Nana and Tuptim were in disbelief when the told them about the video. They had turned on Nanno quickly. It had all felt like a blur that night that was ultimately her last. Nanno's death and her transformation. She had managed to take control, she was going to play their game herself, that's how she would become rich. It was a good con, Nana and Tuptim had a good idea. She had not expected them to turn on her next, drowning her in that bathtub.
When she had awoken, she was no longer in her own body. Though she looked the same, sounded the same. She woke in an unfamiliar place, not altogether human. One empty room, no doors, no windows. The walls themselves were fluorescent, a darkness to them, with a shimmer of blood that dripped from the walls.
'Where am I? Hello?!' she called out to the darkness, approaching the wall and banging on it for help. No one would come.
'It is futile.' A voice from nowhere, came from above. A deep baritone voice.
Yuri looked around, her heartbeat steadily calming at the voice. She felt safer all of a sudden.
'Who are you?' Yuri turned as the wall behind her began to morph into a dark shadow. The shadow of a young man.
'I have many names. Satan, The Devil… I am now a part of you, in your blood.'
She tried to speak; her voice muted. The world fading to black as she felt her body begin to float, the feeling of being submerged, drowning once again.
She felt the panic build in her chest, the vision of The Devil in front of her, his dark, handsome features, his red piercing eyes bearing into her. Her life was flashing before her eyes, all the bullies, the negatives the poverty. Then it changed, became the future, she could see her mother, without her she flourished, she rose up and lost all their money problems. She saw her mother's happiness from the loss of her. An anger was building in her.
'Yes. That's it. You feel anger, don't you? No one is missing you now, they don't need you. Your friends, Nana and Tuptim, they went on to live full lives after your death. They recovered from their trauma. Everything you did, it was futile.' The Devil's voice was all she could hear as the images of Nana and Tuptim ran through her head, their future lives, future partners, and children. More anger.
'You are a part of me now Yuri. I am a part of you. My daughter has become lost, her fight for karma has become boring. The protection of the innocent. Nanno bores me.' The Devil came before her, she felt as though she was floating in his now embrace, his face close to hers.
'Nanno…?' She was boiling with rage, Nanno was a demon then? Was she the innocent she wanted to protect? She was no innocent, she wasn't weak, is that what Nanno thought of her?'
'Good. You hate my daughter; I see your rage deep inside you. You must stop her fight for karma, cease her protective ways. Become her rival, bring chaos to the human world.'
'But… Nanno is dead, I had them kill her.' She had seen the body, seen what those men did with her.
'No child, Nanno can never die, she and I are one, just as you and I are. She is immortal. As am I, and as are you. Now, it is time for your rebirth.'
Her body felt hot as The Devil came close, a chaste kiss upon her lips and then all was black.