The next day, Izumi was awoken by the scent of breakfast. Making her way downstairs, she saw Bee in the kitchen, humming a pop song before she noticed her newfound daughter arriving in the room.
"Hey, jelly bean. I made breakfast for ya!"
Izumi turned and saw a plate of strawberry and banana crepes laid out for her topped with whipped cream and Nutella sauce. Excitedly, the small girl hopped up to eat as Bee giggled and sat with her newly adopted daughter, grabbing a cup of something.
Just then, her phone rang. Wondering who could be calling so early, Bee's mood brightened when she saw who it was:
"Luci! How ya doing? Charlie and Lil doing alright?"
"Bee, did you bring a human to Hell?" Lucifer asked in a coy, teasing tone. Bee could hear Lilith and Charlie practing a song in the background and her 'brother/father-figure' always got lost whenever they did so.
Kind of made her jelly to have not found her own love, to be honest. Then again, she was THE QUEEN of Gluttony; it'd take a special somebody to win her over. Besides, there were so few demons who could even handle her….
"Beelz" Lucifer got her attention. "I'm waiting for an answer."
"….Maybe." The Gluttony queen coyly said, then covering Izumi's ears to speak. "In my defense, she was near death, orphaned and the Heroes and medics still haven't searched the area she was in."
Lucifer sighed.
"…Where and when?"
"Wrath. After breakfast." Lucifer explained. Before he ended the call, Bee could swear she heard him promising to make Lilith and Charlie's concert.
'He's so lucky I'm not Mammon.' Beelzebub noted, already envisioning the Czar of Greed making 'whipping' noises at their king's expense.
"Hey, jelly bean?" Bee explained, getting Izumi's attention. "I've been called to a meeting with the other Sins. Ol' Lucy wants to meet ya."
"Okay!" Izumi chirped. "I'm so excited to meet your friends!"
"Believe me, they'll be excited to meet you, jelly beam." Bee giggled. "Just be careful around Mam and Sat."
SIN
Izumi had been dressed up in a bright orange dress as she was being taken to the Council of Sin. She had to be honest, she was a little bit nervous about meeting the other Sins. She was lucky that Mama Bee had been so kind to her but she wasn't exactly sure how the rest would react to her.
Soon, they arrived and Izumi could see six other towering figures sitting at a large council table. All of them were looking at Bee and Izumi expectantly, which made the latter feel quite small in the mental sense due to how imposing everyone was compared to her.
"So, this is the human you took under your wing the other day, hmm?" Lucifer noted, sitting on the most prominent-looking chair, which was more like a throne if anything.
"Her parents are dead," Beelzebub explained to her fellow Sins. "Besides, who could say no to this little jelly bean's face?"
As she said this, Bee picked up her new daughter and held her out to her fellow Sins. A chuckle came from Lucifer as well as a large, vibrantly-colored, burly demon dressed in an extravagant style.
"Hello, Mr. Lucifer! Mr. and Mrs. Sins!" Izumi waved happily, not realizing she was in the presence of beings who could, if they ever wanted to (and they did not) wipe out countries on earth with an afterthought…Probably because most of them were smiling sweetly back at her; one who looked like a sleepy sheep waving back.
"Well, she certainly is adorable," Lucifer admitted. "My little devil Charlie would certainly love her."
"I'll admit, she is pretty cute." A large fat clown-like man noted. "I can market that!"
"Not on your life, Mam." The extravagantly-dressed demon with two smaller faces in his mane scowled. "You already did enough damage to Fizz."
"Why don't you go choke on your clown boy's balloon toy, peacock?" Mammon scowled as spider legs formed from his body.
"When you drown under all your shit money, you fat fuck!" Asmodeus snarled, his flames burning brightly.
"….That the Mam you mentioned?" Izumi whispered to Bee, who nodded.
"The other's Asmodeus; we call him Ozzie. He's probably the nicest of them all."
"After you?" Izumi cooed sweetly, making her caregiver smile and nuzzle her nose.
"Including me, jelly-bean." Bee corrected. "I may want my people to be happy, but I ain't afraid to cut them off when they need it. Ozzie has no such control."
"Children! Children!" Snapped a giant dragon-like demon dressed like a biker as smoke burst from his nostrils while picking up the two, ending their argument. "I'm supposed to be the angry one here!"
A woman with two heads, one normal and pretty and the other sinister and serpent-like, giggled while a sheep-like demon with a candle on her head opened one of her eyes sleepily.
Izumi couldn't help but laugh as Lucifer shook his head and came over to pat her on the head.
"Sorry, sweetie. Our group is a circus in itself."
"Hey, that's why we stick around!" Ozzie beamed as the sleepy sheep demon walked on over.
"She seems to have a strong soul and kind heart." She noted, then looking up at Bee. "Just like her mama."
"D'aaaw….Thanks, Belphegor." Bee smiled.
"Arigato, Belf…Belpha…."
The Queen of sloth chuckled sweetly at the little girl and then yawned.
"Please, call me…." She yawned before slumping back into her chair. "…Bell."
She was soon out like a light, which made the other Sins smirk and shake their heads.
"Yeah, that's par the course for her." Mammon answered for Izumi before handing her a card. "If ya ever want something; a toy, candy or comic? Just flash that card and you'll get a big discount of…..30%. Still got to my demons, after all."
"Awww, how sweet, Mammy! Oh, so now you care about your staff." Levithan's two heads said.
"If that'll get a date?" Mammon smirked hopefully, but then spied Levithan focusing on Izumi, who shyly waved back before hiding into Bee's neck.
"I want one!" The two headed demoness said, her heads for once in total agreement.
"Then get your own!" Bee smiled and she tickled Izumi to cheer her up. "Cause I'm not sharing."
That just left the draconic Satan
"Bold of you to say that when we haven't even allowed her to stay. If Heaven finds out…!"
"What?" Lucifer asked. "They come here and they'll also have to admit their Cherubs either failed or risk an incident. Sides, the way Bee is with Zumi and vice versa? I doubt even Sera, never mind Adam, could do anything."
"There are rules for a reason." Satan reminded his colleagues. "Rules to keep the universe running smoothly, least everyone be up for extermination. And since none of you care, it's up to me to do so."
"So, you're like the Hero of Hell?" Izumi said innocently, trying to make sense of what was wrong with Bee taking her in.
And then, after a moment of shocked silence; the impossible happened: Satan smiled.
"…Well, at least SOMEONE apricates what I do!" The big red guy snarled at the other Sins.
"Don't be jelly just cause my baby girl's cuter than your brat, Sat." Bee
"What's that supposed to mean?" Satan asked. "Damien is…"
"A troublemaker and not the one she was talking about." Lucifer smirked. "I think she mean your OLDER boy; You know? The one who lost a game of curling to an angel and had to deliver presents on Jesus' birthday?"
This point also apparently came so often, none of the Sins remembered they had innocent company.
"Wait…Santa's a villain?!" Izumi sobbed
…Until now.
The Sins all winced in realization. Well, save Bee, who tried to clear Izumi's eyes.
"What the heaven, Luci?!" Bee chatsized her boss.
"She's still an earth kid!" Mammon retorted.
"At least wait until she's the age of consent!" Ozzie added. "...Wait, what is the Japanese age of consent again?"
"Too early." Levithan explained as Bee tried to calm the little girl.
"Shush. Shush, jellybean. It's okay. It's okay….And no, Santa's NOT a villain anymore, a Viking hero replaced him."
That did lift Izumi's sprit considerably.
"I think you're cool, Mr. Satan."
The dragon demon tensed at that, his eyes welling up and his iron heart warming. He then spied the other Sins giving him the puppy dog eyes and quvering lips.
"….Okay, okay! Fine! She can stay!" The lord of Wrath groaned, ignoring the cheers of his kin. "Just…put a warning on her or something! If word gets out that I'm getting soft…!"
"Who's going to do anything?" Ozzie noted. "We're the Sins! We could blow up and rebuild all of Hell with an afterthought if we wanted!"
"We actually did a few times." Belphegor yawned.
"Until Charlie came along and we decided it's be better for her to grow up in a Society!" Mammon added.
"That and there is something deliciously comedic about Sinners learning they basically have to redo life in new, fucked up bodies." Lucifer smirked.
"Something we all agree on." Satan smirked.
SIN
Afterward, Belphegor was checking on Izumi.
"Okay, from the looks of things, she'll definitely be getting a Quirk, but it's a dormant one that needs an outside force to awaken." The Demon Prince of Sloth noted.
"So she'd technically be Quirkless back up top," Leviathan noted with a frown. "Lord knows the discrimination up there is intense."
"A lot of people who wind up here are Quirkless folks who couldn't take the abuse they suffer," Satan grumbled.
Lucifer nodded. "I guess Bee won't be giving Little Izumi back then."
"Like Hell, I will! Those hypocrites will be facing their Karma down here anyway!" Bee smirked, nuzzling the little girl's nose.
"True. The so-called heroes that emerged from Quirks thrive on Pride, Greed, and Wrath, doing the government's job to keep the peace just to make a quick buck. They corrupted the true purpose of heroism." Mammon noted before smirking cruelly. "But hey, I don't care, I just love it when those stuck-up bitches get sent to my ring so I can make them MY bitches."
"Language." Lucifer and Bee frowned.
"And the ones who are 'lucky' end up working for the Overlords," Leviathan added.
"Heroes end up here? I thought they go to Heaven?" Izumi asked.
"It's not as Black and White as you think, jelly bean." Bee cooed as she stroked her daughter's head. "There are plenty of Heroes who want to do good and they do get into Heaven when they die. But a lot of others end up falling to sinful temptations and pervert the ideals they are supposed to uphold."
"And even some of the good Heroes wind up here," Lucifer added. "We make sure they are at least put somewhere manageable to live in if that ends up being the case."
"And with you here?" Beelzebub cooed at her daughter. "They'll have motyivation to be at their best."
"…Bee, are…are you saying that Charlie's idea may have merit?" Lucifer asked, shocked to hear that.
"Hey, we're proof the so called aneglic and all mighty aren't all that great." The King of Gluttony mused. "And my little girl is going to be proof of that. Ain't that right, Zumi?"
"Hai, mama!" Izumi beamed, hgging the Sin.
Knightmare Lord A/N:
Izumi has met the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins. The next couple of chapters will focus on her growing up in Hell with her newfound family as well as meeting new friends.
Yeah, we also gave Mammon and Satan the Adaptational Nice Guy treatment. Izumi's pure heart is just THAT powerful.
Anything you'd like to say, Mrotrax?
Mrotrax A/N:
A sweet chapter which showcases the bonds between the Sins and some good old fashioned little girl warming the hearts of all powerful demons; a fun experience all around.
The Damien mentioned here is a nod to Viziepop's other series Zoophobia, along with a short she did long before Hazbin/Helluva boss. And the Santa mentioned here is an element carried over from 'Hazbin Hero', where the titular Santa, from the Horror-Comedy 'Santa Slays' is to be a major villain down the line, showcasing that the children of the Sins have often made big and often not great changes to humanity.
Satan has also name dropped Adam and Sera to build up the inevitable drama that'll pop up when heaven realizes a little human has been adopted by Bee.
Well, enough rambling from me!
Happy holidays, stay warm and sade!
