Hello everyone, TomboyJessie13 here, I had some trouble starting on this chapter, and I also had trouble ending this chapter, but the middle part is what I had the most fun with. The weirdest thing though is that I got a couple of inspirations just by eating spicy Cheetos and my father's beef stew, but now it is done.

If you don't like it, that's fine, but please don't ridicule.

Chapter 12

Recouping and Punishments

Later that afternoon, it was a quarter to 3:30 pm, the sinners has spent their whole afternoon in the hospital after the basement incident, becoming sore at one another for their own faults, they soon took a nap after listening to Clarith reading them a story written by Yukina Freezis, Margarita had been laying on her bed for a couple of hours, playing with the two teddy bears giving to her, both made with careful sewing and snipping. As Margarita was focused on them, her trail of thoughts we're stopped by another voice in the room.

"What's with these bears? Where did they come from?" A voice asked, Margarita looked over and saw Riliane is now awake, holding a bear and rubbing her eyes.

"Jun was here earlier, he gave us presents to get better." Margarita answered with a smile.

"Oh the emperor was here?" She said, yawning.

"Yeah."

"Mmmm, quite down, what's your problem?" Gallerian said with a grouchy tone in his voice as he turned himself over to the two girls, he notices the stuffed bear wearing his coat laying on his body. "Why is there a blue bear laying on me?" One by one each sinner begins to stir from their slumber, seeing and wondering about the bears given to them.

"Jun was here."

"Is that so?" Banica asked as he nibbled on her bear's ear. "I can smell the beautiful aroma of sweet and sour sauce." Just then they heard a knock from the door, a nurse walked in, she has pale skin and short black hair in a bob haircut with chopped bangs, she also seemed to be holding a bundle of bathrobes and slippers.

"Oh you seven are awake, that's good."

"Well hellooooo nurse." Sateriasis said with a devious smirk on his face.

"Duke!" Nemesis yelled as she threw her pillow at him.

"Calm down you guys, I've been assigned to take you seven to one of our sitting rooms so you can talk and enjoy yourselves properly, considering how boring it can be doing nothing in this room."

"That is true." Riliane said.

"For your information madam, I don't have the nerve to talk to my asshole father after what happened today."

"Go to hell, you fascist hussy." Gallerian responded to her with a sneer.

"Hey! Hey! I'll get in trouble if you don't do as I say, you have to move to the sitting room."

"Fine, but I don't want that asshole near me." The sinners then proceed to get out of bed, some of them were wobbly when they tried standing up, Margarita fixes her pigtails, and the nurse gave the sinners their own robes to wrap themselves with and house slippers. Once they got situated, the nurse motioned them to follow her into the hallway, they walked through the corridor colored white, light blue, and brown. Once they got into the lobby, they noticed another nurse but with Elphe traits, sitting on the couch and flirting with a seemingly older employee, viewing them seemed to have made Gallerian uncomfortable considering that he once had an affair with Nemesis's mother. Sateriasis on the other hand desires to stay behind and view them more, but Kayo began pulling on his ponytail and dragged him away from the shameless display.

"Should you alert the management about those two having unauthorized relations in public?" Kayo asked as she continued to pull on her ancestor's hair.

"I will once I get you seven settled in." The Nurse replied, she continued leading them to another room until the nurse opens the door to a room with a sliding door and Genkan, the nurse opened the sliding door to reveal a Jakoku-Themed living area, a large kotatsu with a blanket already in place, a few sitting mats, and by the window is a regular table with two regular chairs, and on the other side of the room is a box containing a sketchbook, a container of pencils, a few books, board games, and cards. "Here's your room Ladies and Gentlemen, enjoy your stay, I'll bring some snacks to hold you over till supper." The Nurse then leaves, closing the sliding door before leaving, the sinners were quite confused on what's going on.

"...Now what?" Riliane spoke out finally. "There's nothing to even do in here."

"Well there's this box of things." Margarita said as she pointed at the box.

"Oh a Kotatsu table!" Kayo said excitedly, she slid underneath. "I haven't seen these in years!"

"What's a Kotatsu?" Riliane asked.

"They're tables with heaters underneath, they're mainly used for cold weathers, and it's perfect for eating, you're socializing, doing your hobbies, or taking naps." Kayo was on fire with her heritage.

"Check out this view." Banica said with her face pressed on the window, the sinners went to where Banica is and out the window is a field of golden rice and white buildings inhabited by people from different eras, they must be in the Heavenly Yard, "This must be the place we're going to once we're rehabilitated, right?"

"Hopefully." Sateriasis replied.

"I doubt that it be possible though." Nemesis said with a apathetic tone in her voice, sitting under the kotatsu. "We stained ourselves with sin so badly, our loved ones would never want to see us again after what we've done to them and the world."

"Do you have to ruin the mood for everyone?" Gallerian asked with Irritation in his voice.

"I'm speaking the truth, you Bastard, I bet Michelle is hating you as of now."

"You leave her out of this!"

"HEY! HEY! HEY! BREAK IT UP YOU TWO!" Banica said as she repeatedly claps her hand. "There's still a chance so please don't make this as depressing as it is, we don't wanna repeat this incident like yesterday."

Oh yes, Gallerian remembered what she meant, spending the rest of the first evening depressed over Ma being an HER, a being with Malice coursing through their veins, "Whatever." was his only replay as he sat on the regular chair by the window, distancing himself away from Nemesis and Banica, Sateriasis was brushing his hair with his fingers in a anxious matter, possibly thinking about his loved one: Gumina Glassred.

"What's the matter, Duke?" Kayo asked upon noticing him doing that.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it, Kayo."

"Ok".

~In the other room~

There was a few small TVs that seems to show the sinners from different angles of the room they're staying in, those watching were three demons; Marie in her form akin to that of her contractor Riliane, Mammon who normally appears as a golden owl now took form of a young man with darker blue hair and wearing a gold colored 7th century EC suit, and Asmodeus who was a goat with six wings, bird legs, and a snake tail appears as a older gentlemen with a well trimmed gray beard and wearing a purple modern day suit.

The door opened, revealing to be the same nurse from earlier, she removed her black wig, allowing her long blond hair to slip out.

"You did quite well, Barisol." Asmodeus said, grinning in a perverted way. "I'm liking that Nurse's outfit."

"I'm not talking to you, pervert." Rahab snapped at him, "What the hell is with that Nurse and old man at the lobby? Trying to shoot a porno or something?" He can tell that there was jealousy in her voice, considering that she's the Demon of Envy herself.

"Oh no dear, just trying to get a reaction from these two here." He pointed at Lucifer and Mammon.

"HA! AS IF YOU MAKE ME LAUGH YOU STUPID PIMP!" Marie exclaimed proudly at the demon. "Right, Salem?" But the Demon of Greed didn't answer, he was biting his lower lip in hopes of not laughing, but it was futile once he began laughing, as he laughed his heart out, a fanfare went off and an unknown voice proclaimed:

"GREED! OUT!"

At that moment, Rahab took out her Jakokunese wooden sword and bend Mammon or Salem over, he let out a pained scream when she smacking his rear end with it. "YEOW!"

"Sorry, but you know the rules: "you laugh, you lose." no exceptions." She left with a evil smirk on her face.

~In the living area~

The sinners had settled down after arriving to the living area, Gallerian was sitting by the windows while the other six sinners are sitting under the Kotatsu, Sateriasis seemed to be drawing from a sketchbook found in the box earlier while laying on his stomach, Kayo was reading one of the books found in the box, it appears to be that of a Levin bible despite not being raised with one of the religion's branches, Riliane, Margarita, and Nemesis are playing a game of "Life", and Banica was napping with her head on the mat.

"Ohh, I'm getting married." Nemesis exclaimed, Riliane then pulled out a female piece and put it on Nemesis's car who's piece is a female herself. "Hey! Don't give me a female spouse!"

"Why? You homophobic?" Riliane asked with a devilish grin plastered on her face.

"Nooo! I'm just not interested in women that's all, and besides, what if I want kids and my player can't have se-...would you stop nose bleeding you pervert!?" Nemesis yelled at Sateriasis when he began wiping blood from his nose with a tissue, indicating that he overheard their banter, Kayo shook her head at his perverse nature.

"I was only playing around, woman, and you took it too seriously, why's that?"

"Welcome to the real world, Princess."

"I got twins." Margarita said, breaking the tension.

"I'm sorry what?" Riliane Asked.

"My player and her husband got twins!"

"Oh really? Boy? Girl? Or fraternal?"

"I'll go with Fraternal."

"Nom nom nom nom nom..." Riliane heard someone chewing on something, she looked down and saw Banica eating her bathrobe in her sleep.

"Hey! don't eat me!" Riliane slapped her head, waking up the cannibal.

"Huh? What?" She yawned.

"You we're about to eat her clothes." Kayo giggled.

~In the other room~

The banter the sinners had put on was too much for Marie to resist and began laughing, cuing the fanfare and the unknown voice, signifying her defeat.

"PRIDE! OUT!"

The door slammed open, revealing Rahab with her wooden sword. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!" Marie begged repeatedly as the female demon bend her over and smack her rear end. "YEOWCH!"

"I'll be in the kitchen making snacks for the sinners, If you need anything else please don't hesitate to laugh." She said, that last comment caused Asmodeus to lose it, cuing the fanfare and voice.

"LUST! OUT!"

"Cooooooming!" She said as she smiled, she bend the older demon over and smack his rear end, letting out a pained cry, "I'm so busy today." Rahab left the room to continue her business.

"Damn Leviathan, she did that on purpose." He groaned, using her's demon name.

~In the living area~

Sateriasis was using coloring pencils for his drawing, he seemed to be enthusiastic about his latest work that he's drooling over it, but he stopped when he felt like someone was watching him, he turned and saw Gallerian looking over his shoulder. "Do you mind, Judge?" He asked irritably as he covered the drawing he's doing. "It's rude to look over someone's shoulder like that."

"What are you drawing?" The miser asked.

"I'm not telling, it's a work in progress."

"Just leave him be, Marlon." Riliane said. "You'll make things worse."

"I was just curious." Gallerian snapped. "Can't I be curious?"

"When will the nurse come with the snacks? I'm hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy." Banica whined.

"She'll bring them soon, the hospital's a busy place." Margarita said.

"okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay."

"If you keep thinking about food then-HEY!" Sateriasis, who was too distracted to keep his drawing safe, felt Gallerian yanking out the sketchbook from under his arms, "GIVE IT BACK YOU SPINELESS OAF!"

"Let me see it first." Gallerian replied as he pushed him back with his foot until the duke gave up and covered his face as if he was embarrassed, he looked at the drawing that Sateriasis drew, it was then upon viewing it that he discovered that it was a very lewd drawing of a unknown woman, possibly one of the members of the duke's harem, wearing a provocative piece of lingerie, the other sinners wondered what his reaction would be let alone what drawing the duke drew. Gallerian's face turned as red as a tomato, he gently gave the sketchbook back to Sateriasis...stood back from him...and before anyone knew it, blood started to shoot out of the Judge's nose, causing him to fall on his back while the blood continued squirting.

The sinners began to laugh at what happened to him, except for Nemesis who faced palmed asking: "Dammit, now my Father's a pervert?"

"I told you not to look Judge, but you never listen." Sateriasis said, failing to keep a straight face.

"What did you drew that made him do that?" Kayo asked Sateriasis, he took his drawing away.

"Not you to."

~In the other room~

All three of the demons of sin were laughing their heads off at what has happened to the avaricious court director, thus enabling the fanfare and unknown voice to sound off, quoting it's dreadful phrase:

"EVERYONE! OUT!"

"Oh no..." Was Salem's only response, that's when Rahab and two other nurses showed up and proceed to bend them over and smack their rear ends with their wooden swords. "YEOOOWCH!" Screamed Salem.

"YEOOOW!" Cried Marie.

"AAAACK!" Yelped Asmodeus, Rahab and her posse left soon afterwards.

~In the living area~

Riliane was cleaning the blood off of Gallerian's face while Margarita was giving him CPR by pressing onto his chest, meanwhile Kayo was cleaning off the excess blood on the floor, it wasn't serious so it was easy to clean.

"Can one of you perform mouth-to-mouth for me? I'm too young for him." Margarita asked the sinners.

"Oh please you're doing it wrong." Riliane said, "You got to do this." She slammed her fist onto his chest, instantly waking up the Judge as he let out a huge gasp before he began coughing. "If you're alright, then say something."

Gallerian was silent, with the only exception of him panting, his first reply was: "...Sateriasis...you never cease...to disappoint me."

"It's not my fault that you were nosy." The Duke puffed. "Among other things." He pointed at the Judge's nose.

"Shut up." He crawled towards the Kotatsu and went under the covers next to Banica.

"Awww poor baby, Did Galley get a boo boo in his nostrils?" Banica said with a childish tone in her voice as she brushed the back of his head, his hair was very soft completed with a shade of royal blue, surely a true symbol of his bloodline's royal birthright.

"I don't need your sympathy, woman," He muffled into the mat. "Let me rest."

"Oh please I was trying to be nice to you without having the slightest thought of eating your hair and you still act like a grouchy old man, at least be grateful for that, Judge." Just then someone opened the sliding door, it was Rahab wearing her black wig, holding a tray carrying a wooden box of twenty one hand-sized Onigiris, three pieces for each sinner, small plates, ceramic cups, and tea.

"Snack time everyone." She called out, she was panting quite rapidly.

"Are you alright nurse? You seemed overworked." Nemesis asked, unaware of the punishment game she's participating in.

"Oh you know, working in the hospital is tedious." She brushed it off. "But taking care of patients is rewarding and that's all that matters." She then put her hand on her ear as if she was hearing something. "Excuse me, I need to go right now." She got up as quick as a flash and ran out of the room with a wooden sword in hand.

"What's with her? and what's with the wooden sword?" Sateriasis asked.

"Who cares, we got snacks! Plenty for everyone!" Banica got three Onigiris for herself, Riliane leaned forward to see the snack and asked:

"What are these things? some kind of donut?" That question caused Nemesis to give her the stink eye, slapping the back of her head for it. "OW!"

"Nemesis! Please!" Kayo exclaimed as she pour her tea. "They're not donuts, Riliane, they're rice balls, they're filled with different kinds of fillings, mostly tuna, salmon, or plum."

"Right, Nemesis shouldn't have to hit me though."

~In the other room~

The three demons of sin are laying on the ground, already having their rear ends smacked by Rahab because they laughed when they're not supposed to.

"Please...Leviathan...no more." Salem whined while rubbing his rear, feeling tears pouring out of his eyes.

"Sorry but you remember the rules, "You laugh, you lose." You have to go 24 hours without laughing, the player with the most smacks to the rear will be in last place."

"I don't care about it anymore, woman! I wanna go hoooooome!"

~In the living area~

The sinners each took their own onigiris and they took a bite of the snack the demon of envy gave them, then all of the sudden, they began screaming as they blew fire from their mouths, creating a giant fireball shaped like the onigiri.

"WOOOOOWEEE THEY'RE SPICYYYY!" Margarita exclaimed as smoke came through her nose.

"ACK! THEY'RE SPICY TUNAS!" Kayo coughed up before jugging down her cup of tea.

"T-TOO HOT!" Sateriasis choked before taking a drink himself, just then Sateriasis felt something hit his knee, he looked under the kotatsu and found that there was another box of onigiris. "Eh!?"

"What is it?" Riliane asked while fanning her mouth.

"Another box." He put them on the table. "From under the kotatsu." Banica took one of the Onigiris and took a bite of it.

"Hey! These aren't spicy! it's smoked salmon." Banica exclaimed in delight before continues eating, Kayo was curious about what's under the kotatsu so she lifted the covers and found that there was a trapdoor underneath the kotatsu, not only that but also the head of a black haired hybrid: Jun.

"Jun-Kun!?" Kayo exclaimed, that gained everyone's attention.

"Hiya guys." He greeted with a smile as he crawled out of the trapdoor under the kotatsu. "I thought I bring you the proper type of rice balls for you."

~In the other room~

The demons of sin tried their hardest to hold in their laughter upon seeing the Onigiri ordeal, Rahab smirked sadistically and leaned In close to Marie's ear to say:

"Go ahead, laugh, I won't hurt you, I don't mind if you laugh, just go "ha ha ha", go right ahead and laugh." Marie was practically suffering, she was just about to lose it until:

"RAHAB BARISOL!" A voice called behind her, she turned to find Allen Avadonia and Clarith by the door, glaring at her. "Just what do you think your doing?"

"Oh hello, Irregular, daughter of white, we were just playing a little punishment game."

"Don't you think that's a little extreme?" Clarith asked. "You're basically taking away their ability to laugh with these senseless spankings."

"Aaaaaaaaaand...what's your point, lady?"

"...help...us..." Salem said weakly.

You three are free to go." Allen said.

"Thank you!" Asmodeus thanked the boy as he ran off.

"I'm maybe a demon but bless you, irregular!" Marie said as she followed next.

"Thank you! You saved our asses...literally!" Salem turned into his owl form and flew away.

"Oh poo, and I was just having fun to." Rahab pouted as she threw her wooden sword down.

"Normally I would have to report this act to Sickle but that's not what I'm here for, I'm here to ask where the sinners are, they're not in the room when I came back to get them, they've been discharged early." Allen asked.

"They are?"

"Yes." The Netsuma answered. "It turns out that their release schedule were switched by a renegade patient suffering auditory hallucinations in hopes of getting out of the hospital early...*sighs* I can't tell you how much trouble he had caused just to get out without a diagnosis on his condition, especially since the sinners we're in such a terrible mood."

"Oh yes, even without being contracted to a demon, humans can still stir up trouble just to get what they want." Rahab smiled. "As for the sinners, you don't need to worry for them, they've been put into a nice sitting room here in the hospital and they seemed to have gotten better physically and emotionally. See?" She pointed at that screen, that's when she spotted Jun. "Strange, we never asked for visitors, that boy does seem familiar though."

"It's emperor Jun." Allen said. "Where's the room?"

"First floor, lobby, down the hall from the front desk's right, and if you see a door that says "room 048", you're there."

~In the living area~

The sinners were chatting with Jun, telling him of the things that had occurred today, they also asked about the teddy bears from earlier.

"Oh yes, these bears I gave you are gifts made from my magic." Jun answered. "To calm your minds and put your aggression at ease, that's why your in such better spirits now."

"Magic teddy bears, huh? That's odd but thank you." Nemesis said.

"You're welcome, guys, anyways, I'm afraid I won't be seeing you guys for a while, there's political business between Yingmu and a kingdom of another dimension."

"You mean another country?" Riliane asked.

"No, I never do trade or political business with countries outside of Yingmu, most of their leaders are frugal and corrupt, they'll be after Yingmu with firearms for my kingdom's wealth, women, and food if they get the chance to, that's why I do those things with rulers of other dimensions."

"That sounds like a good reason, considering what I've done to Lucifenia since my late mother I doubt you be doing trade with Evillious."

"True, but I can still visit, just not at this moment." He was about to walk out.

"Wait Jun!" Margarita called out. "You were gonna say something about the ring."

"Oh right, thanks for reminding me, Marchioness, Allen should be here to hear this though." The sliding door opened up, revealing Allen and Clarith. "Well speak of the devil, you've arrived."

"You we're talking about me just now, is there anything you want?" Allen asked.

"Yes actually."

"Make it quick though, you all been discharged early, we can return to the box as soon as your dressed." The sinners cheered when they heard the good news.

"Alright folks, before we part ways and before something else happens, I got news for Margarita." He knelt on his right knee, held onto Margarita's hands. "Margarita Blankenheim, born as daughter of Marx Felix, and Marchioness of Toragay, the ring I gave was a gift from my father to my mother as a symbol of togetherness, mother passed away leaving the ring behind so the burden was placed onto me in hopes of carrying the tradition."

"You mean?" Margarita asked with wide eyes and flushed cheeks, Clarith, Allen, and the sinners leaned in on the environment around them, they're getting a good idea of what the ring is but they still have doubts, the tension was killing them.

"Yes, it's was my mother's engagement ring...and now it's yours, bride-to-be."

"EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?" Everyone except Jun and Margarita were left dumbfounded by the news the hybrid made, they we're flopped to the ground because of it.

"THAT RING!? AN ENGAGEMENT RING!?" Riliane asked, surprised by the discovery.

"BUT THEY'VE ONLY JUST MET!" Gallerian exclaimed his jaw left agape.

"YOU FOOLS! EVER HEARD OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!?" Sateriasis exclaimed while shaking his head rapidly.

"OH MY GOD I'M SO JEALOUS!" Banica exclaimed as she did the same head movement as Sateriasis.

"Ack! Are you crazy Jun?! You can't marry her! She's currently in purgatory! A place for sinners to repent for their sins to go to Heaven!" Allen was acting as if he's about to have an anxiety attack.

"Hmpf, are you saying that because I'm a hybrid?" Jun asked sarcastically.

"N-NO! I DON'T DISCRIMINATE! It's just...AGH!" Allen got on his knees and started pounding on the ground like a child throwing a tantrum. "I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT!"

"Allen! Calm down!" Clarith said holding onto his shoulders. "I think it's a wonderful thing your highness, what do you think Margarita?" Margarita was so surprised about the proposal that her face turned completely red, she was too stunned to speak.

"I...I...I...I..I-I-I-I." Margarita was stuttering, she fell onto her back, still stuttering. "I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I."

"I'LL SAVE YOU, MARGY!" Riliane yelled as she slammed her fist onto Margarita's chest, Margarita stopped stuttering and began giggling and rolling around the ground, wrapping her body in her pigtails while covering her face with her hands.

"I'll take that as a yes." Clarith confirmed it.

"YES!" Jun cheered.

"That is good, I'm not sure what Sickle would say though." Allen said, finally calming down. "But for now we must return to the box at once." The sinners began preparing to leave the room with Banica taking the kotatsu with her, she seems to like it. Clarith helped Margarita get up and undo the pigtails wrapped around her body.

"G-good luck on your mission Jun." Margarita stuttered, her face still red.

"Thanks, dear." Jun smiled, and waved Clarith, Allen, and the sinners goodbye as they leave for their box.

END CHAPTER

I hope you liked it, I'll be working on the next chapter inspired by a holiday that's coming up next month! Stay tuned.

*The sub plot featuring the demons of sin is inspired by a MMD Touhou video that honors the Japanese show "Gaki No Tsukai", particularly the "no-laughing" shtick.

**I know the demons of sin have human names, but I'm using their demon names because I wanted to, think of them as "stage names".

*** The Onigiris are donuts joke was from the fans outcries to the Pokemon dub for Americanizing Pokemon.