Demon, Part 1

"It wasn't my fault…"

"It wasn't my fault…"

"It wasn't my-"

"So that's it, huh?" A voice asks, causing me to open my eyes. I then remove my hands from my ears so that I can look around, and I see that I'm in a place that I recognize. But a place that doesn't really exist.

My control room.

"So…we're here again, huh…?" I sadly ask as I stare down at my feet. I don't need to bother looking up. It's not like I'll be able to see my demon anyway.

"Why do you look so glum…" my demon asks.

"Because everytime I come here…it means that I failed…" I shudder.

"Failed…what do you mean…?" My demon asks.

"I couldn't do anything…" I reply. "I couldn't save anyone. "I became a Pro Slayer to be able to become strong enough to protect my friends, but now look what's happening…" begin to say as I sadly look up to face the giant flat screen TV positioned in front of the dingy cough in front of my jail cell. "Thanks to me…my friends are out there fighting and getting hurt. Because I'm too weak to help them. And now…Nick is going to die."

"Nick…is going to die…" the demon softly says to itself, then pauses.

"What's got your panties in a bunch…?" I mutter.

"Nick is going to die…" the demon repeats. "I don't want that to happen…"

"Huh…?" I gloomily ask as I continue staring at the bloodstained cell in front of me. There's even more dried blood on the floor than there was before. "I thought that you were evil."

"I am you, and you are me…" my demon begins to say. "You called me evil…so does that mean that we're evil?"

"Yeah," I answer. "We're evil. What else do you call someone with no remorse for human life?"

"Maybe so," my demon replies. "But I don't think that we're evil. We do what it takes to survive, just as we've always done. What's so wrong with that?"

"We hurt people," I answer.

"But if we don't hurt people, then we get hurt ourselves," my demon continues. "Nice people don't care about that," I explain. "Good people allow themselves to get hurt protecting others."

"Your body is scarred," my demon continues. "Scarred from your battles."

"My battles were for my own sake," I reply. "The only reason that I ever wanted to protect people was so that I can alleviate my guilt. I fight to save people to save myself from the guilt of killing Robby. It's…my fault…"

"What's wrong with that?" My demon asks. "Saving people for selfish reasons… is still saving people, is it not?"

My eyes widen.

"You claim to have no remorse for human life, yet when Nick is in danger, where did it bring you?" My demon asks. "Right back to me…"

"So then…what should we do…?" I ask as I turn to face my demon.

"What is it that you want to do?" My demon replies.

"I want…to die…" I answer as I turn away from my demon and stare at the ground again.

"Of course it is…" I answer. "My life has only brought pain and suffering to others. In order to balance that out, I always put in a charade of hating people and the world. How can I be happy with myself if all I do is hurt others…"

"You can enjoy life without enjoying who you are as a person," my demon replies.

"Do you…" I softly ask I peek back up at my demon. "...Like…me…?"

 "I hate you."

My eyes widen.

"Thanks to you being in control…we're alone. So…so very alone…" my demon begins to say. "If I were always on the couch and you were always in that cell…things would be different, he would be happy. I would have gotten with Ella long ag-"

"THEN DO WHAT YOU WANT!" I shout, causing my demon to shut up. "I've already given up, dammit! This is up to you now!"

"But if you die, then I die," my demon replies.

"I want to die," I reply.

"Is that truly what you want?" My demon repeats.

"No…" I admit. "It's not. I just…don't know what to do anymore…"

"THEN COME!" My demon booms. "COME TO ME, AND I SHALL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO LIVE!"

"But how…?" I sob. "With these shackles, I-"

"Those chains can't hold you back anymore," my demon interrupts. "Go ahead, try."

I take a sad glance at the chain shackling my right wrist, and, without a second thought, I yank my hand outwards. Surely enough the shackle breaks without even the slightest give. I then do the same to the chains on my left hand. I then face forwards again, towards the bar of my jail cell. Slowly, I walk towards the bars, pausing before them. I bring my right hand up, pressing my palm against the bars of my cell. An explosion of dark blue Cursed Power bursts from either side of me, and takes the form of a massive pair of jaws. The jaws of Cursed Power -the jaws of the demon- then clasp shut, consuming me. I hear footsteps as my demon approaches my cell and lifts their palm up to do the same.

But before I can see our palms touch…my vision fades to black…

***

Luis lets out a scream.

A hideous, blood curdling scream so powerful and savage that causes cracks to form in the foundation of the Cards of the King's hideout

A rush of blood, wind, and dark blue Cursed Power explodes out of the body of the now-unconscious Luis in the form of a powerful vortex as he stands up and swings his arms outwards violently, sending King and Ace flying backwards, and begating King's powerful pressure, which gives Nick, Mikey, and Daniel the chance to stand up. And when they peer over at Luis, they see that he's entered his Blue Demon form. But not just half.

His full demon form.

"Woah!" Nick cries as he stumbles backwards a step. "I've never…seen Luis' half demon form up close before…"

"Yeah…me neither…" Mikey stammers as he hops backwards as well.

"No, that's not Luis' half demon form…" Daniel corrects. "Now…he's entered the full transformation of the Blue Demon."

Luis lets out a feral growl as he lifts his katana up and peers around the area like a wild animal. Though in this state…he is.

Luis lets out a roar as he prepares his Sky God's Katana, then charges King.

"Black Prism: Time Manipulation!" King booms as he slams his scepter onto the ground, and forming a transparent purple sphere around him. But with his Blue Demon powers, Luis slashes through King's Black Prism with ease, then slices King with his Sky God's Katana, causing blood to explode from the bloody gash in King's chest as he falls to the ground, clutching his wounds.

"DARIUS!" Queen cries as she rushes over to her husband, only to be slashed by Luis' Sky God's Katana as well, blood erupting from her wounds next.

Luis's head then snaps to his side, his enraged, animalistic eyes fixated on Ace, who's standing a few feet behind Nick, his bamboo sword bare. Luis takes a few slow, robotic steps towards Ace, stomping across the ground, and leaving mighty craters in the floor with each step. A rush of smoke escapes Luis' lips with each ragged breath.

"Calm down, Luis," Nick orders as he holds his hands up to Luis, like trying to calm down a savage beast. But Luis doesn't listen. With another feral growl, he continues his slow approach towards Ace.

"Alright, I'm going to help!" Mikey exclaims as he draws his dual pistols.

"No, don't! Daniel orders as he stretches his right arm outwards, prohotting Mikey from taking another step.

"What?! Why not?!" Mikey snaps.

"In this state, Luis is incredibly sensitive. One wrong move and he can mistake you for the enemy, and kill you. Right now…our best bet is to let the one with the strongest connection with Luis try to calm him down, Slayer Hachi," Daniel explains.

"Alright…" Mikey grumbles as he slips his dual pistols back in their holsters.

"Enemies or not, I am not going to let you kill them, Luis!" Nick shouts. "You know what happened with Violet! A dog that bites gets put down, it's the same for half demons! As simple as that! I already told you that I won't let anyone kill you, and that includes killing yourself either."

Luis keeps his eyes fixated on Ace behind Nick, but Nick doesn't realize. Luis slowly lowers his blade as lets his Sky God's Katana fizzle out.

"That's it, Luis, come here, it'll be alright…" Nick swoons as Luis continues approaching him. Luis then stops before Nick. "Are you alright? Nick asks as he spreads his arms out, as if going for a hug.

Meanwhile, behind Nick, Luis sees Ace raise his bamboo sword into the air, attempting to slash it down onto Nick.

Luis lets out a feral roar as his entire body tenses up. And then, in a split second, before anyone else can react, in order to protect Nick from Ace's attack…

Luis stabs through Nick with his katana, in order to get to Ace.