Rayic's POV:
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"I'll kill him." The demon king growled stepping foward. But the blue haired guy put his hand in front of him.

"We need him for now. It's just a kiss." He said trying to stop him. "You don't get to say that when you already kissed my mate." He growled.

Wow. Family problems. The air was tense and Korosuakuma tensed. She turned around.

"Amaimon!"she yelled angry. "Outside now!" She growled. They walked to the door and she threw it open.

"Assholes first." She scowled as Amaimon walked through first. They shut the door and all that could he heard was muffled screaming.

Quite a feet when you were in a soundproof room. It went on for about a minute and then it fell silent.

The wall suddenly dented inward, cracks going up it from the concrete wall.

The werewolf girl quickly entered the room and shut the door. "What's going on?!" The brown haired guy asked. I've got to get their names.

"Well I'm gonna stay in here. They- they were arguing one minute and then they're making out. I'm not gonna stand and watch them dry hump on the wall" She said with a red face. The door opened and the couple walked through like they didn't just almost indent a concrete wall.

"We have decided to take your offer." Korosuakuma said, much to the dismay of her mate. "Okami, can I talk to you for a second?" The demon said opening the door. The werewolf girl is Okami. Got it.

They left. Leaving most of them to watch me, including Korosuakuma. "Why is that what you asked for?" She asked figeting with her hands.

Because I've had a crush on you since we were kids. It hasn't gone away. Please help me end that. At least that's what I was thinking, but I couldn't say it out loud. "Because I wanted to piss him off." I chuckled.

"Liar." she smiled. "You were always good at telling." I smiled back. "Look Rayic. Growing up I didn't like you like that." She said scratching the back of her neck.

What about now? Please tell me you do. "I still don't Rayic. I'll never even like anyone like I love Amaimon."  She said and she looked like it was the only thing she was sure of in her life.

She was more sure of this then the fact she will die one day. We are getting out of here boys. Thomas?

My second in command. Alpha? Yeah. You guys okay? Yeah for now. Guess these rooms aren't link proof. Guess not. Where are we? I don't know.

But I know what they want. They want the schedule of attack. You're not going to give it to them right. Not if we can get out of here in time.

You're joking right! No, they offered me something I couldn't refuse. What could they have possibly offered?! A kiss from my first love.

That girl you've been talking about for years? That very one. In any other circumstances I would be happy for you but... -ic RAYIC!

I snapped out of mind link while Korosuakuma stared at me. She bit her lip and closed her eyes. she took a deep breath and looked at me.

"This is the only shot we get at this kiss. Amaimon left the room and he will probably kill you after if he sees it happen. You only get one kiss. That's the deal." She said.

"Since it's only one than can we have tongue?" I asked. "Absolutely not." A voice growled startling me. I turned and glared at the demon.

How'd he get in here without me noticing? Boys you need to get me out of here. I can't go back on my word. I have to give them information after the kiss, so if we are getting out of here it better be now.

Right! We've got a means of escape. Ready when you are. She looked back at her demon fiancé and sighed. A demon fiancé, ridiculous choice.

The other 2 boys grabbed a hold of his shoulders and got ready to hold him back. The lower class demon turned into a book and the mage was ready. But he faced me and not the demon king.

She took a deep breath and looked back at me. Guys! Break out in 3 seconds. She got close and her lips slowly decended towards me. Three.

I closed my eyes and waited for her lips to meet mine. I've been waiting years for this. My first love. Two.

I silently waited. She was so close I could feel her breath on me. One. "Got ya." she whispered.

That was the moment I felt stupid. Her lips never met mine. There was a long pause and then a large crash.

Her breath no longer fanned my face and when I opened my eyes, she was already out the door.

Korosu POV
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I was really annoyed that he would betray me. When he had zoned out I had known.

I called for Okami and she told me that the cloudedness of his eyes meant he was mindlinking someone or a group.

We checked and saw that, not only were his pack members awake; they also had their eyes clouded.

On the chance they were planning an escape, we decided to devise a plan and it worked.

He would still want his kiss. It would be obvious he wanted that because out of everything on the planet that's what he wanted. He would take that opportunity to strike.

And that's why we are chasing down 5 werewolves down the corridor. werewolves are amazingly fast, faster than me.

I only surpass human limitations but supernaturals have a different level. sure I'm fast and strong, but I can't compare to most supernaturals.

I would've hoped that the superhuman strength and a massive pain tolerance would put me on an even field with supernaturals, but no matter what I do, I just can't bridge the gap.

I felt the anger and frustration bubble inside of me. Vicious and violent, waiting to rise. And it did. How can I ever compete? 

Magic. She's right. I punched through the floor, the concrete giving to my strength and chanted. 

The vines came to my call faster than I thought. They broke through the ground and the wolves were caught like a fly in a spider web.

I won't let them get away and with that. The vine twisted and turned, leaving the packmates tangled.

"Korosu? Where did you learn to do that?" The voice of my mate floated into my ears. "In the garden." I smiled looking back at him.

For now I could hear his heart in my ears and I could see his eyes much better, both slowed my heart. He was one of the only people who could calm me down.

{time skip brought to you by I'm in speech and debate}

I stared into the room full of werewolves that were strung up. the glass wall was perfect for interrogation and to prevent blood getting on my clothes.

the door opened and I watched as Rayic was dragged into the room kicking and struggling. I wanted him to be here to witness it.

"We gave you a chance Rayic. A chance to have anything you want and you planned to betray us. Negotiations can't happen anymore because we cannot trust you. Now there's only one option left." I said turning back to the glass while they place him roughly in the chair.

No one wanted it to come to this. We wanted to use as little force and shed as little blood as possible but that can't happen now that he cannot be trusted.

Negotiations had failed and now we only have room for immediate information. No waiting, no way to get out of it.

We need him to just flat out tell us what he knows. The only total guarantee that he would give us the information we needed.

I would feel bad but the betrayal was fresh in my brain and it wouldn't stop bubbling when I thought about it.

I trusted him. I gave him the chance to do the right thing, to save innocent lives and bloodshed. But he only wanted a kiss and I can't believe I had put my faith in him.

I was clouded by an illusion of my childhood friend, but he isn't the guy I knew anymore. He had grown up, changed over time and I couldn't stop it.

My mistake for assuming so childishly. My assumption had almost caused our only way to stop a war to escape. It's no one's fault but mine. And I have to take responsibility.

"So who's gonna do the..... interrogation?" Caster asked obviously not wanting to be the one to torture these werewolves.

"Pain is your specialty Amaimon, is it not?" Mephisto said poping out of nowhere, like the demon king he was.

His sudden reappearance had scared some of us but I was too much in thought to be shocked. "Yes but something is telling me I shouldn't be the one to do it." Amaimon said looking at me.

He knew me too well. "I'll do it." I said nodding. "Are you su-" Kasai had started but we didn't have the time.

"It's my fault for trusting him, I almost cost the lives of millions of innocent demons. It's my mistake, I have to make it up." I said opening the door and walking out before anyone could argue.

I walked into the room with the five pack members strung up. "Hello boys." I smiled trying to feel better for what I was about to do.

"Traitor! You're a traitor to your race!" One of them screamed. I was taken aback by the statement. "I can't believe you would take their side! They are monsters!" Another shouted. All drained but still have fight in them.

"I don't choose who I love, but I can choose the way I see things. I can choose to not fight a never ending war, I can choose to see both sides! I have the right to believe that not every demon or Keyta is evil, I can choose to believe that there is good in both races." I said trying to help them see reason.

"You're disgusting!" One of them yelled. I was going to argue back but the minute the spit hit my face, I had lost my patience.

"You want a monster... I'll show you a monster" I growled opening the door and slamming it as I walked through, vibrating the walls with the force.

I stomped my foot into the ground and watched as purple vines broke through the cracks in the floors, widening them.

I smiled when I saw the silver leaves sprout, and the vines start to travel into their clothing.

Wolves' bane hurts much worse through skin to skin contact. I smiled and I saw them scream and wrath trying to get away from the burning but they couldn't.

I smiled watching the burns develop on their skin.

Rayic POV
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I watched in horror as my pack members burned. I was even more afraid when I watched her smile at their suffering.

This isn't the Korosuakuma I know. What happened to her? "Amaimon, did you make it to her on time when she was taken to Gehenna?" The demon king asked.

"No, she died there, her soul stayed in the body until we managed to revive her." Her mate said staring at her. His eyes never leave her.

"She developed a crack." he hummed amused. "What's a crack?" Okami asked.

"It's when the soul strains in the body, they can develop cracks. Most of them lead to periods of evil and mischief that weren't there before the cracks were formed. It's very hazardous, but amusing to witness." The demon king said as they all slowly glanced at Korosuakuma continue to torture my family while smiling.

"I don't believe you, that's not who she is!" I growled struggling against the cuffs.

"Things change. She wasn't like this but I can't say I mind." The demon king said smiling at her like she was the best thing in the world.

"The Korosuakuma I know would never hurt a fly! She protected the things she loved! She never liked seeing people in pain!" I said struggling.

"She might not be afraid to hurt things anymore, but that doesn't mean she doesn't protect the things she love. She's doing this so no one else has to. So no one can be hurt in the stupid war that you fools want. You would know that if you weren't delusional. You don't love her, you never did. I do. There is nothing that she can become to make me love her less. I love her more with every passing day. Just because she is no longer afraid doesn't make her evil, it makes her even more amazing." He growled slamming his hands on the table.

"Don't insult my mate, Alpha, or you'll join your pack members." He gritted his teeth. My pack members.

I looked back at them, forgetting about them for a few moments while I was distracted. I could see their skin smoking from the burns, skin rubbed red with the burns.

"No! Stop! You're killing them!" I yelled watching my packmates burn. "Tell us what we want to know and we won't kill them." he growled, claws digging into my shoulder.

"No!" I screamed watching them slowly slip out if consciousness. The demon king looked up and let go.

He walked over to Korosuakuma and pulled her back into his chest as he whispered into her ear.

The wolves' bane retreated back into the ground as she calmed down. "It's only going to get worse. You have to tell them. I'm scarred of where this is going to end if you don't." The mage whispered to me.

"I can't. I can't let them ruin the plan" I whispered in a hushed tone. "Then watch them die. Add them to the casualties brought by your war. What's five more compared to millions of a race you don't completely understand right?" He said annoyed.

"You okay?" Amaimon asked holding my childhood friend. "I'm scared." She whispered looking at her hands.

"I'm sorry it had to be like this. Can you keep doing it?" He asked kissing her head with a tenderness I didn't know he could possess.

"Yeah. I just need you to pull me out of it when the time comes." She said leaning against him.

"I'll always be there for you. And if you still have some energy to burn then I can pull out of something else later." He growled lowly.

I was on the defensive until I heard her laugh lightly. "Yeah. Maybe later." she said teasingly.

"Definitely later. Or I could just bend you over right here since he's looking." He said as she suddenly looked at me.

Her eyes widened and she hit Amaimon in the shoulder. "He's a werewolf, he can hear you." She whispered embarrassed.

"Oh I know." He smiled and she playfully hit his arm again as he laughed. She seems really happy with him I thought smiling lightly. Mates, family, protecting each other: it all sounds like a normal thing to me. 

I didn't think demons had them, didn't think they felt remorse or grief. But just looking at them, I know that if she was to die, he would emit a scream that shook mountains, cried tears that would fuel rivers, fall apart so hard the earth would break. That's what it meant to be in love.

He's right. I don't love Korosuakuma like that. I never did. She enchanted me and I would give my life for her but not for love, not the kind they had, but because she was all I had left of my old life.

She will always be important to me. I love her but its more of an infatuation and not wholesome like I had thought. She isn't the girl I'm in love with anymore, she's just my childhood friend. She's not a hopeless dreamer anymore, she made it all real. Shes's not a girl losing everything, she's the girl gaining everything she wanted all along: love, friends, and family.

Maybe I couldn't see it before but what she has here at this moment is what I've been wanting my whole life. A mate, close family, and all the unconditional love that comes with it. I didn't see it before because I didn't want to believe. It's harder to admit you're wrong then to keep acting like something isn't real.

I wanted to believe that demons weren't capable of all of these feelings and love but I guess there is a little bit of humanity in all monsters. I want her to be happy. The way he looks at her when she smiles makes me feel like she spent most of her time without everything she has, I can't think of taking that from anyone else.

Splitting families and mates, the thought makes me sick to my stomach. I wish I didn't have to betray anyone to guarantee peoples' safety, but, if it can save lives, if it can keep people smiling like she is right now... then it'll be worth it.

This war isn't worth it. What is it all for in the end? Revenge over something that happened centuries ago. At what cost? The lives of people who probably weren't even created in time to witness it.

Stealing the lives of those who did nothing wrong. Paying for the actions of those before them. There were no mistakes made. There isn't anything to apologize for. They took someone he loves and for that he made them pay.

Even I wouldn't forgive them. The brink of extinction was not necessary. But it will never end if this war begins.

"Alright. I'll tell you everything."

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