Devil Heart: My Roommates are Demons?!
Prologue:
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Prologue
Sirens blared throughout a large prison complex. A bunch of short, impish looking creatures ran around with several large ogres.
Make sure he doesn’t escape.
That message was relayed telepathically to the monsters. They hurried about on the trail of the escaped prisoner.
Head down Corridor JR-49. I will cut him off at Block A-8.
Another message said in the minds of the monsters. With their orders given to them, they continued their pursuit.
A man ran down along a bleak hallway. He was dressed in all rags. He chuckled to himself as he slowed to a stop and caught his breath.
*Clok* *Clok* *Clok*
The sound of heels walking down the hallway toward him began to fill the air. He looked up to see a beautiful, young woman wearing a long red dress. Long slits ran up the sides of her thighs giving an exciting peek at her long bronze-toned legs up to her round hips. The dress’s neck line was also cut low, revealing the cleavage of her large, shapely breasts. She had an angelic face with golden irises in her eyes. Her long, white hair was pulled up into a pony tail behind her head and swayed left to right as she walked toward him. Above her head, a flaming halo hovered in midair, and out from behind her back were black feathered wings.
“Won’t you please return to your cell?” the lady said with a sultry smile. “I would really hate to get rough.”
“Get out of my way, bitch!” the man said gruffly.
“Awwww…this really sucks. Day in, day out, all I do is watch prisoners and deal with stupid failures like you…”
The lady had a disappointed look on her face. As she sulked and lamented her dull life, the escapee saw an opportunity. The man dashed at the lady and readied himself to fight with his fists. As he wound up for a punch straight to her jaw, the lady held out her empty hands. In a flash of brilliant crimson flame, a large golden scythe appeared. She stepped forward decisively and swung her weapon, cleaving through the man with the sharp blade.
“Pathetic…,” the lady whispered under her breath.
She brandished her weapon in a circle, bringing the blade high above her head. The butt of her weapon slammed down into the cold, hard floor with a loud clang. In that instant, the man dissolved into a stream of gold dust that floated back down the hall on an invisible wind.
“Lord Asmodeus, thank you for your hard work!” one of the imps said. “We will make sure he is thoroughly punished.”
“Yeah, yeah…” Asmodeus said uncaringly, not even looking at her subordinates.
Her scythe disappeared as she started walking back down the hallway. With a wave of her hand the imps and ogre started to disband. She sighed as the slowly trod down the hallway back to her office. As she left, the monsters returned to work.
Sirens blared throughout a large prison complex. A bunch of short, impish looking creatures ran around with several large ogres.
Make sure he doesn’t escape.
That message was relayed telepathically to the monsters. They hurried about on the trail of the escaped prisoner.
Head down Corridor JR-49. I will cut him off at Block A-8.
Another message said in the minds of the monsters. With their orders given to them, they continued their pursuit.
A man ran down along a bleak hallway. He was dressed in all rags. He chuckled to himself as he slowed to a stop and caught his breath.
*Clok* *Clok* *Clok*
The sound of heels walking down the hallway toward him began to fill the air. He looked up to see a beautiful, young woman wearing a long red dress. Long slits ran up the sides of her thighs giving an exciting peek at her long bronze-toned legs up to her round hips. The dress’s neck line was also cut low, revealing the cleavage of her large, shapely breasts. She had an angelic face with golden irises in her eyes. Her long, white hair was pulled up into a pony tail behind her head and swayed left to right as she walked toward him. Above her head, a flaming halo hovered in midair, and out from behind her back were black feathered wings.
“Won’t you please return to your cell?” the lady said with a sultry smile. “I would really hate to get rough.”
“Get out of my way, bitch!” the man said gruffly.
“Awwww…this really sucks. Day in, day out, all I do is watch prisoners and deal with stupid failures like you…”
The lady had a disappointed look on her face. As she sulked and lamented her dull life, the escapee saw an opportunity. The man dashed at the lady and readied himself to fight with his fists. As he wound up for a punch straight to her jaw, the lady held out her empty hands. In a flash of brilliant crimson flame, a large golden scythe appeared. She stepped forward decisively and swung her weapon, cleaving through the man with the sharp blade.
“Pathetic…,” the lady whispered under her breath.
She brandished her weapon in a circle, bringing the blade high above her head. The butt of her weapon slammed down into the cold, hard floor with a loud clang. In that instant, the man dissolved into a stream of gold dust that floated back down the hall on an invisible wind.
“Lord Asmodeus, thank you for your hard work!” one of the imps said. “We will make sure he is thoroughly punished.”
“Yeah, yeah…” Asmodeus said uncaringly, not even looking at her subordinates.
Her scythe disappeared as she started walking back down the hallway. With a wave of her hand the imps and ogre started to disband. She sighed as the slowly trod down the hallway back to her office. As she left, the monsters returned to work.
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Chapter 1: The Mysterious Beauty
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
The noise of a digital alarm clock filled the air. Morning had finally come and the sun shone down brilliantly from the blue cloudless sky. In the middle of a small apartment, I had been sleeping soundly, enjoying a nice, peaceful dream.
“Auuugh,” I moaned as I reached for the alarm clock.
I cracked open my eyes and blinked a few times. I glanced at the face of the clock to see the numbers “7:30” in bold red. I sighed as I rose from the mattress to a sitting position. With a mighty yawn, I set about and started getting dressed. I walked to the kitchen of my tiny apartment. My apartment was a small one with a six tatami room connected to a small kitchenette and a small bathroom. With a monthly rent of forty thousand yen, it was quite a steal. As I opened the small refrigerator, a dismal sight caused me to sigh.
“Empty…,” I said in exasperation. “I guess I’ll have to grab food from the convenience store after work.”
Without anything for breakfast, I quickly got ready to leave for the day. I brushed my teeth and washed my face. After I was done, I grabbed my book bag and headed off, locking the door before I left.
Today, the train was packed more than usual. I stood near one of the doors and looked out as the scenery passed by. In the background, I could hear several girls chattering away. A male voice had interrupted them and was followed by some squealing and giggling from the girls.
“Tch…some guys have it lucky…,” I muttered under my breath.
I, for one, have never had a girlfriend before. All throughout high school, my time was devoted to my studies. As I was not particularly a bright student, in order to get into a good university, I had to devote most of my time to my studies. Add to the fact that I had moved to this city by myself in high school with no parents for support, it was really a hard life for me. Even now, I am still barely getting by.
Not long later, the train finally stopped at my station. I departed the train and headed to my university.
As the day finally reached the early afternoon, my classes were finally done. People filed out of the lecture hall with only a few couples staying behind. They laughed and conversed, leaving me to envy their situation.
“Yo, Kurosaki!” a voice said from the side.
“Ah, Tanabe,” I said with a smile on my face. “What’s up?”
“Miura and I were going to go pick up chicks. Wanna join us?”
“Sorry, I got to head straight to work. Maybe some other time.”
“That sucks…well, if we find a trio of beauties, we’ll send one your way.”
Tanabe laughed as he turned and walked away. Before leaving the room, he waved once then disappeared out the double doors. With him gone, I quickly gathered my things together and left for work.
The stock room of the convenience store I work at was full of various boxes. As I rummaged through one of the boxes, I took out a bunch of dish detergent bottles. With my arms full, I headed back out into the store. I walked over to a lady patiently waiting by an empty section of shelf.
“Here you go, ma’am,” I said with a smile on my face.
“Thank you very much,” she replied. “It was on sale so it flew off the shelf so quickly. I was afraid that I wouldn’t get any.”
“It was no problem. Please enjoy your day and thank you for shopping with us.”
The lady left with a smile on her face as I set about restocking the shelf. After filling the shelf with more of the product, I looked around and checked to see if there’s anything else I needed to do. Though I am not the only worker, I want to do what I can.
“Hey, Kurosaki-kun,” another worker said.
“Yes, Haruka-chan?” I replied.
Haruka-chan is a young lady, about a year younger than me. She started after me and is pretty much still a rookie. She usually handles the cash register while I handle more of the manual labor around the store. She is very cute. Her height is about average, though she’s still shorter than me. Her short brown hair reaches down to about her shoulder. If you’re thinking that I like her, you’d be absolutely right…if you’re thinking in a little sister sort of way. We’re close but have no romantic feelings for each other. I’m kind of watchful for her since sometimes she can be a total airhead. I think that this is what it would be like to have a little sister. I am an only child so I don’t really know. Anyway, she does have a boyfriend that she has been seeing for a long time now, so you could say she’s off the market.
“Kurosaki-kun, I was having a hard time with a certain math problem,” Haruka said. “You think you can show me how to solve it later?”
“Sure, that’ll be no problem,” I answered.
“Excuse me,” Haruka said as a customer walked up to the register.
Haruka and I continued our work. I helped out customers and kept the store tidy and stocked while she assisted the customers through checkout. This is how our work usually goes.
“I’m home…,” I said wearily as I stepped through the front door.
I dropped my bags on the floor and shut the door behind me. With the flick of a switch, the lights turned on in the small apartment. I picked up my grocery bags and began stocking my empty fridge with several food items, most of which expired today. Because of that I was able to get them extremely cheap since they were about to be thrown out. With my refrigerator stocked, I put the plastic bags away.
“All right, I’ll take a quick shower and then get started on some homework,” I said trying to motivate myself.
Following my words, I took a quick shower before grabbing a lunch bento from the fridge. I warmed it up in the microwave and started on my homework while eating my food. After all, time is a precious commodity. If one can do two things at once, it’s best not to waste any time. After a long set of hours studying, three in the morning approached. It is then that I finally decided to turn in and go to sleep.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
Why must the sun rise? Again, it’s morning. Today, I felt like sleeping in, despite having to go to class. The reason was that I stayed up until three in the morning finishing a particular assignment.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
The buzzing of my alarm continued to fill the early morning air. I had better hurry and hit the snooze or my neighbors will get irritated at the sound. I reached over to quiet my alarm clock at my left with my right arm and turn over as I stretched out my arm.
*Squish*
My hand grabbed something soft and supple. My fingers sunk into it as I gave a few gentle squeezes.
“What’s this?” I thought with my eyes still closed. “It can’t be my alarm clock…”
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times to bring my vision into focus. A naked girl was lying on her side fast asleep in front of me…wait…a naked girl with her left breast in my right hand was lying on her side fast asleep in front of me.
“What the heck!” I shouted as I tumbled out of my futon and backed away from her.
Lying on my futon was a beautiful girl with tanned skin and long white hair. She was trim and toned, and it looked as if she was a model or something like that. As I unbelievingly stared at her, I held out my right hand.
“It was soft,” my thoughts said within my head. “Wait! Who is she, and what is she doing here? Didn’t I do my homework and go straight to sleep as usual? What happened last night?! Remember, me!!”
“Ung…Is it morning already?” the girl said.
She sat up on the futon and stretched. Her voluminous breasts were displayed in full view as she reached to the ceiling. I blushed and quickly turned away. She immediately noticed me.
“Good morning,” she said with a sultry smile.
“Uh…good morning,” I replied reflexively.
I couldn’t think of anything to say. My heart was beating incredibly fast.
“Who are you?” I asked as I found the presence of mind to utter some words.
“The name’s Asmodeus…,” she said with a clear voice. “And who might you be?”
“…Kurosaki…Kurosaki Shin.”
“Hm…So Shin, huh? Okay, I like it.”
Asmodeus smiled. She turned her body to face me. I glanced back only to see her full, shapely breasts in plain view. Her long white hair hung down her back and bunched near her voluptuous behind sitting on the mattress. Her waist was extremely taut without even an ounce of fat. I quickly turned away once more.
“I…I can see everything…,” I said nervously.
“Oh…if you want to look then go ahead,” Asmodeus teased.
“Really?!” I shouted in my mind.
This was something I just couldn’t grasp. For someone such as me that doesn’t stand out, who has not had a girlfriend for as long as I have been alive…it was all right for me to look? My head slowly started to turn around. As soon as I did, Asmodeus poked my eyes with her pointer and middle fingers.
“OW!!” I shouted as I brought my right hand to cover my eyes.
Asmodeus burst out into laughter.
“What was that for?!” I said with my eyes still closed.
“I said you can go ahead and look, but I didn’t say you wouldn’t be punished for trying,” Asmodeus replied.
Asmodeus gathered my covers and adjusted them to hide her body from my view. I could hear the arousing sounds of cloth sliding over bare skin.
“Okay, you can look now,” Asmodeus said.
I hesitated to open my eyes. After all, like before, she said I can look but made no mention of not being punished for doing so. I glanced over with one eye and saw her sitting on my futon with my covers pulled over her front just to above her breasts. She nodded with a smile on her face. I turned toward her and faced her.
“Uh…Asmodeus-san, right?” I said. “How did you get in my apartment?”
“Well, I just let myself in,” she replied.
“That’s breaking and entering, you know.”
“It couldn’t be helped. I needed somewhere to stay quickly without having to resort to any…um…unapproved methods. Yes…that should suffice for now.”
“I believe breaking and entering is an unapproved method.”
“It’s a different story. Anyway, I’m hungry. Is there anything to eat?”
“Eh?”
“H-u-n-g-r-y…are you that dumb?”
“Wait a minute. You’re telling me that you broke into my apartment, assaulted me, and expect me to feed you?”
“You’re the host, right?”
Asmodeus had a playful smile on her face. I let out a big sigh and went to the kitchenette to prepare some food.
“I hope you’re not expecting anything fancy,” I grumbled. “After all, I only have convenience store food.”
“That’s fine. Possessing a mortal body just requires an intake of energy to keep the body going.”
“Eh?”
“Nothing.”
I looked in the refrigerator and grabbed a couple of the bento boxes. I threw them both into the microwave and began heating them up. Asmodeus got up from my futon and wrapped my blanket around her body. She walked over to the microwave and watched in amazement at the food heating inside it.
“This is quite amazing…,” Asmodeus said. “So the food can be cooked this way…”
“Haven’t you seen a microwave before?”
“Well…”
She trailed off and didn’t say anything audible following that. While the food warmed in the microwave, I went back to the futon and started to fold it up. I shoved my bedding into the closet and brought out a small rectangular table. I folded out the legs and set it in the middle of the room.
*Ding*
“Ah! The food is ready, correct?” Asmodeus said with a smile.
I opened the microwave and took the food out. I brought the trays to the table and handed her a pair of chopsticks. She looked at them in confusion.
“What are those?” she asked.
“Chopsticks. You use them to eat with,” I replied. “Are you able to use them? Would you like a fork instead?”
“A fork would be much more appreciated.”
Knowing that she couldn’t use chopsticks, I returned to the kitchen for a fork. I handed it to her. As soon as she had the fork in hand she began eating. When she began eating, the covers slipped off a little bit, presenting me with a tempting view. My face felt hot as I began to turn red. I quickly got up and went to my closet. I pulled out one of my clean, white long sleeve shirts and handed it to her.
“Here…,” I said while averting my eyes. “You can use this.”
Asmodeus looked at the shirt for a moment and smiled. She took my shirt and slipped it on.
“Okay, thanks,” she said once she finished buttoning the front of the shirt. “You can look now.”
I looked at her as she sat dressed in my shirt and holding onto the reheated lunch. Her large breasts strained a couple of the buttons in the front. After gazing at her for a few moments, I quickly shook my head and went about eating my food. When I finished eating, which was rather fast, I hurriedly grabbed my bag.
“Where are you going?” Asmodeus asked.
“School,” I replied. “After school, I’ll be heading to work. You’re welcome to stay here, but don’t make too much of a mess. I will be back late so if you get hungry toss one of those bentos in the microwave, set it for 2 minutes and hit the start button. If you have any trouble, just call my cell. Oh, and lock the door once I’m gone just in case.”
With those words, I took off out the door and rushed to school. Asmodeus watched as I disappeared from sight. As the door shut, she got up from her seat in the room and locked the door.
Class just finished and students were once again filing out of the lecture hall. Several students remained inside and talked about relationships. While I packed up my bag and prepared to head to work, my friends came up from behind me.
“Yo, Kurosaki,” Tanabe said. “Let’s head out and cruise around town!”
“Sorry, man,” I replied. “You know I got work.”
“Damn it man. If you’re only going to work, you’re not going to get yourself laid.”
“How did yesterday go?” I asked immediately.
Tanabe frowned. From his reaction, I could tell that things didn’t go so well when he and Miura went to go picking up girls. As I prepared to go, a thought crossed my mind.
“Wait a minute,” I thought to myself silently. “I had a pretty girl in my apartment. Maybe I could get her to be my girlfriend.”
I thought for a moment, but I almost immediately grounded myself in reality. I had no experience with women and had no idea how to win a girl’s heart. I sighed. She probably already had someone. After all, with a body like that, Asmodeus probably could have any guy she wanted. Thinking those depressing thoughts, I headed to work.
Haruka and I both finished our shifts and departed from work. It was already quite late and we both had to hurry to the train station. As we walked down the dimly lit street, several guys surrounded us.
“What do we have here?” one of the guys said.
The young men had grin on their faces as they eyed out Haruka.
“Hey, why don’t you ditch the chump and have some fun with us?” another guy said as he reached out to put his arm around her.
I quickly moved her out of the way. Haruka was quite scared and trembled as she hid behind my back. We slowly backed to the wall that ran along the street while I tried keep myself in front of Haruka.
“Leave us alone,” I stated plainly.
Suddenly, a fist came out of nowhere and struck my left cheek. I fell to the ground and dropped my bag. My vision started to waver. While still feeling the effects, I got up and prepared to defend.
“Kurosaki-kun!” Haruka said.
“I should be able to protect myself,” I thought to myself. “But with Haruka here, I can’t protect her and myself at the same time.”
I grabbed Haruka’s hand and started dashing for the man to my left against the wall. Just as I got to him, I leaped at him and took him down with a tackle.
“Run, Haruka-chan!” I shouted. “Get help!”
Haruka nodded and took off running. The guys were stunned for just a second. After realizing what we were doing, they were about to run after her. I quickly jumped to my feet and struck one of the boys straight across the face with a clenched fist. With me in their way, they had no choice but to fight me. The street quickly erupted into a brawl as the four guys fought with me. I quickly took down one boy, but got myself caught. Two of the boys held each of my arms.
“You little fuck,” the young man ahead of me said.
He cracked his knuckles and wound up for a punch. He quickly struck with all his might right into my gut. I coughed as all the air was knocked out of me. After that punch, a left hook hit across my face. Blood splattered from my mouth to the pavement.
“Looks like you refuse are finding enjoyment in this little predicament,” a feminine voice said.
We all looked toward the source of the voice. Asmodeus stood not too far away. She wore a beautiful slim red dress. Her beauty was really out of place and she seemed to glow with an uncanny power.
“Hey there beautiful,” one of the boys said. “After we finish him off, why don’t we have some fun?”
“I’ll have to refuse,” Asmodeus said. “Failures like you aren’t worth my time.”
“Tch…bitch, I don’t think you understand the situation.”
“Try me.”
The boy rushed at Asmodeus. Gracefully, she sidestepped his attack. Once she was clear, she grabbed his arm near the wrist and kicked his ankle. In an amazing counter, Asmodeus flipped the young man into the air and sent him flying across the road. The other two holding my arms were stunned at first, but became agitated at her action.
“Fucking bitch!” one of them shouted. “You shouldn’t have done that!”
The two guys charged at Asmodeus. In an elegant display of martial prowess, Asmdoeus dodged their coordinated attacks. As the two boys made numerous attempts to attack her, she simply evaded. After a few moments, Asmodeus countered them, sending them to the pavement. Just as she did so, the first guy she defeated lunged at her with a knife in his hand. He brought down his right hand with the knife in his grasp to stab her in her back. I lunged at Asmodeus, embracing her in my arms and shielding her from the knife. The blade of the knife lodged deep in my right arm near my shoulder. We fell to the ground after I protected her from the young man’s attack.
“Shin?!” Asmodeus said. “Tch…you scum…”
Asmodeus became seriously angry. Her golden eyes burned with flame. She held out her right hand and summoned her golden scythe from crimson flame. Fear struck both of us. Something was definitely not right.
“The rules state that we are not allowed to kill humans,” Asmodeus said sternly. “But then again, I’m sure trash like you doesn’t qualify as a human.”
Asmodeus swung her scythe. In an instant, she stopped the blade right before the tip pierced his skull. The young man’s eyes went blank and he collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth. Asmodeus let her scythe disappear. She knelt next to me and took a look at my wound.
“It doesn’t look too bad,” Asmodeus said.
She held out her hand over the gash in my arm. Her hand began to glow. She touched my arm for a moment. A burning feeling engulfed my wound, but after a quick second or two, a warm, soothing feeling eased the pain of my injury. When she uncovered my arm, it had been fully healed.
“Who are you?” I whispered.
Before she could answer, Haruka ran towards us with a couple of police officers. Seeing that company would be arriving, Asmodeus gave me a smile and walked over to the shadows. Before Haruka and the police officers could get to us, she disappeared.
“Kurosaki-kun, are you okay?” Haruka asked.
“Yeah…,” I said.
With those words, I breathed a sigh of relief.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
The noise of a digital alarm clock filled the air. Morning had finally come and the sun shone down brilliantly from the blue cloudless sky. In the middle of a small apartment, I had been sleeping soundly, enjoying a nice, peaceful dream.
“Auuugh,” I moaned as I reached for the alarm clock.
I cracked open my eyes and blinked a few times. I glanced at the face of the clock to see the numbers “7:30” in bold red. I sighed as I rose from the mattress to a sitting position. With a mighty yawn, I set about and started getting dressed. I walked to the kitchen of my tiny apartment. My apartment was a small one with a six tatami room connected to a small kitchenette and a small bathroom. With a monthly rent of forty thousand yen, it was quite a steal. As I opened the small refrigerator, a dismal sight caused me to sigh.
“Empty…,” I said in exasperation. “I guess I’ll have to grab food from the convenience store after work.”
Without anything for breakfast, I quickly got ready to leave for the day. I brushed my teeth and washed my face. After I was done, I grabbed my book bag and headed off, locking the door before I left.
Today, the train was packed more than usual. I stood near one of the doors and looked out as the scenery passed by. In the background, I could hear several girls chattering away. A male voice had interrupted them and was followed by some squealing and giggling from the girls.
“Tch…some guys have it lucky…,” I muttered under my breath.
I, for one, have never had a girlfriend before. All throughout high school, my time was devoted to my studies. As I was not particularly a bright student, in order to get into a good university, I had to devote most of my time to my studies. Add to the fact that I had moved to this city by myself in high school with no parents for support, it was really a hard life for me. Even now, I am still barely getting by.
Not long later, the train finally stopped at my station. I departed the train and headed to my university.
As the day finally reached the early afternoon, my classes were finally done. People filed out of the lecture hall with only a few couples staying behind. They laughed and conversed, leaving me to envy their situation.
“Yo, Kurosaki!” a voice said from the side.
“Ah, Tanabe,” I said with a smile on my face. “What’s up?”
“Miura and I were going to go pick up chicks. Wanna join us?”
“Sorry, I got to head straight to work. Maybe some other time.”
“That sucks…well, if we find a trio of beauties, we’ll send one your way.”
Tanabe laughed as he turned and walked away. Before leaving the room, he waved once then disappeared out the double doors. With him gone, I quickly gathered my things together and left for work.
The stock room of the convenience store I work at was full of various boxes. As I rummaged through one of the boxes, I took out a bunch of dish detergent bottles. With my arms full, I headed back out into the store. I walked over to a lady patiently waiting by an empty section of shelf.
“Here you go, ma’am,” I said with a smile on my face.
“Thank you very much,” she replied. “It was on sale so it flew off the shelf so quickly. I was afraid that I wouldn’t get any.”
“It was no problem. Please enjoy your day and thank you for shopping with us.”
The lady left with a smile on her face as I set about restocking the shelf. After filling the shelf with more of the product, I looked around and checked to see if there’s anything else I needed to do. Though I am not the only worker, I want to do what I can.
“Hey, Kurosaki-kun,” another worker said.
“Yes, Haruka-chan?” I replied.
Haruka-chan is a young lady, about a year younger than me. She started after me and is pretty much still a rookie. She usually handles the cash register while I handle more of the manual labor around the store. She is very cute. Her height is about average, though she’s still shorter than me. Her short brown hair reaches down to about her shoulder. If you’re thinking that I like her, you’d be absolutely right…if you’re thinking in a little sister sort of way. We’re close but have no romantic feelings for each other. I’m kind of watchful for her since sometimes she can be a total airhead. I think that this is what it would be like to have a little sister. I am an only child so I don’t really know. Anyway, she does have a boyfriend that she has been seeing for a long time now, so you could say she’s off the market.
“Kurosaki-kun, I was having a hard time with a certain math problem,” Haruka said. “You think you can show me how to solve it later?”
“Sure, that’ll be no problem,” I answered.
“Excuse me,” Haruka said as a customer walked up to the register.
Haruka and I continued our work. I helped out customers and kept the store tidy and stocked while she assisted the customers through checkout. This is how our work usually goes.
“I’m home…,” I said wearily as I stepped through the front door.
I dropped my bags on the floor and shut the door behind me. With the flick of a switch, the lights turned on in the small apartment. I picked up my grocery bags and began stocking my empty fridge with several food items, most of which expired today. Because of that I was able to get them extremely cheap since they were about to be thrown out. With my refrigerator stocked, I put the plastic bags away.
“All right, I’ll take a quick shower and then get started on some homework,” I said trying to motivate myself.
Following my words, I took a quick shower before grabbing a lunch bento from the fridge. I warmed it up in the microwave and started on my homework while eating my food. After all, time is a precious commodity. If one can do two things at once, it’s best not to waste any time. After a long set of hours studying, three in the morning approached. It is then that I finally decided to turn in and go to sleep.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
Why must the sun rise? Again, it’s morning. Today, I felt like sleeping in, despite having to go to class. The reason was that I stayed up until three in the morning finishing a particular assignment.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
The buzzing of my alarm continued to fill the early morning air. I had better hurry and hit the snooze or my neighbors will get irritated at the sound. I reached over to quiet my alarm clock at my left with my right arm and turn over as I stretched out my arm.
*Squish*
My hand grabbed something soft and supple. My fingers sunk into it as I gave a few gentle squeezes.
“What’s this?” I thought with my eyes still closed. “It can’t be my alarm clock…”
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times to bring my vision into focus. A naked girl was lying on her side fast asleep in front of me…wait…a naked girl with her left breast in my right hand was lying on her side fast asleep in front of me.
“What the heck!” I shouted as I tumbled out of my futon and backed away from her.
Lying on my futon was a beautiful girl with tanned skin and long white hair. She was trim and toned, and it looked as if she was a model or something like that. As I unbelievingly stared at her, I held out my right hand.
“It was soft,” my thoughts said within my head. “Wait! Who is she, and what is she doing here? Didn’t I do my homework and go straight to sleep as usual? What happened last night?! Remember, me!!”
“Ung…Is it morning already?” the girl said.
She sat up on the futon and stretched. Her voluminous breasts were displayed in full view as she reached to the ceiling. I blushed and quickly turned away. She immediately noticed me.
“Good morning,” she said with a sultry smile.
“Uh…good morning,” I replied reflexively.
I couldn’t think of anything to say. My heart was beating incredibly fast.
“Who are you?” I asked as I found the presence of mind to utter some words.
“The name’s Asmodeus…,” she said with a clear voice. “And who might you be?”
“…Kurosaki…Kurosaki Shin.”
“Hm…So Shin, huh? Okay, I like it.”
Asmodeus smiled. She turned her body to face me. I glanced back only to see her full, shapely breasts in plain view. Her long white hair hung down her back and bunched near her voluptuous behind sitting on the mattress. Her waist was extremely taut without even an ounce of fat. I quickly turned away once more.
“I…I can see everything…,” I said nervously.
“Oh…if you want to look then go ahead,” Asmodeus teased.
“Really?!” I shouted in my mind.
This was something I just couldn’t grasp. For someone such as me that doesn’t stand out, who has not had a girlfriend for as long as I have been alive…it was all right for me to look? My head slowly started to turn around. As soon as I did, Asmodeus poked my eyes with her pointer and middle fingers.
“OW!!” I shouted as I brought my right hand to cover my eyes.
Asmodeus burst out into laughter.
“What was that for?!” I said with my eyes still closed.
“I said you can go ahead and look, but I didn’t say you wouldn’t be punished for trying,” Asmodeus replied.
Asmodeus gathered my covers and adjusted them to hide her body from my view. I could hear the arousing sounds of cloth sliding over bare skin.
“Okay, you can look now,” Asmodeus said.
I hesitated to open my eyes. After all, like before, she said I can look but made no mention of not being punished for doing so. I glanced over with one eye and saw her sitting on my futon with my covers pulled over her front just to above her breasts. She nodded with a smile on her face. I turned toward her and faced her.
“Uh…Asmodeus-san, right?” I said. “How did you get in my apartment?”
“Well, I just let myself in,” she replied.
“That’s breaking and entering, you know.”
“It couldn’t be helped. I needed somewhere to stay quickly without having to resort to any…um…unapproved methods. Yes…that should suffice for now.”
“I believe breaking and entering is an unapproved method.”
“It’s a different story. Anyway, I’m hungry. Is there anything to eat?”
“Eh?”
“H-u-n-g-r-y…are you that dumb?”
“Wait a minute. You’re telling me that you broke into my apartment, assaulted me, and expect me to feed you?”
“You’re the host, right?”
Asmodeus had a playful smile on her face. I let out a big sigh and went to the kitchenette to prepare some food.
“I hope you’re not expecting anything fancy,” I grumbled. “After all, I only have convenience store food.”
“That’s fine. Possessing a mortal body just requires an intake of energy to keep the body going.”
“Eh?”
“Nothing.”
I looked in the refrigerator and grabbed a couple of the bento boxes. I threw them both into the microwave and began heating them up. Asmodeus got up from my futon and wrapped my blanket around her body. She walked over to the microwave and watched in amazement at the food heating inside it.
“This is quite amazing…,” Asmodeus said. “So the food can be cooked this way…”
“Haven’t you seen a microwave before?”
“Well…”
She trailed off and didn’t say anything audible following that. While the food warmed in the microwave, I went back to the futon and started to fold it up. I shoved my bedding into the closet and brought out a small rectangular table. I folded out the legs and set it in the middle of the room.
*Ding*
“Ah! The food is ready, correct?” Asmodeus said with a smile.
I opened the microwave and took the food out. I brought the trays to the table and handed her a pair of chopsticks. She looked at them in confusion.
“What are those?” she asked.
“Chopsticks. You use them to eat with,” I replied. “Are you able to use them? Would you like a fork instead?”
“A fork would be much more appreciated.”
Knowing that she couldn’t use chopsticks, I returned to the kitchen for a fork. I handed it to her. As soon as she had the fork in hand she began eating. When she began eating, the covers slipped off a little bit, presenting me with a tempting view. My face felt hot as I began to turn red. I quickly got up and went to my closet. I pulled out one of my clean, white long sleeve shirts and handed it to her.
“Here…,” I said while averting my eyes. “You can use this.”
Asmodeus looked at the shirt for a moment and smiled. She took my shirt and slipped it on.
“Okay, thanks,” she said once she finished buttoning the front of the shirt. “You can look now.”
I looked at her as she sat dressed in my shirt and holding onto the reheated lunch. Her large breasts strained a couple of the buttons in the front. After gazing at her for a few moments, I quickly shook my head and went about eating my food. When I finished eating, which was rather fast, I hurriedly grabbed my bag.
“Where are you going?” Asmodeus asked.
“School,” I replied. “After school, I’ll be heading to work. You’re welcome to stay here, but don’t make too much of a mess. I will be back late so if you get hungry toss one of those bentos in the microwave, set it for 2 minutes and hit the start button. If you have any trouble, just call my cell. Oh, and lock the door once I’m gone just in case.”
With those words, I took off out the door and rushed to school. Asmodeus watched as I disappeared from sight. As the door shut, she got up from her seat in the room and locked the door.
Class just finished and students were once again filing out of the lecture hall. Several students remained inside and talked about relationships. While I packed up my bag and prepared to head to work, my friends came up from behind me.
“Yo, Kurosaki,” Tanabe said. “Let’s head out and cruise around town!”
“Sorry, man,” I replied. “You know I got work.”
“Damn it man. If you’re only going to work, you’re not going to get yourself laid.”
“How did yesterday go?” I asked immediately.
Tanabe frowned. From his reaction, I could tell that things didn’t go so well when he and Miura went to go picking up girls. As I prepared to go, a thought crossed my mind.
“Wait a minute,” I thought to myself silently. “I had a pretty girl in my apartment. Maybe I could get her to be my girlfriend.”
I thought for a moment, but I almost immediately grounded myself in reality. I had no experience with women and had no idea how to win a girl’s heart. I sighed. She probably already had someone. After all, with a body like that, Asmodeus probably could have any guy she wanted. Thinking those depressing thoughts, I headed to work.
Haruka and I both finished our shifts and departed from work. It was already quite late and we both had to hurry to the train station. As we walked down the dimly lit street, several guys surrounded us.
“What do we have here?” one of the guys said.
The young men had grin on their faces as they eyed out Haruka.
“Hey, why don’t you ditch the chump and have some fun with us?” another guy said as he reached out to put his arm around her.
I quickly moved her out of the way. Haruka was quite scared and trembled as she hid behind my back. We slowly backed to the wall that ran along the street while I tried keep myself in front of Haruka.
“Leave us alone,” I stated plainly.
Suddenly, a fist came out of nowhere and struck my left cheek. I fell to the ground and dropped my bag. My vision started to waver. While still feeling the effects, I got up and prepared to defend.
“Kurosaki-kun!” Haruka said.
“I should be able to protect myself,” I thought to myself. “But with Haruka here, I can’t protect her and myself at the same time.”
I grabbed Haruka’s hand and started dashing for the man to my left against the wall. Just as I got to him, I leaped at him and took him down with a tackle.
“Run, Haruka-chan!” I shouted. “Get help!”
Haruka nodded and took off running. The guys were stunned for just a second. After realizing what we were doing, they were about to run after her. I quickly jumped to my feet and struck one of the boys straight across the face with a clenched fist. With me in their way, they had no choice but to fight me. The street quickly erupted into a brawl as the four guys fought with me. I quickly took down one boy, but got myself caught. Two of the boys held each of my arms.
“You little fuck,” the young man ahead of me said.
He cracked his knuckles and wound up for a punch. He quickly struck with all his might right into my gut. I coughed as all the air was knocked out of me. After that punch, a left hook hit across my face. Blood splattered from my mouth to the pavement.
“Looks like you refuse are finding enjoyment in this little predicament,” a feminine voice said.
We all looked toward the source of the voice. Asmodeus stood not too far away. She wore a beautiful slim red dress. Her beauty was really out of place and she seemed to glow with an uncanny power.
“Hey there beautiful,” one of the boys said. “After we finish him off, why don’t we have some fun?”
“I’ll have to refuse,” Asmodeus said. “Failures like you aren’t worth my time.”
“Tch…bitch, I don’t think you understand the situation.”
“Try me.”
The boy rushed at Asmodeus. Gracefully, she sidestepped his attack. Once she was clear, she grabbed his arm near the wrist and kicked his ankle. In an amazing counter, Asmodeus flipped the young man into the air and sent him flying across the road. The other two holding my arms were stunned at first, but became agitated at her action.
“Fucking bitch!” one of them shouted. “You shouldn’t have done that!”
The two guys charged at Asmodeus. In an elegant display of martial prowess, Asmdoeus dodged their coordinated attacks. As the two boys made numerous attempts to attack her, she simply evaded. After a few moments, Asmodeus countered them, sending them to the pavement. Just as she did so, the first guy she defeated lunged at her with a knife in his hand. He brought down his right hand with the knife in his grasp to stab her in her back. I lunged at Asmodeus, embracing her in my arms and shielding her from the knife. The blade of the knife lodged deep in my right arm near my shoulder. We fell to the ground after I protected her from the young man’s attack.
“Shin?!” Asmodeus said. “Tch…you scum…”
Asmodeus became seriously angry. Her golden eyes burned with flame. She held out her right hand and summoned her golden scythe from crimson flame. Fear struck both of us. Something was definitely not right.
“The rules state that we are not allowed to kill humans,” Asmodeus said sternly. “But then again, I’m sure trash like you doesn’t qualify as a human.”
Asmodeus swung her scythe. In an instant, she stopped the blade right before the tip pierced his skull. The young man’s eyes went blank and he collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth. Asmodeus let her scythe disappear. She knelt next to me and took a look at my wound.
“It doesn’t look too bad,” Asmodeus said.
She held out her hand over the gash in my arm. Her hand began to glow. She touched my arm for a moment. A burning feeling engulfed my wound, but after a quick second or two, a warm, soothing feeling eased the pain of my injury. When she uncovered my arm, it had been fully healed.
“Who are you?” I whispered.
Before she could answer, Haruka ran towards us with a couple of police officers. Seeing that company would be arriving, Asmodeus gave me a smile and walked over to the shadows. Before Haruka and the police officers could get to us, she disappeared.
“Kurosaki-kun, are you okay?” Haruka asked.
“Yeah…,” I said.
With those words, I breathed a sigh of relief.
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Chapter 2: A Demon Lord?
It was well past midnight when I finally arrived home. I took out my keys and unlocked the door. As I pushed the door open, Asmodeus was sitting down on the tatami in front of a small television, watching some odd program that I didn’t know. Once again, she was dressed in the white shirt I lent her this morning and not the stunning red dress from earlier.
“What took you so long?” Asmodeus said without looking away from the television.
“Well, it was a pretty messy incident,” I replied. “The police had to question me.”
“Hm…”
“But um…thank you.”
“It was no problem. Besides, if you got yourself killed, where am I supposed to live?”
“Wait? You’re going to live here?!”
Asmodeus turned to look at me.
“Of course I’m going to live here,” Asmodeus said. “I have nowhere else to go.”
“You don’t have any family or friends?”
“I guess you could say that you would be the only friend I have in this world.”
“In this world?”
That was certainly a strange thing to say. Did it mean that everyone close to her passed on? Despite saying that, she didn’t look at all as if she were depressed.
“Why do you say that?” I asked.
Asmodeus didn’t answer. She turned off the television and got up off the tatami mat. My face turned red as she started to walk over to me. She had a sultry smile as she leaned forward slightly.
“If you let me stay with you, you can be sure that I will be grateful,” Asmodeus said.
Her hand reached up to the collar. She lightly tugged at it, offering tempting glimpses of her bronzed skin near her cleavage. She gave me a sultry smile that instantly felt like she was setting me on fire. My heart beat louder in my chest and started echoing in my ears.
“I…I don’t need that kind of gratitude!” I said panicky. “You can stay if you want, but…but…”
Asmodeus began laughing.
“I was only teasing,” she said with a snicker. “That’s the reason why I chose you. Honest and upstanding…”
“I don’t know if I should take that as a compliment,” I sighed.
“Of course it is! After all, it’s praise from one of HeLL’s Demon Lords…”
“Demon Lords?”
“Did I say demon lords? I meant…I meant…”
Asmodeus pondered about what she was going to say next.
“Oh well…I guess I should re-introduce myself. My name is Asmodeus, and I am one of the Demon Lords of Heaven’s Lost Lambs Prison.”
“You’re a demon lord?” I said skeptically.
“Ah well…I guess I should say I used to be. I quit.”
She smiled as if she had gotten rid of some heavy burden. Asmodeus plopped herself back down on the tatami mat and sat crossed-legged. The thin white fabric of my shirt just barely covered between her legs. I gulped and forced myself to not be tempted to look. I sat down across of her and thought about what she said. She quit being a demon lord? Those words were quite absurd, and I found myself still in disbelief.
“You quit? Can you quit being a demon lord?” I asked.
“Let me tell you, it’s the most boring job in the world,” Asmodeus complained. “All I did was watch over prisoners…I want to have some fun! So I quit and ran here.”
“In other words, you just ran away?”
“Hey now! I have been doing my job properly for thousands of years! Even I deserve a little break now and then! Though in this case, you could say I chose to not go back. This time I want to do what I want. You know you humans are lucky. You get to choose what you want to do in life. As for us angels, we’re pretty much stuck with whatever God assigned us.”
Asmodeus started to look like a child throwing a tantrum.
“Wait…Angels? I thought you said you’re a demon lord?”
“Did I say angels?
I nodded. Asmodeus was silent for a bit.
“So anyway, I’m going to live here and take it easy for a while,” Asmodeus said.
“Really?” I sighed after she just dodged my question.
“Don’t complain! Didn’t I just save your life? You should be more grateful.”
“Being grateful is one thing. I’m poor and just getting by. How do you expect me to support the both of us?!”
“Hm…well maybe I can use a bit of my power to…”
“Stop!”
I quickly motioned for her to not go any further. If she truly was a demon lord, there’s no telling what kind of dark and evil powers she could use to get me into trouble.
“Using your demon lord powers is absolutely forbidden,” I said. “After all it doesn’t make sense for you to rely on your power after you quit your job.”
“That is true…well then, what do you propose?” Asmodeus said.
“Well, if you’re going to live here, you have to work for your food.”
“Hm…,” Asmodeus said with a smirk on her face. “To say something like that to a demon lord, you must be very brave or very foolish.”
“And as you said, you quit being a demon lord.”
Asmodeus burst into laughter.
“All right,” Asmodeus said. “I concede. You know, I really do like you. Let’s get along, shall we.”
Asmodeus held out her hand with a smile. I shook her hand to affirm her that I had every intention of getting along with her too. When that was done, I got up and walked over to the fridge. I took out a couple of bentos and began warming them in the microwave. Everything that Asmodeus had said was really absurd. Despite that, for some reason, I did not want to doubt her. Those were my thoughts as I warmed up dinner for myself and my new roommate.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
Dammit…why must morning always come? After all, I just had a nice dream where a bronzed beauty came to live with me in my tiny apartment.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
“So noisy…,” a female voice said.
Those two words woke me up with a jolt. I quickly sat up to see Asmodeus sleeping comfortably in the nude on my futon. The blanket which should have been covering her had moved down revealing her large breasts, and it had moved up her legs, revealing her smooth, wondrous thighs.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
My hand quickly turned off the alarm, making sure that this time my hand avoided grabbing something it should not. Asmodeus sleepily awoke and sat up on my futon. She yawned and stretched allowing the blanket to fall around her waist. The sight made me turn completely red. I quickly turned around.
“Do you always get up this early,” Asmodeus said.
“I have to…,” I replied. “If I don’t I’ll be late for school.”
Asmodeus saw me with my back facing her. She smirked and moved closer to me.
“What’s wrong?” Asmodeus said. “Is it not rude to face away from someone while conversing?”
“How can I face you when you’re like that?” I complained.
Asmodeus giggled.
“You’re embarrassed! How cute!” Asmodeus said as she embraced me from behind and pressed her breasts into my back.
My heart nearly gave out. The thin shirt I was wearing was no protection against the feeling of her soft, warm flesh pushing into my back. Her arms were draped over my shoulders and wrapped around my chest preventing me from escaping. She brought her face close to my left ear.
“Oh what is that?” Asmodeus said as she spied something interesting. “You naughty boy!”
“I can’t help it!” I complained. “I’m a healthy young man! With you teasing me all the time, of course I’m going to be like this!”
Asmodeus laughed and released me. She grabbed the white shirt I lent her and put it on. Once she covered up, and once my nerves were on the way to calming down, I set about warming up the last of our(my) food.
“Ne, when is the next time you don’t have school?” Asmodeus asked as she sat at the small table and waited for the food.
“This Saturday,” I replied. “Why?”
“Well, if I’m going to live here, I’m probably going to need more than just a white collared shirt.”
“Wait, what happened to your clothes? What about that red dress?”
“I can’t use my Demon Lord outfit, now can I? I don’t have any clothes from this world, so I need to get some.”
It looked like this would be my first trial…In order for Asmodeus to fit in to this world, she needed clothes. It would be very helpful, especially for my sanity, if she had some proper clothes to wear.
“Fine…since this is far more important, I’ll take the day off from school,” I said. “You probably don’t have any money so I guess I will have to treat you…”
I sighed. It looked like I would be spending quite a bit of money today. For someone who was just getting by, this was extremely worrisome.
“I’m just warning you now though,” I continued. “My budget is quite tight so I can’t really buy you anything extravagant.”
“Okay, okay,” Asmodeus smiled. “I understand.”
With that, we finished up our breakfast and made our plans for the day. I would be skipping school to take Asmodeus shopping. Then from the far corner of my mind came a thought. Wasn’t this considered a date?
Asmodeus and I were on one of the trains heading into the city. The train was quite crowded leaving her and I no place to sit. Instead, Asmodeus stood close to the door while I stood next to her.
Before leaving the apartment, I managed to dig up an old pair of loose-fitting jeans and a wind breaker jacket. Since Asmodeus didn’t have any normal clothes she could wear outside, my old clothes would have to suffice until I could buy her something more appropriate.
Anyway, the beautiful woman next to me was forced to wear such well-worn used clothes on this train. Possibly because of both her beauty and the sense of dissonance with her clothes, we received quite a few stares. Though it wasn’t long before we reached our stop, it felt like we didn’t arrive soon enough.
“So Shin, where are we headed first?” Asmodeus asked as we walked through the station after leaving the platform.
“Well, we can probably check out some clothes at the nearest department store,” I replied. “We need to at least get you some proper shirts and pants.”
“I see…very well then.”
Asmodeus seemed to be happy as we meandered through the crowd and headed for the station exit. Her eyes wandered back and forth looking at the number of sights which filled the station. She even seemed to take enjoyment gazing at the wide array of people that entered and exited the station.
“So many colorful people,” Asmodeus whispered. “This place is very, very dynamic.”
“Did you say something?” I asked her.
“No, don’t mind me,” she replied with a bright smile. “Let’s hurry and find my clothes!”
Our first stop was a large department store across the street from the station. Due to its location, it was quite busy. We entered the main doors and headed straight for the women’s clothing department on the second floor.
The whole second floor was covered in women’s clothing. It was far more than I had ever realized. Obviously, though this was only our first stop, it would definitely take some time.
“I guess we should look for some casual clothes first,” I said to Asmodeus.
“All right, what do you suggest?” she replied.
“Probably a t-shirt and jeans should be fine.”
Asmodeus nodded. We navigated through the finer classier dresses to a section of more casual attire. Asmodeus briefly browsed through the selection of jeans before picking out a few.
“Hm… what do you think?” Asmodeus said with a confused tone.
“Well...I’m not exactly sure,” I replied. “Maybe you should try them on.”
We quickly headed over to the fitting rooms. Asmodeus took her jeans into the small booth and started to close the heavy curtain.
“No peeking now,” Asmodeus said with a devilish grin.
“Just hurry!” I said with a red face.
Asmodeus laughed as she shut the curtains. I stood outside the booth, a fairly sizable distance away from the violet curtain which separated the two worlds. I’m no pervert after all. Still, the thought of such a beautiful woman nude inside the changing room was truly provocative…wait why was she nude?
“Crap…,” I muttered softly. “She doesn’t have any underwear does she…?”
I had just come to the realization that before anything else, Asmodeus would need some underwear. Of course, once she buys her jeans and shirts, she can do that on her own right?
After a few minutes of agonizing over how to go about getting her to buy some underwear, Asmodeus opened the curtains. She held on to the three pairs of jeans with a smile on her face.
“These will do,” Asmodeus said.
I calmed myself down and tried to act as casual as possible. I pushed my concern out of my mind for the moment as we headed to another section to look at some shirts. As she searched through the numerous tees filling the racks, I noticed that she seemed to concentrate on v-cut shirts that would likely be really fitted on her.
“I think I like these,” Asmodeus reported as she handed me three solid black v-cut tees. “I believe they’ll be all right for size.”
“You sure you don’t want to try them on?”
“It’s okay…I think they’ll fit quite nicely. After all we have something more important to shop for.”
“A-and what would that be?” I asked fearfully.
“Underwear of course! Or would you prefer to have me without it? Come to think of it that means there will be less for me to take off…”
“No! No! No! I didn’t mean that!”
This devil next to me was grinning ear to ear as she watched my flustered reaction. I was completely red with embarrassment.
“Are you sure…,” Asmodeus said seductively. “After all, I know you have money problems. Since times are tough, maybe I should go without the underwear…”
“Absolutely not!” I said. “Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”
“Hehe…well then, let’s go!”
With a smile, Asmodeus grabbed my arm and started dragging me to the lingerie department. I tried as hard as I could to pull free, but her thin arms held a hidden strength that refused to let me escape.
“Y-you don’t need me to choose underwear right?” I said nervously.
“Of course I do,” Asmodeus said. “You’re being so kind as to buy them for me, so I might as well pick some that you will like.”
“EH!!!?”
Her words meant that she was going to show them to me! Though some may consider me fortunate to hear those words, I was already almost at the limits of my sanity. As soon as our feet arrived in the lingerie section, I immediately flagged down the nearest representative.
“How may I help you?” the sales person asked politely.
“My friend here needs some help picking out some underwear,” I said quite hastily. “Can you please help her?”
“Sure I can…”
As soon as she consented to my request, I managed to pull my arm free and bolted away. I was quite sorry that I ditched Asmodeus, but with my peace of mind hanging by the tiniest of threads, it had to be done. Asmodeus and the sales person watched as I quickly made my retreat.
“Oh my…,” Asmodeus chuckled. “Maybe I went too far…?”
“Was he your boyfriend?” the sales person asked.
“No…just a friend…But I got to admit, he is so adorable when he gets flustered like that.”
“Anyway, let’s get started, shall we…?”
I wandered about the department store to kill time while I waited for Asmodeus to finish selecting her underwear. I had barely escaped what probably would have been a horrible death on the account of my heart stopping from sheer shock.
“Haaaaa…,” I sighed. “I bet she’ll be angry when I go back.”
Though I did it to preserve my sanity, the truth was that I abandoned her. With her being an ex-Demon Lord and all, it made me wonder if she would get angry and send me to hell for my crime.
“Maybe I should look for something nice for her…,” I said. “But what can I get? I barely have any money to pay for everything.”
As I walked through the store, something caught my eye. Maybe…hopefully…this was something that would make her happy.
Almost an hour had passed since I escaped from Asmodeus. Figuring she had probably finished selecting underwear, I decided to head back. I carefully walked toward the lingerie section…which, in retrospect, probably would have made me look a bit suspicious.
“Shin!” Asmodeus said with an angry look on her face.
“Asmodeus?” I said reflexively.
Asmodeus stood near the register with a bunch of bags. The sales person stood at the register and waited for me to return. Aside from the clothes that were already bagged, Asmodeus wore a pair of blue denim jeans and a black v-neck tee.
“What took you so long?” Asmodeus grumbled.
“Sorry…I just wasn’t sure if you were done,” I replied.
“If that’s the case you shouldn’t have left. Geez…”
She was obviously angry. Knowing that it was time for me to use my “secret weapon,” I decided to present her with my gift. I held out a small white paper bag. She looked at it curiously before taking it from my hand.
“What is this?” Asmodeus asked.
“It’s an offering to placate the Demon Lord’s wrath,” I joked.
Asmodeus gave me a harsh glare. I recoiled in fear for just a second. She opened the package and pulled out a small keychain attached to a key. The keychain was of a small cartoonish red devil – basically a red fluff ball with wings and a tail. The key was a small silver key.
“What’s this?” Asmodeus said curiously.
“Well…I thought that it might be good for you to have your own key,” I explained. “Then you won’t have to resort to breaking and entering.”
“Hm…”
“And the keychain is a devil…well um…if you want a different one, I can always get another one.”
Asmodeus smiled as she looked at me. Her anger had seemed to have been dispelled. She brought her key and keychain to her chest and closed her eyes.
“No…I like this one,” Asmodeus said. “Thanks!”
When Asmodeus opened her eyes, she smiled at me with an honest, innocent smile. The sheer sight of it took my breath away. She was absolutely gorgeous.
“Excuse me, sir,” the sales person said. “Will you be paying for this here?”
I gave the clerk a nod. She showed me the total cost…a number which brought me crashing back down to reality. Life is too cruel…it really is. With an empty smile on my face, I paid for all of Asmodeus’s clothes. The sales person smiled and handed me a few coins as my change.
“Thank you,” she said with the brightest of smiles. “Please shop with us again.”
I grabbed Asmodeus’s bags and we left the store.
It was now late at night. I had just returned home from work. I opened the door to my apartment to see Asmodeus sitting in front of the television wearing just the white collared shirt she wore this morning. I closed the door behind me and took off my shoes.
“Oh welcome home,” Asmodeus said as she turned her head from the TV screen.
“Uh…Asmodeus…where’s your clothes?” I asked seeing that she wasn’t wearing any of it.
“I put them away in the closet.”
“Why?! I bought them so you could wear them!”
“I know, but this is the most comfortable. While I’m at home, I’ll just wear this.”
My right hand met my face. I had spent all that money, yet my problem at home hadn’t been solved. With a loud sigh, I went to the kitchen to stock the fridge with the bentos from the convenience store. I also tossed two of them on the side to warm up for dinner.
“Besides…this shirt is my favorite shirt,” Asmodeus whispered.
“Huh? Did you say something?” I asked as I poked my head out from behind the fridge door.
“Nothing!”
Asmodeus had a lovely smile on her face as she held onto her keychain with her right hand. I tossed the two bentos into the microwave and began to warm them up. While I got our dinner ready, Asmodeus went back to watching her television program.
It was well past midnight when I finally arrived home. I took out my keys and unlocked the door. As I pushed the door open, Asmodeus was sitting down on the tatami in front of a small television, watching some odd program that I didn’t know. Once again, she was dressed in the white shirt I lent her this morning and not the stunning red dress from earlier.
“What took you so long?” Asmodeus said without looking away from the television.
“Well, it was a pretty messy incident,” I replied. “The police had to question me.”
“Hm…”
“But um…thank you.”
“It was no problem. Besides, if you got yourself killed, where am I supposed to live?”
“Wait? You’re going to live here?!”
Asmodeus turned to look at me.
“Of course I’m going to live here,” Asmodeus said. “I have nowhere else to go.”
“You don’t have any family or friends?”
“I guess you could say that you would be the only friend I have in this world.”
“In this world?”
That was certainly a strange thing to say. Did it mean that everyone close to her passed on? Despite saying that, she didn’t look at all as if she were depressed.
“Why do you say that?” I asked.
Asmodeus didn’t answer. She turned off the television and got up off the tatami mat. My face turned red as she started to walk over to me. She had a sultry smile as she leaned forward slightly.
“If you let me stay with you, you can be sure that I will be grateful,” Asmodeus said.
Her hand reached up to the collar. She lightly tugged at it, offering tempting glimpses of her bronzed skin near her cleavage. She gave me a sultry smile that instantly felt like she was setting me on fire. My heart beat louder in my chest and started echoing in my ears.
“I…I don’t need that kind of gratitude!” I said panicky. “You can stay if you want, but…but…”
Asmodeus began laughing.
“I was only teasing,” she said with a snicker. “That’s the reason why I chose you. Honest and upstanding…”
“I don’t know if I should take that as a compliment,” I sighed.
“Of course it is! After all, it’s praise from one of HeLL’s Demon Lords…”
“Demon Lords?”
“Did I say demon lords? I meant…I meant…”
Asmodeus pondered about what she was going to say next.
“Oh well…I guess I should re-introduce myself. My name is Asmodeus, and I am one of the Demon Lords of Heaven’s Lost Lambs Prison.”
“You’re a demon lord?” I said skeptically.
“Ah well…I guess I should say I used to be. I quit.”
She smiled as if she had gotten rid of some heavy burden. Asmodeus plopped herself back down on the tatami mat and sat crossed-legged. The thin white fabric of my shirt just barely covered between her legs. I gulped and forced myself to not be tempted to look. I sat down across of her and thought about what she said. She quit being a demon lord? Those words were quite absurd, and I found myself still in disbelief.
“You quit? Can you quit being a demon lord?” I asked.
“Let me tell you, it’s the most boring job in the world,” Asmodeus complained. “All I did was watch over prisoners…I want to have some fun! So I quit and ran here.”
“In other words, you just ran away?”
“Hey now! I have been doing my job properly for thousands of years! Even I deserve a little break now and then! Though in this case, you could say I chose to not go back. This time I want to do what I want. You know you humans are lucky. You get to choose what you want to do in life. As for us angels, we’re pretty much stuck with whatever God assigned us.”
Asmodeus started to look like a child throwing a tantrum.
“Wait…Angels? I thought you said you’re a demon lord?”
“Did I say angels?
I nodded. Asmodeus was silent for a bit.
“So anyway, I’m going to live here and take it easy for a while,” Asmodeus said.
“Really?” I sighed after she just dodged my question.
“Don’t complain! Didn’t I just save your life? You should be more grateful.”
“Being grateful is one thing. I’m poor and just getting by. How do you expect me to support the both of us?!”
“Hm…well maybe I can use a bit of my power to…”
“Stop!”
I quickly motioned for her to not go any further. If she truly was a demon lord, there’s no telling what kind of dark and evil powers she could use to get me into trouble.
“Using your demon lord powers is absolutely forbidden,” I said. “After all it doesn’t make sense for you to rely on your power after you quit your job.”
“That is true…well then, what do you propose?” Asmodeus said.
“Well, if you’re going to live here, you have to work for your food.”
“Hm…,” Asmodeus said with a smirk on her face. “To say something like that to a demon lord, you must be very brave or very foolish.”
“And as you said, you quit being a demon lord.”
Asmodeus burst into laughter.
“All right,” Asmodeus said. “I concede. You know, I really do like you. Let’s get along, shall we.”
Asmodeus held out her hand with a smile. I shook her hand to affirm her that I had every intention of getting along with her too. When that was done, I got up and walked over to the fridge. I took out a couple of bentos and began warming them in the microwave. Everything that Asmodeus had said was really absurd. Despite that, for some reason, I did not want to doubt her. Those were my thoughts as I warmed up dinner for myself and my new roommate.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
Dammit…why must morning always come? After all, I just had a nice dream where a bronzed beauty came to live with me in my tiny apartment.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
“So noisy…,” a female voice said.
Those two words woke me up with a jolt. I quickly sat up to see Asmodeus sleeping comfortably in the nude on my futon. The blanket which should have been covering her had moved down revealing her large breasts, and it had moved up her legs, revealing her smooth, wondrous thighs.
*Bzzzzt* *Bzzzzt*
My hand quickly turned off the alarm, making sure that this time my hand avoided grabbing something it should not. Asmodeus sleepily awoke and sat up on my futon. She yawned and stretched allowing the blanket to fall around her waist. The sight made me turn completely red. I quickly turned around.
“Do you always get up this early,” Asmodeus said.
“I have to…,” I replied. “If I don’t I’ll be late for school.”
Asmodeus saw me with my back facing her. She smirked and moved closer to me.
“What’s wrong?” Asmodeus said. “Is it not rude to face away from someone while conversing?”
“How can I face you when you’re like that?” I complained.
Asmodeus giggled.
“You’re embarrassed! How cute!” Asmodeus said as she embraced me from behind and pressed her breasts into my back.
My heart nearly gave out. The thin shirt I was wearing was no protection against the feeling of her soft, warm flesh pushing into my back. Her arms were draped over my shoulders and wrapped around my chest preventing me from escaping. She brought her face close to my left ear.
“Oh what is that?” Asmodeus said as she spied something interesting. “You naughty boy!”
“I can’t help it!” I complained. “I’m a healthy young man! With you teasing me all the time, of course I’m going to be like this!”
Asmodeus laughed and released me. She grabbed the white shirt I lent her and put it on. Once she covered up, and once my nerves were on the way to calming down, I set about warming up the last of our(my) food.
“Ne, when is the next time you don’t have school?” Asmodeus asked as she sat at the small table and waited for the food.
“This Saturday,” I replied. “Why?”
“Well, if I’m going to live here, I’m probably going to need more than just a white collared shirt.”
“Wait, what happened to your clothes? What about that red dress?”
“I can’t use my Demon Lord outfit, now can I? I don’t have any clothes from this world, so I need to get some.”
It looked like this would be my first trial…In order for Asmodeus to fit in to this world, she needed clothes. It would be very helpful, especially for my sanity, if she had some proper clothes to wear.
“Fine…since this is far more important, I’ll take the day off from school,” I said. “You probably don’t have any money so I guess I will have to treat you…”
I sighed. It looked like I would be spending quite a bit of money today. For someone who was just getting by, this was extremely worrisome.
“I’m just warning you now though,” I continued. “My budget is quite tight so I can’t really buy you anything extravagant.”
“Okay, okay,” Asmodeus smiled. “I understand.”
With that, we finished up our breakfast and made our plans for the day. I would be skipping school to take Asmodeus shopping. Then from the far corner of my mind came a thought. Wasn’t this considered a date?
Asmodeus and I were on one of the trains heading into the city. The train was quite crowded leaving her and I no place to sit. Instead, Asmodeus stood close to the door while I stood next to her.
Before leaving the apartment, I managed to dig up an old pair of loose-fitting jeans and a wind breaker jacket. Since Asmodeus didn’t have any normal clothes she could wear outside, my old clothes would have to suffice until I could buy her something more appropriate.
Anyway, the beautiful woman next to me was forced to wear such well-worn used clothes on this train. Possibly because of both her beauty and the sense of dissonance with her clothes, we received quite a few stares. Though it wasn’t long before we reached our stop, it felt like we didn’t arrive soon enough.
“So Shin, where are we headed first?” Asmodeus asked as we walked through the station after leaving the platform.
“Well, we can probably check out some clothes at the nearest department store,” I replied. “We need to at least get you some proper shirts and pants.”
“I see…very well then.”
Asmodeus seemed to be happy as we meandered through the crowd and headed for the station exit. Her eyes wandered back and forth looking at the number of sights which filled the station. She even seemed to take enjoyment gazing at the wide array of people that entered and exited the station.
“So many colorful people,” Asmodeus whispered. “This place is very, very dynamic.”
“Did you say something?” I asked her.
“No, don’t mind me,” she replied with a bright smile. “Let’s hurry and find my clothes!”
Our first stop was a large department store across the street from the station. Due to its location, it was quite busy. We entered the main doors and headed straight for the women’s clothing department on the second floor.
The whole second floor was covered in women’s clothing. It was far more than I had ever realized. Obviously, though this was only our first stop, it would definitely take some time.
“I guess we should look for some casual clothes first,” I said to Asmodeus.
“All right, what do you suggest?” she replied.
“Probably a t-shirt and jeans should be fine.”
Asmodeus nodded. We navigated through the finer classier dresses to a section of more casual attire. Asmodeus briefly browsed through the selection of jeans before picking out a few.
“Hm… what do you think?” Asmodeus said with a confused tone.
“Well...I’m not exactly sure,” I replied. “Maybe you should try them on.”
We quickly headed over to the fitting rooms. Asmodeus took her jeans into the small booth and started to close the heavy curtain.
“No peeking now,” Asmodeus said with a devilish grin.
“Just hurry!” I said with a red face.
Asmodeus laughed as she shut the curtains. I stood outside the booth, a fairly sizable distance away from the violet curtain which separated the two worlds. I’m no pervert after all. Still, the thought of such a beautiful woman nude inside the changing room was truly provocative…wait why was she nude?
“Crap…,” I muttered softly. “She doesn’t have any underwear does she…?”
I had just come to the realization that before anything else, Asmodeus would need some underwear. Of course, once she buys her jeans and shirts, she can do that on her own right?
After a few minutes of agonizing over how to go about getting her to buy some underwear, Asmodeus opened the curtains. She held on to the three pairs of jeans with a smile on her face.
“These will do,” Asmodeus said.
I calmed myself down and tried to act as casual as possible. I pushed my concern out of my mind for the moment as we headed to another section to look at some shirts. As she searched through the numerous tees filling the racks, I noticed that she seemed to concentrate on v-cut shirts that would likely be really fitted on her.
“I think I like these,” Asmodeus reported as she handed me three solid black v-cut tees. “I believe they’ll be all right for size.”
“You sure you don’t want to try them on?”
“It’s okay…I think they’ll fit quite nicely. After all we have something more important to shop for.”
“A-and what would that be?” I asked fearfully.
“Underwear of course! Or would you prefer to have me without it? Come to think of it that means there will be less for me to take off…”
“No! No! No! I didn’t mean that!”
This devil next to me was grinning ear to ear as she watched my flustered reaction. I was completely red with embarrassment.
“Are you sure…,” Asmodeus said seductively. “After all, I know you have money problems. Since times are tough, maybe I should go without the underwear…”
“Absolutely not!” I said. “Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”
“Hehe…well then, let’s go!”
With a smile, Asmodeus grabbed my arm and started dragging me to the lingerie department. I tried as hard as I could to pull free, but her thin arms held a hidden strength that refused to let me escape.
“Y-you don’t need me to choose underwear right?” I said nervously.
“Of course I do,” Asmodeus said. “You’re being so kind as to buy them for me, so I might as well pick some that you will like.”
“EH!!!?”
Her words meant that she was going to show them to me! Though some may consider me fortunate to hear those words, I was already almost at the limits of my sanity. As soon as our feet arrived in the lingerie section, I immediately flagged down the nearest representative.
“How may I help you?” the sales person asked politely.
“My friend here needs some help picking out some underwear,” I said quite hastily. “Can you please help her?”
“Sure I can…”
As soon as she consented to my request, I managed to pull my arm free and bolted away. I was quite sorry that I ditched Asmodeus, but with my peace of mind hanging by the tiniest of threads, it had to be done. Asmodeus and the sales person watched as I quickly made my retreat.
“Oh my…,” Asmodeus chuckled. “Maybe I went too far…?”
“Was he your boyfriend?” the sales person asked.
“No…just a friend…But I got to admit, he is so adorable when he gets flustered like that.”
“Anyway, let’s get started, shall we…?”
I wandered about the department store to kill time while I waited for Asmodeus to finish selecting her underwear. I had barely escaped what probably would have been a horrible death on the account of my heart stopping from sheer shock.
“Haaaaa…,” I sighed. “I bet she’ll be angry when I go back.”
Though I did it to preserve my sanity, the truth was that I abandoned her. With her being an ex-Demon Lord and all, it made me wonder if she would get angry and send me to hell for my crime.
“Maybe I should look for something nice for her…,” I said. “But what can I get? I barely have any money to pay for everything.”
As I walked through the store, something caught my eye. Maybe…hopefully…this was something that would make her happy.
Almost an hour had passed since I escaped from Asmodeus. Figuring she had probably finished selecting underwear, I decided to head back. I carefully walked toward the lingerie section…which, in retrospect, probably would have made me look a bit suspicious.
“Shin!” Asmodeus said with an angry look on her face.
“Asmodeus?” I said reflexively.
Asmodeus stood near the register with a bunch of bags. The sales person stood at the register and waited for me to return. Aside from the clothes that were already bagged, Asmodeus wore a pair of blue denim jeans and a black v-neck tee.
“What took you so long?” Asmodeus grumbled.
“Sorry…I just wasn’t sure if you were done,” I replied.
“If that’s the case you shouldn’t have left. Geez…”
She was obviously angry. Knowing that it was time for me to use my “secret weapon,” I decided to present her with my gift. I held out a small white paper bag. She looked at it curiously before taking it from my hand.
“What is this?” Asmodeus asked.
“It’s an offering to placate the Demon Lord’s wrath,” I joked.
Asmodeus gave me a harsh glare. I recoiled in fear for just a second. She opened the package and pulled out a small keychain attached to a key. The keychain was of a small cartoonish red devil – basically a red fluff ball with wings and a tail. The key was a small silver key.
“What’s this?” Asmodeus said curiously.
“Well…I thought that it might be good for you to have your own key,” I explained. “Then you won’t have to resort to breaking and entering.”
“Hm…”
“And the keychain is a devil…well um…if you want a different one, I can always get another one.”
Asmodeus smiled as she looked at me. Her anger had seemed to have been dispelled. She brought her key and keychain to her chest and closed her eyes.
“No…I like this one,” Asmodeus said. “Thanks!”
When Asmodeus opened her eyes, she smiled at me with an honest, innocent smile. The sheer sight of it took my breath away. She was absolutely gorgeous.
“Excuse me, sir,” the sales person said. “Will you be paying for this here?”
I gave the clerk a nod. She showed me the total cost…a number which brought me crashing back down to reality. Life is too cruel…it really is. With an empty smile on my face, I paid for all of Asmodeus’s clothes. The sales person smiled and handed me a few coins as my change.
“Thank you,” she said with the brightest of smiles. “Please shop with us again.”
I grabbed Asmodeus’s bags and we left the store.
It was now late at night. I had just returned home from work. I opened the door to my apartment to see Asmodeus sitting in front of the television wearing just the white collared shirt she wore this morning. I closed the door behind me and took off my shoes.
“Oh welcome home,” Asmodeus said as she turned her head from the TV screen.
“Uh…Asmodeus…where’s your clothes?” I asked seeing that she wasn’t wearing any of it.
“I put them away in the closet.”
“Why?! I bought them so you could wear them!”
“I know, but this is the most comfortable. While I’m at home, I’ll just wear this.”
My right hand met my face. I had spent all that money, yet my problem at home hadn’t been solved. With a loud sigh, I went to the kitchen to stock the fridge with the bentos from the convenience store. I also tossed two of them on the side to warm up for dinner.
“Besides…this shirt is my favorite shirt,” Asmodeus whispered.
“Huh? Did you say something?” I asked as I poked my head out from behind the fridge door.
“Nothing!”
Asmodeus had a lovely smile on her face as she held onto her keychain with her right hand. I tossed the two bentos into the microwave and began to warm them up. While I got our dinner ready, Asmodeus went back to watching her television program.
He certainly took it like a man.
Even if it wasn't inspired by it, it helped me envision the scene.