Nathair1: Good to hear. Yeah, it's just around the holidays I feel me. True. I was going to make it Pride but then I was like that might be too obvious, so I went with the second deadliest sin. Hmm. Yeah, she isn't letting him get up. Yeah, but Ali is only known to Clara and Iruma right now, but they'll meet him soon. Also, thanks for pointing out that I didn't make Bonded as complete. I thought I did, but I guess I was wrong.
Enjoy the next chapter.
Clara and Iruma walked down the stairs to the main foyer where they were greeted by a concerned looking Alyssa, "Mommy?" Clara tilted her head to the side in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Kids," Alyssa sighed before shaking her head, "I overheard you two talking last night, something about Iruma finding more rings, and I could've sworn that I heard a third voice, but I didn't see anyone else in the room, and I didn't recognized the voice,"
"Oh, it was the demon that lives in Iruma-kins' ring,"
Confused and concerned, Alyssa took them by the hand and began leading them into kitchen where Sullivan, Opera and Jack stared at them before Alyssa let them go and walked over to her husband and looked at the two before crossing her arms, "Okay, Clara, tell us what you just said to me?"
"There is a demon that lives in Iruma-kins' ring," the adults stared at her in confusion as Clara frowned and held Iruma's arm out, "No, really, he comes out and talks to us...come out Ali,"
Everyone stared at the ring on Iruma's middle finger before Iruma narrowed his eyes, "Ali, you can make a liar out of me all you want, I won't give a damn, but don't even think about making Clara out to be a liar," everyone watched as black smoke emerged from the ring before the one-eyed specter emerged from the smoke, "Ali, this is grandpa, Opera, and Clara's parents Alyssa and Jack, everyone this is Alikred, or Ali,"
"You didn't need to get hostile, Iru-boy," the specter sighed, crossing its arms.
"You're the little voice I heard last night," Alyssa slightly smiled before it formed into a frown, "But why didn't you come out of the ring when my daughter asked you to?"
"Because I'm bound to the ring and the ring is bound to Iru-boy an-"
"And my daughter and Iruma are bound to one another, and so you should have listened to her an-"
"Mrs. Valac, please, Ali has-" Alyssa looked at Iruma with an intimidating smile crossing her lips, "Uh...Mrs. Val-" Alyssa slowly cracked her knuckles and Iruma swallowed hard, "A-Alyssa?" Alyssa smiled as she set her hands to her side, "Ali just wants to be secretive, but you're right, he should've appeared when Clara called him," everyone looked down at the specter and Iruma narrowed his eyes, "Ali, why would you think it would be a good idea to try and make my wife out to be a liar?"
"As you said, Iru-boy, I'm secretive, and like my privacy, now, excuse me," everyone watched as the specter faded back into the ring.
The adults stared at the two with wide eyes before Sullivan started laughing, "Oh, what a interesting morning. Even at my age, I'm learning something new every day," he turned and began walking towards the dining area, "Anyway, Opera will have breakfast ready momentarily, after which, you kids can go to school an-"
"Actually grandpa," the old demon stopped and looked back in confusion, "I was wondering if...I can stay home for the week...to try and find at least one of the other rings," the adults stared at him in confusion as Iruma took a deep breath and shook his head, "Clara's worried about the lifespan of humans, and...to be honest, we both want to live as long as possible with one another, and Ali said that there are two ways for that to happen...stay down here until my body adapts to the Netherworld and I become a demon, which we don't know how long that will take, or I collect all Seven Deadly Sin Rings, which I have two of now,"
"I suppose it won't hurt to pull you out of school for a few days, grandson, but where would you even begin to look for one of the rings?"
Iruma shrugged his shoulders as Jack sighed and shook his head, "Well, you better find a way, I doubt Clara would be happy going to school without you for a whole week an-"
"I'm going with Iruma-kins," Clara said sternly and her parents looked at her as she snaked her arms around Iruma and glared at her father with puffed out cheeks.
Jack took a deep breath and crossed his arms, "Alright," Alyssa looked at him with wide eyes, "You two can start searching for one of the rings after breakfast, just don't let anything happen to Clara while you kids are looking, Iruma," Iruma nodded as Clara smiled and pulled Iruma towards the dining area.
Alyssa looked towards the dining area before looking at her husband, "Jack...there's...you can't be serious. You can't let Clara go out there with no idea on where they're supposed to go an-"
"You saw that look, honey, and you can't tell me you don't know what look I'm going on about," Jack chuckled and shook his head as he patted the top of Alyssa's head, "It was the same look you'd give me when we first got married and I told you that I was going to go on an adventure alone. You did the same exact thing Clara did to Iruma. You wrapped your arms around me and glared at me with your cheeks puffed out and demanded that I take you on my adventures until we have some kids and then that will stop, and like with you, I couldn't say no to Clara," he looked towards the dining area and smiled, "And besides, we know she'll be safe with Iruma. The kid will stop at nothing to make sure Clara is safe,"
Alyssa smiled as she hugged her husband, "You're just a big old teddy bear, dear," Jack scratched the side of his face, "Come, let's go have some breakfast as well," without warning, she grabbed her husband's arm and pulled him towards then dining area.
Well...I didn't have much planned for this chapter outside of them talking about everything that happened the night before, as well as bring Ali into the picture for everyone. Enjoy,