hotel for another two days enjoying the pool, spa, sauna, massage, and the casino below. Kiki gave Cody a scalp massage and trimmed his hair. Cody relished the pleasant sensation of Kiki gliding her fingers through Cody's soapy hair. Kiki smiled, seeing Cody's relaxed face and smile. She gave him a good trim leaving some length.

"Looking good there, champ," Ace said, giving two thumbs up.

"Handsome as always," Apple added.

"Thanks," Cody smiled.

"When's your knight ceremony?" Coco asked.

"At the end the end of the week."

"Becoming a knight. That's a big deal. Plus, you're still a live human, so you're making history, brother," Ace said.

Cody's eyes widened with sudden realization.

"Brother," Cody clapped his hand to his forehead and uttered, "Oh man."

"Oh man, what?" Josh asked.

"What's wrong, Cody?" Kat questioned.

Cody let out a heavy sigh, "Brother. My brother Tommy. Guys, I haven't told Tommy and Celeste about any of this. I haven't told them about me, our parents, my powers, the war, Valentino. I haven't told him about any of it."

Everyone's eyes widened before their shoulders dropped with bummed-out sad looks.

"Oh . . . yeah, that's uh, that's not going to be an easy conversation to have. I'm more than willing to help you tell them, but I got a feeling your brother and sister-in-law don't want to see me because of my not proudest moment," Verosika stated.

"I'll tell them with you. We don't have to tell them now. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. It'll give us time to figure out how to approach this as smoothly as possible," Loona said.

"You know, Cody, not to plant ideas in your head, but you are personal friends with the Messiah himself. Maybe his being there and helping explain it to them will give them some emotional reinsurance that the situation isn't as bad as it sounds. Plus, if you asked him to be there, I'm sure he's more than willing to help you," Blitzo suggested.

Cody glanced away before nodding, "Huh, I think you're right, Blitzo. I'll talk to Jesus and ask him to help us explain it to them. Tommy and Celeste will feel better knowing that Jesus is helping us. I have no idea how they will feel about all this."

"Realistically, they will be shocked and probably try to do everything they can to protect themselves from it all. That's when we must convince them to let us do things our way. That you're not a helpless kid. Bottomline, they'll feel better with the Messiah there," Moxxie explained.

By the third day, they went shopping for new homes – one for them and one for M&M. Loona, Blitzo, and M&M researched good neighborhoods, and what shops, restaurants, and malls were nearby. Cody wore a grey hoodie and black jeans that fit well with his new haircut.

They met up with someone who would give them tours of available houses within their choices. Thankfully with Cody's portal powers, they didn't have to waste time driving. Loona wasn't that big of a fan of 'modern architecture homes – 'too rich for her blood,' she says. Loona skipped the ones that looked too freaky until they found one they liked. It was big with black, white, and grey colors. It had three floors, four bedrooms with showers and bathrooms, two study rooms, a living room and dining room with high ceilings, a three-car garage, a second-floor balcony, and a backyard pool. Cody and Blitzo fell in love with the place.

"This place is huge! It's gorgeous!" Cody cheered.

"Loona, please. We have to buy this place. It's perfect! Cody loves it. Pleeeeeeaaaasssse," Blitzo begged with big puppy dog eyes.

Loona rolled her eyes with a sigh and a smile.

"Oh, all right, we can buy this place," Loona agreed.

"Wahoo!" Blitzo cheered.

"Oh yeah!" Cody hollered.

After they signed the paperwork and Cody wrote a check, he took them to the remaining houses on the market for M&M. They found one black and red place. It wasn't as big as Cody's, Loona's, and Blitzo's, but just as beautiful. Cody used his infinity cube to bring out all the furniture and belongings to settle into their new homes. They enjoyed the remaining vacation time at the hotel.

Then it was time for Cody and Loona to be knighted by King Purson. Cody and Loona dressed according to dark knight outfits. All the Goetia family members were there, including Overlords with the Free Demon Union, including Alastor and Rosie, and of course, Lucifer, Lilith, and Charlie. Everything was all arranged – the hanging banners showing the house of the Black Lion Kingdom of Hell, the knights standing on the sides of the isles with their swords raised, all demon royalty, nobles, Overlords, and guests filled the booths, and it was live on every channel.

First, Cody and Loona had to swear a sacred oath. Cody looked over at Loona and saw she was nervous, and so was he. He reached over and squeezed her hand. She looked over at Cody and nodded with a smile. Cody smiled back. They approached Draven, a satanic priest, and placed their left hands on the opened demon book of the dead while raising their right hands. There was a purple flame burning at the altar behind Draven.

Both Cody and Loona recited:

"I do solemnly swear by the Devil Lucifer this sacred oath:

I shall, from this day forward, uphold my duty to fight and defend the monarchs,

the people,

and the Kingdom of the Black Lion.

I shall at all times answer the call of duty whenever summoned and, if necessary, give my life in the face of death,

or my soul shall burn in the fires of Hell."

The book glowed a white and purple light of their hand prints on the pages before the light merged into letters spelling out their names. Then two other priests approached them with daggers and pieces. Cody and Loona gently held their hands out, and the satanic priests gently cut the palm of their hands to draw blood. Cody and Loona looked at each other before holding their hands above the sacred fire. A few drops of their blood fell on the flame, changing color as it burned their blood – first crimson red, then orange, and then purple. Cody and Loona then knelt as King Purson summoned his sword.

"I dub thee," King Purson stated, touching Cody's shoulders with the tip of his sword, "Sir Cody."

Cody gently kissed the blade.

Then he went to Loona, "I dub thee . . . Dame Loona."

Loona kissed it as well.

"You kneed as citizens. Rise now as knights," King Purson said.

Both Cody and Loona stood up.

"Knights of the Black Lion Kingdom!"

Everyone cheered and applauded. After the ceremony, everyone mingled at the celebration party. Cody didn't know how to feel about all this. He was the first human to live in Hell officially, he became a rockstar, then a warrior guardian, and now he's a dark knight. Cody is now under a sworn oath to a demon king in Hell. To say that this was all a new experience for Cody was the light way to put it. He wondered how his parents would feel about this, how Jesus would think about this.

"That was magnificent!" Alastor praised.

Cody turned to see him and Rosie together made him smile. From a distance, they looked like a married couple.

"Alastor! Rosie!" Cody called out.

He hugged them as soon as he got them. Both Alastor and Rosie were surprised at first before they hugged him back.

"Oh . . . well, it's good to see you too," Alastor said, patting Cody's back.

"Sorry, it's just good to see some familiar faces here, and it's good to see you two," Cody responded.

"Flattery. He got that from you, Alastor," Rosie said.

Alastor laughed. Stolas and Octavia then approached Charlie and Vaggie and were met with warm hugs from Cody and Loona. Then King Purson came them, and everyone respectively bowed, "Our dark king."

"My dark subjects. Sir Cody, friends of yours?" King Purson asked.

"Yes. You already know Prince Stolas and his daughter Princess Octavia. My friends Millie, her husband, Moxxie. Kimi and her boyfriend, Shadow. Blitzo, our boss of I.M.P. and Loona's guardian, and our two Overlords, Alastor and Rosie," Cody introduced.

"Alastor, the Radio Demon, huh? So glad you can join us, and of course, Rosie, my lady, very lovely to see you as well."

"Wouldn't miss for the world, my dark lord. Besides, we had to be here when history was made," Alastor told me.

"Where's Vortex?" Loona asked.

"He couldn't come. Some things happened. He and his girlfriend had to move out, and they found a place," Kimi answered.

"But he and Loraine send their regards," Shadow added.

They chatted casually until Cody asked, "My dark king, when will our first mission happen?"

"In about two weeks or so. We're still organizing things for the main assault," King Purson answered.

Cody turned to Blitzo, "And you found a building to lease before the new headquarters is built, right temporarily?"

Blitzo nodded, "That's right."

"Okay, good, because Moxxie and I want to talk to you about our new idea for the company. We think it'll help with organizing for customers and employers."

After the ceremony, Blitzo took them to the building he was leasing for the time being as headquarters. It wasn't much, but decent enough to set up a base operation. Stolas was funding to build a new I.M.P. headquarters, while Cody and Octavia were I.M.P.'s biggest sponsors. It was there that Cody and Moxxie told and showed Blitzo and the others about their idea.

"The I.M.P. App," Cody stated with a slide show presentation.

"For both customers and employers. Customers who download the app can enter the information on whom they want dead, where we can find them, and how they want us to kill them," Moxxie explained.

"Employers of I.M.P. can then pick which clients are wanted dead and provide a photo, if possible, to prove that they are indeed dead. Customers can choose which package they want on the people they want dead – the more torturous, the higher the price," Cody continued.

"Customers can use the app or our website. As far as transportation, this is where Cody and Loona come in. They'll summon portals for both employees going to their targets and for those who come back from their missions," Moxxie finished.

"I love it! We need a good way to get the word out," Blitzo said.

"We can do a commercial, but with Cody. He's already famous. Him going on TV will catch a lot of attention," Millie suggested.

"Yeah, well, I want to see the script of this commercial first before it's aired. I don't want my kid doing something stupid to have it repeated on a loop over and over," Loona said, crossing her arms.

"I've got some ideas that might help with that," Octavia said.

Then Cody's phone binged.

"Ah! The new guys are here. There are three of them. Let's welcome them in," Cody said.

Outside the meeting room, Shadow and Kimi organized the armory while several other demons set up office cubicles and a front desk. Cody and the others got to the front door where the new demons had arrived, but there were only two: a baphomet demon and an owl demon. The baphomet demon was as big and as strong as Vortex. He had purple fur, white mohawk hair, four black horns, two on top of his head on both sides of his red flame candle and two on the sides of his head, and a bit of nine o'clock shadow on his face. He had turquoise-colored eyes and one red eye in between his eyes in the center. He wore red pants, a black and red blazer jacket, a dark purple T-shirt with a white satanic star, and an upside-down satanic cross around his neck.

The owl demon had navy blue hair and green eyes, and the tip of the feathers on his tail was also green. He wore black pants that went well with his blue shirt under his black and red jacket with red shoulders. He had a red scarf and red gloves with his armored knee-high boots.

Cody looked at his phone, "Ah, you must be Tim and . . . Kyorichi."

"That's right, and you must, Sir Cody. It's an honor, our dark lord," Tim responded.

"Call me Kyo," Kyo said, shaking Blitzo's hand.

"Kyo?!" Octavia gasped.

"Via!" Kyo smiled.

Octavia sprinted over and wrapped her arms around him. Kyo spun her around he joyfully hugged her back.

"Oh, Satan! I can't believe you're here! Let me look at you," Via praised.

Octavia and Kyo scanned each other.

"You look good. Did you grow your hair out?" Via asked.

"Probably. Did you get taller?" Kyo responded.

"Maybe. Guys, this is an old friend of mine. Kyorichi, but you can call him Kyo."

"Nice to meet you," Moxxie shook his hand and Tim's hand.

Cody shook their hands as well, "Welcome aboard. There should be one more here."

"You mean Slade? Yeah, he's here. Hey Slade! Get in here!" Tim hollered.

"Wait, what? Slade?" Loona questioned, shifting her eyes between them and the doorway.

Then a strong-looking Hellhound walked in. His face, hands, legs, and most of his arms and face were white fur, but the rest were grey. He had a V-shaped torso with broad shoulders and muscular arms. His black hair had blue highlights. He wore a black sleeveless leather jacket, black Punisher Skull T-shirt, fingerless hard-knuckle gloves, blue crystal necklace, and black cargo pants. When he walked in, he froze as soon as he and Loona made eye contact. Loona's eyes widened with surprise. Everyone, including Kyo and Tim, gave confused glances.

"Slade," Loona breathed.

"Hey, Loona," Slade waved gently.