Velvet Dream and Inner Heroic Thief Awaken!
Charlie is seen walking through a hallway to do some inspection of the hotel for any damage that may have been done by all the shaking and merging of the three realms, then she heard a crack sound from below and looks down to see a photo frame.
"Oh, I remember taking this." Charlie said with a sad tone.
It's the picture that she took with everyone at the hotel when it had just finished being rebuilt into the one that is still standing today, along with all those she cares for such as Vaggie, Niffty, the other demons including her dad, Lucifer Morningstar remembering that happy moment.
If only she had seen this coming sooner, then maybe she could've tried to stop it or at the very least keep her friends from leaving so that they wouldn't be separated from this ordeal. That would make her less worried about them.
But now she could only hope the others are okay, hopefully making their way back to the hotel while avoiding any danger though that would be asking a lot given three certain Sinners she knows.
"Charlie?" Izuku entered the scene, walking up to Charlie from behind.
"Oh, shit! Izuku, is there something you need?" Charlie was surprised that Izuku is here so suddenly.
"No, I'm okay. Just looking around and I have to say, this hotel looks so grand and feels like it's a happy place." Izuku complimented.
"Thanks, me and the others put a lot of work into this for a chance to help prove that redemption for Sinners is possible." Charlie smiled.
"That's a very kind and noble goal for someone who's supposed to be the daughter of the devil." Izuku chuckled.
"Yeah, not a lot of people see that." Charlie chuckled.
"Wait, did I offend you? I'm sorry!" Izuku apologized unnecessary.
"There's no need to apologize. A lot of people in Hell don't even think my dream is worth a shit to even give a try and all that harsh stuff, like how they don't exactly take me seriously as their princess." Charlie said.
"Really? I thought being a princess would get people liking you a lot." Izuku was surprised to hear that.
"The demons in Hell don't see things like I do, being positive to see through all the blood and other shitty stuff, but they only respond to power and violence which is something I don't do only when I need to be violence to protect my people. They just mock me for being different than the other demons." Charlie explained as she walks into a room.
"Guess even royalties have a rough." Izuku commented.
"Depends on which royalties you're talking about." Charlie said.
"But those fuckers can say all the bad things about me, I'm NOT going to stop being me! The kind princess who believes there is a rainbow inside of every demon!" Charlie was determined to see her goal achieved more than ever before since she got the news from Emily.
"(Wow, I could mistake her to be an Angel instead of a demon!)" Izuku thought was amazed of her bright and cheerful personality.
Izuku may not know a lot of religious stuff like Ibara seems to be, but he can definitely see that maybe not all demons are really evil, some might be misunderstood and being really nice like her.
"Wow, it's like you're a hero." Izuku said out loud.
"Oh, me, a hero? Well, I don't know about that." Charlie giggled, feeling a little embarrassed by that.
"I just really like to help people as much as I can, maybe inspire them to helping others themselves that they'll see for themselves that my belief in them isn't crazy." Charlie stated.
"Just wanting to help people is what makes one a hero, and I bet Vaggie sees you that way too." Izuku said, bringing Vaggie into the conversation.
"Well, I guess I helped her out more than I realize and those were the times before I found out she's a fallen Angel." Charllie smiled.
"Huh, she used to be an Angel?" Izuku was shocked by the sudden new info about Vaggie.
"Yeah, but I'm not telling you more than that. It's something personal that she had to go through, and you will have to ask her yourself if you want to know more." Charlie said.
"Okay, oh, Vaggie said that dinner is almost ready and want to talk to you about assigning rooms for us." Izuku delivered the message.
"Thank you, tell her I'll be right with her in a moment." Charlie nodded.
"Let me know if you need anything, I'm not afraid to help out a friendly demon." Izuku offered his help with a smile.
"Good to know." Charlie said.
(Later)
"Oh, that dinner sure was something else." Izuku rubbed his stomach.
"I was really worried about eating food that was made by a demon when we had that lunch, but it looks like they taste similar in a way, just gotta get past the gross part of the outside." Izuku was relieved that dinner went well.
"And it was also nice of Charlie to make us play a boardgame and cards to keep our minds distracted for a while." Izuku smiled.
"Now, let see, my room should be… here." Izuku found his room and went in using the key given to him by Charlie.
Izuku looks around to see that it's to be expected of a big hotel that the rooms would be a big, and this room is about five times bigger than his own room back home, then his mind went to thinking about his mom on how she must be really worried about him by now.
"Oh man, I hope she's okay." Izuku took out his phone and goes to the contact list for his mom's number and press the call.
He waited for the call to come through, feeling a bit of fear that she wouldn't pick up due to obvious reasons, and the call was left in a voice mail.
"Shit, those monsters better not have done anything to her." Izuku hoped that's the case.
He's feeling pretty angry at not only what's happening to the world right now, but he knew better that being angry right now won't help him with anything until he can confirm that his mom and his friends are still okay though not sure how, but he will find them.
So, Izuku decided to look into the shelves to see if there is anything he could use as pajamas only to discover the shelves and closet are empty.
"Guess I'll be sleeping in my school uniform." Izuku said.
Izuku lay on his bed, taking in the moment of everything that happened in just one day and almost getting killed by demons and other kinds of monsters, but now the softness of the bed is making him feel relax to sleep as his eyes close.
(Unknown Location)
A sudden banging sound causes Izuku to wake up and finds himself in what appears to be a jail cell for some reason, he also found himself wearing black and white jail clothes with a chain on his ankle.
"Wha… What is this?" Izuku asked, feeling so confused.
"Hey, over here." A girl's voice called out to him.
Izuku flinch as he looks over to see two girls on each side of the cell door outside, not really sure what is going on, he gets up walking over to the cell door then notices a desk and a man sitting at that desk.
"Trickster… Welcome to my Velvet Room." The long nose man greeted.
"Velvet room?" Izuku was confused.
"That's right, this is a place only the master deemed worthy to come here." The girl on his right said.
"The you in reality is currently fast asleep. You are only experiencing this as a dream." The twin on his left explained.
"Wait, how does that work?" Izuku asked.
"Shut up! You are in the presence of our master, heed his words wisely." The right twin ordered.
"Welcome, I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bound by a "contract" may enter." The long nose man explained.
"(What is he talking about? I never signed anything?)" Izuku thought was confused even more.
"I am Ignore, the Master of this place. Remember it well." Igor introduced himself.
Igor has the appearance of a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears and bulging, bloodshot eyes. He wears a black suit, white gloves, white or black socks and black shoes. He appears to be quite tall when fully stood up and is almost skeletally thin.
"I summoned you to speak of important matters. It involves your life in the crisis that has happened." Igor said.
"Hold on, you know what's going on? Do you what cause it?" Izuku asked.
"Be silent and listen to the master." The twin on his right smacked her baton on the cell.
"Still, this is a surprise… The state of this room reflects the state of your own heart. To think a prison would appear as such. You truly are a "prisoner" of fate." Igor was intrigued.
"Such a tragic fate has fell upon your world, forcing Heaven and Hell to not only co-exist in the same universe, but forcing them to merge with the earth. Now there is no order, chaos is happening all around, bringing ruin to this world." Igor said.
"But not everything is lost, everything in this realm will need to come together towards a bacon of hope." Igor smirked.
"A bacon of hope?" Izuku tilted his head.
"You." Igor nodded.
"Me?!" Izuku was shocked.
"You have a special soul that none ever has, a soul that could be powerful enough to bringing hope to this world. Bringing everyone together, if you will." Igor stated.
"B-B-But how can I do that? I'm just a kid, and I've just started my second year in high school!" Izuku freaked out.
"All in due time, my boy. You will soon discover the merge has also begun to affect you humans in ways you could only imagine, and that will begin your journey as a hero." Igor revealed.
"A hero…" Izuku said softly in shock.
"You can think of this as your rehabilitation. Now onto your wardens. To your right is Caroline, to your left, Justine." Igor introduced him to the twins.
"Hmph, try and struggle as hard as you like." Caroline mocked.
"The duty of wardens is to protect inmates. We are also your collaborators." Justine explained.
They appear to be young girls with platinum blonde hair and yellow eyes. The twins both wear a black eye patch with the letter "V" over one of their eyes and a blue prison guard outfit. Justine has a long braid and a hat with the letters "O-Y-O-O" while Caroline has hair buns and a hat with the letters "X-M-R-N." When combined, the letters spell "OXYMORON." They wear brassards on their left arms and have matching black ties. Justine carries a clipboard while Caroline uses an electric shock baton to intimidate their inmate. Breasts size: A-cup.
"You don't look much, so be grateful the master is taking his time for you." Justine glared, scaring Izuku a bit.
"Take your time to slowly come to understand this place. We will surely meet again, eventually…" Igor believed.
Ringing sounds are heard everywhere within the jail room.
"Wait, what's…?" Izuku was confused about this.
"Just go to sleep, you are waking up." Caroline said.
Then Izuku started to feel his body is giving out and then went right to sleep.
(Reality)
"Izuku?" Emily called out to him, flying over him as he's been sleeping a little bit longer.
Izuku moans as he opens his eyes and the first thing, he sees in the morning are a pair of big boobs right above his face, seeing this causes him to gasp and tries to back away only to hit his head.
"Oh no, are you alright?" Emily asked worry.
"Yeah, ow, I'm okay. You just surprise me." Izuku groaned.
"Sorry, you wouldn't answer when I called you from out. So, I… kinda let myself in, but only to check up on you." Emily explained.
"Sorry to worry you." Izuku apologized.
"Everyone is going downstairs for breakfast; we're also going to have a little meeting about what to do. Meet you downstairs." Emily walked out of the room.
"(That dream I had… Was that really a dream?)" Izuku thought wondered.
He couldn't shake the feeling about what Igor said, about him being a bacon of hope for this now merged world and he has to be the one to bring everyone together, not to mention there was something about him and other humans being affected by this but has no idea on what that is.
(Dining Hall)
Everyone is eating the breakfast Niffty and Emily made together though Ryuji and Denki are eating like there is no tomorrow for them, which is understandable given what is happening to the world.
"Have some manners. You are in the presence of an Angel and a demonic princess." Ibara scolded.
"Okay everyone, better enjoy your breakfast, we got work to do." Vaggie said.
"What do you mean?" Denki asked.
"With how fucked up the world is, people are scared and there will be lot of things like demons and Angels at each other's throats." Vaggie said.
"We're hoping that won't happen, but no doubt there maybe some fighting involve." Charlie was worried.
"Unfortunately, we can't contact the ones in charge of both Heaven and Hell to have our people to at least endure this together." Emily added.
"But first thing first is finding our friends, the ones who live in this hotel. And if there are any other people who needs shelter then we can bring them here too." Charlie decided on this little plan.
"I hope Ann is alright." Ryuji said.
"We'll be splitting up in pairs to cover some ground. The search will be for three hours then back here immediately, if you find anything that can be useful for our survival and food then bring them as well." Vaggie ordered.
(Later)
"(Okay, so I'm out in the city to look for one of Charlie's friends with Ryuji.)" Izuku thought walked through the ruined street with Ryuji.
"Street, everything is fucking destroyed. Could we even call this a city anymore?" Ryuji asked.
"It may look like it now, but we have to keep our hope and find Charlie's friends." Izuku said.
"Dude, how could you be accepting this like it's no big deal? Demons and Angels being real, the dead who also here as demons and Angels, that is the most fuck up thing I've ever heard! And how do we even know we can trust those demons?" Ryuji asked, not feeling thrilled about this.
"I don't think we have to worry about the demons hurting us. They are good, I can feel it." Izuku believed. This surprises Ryuji that he's willing to trust in demons.
"How about we talk about this Ann girl you mentioned back in breakfast." Izuku suggested.
"Yeah, Ann is someone I know since middle school. We're in different class in high school, but I'm not sure what's been going on with her since she's with that scumbag." Ryuji looked angry.
"Scum?" Izuku wondered who he could mean.
"Hold up, I see something. That might be Ann! Hey, Ann!" Ryuji ran off to see if it's this Ann girl.
"Ryuji, wait up!" Izuku ran after him.
However, a few gunshots were heard, and Ryuji fell back from a painful graze on his shoulder and it's revealed that a tentacle-headed demon shot him.
"Oh, got me another one!" The tentacle-headed demon smirked.
"(Oh no, could that be a Sinner or a natural born demon? Doesn't matter, I have to save Ryuji!)" Izuku thought ran over.
But the tentacle-headed demon shot close to Izuku making him stop.
"Stop right there, I'll get to you as soon as I'm done with this one." The tentacle-headed demon said.
"But why? We've done nothing wrong to you!" Izuku asked.
"Like I give a shit. I was told the world has gone shit and I should just go crazy as shit, turn this onto my own playtime!" Tentacle-headed demon laughed and fired another bullet that grazes Ryuji's right leg.
Izuku felt disgusted by what that demon is saying, he truly is bad to the core, and he couldn't let him get away with this.
"Everything is always shit, nothing you can do could change that. Nope, nothing, just die and accept your miserable fate!" Tentacle-headed demon grinned as he points his gun directly at the scared Ryuji.
"Don't you dare!" Izuku jumped between Ryuji and the demon.
"I am not going to let you do this kind of thing anymore! I can't give a fuck on what you said, if that is what our fate is then I'll just smash it!" Izuku declared strongly.
"Very well said, boy. That sounds like a true hero!" A voice said in Izuku's head, and he suddenly screams in pain from the head.
"While the world may fall into chaos, one must have the willpower to remain strong and show the chaos that there will always be someone who will shine a light in their darkest hour!" The voice stated while Ryuji and the tentacle-headed demon were confused.
"With your determination, our contact is sealed! Now, shout out my name and unleash your inner rebellion against the apocalypse!" The voice commanded and Izuku is suddenly wearing a green mask with long ear-like protrusions casting shadows over his eyes, which causes only his green irises to be visible.
Izuku feels the mask knowing that he has to take it off, but it was hard at first like it's attached to his head until he rips it off causing blood to gush out followed by being consumed in a big pillar of blue flame as he screams from the top of his lungs.
"Izuku?!" Ryuji screamed worry for the guy.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Oh boy, things were looking very bad for Izuku and Ryuji as they encountered a demon who wanted to kill them for fun, but Izuku isn't going to allow it, and that heroic determination has awakened something from within his soul that is going to give him the edge to fight the demon!
KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this story will go!